---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Board of Public Accountancy; relating to the licensure of public accountants; and relating to the practice of public accounting."
description: "An Act relating to the Board of Public Accountancy; relating to the licensure of public accountants; and relating to the practice of public accounting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "Alaska HB 147 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DISCLOSURE", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PERMITS", "PUBLIC FINANCE", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMPSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d23e4e-1584-4f72-a85e-2e2ed4e5cfb5"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB147"
source_hash: "df7e4559ff118d0297cf9ad73d26031e2c6908a477b585d1daa3f6018c97e3ab"
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 147 (30) — An Act relating to the Board of Public Accountancy; relating to the licensure of public accountants; and relating to the practice of public accounting.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0147A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0147A)
2. **HB0147B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0147B)
3. **HB0147Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0147Z)

## Votes

- Shall SSHB 147 pass the House? — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 147 "An Act relating to the Board of Public Accountancy; relating to the licensure of public accountants; and relating to the practice of public accounting" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMPSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** L&C
- **2018-02-02** SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED
- **2018-02-02** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** L&C
- **2018-03-12** L&C RPT 5DP
- **2018-03-12** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-12** FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
- **2018-04-04** FIN REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2018-04-06** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/6/2018
- **2018-04-06** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-06** Read the third time SSHB 147 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-06** PASSED Y36 N1 E2 A1 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-06** VERSION: SSHB 147
- **2018-04-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** FIN RPT 6DP
- **2018-04-23** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, STEVENS, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-24** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-24** Read the third time SSHB 147 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-24** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-24** VERSION: SSHB 147
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 286
- **2018-06-27** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-11-07** 3:23 PM 7/25/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/2 CHAPTER 74 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/31/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64d23e4e-1584-4f72-a85e-2e2ed4e5cfb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).