---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the crime of criminally negligent burning; relating to protection of and fire management on forested land; relating to prohibited acts and penalties for prohibited acts on forested land; requiring the Alaska Supreme Court to establish a bail schedule; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the crime of criminally negligent burning; relating to protection of and fire management on forested land; relating to prohibited acts and penalties for prohibited acts on forested land; requiring the Alaska Supreme Court to establish a bail schedule; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Alaska HB 355 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT RULES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FORESTRY", "PERMITS", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUTTENBERG"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a60a4fa-8cc9-4e22-8909-de4ad1b2966a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB355"
source_hash: "c3285328a1a271afbc0c9cc2b99a14fababef0730cc360cc17a64cb811e11745"
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 355 (30) — An Act relating to the crime of criminally negligent burning; relating to protection of and fire management on forested land; relating to prohibited acts and penalties for prohibited acts on forested land; requiring the Alaska Supreme Court to establish a bail schedule; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0355A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0355A)
2. **HB0355B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0355B)
3. **HB0355C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0355C)
4. **HB0355D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0355D)
5. **HB0355Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0355Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 355(JUD) pass the House? — **28–10** (pass) · lower
- Shall CSHB 355(JUD) be returned to second reading for amendments? — **16–17** (fail) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 355(JUD) "An Act relating to the crime of criminally negligent burning; relating to protection of and fire management on forested land; relating to prohibited acts and penalties for prohibited acts on forested land; requiring the Alaska Supreme Court to establish a bail schedule; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **15–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUTTENBERG — primary (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (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 Resources and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** RES RPT CS(RES) NT 4DP 3NR 1AM
- **2018-03-12** RES Do Pass: LINCOLN, DRUMMOND, JOSEPHSON, TARR `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12** RES No Recommendation: BIRCH, PARISH, TALERICO
- **2018-03-12** RES Amend: RAUSCHER
- **2018-03-12** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Law)
- **2018-03-12** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2018-04-04** JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 3DP 1NR 2AM
- **2018-04-04** JUD Do Pass: KREISS-TOMKINS, STUTES, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** JUD No Recommendation: LEDOUX
- **2018-04-04** JUD Amend: EASTMAN, KOPP
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Law)
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2018-04-05** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** JUD CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/6 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-06** Read the third time CSHB 355(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-06** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 FAILED Y16 N17 E2 A5
- **2018-04-06** PASSED Y28 N10 E2 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-06** CHENAULT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-04-09** Cosponsors added: TUCK
- **2018-04-09** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2018-04-09** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-09** VERSION: CSHB 355(JUD)
- **2018-04-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** JUD RPT SCS 1DP 4NR SAME TITLE
- **2018-04-23** JUD Do Pass: COGHILL `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** JUD No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, COSTELLO, KELLY, SHOWER
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Law)
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2018-05-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-10** Read the third time SCS CSHB 355(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** PASSED Y15 N4 E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-10** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-10** VERSION: SCS CSHB 355(JUD)
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y31 N8 E1
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 11:25 AM 7/17/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/20 CHAPTER 63 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/21/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a60a4fa-8cc9-4e22-8909-de4ad1b2966a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).