---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the State Medical Board; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the State Medical Board; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Alaska SB 55 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "SUNSET", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wielechowski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 73
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b2444c-77ab-44a9-acaf-eae1125208d4"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB55"
source_hash: "2d93ab6bb7532b9b696d60e586756e510af9c583ad2b331da93fce537efd1f3c"
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 55 (33) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the State Medical Board; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 55(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0055B)
2. **CSSB 55(FIN) am H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0055C)
3. **Enrolled SB 55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0055Z)
4. **SB 55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0055A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #722 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #1087 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 # 1086 — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N1 #1157 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y22 N18 # 1086 — **22–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wielechowski — primary (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2023-02-17** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-02-17** (S) Heard & Held -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2023-02-17** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2023-02-20** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-02-20** (S) Moved SB 55 Out of Committee -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2023-02-20** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2023-02-22** (S) L&C RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2023-02-22** (S) DP: BISHOP, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2023-02-22** (S) NR: MERRICK
- **2023-02-22** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-03-07** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-03-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-07** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-03** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-03** (S) Moved CSSB 55(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-03** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-07** (S) FIN RPT CS 3DP 4NR NEW TITLE
- **2023-04-07** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, OLSON, KIEHL
- **2023-04-07** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2023-04-07** (S) FN2: (CED)
- **2023-04-11** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/11/23
- **2023-04-11** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-04-11** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/12 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 55(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2023-04-12** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-04-12** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-04-12** (S) VERSION: CSSB 55(FIN)
- **2023-04-14** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2023-04-26** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-26** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-26** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2023-04-28** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-28** (H) Moved CSSB 55(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-28** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2023-05-01** (H) L&C RPT 7DP
- **2023-05-01** (H) DP: FIELDS, CARRICK, RUFFRIDGE, PRAX, WRIGHT, SADDLER, SUMNER
- **2023-05-01** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2023-05-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-09** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-11** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-11** (H) Moved SB 55 Out of Committee -- Recessed to 8:00 am 5/12/23 --
- **2023-05-11** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-05-12** (H) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2023-05-12** (H) DP: GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, ORTIZ, TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, COULOMBE, EDGMON,
- **2023-05-12** (H) FOSTER
- **2023-05-12** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2023-05-12** (H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-12** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2023
- **2023-05-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-13** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2023-05-13** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2023-05-13** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y22 N18 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-13** (H) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2023-05-13** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-13** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 55(FIN) AM H `reading-3`
- **2023-05-13** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2023-05-13** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-13** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- **2023-05-13** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2023-05-13** (H) VERSION: CSSB 55(FIN) AM H
- **2023-05-15** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2023-05-15** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N1
- **2023-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-10-16** (S) 12:00 P.M. 6/7/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 6/14 CHAPTER 9 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/30/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1b2444c-77ab-44a9-acaf-eae1125208d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).