---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to wage payments; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to wage payments; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Alaska SB 79 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 70
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a993ea18-2390-4c2f-9502-1c9d2fd20afe"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB79"
source_hash: "b81b42266996c4207ae3b5b65eb983c1dc42604fc2811bbbc4dd06802074070f"
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 79 (34) — An Act relating to wage payments; 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 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0079Z)
2. **HCS SB 79(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0079C)
3. **HCS SB 79(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0079B)
4. **SB 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0079A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #344 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED Y30 N10 #2977 — **30–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2870 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #2978 — **38–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Labor & Commerce — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** (S) L&C
- **2025-02-07** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-02-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-07** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-02-12** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-02-12** (S) Moved SB 79 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-12** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-02-14** (S) L&C RPT 2DP 2NR
- **2025-02-14** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2025-02-14** (S) NR: MERRICK, YUNDT
- **2025-02-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(LWF)
- **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 79 `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 79
- **2025-02-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** (H) L&C
- **2025-03-19** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-19** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-19** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-03-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-05-09** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-09** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-05-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-12** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-05-14** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-14** (H) Moved HCS SB 79(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
- **2025-05-14** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-05-16** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-16** (H) Moved HCS SB 79(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 4:30 pm --
- **2025-05-18** (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) NEW TITLE 3DP 4AM
- **2025-05-18** (H) PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2025-05-18** (H) DP: BURKE, FIELDS, HALL
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM: COULOMBE, CARRICK, SADDLER, NELSON
- **2025-05-18** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2025-05-18** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
- **2026-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-16** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-16** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
- **2026-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-17** (H) Moved HCS SB 79(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-18** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NEW TITLE 5DP 6NR
- **2026-05-18** (H) TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2026-05-18** (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, BYNUM, FOSTER
- **2026-05-18** (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI, STAPP, ALLARD, MOORE, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON
- **2026-05-18** (H) FN3: ZERO(LWF)
- **2026-05-20** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/2026
- **2026-05-20** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED Y30 N10
- **2026-05-20** (H) TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2026-05-20** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 79(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2026-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-20** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-20** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 79(FIN)
- **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
- **2026-06-04** (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 20 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a993ea18-2390-4c2f-9502-1c9d2fd20afe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).