---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to management of enhanced stocks of shellfish; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to engage in shellfish enhancement projects; relating to application fees for salmon hatchery permits and shellfish enhancement project permits; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to management of enhanced stocks of shellfish; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to engage in shellfish enhancement projects; relating to application fees for salmon hatchery permits and shellfish enhancement project permits; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Alaska HB 41 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "FEES", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "FOOD", "HATCHERIES", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "PERMITS", "PUBLICATIONS", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 100
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e38fd85-d5c0-424c-96c4-ab9fc3a1312f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB41"
source_hash: "14aa4aaa77a72ad02de39d80552369d2419aa8827144266ddd3b25bf2f7ba031"
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 41 (32) — An Act relating to management of enhanced stocks of shellfish; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to engage in shellfish enhancement projects; relating to application fees for salmon hatchery permits and shellfish enhancement project permits; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 41(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0041B)
2. **Enrolled HB 41** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0041Z)
3. **HB 41** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0041A)
4. **SCS CSHB 41(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0041C)
5. **SCS CSHB 41(FIN) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0041D)

## Votes

- (H) MOTION TO DIVIDE EFD FAILED Y13 N26 E1 #779 — **13–26** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N2 E2 #2671 — **36–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 #779 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y36 N3 E1 #780 — **36–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 #2412 — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — 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) FSH, FIN
- **2021-03-25** (H) FISHERIES at 10:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-25** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-03-30** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-30** (H) Moved HB 41 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-30** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2021-03-31** (H) FSH RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2021-03-31** (H) DP: STORY, ORTIZ, TARR
- **2021-03-31** (H) NR: MCCABE, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-03-31** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-03-31** (H) FN2: ZERO(DFG)
- **2021-03-31** (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(DFG)
- **2021-03-31** (H) FN4: INDETERMINATE(GOV/SP APPROP)
- **2021-03-31** (H) FN5: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2021-04-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SNYDER
- **2021-04-21** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-04-21** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-21** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-04-26** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-04-26** (H) Moved CSHB 41(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-26** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-04-28** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 9DP 2NR
- **2021-04-28** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, CARPENTER, JOSEPHSON, WOOL, THOMPSON, MERRICK, FOSTER
- **2021-04-28** (H) NR: JOHNSON, RASMUSSEN
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN2: ZERO(DFG)
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(DFG)
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN4: INDETERMINATE(GOV/SP APPROP)
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN5: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2021-04-28** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-04-28** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2021-04-28** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/30 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, STORY
- **2021-04-30** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 41(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** (H) MOTION TO ADOPT EFFECTIVE DATE(S)
- **2021-04-30** (H) MOTION TO DIVIDE EFD FAILED Y13 N26 E1 `failure`
- **2021-04-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y36 N3 E1
- **2021-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN, WOOL, VANCE, TUCK
- **2021-04-30** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-04-30** (H) VERSION: CSHB 41(FIN)
- **2021-05-03** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** (S) RES
- **2021-05-12** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-05-12** (S) Moved CSHB 41(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-12** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2021-05-14** (S) RES RPT 5DP
- **2021-05-14** (S) DP: REVAK, KIEHL, MICCICHE, STEVENS, KAWASAKI
- **2021-05-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-05-14** (S) FN2: ZERO(DFG)
- **2021-05-14** (S) FN3: INDETERMINATE(DFG)
- **2021-05-14** (S) FN4: INDETERMINATE(GOV/SP APPROP)
- **2021-05-14** (S) FN5: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2021-05-14** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER RES
- **2021-05-14** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-05-14** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 2 PM --
- **2021-05-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-05-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-05-18** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-05-18** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-18** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-01-31** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-01-31** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 41(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-01-31** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-02-01** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 2DP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2022-02-01** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
- **2022-02-01** (S) DP: STEDMAN, BISHOP
- **2022-02-01** (S) NR: WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON
- **2022-02-01** (S) FN6: ZERO(DFG)
- **2022-02-01** (S) FN7: INDETERMINATE(DFG)
- **2022-02-01** (S) FN8: INDETERMINATE(GOV/SP APPROP)
- **2022-02-01** (S) FN9: INDETERMINATE(REV)
- **2022-04-20** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-20** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KIEHL, REVAK, STEVENS, STEDMAN, BISHOP, HOLLAND, MICCICHE
- **2022-04-20** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/25 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 41(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2022-04-25** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 41(FIN) AM S
- **2022-04-26** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-04-26** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-04-26** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N2 E2
- **2022-04-26** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-26** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
- **2022-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STUTES
- **2022-10-05** (H) 2:40 P.M. 7/1/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/8 CHAPTER 32 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/6e38fd85-d5c0-424c-96c4-ab9fc3a1312f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).