---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Alaska SB 239 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "LICENSING", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 65
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b032354-735a-44d6-a675-da0aedb68e11"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB239"
source_hash: "00f76e3e17878b61c867b09f3b6586b3575102c036f9c98e89e427e982567230"
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 239 (34) — An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments; 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 239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0239Z)
2. **SB 239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0239A)
3. **SB 239 am H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0239B)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2824 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 A1 #2904 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2414 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tilton — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mccabe — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Schwanke — cosponsor (person)
- St. Clair — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** (S) TRA, STA
- **2026-02-11** (S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, KAWASAKI, BJORKMAN, CRONK
- **2026-02-26** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-02-26** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-23** (S) STA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
- **2026-03-24** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-24** (S) Moved SB 239 Out of Committee
- **2026-03-25** (S) TRA RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2026-03-25** (S) DP: BJORKMAN
- **2026-03-25** (S) NR: KIEHL, STEDMAN, TOBIN
- **2026-03-25** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2026-03-26** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-03-26** (S) Uniform Rule 23 Waived -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2026-03-31** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-03-31** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-21** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-21** (S) Moved SB 239 Out of Committee
- **2026-04-22** (S) STA RPT 1AM 3DP 1NR
- **2026-04-22** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2026-04-22** (S) DP: GRAY-JACKSON, TILTON, BJORKMAN
- **2026-04-22** (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI
- **2026-04-22** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2026-04-28** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2026
- **2026-04-28** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/29 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 239 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-04-29** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-29** (S) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, KAUFMAN, MERRICK, YUNDT
- **2026-04-29** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2026-04-29** (S) VERSION: SB 239
- **2026-04-30** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-30** (H) STA
- **2026-04-30** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FIELDS, ST. CLAIR
- **2026-05-01** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SCHWANKE
- **2026-05-05** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2026-05-05** (H) Moved SB 239 Out of Committee
- **2026-05-06** (H) STA RPT 7DP
- **2026-05-06** (H) DP: VANCE, MCCABE, ST. CLAIR, HOLLAND, HIMSCHOOT, STORY, CARRICK
- **2026-05-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2026-05-07** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2026-05-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2026
- **2026-05-18** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/18 - ON 5/19 CALENDAR
- **2026-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2026-05-19** (H) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2026-05-19** (H) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2026-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 239 AM H `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (H) PASSED Y39 A1 `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-19** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 29
- **2026-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GALVIN, EISCHEID, MCCABE, SADDLER, JOSEPHSON, MINA
- **2026-05-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (H) VERSION: SB 239 AM H
- **2026-05-20** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-20** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2026-05-20** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-06-08** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-15** (S) 3:55 P.M. 6/15/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** (S) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 39 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** (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/4b032354-735a-44d6-a675-da0aedb68e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).