---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; relating to the Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund; relating to the Alaska higher education investment fund; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; relating to the Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund; relating to the Alaska higher education investment fund; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Alaska HB 322 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "MARINE HIGHWAY", "MEDICAL CARE", "NURSES", "PHYSICIANS", "PUBLIC FINANCE", "REVENUE", "SCHOOLS", "UNIVERSITIES", "VESSELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE TRANSPORTATION"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3403811d-4668-4811-b32c-5d886bd7f048"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB322"
source_hash: "230511e42878ba079fff89f58a4d0f7b892a269986c2a62dc796181da6c3bc37"
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 322 (32) — An Act relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; relating to the Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund; relating to the Alaska higher education investment fund; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 322(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0322B)
2. **CSHB 322(TRA) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0322C)
3. **Enrolled HB 322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0322Z)
4. **HB 322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0322A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N16 E1 # 2713 — **23–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y25 N15 #2736 — **25–15** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y14 N4 A2 #2936 — **14–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y31 N8 A1 #2736 — **31–8** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 # 2715 — **16–23** (fail) · lower
- (S) MOTION TO ADD TRA REFERRAL FAILED Y9 N10 E1 #2490 — **9–10** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** (H) TRA, FIN
- **2022-02-24** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-02-24** (H) Heard & Held -- Teleconference <Listen Only> --
- **2022-03-01** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-01** (H) Moved CSHB 322(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-02** (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 4DP 3DNP
- **2022-03-02** (H) DP: HANNAN, DRUMMOND, STUTES, HOPKINS
- **2022-03-02** (H) DNP: MCKAY, MCCABE, CRONK
- **2022-03-02** (H) FN1: (GOV/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **2022-03-14** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-14** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-14** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-15** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-28** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-28** (H) Moved CSHB 322(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-04-04** (H) FIN RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 4DP 3NR
- **2022-04-04** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, WOOL
- **2022-04-04** (H) NR: LEBON, THOMPSON, MERRICK
- **2022-04-04** (H) FN1: (GOV/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **2022-04-29** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2022
- **2022-04-29** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** (H) TRA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-29** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N16 E1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-29** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-04-29** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-29** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/2 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 322(TRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** (H) PASSED Y25 N15 `passage`
- **2022-05-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y31 N8 A1
- **2022-05-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-02** (H) VERSION: CSHB 322(TRA) AM
- **2022-05-03** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-03** (S) FIN
- **2022-05-03** (S) MOTION TO ADD TRA REFERRAL FAILED Y9 N10 E1 `failure`
- **2022-05-16** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-16** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-17** (S) FIN RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2022-05-17** (S) DP: STEDMAN, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-17** (S) NR: WILSON, OLSON
- **2022-05-17** (S) FN2: (S.FIN/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **2022-05-17** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/18 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) Moved CSHB 322(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-18** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 322(TRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) PASSED Y14 N4 A2 `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-18** (S) VERSION: CSHB 322(TRA) AM
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:10 P.M. 6/17/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 15 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/30/22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN2: (S.FIN/FUND TRANSFERS)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3403811d-4668-4811-b32c-5d886bd7f048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).