---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to an application for a license to operate as a dealer in motor vehicles; relating to the duties of a motor vehicle dealer; and requiring a dealer in motor vehicles to maintain liability and property insurance."
description: "An Act relating to an application for a license to operate as a dealer in motor vehicles; relating to the duties of a motor vehicle dealer; and requiring a dealer in motor vehicles to maintain liability and property insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Alaska HB 36 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS & BONDING", "BUSINESS", "CRIMES", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PROPERTY", "SALES", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CLAMAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 71
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4bc0e10-6f44-4731-b378-c250717263f6"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB36"
source_hash: "3f91e112116fd317fe43f0bfd320bce7d92c87dff12dc80f2859c0fef42ec57b"
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 36 (32) — An Act relating to an application for a license to operate as a dealer in motor vehicles; relating to the duties of a motor vehicle dealer; and requiring a dealer in motor vehicles to maintain liability and property insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0036Z)
2. **HB 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0036A)
3. **SCS HB 36(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0036C)
4. **SCS HB 36(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0036B)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- #1113 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y29 N10 E1 #451 — **29–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1111 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y17 N22 E1 # 449 — **17–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N3 E1 #1177 — **36–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CLAMAN — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** (H) Prefile released 1/8/21 `filing`
- **2021-02-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2021-03-03** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2021-03-03** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 05:45 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-03-03** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2021-03-03** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-03-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-03-12** (H) Moved HB 36 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-12** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-03-15** (H) L&C RPT 6DP
- **2021-03-15** (H) DP: SNYDER, NELSON, MCCARTY, SCHRAGE, KAUFMAN, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-03-15** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-03-24** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 36 `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** (H) HELD IN THIRD READING TO 3/25 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2021-03-25** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2021-03-25** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y17 N22 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-25** (H) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** (H) PASSED Y29 N10 E1 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-03-25** (H) VERSION: HB 36
- **2021-03-26** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** (S) TRA, L&C
- **2021-04-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-09** (S) <Pending Referral> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-04-13** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-13** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-13** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2021-04-15** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-15** (S) Moved SCS HB 36(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-15** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2021-04-16** (S) TRA RPT SCS 3NR 1AM SAME TITLE
- **2021-04-16** (S) NR: MYERS, SHOWER, MICCICHE
- **2021-04-16** (S) AM: KIEHL
- **2021-04-16** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-04-28** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-28** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-04-30** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-30** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-30** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-05-17** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 02:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-17** (S) Moved SCS HB 36(L&C) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2021-05-17** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-05-18** (S) L&C RPT SCS 2DP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2021-05-18** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 6
- **2021-05-18** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2021-05-18** (S) NR: MICCICHE, REVAK, STEVENS
- **2021-05-18** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-05-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2021
- **2021-05-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** (S) L&C SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 36(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2021-05-18** (S) HUGHES NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2021-05-18** (S) RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2021-05-18** (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- `passage`
- **2021-05-18** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2021-05-18** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 36(L&C)
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 6
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N3 E1
- **2021-06-23** (H) 12:10 P.M. 6/22/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-16** (H) Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 17 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/11/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4bc0e10-6f44-4731-b378-c250717263f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).