---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to regulation notice and review by the legislature; and relating to the Administrative Regulation Review Committee."
description: "An Act relating to regulation notice and review by the legislature; and relating to the Administrative Regulation Review Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Alaska HB 168 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES", "LEGISLATURE", "REGULATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHENAULT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-10"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d1e4c13-b32e-4960-96c1-17d7709a1deb"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB168"
source_hash: "aaaa1ba7e2d0287063edca357905b3c166f2a31d48c3beef6bf110de50648e24"
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 168 (30) — An Act relating to regulation notice and review by the legislature; and relating to the Administrative Regulation Review Committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0168A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0168A)
2. **HB0168Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0168Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 168 pass the House? — **30–8** (pass) · lower
- Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? — **18–18** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHENAULT — primary (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Referred to State Affairs and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Cosponsors added: KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2018-02-09** STA RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-02-09** STA Do Pass: BIRCH, KNOPP, LEDOUX, WOOL, JOHNSON, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-09** STA No Recommendation: TUCK
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-03-02** FIN RPT 7DP 1DNP 2NR
- **2018-03-02** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, THOMPSON, PRUITT, TILTON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** FIN Do Not Pass: KAWASAKI `committee-failure`
- **2018-03-02** FIN No Recommendation: ORTIZ, GRENN
- **2018-03-02** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-03-12** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/14 CALENDAR
- **2018-03-12** Cosponsors added: GARA
- **2018-03-14** Read the third time HB 168 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2018-03-14** AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N18 E2 A2
- **2018-03-14** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2018-03-14** PASSED Y30 N8 E2 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** COSPONSOR REMOVED: LEDOUX
- **2018-03-14** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-03-14** VERSION: HB 168
- **2018-03-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** STA RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2018-04-04** STA Do Pass: MEYER, GIESSEL, EGAN, COGHILL `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** STA No Recommendation: WILSON
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-04-09** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR UC
- **2018-04-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-09** Read the third time HB 168 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-09** PASSED Y15 N5 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-09** VERSION: HB 168
- **2018-04-16** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-04-26** 2:50 PM 4/25/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed into law 5/3 CHAPTER 7 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/1/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d1e4c13-b32e-4960-96c1-17d7709a1deb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).