---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Alaska HB 49 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "SUNSET", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KITO"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88132b23-c95e-4493-b99d-29d57e0df707"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB49"
source_hash: "27ab377a823edacca3ae1a5652f7c2c164ed1716e828e531e785721decf93e40"
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 49 (30) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0049A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0049A)
2. **HB0049B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0049B)
3. **HB0049C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0049C)
4. **HB0049Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0049Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 49(L&C) "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 49(FIN) pass the House? — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KITO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** L&C, FIN
- **2017-02-06** L&C RPT 6DP 1DNP
- **2017-02-06** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, STUTES, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** L&C Do Not Pass: KNOPP `committee-failure`
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-03** FIN RPT CS(FIN) 8DP
- **2017-04-03** FIN Do Pass: GARA, THOMPSON, WILSON, ORTIZ, GRENN, TILTON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/7/2017
- **2017-04-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-07** Read the third time CSHB 49(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** PASSED Y38 A2 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-07** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-07** VERSION: CSHB 49(FIN)
- **2017-04-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** L&C, FIN
- **2017-04-13** L&C RPT SCS 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-13** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** L&C No Recommendation: STEVENS
- **2017-04-13** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-14** FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
- **2017-04-15** FIN RPT SCS(L&C) 7DP
- **2017-04-15** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, HUGHES, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-15** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/16/2017
- **2017-04-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-16** L&C SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-16** Read the third time SCS CSHB 49(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-16** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-16** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-16** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2017-04-16** VERSION: SCS CSHB 49(L&C)
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y33 N4 E3
- **2017-04-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-12** 11:47 AM 5/11/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Signed into law 5/13 CHAPTER 7 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-15** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 5/14/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88132b23-c95e-4493-b99d-29d57e0df707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).