# Alaska SJR 20: CLEAN UP MARINE DEBRIS

Alaska SJR 20, CLEAN UP MARINE DEBRIS, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Jesse Bjorkman (Republican); status adopted, last action 2026-06-19 ((S) PERMANENTLY FILED 6/17 LEGIS RESOLVE 31) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SJR20-34
- 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 20
- State: Alaska
- Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: CLEAN UP MARINE DEBRIS
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-04-14
- Last action: 2026-06-19, (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 6/17 LEGIS RESOLVE 31
- Sponsor: Jesse Bjorkman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 5
- 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: Jesse Bjorkman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Bynum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Maxine Dibert (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ted Eischeid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Louise Stutes (Republican), House

## Actions (53)

- 2026-06-19: (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 6/17 LEGIS RESOLVE 31 (Senate)
- 2026-06-15: (S) 10:45 A.M. 6/8/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2026-06-15: (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S) (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): EISCHEID, STUTES, JOSEPHSON (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) VERSION: SJR 20 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) PASSED Y40 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SJR 20 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) TAKEN UP UC (House)
- 2026-05-18: (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/18 - ON 5/19 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) HELD TO 5/18 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-16: (H) HELD TO 5/17 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-15: (H) HELD TO 5/16 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-14: (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BYNUM, DIBERT (House)
- 2026-05-14: (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-14: (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-05-14: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2026 (House)
- 2026-05-11: (H) FN1: ZERO(S.RES) (House)
- 2026-05-11: (H) DP: FIELDS, COULOMBE, HALL, SADDLER, PRAX, MEARS, DIBERT, FRIER (House)
- 2026-05-11: (H) RES RPT 8DP (House)
- 2026-05-08: (H) Moved SJR 20 Out of Committee (House)
- 2026-05-08: (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2026-05-08: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) RES (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House)
- 2026-04-22: (S) VERSION: SJR 20 (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SJR 20 (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/22 CAL (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) FN1: ZERO(S.RES) (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) NR: RAUSCHER, MYERS (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) DP: GIESSEL, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) RES RPT 4DP 2NR (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) Moved SJR 20 Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-04-01: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-03-27: (S) Minutes (SRES) (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled> (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) Minutes (SRES) (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-14: (S) RES (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled SJR 20, 2026-05-19: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR020Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR020Z.PDF)
- SJR 20, 2025-04-14: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR020A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR020A.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 20 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR020Z)
- [Enrolled SJR 20 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR020Z.PDF)
- [SJR 20 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SJR020A)
- [SJR 20 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SJR020A.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SJR20-34 (as of 2026-11-04).
