---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to state tideland leases; relating to geoduck seed transfers; and relating to aquatic farming or related hatchery operation site leases."
description: "An Act relating to state tideland leases; relating to geoduck seed transfers; and relating to aquatic farming or related hatchery operation site leases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "Alaska HB 329 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "HATCHERIES", "LAND", "LEASES", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vance"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 70
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c9ef2cc-709b-4542-9772-2321c325cf52"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB329"
source_hash: "24fac1aa9eef232ef4c06d44d2eedf969234c11660af5150dcfe3149305e9eda"
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 329 (33) — An Act relating to state tideland leases; relating to geoduck seed transfers; and relating to aquatic farming or related hatchery operation site leases.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 329(FSH)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0329B)
2. **CSHB 329(FSH) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0329C)
3. **Enrolled HB 329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0329Z)
4. **HB 329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0329A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2853 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N36 E1 A2 # 2655 — **1–36** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y38 E1 A1 #2656 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N36 E1 # 2654 — **3–36** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vance — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** (H) FSH, RES
- **2024-02-27** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-02-27** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2024-02-27** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2024-03-05** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-05** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 10:30 AM --
- **2024-03-05** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2024-03-07** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-07** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-14** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-14** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-19** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-19** (H) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 03/21/24>
- **2024-03-21** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-21** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-26** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-26** (H) Moved CSHB 329(FSH) Out of Committee
- **2024-03-28** (H) FSH RPT CS(FSH) NEW TITLE 6DP
- **2024-03-28** (H) DP: C.JOHNSON, HIMSCHOOT, CARPENTER, STUTES, MCCABE, VANCE
- **2024-03-28** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2024-03-28** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER RES
- **2024-04-08** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-08** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-15** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-15** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-17** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-17** (H) Moved CSHB 329(FSH) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 Minutes Following Session --
- **2024-04-17** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-18** (H) RES RPT CS(FSH) NEW TITLE 4DP 4NR
- **2024-04-18** (H) DP: MCCABE, BAKER, RAUSCHER, MCKAY
- **2024-04-18** (H) NR: MEARS, DIBERT, SADDLER, WRIGHT
- **2024-04-18** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2024-04-26** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2024-05-03** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2024
- **2024-05-03** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** (H) FSH CS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-03** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-03** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N36 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-03** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N36 E1 A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-03** (H) AM NOS 4 AND 5 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-05-03** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-03** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 329(FSH) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-03** (H) PASSED Y38 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2024-05-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2024-05-03** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-05-03** (H) VERSION: CSHB 329(FSH) AM
- **2024-05-06** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-05-06** (S) RES
- **2024-05-10** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-13** (S) RES RPT 3DP 3NR 1AM
- **2024-05-13** (S) DP: BISHOP, GIESSEL, KAUFMAN
- **2024-05-13** (S) NR: CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, DUNBAR
- **2024-05-13** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2024-05-13** (S) FN2: ZERO(DNR)
- **2024-05-13** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-05-13** (S) Moved CSHB 329(FSH) AM Out of Committee
- **2024-05-15** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/15/2024
- **2024-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 329(FSH) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-15** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-15** (S) VERSION: CSHB 329(FSH) AM
- **2024-10-09** (H) 11:25 A.M. 8/14/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 8/22 CHAPTER 31 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/20/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c9ef2cc-709b-4542-9772-2321c325cf52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).