The Alaska Legislature approved bringing back the bear plates last session in a bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Peggy Wilson. House Bill 293 passed unanimously in the final days of the session.

Department of Motor Vehicles director Amy Erickson had a sample of the new license plate in hand Monday. The makeover has added new colors.

The old grizzly plates had beige mountains and a brown bear. The new version features a darker bear, a silhouette of the Alaska Range, a gold sun between mountains and a blue sky.