---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the licensure of dentists; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the licensure of dentists; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 346"
citation: "Alaska HB 346 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DENTISTS", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LABOR & COMMERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/804b1f8b-471c-480d-80e4-484a4c9214d7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB346"
source_hash: "09b50e27fa0e0293afbcacb2dab986caf7371f18f3536aff071e4af3c1341014"
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 346 (30) — An Act relating to the licensure of dentists; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0346A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0346A)
2. **HB0346B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0346B)
3. **HB0346C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0346C)
4. **HB0346Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0346Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 346(L&C) pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 346(FIN) "An Act relating to the licensure of dentists; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LABOR & COMMERCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** L&C, FIN
- **2018-02-26** L&C RPT CS(L&C) 7DP
- **2018-02-26** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KNOPP, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-19** FIN RPT CS(L&C) 10DP
- **2018-03-19** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, KAWASAKI, ORTIZ, PRUITT, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, TILTON, SEATON, `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19** FOSTER
- **2018-03-19** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-11** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11** L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-11** Read the third time CSHB 346(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-11** PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-11** VERSION: CSHB 346(L&C)
- **2018-04-12** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** L&C, FIN
- **2018-04-18** L&C RPT 3DP
- **2018-04-18** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-05-03** FIN RPT SCS 5DP 1NR TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2018-05-03** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE, BISHOP `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-05-03** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-05-08** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2018
- **2018-05-08** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-08** Read the third time SCS CSHB 346(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-08** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-08** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-08** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-08** VERSION: SCS CSHB 346(FIN)
- **2018-05-09** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-10** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-10** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 A3
- **2018-05-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 286
- **2018-06-27** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-06-27** 3:05 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/18 CHAPTER 29 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/804b1f8b-471c-480d-80e4-484a4c9214d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).