---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to special request specialty organization registration plates; relating to special registration plates commemorating peace officers killed in the line of duty; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by women veterans; relating to special request registration plates for United States Space Force personnel; relating to the transfer of vehicles; relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial instruction permits; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to special request specialty organization registration plates; relating to special registration plates commemorating peace officers killed in the line of duty; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by women veterans; relating to special request registration plates for United States Space Force personnel; relating to the transfer of vehicles; relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial instruction permits; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Alaska SB 95 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merrick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 107
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3926be-b0c9-4c71-8259-8c54c5fc0e74"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB95"
source_hash: "e6c3fd5370d0211cc16bf724cd14af43a340da60f317718db13b2fa53ea9dd26"
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 95 (33) — An Act relating to special request specialty organization registration plates; relating to special registration plates commemorating peace officers killed in the line of duty; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by women veterans; relating to special request registration plates for United States Space Force personnel; relating to the transfer of vehicles; relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial instruction permits; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 95(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095B)
2. **CSSB 95(STA) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095C)
3. **Enrolled SB 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095Z)
4. **HCS CSSB 95(RLS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095E)
5. **HCS CSSB 95(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095D)
6. **SB 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0095A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N1 A1 #1214 — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #3153 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2749 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Merrick — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** (S) STA, FIN
- **2023-03-10** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KIEHL
- **2023-04-11** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN
- **2023-04-14** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BJORKMAN
- **2023-04-18** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-04-18** (S) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/20/23> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-04-20** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM
- **2023-04-20** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-20** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-05-02** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-05-02** (S) Moved CSSB 95(STA) Out of Committee
- **2023-05-02** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-05-03** (S) STA RPT CS 5DP SAME TITLE
- **2023-05-03** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, CLAMAN, MERRICK, BJORKMAN
- **2023-05-03** (S) FN1: (ADM)
- **2023-05-10** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-10** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-12** (S) FIN RPT CS(STA) 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2023-05-12** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, WILSON, KIEHL, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2023-05-12** (S) NR: OLSON
- **2023-05-12** (S) FN1: (ADM)
- **2023-05-12** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-12** (S) Moved CSSB 95(STA) Out of Committee
- **2023-05-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/23
- **2023-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** (S) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 95(STA) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2023-05-16** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2023-05-16** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (S) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, SHOWER
- **2023-05-16** (S) PASSED Y18 N1 A1 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) VERSION: CSSB 95(STA) AM
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) STA, FIN
- **2024-03-05** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-05** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-03-12** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-12** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 95(STA) Out of Committee
- **2024-03-12** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-03-14** (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) NEW TITLE 3DP 4NR
- **2024-03-14** (H) PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2024-03-14** (H) DP: WRIGHT, STORY, SHAW
- **2024-03-14** (H) NR: CARPENTER, C.JOHNSON, ALLARD, CARRICK
- **2024-03-14** (H) FN2: (ADM)
- **2024-05-07** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-07** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-08** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-08** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 95(STA) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 4:00 PM --
- **2024-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-09** (H) FIN RPT HCS(STA) NEW TITLE 8DP 1NR
- **2024-05-09** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 19
- **2024-05-09** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ, COULOMBE, JOSEPHSON, GALVIN, STAPP, FOSTER
- **2024-05-09** (H) NR: HANNAN
- **2024-05-09** (H) FN3: (ADM)
- **2024-05-11** (H) RULES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-11** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-11** (H) RULES at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-11** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-12** (H) RULES at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-12** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR PENDING RLS RPT/REF
- **2024-05-13** (H) HELD TO 5/14 CALENDAR
- **2024-05-13** (H) RULES at 09:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-13** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 95(RLS) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 12:30 PM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NEW TITLE 6DP
- **2024-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 19
- **2024-05-14** (H) DP: FIELDS, SUMNER, SHAW, ALLARD, TILTON, C.JOHNSON
- **2024-05-14** (H) FN4: (ADM)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** (H) RLS HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 19
- **2024-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 95(RLS) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, MINA
- **2024-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 95(RLS)
- **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) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (S) 1:45 P.M. 8/7/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/30 CH 46 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/31/24 `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) FN1: (ADM) FROM SB 208
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN4: (ADM)
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (H) REVISED - FN1: (ADM) FROM SB 208 REMOVED ON SB 95
- **2024-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (S) REVISED - FN1: (ADM) FROM SB 208 REMOVED ON SB 95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3926be-b0c9-4c71-8259-8c54c5fc0e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).