---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease land for carbon management purposes; establishing a carbon offset program for state land; authorizing the sale of carbon offset credits; authorizing the use of land and water within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area for a carbon offset project; authorizing the undertaking of carbon offset projects on land in legislatively designated state forests; relating to oil and gas lease expenditures; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease land for carbon management purposes; establishing a carbon offset program for state land; authorizing the sale of carbon offset credits; authorizing the use of land and water within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area for a carbon offset project; authorizing the undertaking of carbon offset projects on land in legislatively designated state forests; relating to oil and gas lease expenditures; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Alaska SB 48 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "FUNDS", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS", "LAND", "LEASES", "MINERALS", "OIL & GAS", "PUBLIC FINANCE", "PUBLIC LAND", "PUBLICATIONS", "RESOURCES", "REVENUE", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 110
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7900dbd8-5b9d-4dc9-a023-0b580b916cfd"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB48"
source_hash: "6f17c17c9e63fc8a8f58dff2d621821b123277e2343f03dc0d6bf06b8c1de7e4"
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 48 (33) — An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease land for carbon management purposes; establishing a carbon offset program for state land; authorizing the sale of carbon offset credits; authorizing the use of land and water within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area for a carbon offset project; authorizing the undertaking of carbon offset projects on land in legislatively designated state forests; relating to oil and gas lease expenditures; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 48(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0048C)
2. **CSSB 48(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0048B)
3. **Enrolled SB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0048Z)
4. **SB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0048A)

## Votes

- (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y4 N16 # 1162 — **4–16** (fail) · upper
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y38 N2 #1140 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #1139 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1163 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y39 N1 #1138 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- #1164 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** (S) RES, FIN
- **2023-01-27** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2023-01-27** (S) FN2: (DNR)
- **2023-01-27** (S) FN3: (DNR)
- **2023-01-27** (S) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2023-02-24** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-02-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-02-24** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-04-21** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-04-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-21** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-04-26** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-04-26** (S) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-04-28** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-04-28** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-28** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-05-03** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2023-05-03** (S) Moved CSSB 48(RES) Out of Committee
- **2023-05-03** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2023-05-05** (S) RES RPT CS 1DP 2NR 4AM NEW TITLE
- **2023-05-05** (S) DP: GIESSEL
- **2023-05-05** (S) AM: BISHOP, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, KAUFMAN
- **2023-05-05** (S) NR: KAWASAKI, DUNBAR
- **2023-05-05** (S) FN4: (DNR)
- **2023-05-05** (S) FN5: (DNR)
- **2023-05-05** (S) FN6: (DNR)
- **2023-05-08** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-08** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-09** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-09** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-09** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-11** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-11** (S) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 1:30 pm 05/11/23>
- **2023-05-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-11** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-12** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-12** (S) Moved CSSB 48(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2023-05-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-05-13** (S) FIN RPT CS 3DP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2023-05-13** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, OLSON, BISHOP
- **2023-05-13** (S) NR: WILSON, KIEHL, MERRICK
- **2023-05-13** (S) FN4: (DNR)
- **2023-05-13** (S) FN5: (DNR)
- **2023-05-13** (S) FN6: (DNR)
- **2023-05-13** (S) FN7: (CED)
- **2023-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/23
- **2023-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-13** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** (S) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CAL
- **2023-05-15** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 48(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2023-05-15** (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y4 N16 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2023-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-15** (S) GIESSEL NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-15** (S) RECON SAME DAY UC
- **2023-05-15** (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N- `passage`
- **2023-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-15** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2023-05-15** (S) VERSION: CSSB 48(FIN)
- **2023-05-15** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** (H) FIN
- **2023-05-15** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-15** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2023-05-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FIN RPT 8DP 3NR
- **2023-05-16** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, COULOMBE, STAPP, GALVIN, EDGMON, D.JOHNSON, FOSTER
- **2023-05-16** (H) NR: ORTIZ, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON
- **2023-05-16** (H) FN7: (CED)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FN8: INDETERMINATE(CED)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FN9: (DNR)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FN10: (DNR)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FN11: (DNR)
- **2023-05-16** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2023
- **2023-05-16** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y39 N1 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 48(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-16** (H) SADDLER NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-16** (H) RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-16** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-05-16** (H) VERSION: CSSB 48(FIN)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 10:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-16** (H) Moved CSSB 48(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 12:45 PM --
- **2023-05-16** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-05-16** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-16** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-17** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2023-05-17** (S) 5:16 P.M. 5/17/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (S) Signed into law 5/23 CHAPTER 2 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 5/24/23 `became-law`
- **2023-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/28/23
- **2023-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/28/23
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 39
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN7: (CED)
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN9: (DNR)
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN10: (DNR)
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN11: (DNR)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7900dbd8-5b9d-4dc9-a023-0b580b916cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).