# Alaska HJR 20: HIRING OF APPRENTICES/VETERANS Alaska HJR 20, HIRING OF APPRENTICES/VETERANS, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by David Nelson (Republican); status adopted, last action 2026-09-30 ((H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HJR20-34 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alaska HJR 20 - State: Alaska - Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: HIRING OF APPRENTICES/VETERANS - Status: adopted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-14 - Last action: 2026-09-30, (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68 - Sponsor: David Nelson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 21 - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Nelson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jamie Allard (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jesse Bjorkman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeremy Bynum (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matt Claman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Cronk (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Forrest Dunbar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cathy Giessel (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James Kaufman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kelly Merrick (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Myers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: George Rauscher (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dan Saddler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bert Stedman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Stevens (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Cathy Tilton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Loki Tobin (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Wielechowski (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Yundt (Republican), Senate ## Actions (59) - 2026-09-30: (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68 (House) - 2026-06-17: (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (House) - 2026-05-20: (S) VERSION: HJR 20 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) STEDMAN, STEVENS (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) YUNDT, CRONK, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, MYERS, RAUSCHER, KAUFMAN, TILTON, (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TOBIN, DUNBAR, MERRICK, KAWASAKI, BJORKMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HJR 20 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) FN2: ZERO(LEG) (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) L&C RPT 3DP (Senate) - 2026-05-08: (S) Moved HJR 20 Out of Committee (Senate) - 2026-05-08: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2026-05-08: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-03-13: (S) Minutes (SL&C) (Senate) - 2026-03-13: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2026-03-13: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-02-18: (S) L&C (Senate) - 2026-02-18: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate) - 2026-02-16: (H) VERSION: HJR 20 (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) COSPONSOR(S): ALLARD, JOSEPHSON, BYNUM (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) PASSED Y38 E2 (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HJR 20 (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House) - 2026-02-16: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/16/2026 (House) - 2026-02-09: (H) FN2: ZERO(LEG) (House) - 2026-02-09: (H) DP: CARRICK, COULOMBE, SADDLER, D.NELSON, FIELDS, HALL (House) - 2026-02-09: (H) L&C RPT 6DP (House) - 2026-02-06: (H) Minutes (HL&C) (House) - 2026-02-06: (H) Moved HJR 20 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change -- (House) - 2026-02-06: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 04:15 PM BARNES 124 (House) - 2026-02-06: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-01-23: (H) Minutes (HL&C) (House) - 2026-01-23: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2026-01-23: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124 (House) - 2026-01-23: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-01-21: (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED -- (House) - 2026-01-21: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124 (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) FN1: ZERO(LEG) (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) DP: GRAY, NELSON, HALL, SADDLER, EISCHEID (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) MLV RPT 5DP (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) Minutes (HMLV) (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) Moved HJR 20 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session -- (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 10:15 AM BARNES 124 (House) - 2025-05-13: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-06: (H) Minutes (HMLV) (House) - 2025-05-06: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2025-05-06: (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 10:15 AM BARNES 124 (House) - 2025-05-06: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-25: (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER (House) - 2025-04-14: (H) MLV, L&C (House) - 2025-04-14: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled HJR 20, 2026-05-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HJR020Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HJR020Z.PDF) - HJR 20, 2025-04-14: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HJR020A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HJR020A.PDF) ## Related bills - HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP (signed) - HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET (signed) - HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law) - HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING (became law) - HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES (became law) - HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled HJR 20 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HJR020Z) - [Enrolled HJR 20 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HJR020Z.PDF) - [HJR 20 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HJR020A) - [HJR 20 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HJR020A.PDF) ## Related - [HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB263-34) - [HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB265-34) - [HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB239-34) - [HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB246-34) - [HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB195-34) - [HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB73-34) - [Alaska bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska/bills) - [Alaska state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HJR20-34 (as of 2026-11-04).