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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing June 7 of each year as Walter Harper Day."
description: "An Act establishing June 7 of each year as Walter Harper Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Alaska SB 144 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BISHOP"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d410dd6-f49b-4148-a9fa-76efa4004e94"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB144"
source_hash: "7c71dae07f485c9d8ece8b39b3a98a23a8253cf528f1e8bc4a5c1a81da5350d9"
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 144 (31) — An Act establishing June 7 of each year as Walter Harper Day.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0144A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0144A)
2. **SB0144Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0144Z)
## Votes
- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #1797**380** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 #1679**160** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- BISHOP — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Coghill — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-21** (S) Prefile released 1/17/20 `filing`
- **2020-01-21** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** (S) STA
- **2020-02-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-04** (S) Moved SB 144 Out of Committee -- Teleconference <Listen Only> --
- **2020-02-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2020-02-05** (S) STA RPT 4DP
- **2020-02-05** (S) DP: REVAK, COSTELLO, KAWASAKI, COGHILL
- **2020-02-05** (S) FN1: ZERO (ADM)
- **2020-02-05** (S) COSPONSOR(S): REVAK, COSTELLO, COGHILL, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2020-02-07** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/7/2020
- **2020-02-07** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-02-07** (S) Read the third time SB 144 `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BEGICH, KAWASAKI, KIEHL, OLSON, HOFFMAN, STEDMAN, GIESSEL
- **2020-02-07** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1
- **2020-02-07** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** (S) VERSION: SB 144
- **2020-02-10** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** (H) STA
- **2020-02-18** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2020-02-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-18** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2020-02-20** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2020-02-20** (H) Moved SB 144 Out of Committee
- **2020-02-20** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2020-02-21** (H) STA RPT 7DP
- **2020-02-21** (H) DP: VANCE, HOPKINS, THOMPSON, SHAW, STORY, FIELDS, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2020-02-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2020-03-04** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-04** (H) Read the third time SB 144 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2020-03-04** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-04** (H) VERSION: SB 144
- **2020-03-04** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR, TUCK, JOSEPHSON, TILTON
- **2020-05-18** (S) 10:15 A.M. 4/13/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (S) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 30 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/28/20
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d410dd6-f49b-4148-a9fa-76efa4004e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).