---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Alaska SB 33 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "MARINE HIGHWAY", "TRANSPORTATION", "VESSELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc02f0e2-a789-48e2-bb71-6839db4af4a1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB33"
source_hash: "4eaa2605e5e9c08afef86981d5e9ce50c3475be48f266fe75fc40a4fba4c0de3"
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 33 (30) — An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0033A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0033A)
2. **SB0033Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0033Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 33 "An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 33 pass the House? — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-01-23** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2017-02-17** TRA RPT 4DP
- **2017-02-17** TRA Do Pass: STEDMAN, EGAN, BISHOP, WILSON `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-02-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-02-27** Read the third time SB 33 `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-02-27** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-02-27** VERSION: SB 33
- **2017-03-01** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** TRA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) UC
- **2017-03-03** TRA RPT 6DP
- **2017-03-03** TRA Do Pass: CLAMAN, KOPP, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, NEUMAN, DRUMMOND, WOOL `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-03-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/10/2017
- **2017-03-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-10** Read the third time SB 33 `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** PASSED Y38 E2 `passage`
- **2017-03-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-10** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-03-10** VERSION: SB 33
- **2017-10-06** 2:50 PM 7/31/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-06** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2017-10-06** Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 23 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/fc02f0e2-a789-48e2-bb71-6839db4af4a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).