---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to unemployment benefits during a period of state or national emergency resulting from a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to unemployment benefits during a period of state or national emergency resulting from a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "Alaska HB 308 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISASTER", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL CARE", "UNEMPLOYMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE LABOR & COMMERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-18"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a4300a4-e6e2-40c0-b20d-c3ab002349f9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB308"
source_hash: "30feef3e33b19891a722d38865767caed7ff9d38bb4245205fe19808686b8870"
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 308 (31) — An Act relating to unemployment benefits during a period of state or national emergency resulting from a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0308A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0308A)
2. **HB0308B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0308B)
3. **HB0308C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0308C)
4. **HB0308Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0308Z)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 E3 #2038 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2191 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #1955 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOUSE LABOR & COMMERCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-18** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-18** (H) RLS
- **2020-03-18** (H) RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) UC
- **2020-03-18** (H) RULES at 07:45 PM DAVIS 106
- **2020-03-18** (H) Moved HB 308 Out of Committee
- **2020-03-18** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2020-03-19** (H) RLS RPT 7DP
- **2020-03-19** (H) DP: JOHNSON, THOMPSON, EDGMON, STUTES, PRUITT, JOHNSTON, KOPP
- **2020-03-19** (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(LWF)
- **2020-03-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-19** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-19** (H) Read the third time HB 308 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2020-03-19** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-19** (H) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2020-03-19** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2020-03-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2020-03-19** (H) VERSION: HB 308 AM
- **2020-03-20** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-20** (S) FIN
- **2020-03-21** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-21** (S) Moved SCS HB 308(FIN) AM Out of Committee Uniform Rule 23(a) Waived
- **2020-03-21** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FIN RPT SCS 7DP SAME TITLE
- **2020-03-22** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, HOFFMAN, WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, BISHOP
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(LWF)
- **2020-03-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2020
- **2020-03-22** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-22** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-22** (S) Read the third time SCS HB 308(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-22** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-22** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-22** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-22** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 308(FIN)
- **2020-03-23** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2020-03-23** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-23** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 E3
- **2020-03-23** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-24** (H) 5:33 P.M. 3/24/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2020-03-26** (H) Signed into law 3/25 CHAPTER 4 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** (H) 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/8a4300a4-e6e2-40c0-b20d-c3ab002349f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).