---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the confidentiality of certain state records relating to animals; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the confidentiality of certain state records relating to animals; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Alaska HB 347 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "DISCLOSURE", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAUSCHER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351cf198-7757-4218-a352-99f057c267fa"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB347"
source_hash: "39f844d196f4268f1fa2f98c55e43c7ddb7d42d1b5b8fa7da2d40354c33df076"
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 347 (32) — An Act relating to the confidentiality of certain state records relating to animals; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 347(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0347B)
2. **Enrolled HB 347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0347Z)
3. **HB 347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0347A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 #2888 — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1 #2635 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RAUSCHER — primary (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** (H) RES
- **2022-02-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2022-03-02** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-02** (H) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-03-04** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-04** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-07** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-07** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:00 pm --
- **2022-03-07** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2022-03-09** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-09** (H) Moved CSHB 347(RES) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-14** (H) RES RPT CS(RES) 4DP 3NR
- **2022-03-14** (H) DP: MCKAY, RAUSCHER, GILLHAM, SCHRAGE
- **2022-03-14** (H) NR: FIELDS, HOPKINS, PATKOTAK
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2022-03-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCABE, CARPENTER
- **2022-04-20** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** (H) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-20** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/21 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SNYDER
- **2022-04-21** (H) TECHNICAL SESSION 4/21 - ON 4/25 CALENDAR
- **2022-04-25** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 347(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2022-04-25** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-04-25** (H) VERSION: CSHB 347(RES)
- **2022-04-27** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-27** (S) RLS
- **2022-04-27** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, KAWASAKI
- **2022-05-16** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2022
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 347(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: CSHB 347(RES)
- **2022-10-05** (H) 4:20 P.M. 8/10/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/26 CHAPTER 65 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/351cf198-7757-4218-a352-99f057c267fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).