republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/33/sb-58.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to Medicaid eligibility; expanding eligibility for postpartum mothers; conditioning the expansion of eligibility on approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to Medicaid eligibility; expanding eligibility for postpartum mothers; conditioning the expansion of eligibility on approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Alaska SB 58 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL AID", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9b8206-0334-4eb6-b7bf-4fad06d86d0b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB58"
source_hash: "28b316e677e3dc079c5775f6e1a783763cf9ead022f4eae262e63f69b033f03d"
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 58 (33) — An Act relating to Medicaid eligibility; expanding eligibility for postpartum mothers; conditioning the expansion of eligibility on approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0058Z)
2. **HCS SB 58(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0058B)
3. **SB 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0058A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N1 #969 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N3 E2 #933 — **35–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 #791 — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2023-02-06** (S) FN1: (DOH)
- **2023-02-06** (S) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2023-02-09** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-02-09** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-02-09** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2023-02-14** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-02-14** (S) <Above item removed from agenda>
- **2023-02-14** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2023-02-16** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-02-16** (S) Moved SB 58 Out of Committee -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2023-02-16** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2023-02-17** (S) HSS RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2023-02-17** (S) DP: WILSON, GIESSEL, DUNBAR
- **2023-02-17** (S) NR: KAUFMAN
- **2023-02-17** (S) FN1: (DOH)
- **2023-03-07** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-03-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-07** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-03** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-03** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-03** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-05** (S) FIN RPT 7DP
- **2023-04-05** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, OLSON, WILSON, KIEHL, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2023-04-05** (S) FN2: (DOH)
- **2023-04-05** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-05** (S) Moved SB 58 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-05** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-17** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/17/23
- **2023-04-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/19 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 58 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-04-19** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-04-19** (S) VERSION: SB 58
- **2023-04-20** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** (H) FIN
- **2023-04-26** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-04-26** (H) Moved HCS SB 58(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-26** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-04-28** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 10DP
- **2023-04-28** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ, COULOMBE, STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON,
- **2023-04-28** (H) EDGMON, FOSTER
- **2023-04-28** (H) FN3: (DOH)
- **2023-04-28** (H) FN4: (DOH)
- **2023-05-03** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2023
- **2023-05-03** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-03** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 58(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) PASSED Y35 N3 E2 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-03** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 58(FIN)
- **2023-05-05** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2023-05-05** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N1
- **2023-05-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-10-16** (S) 10:55 A.M. 7/14/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 7/19 CHAPTER 16 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) CONDITIONAL EFFECT SATISFIED, MEMO RECEIVED 8/13/24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce9b8206-0334-4eb6-b7bf-4fad06d86d0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).