--- type: "Bill" title: "An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board." description: "An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board." jurisdiction: "us/states/ak" legislature: "Alaska Legislature" session: "34" identifier: "SB 29" citation: "Alaska SB 29 (34)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DENTISTS", "FISH & GAME (GAME)", "GUIDES", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bjorkman"] version_count: 3 action_count: 69 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-01-22" last_action: "2026-06-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac4a910e-9fa2-40dd-9aad-2f45924285b9" source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB29" source_hash: "3f36ff5a552784dc44b1f345976e36b2374802b5e66dcb4d3dad54d9175af860" 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 29 (34) — An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Enrolled SB 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029Z) 2. **HCS SB 29(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029B) 3. **SB 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029A) ## Votes - (H) PASSED Y40 #2696 — **40–0** (pass) · lower - (S) PASSED Y20 N- #934 — **20–0** (pass) · upper - (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2751 — **20–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bjorkman — primary (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) RES, FIN - **2025-02-03** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2025-02-03** (S) Heard & Held - **2025-02-03** (S) Minutes (SRES) - **2025-02-17** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2025-02-17** (S) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee - **2025-02-17** (S) Minutes (SRES) - **2025-02-19** (S) RES RPT 5DP 2NR - **2025-02-19** (S) DP: GIESSEL, HUGHES, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI - **2025-02-19** (S) NR: KAWASAKI, MYERS - **2025-02-19** (S) FN1: (CED) - **2025-04-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 - **2025-04-01** (S) Heard & Held - **2025-04-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN) - **2025-04-11** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 - **2025-04-11** (S) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee - **2025-04-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN) - **2025-04-14** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 2NR - **2025-04-14** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, CRONK - **2025-04-14** (S) NR: MERRICK, KIEHL - **2025-04-14** (S) FN1: (CED) - **2025-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2025 - **2025-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2025-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/23 CAL `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 29 `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage` - **2025-04-23** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage` - **2025-04-23** (S) VERSION: SB 29 - **2025-04-25** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1` - **2025-04-25** (H) RES, FIN - **2025-05-05** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124 - **2025-05-05** (H) Heard & Held - **2025-05-12** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124 - **2025-05-12** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED -- - **2025-05-14** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124 - **2025-05-14** (H) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- - **2025-05-14** (H) Minutes (HRES) - **2025-05-16** (H) RES RPT 5DP 2NR - **2025-05-16** (H) DP: FIELDS, HALL, MEARS, BURKE, DIBERT - **2025-05-16** (H) NR: ELAM, RAUSCHER - **2025-05-16** (H) FN1: (CED) - **2026-05-05** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 - **2026-05-05** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- - **2026-05-11** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 - **2026-05-11** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair -- - **2026-05-15** (H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519 - **2026-05-15** (H) Moved HCS SB 29(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a 9:00 A.M. -- - **2026-05-16** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NEW TITLE 6DP 3NR 1AM - **2026-05-16** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 23 - **2026-05-16** (H) DP: GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, HANNAN, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER - **2026-05-16** (H) NR: MOORE, BYNUM, STAPP - **2026-05-16** (H) AM: ALLARD - **2026-05-16** (H) FN2: (CED) - **2026-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2026 - **2026-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2026-05-17** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC - **2026-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3` - **2026-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 29(FIN) `reading-3` - **2026-05-17** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage` - **2026-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 23 - **2026-05-17** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage` - **2026-05-17** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 29(FIN) - **2026-05-18** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP - **2026-05-18** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- - **2026-06-15** (S) 10:45 A.M. 6/8/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-06-22** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/25 CH 31 SLA 26 `became-law` - **2026-06-22** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/23/26 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac4a910e-9fa2-40dd-9aad-2f45924285b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).