---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to identification requirements for contractors and home inspectors."
description: "An Act relating to identification requirements for contractors and home inspectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Alaska HB 402 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BUSINESS", "CONTRACTORS", "INTERNET", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7fd1fc-c3c2-4b44-b297-86dd09bf9d86"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB402"
source_hash: "927f86acd65482c9039ddb3b71bb00b1cd78c0ed168405edc7a86fc6bcbceff1"
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 402 (32) — An Act relating to identification requirements for contractors and home inspectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0402Z)
2. **HB 402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0402A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y38 A2 #2869 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 #2890 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOUSE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-03-18** (H) CRA, L&C
- **2022-03-29** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-29** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-05** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-05** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-07** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-07** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-12** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-12** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-04-14** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-14** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-14** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-04-21** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-21** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-26** (H) CRA RPT 5DP
- **2022-04-26** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, MCCARTY, MCCABE, SCHRAGE, HANNAN
- **2022-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-04-26** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-26** (H) Moved HB 402 Out of Committee
- **2022-04-29** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 09:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-29** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2022-05-04** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-04** (H) Moved HB 402 Out of Committee
- **2022-05-05** (H) L&C RPT 5DP
- **2022-05-05** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, NELSON, SPOHNHOLZ, FIELDS
- **2022-05-05** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-05-10** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2022
- **2022-05-10** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/11 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 402 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** (H) PASSED Y38 A2 `passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) VERSION: HB 402
- **2022-05-12** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-12** (S) RLS
- **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 HB 402 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: HB 402
- **2022-10-05** (H) 3:20 P.M. 8/1/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 57 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/8/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7fd1fc-c3c2-4b44-b297-86dd09bf9d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).