---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Alaska SB 187 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FOOD", "MINORS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wielechowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-25"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd382f6-e7fe-4418-9cb6-389362f89a5a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB187"
source_hash: "dfb7314d28948c16300f532b9ee768633194c82e68908ca99546148346a3ea39"
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 187 (34) — An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 187(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0187B)
2. **Enrolled SB 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0187Z)
3. **SB 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0187A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2287 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #2622 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wielechowski — primary (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Frier — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-25** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-25** (S) EDC, HSS
- **2026-02-25** (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-02-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-20** (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-03-20** (S) Moved CSSB 187(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2026-03-23** (S) EDC RPT CS 2NR 2DP 1DNP SAME TITLE
- **2026-03-23** (S) NR: TOBIN, KIEHL
- **2026-03-23** (S) DP: YUNDT, STEVENS
- **2026-03-23** (S) DNP: BJORKMAN
- **2026-03-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2026-04-07** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-04-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-14** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-04-14** (S) Moved CSSB 187(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2026-04-15** (S) HSS RPT CS(EDC) 2NR 2DP
- **2026-04-15** (S) NR: DUNBAR, MYERS
- **2026-04-15** (S) DP: TOBIN, GIESSEL
- **2026-04-15** (S) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2026-04-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-15** (S) EDC CS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-04-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** (S) NOT TAKEN UP 4/16 - ON 4/20 CALENDAR
- **2026-04-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 187(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-20** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-20** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2026-04-20** (S) VERSION: CSSB 187(EDC)
- **2026-04-21** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-21** (H) EDC
- **2026-04-22** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, HOLLAND
- **2026-04-24** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FRIER
- **2026-04-27** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2026-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-30** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): EISCHEID
- **2026-05-04** (H) EDC RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2026-05-04** (H) DP: EISCHEID, DIBERT, HIMSCHOOT, STORY
- **2026-05-04** (H) NR: SCHWANKE, UNDERWOOD
- **2026-05-04** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2026-05-04** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2026-05-04** (H) Moved CSSB 187(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2026
- **2026-05-14** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2026-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/15 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 187(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2026-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-15** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-05-15** (H) VERSION: CSSB 187(EDC)
- **2026-05-15** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GALVIN, SCHRAGE
- **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 17 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 1/1/28 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd382f6-e7fe-4418-9cb6-389362f89a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).