---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to assault in the first degree; relating to harassment; relating to sex offenses; relating to the definition of 'dangerous instrument'; relating to sentencing; providing for an aggravating factor at sentencing for strangulation that results in unconsciousness; relating to the duties of the prosecuting attorney; and relating to victim notifications."
description: "An Act relating to assault in the first degree; relating to harassment; relating to sex offenses; relating to the definition of 'dangerous instrument'; relating to sentencing; providing for an aggravating factor at sentencing for strangulation that results in unconsciousness; relating to the duties of the prosecuting attorney; and relating to victim notifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 14"
citation: "Alaska HB 14 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MINORS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LINCOLN"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 109
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dff921d-254c-44a6-aa73-c93eb5deb47f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB14"
source_hash: "e0fa14766944262ca27776c3c31d2e80260cc1a1c6dd9ff497785c1e56798501"
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 14 (31) — An Act relating to assault in the first degree; relating to harassment; relating to sex offenses; relating to the definition of 'dangerous instrument'; relating to sentencing; providing for an aggravating factor at sentencing for strangulation that results in unconsciousness; relating to the duties of the prosecuting attorney; and relating to victim notifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0014A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014A)
2. **HB0014B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014B)
3. **HB0014C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014C)
4. **HB0014D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014D)
5. **HB0014E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014E)
6. **HB0014Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0014Z)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N19 E3 # 737 — **18–19** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y12 N25 E3 # 727 — **12–25** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y32 N1 E1 A6 #962 — **32–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y36 N1 E3 #739 — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1067 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LINCOLN — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnston — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Pruitt — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmussen — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zulkosky — 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)
- **2019-03-04** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2019-03-07** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-07** (H) Moved CSHB 14(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, KREISS-TOMKINS, FIELDS
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN4: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN5: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN6: INDETERMINATE(COR)
- **2019-03-08** (H) COSPONSOR(S): LEDOUX
- **2019-03-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2019-03-20** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-20** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:15 pm --
- **2019-03-20** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RASMUSSEN
- **2019-04-15** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-04-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-15** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-04-16** (H) JUDICIARY at 05:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-04-16** (H) Moved CSHB 14(JUD) Out of Committee -- Time Change --
- **2019-04-16** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-04-17** (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 4DP 2AM
- **2019-04-17** (H) DP: WOOL, SHAW, KOPP, CLAMAN
- **2019-04-17** (H) AM: EASTMAN, LEDOUX
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN4: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN5: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN7: (COR)
- **2019-04-17** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD
- **2019-04-23** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-23** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-23** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-24** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-24** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 11DP
- **2019-04-26** (H) DP: JOHNSTON, CARPENTER, TILTON, LEBON, KNOPP, MERRICK, JOSEPHSON,
- **2019-04-26** (H) SULLIVAN-LEONARD, ORTIZ, WILSON, FOSTER
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN7: (COR)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN8: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN9: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-04-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/26/2019
- **2019-04-26** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2019-04-26** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-04-26** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y12 N25 E3
- **2019-04-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/27 CALENDAR
- **2019-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE, STUTES, JOSEPHSON
- **2019-04-26** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-26** (H) Moved CSHB 14(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-26** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-27** (H) Read the third time CSHB 14(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 2 UC
- **2019-04-27** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N19 E3
- **2019-04-27** (H) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2019-04-27** (H) PASSED Y36 N1 E3
- **2019-04-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON, PRUITT, THOMPSON, WILSON, JOHNSTON, STORY
- **2019-04-27** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-04-27** (H) VERSION: CSHB 14(FIN)
- **2019-04-29** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** (S) FIN
- **2019-04-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE
- **2019-04-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON, GIESSEL
- **2019-05-04** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-05-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-05-04** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FIN RPT SCS 7DP NEW TITLE
- **2019-05-06** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 5
- **2019-05-06** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, HOFFMAN, SHOWER, WILSON, BISHOP
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN8: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN9: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN10: (COR)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN11: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN12: ZERO(AJS)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-05-06** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 14(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-05-06** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-05-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2019
- **2019-05-08** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-08** (S) Read the third time SCS CSHB 14(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HUGHES, STEDMAN, BISHOP, REINBOLD, STEVENS, COSTELLO, HOFFMAN,
- **2019-05-08** (S) VON IMHOF, SHOWER, COGHILL, BIRCH, OLSON, WILSON
- **2019-05-08** (S) PASSED Y20 N-
- **2019-05-08** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-08** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 14(FIN)
- **2019-05-09** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2019-05-09** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2019-05-09** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 5
- **2019-05-09** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y32 N1 E1 A6
- **2019-05-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TILTON, RAUSCHER
- **2019-07-12** (H) 1:44 P.M. 7/11/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-22** (H) Signed into law 7/19 CHAPTER 11 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/17/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dff921d-254c-44a6-aa73-c93eb5deb47f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).