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Alaska · 34th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 24: An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retail cigar stores; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products; and providing for an effective date.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 24 is a bill introduced in the Alaska Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retail cigar stores; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products; and providing for an effective date. Primary sponsor: Gary Stevens (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 19, 2026): (S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Independent 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gary StevensPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenateC
Ashley CarrickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Alyse GalvinCo-sponsorIndependentHouse14
Cathy GiesselCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateE
Andrew GrayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Elvi Gray-JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateG
Sara HannanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Donna MearsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. (S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26
  2. (S) 10:14 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to Governor
  3. (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
  4. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
  5. (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y15 N5
  6. (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
  7. (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 24(FIN) AM H
  8. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
  9. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y39 N1
  10. (H) PASSED Y24 N16
  11. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 24(FIN) AM H
  12. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source