---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed."
description: "An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Alaska SB 167 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGET", "CORRECTIONS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PERMANENT FUND", "REVENUE", "RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kawasaki"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 84
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844a63b2-4c8e-461f-b4f6-a244e5a0aa19"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB167"
source_hash: "c0a8efcaad7598df3d87feef015b4773c67bd711f1a3f7e277e0b6b0fcc0cb86"
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 167 (34) — An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 167(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167C)
2. **CSSB 167(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167B)
3. **Enrolled SB 167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167Z)
4. **HCS CSSB 167(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167E)
5. **HCS CSSB 167(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167D)
6. **SB 167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2820 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2221 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #2935 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20 # 2931 — **20–20** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kawasaki — primary (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** (S) STA, JUD
- **2025-04-24** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-04-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-24** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-04-25** (S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT
- **2025-05-01** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-05-01** (S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-01** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-05-02** (S) STA RPT CS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2025-05-02** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2025-05-02** (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, BJORKMAN
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2025-05-07** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-07** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-12** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-12** (S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-12** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-13** (S) JUD RPT CS(STA) 4DP
- **2025-05-13** (S) DP: CLAMAN, TOBIN, MYERS, KIEHL
- **2025-05-13** (S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2026-02-02** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED
- **2026-02-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-02-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-03-24** (S) Moved CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2026-04-03** (S) FIN RPT CS 2DP 4NR 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2026-04-03** (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN
- **2026-04-03** (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK
- **2026-04-03** (S) AM: KIEHL
- **2026-04-03** (S) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2026-04-10** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026
- **2026-04-10** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-04-10** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 167(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-04-13** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2026-04-13** (S) VERSION: CSSB 167(FIN)
- **2026-04-14** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-14** (H) JUD, FIN
- **2026-04-22** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2026-04-22** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2026-04-24** (H) JUD RPT HCS(JUD) 3DP 3NR
- **2026-04-24** (H) DP: MINA, EISCHEID, GRAY
- **2026-04-24** (H) NR: COSTELLO, UNDERWOOD, VANCE
- **2026-04-24** (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2026-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-16** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
- **2026-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-17** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-17** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-17** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 7:55 pm --
- **2026-05-18** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-18** (H) -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-18** (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-18** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-19** (H) IN FINANCE
- **2026-05-19** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 9DP 1NR
- **2026-05-19** (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, ALLARD, MOORE, BYNUM, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER
- **2026-05-19** (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI
- **2026-05-19** (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2026-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026
- **2026-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-19** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20 `amendment-failure`
- **2026-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 167(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY, GALVIN, BYNUM, COULOMBE, DIBERT, EISCHEID, MINA
- **2026-05-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 167(FIN)
- **2026-05-19** (H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-19** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 9:00 am --
- **2026-05-19** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-19** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-20** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-20** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2026-06-04** (S) 10:14 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/18 CH 15 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/16/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844a63b2-4c8e-461f-b4f6-a244e5a0aa19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).