---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the mariculture revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the mariculture revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "Alaska HB 76 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CORPORATIONS", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "FUNDS", "HATCHERIES", "LOANS", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88962947-f718-4e19-9338-8a998319d731"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB76"
source_hash: "df6fd1f95a0acb7eb77a9771bb283e819636fd6154b2495c40c5e3f589471aae"
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 76 (30) — An Act relating to the mariculture revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0076A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0076A)
2. **HB0076B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0076B)
3. **HB0076C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0076C)
4. **HB0076Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0076Z)

## Votes

- Shall the effective date clause be adopted? — **35–5** (pass) · lower
- Shall CSHB 76(FSH) pass the House? — **26–14** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 76(FIN) "An Act relating to the mariculture revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Fisheries and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Cosponsors added: KITO
- **2017-03-29** FSH RPT CS(FSH) NT 3DP 3NR
- **2017-03-29** FSH Do Pass: FANSLER, TARR, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** FSH No Recommendation: NEUMAN, KREISS-TOMKINS, CHENAULT
- **2017-03-29** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-29** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2017-04-17** Cosponsors added: GARA
- **2017-04-27** FIN RPT CS(FSH) NT 7DP 3NR 1AM
- **2017-04-27** FIN Do Pass: GARA, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, PRUITT, TILTON
- **2017-04-27** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI
- **2017-04-27** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-27** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2017-04-28** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2017
- **2017-04-28** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-28** FSH CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/1 CALENDAR
- **2017-05-01** Read the third time CSHB 76(FSH) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-01** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2017-05-01** AM NO 1 FAILED Y17 N23
- **2017-05-01** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-05-01** PASSED Y26 N14 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y35 N5
- **2017-05-01** Cosponsors added: JOSEPHSON
- **2017-05-01** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-05-01** VERSION: CSHB 76(FSH)
- **2017-05-04** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEVENS
- **2018-05-04** FIN RPT SCS 4DP 2NR NEW TITLE
- **2018-05-04** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 28
- **2018-05-04** FIN No Recommendation: MACKINNON, OLSON
- **2018-05-04** FIN Do Pass: BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-04** Fiscal Note 3: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-05-04** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2018-05-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2018
- **2018-05-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-07** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-07** Read the third time SCS CSHB 76(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-07** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-07** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-07** VERSION: SCS CSHB 76(FIN)
- **2018-05-08** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-09** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-09** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 28
- **2018-05-09** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 N1
- **2018-05-09** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 286
- **2018-06-27** Fiscal Note 3: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-11-07** 10:45 AM 8/22/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/27 CHAPTER 93 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/28/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88962947-f718-4e19-9338-8a998319d731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).