---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; extending the termination date of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; extending the termination date of the Board of Parole; 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 Board of Nursing; extending the termination date of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; extending the termination date of the Board of Parole; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Alaska SB 137 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "HOSPITALS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "SUNSET", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bjorkman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 64
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a975144-1f09-4dcf-b567-296756f789a5"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB137"
source_hash: "adc0cf89fb26b373d9e904ed272291fd78348ee9d275d1e129a3c0d334553b2c"
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 137 (34) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; extending the termination date of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; extending the termination date of the Board of Parole; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 137(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0137B)
2. **Enrolled SB 137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0137Z)
3. **SB 137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0137A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #1127 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1343 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bjorkman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2025-03-24** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-03-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-24** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-03-31** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-03-31** (S) Moved SB 137 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-31** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-04-02** (S) L&C RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2025-04-02** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2025-04-02** (S) NR: DUNBAR, YUNDT
- **2025-04-02** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2025-04-02** (S) FN2: (COR)
- **2025-04-15** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-15** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-29** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-29** (S) Moved CSSB 137(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2025-04-29** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FIN RPT CS 5DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2025-05-02** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2025-05-02** (S) NR: STEDMAN
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN2: (COR)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2025-05-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2025
- **2025-05-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/5 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 137(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-05** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) VERSION: CSSB 137(FIN)
- **2025-05-07** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2025-05-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-12** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-05-14** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-14** (H) Moved CSSB 137(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
- **2025-05-14** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-05-16** (H) L&C RPT 6DP
- **2025-05-16** (H) DP: BURKE, CARRICK, SADDLER, NELSON, HALL, FIELDS
- **2025-05-16** (H) FN2: (COR)
- **2025-05-16** (H) FN3: (CED)
- **2025-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-17** (H) Moved CSSB 137(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2025-05-17** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-18** (H) FIN RPT 7DP 1NR 1AM
- **2025-05-18** (H) DP: HANNAN, TOMASZEWSKI, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-05-18** (H) NR: JOHNSON
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM: BYNUM
- **2025-05-18** (H) FN2: (COR)
- **2025-05-18** (H) FN3: (CED)
- **2025-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2025
- **2025-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 137(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2025-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-20** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-20** (H) VERSION: CSSB 137(FIN)
- **2025-07-30** (S) 9:15 A.M. 6/10/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/12 CHAPTER 13 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a975144-1f09-4dcf-b567-296756f789a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).