---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to insurance; relating to credit for reinsurance; relating to insurance standard valuation; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to insurance; relating to credit for reinsurance; relating to insurance standard valuation; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Alaska HB 401 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLAIMS", "INSURANCE", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS", "MEDICAL CARE", "RESIDENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9251321b-b4ca-4044-89f2-f41e30682948"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB401"
source_hash: "b8127b4cc90b836b497ef222a252a2eb4630b5df2a0967d8273fcb7b68bd4bcf"
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 401 (30) — An Act relating to insurance; relating to credit for reinsurance; relating to insurance standard valuation; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0401A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0401A)
2. **HB0401B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0401B)
3. **HB0401Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0401Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 401(L&C) pass the House? — **36–3** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 401(L&C) "An Act relating to insurance; relating to credit for reinsurance; relating to insurance standard valuation; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** L&C
- **2018-03-05** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-05** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2018-04-02** L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-04-02** L&C Do Pass: KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02** L&C No Recommendation: WOOL, JOSEPHSON, EDGMON
- **2018-04-02** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (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 4/12 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-12** NOT TAKEN UP 4/12 - ON 4/13 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-13** Read the third time CSHB 401(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-13** PASSED Y36 N3 A1 `passage`
- **2018-04-13** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-13** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-13** VERSION: CSHB 401(L&C)
- **2018-04-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-14** L&C
- **2018-04-23** L&C RPT 2DP 2NR
- **2018-04-23** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** L&C No Recommendation: STEVENS, MICCICHE
- **2018-04-23** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-05-11** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/11/2018
- **2018-05-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-11** Read the third time CSHB 401(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-11** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-11** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-11** VERSION: CSHB 401(L&C)
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 1:37 PM 7/9/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 56 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/14/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9251321b-b4ca-4044-89f2-f41e30682948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).