republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/34/sb-29.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board."
description: "An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Alaska SB 29 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DENTISTS", "FISH & GAME (GAME)", "GUIDES", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bjorkman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 69
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac4a910e-9fa2-40dd-9aad-2f45924285b9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB29"
source_hash: "3f36ff5a552784dc44b1f345976e36b2374802b5e66dcb4d3dad54d9175af860"
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 29 (34) — An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled SB 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029Z)
2. **HCS SB 29(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029B)
3. **SB 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0029A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y40 #2696 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #934 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2751 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bjorkman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (S) RES, FIN
- **2025-02-03** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-03** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-03** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-02-17** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-17** (S) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-17** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-02-19** (S) RES RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2025-02-19** (S) DP: GIESSEL, HUGHES, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2025-02-19** (S) NR: KAWASAKI, MYERS
- **2025-02-19** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2025-04-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-01** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-11** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-11** (S) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee
- **2025-04-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-14** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2025-04-14** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, CRONK
- **2025-04-14** (S) NR: MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2025-04-14** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2025-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/23 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 29 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2025-04-23** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-04-23** (S) VERSION: SB 29
- **2025-04-25** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-25** (H) RES, FIN
- **2025-05-05** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-12** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-12** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-05-14** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-14** (H) Moved SB 29 Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2025-05-14** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-05-16** (H) RES RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2025-05-16** (H) DP: FIELDS, HALL, MEARS, BURKE, DIBERT
- **2025-05-16** (H) NR: ELAM, RAUSCHER
- **2025-05-16** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2026-05-05** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-05** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-05-11** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-11** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2026-05-15** (H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2026-05-15** (H) Moved HCS SB 29(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a 9:00 A.M. --
- **2026-05-16** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NEW TITLE 6DP 3NR 1AM
- **2026-05-16** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 23
- **2026-05-16** (H) DP: GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, HANNAN, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER
- **2026-05-16** (H) NR: MOORE, BYNUM, STAPP
- **2026-05-16** (H) AM: ALLARD
- **2026-05-16** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2026-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2026
- **2026-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-17** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 29(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-17** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2026-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 23
- **2026-05-17** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-17** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 29(FIN)
- **2026-05-18** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-18** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2026-06-15** (S) 10:45 A.M. 6/8/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/25 CH 31 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-22** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/23/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac4a910e-9fa2-40dd-9aad-2f45924285b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).