---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to limitations on certain commercial fishing loans made by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
description: "An Act relating to limitations on certain commercial fishing loans made by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Alaska HB 56 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "LOANS", "VESSELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea9ce91-938b-481b-8b63-5d8d52484d2c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB56"
source_hash: "198ecf1b308b97d2644729aaa9afb7dacc129678b59ecce03ff51b2478884d76"
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 56 (30) — An Act relating to limitations on certain commercial fishing loans made by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0056A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0056A)
2. **HB0056Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0056Z)

## Votes

- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 56 "An Act relating to limitations on certain commercial fishing loans made by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development" pass the Senate? — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 56 pass the House? — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Pruitt — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (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** Referred to Fisheries and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Cosponsors added: KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2017-02-24** FSH RPT 4DP 3NR
- **2017-02-24** FSH Do Pass: TARR, FANSLER, KREISS-TOMKINS, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** FSH No Recommendation: EASTMAN, NEUMAN, CHENAULT
- **2017-02-24** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-17** FIN RPT 5DP 2NR 3AM
- **2017-03-17** FIN Do Pass: GUTTENBERG, GRENN, ORTIZ, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-17** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, THOMPSON
- **2017-03-17** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI, PRUITT, TILTON
- **2017-03-17** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-27** Read the third time HB 56 `reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** PASSED Y38 E2 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Cosponsors added: TUCK, JOSEPHSON, MILLETT, KITO, PRUITT
- **2017-03-27** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-03-27** VERSION: HB 56
- **2017-03-29** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-14** FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
- **2018-01-31** CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEVENS
- **2018-05-02** FIN RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-05-02** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-05-02** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-05-09** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2018
- **2018-05-09** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-09** Read the third time HB 56 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-09** PASSED Y17 N1 E2 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-09** VERSION: HB 56
- **2018-11-07** 2:22 PM 8/16/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/31 CHAPTER 99 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/29/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ea9ce91-938b-481b-8b63-5d8d52484d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).