# Alaska SJR 16: FEDERAL ENSURING LASTING SMILES ACT Alaska SJR 16, FEDERAL ENSURING LASTING SMILES ACT, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-07-30 ((S) PERMANENTLY FILED 7/16 LEGIS RESOLVE 12) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SJR16-34 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alaska SJR 16 - State: Alaska - Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: FEDERAL ENSURING LASTING SMILES ACT - Status: adopted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-02 - Last action: 2025-07-30, (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 7/16 LEGIS RESOLVE 12 - Sponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (50 yes, 27 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-18 | House | PASSED Y34 N6 | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2025-05-17 | House | AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N21 E1 A2 | fail | 16 | 21 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-07-30: (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 7/16 LEGIS RESOLVE 12 (Senate) - 2025-07-30: (S) 1:30 P.M. 6/20/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-05-18: (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON (House) - 2025-05-18: (H) VERSION: SJR 16 (House) - 2025-05-18: (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT (House) - 2025-05-18: (H) PASSED Y34 N6 (House) - 2025-05-18: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SJR 16 (House) - 2025-05-17: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/18 CALENDAR (House) - 2025-05-17: (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N21 E1 A2 (House) - 2025-05-17: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House) - 2025-05-17: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2025 (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) FN1: ZERO(LEG) (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) NR: PRAX, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) DP: FIELDS, GRAY, MEARS, MINA (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) HSS RPT 4DP 3NR (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) Moved SJR 16 Out of Committee (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) HSS (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House) - 2025-05-13: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-12: (S) VERSION: SJR 16 (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SJR 16 (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CAL (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-05: (S) FN1: ZERO(LEG) (Senate) - 2025-05-05: (S) NR: HUGHES (Senate) - 2025-05-05: (S) DP: DUNBAR, CLAMAN, TOBIN, GIESSEL (Senate) - 2025-05-05: (S) HSS RPT 4DP 1NR (Senate) - 2025-04-22: (S) Minutes (SHSS) (Senate) - 2025-04-22: (S) Moved SJR 16 Out of Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-22: (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-10: (S) Minutes (SHSS) (Senate) - 2025-04-10: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-04-10: (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-02: (S) HSS (Senate) - 2025-04-02: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled SJR 16, 2025-05-18: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR016Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR016Z.PDF) - SJR 16, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR016A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR016A.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (became law) - SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY (became law) - SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE (became law) - HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP (signed) - HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET (signed) - HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law) ## Sources - [Enrolled SJR 16 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR016Z) - [Enrolled SJR 16 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR016Z.PDF) - [SJR 16 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR016A) - [SJR 16 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR016A.PDF) ## Related - [SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB178-34) - [SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB86-34) - [SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB104-34) - [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) - [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-SJR16-34 (as of 2026-11-04).