---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Alaska SB 256 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100f54c1-974a-4da5-86ab-51846abcf118"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB256"
source_hash: "ac3ffcd469d4dd87954a4441033891b52a12d4c2f892ab42209dc040780d5339"
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 256 (33) — An Act establishing May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0256Z)
2. **SB 256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0256A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2001 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 A1 #3256 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** (S) CRA
- **2024-03-12** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-12** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2024-03-14** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-14** (S) Moved SB 256 Out of Committee
- **2024-03-14** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2024-03-15** (S) CRA RPT 3DP
- **2024-03-15** (S) DP: DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, BJORKMAN
- **2024-03-15** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-03-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2024
- **2024-03-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/25 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 256 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-03-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** (S) VERSION: SB 256
- **2024-03-27** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** (H) STA
- **2024-04-09** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-09** (H) -- Rescheduled to 04/11/24 --
- **2024-04-11** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-11** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-04-16** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-16** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2024-04-16** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-04-23** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-23** (H) Moved SB 256 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-23** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-04-24** (H) STA RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2024-04-24** (H) DP: C.JOHNSON, STORY, WRIGHT, SHAW
- **2024-04-24** (H) NR: CARPENTER
- **2024-04-24** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) HELD TO 5/15 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 256 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** (H) PASSED Y39 A1 `passage`
- **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-15** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-15** (H) VERSION: SB 256
- **2024-10-09** (S) 9:50 A.M. 7/1/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 7/24 CH 16 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/25/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/100f54c1-974a-4da5-86ab-51846abcf118`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).