---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem; relating to petitions and proceedings for termination of parental rights; and amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 1 and 6, Alaska Adoption Rules."
description: "An Act relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem; relating to petitions and proceedings for termination of parental rights; and amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 1 and 6, Alaska Adoption Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Alaska SB 134 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT RULES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "FAMILIES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "MINORS", "PATERNITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GARDNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbed88e2-58a2-40e6-a3a0-ba39c58019c1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB134"
source_hash: "f5561b2fff05d2f3af4f2606b148dcc0dc943b09642c441b376c889f254170d1"
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 SB 134 (30) — An Act relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem; relating to petitions and proceedings for termination of parental rights; and amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 1 and 6, Alaska Adoption Rules.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0134A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0134A)
2. **SB0134B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0134B)
3. **SB0134Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0134Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 134 "An Act relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem; relating to petitions and proceedings for termination of parental rights; and amending Rules 1 and 6, Alaska Adoption Rules" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 134 am H pass the House? — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GARDNER — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefile released `filing`
- **2018-01-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Health & Social Services and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Cosponsors added: BEGICH
- **2018-04-09** HSS RPT 3DP
- **2018-04-09** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, BEGICH, GIESSEL `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-10** JUD WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
- **2018-04-17** JUD RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2018-04-17** JUD Do Pass: COGHILL, WIELECHOWSKI `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** JUD No Recommendation: SHOWER
- **2018-04-17** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-18** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-18** Read the third time SB 134 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-04-18** COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-18** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-04-18** VERSION: SB 134
- **2018-04-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-20** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** HSS RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-04-26** HSS Do Pass: JOHNSTON, TARR, ZULKOSKY, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** HSS No Recommendation: EASTMAN
- **2018-04-26** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-28** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2018
- **2018-04-28** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-28** AM NO 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2018-04-28** AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-28** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2018-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-28** Read the third time SB 134 AM H `reading-3`
- **2018-04-28** PASSED Y36 E4 `passage`
- **2018-04-28** COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-28** WILSON NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-04-28** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2018-04-28** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y36 E4 `passage`
- **2018-04-28** COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-28** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA, KAWASAKI, JOSEPHSON, MILLETT, LEDOUX
- **2018-04-28** ENGROSSED
- **2018-04-30** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 33
- **2018-04-30** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-30** VERSION: SB 134 AM H
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2018-05-01** COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** 12:54 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/15 CHAPTER 24 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/13/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbed88e2-58a2-40e6-a3a0-ba39c58019c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).