--- type: "Bill" title: "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications." description: "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications." jurisdiction: "us/states/ak" legislature: "Alaska Legislature" session: "33" identifier: "SB 38" citation: "Alaska SB 38 (33)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "CRIMES", "DEATH", "FIRE PROTECTION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC SAFETY"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"] version_count: 2 action_count: 72 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-01-18" last_action: "2023-10-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/585c9727-92a5-4faf-9a51-4530c0b35a17" source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB38" source_hash: "590db376690d4479f0b43f3ac7bc48c0263d16e565a39c5a054b635aefd02daf" 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 (33) — An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Enrolled SB 38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0038Z) 2. **SB 38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0038A) ## Votes - (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 # 1023 — **1–38** (fail) · lower - (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 #1050 — **37–1** (pass) · lower - (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 # 1024 — **1–39** (fail) · lower - (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #509 — **19–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wilson — primary (person) - Josephson — cosponsor (person) - Kaufman — cosponsor (person) - Merrick — cosponsor (person) - Olson — cosponsor (person) - Sumner — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-18** (S) Prefile released 1/13/23 `filing` - **2023-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1` - **2023-01-18** (S) JUD - **2023-01-23** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2023-01-23** (S) Heard & Held - **2023-01-23** (S) Minutes (SJUD) - **2023-01-27** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, MERRICK, OLSON - **2023-01-30** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2023-01-30** (S) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee - **2023-01-30** (S) Minutes (SJUD) - **2023-02-01** (S) JUD RPT 3DP 2NR - **2023-02-01** (S) DP: CLAMAN, GIESSEL, KAUFMAN - **2023-02-01** (S) NR: TOBIN, KIEHL - **2023-02-01** (S) FN1: (ADM) - **2023-02-01** (S) FN2: (ADM) - **2023-02-01** (S) FN3: ZERO(COR) - **2023-02-01** (S) FN4: ZERO(LAW) - **2023-02-01** (S) FN5: ZERO(DPS) - **2023-02-01** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD - **2023-02-08** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 - **2023-02-08** (S) Heard & Held - **2023-02-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN) - **2023-03-07** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 - **2023-03-07** (S) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee - **2023-03-07** (S) Minutes (SFIN) - **2023-03-13** (S) FIN RPT 3DP 1NR - **2023-03-13** (S) DP: OLSON, WILSON, MERRICK - **2023-03-13** (S) NR: KIEHL - **2023-03-13** (S) FN3: ZERO(COR) - **2023-03-13** (S) FN4: ZERO(LAW) - **2023-03-13** (S) FN5: ZERO(DPS) - **2023-03-13** (S) FN6: ZERO(ADM) - **2023-03-13** (S) FN7: ZERO(ADM) - **2023-03-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/15/23 - **2023-03-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2023-03-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/17 CAL `reading-3` - **2023-03-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 38 `reading-3` - **2023-03-17** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage` - **2023-03-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage` - **2023-03-17** (S) VERSION: SB 38 - **2023-03-20** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1` - **2023-03-20** (H) STA - **2023-04-06** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 - **2023-04-06** (H) -- Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED -- - **2023-04-13** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 - **2023-04-13** (H) Heard & Held - **2023-04-13** (H) Minutes (HSTA) - **2023-04-20** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 - **2023-04-20** (H) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee - **2023-04-20** (H) Minutes (HSTA) - **2023-04-24** (H) STA RPT 6DP - **2023-04-24** (H) DP: ARMSTRONG, STORY, ALLARD, C.JOHNSON, WRIGHT, SHAW - **2023-04-24** (H) FN3: ZERO(COR) - **2023-04-24** (H) FN4: ZERO(LAW) - **2023-04-24** (H) FN5: ZERO(DPS) - **2023-04-24** (H) FN6: ZERO(ADM) - **2023-04-24** (H) FN7: ZERO(ADM) - **2023-05-10** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2023 - **2023-05-10** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 `amendment-failure` - **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 2 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN - **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure` - **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 4 NOT OFFERED - **2023-05-10** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/11 CALENDAR `reading-3` - **2023-05-10** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, SUMNER - **2023-05-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 38 `reading-3` - **2023-05-11** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 `passage` - **2023-05-11** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT - **2023-05-11** (H) VERSION: SB 38 - **2023-10-16** (S) 4:08 P.M. 7/14/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 7/20 CHAPTER 19 SLA 23 `executive-signature` - **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/18/23 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/585c9727-92a5-4faf-9a51-4530c0b35a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).