---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act creating the North Star Medal."
description: "An Act creating the North Star Medal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Alaska HB 235 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "GOVERNOR", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KREISS-TOMKINS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-16"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9242209b-2cfc-42bc-a011-7a7e4eed6e3b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB235"
source_hash: "77debc8536cda17a7fa7d92f4a9805753f1e24e1cc1e04fc8a640455a4adf1a3"
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 235 (30) — An Act creating the North Star Medal.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0235A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0235A)
2. **HB0235B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0235B)
3. **HB0235Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0235Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 235(STA) "An Act creating the North Star Medal" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 235(STA) pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KREISS-TOMKINS — primary (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** STA RPT CS(STA) 4DP
- **2017-04-21** STA Do Pass: JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, TUCK, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-21** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-21** Cosponsors added: KAWASAKI
- **2017-04-26** Cosponsors added: WOOL, TUCK
- **2017-04-28** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2017
- **2017-04-28** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-28** STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/1 CALENDAR
- **2017-05-01** Read the third time CSHB 235(STA) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Cosponsors added: GRENN, JOSEPHSON, GARA, LEDOUX
- **2017-05-01** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-05-01** VERSION: CSHB 235(STA)
- **2017-05-08** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** STA RPT 5DP
- **2018-04-18** STA Do Pass: MEYER, WILSON, GIESSEL, EGAN, COGHILL `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-05-12** RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/12/18
- **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 235(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-12** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-12** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-12** VERSION: CSHB 235(STA)
- **2018-11-07** 9:35 AM 9/07/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 9/11 CHAPTER 104 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/10/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9242209b-2cfc-42bc-a011-7a7e4eed6e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).