---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday."
description: "An Act establishing Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Alaska SB 22 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray-Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 98
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4a1d6b-23f3-4725-a99a-51749e620970"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB22"
source_hash: "cc0925577c4c01b0f420c710df127b78a24ea98dc3eb1ec24e725a6c88a4d82e"
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 22 (33) — An Act establishing Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0022Z)
2. **SB 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0022A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y16 N4 #948 — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 N3 #3324 — **37–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray-Jackson — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Groh — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** (S) Prefile released 1/9/23 `filing`
- **2023-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** (S) STA
- **2023-01-18** (S) COSPONSOR(S): DUNBAR, KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, TOBIN, KIEHL, CLAMAN, STEVENS
- **2023-02-14** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-02-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-02-14** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-02-28** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-02-28** (S) Moved SB 22 Out of Committee
- **2023-02-28** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-03-01** (S) STA RPT 2DP 2NR
- **2023-03-01** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2023-03-01** (S) NR: BJORKMAN, MERRICK
- **2023-03-01** (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2023-03-01** (S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2023-03-01** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER STA
- **2023-04-04** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-04** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2023-04-19** (S) NR: STEDMAN, MERRICK
- **2023-04-19** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, OLSON, KIEHL, BISHOP
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN3: (EED)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN4: (DOH)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN5: (DFG)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN6: (DOT)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN7: (COR)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN8: ZERO(MVA)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN9: (DPS)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN10: (DFC)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-19** (S) Moved SB 22 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-19** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-19** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2023-04-19** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-01** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/23
- **2023-05-01** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/3 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 22 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (S) PASSED Y16 N4 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (S) VERSION: SB 22
- **2023-05-08** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-08** (H) STA, L&C
- **2023-05-11** (H) FIN REPLACED L&C REFERRAL
- **2023-05-12** (H) STA REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2023-05-13** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2023-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-16** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-01-22** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GROH
- **2024-02-06** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-06** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-02-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-07** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HANNAN, GALVIN, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-03-20** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-20** (H) Moved SB 22 Out of Committee
- **2024-03-20** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FIN RPT 5DP 3NR 1AM
- **2024-03-21** (H) DP: ORTIZ, JOSEPHSON, HANNAN, GALVIN, FOSTER
- **2024-03-21** (H) NR: STAPP, CRONK, TOMASZEWSKI
- **2024-03-21** (H) AM: COULOMBE
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN11: ZERO(MVA)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN12: (COR)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN13: (EED)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN14: (DFG)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN15: (DFC)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN16: (DOH)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN17: (DPS)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FN18: (DOT)
- **2024-04-03** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CARRICK, ARMSTRONG
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) HELD TO 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2024-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2024-05-15** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2024-05-15** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2024-05-15** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 22 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** (H) PASSED Y37 N3 `passage`
- **2024-05-15** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-15** (H) VERSION: SB 22
- **2024-05-15** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MINA, WRIGHT
- **2024-10-09** (S) 2:03 P.M. 6/13/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) Signed into law 6/27 CHAPTER 10 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/25/24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 268
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN12: (COR)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN13: (EED)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN14: (DFG)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN15: (DFC)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN16: (DOH)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN17: (DPS)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN18: (DOT)
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b4a1d6b-23f3-4725-a99a-51749e620970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).