---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to big game hunts for persons with physical disabilities; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to big game hunts for persons with physical disabilities; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Alaska HB 272 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "FISH & GAME (GAME)", "LICENSING", "PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81bdf68-2b33-49c8-855c-5d88ea967ea7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB272"
source_hash: "dafac4ad37fcf2582a1945fdade5555466a4e117fbc5415d3852d2e71672ca26"
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 272 (33) — An Act relating to big game hunts for persons with physical disabilities; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0272Z)
2. **HB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0272A)
3. **SCS HB 272(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0272B)

## Votes

- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1 #3223 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 #1823 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2695 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** (H) RES
- **2024-01-18** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2024-01-18** (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2024-01-29** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-01-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-07** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-07** (H) Moved HB 272 Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-02-07** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-02-09** (H) RES RPT 8DP 1NR
- **2024-02-09** (H) DP: ARMSTRONG, DIBERT, MCCABE, SADDLER, WRIGHT, BAKER, RAUSCHER, MCKAY
- **2024-02-09** (H) NR: MEARS
- **2024-02-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2024-03-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/14 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 272 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-03-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-03-14** (H) VERSION: HB 272
- **2024-03-15** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-03-15** (S) RES
- **2024-04-10** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-04-10** (S) Moved SCS HB 272(RES) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-11** (S) RES RPT SCS 4DP 1NR 1AM SAME TITLE
- **2024-04-11** (S) DP: GIESSEL, BISHOP, DUNBAR, KAUFMAN
- **2024-04-11** (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI
- **2024-04-11** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2024-04-11** (S) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2024-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2024
- **2024-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** (S) RES SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 272(RES) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 272(RES)
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1
- **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (H) 2:30 P.M. 8/26/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 9/5 CHAPTER 56 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c81bdf68-2b33-49c8-855c-5d88ea967ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).