Vance, Sarah L.

Introduced a bill proposing to let school districts and the University of Alaska put their employees on the state's health insurance plan (House Bill 29). A sponsor substitute went to two House committees on April 30, 2025.

April 30, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Vance was lead author of a bill making it a crime to distribute computer-generated child sexual abuse images and forged digital likenesses, and adding social media rules for minors (House Bill 47).

April 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Sponsored House Bill 118, proposing to set up an Alaska Council on Human and Sex Trafficking. The House Judiciary Committee approved a revised version and sent it on to the Finance Committee.

April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Co-sponsored a law making it third-degree criminal mischief to deface or damage a place of worship, a religious school building, or religious objects (House Bill 238, Chapter 51, Session Laws of Alaska 2024).

September 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Was the lead sponsor of a bill proposing to require websites to check ages before showing pornography to minors and to set rules for minors' use of social media. The House passed it 33-6 on April 26, 2024. The Senate sent it to its Judiciary Committee in May 2024, where it stalled and died when the two-year session ended (House Bill 254).

May 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 325 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, which rewrote Alaska law on domestic violence, sexual offenses and consent; it became Chapter 44 SLA 2022.

July 28, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Co-sponsored a state law toughening penalties for assault, harassment and sex offenses, and adding a stiffer sentence for strangulation that knocks a victim unconscious (House Bill 14, Chapter 11).

July 19, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced an Alaska bill proposing to limit how much a property's assessed value can rise from one year to the next (House Bill 254). It went to the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee on January 20, 2026.

January 20, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored a bill to extend Alaska's senior benefits payment program. Its last recorded action left the bill in the House Finance Committee (House Bill 242).

February 19, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of SB 23 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, a civics education bill; it became Chapter 18 SLA 2026.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance voted no on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 57, a schools bill covering communication devices, class size and funding; the legislature overrode the veto 46-14 on May 20, 2025 and the bill became Chapter 5 SLA 2025.

May 20, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance voted no on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 69, an education funding bill; the joint session sustained the veto 33-27 on April 22, 2025.

April 22, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 202 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, covering overdose-reversal drugs in schools and correspondence study programs; it became Chapter 47 SLA 2024.

August 30, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance voted no on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 140, the education package that raised the base student allocation; the joint session sustained the veto 39-20 on March 18, 2024.

March 18, 2024Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 61 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, which placed limitations on firearms restrictions; it became Chapter 21 SLA 2023.

July 29, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Led introduction of the Fetal Heartbeat Act, proposing to ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected and to add civil lawsuits as a way to enforce abortion laws (House Bill 357).

February 23, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Led a bill proposing to ban abortion in Alaska once fetal cardiac activity is detected (House Bill 302). It drew 18 cosponsors but got no action beyond its referral to the House Health and Social Services Committee.

February 24, 2020Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance voted yes on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 64, an elections bill; the joint session sustained the veto 38-22 on May 4, 2026.

May 4, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance prime-sponsored HB 4 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, a bill repealing Alaska's ranked-choice voting and open primary system; the official bill record listed it in House Finance on January 18, 2024.

January 18, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced House Bill 196, proposing to make collecting other voters' ballots a misdemeanor, to make tampering with sealed ballots or election data a felony, and to require a ballot tracking system.

April 28, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Vance voted no on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 52, concerning minors and psychiatric hospitals; the joint session sustained the veto on June 19, 2026.

June 19, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 123 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, providing state recognition of Alaska tribes; it became Chapter 42 SLA 2022.

July 28, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Led an Alaska bill giving patients the right to have a support person with them during treatment and during stays in hospitals and certain other care facilities (House Bill 252, the No Patient Left Alone Act). The bill stayed in the House State Affairs Committee and did not pass before the two-year session ended.

January 18, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance prime-sponsored HB 221 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, a bill limiting the power of the governor in a declared emergency; the official bill record listed it in House State Affairs on May 19, 2021.

May 19, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to protect church attendance for children in state custody (House Bill 191, 2020). Its last recorded action was referral to the House Health and Social Services Committee.

February 21, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Prime-sponsored House Bill 46, the App Store Accountability Act, proposing that app stores check users' ages and get parental consent before minors download apps.

January 22, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 63 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, creating the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; it became Chapter 20 SLA 2021.

July 13, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

In the 33rd Alaska Legislature Vance chaired the House Judiciary Committee and the House Special Committee on Fisheries, and served as vice chair of the House Transportation Committee.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

In the 34th Alaska Legislature Vance sat on the House Rules, Judiciary, State Affairs and Fisheries committees, on the Task Force to Evaluate the Alaska Seafood Industry, and on seven House Finance subcommittees.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 1 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, recognizing specie as legal tender; it became Chapter 6 SLA 2026.

May 30, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced a bill setting health and sanitary rules and permit requirements for commercial fishing vessels, including a micro-fishery category (House Bill 356).

February 23, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored a 2024 Alaska law that streamlined state leases for aquatic farms and hatchery sites, setting 10-year first leases and longer renewals (House Bill 329, Chapter 31 SLA 2024).

August 22, 2024

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Vance prime-sponsored HJR 26 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, a resolution asserting state jurisdiction over Alaska's coastal water; the official bill record listed it in the House Special Committee on Fisheries on February 20, 2024.

February 20, 2024

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 41 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, on shellfish projects, hatcheries and fees; it became Chapter 32 SLA 2022.

July 8, 2022

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 115 in the 32nd Alaska Legislature, on aquatic farming and hatchery site leases; it became Chapter 10 SLA 2021.

June 15, 2021

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 203 in the 31st Alaska Legislature, on the transportation of live crab; it became Chapter 25 SLA 2020.

April 29, 2020

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Vance was a named co-sponsor of HB 71 in the 31st Alaska Legislature, which credited veterans' experience under the State Personnel Act; it became Chapter 12 SLA 2020.

April 20, 2020

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Alaska's Select Committee on Legislative Ethics voted on June 26, 2026 that there was probable cause she broke the state ethics law. Probable cause means only that a case may go forward, not that a violation was proven. The complaint concerned her use of official legislative letterhead for a letter to Carpenter Media Group, which owns the Homer News. The committee ordered no penalty beyond following letterhead rules in future, and Rep. Kevin McCabe dissented, saying he would have dismissed the complaints.

June 26, 2026

Source: homernews.com · researched July 31, 2026

The House subcommittee of Alaska's Select Committee on Legislative Ethics opened an investigation into Vance and set the scope of its review on January 15, 2026, after numerous complaints that she used state letterhead and her official Facebook page to press the Homer News' owner over an article about a vigil she helped organize.

January 15, 2026

Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of a bill that set licensing rules for interior designers and extended the state board registering architects, engineers and land surveyors. The legislature overrode the veto 45-15 on June 19, 2026, so the bill became law (House Bill 314).

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026