---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "Alaska HB 62 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS", "PUBLIC FINANCE", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SUNSET", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edgmon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 70
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0420626-e3c1-4606-bc31-572dc1f8f92b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB62"
source_hash: "39b482e0105f55cb085ba0a6da4806f25aaeb543606b175d681b98b606dab0a4"
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 62 (33) — An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program; 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 62** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0062Z)
2. **HB 62** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0062A)
3. **SCS HB 62(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0062B)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #888 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y35 N3 E2 #937 — **35–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y35 N1 E4 #427 — **35–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edgmon — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Groh — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Mccormick — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — 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) ENE
- **2023-02-08** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN
- **2023-02-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ARMSTRONG
- **2023-02-15** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- **2023-02-16** (H) ENERGY at 10:15 AM BARNES 124
- **2023-02-16** (H) Moved HB 62 Out of Committee
- **2023-02-16** (H) Minutes (HENE)
- **2023-02-17** (H) ENE RPT 4DP 3NR
- **2023-02-17** (H) DP: PATKOTAK, WRIGHT, SCHRAGE, CARRICK
- **2023-02-17** (H) NR: PRAX, MCKAY, RAUSCHER
- **2023-02-17** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-02-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MINA, PATKOTAK
- **2023-02-22** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER ENE
- **2023-03-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2023-03-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-03-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-09** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-03-15** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCORMICK, FOSTER
- **2023-03-15** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-03-15** (H) Moved HB 62 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-03-17** (H) FIN RPT 11DP
- **2023-03-17** (H) DP: STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, COULOMBE, TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ,
- **2023-03-17** (H) FOSTER, D.JOHNSON, EDGMON
- **2023-03-17** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-03-20** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 62 `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** (H) PASSED Y35 N1 E4 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-03-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CRONK, GALVIN, STUTES, JOSEPHSON, CARRICK, GROH, ORTIZ, WRIGHT,
- **2023-03-20** (H) MEARS
- **2023-03-20** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-03-20** (H) VERSION: HB 62
- **2023-03-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** (S) FIN
- **2023-03-22** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, KAWASAKI, TOBIN, KIEHL, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON,
- **2023-03-22** (S) CLAMAN
- **2023-03-28** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-03-28** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-28** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-03** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-03** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-03** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-05** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2023-04-05** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, WILSON, KIEHL, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2023-04-05** (S) NR: OLSON
- **2023-04-05** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-05** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-04-05** (S) Moved SCS HB 62(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2023-04-05** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-04-26** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/26/23
- **2023-04-26** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-04-26** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/28 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BISHOP, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2023-04-28** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 62(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-04-28** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2023-04-28** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 62(FIN)
- **2023-05-01** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2023-05-03** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2023-05-03** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y35 N3 E2
- **2023-05-03** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-10-16** (H) 10:06 A.M. 5/22/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (H) Signed into law 5/25 CHAPTER 5 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 5/26/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0420626-e3c1-4606-bc31-572dc1f8f92b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).