---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day of Recognition."
description: "An Act establishing May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day of Recognition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Alaska SB 60 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "MEDICAL CARE", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tobin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed65ca9-d518-434f-ba4b-c87d3fa1d7ad"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB60"
source_hash: "532b8e955671e296def10af313dec9d0eb6c27a7bf9c16f43ffec55a7569d60d"
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 60 (34) — An Act establishing May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day of Recognition.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0060Z)
2. **SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0060A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #344 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1019 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tobin — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** (S) HSS
- **2025-02-11** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-11** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-02-13** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-13** (S) Moved SB 60 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-13** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-02-14** (S) HSS RPT 5DP
- **2025-02-14** (S) DP: DUNBAR, HUGHES, CLAMAN, GIESSEL, TOBIN
- **2025-02-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2025-02-20** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/24 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 60 `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-02-24** (S) VERSION: SB 60
- **2025-02-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** (H) HSS
- **2025-03-11** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-11** (H) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-18** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-18** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-03-20** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-20** (H) Moved SB 60 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-20** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-03-21** (H) HSS RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2025-03-21** (H) DP: GRAY, MEARS, RUFFRIDGE, MINA
- **2025-03-21** (H) NR: PRAX, SCHWANKE
- **2025-03-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2025-05-05** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/5/2025
- **2025-05-05** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 60 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-05** (H) VERSION: SB 60
- **2025-05-05** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2025-07-30** (S) 9:17 A.M. 6/23/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 7/15 CH 20 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/14/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ed65ca9-d518-434f-ba4b-c87d3fa1d7ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).