---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making supplemental appropriations for unemployment assistance, fire suppression activities, and restoration projects related to earthquake disaster relief; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act making supplemental appropriations for unemployment assistance, fire suppression activities, and restoration projects related to earthquake disaster relief; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Alaska SB 38 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET", "DISASTER", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FORESTRY", "HIGHWAYS", "PUBLIC LAND", "PUBLIC WORKS", "SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS", "SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS", "TRANSPORTATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c2a710e-5b48-4ae4-9e06-fc5243001ef2"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB38"
source_hash: "7e14a81afa4e3a6b4b86b624eda935bce1d84921fe388ed3b46ba1cea464e85d"
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 38 (31) — An Act making supplemental appropriations for unemployment assistance, fire suppression activities, and restoration projects related to earthquake disaster relief; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0038A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0038A)
2. **SB0038B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0038B)
3. **SB0038Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0038Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #619 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y32 E8 #412 — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** (S) FIN
- **2019-01-28** (S) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2019-01-29** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-01-29** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-01-29** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-14** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-19** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-19** (S) Moved CSSB 38(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-03-19** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-20** (S) FIN RPT CS 4DP 4NR NEW TITLE
- **2019-03-20** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, WILSON, BISHOP
- **2019-03-20** (S) NR: MICCICHE, SHOWER, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON
- **2019-03-25** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-03-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-25** (S) Read the third time CSSB 38(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2
- **2019-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-03-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-03-25** (S) VERSION: CSSB 38(FIN)
- **2019-03-27** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** (H) FIN
- **2019-03-28** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-03-28** (H) Moved CSSB 38(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-03-29** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 5NR
- **2019-03-29** (H) DP: JOHNSTON, LEBON, MERRICK, JOSEPHSON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, ORTIZ
- **2019-03-29** (H) NR: CARPENTER, TILTON, KNOPP, WILSON, FOSTER
- **2019-03-29** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/29/2019
- **2019-03-29** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-29** (H) Read the third time CSSB 38(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** (H) PASSED Y32 E8
- **2019-03-29** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-03-29** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-03-29** (H) VERSION: CSSB 38(FIN)
- **2019-04-01** (S) 8:30 A.M. 4/1/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-08** (S) Signed into law 4/5 CHAPTER 1 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-08** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/6/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c2a710e-5b48-4ae4-9e06-fc5243001ef2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).