---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act approving and ratifying the sale of royalty oil by the State of Alaska to Petro Star Inc.; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act approving and ratifying the sale of royalty oil by the State of Alaska to Petro Star Inc.; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Alaska SB 30 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CORPORATIONS", "LEGISLATURE", "OIL & GAS", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d37a27a-6943-4537-8c41-cbcfacabbe58"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB30"
source_hash: "b649ddaed3c1249d947b633583c951e680ebb6a2f3c054dde9af58e1151826cd"
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 30 (30) — An Act approving and ratifying the sale of royalty oil by the State of Alaska to Petro Star Inc.; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0030A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0030A)
2. **SB0030Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0030Z)

## Votes

- Shall SB 30 pass the House? — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 30 "An Act approving and ratifying the sale of royalty oil by the State of Alaska to Petro Star Inc.; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Resources and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note 1: (Natural Resources)
- **2017-01-20** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2017-02-01** RES RPT 7DP
- **2017-02-01** RES Do Pass: GIESSEL, WIELECHOWSKI, HUGHES, COGHILL, VON IMHOF, STEDMAN, MEYER `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note 1: (Natural Resources)
- **2017-02-08** FIN RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2017-02-08** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** FIN No Recommendation: DUNLEAVY, OLSON
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 2: (Natural Resources)
- **2017-02-09** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/10/2017
- **2017-02-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-02-10** Read the third time SB 30 `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** PASSED Y17 N- E3 `passage`
- **2017-02-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-02-10** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-02-10** VERSION: SB 30
- **2017-02-13** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Resources and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** RES RPT 8DP
- **2017-02-24** RES Do Pass: PARISH, TALERICO, JOHNSON, BIRCH, RAUSCHER, DRUMMOND, TARR, JOSEPHSON `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Fiscal Note 2: (Natural Resources)
- **2017-03-20** FIN RPT 10DP 1NR
- **2017-03-20** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, KAWASAKI, GRENN, PRUITT, ORTIZ, GUTTENBERG, TILTON, SEATON, `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** FOSTER
- **2017-03-20** FIN No Recommendation: NEUMAN
- **2017-03-20** Fiscal Note 2: (Natural Resources)
- **2017-03-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-27** Read the third time SB 30 `reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** PASSED Y37 E2 A1 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-27** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-03-27** VERSION: SB 30
- **2017-10-06** 1:15 PM 8/3/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-06** Signed into law 8/7 CHAPTER 20 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-06** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/8/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d37a27a-6943-4537-8c41-cbcfacabbe58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).