---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act approving the transfer of certain Alaska Railroad Corporation land; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act approving the transfer of certain Alaska Railroad Corporation land; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Alaska SB 54 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND", "LEGISLATURE", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC CORPORATIONS", "PUBLIC LAND", "RAILROAD", "SALES", "TOURISM", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COGHILL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a6a061d-a6cf-4dfd-b5fa-642c02c8404a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB54"
source_hash: "aff9e12409db8e4c2186e9bf6ea4d03dd46e4838816c0b8a35d10dfc28fdec05"
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 54 (31) — An Act approving the transfer of certain Alaska Railroad Corporation land; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0054A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0054A)
2. **SB0054Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0054Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y36 N1 A3 #769 — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #733 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COGHILL — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** (S) TRA, FIN
- **2019-03-12** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-03-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-12** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2019-03-14** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-03-14** (S) Moved SB 54 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-14** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2019-03-15** (S) TRA RPT 4DP
- **2019-03-15** (S) DP: HUGHES, WILSON, SHOWER, KIEHL
- **2019-03-15** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-03-20** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP
- **2019-03-20** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-20** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-20** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-28** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-28** (S) Moved SB 54 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-28** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-29** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 5NR
- **2019-03-29** (S) DP: VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, HOFFMAN, BISHOP
- **2019-03-29** (S) NR: STEDMAN, SHOWER, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, WILSON
- **2019-03-29** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-04-03** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/5 CALENDAR
- **2019-04-05** (S) Read the third time SB 54 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2
- **2019-04-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-04-05** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** (S) VERSION: SB 54
- **2019-04-08** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** (H) TRA
- **2019-04-18** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-18** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2019-04-23** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-23** (H) Moved SB 54 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-23** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2019-04-24** (H) TRA RPT 7DP
- **2019-04-24** (H) DP: TALERICO, STORY, RASMUSSEN, DRUMMOND, CLAMAN, WOOL, STUTES
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-01** (H) Read the third time SB 54 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** (H) PASSED Y36 N1 A3
- **2019-05-01** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-01** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-05-01** (H) VERSION: SB 54
- **2019-05-01** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JACKSON
- **2019-10-23** (S) 11:31 A.M. 8/13/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 8/16 CHAPTER 21 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/17/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a6a061d-a6cf-4dfd-b5fa-642c02c8404a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).