republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/33/sb-38.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications."
description: "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Alaska SB 38 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "CRIMES", "DEATH", "FIRE PROTECTION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/585c9727-92a5-4faf-9a51-4530c0b35a17"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB38"
source_hash: "590db376690d4479f0b43f3ac7bc48c0263d16e565a39c5a054b635aefd02daf"
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 38 (33) — An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0038Z)
2. **SB 38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0038A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 # 1023 — **1–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 #1050 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 # 1024 — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #509 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Sumner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** (S) Prefile released 1/13/23 `filing`
- **2023-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** (S) JUD
- **2023-01-23** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-01-23** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-01-23** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2023-01-27** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, MERRICK, OLSON
- **2023-01-30** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-01-30** (S) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee
- **2023-01-30** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2023-02-01** (S) JUD RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2023-02-01** (S) DP: CLAMAN, GIESSEL, KAUFMAN
- **2023-02-01** (S) NR: TOBIN, KIEHL
- **2023-02-01** (S) FN1: (ADM)
- **2023-02-01** (S) FN2: (ADM)
- **2023-02-01** (S) FN3: ZERO(COR)
- **2023-02-01** (S) FN4: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-02-01** (S) FN5: ZERO(DPS)
- **2023-02-01** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD
- **2023-02-08** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-02-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-02-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-03-07** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-03-07** (S) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-07** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-03-13** (S) FIN RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2023-03-13** (S) DP: OLSON, WILSON, MERRICK
- **2023-03-13** (S) NR: KIEHL
- **2023-03-13** (S) FN3: ZERO(COR)
- **2023-03-13** (S) FN4: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-03-13** (S) FN5: ZERO(DPS)
- **2023-03-13** (S) FN6: ZERO(ADM)
- **2023-03-13** (S) FN7: ZERO(ADM)
- **2023-03-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/15/23
- **2023-03-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/17 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 38 `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2023-03-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-03-17** (S) VERSION: SB 38
- **2023-03-20** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** (H) STA
- **2023-04-06** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2023-04-06** (H) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-04-13** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2023-04-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-13** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2023-04-20** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2023-04-20** (H) Moved SB 38 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-20** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2023-04-24** (H) STA RPT 6DP
- **2023-04-24** (H) DP: ARMSTRONG, STORY, ALLARD, C.JOHNSON, WRIGHT, SHAW
- **2023-04-24** (H) FN3: ZERO(COR)
- **2023-04-24** (H) FN4: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-04-24** (H) FN5: ZERO(DPS)
- **2023-04-24** (H) FN6: ZERO(ADM)
- **2023-04-24** (H) FN7: ZERO(ADM)
- **2023-05-10** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2023
- **2023-05-10** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 2 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-10** (H) AM NO 4 NOT OFFERED
- **2023-05-10** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/11 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, SUMNER
- **2023-05-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 38 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 `passage`
- **2023-05-11** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-05-11** (H) VERSION: SB 38
- **2023-10-16** (S) 4:08 P.M. 7/14/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 7/20 CHAPTER 19 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/18/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/585c9727-92a5-4faf-9a51-4530c0b35a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).