---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Alaska HB 235 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS", "INVESTMENTS", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "VOCATIONAL TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOOL"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 96
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2fb4f63-7e05-4ad3-9f52-2c133d7bbb8e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB235"
source_hash: "4a8876946e77c67416826c9db83839ede8836579e8ebb6343be04c3f33b2bc2c"
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 235 (31) — An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0235A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0235A)
2. **HB0235B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0235B)
3. **HB0235C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0235C)
4. **HB0235D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0235D)
5. **HB0235Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0235Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E5 #1979 — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2251 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N4 E3 A4 #2067 — **29–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y35 E5 #1981 — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WOOL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2020-02-21** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-21** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-21** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2020-02-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2020-02-28** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-28** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2020-02-28** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2020-03-02** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-03-02** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2020-03-02** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2020-03-04** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-03-04** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2020-03-09** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-03-09** (H) Moved CSHB 235(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-09** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2020-03-13** (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 5DP 2NR
- **2020-03-13** (H) DP: HANNAN, STORY, FIELDS, STUTES, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2020-03-13** (H) NR: GILLIS, RASMUSSEN
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN1: (EED)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN2: (LWF)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN3: (LWF)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN4: (LWF)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN5: (LWF)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FN6: (UA)
- **2020-03-13** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-13** (H) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 1:30 pm> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2020-03-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-13** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2020-03-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-16** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-16** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 3:30 pm --
- **2020-03-16** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-18** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-18** (H) Moved CSHB 235(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-18** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 3DP 3NR 1AM
- **2020-03-19** (H) DP: ORTIZ, JOHNSTON, FOSTER
- **2020-03-19** (H) NR: LEBON, KNOPP, JOSEPHSON
- **2020-03-19** (H) AM: WOOL
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN7: (EED)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN8: (LWF)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN9: (LWF)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN10: (LWF)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN11: (LWF)
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN12: (UA)
- **2020-03-19** (S) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2020-03-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-19** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/20 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-19** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-19** (S) Uniform Rule 23 Waived
- **2020-03-19** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-20** (H) Read the third time CSHB 235(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-20** (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E5
- **2020-03-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-20** (H) CARPENTER NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2020-03-20** (H) RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2020-03-20** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y35 E5
- **2020-03-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-20** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2020-03-20** (H) VERSION: CSHB 235(FIN)
- **2020-03-20** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-20** (S) FIN
- **2020-03-23** (S) FIN RPT SCS 5DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2020-03-23** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, BISHOP
- **2020-03-23** (S) NR: OLSON
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN13: (UA)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN14: (LWF)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN15: (LWF)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN16: (LWF)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN17: (LWF)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN18: (EED)
- **2020-03-23** (S) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 3/23/2020
- **2020-03-23** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-23** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-23** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-23** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-23** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 235(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-23** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-24** (S) Read the third time SCS CSHB 235(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-24** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 235(FIN)
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N4 E3 A4
- **2020-03-24** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-05-18** (H) 2:00 P.M. 4/7/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/20 CHAPTER 16 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/21/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2fb4f63-7e05-4ad3-9f52-2c133d7bbb8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).