---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the operation of a tank vessel or oil barge as an oil terminal facility; relating to the definition of 'oil terminal facility'; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the operation of a tank vessel or oil barge as an oil terminal facility; relating to the definition of 'oil terminal facility'; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Alaska HB 128 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "OIL & GAS", "TRANSPORTATION", "VESSELS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e60183b1-69c7-4fdc-937a-a0ec05aef7b9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB128"
source_hash: "aa74f158bae2183754b38e9b1e78f55413ae9bffd5efc308301e30c18c1999b5"
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 128 (33) — An Act relating to the operation of a tank vessel or oil barge as an oil terminal facility; relating to the definition of 'oil terminal facility'; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 128(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0128B)
2. **Enrolled HB 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0128Z)
3. **HB 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0128A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1144 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- #1147 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) TRA CS ADOPTED Y38 N1 E1 #853 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #877 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** (H) TRA
- **2023-03-30** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-03-30** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-30** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2023-04-18** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-18** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2023-04-20** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-20** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-20** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2023-04-25** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-04-25** (H) Moved CSHB 128(TRA) Out of Committee -- Please Note Location Change --
- **2023-04-25** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2023-04-26** (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 7DP
- **2023-04-26** (H) DP: STUTES, MINA, SUMNER, C.JOHNSON, MCKAY, VANCE, MCCABE
- **2023-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2023-04-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/26/2023
- **2023-04-26** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** (H) TRA CS ADOPTED Y38 N1 E1
- **2023-04-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/28 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 128(TRA) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-04-28** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-04-28** (H) VERSION: CSHB 128(TRA)
- **2023-05-01** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** (S) TRA
- **2023-05-02** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-02** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2023-05-04** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-04** (S) Moved CSHB 128(TRA) Out of Committee
- **2023-05-04** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2023-05-05** (S) TRA RPT 3DP
- **2023-05-05** (S) DP: KAUFMAN, MYERS, TOBIN
- **2023-05-05** (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2023-05-12** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/23
- **2023-05-12** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/13 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-05-13** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 128(TRA) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-13** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2023-05-13** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-13** (S) OLSON NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-13** (S) RECON SAME DAY UC
- **2023-05-13** (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- `passage`
- **2023-05-13** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-13** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-05-13** (S) VERSION: CSHB 128(TRA)
- **2023-05-15** (H) 10:30 A.M. 5/15/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (H) Signed into law 5/24 CHAPTER 3 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 5/25/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e60183b1-69c7-4fdc-937a-a0ec05aef7b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).