---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses."
description: "An Act relating to temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Alaska HB 237 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "LICENSING", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prax"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef464e4-e45e-4fe7-887b-fcad9a2ea9c3"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB237"
source_hash: "b17b4c3857ec10c4e998cedfc48ad0b38d8f027e6c203c763b9dd052df8f0727"
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 237 (33) — An Act relating to temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 237** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0237Z)
2. **HB 237** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0237A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y40 #1806 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2576 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Prax — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (H) Prefile released 1/8/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) L&C
- **2024-01-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- **2024-02-02** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-02** (H) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 02/05/24>
- **2024-02-02** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-02-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): WRIGHT
- **2024-02-05** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-05** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-02-19** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 04:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-19** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-02-26** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-26** (H) Moved HB 237 Out of Committee
- **2024-02-26** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-03-01** (H) L&C RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2024-03-01** (H) DP: CARRICK, PRAX, WRIGHT, RUFFRIDGE, SUMNER
- **2024-03-01** (H) NR: FIELDS
- **2024-03-01** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-03-11** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING NEXT CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER, GALVIN, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-03-13** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 237 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2024-03-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, CARPENTER, ORTIZ, TOMASZEWSKI, MEARS, TILTON
- **2024-03-13** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-03-13** (H) VERSION: HB 237
- **2024-03-15** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-03-15** (S) L&C
- **2024-03-15** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, HUGHES, WILSON
- **2024-05-01** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-01** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-01** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-05-03** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-03** (S) Moved HB 237 Out of Committee
- **2024-05-03** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-05-06** (S) L&C RPT 3DP
- **2024-05-06** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2024-05-06** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-05-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2024
- **2024-05-09** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 237 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, KAUFMAN, TOBIN, SHOWER, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, BJORKMAN,
- **2024-05-10** (S) MERRICK, STEDMAN, BISHOP
- **2024-05-10** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-10** (S) VERSION: HB 237
- **2024-10-09** (H) 9:00 A.M. 7/16/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 7/29 CHAPTER 19 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/27/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ef464e4-e45e-4fe7-887b-fcad9a2ea9c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).