---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the establishment of the Legislative Task Force on Reading Proficiency and Dyslexia."
description: "An Act relating to the establishment of the Legislative Task Force on Reading Proficiency and Dyslexia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Alaska HB 64 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ASSESSMENTS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DISABILITIES", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATURE", "SCHOOLS", "TEACHERS", "UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DRUMMOND"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75fd5ba2-f666-432f-a23c-599107531910"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB64"
source_hash: "79d35c51d67e28c7dc41466d32280210fdaef7c0d9fa133562c9c6d3122a1f59"
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 64 (30) — An Act relating to the establishment of the Legislative Task Force on Reading Proficiency and Dyslexia.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0064A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0064A)
2. **HB0064B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0064B)
3. **HB0064C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0064C)
4. **HB0064Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0064Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 64(EDC) "An Act relating to the establishment of the Legislative Task Force on Reading Proficiency and Dyslexia" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 64(EDC) pass the House? — **33–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DRUMMOND — primary (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Talerico — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Cosponsors added: GARA
- **2017-02-22** Cosponsors added: TALERICO
- **2017-03-10** EDC RPT CS(EDC) 7DP
- **2017-03-10** EDC Do Pass: TALERICO, PARISH, SPOHNHOLZ, KOPP, JOHNSTON, FANSLER, DRUMMOND `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2017-03-10** Cosponsors added: SPOHNHOLZ
- **2017-03-22** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** EDC CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-22** Cosponsors added: BIRCH, TARR
- **2017-03-24** Read the third time CSHB 64(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** PASSED Y33 N3 E4 `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Cosponsors added: JOSEPHSON
- **2017-03-24** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-03-24** VERSION: CSHB 64(EDC)
- **2017-03-27** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** EDC RPT SCS 4DP NEW TITLE
- **2018-02-05** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 16
- **2018-02-05** EDC Do Pass: STEVENS, BEGICH, COGHILL, HUGHES `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-03-16** CROSS SPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, GARDNER
- **2018-04-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/27/2018
- **2018-04-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-27** EDC SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-27** Read the third time SCS CSHB 64(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-27** PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2018-04-27** CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEVENS, MACKINNON, SHOWER, GIESSEL, STEDMAN, BISHOP
- **2018-04-27** VON IMHOF, MEYER, WILSON, HUGHES, MICCICHE
- **2018-04-27** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-27** VERSION: SCS CSHB 64(EDC)
- **2018-04-28** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-01** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 16
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N1 E2
- **2018-05-08** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 10:13 AM 7/10/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/12 CHAPTER 52 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/10/18
- **2018-11-07** MEMBERS: GIESSEL, STEVENS, BEGICH
- **2018-11-07** MEMBERS: DRUMMOND (CHAIR), SPOHNHOLZ, SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-11-07** PUBLIC MEMBERS REPRESENTING:
- **2018-11-07** DIANNE ORR, ACTIVE OR RETIRED TEACHER
- **2018-11-07** NORM WOOTEN, ASSOC. OF AK SCHOOL BOARDS
- **2018-11-07** KIM BAUTISTA, AK COUNCIL OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
- **2018-11-07** CAMILE BOOTH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
- **2018-11-07** MARTA LASTUFKA, PARENT
- **2018-11-07** AMBROSE BUCY, STUDENT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75fd5ba2-f666-432f-a23c-599107531910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).