---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to hiring for positions in state service based on substitution of military work experience or training for required civilian work experience or training."
description: "An Act relating to hiring for positions in state service based on substitution of military work experience or training for required civilian work experience or training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Alaska HB 71 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STORY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a02c3146-213e-4eda-80e2-240766ff1f7f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB71"
source_hash: "1d2fc2b09b0c21e7ab8b75d341424808b8085073eca6fd5e1ecf4980fdec94f1"
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 71 (31) — An Act relating to hiring for positions in state service based on substitution of military work experience or training for required civilian work experience or training.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0071A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0071A)
2. **HB0071B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0071B)
3. **HB0071Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0071Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E3 #2029 — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #701 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STORY — primary (person)
- Eastman — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Zulkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** (H) MLV, STA
- **2019-03-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): LEDOUX
- **2019-03-12** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 02:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-12** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-03-12** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2019-03-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JACKSON, RAUSCHER
- **2019-03-14** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 02:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-14** (H) Moved HB 71 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-03-14** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2019-03-19** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 02:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-19** (H) Moved HB 71 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-19** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2019-03-20** (H) MLV RPT 4DP
- **2019-03-20** (H) DP: TARR, JACKSON, RAUSCHER, LEDOUX
- **2019-03-20** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-03-26** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-26** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-26** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-28** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-28** (H) Moved HB 71 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-29** (H) STA RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2019-03-29** (H) DP: SHAW, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS, FIELDS
- **2019-03-29** (H) NR: VANCE, WOOL
- **2019-03-29** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-04-22** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/24 CALENDAR
- **2019-04-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ, VANCE
- **2019-04-24** (H) Read the third time HB 71 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC
- **2019-04-24** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2019-04-24** (H) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2019-04-24** (H) PASSED Y40
- **2019-04-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP, TARR, STUTES, JOSEPHSON, ZULKOSKY, EASTMAN
- **2019-04-24** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-04-24** (H) VERSION: HB 71 AM
- **2019-04-26** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** (S) STA
- **2019-05-09** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-05-09** (S) Moved HB 71 AM Out of Committee
- **2019-05-09** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2019-05-10** (S) STA RPT 5DP
- **2019-05-10** (S) DP: SHOWER, REINBOLD, MICCICHE, KAWASAKI, COGHILL
- **2019-05-10** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-05-10** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, KAWASAKI, SHOWER, COSTELLO, STEVENS, REINBOLD,
- **2019-05-10** (S) GRAY-JACKSON, HUGHES, BISHOP, STEDMAN, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2020-03-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/13/2020
- **2020-03-13** (S) FN2: ZERO(ADM) (UPDATED FOR 2020)
- **2020-03-13** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-13** (S) Read the third time HB 71 AM `reading-3`
- **2020-03-13** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E3
- **2020-03-13** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KIEHL, REVAK
- **2020-03-13** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-13** (S) VERSION: HB 71 AM
- **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 12 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/19/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a02c3146-213e-4eda-80e2-240766ff1f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).