---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Alaska comprehensive health insurance fund; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the Alaska comprehensive health insurance fund; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Alaska SB 165 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNDS", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC FINANCE", "REVENUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MACKINNON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c28f85c-5a09-4f47-bd64-84caaaf709ab"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB165"
source_hash: "b370e561a8e5d41ffbe1db192061e04e83b3769cd8d3126bfc20aec631b1424c"
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 165 (30) — An Act relating to the Alaska comprehensive health insurance fund; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0165A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0165A)
2. **SB0165Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0165Z)

## Votes

- Shall SB 165 pass the House? — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 165 "An Act relating to the Alaska comprehensive health insurance fund; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MACKINNON — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (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** L&C, FIN
- **2018-02-26** L&C RPT 5DP
- **2018-02-26** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, STEVENS, MICCICHE, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-02-26** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-28** FIN RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-02-28** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-05** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-05** Read the third time SB 165 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-03-05** Cosponsors added: HOFFMAN, STEDMAN, MICCICHE, BISHOP, COSTELLO, MEYER
- **2018-03-05** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-05** VERSION: SB 165
- **2018-03-07** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** L&C, FIN
- **2018-04-02** L&C RPT 2DP 2NR
- **2018-04-02** L&C Do Pass: WOOL, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02** L&C No Recommendation: STUTES, BIRCH
- **2018-04-02** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-04-02** Fiscal Note 3: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-11** FIN RPT 10DP
- **2018-04-11** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, TILTON, SEATON, `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** FOSTER
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 3: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-30** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/30/2018
- **2018-04-30** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/1 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-30** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA
- **2018-05-01** Read the third time SB 165 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-01** PASSED Y37 N1 E2 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-01** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-01** VERSION: SB 165
- **2018-05-01** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, JOSEPHSON
- **2018-06-27** 2:32 PM 6/12/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 46 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/6c28f85c-5a09-4f47-bd64-84caaaf709ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).