---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to drug and alcohol testing by employers."
description: "An Act relating to drug and alcohol testing by employers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Alaska SB 196 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL", "DRUGS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d366a9-7bc2-4fbe-83ba-45112da46358"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB196"
source_hash: "55ff8fb1e6a347f69f82cea63bc758e1915bb819bba59c6cc4b2dc837d53c9ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska SB 196 (33) — An Act relating to drug and alcohol testing by employers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled SB 196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0196Z)
2. **SB 196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0196A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2129 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #3128 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Labor & Commerce — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** (S) L&C
- **2024-03-08** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-08** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-03-20** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-20** (S) Moved SB 196 Out of Committee
- **2024-03-20** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-03-22** (S) L&C RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2024-03-22** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, BISHOP, GRAY-JACKSON, MERRICK
- **2024-03-22** (S) NR: DUNBAR
- **2024-03-22** (S) FN1: ZERO(LWF)
- **2024-04-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 196 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2024-04-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-10** (S) VERSION: SB 196
- **2024-04-11** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** (H) L&C
- **2024-04-15** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-24** (H) Moved SB 196 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 4:30 PM --
- **2024-04-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-04-26** (H) L&C RPT 7DP
- **2024-04-26** (H) DP: FIELDS, CARRICK, WRIGHT, PRAX, SADDLER, RUFFRIDGE, SUMNER
- **2024-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(LWF)
- **2024-05-09** (H) RULES at 06:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-09** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2024
- **2024-05-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 196 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2024-05-13** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-13** (H) VERSION: SB 196
- **2024-10-09** (S) 10:45 A.M. 7/22/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) Signed into law 7/30 CHAPTER 22 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/28/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d366a9-7bc2-4fbe-83ba-45112da46358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).