---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to dive fishery management assessment procedures."
description: "An Act relating to dive fishery management assessment procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "Alaska HB 354 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSESSMENTS", "ELECTIONS", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "TAXATION", "VOTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fbcbb9d-dc01-4ab7-b535-d2299ba6588b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB354"
source_hash: "aaa2524c76662e9e666c410f5b799e0d8d7e8d449f5d747c15aee9686ceb4741"
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 354 (30) — An Act relating to dive fishery management assessment procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0354A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0354A)
2. **HB0354Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0354Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 354 pass the House? — **36–2** (pass) · lower
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 354 "An Act relating to dive fishery management assessment procedures" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Fisheries and Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** FSH RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2018-03-09** FSH Do Pass: TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-09** FSH No Recommendation: NEUMAN
- **2018-03-09** Fiscal Note 1: Indeterminate fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **2018-03-28** RES RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2018-03-28** RES Do Pass: LINCOLN, PARISH, TALERICO, DRUMMOND, TARR `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** RES No Recommendation: BIRCH, RAUSCHER
- **2018-03-28** Fiscal Note 1: Indeterminate fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **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 354 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-06** PASSED Y36 N2 E2 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-06** VERSION: HB 354
- **2018-04-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Referred to Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** RES RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2018-04-17** RES Do Pass: GIESSEL, BISHOP, COGHILL, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** RES No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, MEYER
- **2018-04-17** Fiscal Note 1: Indeterminate fiscal impact (Revenue)
- **2018-05-02** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2018
- **2018-05-02** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-02** Read the third time HB 354 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-02** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-02** VERSION: HB 354
- **2018-11-07** 10:45 AM 8/22/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/27 CHAPTER 95 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/25/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fbcbb9d-dc01-4ab7-b535-d2299ba6588b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).