---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to protective orders."
description: "An Act relating to protective orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Alaska HB 12 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "HEARINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOPP"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5218ae22-b215-4ba5-ada5-1b63fe666a38"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB12"
source_hash: "25e8c72dc4c5fdc718db522d5ed6562b2983d08332d7840260d0438384f6cc07"
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 HB 12 (31) — An Act relating to protective orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0012A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0012A)
2. **HB0012B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0012B)
3. **HB0012C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0012C)
4. **HB0012D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0012D)
5. **HB0012Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0012Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #452 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y5 N33 E2 # 450 — **5–33** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 # 448 — **16–23** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 E2 #799 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 # 447 — **16–23** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y13 N25 E1 A1 # 449 — **13–25** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #1003 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KOPP — primary (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** (H) Prefile released 1/7/19 `filing`
- **2019-02-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** (H) STA, JUD
- **2019-02-28** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-02-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-02-28** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-07** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-07** (H) Moved CSHB 12(STA) Out of Committee
- **2019-03-07** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-08** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 7DP
- **2019-03-08** (H) DP: VANCE, LEDOUX, WOOL, SHAW, STORY, FIELDS, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN1: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-03-18** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-18** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-03-18** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-03-27** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-27** (H) Moved CSHB 12(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2019-03-27** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-03-29** (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) 5DP 1NR
- **2019-03-29** (H) DP: WOOL, LEDOUX, SHAW, KOPP, CLAMAN
- **2019-03-29** (H) NR: EASTMAN
- **2019-03-29** (H) FN1: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-03-29** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-03-29** (H) FN3: ZERO(AJS)
- **2019-04-03** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** (H) JUD CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-04-03** (H) AM NO 1 RULED OUT OF ORDER WITHDRAWN
- **2019-04-03** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N23 E1
- **2019-04-03** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y16 N23 E1
- **2019-04-03** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y13 N25 E1 A1
- **2019-04-03** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y5 N33 E2
- **2019-04-03** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-03** (H) Read the third time CSHB 12(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2019-04-03** (H) PRUITT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2019-04-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JACKSON, HOPKINS, TARR, JOSEPHSON, TUCK
- **2019-04-05** (H) RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2019-04-05** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** (H) VERSION: CSHB 12(JUD)
- **2019-04-08** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** (S) JUD
- **2019-04-23** (S) JUDICIARY at 06:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-04-23** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time --
- **2019-04-23** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2019-04-26** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-04-26** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 12(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-26** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2019-04-29** (S) JUD RPT SCS 3DP SAME TITLE
- **2019-04-29** (S) DP: HUGHES, KIEHL, MICCICHE
- **2019-04-29** (S) FN1: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-04-29** (S) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-04-29** (S) FN3: ZERO(AJS)
- **2019-04-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KIEHL, REINBOLD, HUGHES, MICCICHE, KAWASAKI, COSTELLO,
- **2019-04-29** (S) GRAY-JACKSON, STEDMAN, BISHOP, GIESSEL
- **2019-05-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-02** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** (S) JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-02** (S) Read the third time SCS CSHB 12(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI, BIRCH, BEGICH, STEVENS
- **2019-05-02** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2019-05-02** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-02** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 12(JUD)
- **2019-05-03** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2019-05-03** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2019-05-03** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 E2
- **2019-05-24** (H) 10:15 A.M. 5/24/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** (H) Signed into law 6/10 CHAPTER 7 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/8/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5218ae22-b215-4ba5-ada5-1b63fe666a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).