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SB174Introduced in the Senate

Invasive Species Management

Vetoed

Introduced by Forrest Dunbar, District J

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of Fish and Game; relating to management of invasive species; and providing for an effective date.

Where it stands

VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/26

July 1, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Third Reading Final Passage · May 19, 2026

35

Yes

5

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Jeremy Bynum1Yes
Rebecca Himschoot2Yes
Andrea Story3Yes
Sara Hannan4Yes
Louise Stutes5Yes
Sarah Vance6Yes
Justin Ruffridge7Yes
Bill Elam8Yes
Ky Holland9Yes
Charles Kopp10Yes

Bill history

  1. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  2. RES, FIN

  3. RES RPT 3DP 2NR

  4. DP: GIESSEL, CLAMAN, DUNBAR

  5. NR: KAWASAKI, MYERS

  6. FN1: (DFG)

  7. FIN RPT 2DP 5NR

  8. DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN

  9. NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL

  10. FN1: (DFG)

  11. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2026

  12. READ THE SECOND TIME

  13. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/8 CAL

  14. COSPONSOR(S): YUNDT

  15. READ THE THIRD TIME SB 174

  16. COSPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI, BJORKMAN, TOBIN, KAWASAKI, CRONK, MERRICK, CLAMAN,

  17. TILTON, RAUSCHER, GRAY-JACKSON, KAUFMAN, STEDMAN, STEVENS

  18. PASSED Y19 N- E1

  19. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  20. TRANSMITTED TO (H)

  21. VERSION: SB 174

  22. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  23. FIN

  24. CROSS SPONSOR(S): MCCABE

  25. CROSS SPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT

  26. CROSS SPONSOR(S): BYNUM

  27. IN FINANCE

  28. FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NEW TITLE 9DP 2NR

  29. PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR

  30. DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, MOORE, BYNUM, STAPP, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER

  31. NR: TOMASZEWSKI, ALLARD

  32. FN1: (DFG)

  33. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026

  34. READ THE SECOND TIME

  35. FAILED TO ADOPT FIN HCS Y16 N23 A1

  36. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  37. READ THE THIRD TIME SB 174

  38. PASSED Y35 N5

  39. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  40. RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT

  41. VERSION: SB 174

  42. CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY, MEARS, GALVIN, JOSEPHSON, HANNAN, MINA, STUTES, FIELDS

  43. MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  44. 3:55 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  45. VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/26

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