---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to telecommunications services for certain disabled subscribers; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to telecommunications services for certain disabled subscribers; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Alaska SB 80 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "DISABILITIES", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "REGULATORY ACTIONS", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COSTELLO"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4789da2a-cfb6-4d49-8ee7-04c2cc1fe30e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB80"
source_hash: "b581a1c497ffa0760e96142a39cd641898914ba176956ebdbedfa14d1756007f"
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 80 (30) — An Act relating to telecommunications services for certain disabled subscribers; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0080A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0080A)
2. **SB0080B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0080B)
3. **SB0080C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0080C)
4. **SB0080Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0080Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 80(L&C) "An Act relating to telecommunications services for certain disabled subscribers; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS CSSB 80(L&C) pass the House? — **38–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COSTELLO — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** L&C, FIN
- **2017-04-07** L&C RPT CS 2DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-07** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, STEVENS `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07** L&C No Recommendation: HUGHES
- **2017-04-07** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-14** FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
- **2017-04-16** FIN RPT CS(L&C) 3DP 4NR
- **2017-04-16** FIN No Recommendation: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, HUGHES, OLSON
- **2017-04-16** FIN Do Pass: BISHOP, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-16** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-17** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17** L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-17** Read the third time CSSB 80(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Cosponsors added: STEVENS, MICCICHE, BISHOP
- **2017-04-17** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-17** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-04-17** VERSION: CSSB 80(L&C)
- **2017-04-19** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** L&C
- **2018-03-15** L&C RPT HCS(L&C) 5DP
- **2018-03-15** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KNOPP, BIRCH, WOOL, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-19** CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2018-04-04** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI
- **2018-04-18** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-04-20** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SADDLER
- **2018-05-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/11 CALENDAR
- **2018-05-10** CROSS SPONSOR(S): LEDOUX, TUCK, TARR
- **2018-05-11** Read the third time HCS CSSB 80(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-11** PASSED Y38 N1 A1 `passage`
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-11** CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2018-05-11** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-11** VERSION: HCS CSSB 80(L&C)
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-11-07** 11:01 AM 9/24/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 9/29 CHAPTER 110 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/30/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4789da2a-cfb6-4d49-8ee7-04c2cc1fe30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).