---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to nuclear facility siting permits; and relating to microreactors."
description: "An Act relating to nuclear facility siting permits; and relating to microreactors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Alaska SB 177 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 73
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f11b1cd-96a4-40a0-9c68-26621ab1ad80"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB177"
source_hash: "1b6f1c20ab6a753fbb7ef2376926e0869f0bfc6f775d305b6d62a8ebebe8b523"
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 SB 177 (32) — An Act relating to nuclear facility siting permits; and relating to microreactors.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 177(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0177B)
2. **Enrolled SB 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0177Z)
3. **SB 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0177A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y29 N7 A4 #2930 — **29–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 #2498 — **16–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** (S) CRA, RES
- **2022-02-01** (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2022-02-01** (S) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2022-02-15** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-02-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-15** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-02-17** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-02-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-17** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-03-08** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-08** (S) Moved SB 177 Out of Committee
- **2022-03-08** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2022-03-09** (S) CRA RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2022-03-09** (S) DP: HUGHES
- **2022-03-09** (S) NR: GRAY-JACKSON, MYERS, WILSON
- **2022-03-09** (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2022-03-21** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-21** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-06** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-04-06** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-08** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-04-08** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-04-08** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-11** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-04-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-11** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-20** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-04-20** (S) Moved CSSB 177(RES) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-20** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-22** (S) RES RPT CS 4DP 1NR 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2022-04-22** (S) DP: REVAK, KIEHL, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE
- **2022-04-22** (S) NR: STEVENS
- **2022-04-22** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2022-04-22** (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2022-05-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2022
- **2022-05-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** (S) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/3 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 177(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-03** (S) KAWASAKI NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2022-05-04** (S) RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2022-05-04** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-05-04** (S) VERSION: CSSB 177(RES)
- **2022-05-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** (H) RES
- **2022-05-09** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-09** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 5/10/22 at 8:00 am --
- **2022-05-10** (H) RESOURCES at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-10** (H) Moved CSSB 177(RES) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 3:00 pm --
- **2022-05-11** (H) RES RPT 5DP 1DNP 2NR 1AM
- **2022-05-11** (H) DP: MCKAY, CRONK, RAUSCHER, GILLHAM, SCHRAGE
- **2022-05-11** (H) DNP: HANNAN
- **2022-05-11** (H) NR: FIELDS, HOPKINS
- **2022-05-11** (H) AM: PATKOTAK
- **2022-05-11** (H) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2022-05-11** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-11** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2022
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/13 - ON 5/14 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 177(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) PASSED Y29 N7 A4 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-16** (H) VERSION: CSSB 177(RES)
- **2022-10-05** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (S) 5:15 P.M. 5/20/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 5/24 CHAPTER 4 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/22/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f11b1cd-96a4-40a0-9c68-26621ab1ad80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).