---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances and waiver of cost recovery for containment and cleanup of certain releases; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances and waiver of cost recovery for containment and cleanup of certain releases; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Alaska SB 158 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "FUNDS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "OIL & GAS", "REGULATIONS", "REVENUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/251273c6-747a-4bf0-91f9-368fe65517a0"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB158"
source_hash: "79cf67e4085d1a95e8c3f1bdf17e97034285f82e7cedbd94e4281ca2245f38d5"
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 158 (30) — An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances and waiver of cost recovery for containment and cleanup of certain releases; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0158A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0158A)
2. **SB0158B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0158B)
3. **SB0158Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0158Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 158 "An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances and waiver of cost recovery for containment and cleanup of certain releases; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 158 pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to Resources and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Fiscal Note 1: (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-01-24** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2018-02-16** RES RPT 1DP 5NR
- **2018-02-16** RES No Recommendation: GIESSEL, WIELECHOWSKI, BISHOP, COGHILL, STEDMAN
- **2018-02-16** RES Do Pass: VON IMHOF `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-16** Fiscal Note 1: (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-03-12** FIN RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-03-12** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-03-12** Fiscal Note 1: (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-03-26** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-26** Read the third time SB 158 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-26** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-03-26** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-26** VERSION: SB 158
- **2018-03-29** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-29** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** FIN RPT 5DP 4NR 1AM
- **2018-04-13** FIN Do Pass: GARA, GUTTENBERG, THOMPSON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, TILTON
- **2018-04-13** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI
- **2018-04-13** Fiscal Note 1: (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-04-14** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/14/2018
- **2018-04-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/15 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-15** Read the third time SB 158 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-15** PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2018-04-15** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-15** LINCOLN NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-04-16** RECON TAKEN UP - IN THIRD READING
- **2018-04-16** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2018-04-16** AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-16** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2018-04-16** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y40 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-16** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-16** VERSION: SB 158 AM H
- **2018-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-04-17** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2018-04-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-11-07** 2:51 PM 10/1/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 10/17 CHAPTER 113 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/251273c6-747a-4bf0-91f9-368fe65517a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).