---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act exempting from insurance regulation cooperative agreements entered into by two or more persons engaged in commercial fishing for the purpose of paying claims or losses."
description: "An Act exempting from insurance regulation cooperative agreements entered into by two or more persons engaged in commercial fishing for the purpose of paying claims or losses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Alaska HB 116 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "BUSINESS", "CLAIMS", "CONTRACTS", "COOPERATIVES", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "VESSELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0714a3e4-e802-4e0a-b2d0-e91ae4b78d9d"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB116"
source_hash: "f9c87c9da0cb1c3e324a3802f33e0617bcccea5549f368d0c0de5dcbfd306ee0"
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 116 (34) — An Act exempting from insurance regulation cooperative agreements entered into by two or more persons engaged in commercial fishing for the purpose of paying claims or losses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0116Z)
2. **HB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0116A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1305 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 E3 #911 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Fisheries — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** (H) FSH, L&C
- **2025-03-01** (H) FISHERIES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-01** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-04** (H) FISHERIES at 10:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-04** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-03-04** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-06** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-06** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-11** (H) FSH RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2025-03-11** (H) DP: VANCE, KOPP, EDGMON, HIMSCHOOT, ELAM, STUTES
- **2025-03-11** (H) NR: MCCABE
- **2025-03-11** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2025-03-11** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-11** (H) Moved HB 116 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-11** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-13** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-13** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2025-03-13** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-21** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-21** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-24** (H) Moved HB 116 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-03-26** (H) L&C RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2025-03-26** (H) DP: CARRICK, COULOMBE, BURKE, FIELDS, HALL
- **2025-03-26** (H) NR: NELSON
- **2025-03-26** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-04-23** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/23/2025
- **2025-04-23** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/25 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 116 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** (H) PASSED Y37 E3 `passage`
- **2025-04-25** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-04-25** (H) VERSION: HB 116
- **2025-04-28** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** (S) L&C
- **2025-05-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-05-09** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-09** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-05-12** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2025-05-12** (S) Moved HB 116 Out of Committee -- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
- **2025-05-12** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2025-05-13** (S) L&C RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2025-05-13** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2025-05-13** (S) NR: MERRICK, YUNDT
- **2025-05-13** (S) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-14** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2025
- **2025-05-14** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 116 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2025-05-16** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-16** (S) VERSION: HB 116
- **2025-07-30** (H) 2:15 P.M. 7/1/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 7/24 CHAPTER 24 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-07-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/22/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0714a3e4-e802-4e0a-b2d0-e91ae4b78d9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).