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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to a veteran's designation on an identification card or a driver's license for Hmong veterans and Lao veterans; relating to registration plates celebrating the arts; relating to special motor vehicle registration plates for recipients of the Bronze Star awarded for valor, Silver Star, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross, and other awards reflecting valor; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by veterans with disabilities; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to a veteran's designation on an identification card or a driver's license for Hmong veterans and Lao veterans; relating to registration plates celebrating the arts; relating to special motor vehicle registration plates for recipients of the Bronze Star awarded for valor, Silver Star, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross, and other awards reflecting valor; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by veterans with disabilities; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Alaska SB 204 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS & HUMANITIES", "DISABILITIES", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "MILITARY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EGAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-19"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec1a066-c634-4f73-828f-fec04335d69e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB204"
source_hash: "9a212307d7fda29eb3e784cb99451deb21020e19778910b650b56f45bb3f20df"
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 204 (30) — An Act relating to a veteran's designation on an identification card or a driver's license for Hmong veterans and Lao veterans; relating to registration plates celebrating the arts; relating to special motor vehicle registration plates for recipients of the Bronze Star awarded for valor, Silver Star, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross, and other awards reflecting valor; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by veterans with disabilities; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0204A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0204A)
2. **SB0204B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0204B)
3. **SB0204C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0204C)
4. **SB0204Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0204Z)
## Votes
- Shall the effective date clause be adopted? — **380** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 204 "An Act relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by veterans with disabilities" pass the Senate? — **200** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS SB 204(STA) am H pass the House? — **371** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- EGAN — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-19** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** STA RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2018-02-28** STA Do Pass: MEYER, GIESSEL, COGHILL, EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** STA No Recommendation: WILSON
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-03-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-07** Read the third time SB 204 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-03-07** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-07** VERSION: SB 204
- **2018-03-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2018-04-18** STA RPT HCS(STA) NT 7DP
- **2018-04-18** PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2018-04-18** STA Do Pass: TUCK, BIRCH, KNOPP, WOOL, LEDOUX, JOHNSON, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-04-26** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2018-05-08** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2018
- **2018-05-08** NOT TAKEN UP 5/8 - ON 5/9 CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** STA HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-09** AM NO 1 FAILED Y13 N26 A1
- **2018-05-09** AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y40
- **2018-05-09** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2018-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA, LEDOUX, KAWASAKI, JOSEPHSON, SADDLER
- **2018-05-10** Read the third time HCS SB 204(STA) AM H `reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** PASSED Y37 N1 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y38 E1 A1
- **2018-05-10** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 32
- **2018-05-10** CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2018-05-10** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-10** VERSION: HCS SB 204(STA) AM H
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP UC
- **2018-05-12** Cosponsors added: WIELECHOWSKI, BEGICH, STEVENS, COSTELLO, BISHOP
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-11-07** 9:35 AM 7/20/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/29 CHAPTER 70 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec1a066-c634-4f73-828f-fec04335d69e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).