---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the practice of accounting."
description: "An Act relating to the practice of accounting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Alaska HB 44 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "CORPORATIONS", "FINANCE", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PARTNERSHIPS", "PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMPSON"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286485b0-5c69-43c6-b473-527dca0370e7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB44"
source_hash: "81564a99c36320253eceb2f030ce558a3b84883ba3e87eb013eb8adc4246a6d6"
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 44 (32) — An Act relating to the practice of accounting.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 44(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0044B)
2. **Enrolled HB 44** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0044Z)
3. **HB 44** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0044A)
4. **SCS CSHB 44(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0044C)
5. **SCS CSHB 44(L&C) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0044D)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1 #1806 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 #1698 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #1190 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) LEGAL MEMO SPREAD ON JOURNAL FAILED Y3 N32 E4 A1 #1817 — **3–32** (fail) · lower
- (H) RESCIND ACTION TO SPREAD 2/9 LEGAL MEMO Y34 N1 E4 A1 #1816 — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y14 N4 E1 A1 # 1697 — **14–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMPSON — primary (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — 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) STA, L&C
- **2021-03-11** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-11** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-11** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-03-16** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-16** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-03-23** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-23** (H) Moved CSHB 44(STA) Out of Committee
- **2021-03-23** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-03-24** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 6DP 1AM
- **2021-03-24** (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KAUFMAN, VANCE, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-03-24** (H) AM: EASTMAN
- **2021-03-24** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2021-05-03** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-03** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-07** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-07** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time & Location Change --
- **2021-05-07** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-12** (H) Moved HB 44 Out of Committee
- **2021-05-12** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-13** (H) L&C RPT CS(STA) 6DP 1NR
- **2021-05-13** (H) DP: KAUFMAN, SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, SNYDER, NELSON, FIELDS
- **2021-05-13** (H) NR: SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-05-13** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2021
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 44(STA) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, SCHRAGE
- **2021-05-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: CSHB 44(STA)
- **2021-05-19** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** (S) L&C
- **2022-01-19** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-01-19** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 44(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-01-19** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-01-21** (S) L&C RPT SCS(L&C) 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-01-21** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS
- **2022-01-21** (S) NR: REVAK
- **2022-01-21** (S) FN3: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-01-28** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 1/28/2022
- **2022-01-28** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** (S) L&C SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-01-28** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/1 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 44(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2022-02-01** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y14 N4 E1 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-01** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-02-01** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-02-01** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 44(L&C) AM S
- **2022-02-04** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-02-09** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-02-09** (H) LEGAL MEMO SPREAD ON JOURNAL UC
- **2022-02-09** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1
- **2022-02-11** (H) RESCIND ACTION TO SPREAD 2/9 LEGAL MEMO Y34 N1 E4 A1
- **2022-02-11** (H) LEGAL MEMO SPREAD ON JOURNAL FAILED Y3 N32 E4 A1 `failure`
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:55 P.M. 6/2/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/9 CHAPTER 5 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/7/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/286485b0-5c69-43c6-b473-527dca0370e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).