---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to a voluntary preference for members of the national guard and veterans by private employers."
description: "An Act relating to a voluntary preference for members of the national guard and veterans by private employers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Alaska HB 2 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "EMPLOYMENT", "MILITARY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TUCK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b09cfce8-e08c-4ccf-86d5-2077c673ddd1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB2"
source_hash: "48f7da31879137a570a54d1af36cb5c71c6677296a7c99e5a57ee945b49065cc"
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 2 (30) — An Act relating to a voluntary preference for members of the national guard and veterans by private employers.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0002A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0002A)
2. **HB0002B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0002B)
3. **HB0002Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0002Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(MLV) "An Act relating to a voluntary preference for members of the national guard and veterans by private employers" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 2(MLV) pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TUCK — primary (person)
- Chenault — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Westlake — 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** MLV, L&C
- **2017-01-23** Cosponsors added: PARISH
- **2017-02-03** MLV RPT CS(MLV) NT 6DP
- **2017-02-03** MLV Do Pass: RAUSCHER, REINBOLD, LEDOUX, SADDLER, PARISH, TUCK `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-03** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-02-03** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2017-03-13** L&C RPT CS(MLV) NT 7DP
- **2017-03-13** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, WOOL, BIRCH, KNOPP, JOSEPHSON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-03-13** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2017-03-22** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** MLV CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-22** Read the third time CSHB 2(MLV) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-22** PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** CHENAULT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-03-22** Cosponsors added: FANSLER, GARA, SPOHNHOLZ, JOSEPHSON, CHENAULT, TARR, SADDLER,
- **2017-03-22** WESTLAKE
- **2017-03-24** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2017-03-24** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-03-24** VERSION: CSHB 2(MLV)
- **2017-03-27** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** CRA, L&C
- **2018-02-09** CRA RPT 4DP
- **2018-02-09** CRA Do Pass: BISHOP, GARDNER, HOFFMAN, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-05-11** L&C REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2018-05-12** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2018
- **2018-05-12** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-12** Read the third time CSHB 2(MLV) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, MICCICHE, SHOWER, BISHOP, STEVENS, HOFFMAN, HUGHES
- **2018-05-12** EGAN, COGHILL, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, MEYER, WILSON, OLSON, VON IMHOF, KELLY
- **2018-05-12** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-12** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-12** VERSION: CSHB 2(MLV)
- **2018-11-07** 3:23 PM 7/25/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/29 CHAPTER 71 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/27/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b09cfce8-e08c-4ccf-86d5-2077c673ddd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).