---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to occupational safety and health enforcement penalties; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to occupational safety and health enforcement penalties; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Alaska HB 121 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "LABOR", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LABOR & COMMERCE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae45f4d-e36b-428d-a923-053df49a13a6"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB121"
source_hash: "518fce91ce7195e9961e5d2f7f44bb8d8fde6281f49cda784303440e1bbaced8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 121 (30) — An Act relating to occupational safety and health enforcement penalties; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0121A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0121A)
2. **HB0121Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0121Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 121 pass the House? — **36–3** (pass) · lower
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 121 "An Act relating to occupational safety and health enforcement penalties; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LABOR & COMMERCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-13** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** L&C, JUD
- **2017-03-03** L&C RPT 4DP
- **2017-03-03** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 1: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-03-15** JUD RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2017-03-15** JUD Do Pass: KOPP, FANSLER, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** JUD No Recommendation: EASTMAN, LEDOUX
- **2017-03-15** Fiscal Note 1: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-03-15** FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD
- **2017-04-07** FIN RPT 7DP 2NR 1AM
- **2017-04-07** FIN Do Pass: GARA, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, TILTON
- **2017-04-07** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI
- **2017-04-07** Fiscal Note 1: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-04-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/7/2017
- **2017-04-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/8 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-08** NOT TAKEN UP 4/8 - ON 4/9 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-09** Read the third time HB 121 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-09** PASSED Y36 N3 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-09** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-09** MILLETT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-04-10** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2017-04-10** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-10** VERSION: HB 121
- **2017-04-11** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** L&C, FIN
- **2018-01-31** L&C RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-01-31** L&C No Recommendation: COSTELLO, MICCICHE, MEYER
- **2018-01-31** L&C Do Pass: GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Fiscal Note 2: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-04-14** FIN RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2018-04-14** FIN Do Pass: BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-14** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-04-14** Fiscal Note 2: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-04-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/16
- **2018-04-16** NOT TAKEN UP 4/16 - ON 4/17 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-17** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-17** Read the third time HB 121 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-17** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-04-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-17** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-17** VERSION: HB 121
- **2018-06-27** 9:49 AM 5/16/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 5/16 CHAPTER 12 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae45f4d-e36b-428d-a923-053df49a13a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).