---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the regulation of wastewater discharge from small commercial passenger vessels in state waters; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the regulation of wastewater discharge from small commercial passenger vessels in state waters; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Alaska SB 3 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "PERMITS", "REGULATIONS", "SANITATION", "TOURISM", "VESSELS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEDMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a78f0b-fce6-4c2e-b9d0-3b749d78aeb9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB3"
source_hash: "f2a8952b323609a652a57cc5785a1a20b08cdd93cd843da199ba936211e93446"
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 3 (30) — An Act relating to the regulation of wastewater discharge from small commercial passenger vessels in state waters; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0003A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0003A)
2. **SB0003B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0003B)
3. **SB0003Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0003Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 3 "An Act relating to the regulation of wastewater discharge from small commercial passenger vessels in state waters; relating to art requirements for certain public facilities; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **16–2** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS SB 3(TRA) pass the House? — **35–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEDMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Prefile released `filing`
- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** RES RPT 3DP 3NR 1AM
- **2017-02-08** RES Do Pass: GIESSEL, STEDMAN, MEYER `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** RES No Recommendation: HUGHES, COGHILL, VON IMHOF
- **2017-02-08** RES Amend: WIELECHOWSKI
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-02-15** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-15** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/17 CALENDAR
- **2017-02-17** Read the third time SB 3 `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** PASSED Y16 N2 E2 `passage`
- **2017-02-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-02-17** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-02-17** VERSION: SB 3
- **2017-02-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** Referred to Transportation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** TRA RPT HCS(TRA) NT 5DP 1NR
- **2017-03-01** PENDING TITLE CHANGE: HCR 9
- **2017-03-01** TRA Do Pass: CLAMAN, KOPP, DRUMMOND, WOOL, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** TRA No Recommendation: SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2017-03-01** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-03-01** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-04-15** FIN RPT HCS(TRA) NT 9DP 1NR 1AM
- **2017-04-15** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 9
- **2017-04-15** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, ORTIZ, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, THOMPSON, PRUITT, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-15** FIN No Recommendation: TILTON
- **2017-04-15** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI
- **2017-04-15** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-04-15** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-05-12** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2017
- **2017-05-12** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** TRA HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-05-12** Read the third time HCS SB 3(TRA) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-12** PASSED Y35 N1 E4 `passage`
- **2017-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-12** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 9
- **2017-05-12** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2017-05-12** VERSION: HCS SB 3(TRA)
- **2017-05-13** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2017-05-16** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP UC
- **2017-05-16** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2017-05-16** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-10-06** 2:50 PM 7/31/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-06** Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 21 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-06** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/11/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a78f0b-fce6-4c2e-b9d0-3b749d78aeb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).