---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicles; and relating to overtaking and passing certain stationary vehicles."
description: "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicles; and relating to overtaking and passing certain stationary vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Alaska SB 163 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BUSINESS", "CRIMES", "HIGHWAYS", "LICENSING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35f1b223-71e9-4de6-9e06-1554091bbcbd"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB163"
source_hash: "96ba1535b65f32c8859cdead96ecf3abc54c9855e84c64d450f79bbe80cd2c76"
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 163 (30) — An Act relating to commercial motor vehicles; and relating to overtaking and passing certain stationary vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0163A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0163A)
2. **SB0163B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0163B)
3. **SB0163C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0163C)
4. **SB0163Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0163Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 163(STA) "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicles" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS CSSB 163(RLS) pass the House? — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Transportation and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-01-26** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2018-03-07** TRA RPT 1DP 1NR 1AM
- **2018-03-07** TRA No Recommendation: STEDMAN
- **2018-03-07** TRA Do Pass: EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** TRA Amend: WILSON
- **2018-03-07** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-03-14** STA RPT CS 4DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2018-03-14** STA Do Pass: MEYER, GIESSEL, COGHILL, EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** STA No Recommendation: WILSON
- **2018-03-14** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-03-21** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-21** Read the third time CSSB 163(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-03-21** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-21** VERSION: CSSB 163(STA)
- **2018-03-22** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Transportation and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** TRA RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2018-03-28** TRA Do Pass: KOPP, CLAMAN, NEUMAN, WOOL, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** TRA No Recommendation: SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-03-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-04-06** STA RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2018-04-06** STA Do Pass: TUCK, KNOPP, WOOL, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-06** STA No Recommendation: BIRCH
- **2018-04-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-04-12** RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A)
- **2018-04-13** RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NT 4DP 1DNP 2NR
- **2018-04-13** PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR 30
- **2018-04-13** RLS Do Pass: STUTES, TUCK, CLAMAN, LEDOUX `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** RLS Do Not Pass: EASTMAN `committee-failure`
- **2018-04-13** RLS No Recommendation: REINBOLD, CHENAULT
- **2018-04-13** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-04-13** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13** RLS HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-13** Read the third time HCS CSSB 163(RLS) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-13** PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2018-04-13** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 30
- **2018-04-13** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-13** VERSION: HCS CSSB 163(RLS)
- **2018-04-14** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP UC
- **2018-05-01** HOFFMAN MOTION TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2018-11-07** 3:05 PM 8/1/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/6 CHAPTER 76 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/4/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35f1b223-71e9-4de6-9e06-1554091bbcbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).