type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
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citation |
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primary_sponsors |
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action_count |
vote_count |
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| Bill |
An Act establishing the month of February as Black History Month. |
An Act establishing the month of February as Black History Month. |
us/states/ak |
Alaska Legislature |
31 |
SB 40 |
Alaska SB 40 (31) |
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enacted |
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2 |
33 |
2 |
2019-01-28 |
2019-10-23 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/b2676d23-c2e4-489e-8aee-6d46cc70ed2b |
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB40 |
0208d1c84f4de4a7e590d61795e44d0bbc1d05053c697f9d7a69853813178976 |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
|
Alaska SB 40 (31) — An Act establishing the month of February as Black History Month.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB0040A (committee substitute) — source
- SB0040Z (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2 #781 — 37–1 (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #731 — 18–0 (pass) · upper
- GRAY-JACKSON — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Coghill — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-28 (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS
introduction, reading-1
- 2019-01-28 (S) STA
- 2019-02-01 (S) COSPONSOR(S): BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, KAWASAKI, KIEHL, BIRCH, WILSON,
- 2019-02-01 (S) COSTELLO, STEVENS, VON IMHOF, STEDMAN, BISHOP, MICCICHE, COGHILL
- 2019-04-03 (S) STA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- 2019-04-04 (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- 2019-04-04 (S) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time --
- 2019-04-04 (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- 2019-04-05 (S) STA RPT 4DP
- 2019-04-05 (S) DP: SHOWER, KAWASAKI, COGHILL, MICCICHE
- 2019-04-05 (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- 2019-04-05 (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/5/2019
- 2019-04-05 (S) Read the second time
reading-2
- 2019-04-05 (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- 2019-04-05 (S) Read the third time SB 40
reading-3
- 2019-04-05 (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2
- 2019-04-05 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
passage
- 2019-04-05 (S) VERSION: SB 40
- 2019-04-08 (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS
introduction, reading-1
- 2019-04-08 (H) RLS
- 2019-04-08 (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- 2019-05-02 (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2019
- 2019-05-02 (H) Read the second time
reading-2
- 2019-05-02 (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- 2019-05-02 (H) Read the third time SB 40
reading-3
- 2019-05-02 (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2
- 2019-05-02 (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- 2019-05-02 (H) VERSION: SB 40
- 2019-05-02 (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, SPOHNHOLZ, HOPKINS, KOPP, STORY,
- 2019-05-02 (H) LEDOUX, JACKSON, HANNAN
- 2019-10-23 (S) 2:25 P.M. 9/13/19 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
- 2019-10-23 (S) Signed into law 9/19 CHAPTER 27 SLA 19
executive-signature
- 2019-10-23 (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/18/19
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2676d23-c2e4-489e-8aee-6d46cc70ed2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).
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