---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons."
description: "An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Alaska HB 61 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCY", "CLAIMS", "DISASTER", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "GOVERNOR", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "REGULATIONS", "RIGHTS", "SALES", "UNIVERSITIES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tilton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 85
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd1ce497-fddf-441d-a7a6-6e1f07467b1f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB61"
source_hash: "4edaf8e6829eb17cdf23a1239700ef0a88da7f018a989958629d8772243dd234"
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 61 (33) — An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 61(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0061B)
2. **Enrolled HB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0061Z)
3. **HB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0061A)
4. **SCS CSHB 61(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0061C)
5. **SCS CSHB 61(JUD) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0061D)

## Votes

- (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 2 FAILED Y1 N37 E2 #934 — **1–37** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 # 898 — **16–23** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y28 N12 #1162 — **28–12** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N38 E1 # 901 — **1–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 5 TABLED Y21 N18 E1 # 903 — **21–18** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y26 N12 E2 #934 — **26–12** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y15 N5 # 1210 — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y17 N3 #1211 — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N36 E1 # 901 — **3–36** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N38 E1 # 902 — **1–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY FAILED Y25 N13 E2 #939 — **25–13** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y28 N12 #982 — **28–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tilton — primary (person)
- Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- D.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mccabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mckay — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Sumner — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** (H) CRA, STA
- **2023-02-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): C.JOHNSON, CARPENTER, PRAX, WRIGHT, RAUSCHER, MCKAY
- **2023-02-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CRONK
- **2023-02-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RUFFRIDGE
- **2023-03-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER
- **2023-03-16** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2023-03-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-16** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2023-03-21** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2023-03-21** (H) Moved HB 61 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-21** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2023-03-22** (H) CRA RPT 4DP 1DNP 1AM
- **2023-03-22** (H) DP: MCKAY, RUFFRIDGE, MCCABE, MCCORMICK
- **2023-03-22** (H) DNP: MEARS
- **2023-03-22** (H) AM: HIMSCHOOT
- **2023-03-22** (H) FN1: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SHAW, TOMASZEWSKI
- **2023-04-10** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SUMNER
- **2023-04-11** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2023-04-11** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-11** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2023-04-12** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ALLARD
- **2023-04-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): COULOMBE
- **2023-04-18** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2023-04-18** (H) Moved CSHB 61(STA) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-18** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2023-04-19** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 5DP 2AM
- **2023-04-19** (H) DP: C.JOHNSON, CARPENTER, ALLARD, WRIGHT, SHAW
- **2023-04-19** (H) AM: ARMSTRONG, STORY
- **2023-04-19** (H) FN1: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-04-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER, D.JOHNSON
- **2023-04-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STAPP
- **2023-04-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCORMICK
- **2023-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: MCCORMICK
- **2023-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2023
- **2023-05-01** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-01** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-01** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N36 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-01** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N38 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-01** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N38 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-01** (H) AM NO 5 TABLED Y21 N18 E1
- **2023-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/3 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 61(STA) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 2 FAILED Y1 N37 E2 `failure`
- **2023-05-03** (H) PASSED Y26 N12 E2 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** (H) MCCABE NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-03** (H) RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY FAILED Y25 N13 E2 `failure`
- **2023-05-05** (H) TECHNICAL SESSION 5/5 - RECON HELD TO 5/8
- **2023-05-08** (H) RECON TAKEN UP - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y28 N12 `passage`
- **2023-05-08** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-05-08** (H) VERSION: CSHB 61(STA)
- **2023-05-08** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-08** (S) <Pending Referral> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-09** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** (S) JUD
- **2023-05-09** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BJORKMAN, MYERS, KAWASAKI, HUGHES, KAUFMAN, WILSON, MERRICK
- **2023-05-10** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-10** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2023-05-14** (S) JUDICIARY at 10:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-14** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 61(JUD) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2023-05-14** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2023-05-15** (S) JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2023-05-15** (S) NR: CLAMAN, KIEHL
- **2023-05-15** (S) DP: GIESSEL, KAUFMAN
- **2023-05-15** (S) FN1: ZERO(LAW)
- **2023-05-16** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/23
- **2023-05-16** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** (S) JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-16** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y15 N5 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 61(JUD) AM S `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEDMAN, BISHOP, GIESSEL, SHOWER
- **2023-05-16** (S) PASSED Y17 N3 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 61(JUD) AM S
- **2023-05-17** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2023-05-17** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2023-05-17** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y28 N12
- **2023-10-16** (H) 9:00 A.M. 7/18/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (H) Signed into law 7/29 CHAPTER 21 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/27/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd1ce497-fddf-441d-a7a6-6e1f07467b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).