---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to a lumber grading training program and lumber grading certificates; relating to use of lumber graded and certified by a person holding a lumber grading training program certificate; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to a lumber grading training program and lumber grading certificates; relating to use of lumber graded and certified by a person holding a lumber grading training program certificate; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Alaska SB 87 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BUILDINGS", "BUSINESS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTORS", "FORESTRY", "HOUSING", "LICENSING", "PLANNING", "SALES", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bjorkman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 71
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca025015-7c0a-4dcc-bb45-da71b940e0da"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB87"
source_hash: "ae6c40e77bd06c21aaa253940bd5e29fb53976f0b0a168a0f15950ac73701fef"
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 87 (33) — An Act relating to a lumber grading training program and lumber grading certificates; relating to use of lumber graded and certified by a person holding a lumber grading training program certificate; 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 87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0087Z)
2. **SB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0087A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #872 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y38 N1 E1 #912 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E1 A1 #907 — **37–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bjorkman — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mccabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** (S) RES, FIN
- **2023-03-06** (S) COSPONSOR(S): DUNBAR, STEVENS
- **2023-03-15** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-03-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-15** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-03-24** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-03-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-24** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-03-29** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-03-29** (S) Moved SB 87 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-29** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-03-31** (S) RES RPT 6DP 1AM
- **2023-03-31** (S) DP: GIESSEL, BISHOP, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, DUNBAR, KAUFMAN
- **2023-03-31** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2023-03-31** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2023-04-12** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-12** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2023-04-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-18** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-18** (S) Moved SB 87 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-18** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-19** (S) FIN RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2023-04-19** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, OLSON, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2023-04-19** (S) NR: KIEHL
- **2023-04-19** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2023-04-19** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP, MERRICK, STEDMAN, OLSON, KAWASAKI
- **2023-04-21** (S) COSPONSOR(S): GIESSEL
- **2023-04-25** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/25/23
- **2023-04-25** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/26 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** (S) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, KAUFMAN
- **2023-04-26** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 87 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-04-26** (S) COSPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI
- **2023-04-26** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-04-26** (S) VERSION: SB 87
- **2023-04-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** (H) FIN
- **2023-04-27** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-04-27** (H) Moved SB 87 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-27** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-04-28** (H) FIN RPT 9DP 2NR
- **2023-04-28** (H) DP: STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, CRONK, COULOMBE, TOMASZEWSKI, ORTIZ, FOSTER,
- **2023-04-28** (H) D.JOHNSON
- **2023-04-28** (H) NR: JOSEPHSON, EDGMON
- **2023-04-28** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2023-04-28** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): C.JOHNSON, DIBERT, GALVIN
- **2023-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2023
- **2023-05-01** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 87 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-01** (H) SADDLER NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-01** (H) RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y38 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-01** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-05-01** (H) VERSION: SB 87
- **2023-05-01** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT, SCHRAGE, ORTIZ, JOSEPHSON, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS,
- **2023-05-01** (H) STUTES, FIELDS, SADDLER, COULOMBE, TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, STAPP, MCCABE, TILTON
- **2023-10-16** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2023-10-16** (S) 9:40 A.M. 8/29/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 8/30 CHAPTER 26 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/31/23 `became-law`
- **2023-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/28/23
- **2023-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/28/23
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 39
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN1: (DNR)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca025015-7c0a-4dcc-bb45-da71b940e0da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).