---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the official languages of the State of Alaska; renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native Languages; relating to the transfer of the Council for Alaska Native Languages from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to the Department of Education and Early Development; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages."
description: "An Act relating to the official languages of the State of Alaska; renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native Languages; relating to the transfer of the Council for Alaska Native Languages from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to the Department of Education and Early Development; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Alaska HB 26 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Story"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 85
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550e475e-5024-464e-914f-cff714437003"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB26"
source_hash: "6a6fddf3bd7ef04f4e0c35ba37c7c8fa513f35f25a1a35c314137be9518fa09f"
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 26 (33) — An Act relating to the official languages of the State of Alaska; renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native Languages; relating to the transfer of the Council for Alaska Native Languages from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to the Department of Education and Early Development; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 26(TRB)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0026B)
2. **Enrolled HB 26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0026Z)
3. **HB 26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0026A)
4. **SCS CSHB 26(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0026C)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2502 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1 #2879 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2 #930 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP Y34 N5 A1 #2878 — **34–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N37 E2 # 930 — **1–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Story — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Edgmon — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Groh — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Mccormick — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** (H) Prefile released 1/9/23 `filing`
- **2023-01-19** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** (H) EDC, FIN
- **2023-02-10** (H) TRB REPLACED EDC REFERRAL
- **2023-03-08** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-03-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Teleconference <Listen Only> --
- **2023-03-08** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2023-03-13** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-03-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-13** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2023-03-20** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-03-20** (H) Moved CSHB 26(TRB) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2023-03-20** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2023-03-22** (H) TRB RPT CS(TRB) NEW TITLE 5DP
- **2023-03-22** (H) DP: CARPENTER, DIBERT, VANCE, ALLARD, MCCORMICK
- **2023-03-22** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, HANNAN
- **2023-04-14** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-04-14** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-14** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-04-27** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-04-27** (H) Moved CSHB 26(TRB) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-27** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-04-28** (H) FIN RPT CS(TRB) NEW TITLE 10DP
- **2023-04-28** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ, COULOMBE, STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON,
- **2023-04-28** (H) D.JOHNSON, FOSTER
- **2023-04-28** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MINA, MCCORMICK
- **2023-05-03** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2023
- **2023-05-03** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** (H) TRB CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-03** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N37 E2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-03** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 26(TRB) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DIBERT, ARMSTRONG, GROH, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE, GRAY, FIELDS, ORTIZ,
- **2023-05-03** (H) HIMSCHOOT, EDGMON, STAPP, CRONK, C.JOHNSON, MEARS
- **2023-05-03** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (H) VERSION: CSHB 26(TRB)
- **2023-05-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-05-04** (S) <Pending Referral>
- **2023-05-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-05-05** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** (S) STA, FIN
- **2023-05-05** (S) STA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2023-05-06** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 09:00 AM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2023-05-06** (S) Moved CSHB 26(TRB) Out of Committee -- Rescheduled from 3:30 pm --
- **2023-05-06** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2023-05-08** (S) STA RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2023-05-08** (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2023-05-08** (S) NR: BJORKMAN
- **2023-05-08** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2024-01-30** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-01-30** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-01-31** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KIEHL, GRAY-JACKSON, DUNBAR, TOBIN
- **2024-02-29** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-02-29** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 26(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-02-29** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-03-01** (S) FIN RPT SCS 2DP 2NR NEW TITLE
- **2024-03-01** (S) DP: OLSON, BISHOP
- **2024-03-01** (S) NR: WILSON, MERRICK
- **2024-03-01** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2024-03-01** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2024-03-01** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 11
- **2024-05-03** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2024
- **2024-05-03** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-03** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/6 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 26(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, STEVENS
- **2024-05-06** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 26(FIN)
- **2024-05-07** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-10** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP Y34 N5 A1
- **2024-05-10** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1
- **2024-05-10** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 11
- **2024-10-09** (H) 2:30 P.M. 8/8/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/30 CH 48 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/29/24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 268
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN2: (EED)
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN3: (CED)
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/550e475e-5024-464e-914f-cff714437003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).