---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the month of March as Brain Injury Awareness Month; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing the month of March as Brain Injury Awareness Month; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Alaska SB 46 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "HOLIDAYS", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MILITARY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tobin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31223455-9e34-44f1-82c7-e2086ae7ec47"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB46"
source_hash: "7180fbc81254c542d0a1ee3347f03d189cf5cc825c824c1e97cc43e84c914503"
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 46 (33) — An Act establishing the month of March as Brain Injury 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 46** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0046Z)
2. **HCS SB 46(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0046B)
3. **SB 46** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0046A)

## Votes

- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40 #2004 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y36 N1 A3 #2004 — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1 #2064 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N39 # 1985 — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #629 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tobin — primary (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** (S) STA
- **2023-01-30** (S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, GRAY-JACKSON, DUNBAR, KAWASAKI, KAUFMAN, MERRICK
- **2023-03-14** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-03-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-14** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-03-23** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-03-23** (S) Moved SB 46 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-23** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-03-24** (S) STA RPT 5DP
- **2023-03-24** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, CLAMAN, MERRICK, BJORKMAN
- **2023-03-24** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2023-03-29** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/29/23
- **2023-03-29** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/31 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 46 `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-03-31** (S) VERSION: SB 46
- **2023-04-03** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** (H) STA
- **2024-01-25** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-01-25** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-02-01** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-02-01** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-01** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-02-08** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-02-08** (H) Moved HCS SB 46(STA) Out of Committee
- **2024-02-08** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-02-09** (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) NEW TITLE 7DP
- **2024-02-09** (H) TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2024-02-09** (H) DP: C.JOHNSON, CARRICK, CARPENTER, ALLARD, STORY, WRIGHT, SHAW
- **2024-02-09** (H) FN2: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-03-22** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2024
- **2024-03-22** (H) HELD TO 3/25 CALENDAR
- **2024-03-25** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** (H) STA HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-03-25** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-25** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/27 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WRIGHT, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-03-27** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 46(STA) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** (H) PASSED Y36 N1 A3 `passage`
- **2024-03-27** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40
- **2024-03-27** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DIBERT
- **2024-03-27** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-03-27** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 46(STA)
- **2024-04-02** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2024-04-03** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2024-04-03** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1
- **2024-04-08** (S) 1:16 P.M. 4/8/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** (S) Signed into law 4/23 CHAPTER 2 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31223455-9e34-44f1-82c7-e2086ae7ec47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).