---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the period between September 15 and October 15 of each year as Hispanic Heritage Month."
description: "An Act establishing the period between September 15 and October 15 of each year as Hispanic Heritage Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Alaska SB 40 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray-Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3023251-d19d-4d76-ad1c-14172468c746"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB40"
source_hash: "a6dd172da16432cc3d4122207319a9c2a59cbe01a933401422bdf773efabad18"
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 40 (34) — An Act establishing the period between September 15 and October 15 of each year as Hispanic Heritage Month.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0040Z)
2. **SB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0040A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #860 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y36 N3 E1 #2359 — **36–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray-Jackson — primary (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/17/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (S) STA
- **2025-02-25** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-02-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-25** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-03-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-03-04** (S) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2025-03-05** (S) STA RPT 5DP
- **2025-03-05** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON, BJORKMAN, YUNDT
- **2025-03-05** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2025-04-11** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/11/2025
- **2025-04-11** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 40 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2025-04-14** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-04-14** (S) VERSION: SB 40
- **2025-04-15** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-15** (H) STA
- **2025-05-06** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-06** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-05-08** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-08** (H) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-05-09** (H) STA RPT 4DP 1DNP
- **2025-05-09** (H) DP: MCCABE, MOORE, HIMSCHOOT, CARRICK
- **2025-05-09** (H) DNP: VANCE
- **2025-05-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2026-04-29** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2025
- **2026-04-29** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** (H) FN2: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)(UPDATED BY RULES)
- **2026-04-29** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/30 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2026-04-30** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 40 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** (H) PASSED Y36 N3 E1 `passage`
- **2026-04-30** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-04-30** (H) VERSION: SB 40
- **2026-04-30** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- **2026-05-01** (S) 4:25 P.M. 5/1/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** (S) Signed into law 5/8 CHAPTER 3 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/6/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3023251-d19d-4d76-ad1c-14172468c746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).