---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to race classics."
description: "An Act relating to race classics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Alaska HB 18 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "GAMBLING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29abc45d-2829-4f29-8641-1a524c117c40"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB18"
source_hash: "33b73043347c9adb82e5f5e02bd58851bc2bbd99a7a1ab9df94439da80010a1d"
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 18 (30) — An Act relating to race classics.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0018A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0018A)
2. **HB0018B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0018B)
3. **HB0018Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0018Z)

## Votes

- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 18 "An Act relating to race classics" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 18 pass the House? — **36–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Prefile released `filing`
- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** L&C, FIN
- **2017-02-06** L&C RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2017-02-06** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KNOPP, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** L&C No Recommendation: SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **2017-02-10** FIN REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2017-02-13** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/13/2017
- **2017-02-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-02-13** Read the third time HB 18 `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** PASSED Y36 N1 E3 `passage`
- **2017-02-13** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-02-13** VERSION: HB 18
- **2017-02-15** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** CRA, L&C
- **2017-04-14** CRA RPT SCS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-14** CRA Do Pass: BISHOP, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** CRA No Recommendation: GARDNER, MACKINNON
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **2018-02-14** L&C RPT 5DP
- **2018-02-14** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, STEVENS, MICCICHE, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **2018-05-11** RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/11/18
- **2018-05-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-11** Read the third time HB 18 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-11** PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2018-05-11** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-11** VERSION: HB 18
- **2018-11-07** 10:45 AM 8/22/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/27 CHAPTER 94 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/25/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29abc45d-2829-4f29-8641-1a524c117c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).