---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Marijuana Control Board; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Marijuana Control Board; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Alaska HB 273 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DRUGS", "LICENSING", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KITO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844c7477-91d5-487a-a1d9-3b0e3447d1d8"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB273"
source_hash: "d0d78088a043d556340e29e482e0e37b3326dc30bc45e5ddde753384542297a5"
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 273 (30) — An Act extending the termination date of the Marijuana Control Board; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0273A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0273A)
2. **HB0273Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0273Z)

## Votes

- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 273 "An Act extending the termination date of the Marijuana Control Board; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 273 pass the House? — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KITO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Prefile released `filing`
- **2018-01-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** L&C, FIN
- **2018-01-31** L&C RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-01-31** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, STUTES, WOOL, BIRCH, KNOPP, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** L&C No Recommendation: JOSEPHSON
- **2018-01-31** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-28** FIN RPT 6DP 5NR
- **2018-02-28** FIN Do Pass: GARA, KAWASAKI, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, GRENN, PRUITT, ORTIZ, TILTON
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-14** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-14** Read the third time HB 273 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** PASSED Y38 E2 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-03-14** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-03-14** VERSION: HB 273
- **2018-03-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** L&C, FIN
- **2018-04-02** L&C RPT 3DP
- **2018-04-02** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, MICCICHE, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-09** FIN RPT 6DP
- **2018-04-09** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-15** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/15/2018
- **2018-04-15** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-15** Read the third time HB 273 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-15** PASSED Y18 N- A2 `passage`
- **2018-04-15** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-15** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-15** VERSION: HB 273
- **2018-06-27** 10:06 AM 6/11/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 37 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/30/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844c7477-91d5-487a-a1d9-3b0e3447d1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).