---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to municipal property tax; relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; prohibiting municipalities from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; prohibiting the state from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to municipal property tax; relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; prohibiting municipalities from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; prohibiting the state from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "Alaska SB 179 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "REVENUE", "SALES", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bjorkman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 75
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c53d20d-70f7-47cf-9443-7d85a180ca1c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB179"
source_hash: "74b1091011ed7efb5e8edfbb4abe137f59b97e2cde8c546b5806ee19eb06a517"
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 SB 179 (33) — An Act relating to municipal property tax; relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; prohibiting municipalities from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; prohibiting the state from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 179(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0179B)
2. **Enrolled SB 179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0179Z)
3. **HCS CSSB 179(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0179C)
4. **HCS CSSB 179(RLS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0179D)
5. **SB 179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0179A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #3191 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N22 # 3190 — **18–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 FAILED Y16 N22 A2 #3181 — **16–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) RESCIND ACTION (ADOPTING) AM 1 PASSED Y22 N18 #3190 — **22–18** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 4 FAILED Y17 N22 A1 #3187 — **17–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) MOTION TO ADVANCE TO THIRD SAME DAY WITHDRAWN Y24 N16 #3189 — **24–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 # 3184 — **1–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N15 A1 # 3181 — **24–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) RLS HCS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2 #3179 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #2753 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N20 A1 # 3182 — **19–20** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N3 E1 #2067 — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING SAME DAY Y39 N1 #3191 — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bjorkman — primary (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (S) Prefile released 1/12/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (S) CRA
- **2024-01-16** (S) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON
- **2024-02-15** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-02-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-15** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2024-02-22** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-02-22** (S) Moved CSSB 179(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2024-02-22** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2024-03-04** (S) CRA RPT CS 4DP SAME TITLE
- **2024-03-04** (S) DP: DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, GIESSEL, BJORKMAN
- **2024-03-04** (S) FN1: ZERO(REV)
- **2024-04-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** (S) CRA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-04-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/3 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 179(CRA) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** (S) PASSED Y16 N3 E1 `passage`
- **2024-04-03** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-03** (S) VERSION: CSSB 179(CRA)
- **2024-04-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-05** (H) CRA
- **2024-04-22** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): COULOMBE
- **2024-04-23** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-23** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 179(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-23** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2024-04-26** (H) CRA RPT HCS(CRA) 1DP 1DNP 5NR
- **2024-04-26** (H) DP: RUFFRIDGE
- **2024-04-26** (H) DNP: MCCABE
- **2024-04-26** (H) NR: MEARS, HIMSCHOOT, MCKAY, BAKER, MCCORMICK
- **2024-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(REV)
- **2024-04-26** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-05-06** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): VANCE
- **2024-05-13** (H) RULES at 09:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-05-13** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 179(RLS) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 12:30 PM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NEW TITLE 7DP
- **2024-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 24
- **2024-05-14** (H) DP: FIELDS, SUMNER, SHAW, SCHRAGE, ALLARD, TILTON, C.JOHNSON
- **2024-05-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(REV)
- **2024-05-14** (H) FN3: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** (H) RLS HCS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2
- **2024-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 24
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 FAILED Y16 N22 A2 `failure`
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N15 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N20 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 4 OFFERED AND PENDING
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM 1 TO AM 4 FAILED Y17 N22 A1 `failure`
- **2024-05-14** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 4 WITHDRAWN
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NOS 5 AND 6 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-05-14** (H) MOTION TO ADVANCE TO THIRD SAME DAY WITHDRAWN Y24 N16
- **2024-05-14** (H) RESCIND ACTION (ADOPTING) AM 1 PASSED Y22 N18 `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) CALL FOR THE QUESTION WITHDRAWN
- **2024-05-14** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N22 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING SAME DAY Y39 N1 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 179(RLS) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SADDLER, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 179(RLS)
- **2024-05-15** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2024-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (S) 10:45 A.M. 7/22/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) Signed into law 8/13 CHAPTER 28 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (S) 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/1c53d20d-70f7-47cf-9443-7d85a180ca1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).