---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the first judicial district; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the first judicial district; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "Alaska HB 298 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31073150-0d23-44e4-8b00-0f84de22de09"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB298"
source_hash: "312b07d0237dd5b2226428205c3bec91212ebe0a1677e949fda01b992d97f0a4"
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 298 (30) — An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the first judicial district; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0298A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0298A)
2. **HB0298Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0298Z)

## Votes

- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 298 "An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the first judicial district; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 298 pass the House? — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RULES BY REQUEST — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** CRA RPT 6DP
- **2018-02-09** CRA Do Pass: TALERICO, DRUMMOND, LINCOLN, SADDLER, KREISS-TOMKINS, PARISH `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (AJS)
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-02-16** JUD RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-02-16** JUD Do Pass: KOPP, KREISS-TOMKINS, STUTES, LEDOUX, MILLETT, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-16** JUD No Recommendation: EASTMAN
- **2018-02-16** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (AJS)
- **2018-02-16** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-02-21** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING NEXT CALENDAR
- **2018-02-23** Read the third time HB 298 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** PASSED Y36 E3 V1 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-02-23** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-02-23** VERSION: HB 298
- **2018-02-26** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** JUD REFERRAL WAIVED UC
- **2018-03-05** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-05** Read the third time HB 298 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-03-05** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-03-05** VERSION: HB 298
- **2018-03-20** 11:23 AM 3/20/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-28** Signed into law 3/27 CHAPTER 4 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31073150-0d23-44e4-8b00-0f84de22de09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).