---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the sale of alcohol; relating to the posting of warning signs for alcoholic beverages; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the sale of alcohol; relating to the posting of warning signs for alcoholic beverages; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Alaska SB 15 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGE OF PERSONS", "ALCOHOL", "BUSINESS", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING", "MINORS", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merrick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a4a40aa-2496-47d8-9c71-867bdfac93cc"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB15"
source_hash: "c32d39a4f476d1118e3125199bd0f90f9b49ec7690a73f0fca20ba8e1e353be6"
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 15 (34) — An Act relating to the sale of alcohol; relating to the posting of warning signs for alcoholic beverages; 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 15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0015Z)
2. **HCS SB 15(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0015B)
3. **SB 15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0015A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #697 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y32 N8 #597 — **32–8** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 AS AMD FAILED Y11 N25 E3 A1 # 582 — **11–25** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #225 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Merrick — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (S) L&C
- **2025-01-22** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BJORKMAN, CLAMAN
- **2025-01-24** (S) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON
- **2025-01-24** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-01-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-01-24** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-01-27** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-01-27** (S) Moved SB 15 Out of Committee
- **2025-01-27** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-01-28** (S) L&C RPT 4DP
- **2025-01-28** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT
- **2025-01-28** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-02-06** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-06** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2025-02-06** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-02-07** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/7/2025
- **2025-02-07** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 15 `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2025-02-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-02-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-02-10** (S) VERSION: SB 15
- **2025-02-12** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** (H) L&C
- **2025-02-12** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FIELDS, GRAY
- **2025-02-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DIBERT
- **2025-02-17** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-17** (H) Moved HCS SB 15(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2025-02-17** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-02-19** (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) 5DP 1AM
- **2025-02-19** (H) DP: CARRICK, BURKE, NELSON, FIELDS, HALL
- **2025-02-19** (H) AM: COULOMBE
- **2025-02-19** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-03-28** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/28/2025
- **2025-03-28** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** (H) L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-03-28** (H) HELD IN SECOND READING TO 3/31 CALENDAR
- **2025-03-28** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CARRICK, JOSEPHSON, GALVIN, SCHRAGE, STUTES
- **2025-03-31** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2025-03-31** (H) AM NO 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2025-03-31** (H) AM NO 2 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-03-31** (H) AM NO 3 OFFERED
- **2025-03-31** (H) AM 1 TO AM 3 ADOPTED UC
- **2025-03-31** (H) AM NO 3 AS AMD FAILED Y11 N25 E3 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-31** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/2 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 15(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** (H) PASSED Y32 N8 `passage`
- **2025-04-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-02** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BYNUM
- **2025-04-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2025-04-02** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 15(L&C)
- **2025-04-04** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2025-04-04** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2025-04-04** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-09** (S) 1:35 P.M. 4/9/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 4/25 CHAPTER 4 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-04-28** (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/1a4a40aa-2496-47d8-9c71-867bdfac93cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).