---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to law enforcement training in domestic violence and sexual assault; relating to sexual assault investigation protocols; requiring an inventory and reports on untested sexual assault examination kits; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to law enforcement training in domestic violence and sexual assault; relating to sexual assault investigation protocols; requiring an inventory and reports on untested sexual assault examination kits; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "Alaska HB 31 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "VICTIMS RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TARR"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f571b820-8c73-4315-af52-6997d7844535"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB31"
source_hash: "f448ecaa808af7e1dcd635e1964f7cdace4b2b3af2b2f9bfa724d04230b03859"
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 31 (30) — An Act relating to law enforcement training in domestic violence and sexual assault; relating to sexual assault investigation protocols; requiring an inventory and reports on untested sexual assault examination kits; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0031A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0031A)
2. **HB0031B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0031B)
3. **HB0031C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0031C)
4. **HB0031Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0031Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 31(FIN) pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 31(STA) "An Act relating to law enforcement training in domestic violence and sexual assault; relating to sexual assault investigation protocols; requiring an inventory and reports on untested sexual assault examination kits; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- TARR — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan-Leonard — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Westlake — 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 State Affairs and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** STA RPT 4DP
- **2017-02-08** STA Do Pass: WOOL, LEDOUX, BIRCH, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 1: (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-05** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 8DP 2NR
- **2017-04-05** FIN Do Pass: GARA, PRUITT, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, TILTON
- **2017-04-05** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-05** Cosponsors added: GRENN
- **2017-04-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/7/2017
- **2017-04-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-07** Read the third time CSHB 31(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** PASSED Y39 A1 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-07** CLAMAN NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-04-07** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2017-04-07** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y40 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-07** Cosponsors added: SPOHNHOLZ, WESTLAKE, JOSEPHSON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, FANSLER
- **2017-04-07** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-07** VERSION: CSHB 31(FIN)
- **2017-04-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Referred to State Affairs and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** STA RPT SCS 5DP SAME TITLE
- **2018-03-23** STA Do Pass: MEYER, WILSON, GIESSEL, COGHILL, EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-23** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-03-23** FN4: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2018-04-14** FIN RPT SCS(STA) 6DP 1NR
- **2018-04-14** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-14** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-04-14** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-14** Fiscal Note 5: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-17** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MACKINNON, GARDNER
- **2018-05-01** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2018
- **2018-05-01** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** STA SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-01** Read the third time SCS CSHB 31(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-01** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, BEGICH, EGAN, OLSON, WIELECHOWSKI, WILSON, MEYER
- **2018-05-01** SHOWER, COSTELLO, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, GIESSEL, BISHOP, STEDMAN, HUGHES, KELLY
- **2018-05-01** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-05-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-01** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-01** VERSION: SCS CSHB 31(STA)
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-04** Cosponsors added: DRUMMOND
- **2018-05-07** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-07** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N1 E3
- **2018-05-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-07** Cosponsors added: MILLETT
- **2018-05-11** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-06-27** 1:00 PM 6/25/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 48 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** 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/f571b820-8c73-4315-af52-6997d7844535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).