---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the donation of food; and relating to food banks."
description: "An Act relating to the donation of food; and relating to food banks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Alaska HB 186 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "FAMILIES", "FOOD", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LIABILITY", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TALERICO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07fa08a5-98b0-46d9-a084-297b956ffc95"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB186"
source_hash: "3b115f213a63434f60e2a27e6301e07745f7aa211549684f2e28568fa5f90d5b"
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 186 (30) — An Act relating to the donation of food; and relating to food banks.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0186A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0186A)
2. **HB0186Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0186Z)

## Votes

- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 186 "An Act relating to the donation of food; and relating to food banks" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 186 pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TALERICO — primary (person)
- Eastman — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan-Leonard — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Cosponsors added: EASTMAN
- **2017-04-03** Cosponsors added: GRENN
- **2017-04-05** HSS RPT 7DP
- **2017-04-05** HSS Do Pass: JOHNSTON, TARR, EDGMON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO, EASTMAN, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-04-05** Cosponsors added: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KOPP
- **2017-04-14** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/14/2017
- **2017-04-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-14** Read the third time HB 186 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Cosponsors added: MILLETT, TILTON, JOSEPHSON, FANSLER, GARA
- **2017-04-14** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-14** VERSION: HB 186
- **2017-04-15** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-15** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** HSS RPT 5DP
- **2017-05-10** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, BEGICH, VON IMHOF, GIESSEL, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-05-10** CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, MICCICHE, GARDNER
- **2018-01-24** RULES TO CALENDAR 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-24** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-01-24** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-01-24** Read the third time HB 186 `reading-3`
- **2018-01-24** PASSED Y18 N- E1 V1 `passage`
- **2018-01-24** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MEYER, EGAN, BEGICH, OLSON, HUGHES, BISHOP, COSTELLO
- **2018-01-24** MACKINNON, KELLY
- **2018-01-24** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-01-24** VERSION: HB 186
- **2018-02-05** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-02-07** 3:24 PM 2/7/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-12** BILL RECEIVED IN HOUSE AS PER REQUEST
- **2018-03-05** 1:00 PM 3/2/18 RETURNED TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-03-07** Signed into law 3/6 CHAPTER 1 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/4/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07fa08a5-98b0-46d9-a084-297b956ffc95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).