---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain children of active duty military and National Guard members; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain children of active duty military and National Guard members; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Alaska HB 53 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FAMILIES", "HOUSING", "MILITARY", "MINORS", "RESIDENCY", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCCARTY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 67
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/542295fd-a19d-4a22-8dd7-baf1e06c0d0b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB53"
source_hash: "905d1c88df4ab651476208199d30adae79d9a27a0b82869be3b4d0d80a4de7da"
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 53 (32) — An Act relating to residency requirements for public school enrollment for certain children of active duty military and National Guard members; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 53(MLV)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0053B)
2. **CSHB 53(MLV) am(efd add)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0053C)
3. **Enrolled HB 53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0053Z)
4. **HB 53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0053A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y39 A1 # 1020 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1023 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3A ADOPTED Y23 N15 A2 # 1022 — **23–15** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E2 A2 #2279 — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCCARTY — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — 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) MLV, EDC
- **2021-03-04** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-04** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-04** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-03-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER
- **2021-03-09** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-09** (H) Moved CSHB 53(MLV) Out of Committee
- **2021-03-09** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-03-10** (H) MLV RPT CS(MLV) 6DP
- **2021-03-10** (H) DP: CLAMAN, TARR, SHAW, STORY, NELSON, TUCK
- **2021-03-10** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2021-03-10** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2021-04-28** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-28** (H) Heard & Held -- Teleconference <Listen Only> --
- **2021-04-28** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): NELSON
- **2021-05-03** (H) EDC RPT CS(MLV) 4DP 1NR
- **2021-05-03** (H) DP: CRONK, GILLHAM, STORY, DRUMMOND
- **2021-05-03** (H) NR: ZULKOSKY
- **2021-05-03** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2021-05-03** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-05-03** (H) Moved CSHB 53(MLV) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-03** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-05-12** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2021
- **2021-05-12** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** (H) MLV CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-12** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2021-05-12** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y39 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** (H) AM NO 3 OFFERED
- **2021-05-12** (H) DIVIDE AM NO 3 UC
- **2021-05-12** (H) AM NO 3A ADOPTED Y23 N15 A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** (H) AM NO 3B WITHDRAWN
- **2021-05-12** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2021-05-12** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-05-12** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR, SPOHNHOLZ, JOSEPHSON
- **2021-05-12** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-12** (H) VERSION: CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD)
- **2021-05-14** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** (S) EDC
- **2022-01-21** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-01-21** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2022-01-26** (S) EDC RPT 5DP
- **2022-01-26** (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, STEVENS, MICCICHE, BEGICH
- **2022-01-26** (S) FN2: ZERO(EED)
- **2022-01-26** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-26** (S) Moved CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD) Out of Committee
- **2022-01-26** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2022-02-22** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HUGHES, REVAK, HOLLAND
- **2022-03-08** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, STEVENS
- **2022-04-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2022
- **2022-04-08** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/11 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E2 A2 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-11** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-04-11** (S) VERSION: CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD)
- **2022-04-29** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) 1:00 P.M. 6/1/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/16 CHAPTER 7 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/17/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/542295fd-a19d-4a22-8dd7-baf1e06c0d0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).