---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act repealing the insurance tax credit for gifts to the Alaska fire standards council; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act repealing the insurance tax credit for gifts to the Alaska fire standards council; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Alaska HB 97 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CREDIT", "FIRE PROTECTION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMPSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9ad168-df76-464e-a0cb-aa922c9949ab"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB97"
source_hash: "3b103b1d8432e2cd4be76f528f1ada2d7e9903ceabd632c35d0af9c4976b71c0"
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 97 (30) — An Act repealing the insurance tax credit for gifts to the Alaska fire standards council; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0097A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0097A)
2. **HB0097B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0097B)
3. **HB0097Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0097Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 97(STA) pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 97(STA) "An Act repealing the insurance tax credit for gifts to the Alaska fire standards council; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMPSON — primary (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Referred to State Affairs and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Cosponsors added: KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2017-03-06** STA RPT CS(STA) 5DP
- **2017-03-06** STA Do Pass: JOHNSON, WOOL, BIRCH, TUCK, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-03-14** FIN RPT CS(STA) 10DP 1NR
- **2018-03-14** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, THOMPSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, GRENN, GUTTENBERG, TILTON, SEATON, `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** FOSTER
- **2018-03-14** FIN No Recommendation: KAWASAKI
- **2018-03-14** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-09** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-09** Read the third time CSHB 97(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-09** PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-09** Cosponsors added: BIRCH
- **2018-04-09** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-09** VERSION: CSHB 97(STA)
- **2018-04-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** STA RPT 5DP
- **2018-04-18** STA Do Pass: MEYER, WILSON, GIESSEL, EGAN, COGHILL `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-20** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/2018
- **2018-04-20** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-20** Read the third time CSHB 97(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-20** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-04-20** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-20** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-20** VERSION: CSHB 97(STA)
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 11:25 AM 7/17/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/20 CHAPTER 62 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 1/1/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9ad168-df76-464e-a0cb-aa922c9949ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).