---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act naming the Trooper Gabe Rich Memorial Bridge."
description: "An Act naming the Trooper Gabe Rich Memorial Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Alaska HB 88 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "PLACE NAMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TALERICO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8167e7bc-f4ab-4f04-8838-669a404ccc31"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB88"
source_hash: "41d9f36ab52b2be2cbcf32acb2d6c6f04cd01bc267b341d3361aa3c3afea49a9"
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 88 (31) — An Act naming the Trooper Gabe Rich Memorial Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0088A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0088A)
2. **HB0088Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0088Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #757 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #393 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TALERICO — primary (person)
- Eastman — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Neuman — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** (H) TRA
- **2019-03-21** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-03-21** (H) Moved HB 88 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-03-21** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2019-03-22** (H) TRA RPT 7DP
- **2019-03-22** (H) DP: STORY, RASMUSSEN, DRUMMOND, CLAMAN, TALERICO, WOOL, STUTES
- **2019-03-22** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2019-03-27** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-27** (H) Read the third time HB 88 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2019-03-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EASTMAN, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, TILTON, RAUSCHER, NEUMAN, THOMPSON
- **2019-03-27** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-03-27** (H) VERSION: HB 88
- **2019-03-29** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** (S) TRA
- **2019-03-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BISHOP, COGHILL, MICCICHE, KAWASAKI, HUGHES
- **2019-04-02** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-02** (S) Moved HB 88 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2019-04-03** (S) TRA RPT 4DP
- **2019-04-03** (S) DP: HUGHES, SHOWER, WILSON, KIEHL
- **2019-04-03** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2019-04-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-08** (S) Read the third time HB 88 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2019-04-08** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-04-08** (S) VERSION: HB 88
- **2019-04-08** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEDMAN, STEVENS, COSTELLO, KIEHL, OLSON
- **2019-05-14** (H) 5:25 P.M. 5/13/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** (H) Signed into law 5/17 CHAPTER 4 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/15/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8167e7bc-f4ab-4f04-8838-669a404ccc31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).