---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act repealing the Alaska BIDCO Assistance program and repealing requirements for an annual examination of a BIDCO by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
description: "An Act repealing the Alaska BIDCO Assistance program and repealing requirements for an annual examination of a BIDCO by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "Alaska HB 340 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "GRANTS", "LEGISLATURE", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0460f2b-9cf2-4acb-80f5-f5c23f1bca66"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB340"
source_hash: "6575af82329666b82bc8338d68acba6164acc545f58258eeb208d929d98e294d"
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 340 (30) — An Act repealing the Alaska BIDCO Assistance program and repealing requirements for an annual examination of a BIDCO by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0340A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0340A)
2. **HB0340Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0340Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 340 pass the House? — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 340 "An Act repealing the Alaska BIDCO Assistance program and repealing requirements for an annual examination of a BIDCO by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** L&C
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-09** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2018-02-28** L&C RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2018-02-28** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** L&C No Recommendation: BIRCH, KNOPP
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-06** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/6/2018
- **2018-04-06** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-06** Read the third time HB 340 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-06** PASSED Y38 E2 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-06** VERSION: HB 340
- **2018-04-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** L&C
- **2018-04-23** L&C RPT 4DP
- **2018-04-23** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, STEVENS, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-25** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-25** Read the third time HB 340 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-25** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-04-25** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-25** VERSION: HB 340
- **2018-06-27** 3:05 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/15 CHAPTER 26 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/13/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0460f2b-9cf2-4acb-80f5-f5c23f1bca66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).