---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Professional Counselors; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Professional Counselors; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Alaska HB 302 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOOL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce41af4-3ffa-44e6-9bef-f0049483270c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB302"
source_hash: "c47480443f4cf07df2d7ff77a64dc6d8b2bf97a20088bc023c97753a403290d0"
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 302 (30) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Professional Counselors; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0302A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0302A)
2. **HB0302Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0302Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 302 pass the House? — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 302 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Professional Counselors; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOOL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** L&C, FIN
- **2018-02-12** L&C RPT 5DP
- **2018-02-12** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-14** FIN RPT 6DP 4NR
- **2018-02-14** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** FIN No Recommendation: KAWASAKI, PRUITT, GUTTENBERG, TILTON
- **2018-02-14** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-23** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/23/2018
- **2018-02-23** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/26 CALENDAR
- **2018-02-26** Read the third time HB 302 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** PASSED Y37 E2 V1 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-02-26** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-02-26** VERSION: HB 302
- **2018-02-28** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 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 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-04** FIN RPT 6DP
- **2018-04-04** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 1: (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 302 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-15** PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `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 302
- **2018-06-27** 10:06 AM 6/11/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 42 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/8ce41af4-3ffa-44e6-9bef-f0049483270c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).