---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to emergency firefighters; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to emergency firefighters; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Alaska HB 209 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FORESTRY", "FUNDS", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CRONK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-12"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c89d91a-6bec-4bc9-a5dd-6acdc297189f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB209"
source_hash: "d946ea18db1f443c564bd896cca372192081d8fddfdb723b29320782148afbe4"
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 209 (32) — An Act relating to emergency firefighters; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 209(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0209B)
2. **Enrolled HB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0209Z)
3. **HB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0209A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #2207 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 #2414 — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CRONK — primary (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Gillham — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** (H) RES, FIN
- **2022-02-04** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, MCKAY
- **2022-02-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GILLHAM
- **2022-02-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2022-02-16** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-02-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-16** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2022-02-23** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-02-23** (H) Moved HB 209 Out of Committee
- **2022-02-23** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2022-02-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PATKOTAK
- **2022-02-28** (H) RES RPT 6DP 3NR
- **2022-02-28** (H) DP: MCKAY, FIELDS, CRONK, RAUSCHER, GILLHAM, PATKOTAK
- **2022-02-28** (H) NR: HOPKINS, HANNAN, SCHRAGE
- **2022-02-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2022-02-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, SCHRAGE
- **2022-03-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON, MERRICK
- **2022-03-09** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-09** (H) Moved CSHB 209(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-09** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-14** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 5DP 2NR
- **2022-03-14** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, JOHNSON, MERRICK
- **2022-03-14** (H) NR: WOOL, JOSEPHSON
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2022-03-21** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-03-21** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/22 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): THOMPSON, SNYDER, SHAW, MCCABE, TARR
- **2022-03-22** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 209(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, WOOL, HOPKINS, TILTON, STUTES, TUCK, NELSON
- **2022-03-22** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-03-22** (H) VERSION: CSHB 209(FIN)
- **2022-03-23** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-03-23** (S) RES
- **2022-03-23** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI
- **2022-03-30** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-30** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-03-30** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-04** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-04-04** (S) Moved CSHB 209(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-04** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-06** (S) RES RPT 4DP
- **2022-04-06** (S) DP: MICCICHE, KIEHL, VON IMHOF, STEVENS
- **2022-04-06** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2022-04-20** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/25 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 209(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HUGHES, HOLLAND, BISHOP, STEVENS, REINBOLD, STEDMAN, MYERS
- **2022-04-25** (S) WILSON, GRAY-JACKSON, MICCICHE
- **2022-04-25** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-25** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-04-25** (S) VERSION: CSHB 209(FIN)
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:10 P.M. 6/17/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/20 CHAPTER 10 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/21/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c89d91a-6bec-4bc9-a5dd-6acdc297189f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).