---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the child care assistance program and the child care grant program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the child care assistance program and the child care grant program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Alaska SB 95 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DAY CARE", "FAMILIES", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e6feef-7ad3-4fbd-ba7b-4c53be36942a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB95"
source_hash: "0afff65f8aeb100486248fb13cd64751b9ff3305231e7319da2485a0b4316a79"
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 95 (34) — An Act relating to the child care assistance program and the child care grant program; 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 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0095Z)
2. **SB 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0095A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y27 N12 E1 #1263 — **27–12** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N3 E1 #1127 — **16–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Health & Social Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2025-03-14** (S) PRIME SPONSOR CHANGED - SENATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
- **2025-03-14** (S) REPLACED SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
- **2025-03-25** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-03-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-25** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-03-27** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-03-27** (S) Moved SB 95 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-27** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-03-31** (S) HSS RPT 5DP
- **2025-03-31** (S) DP: DUNBAR, HUGHES, CLAMAN, TOBIN, GIESSEL
- **2025-03-31** (S) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-25** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-05-01** (S) Moved SB 95 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 3NR
- **2025-05-02** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, KIEHL
- **2025-05-02** (S) NR: KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-05-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2025
- **2025-05-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/5 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 95 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) PASSED Y16 N3 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-05** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) VERSION: SB 95
- **2025-05-07** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** (H) FIN
- **2025-05-12** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-12** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-13** (H) Moved SB 95 Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2025-05-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-14** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 4NR
- **2025-05-14** (H) DP: HANNAN, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-05-14** (H) NR: BYNUM, STAPP, TOMASZEWSKI, ALLARD
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2025
- **2025-05-14** (H) HELD TO 5/16 CALENDAR
- **2025-05-16** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 95 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-17** (H) PASSED Y27 N12 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-17** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-17** (H) VERSION: SB 95
- **2025-07-30** (S) 10:30 A.M. 6/20/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2025-07-30** (S) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 14 SLA 25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2025-10-15** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 53
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN2: (CC:HB53/DOH)
- **2026-03-11** (H) CONDITIONAL EFFECT SATISFIED, MEMO RECEIVED 3/11/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0e6feef-7ad3-4fbd-ba7b-4c53be36942a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).