---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places; relating to education on the smoking prohibition; relating to municipal regulation of smoking in certain places; relating to established villages and local option elections to allow smoking in public places; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places; relating to education on the smoking prohibition; relating to municipal regulation of smoking in certain places; relating to established villages and local option elections to allow smoking in public places; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Alaska SB 63 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "BOATS & BOATING", "BUILDINGS", "BUSINESS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DAY CARE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FOOD", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "MARINE FACILITIES", "MARINE HIGHWAY", "MEDICAL CARE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "NURSING HOMES", "PARKS & RECREATION", "PIONEERS' HOMES", "PRIVACY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS", "PUBLIC CORPORATIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESIDENTIAL CARE", "RIGHTS", "SALES", "SCHOOLS", "TOBACCO", "TRANSPORTATION", "UNIVERSITIES", "VESSELS", "YOUTH CENTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MICCICHE"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 95
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eaaad85-e9cc-4c65-b740-284ef202cc8b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB63"
source_hash: "db1343cb596b9181ab6d930f13f5971ae7dc96d46dbfbc309d44f1e815ce9b42"
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 63 (30) — An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places; relating to education on the smoking prohibition; relating to municipal regulation of smoking in certain places; relating to established villages and local option elections to allow smoking in public places; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0063A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063A)
2. **SB0063B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063B)
3. **SB0063C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063C)
4. **SB0063D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063D)
5. **SB0063E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063E)
6. **SB0063F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063F)
7. **SB0063Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0063Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 63(FIN) "An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places; relating to education on the smoking prohibition; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS CSSB 63(RLS) am H pass the House? — **32–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MICCICHE — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Cosponsors added: MEYER, GARDNER, GIESSEL, STEVENS, BISHOP
- **2017-03-03** HSS RPT 5DP
- **2017-03-03** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, BEGICH, VON IMHOF, GIESSEL, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 1: (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-03-03** Fiscal Note 5: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-20** Cosponsors added: COSTELLO
- **2017-03-21** FIN RPT CS 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-03-21** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** FIN No Recommendation: DUNLEAVY
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note 5: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note 6: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-03-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-27** Read the third time CSSB 63(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** Cosponsors added: BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2017-03-27** PASSED Y15 N5 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-27** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-03-27** VERSION: CSSB 63(FIN)
- **2017-03-29** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KOPP, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2017-04-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GUTTENBERG, KITO
- **2017-04-13** CROSS SPONSOR(S): FOSTER, GRENN, KAWASAKI, BIRCH
- **2017-04-14** CROSS SPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2017-04-28** CRA RPT HCS(CRA) 3DP 3NR 1AM
- **2017-04-28** CRA Do Pass: TALERICO, DRUMMOND, PARISH `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-28** CRA No Recommendation: WESTLAKE, SADDLER, RAUSCHER
- **2017-04-28** CRA Amend: FANSLER
- **2017-04-28** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2017-04-28** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-04-28** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-28** Fiscal Note 5: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-28** Fiscal Note 6: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2017-05-05** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA
- **2017-05-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2017-05-13** CROSS SPONSOR(S): ORTIZ
- **2017-05-17** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MILLETT, PRUITT, JOHNSTON, JOHNSON, WOOL, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2018-01-19** CROSS SPONSOR(S): PARISH
- **2018-01-26** JUD RPT HCS(JUD) 4DP 1NR 2AM
- **2018-01-26** JUD Do Pass: KOPP, KREISS-TOMKINS, FANSLER, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-26** JUD No Recommendation: REINBOLD
- **2018-01-26** JUD Amend: EASTMAN, LEDOUX
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 7: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 8: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 9: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 10: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-01-26** Fiscal Note 11: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-01-26** CROSS SPONSOR(S): FANSLER
- **2018-04-04** CROSS SPONSOR(S): ZULKOSKY
- **2018-04-09** RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A)
- **2018-04-11** RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NT 1DP 1DNP 2NR 2AM
- **2018-04-11** PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2018-04-11** RLS Do Pass: CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** RLS Do Not Pass: EASTMAN `committee-failure`
- **2018-04-11** RLS No Recommendation: STUTES, CHENAULT
- **2018-04-11** RLS Amend: REINBOLD, LEDOUX
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 7: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 8: No fiscal impact (Environmental Conservation )
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 9: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 10: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 11: No fiscal impact (Transportation and Public Facilities)
- **2018-05-12** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2018
- **2018-05-12** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-12** RLS HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-12** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 29
- **2018-05-12** AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y35 N4 A1
- **2018-05-12** AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y29 N10 A1
- **2018-05-12** AM NO 3 FAILED Y18 N21 E1
- **2018-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-12** Read the third time HCS CSSB 63(RLS) AM H `reading-3`
- **2018-05-12** PASSED Y32 N7 E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-12** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 29
- **2018-05-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK, CLAMAN, SADDLER
- **2018-05-12** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-12** VERSION: HCS CSSB 63(RLS) AM H
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP UC
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y16 N2 E1 A1
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-11-07** 12:02 PM 7/12/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/17 CHAPTER 60 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/2eaaad85-e9cc-4c65-b740-284ef202cc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).