---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; relating to the membership and duties of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state."
description: "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; relating to the membership and duties of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Alaska HB 63 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "CONSTRUCTION", "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATORS", "MARINE FACILITIES", "MARINE HIGHWAY", "REVENUE", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STUTES"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-01-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c857593d-0b8e-42e9-9187-bc12f6e7f5b1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB63"
source_hash: "3b8ac6a030b4f25eba00d0c353dac1152bae87cfec4e922605f92f08472375c3"
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 63 (32) — An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; relating to the membership and duties of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 63(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0063C)
2. **CSHB 63(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0063B)
3. **Enrolled HB 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0063Z)
4. **HB 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0063A)
5. **SCS CSHB 63(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0063D)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1 #1178 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1114 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 E3 #885 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- #1114 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STUTES — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** (H) Prefile released 1/15/21 `filing`
- **2021-02-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** (H) TRA, STA
- **2021-03-11** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-03-11** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2021-03-11** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2021-03-18** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-03-18** (H) Moved CSHB 63(TRA) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2021-03-18** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2021-03-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2021-03-20** (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 4DP 2NR
- **2021-03-20** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, HANNAN, SPOHNHOLZ, HOPKINS
- **2021-03-20** (H) NR: MCCABE, CRONK
- **2021-03-20** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2021-03-30** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-03-30** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-30** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-06** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-06** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-15** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-15** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-22** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-22** (H) Moved CSHB 63(STA) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-26** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NEW TITLE 6DP
- **2021-04-26** (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KAUFMAN, VANCE, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2021-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN
- **2021-05-04** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2021-05-05** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-05** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-05** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 63(STA) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** (H) PASSED Y37 E3 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, JOSEPHSON, TARR, SPOHNHOLZ, WOOL, VANCE
- **2021-05-05** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-05** (H) VERSION: CSHB 63(STA)
- **2021-05-07** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-07** (S) TRA
- **2021-05-11** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-11** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-05-13** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-13** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-13** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2021-05-15** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-15** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 63(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-15** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2021-05-17** (S) TRA RPT SCS 3DP SAME TITLE
- **2021-05-17** (S) DP: MYERS, KIEHL, MICCICHE
- **2021-05-17** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2021-05-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2021
- **2021-05-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** (S) TRA SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 63(TRA) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): REINBOLD, STEVENS, BISHOP, HOLLAND, STEDMAN, MICCICHE
- **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 CSHB 63(TRA)
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1
- **2021-06-07** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2021-08-16** (H) 4:46 P.M. 7/2/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-16** (H) Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 20 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/11/21 `became-law`
- **2022-01-18** (H) MEMBERS: SHIRLEY MARQUARDT, WANETTA AYERS

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c857593d-0b8e-42e9-9187-bc12f6e7f5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).