---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing forgivable loan programs for farm development and improvement and for certain meat processing facilities; relating to a program of state inspection for certain meat processing facilities; establishing the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing forgivable loan programs for farm development and improvement and for certain meat processing facilities; relating to a program of state inspection for certain meat processing facilities; establishing the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "Alaska HB 298 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ALASKA NATIVES", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ECONOMY", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "FINANCE", "FISH & GAME (BOTH)", "FOOD", "LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SNYDER"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 76
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efeb8ee5-43a7-408f-a98f-b5bd8710f13a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB298"
source_hash: "ed37e9e72c88daf3e7da75a191cc9c5dd561f988b44e257a203a52c7a4cf10ee"
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 298 (32) — An Act establishing forgivable loan programs for farm development and improvement and for certain meat processing facilities; relating to a program of state inspection for certain meat processing facilities; establishing the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 298(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298B)
2. **CSHB 298(CRA) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298C)
3. **Enrolled HB 298** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298Z)
4. **HB 298** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298A)
5. **SCS CSHB 298(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298D)
6. **SCS CSHB 298(CRA) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0298E)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y29 N2 E8 A1 #2541 — **29–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1 #3036 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2804 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y14 N18 E8 # 2512 — **14–18** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y12 N20 E8 # 2513 — **12–20** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y12 N20 E8 # 2511 — **12–20** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- SNYDER — primary (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Gillham — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** (H) CRA
- **2022-02-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER
- **2022-02-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE
- **2022-03-15** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-15** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-03-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2022-03-17** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-17** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-17** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TUCK, HOPKINS
- **2022-03-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GILLHAM, CRONK
- **2022-03-24** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-24** (H) Moved CSHB 298(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCABE
- **2022-04-04** (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) 6DP 1NR
- **2022-04-04** (H) DP: MCCARTY, DRUMMOND, MCCABE, PRAX, HANNAN, SCHRAGE
- **2022-04-04** (H) NR: PATKOTAK
- **2022-04-04** (H) FN1: ZERO(LEG)
- **2022-04-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-13** (H) CRA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-13** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-13** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y12 N20 E8 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-13** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y14 N18 E8 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-13** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y12 N20 E8 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/14 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-04-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, JOHNSON, JOSEPHSON
- **2022-04-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 298(CRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** (H) CALL FOR THE QUESTION WITHDRAWN
- **2022-04-14** (H) PASSED Y29 N2 E8 A1 `passage`
- **2022-04-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-04-14** (H) VERSION: CSHB 298(CRA) AM
- **2022-04-19** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-19** (S) CRA
- **2022-04-28** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-04-28** (S) Heard & Held **Streamed live on AKL.tv**
- **2022-04-28** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-05-05** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-05-05** (S) Heard & Held **Streamed live on AKL.tv**
- **2022-05-05** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-05-12** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-05-12** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 298(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-12** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-05-13** (S) CRA RPT SCS(CRA) 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-05-13** (S) DP: HUGHES, MYERS, HOFFMAN
- **2022-05-13** (S) NR: WILSON
- **2022-05-13** (S) FN1: ZERO(LEG)
- **2022-05-13** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HUGHES, HOLLAND, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2022
- **2022-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (S) CRA SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 298(CRA) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2022-05-16** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-16** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): REINBOLD, GRAY-JACKSON, COSTELLO, SHOWER, STEVENS, KAWASAKI
- **2022-05-16** (S) REVAK
- **2022-05-16** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 298(CRA) AM S
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1
- **2022-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 25
- **2022-10-05** (H) 10:46 A.M. 8/11/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/26 CHAPTER 64 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/27/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efeb8ee5-43a7-408f-a98f-b5bd8710f13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).