---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Alaska HB 23 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FUNDS", "INSURANCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MEDICAL CARE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERMANENT FUND", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOSEPHSON"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e000eb8-f2e2-4b15-a2aa-aec5551ca50b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB23"
source_hash: "2aaa9048bfded6dcc75bfc54ec2cfd3c17bf7c16a77c2a3fd4a480cd7251c663"
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 23 (30) — An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0023A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0023A)
2. **HB0023B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0023B)
3. **HB0023C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0023C)
4. **HB0023D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0023D)
5. **HB0023Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0023Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 23(FIN) am pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 23(FIN) "An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JOSEPHSON — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Guttenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Westlake — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — 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** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Cosponsors added: GRENN
- **2017-01-27** Cosponsors added: WESTLAKE
- **2017-02-03** Cosponsors added: KOPP
- **2017-02-17** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 7DP 3AM
- **2017-02-17** FIN Do Pass: GRENN, GUTTENBERG, GARA, KAWASAKI, ORTIZ, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** FIN Amend: TILTON, WILSON, PRUITT
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-02-17** FN3: (GOV/FUND CAP)
- **2017-02-17** Cosponsors added: GARA, GUTTENBERG, MILLETT
- **2017-03-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/10/2017
- **2017-03-10** HELD TO 3/13 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-10** Cosponsors added: DRUMMOND
- **2017-03-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 1 FAILED Y10 N30
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 2 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 3 FAILED Y11 N29
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 4 FAILED Y15 N25
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 5 FAILED Y12 N28
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 6 FAILED Y8 N32
- **2017-03-13** AM NO 7 ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-13** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2017-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-13** Read the third time CSHB 23(FIN) AM `reading-3`
- **2017-03-13** PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-13** Cosponsors added: PARISH, SPOHNHOLZ, RAUSCHER, FANSLER
- **2017-03-13** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-03-13** VERSION: CSHB 23(FIN) AM
- **2017-03-15** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, COGHILL, COSTELLO, GIESSEL, STEVENS, GARDNER,
- **2017-04-05** BISHOP, EGAN, HUGHES, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, WILSON, MEYER, KELLY,
- **2017-04-05** VON IMHOF, DUNLEAVY, MACKINNON, STEDMAN
- **2017-04-06** CROSS SPONSOR: COGHILL BEFORE MICCICHE
- **2017-04-16** FIN RPT SCS 6DP 1AM SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-16** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, HUGHES, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-16** FIN Amend: OLSON
- **2017-04-16** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-16** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2017-04-16** FN5: (GOV/FUND CAP)
- **2017-04-17** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/19 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-19** Read the third time SCS CSHB 23(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2017-04-19** AM NO 1 FAILED Y6 N13 E1
- **2017-04-19** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-19** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-19** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2017-04-19** VERSION: SCS CSHB 23(FIN)
- **2017-04-21** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2017-04-21** Cosponsors added: TARR
- **2017-04-26** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2017-04-26** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 N2
- **2017-04-26** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-01** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2017-06-15** 8:33 AM 6/15/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-22** Signed into law 6/21 CHAPTER 14 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e000eb8-f2e2-4b15-a2aa-aec5551ca50b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).