---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the compensation of state employees; relating to the salary of the chief administrative law judge; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the compensation of state employees; relating to the salary of the chief administrative law judge; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Alaska SB 259 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS", "LABOR", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79d5a705-f37a-41a5-96d8-f6df27141230"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB259"
source_hash: "103f6cff3803ae139ff6d72ad874ffd44f1ebaf48706dfa7c2bd3fa269e169d6"
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 259 (33) — An Act relating to the compensation of state employees; relating to the salary of the chief administrative law judge; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 259(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0259B)
2. **Enrolled SB 259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0259Z)
3. **HCS CSSB 259(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0259C)
4. **SB 259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0259A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 #2302 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #3157 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2754 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** (S) FIN
- **2024-03-25** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-03-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-25** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-18** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-18** (S) Moved CSSB 259(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-18** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-19** (S) FIN RPT CS 3DP 2NR NEW TITLE
- **2024-04-19** (S) DP: STEDMAN, KIEHL, BISHOP
- **2024-04-19** (S) NR: WILSON, MERRICK
- **2024-04-19** (S) FN1: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2024-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2024
- **2024-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/24 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 259(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-04-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-24** (S) VERSION: CSSB 259(FIN)
- **2024-04-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-26** (H) FIN
- **2024-05-10** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-10** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-05-10** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-10** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 3:30 PM --
- **2024-05-10** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-11** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-11** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-13** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 259(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5/14/24 at 9 AM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-13** (H) RULES at 09:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-13** (H) <Pending Referral> -- Delayed to 12:30 PM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2024-05-14** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 10DP
- **2024-05-14** (H) DP: GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, COULOMBE, CRONK, STAPP, TOMASZEWSKI, ORTIZ,
- **2024-05-14** (H) EDGMON, FOSTER
- **2024-05-14** (H) FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 259(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 259(FIN)
- **2024-05-15** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2024-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (S) 11:45 A.M. 6/10/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) Signed into law 6/26 CHAPTER 5 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/24 `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) FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 270
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **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/79d5a705-f37a-41a5-96d8-f6df27141230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).