---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to employment preferences for active service members, veterans, and spouses and dependent children of active service members and veterans; relating to employment preferences for surviving spouses of deceased service members and veterans; and relating to employment preferences for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war."
description: "An Act relating to employment preferences for active service members, veterans, and spouses and dependent children of active service members and veterans; relating to employment preferences for surviving spouses of deceased service members and veterans; and relating to employment preferences for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "Alaska HB 125 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILIES", "MILITARY", "MINORS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC OFFICERS", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NELSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b142084f-60c2-4d89-a335-e672b3d9cdb0"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB125"
source_hash: "42edb47fa678bbe3f5314070f901c3d7f67854aa2a310d3d89f4e27e9e43b046"
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 HB 125 (32) — An Act relating to employment preferences for active service members, veterans, and spouses and dependent children of active service members and veterans; relating to employment preferences for surviving spouses of deceased service members and veterans; and relating to employment preferences for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 125(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0125B)
2. **Enrolled HB 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0125Z)
3. **HB 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0125A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y35 N2 E3 #924 — **35–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E2 A2 #2280 — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NELSON — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** (H) MLV, L&C
- **2021-03-08** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCARTY
- **2021-03-10** (H) COSPONSOR(S): THOMPSON, MCKAY
- **2021-03-12** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, STUTES
- **2021-03-15** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER
- **2021-03-16** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-16** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-03-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2021-03-18** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-18** (H) Moved HB 125 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-18** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-03-20** (H) MLV RPT 6DP
- **2021-03-20** (H) DP: CLAMAN, TARR, SHAW, NELSON, RAUSCHER, TUCK
- **2021-03-20** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-04-16** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-16** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time & Location Change --
- **2021-04-16** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-04-23** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-23** (H) Moved CSHB 125(L&C) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time & Location Change --
- **2021-04-23** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-04-26** (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 6DP 1NR
- **2021-04-26** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, SNYDER, NELSON, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-04-26** (H) NR: KAUFMAN
- **2021-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-05-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-05-07** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2021
- **2021-05-07** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** (H) L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-07** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 125(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** (H) PASSED Y35 N2 E3 `passage`
- **2021-05-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR, JOSEPHSON, TILTON, ORTIZ, SNYDER
- **2021-05-07** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-07** (H) VERSION: CSHB 125(L&C)
- **2021-05-10** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** (S) L&C
- **2021-05-17** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 02:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-17** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2021-05-17** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-30** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-30** (S) Moved CSHB 125(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-30** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-31** (S) L&C RPT 3DP
- **2022-03-31** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS
- **2022-03-31** (S) FN2: ZERO(ADM)
- **2022-04-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2022
- **2022-04-08** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/11 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-08** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOLLAND, KAWASAKI, BISHOP, HUGHES, STEVENS, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2022-04-08** (S) GRAY-JACKSON, MICCICHE
- **2022-04-11** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 125(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E2 A2 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-04-11** (S) VERSION: CSHB 125(L&C)
- **2022-10-05** (H) 1:50 P.M. 7/29/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/9 CHAPTER 54 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/7/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b142084f-60c2-4d89-a335-e672b3d9cdb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).