---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the development and operation of a hydroelectric site at the Nuyakuk River Falls; providing for the amendment of the management plan for the Wood-Tikchik State Park; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the development and operation of a hydroelectric site at the Nuyakuk River Falls; providing for the amendment of the management plan for the Wood-Tikchik State Park; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Alaska SB 91 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "ENERGY", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS", "PARKS & RECREATION", "PLANNING", "RESOURCES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOFFMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7044ad60-b98f-4c5d-8e9f-9a9718f93a1e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB91"
source_hash: "2c1e5025af1a40a9de5e331d7efff1ca5f779e1e7a8001eeb5ef562965f39ff6"
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 SB 91 (31) — An Act relating to the development and operation of a hydroelectric site at the Nuyakuk River Falls; providing for the amendment of the management plan for the Wood-Tikchik State Park; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0091A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0091A)
2. **SB0091B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0091B)
3. **SB0091Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0091Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1049 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1025 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOFFMAN — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Reinbold — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** (S) RES, FIN
- **2019-04-05** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-05** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2019-04-05** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2019-04-15** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-15** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2019-04-22** (S) RES RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2019-04-22** (S) DP: BIRCH, KIEHL, COGHILL
- **2019-04-22** (S) NR: REINBOLD, KAWASAKI
- **2019-04-22** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2019-04-22** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-22** (S) Moved SB 91 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-22** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2019-04-30** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-04-30** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-30** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FIN RPT CS 3DP 4NR SAME TITLE
- **2019-05-06** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, BISHOP
- **2019-05-06** (S) NR: VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, SHOWER, WILSON
- **2019-05-06** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2019-05-06** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-05-06** (S) Moved CSSB 91(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-05-06** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-05-07** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2019
- **2019-05-07** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-07** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-07** (S) Read the third time CSSB 91(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** (S) COSPONSOR(S): STEVENS, BISHOP, STEDMAN, GRAY-JACKSON, REINBOLD, HUGHES, KIEHL,
- **2019-05-07** (S) OLSON, GIESSEL
- **2019-05-07** (S) PASSED Y20 N-
- **2019-05-07** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-07** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-05-07** (S) VERSION: CSSB 91(FIN)
- **2019-05-08** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** (H) RES
- **2019-05-08** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to Immediately Following Session --
- **2019-05-08** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2019-05-10** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-10** (H) Moved CSSB 91(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-05-10** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2019-05-11** (H) RES RPT 8DP
- **2019-05-11** (H) DP: TUCK, HANNAN, TALERICO, HOPKINS, RAUSCHER, SPOHNHOLZ, LINCOLN, TARR
- **2019-05-11** (H) FN2: ZERO(DNR)
- **2019-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2019
- **2019-05-14** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-14** (H) Read the third time CSSB 91(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** (H) PASSED Y40
- **2019-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-14** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-05-14** (H) VERSION: CSSB 91(FIN)
- **2019-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WOOL, TUCK
- **2019-10-23** (S) 11:31 A.M. 8/13/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 8/16 CHAPTER 20 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/17/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7044ad60-b98f-4c5d-8e9f-9a9718f93a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).