---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Alaska SB 152 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "PLACE NAMES", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cronk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e019fc0a-d47e-41a3-b07c-603469a5ba24"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB152"
source_hash: "59bc75790e7d3d15b20a0e1ed1cc4419b119512228636a092f878114db60850c"
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 152 (34) — An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; 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 152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0152Z)
2. **SB 152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0152A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y37 E1 A2 #1261 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1192 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cronk — primary (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** (S) TRA, STA
- **2025-04-10** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-04-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-10** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-04-15** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-04-15** (S) Moved SB 152 Out of Committee
- **2025-04-15** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-04-18** (S) TRA RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2025-04-18** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, TOBIN, KIEHL
- **2025-04-18** (S) NR: STEDMAN, SHOWER
- **2025-04-18** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2025-05-06** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-05-06** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-06** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-05-08** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-05-08** (S) Moved SB 152 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-08** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-05-09** (S) STA RPT 5DP
- **2025-05-09** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, YUNDT, WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON, BJORKMAN
- **2025-05-09** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2025-05-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2025
- **2025-05-09** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 152 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2025-05-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-09** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-05-09** (S) VERSION: SB 152
- **2025-05-10** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-10** (H) RLS
- **2025-05-17** (H) RLS RPT 6DP
- **2025-05-17** (H) DP: EDGMON, COSTELLO, VANCE, SCHRAGE, TILTON, STUTES
- **2025-05-17** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2025-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2025
- **2025-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 152 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-17** (H) PASSED Y37 E1 A2 `passage`
- **2025-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-17** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-17** (H) VERSION: SB 152
- **2025-05-17** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CARRICK
- **2025-05-17** (H) RULES at 08:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-17** (H) Moved SB 152 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 10:15 a.m. --
- **2025-05-17** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2025-07-30** (S) 12:07 P.M. 6/6/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (S) Signed into law 6/11 CHAPTER 8 SLA 25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/12/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e019fc0a-d47e-41a3-b07c-603469a5ba24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).