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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the practice of dentistry; relating to dental radiological equipment; relating to the practice of dental hygiene; relating to advanced practice permits for dental hygienists; relating to dental assistants; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against a dental hygienist who holds an advanced practice permit; relating to medical assistance for dental hygiene services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the practice of dentistry; relating to dental radiological equipment; relating to the practice of dental hygiene; relating to advanced practice permits for dental hygienists; relating to dental assistants; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against a dental hygienist who holds an advanced practice permit; relating to medical assistance for dental hygiene services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Alaska SB 173 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "DENTISTS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c071ad5-4284-4ced-8c21-8f320d3d69d9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB173"
source_hash: "2cc99bc98bf0e4be649219868b6040316a8b1cbfd6e88d6c1bec1aa5bbc6e9a7"
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 173 (32) — An Act relating to the practice of dentistry; relating to dental radiological equipment; relating to the practice of dental hygiene; relating to advanced practice permits for dental hygienists; relating to dental assistants; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against a dental hygienist who holds an advanced practice permit; relating to medical assistance for dental hygiene services; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CSSB 173(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0173B)
2. **CSSB 173(FIN) am H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0173C)
3. **Enrolled SB 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0173Z)
4. **SB 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0173A)
## Votes
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2435**190** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y36 N1 E1 A2 # 2993 — **361** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y36 N2 E1 A1 #3000**362** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1 #2923**190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- WILSON — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-28** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2022-02-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-02-09** (S) Moved SB 173 Out of Committee
- **2022-02-09** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-02-11** (S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2022-02-11** (S) DP: STEVENS, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2022-02-11** (S) NR: MICCICHE
- **2022-02-11** (S) FN1: (DHS)
- **2022-02-11** (S) FN2: (DHS)
- **2022-02-11** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2022-02-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-02-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-24** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-03-31** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-31** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-31** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-04-05** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-04-05** (S) Moved CSSB 173(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-05** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-04-06** (S) FIN RPT CS 4DP 3NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-04-06** (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WILSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-04-06** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON
- **2022-04-06** (S) FN1: (DHS)
- **2022-04-06** (S) FN2: (DHS)
- **2022-04-06** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2022-04-25** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/27 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 173(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-27** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** (S) VERSION: CSSB 173(FIN)
- **2022-04-29** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-29** (H) FIN
- **2022-05-05** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-05** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 3:50 pm --
- **2022-05-05** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-13** (H) Moved CSSB 173(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-15** (H) FIN RPT 7DP 4NR
- **2022-05-15** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, THOMPSON, JOHNSON, WOOL, FOSTER
- **2022-05-15** (H) NR: CARPENTER, JOSEPHSON, RASMUSSEN, MERRICK
- **2022-05-15** (H) FN1: (DHS)
- **2022-05-15** (H) FN2: (DHS)
- **2022-05-15** (H) FN3: (CED)
- **2022-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y36 N1 E1 A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-17** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 173(FIN) AM H `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (H) PASSED Y36 N2 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 21
- **2022-05-17** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CRONK, LEBON
- **2022-05-17** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (H) VERSION: CSSB 173(FIN) AM H
- **2022-05-18** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2022-05-18** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1
- **2022-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-10-05** (S) 9:45 A.M. 8/4/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 56 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN1: (DHS)
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN2: (DHS)
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN3: (CED)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c071ad5-4284-4ced-8c21-8f320d3d69d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).