---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the reinstatement of Native village corporations; relating to proxy solicitations to shareholders of corporations organized under state law under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the reinstatement of Native village corporations; relating to proxy solicitations to shareholders of corporations organized under state law under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Alaska HB 126 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "CORPORATIONS", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 80
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b81dffb1-d071-421f-ade1-1cf0113df0dc"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB126"
source_hash: "9c7f90b21a46c1c5a8b1d801058df5b0fc2ba68a64edb539ecaf8969c4b4f77f"
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 126 (34) — An Act relating to the reinstatement of Native village corporations; relating to proxy solicitations to shareholders of corporations organized under state law under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 126(TRB)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126B)
2. **CSHB 126(TRB) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126C)
3. **Enrolled HB 126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126Z)
4. **HB 126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126A)
5. **SCS CSHB 126(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126D)
6. **SCS CSHB 126(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0126E)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N3 A1 #2970 — **36–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y17 N23 # 1295 — **17–23** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2795 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1296 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N17 # 1292 — **23–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- D.Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** (H) TRB, CRA
- **2025-03-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): BURKE
- **2025-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DIBERT
- **2025-05-01** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-05-01** (H) Moved CSHB 126(TRB) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-01** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2025-05-02** (H) TRB RPT CS(TRB) NEW TITLE 6DP 1NR
- **2025-05-02** (H) DP: MOORE, UNDERWOOD, SCHWANKE, BURKE, STORY, DIBERT
- **2025-05-02** (H) NR: CARRICK
- **2025-05-02** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-02** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-08** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-05-13** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-05-13** (H) Moved CSHB 126(TRB) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-13** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-05-14** (H) CRA RPT CS(TRB) NEW TITLE 5DP
- **2025-05-14** (H) DP: HOLLAND, PRAX, HALL, HIMSCHOOT, MEARS
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2025
- **2025-05-18** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-18** (H) TRB CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N17 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-18** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y17 N23 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-18** (H) MOTION TO RESCIND ACTION (ADOPTED) AM 1 WITHDRAWN
- **2025-05-18** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-18** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 126(TRB) AM `reading-3`
- **2025-05-18** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2025-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, ALLARD, BYNUM, KOPP, NELSON
- **2025-05-18** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-05-18** (H) VERSION: CSHB 126(TRB) AM
- **2025-05-19** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** (S) CRA, L&C
- **2026-02-24** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-02-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-03** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-03-03** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 126(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2026-03-04** (S) CRA RPT SCS 3DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2026-03-04** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 13
- **2026-03-04** (S) DP: MERRICK, OLSON, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2026-03-04** (S) NR: YUNDT
- **2026-03-04** (S) FN3: ZERO(CED)
- **2026-03-04** (S) FN4: ZERO(CED)
- **2026-04-27** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-05-04** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-05-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-05-06** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON, GIESSEL, CLAMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, STEVENS
- **2026-05-11** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-05-11** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 126(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-13** (S) L&C RPT SCS 1NR 2DP 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2026-05-13** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 13
- **2026-05-13** (S) NR: BJORKMAN
- **2026-05-13** (S) DP: GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT
- **2026-05-13** (S) AM: DUNBAR
- **2026-05-13** (S) FN5: ZERO(CED)
- **2026-05-13** (S) FN6: ZERO(CED)
- **2026-05-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2026
- **2026-05-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-18** (S) L&C SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 126(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-19** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-19** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 126(L&C)
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N3 A1
- **2026-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-20** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 13
- **2026-06-10** (H) 1:55 P.M. 6/8/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** (H) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 37 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/25/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b81dffb1-d071-421f-ade1-1cf0113df0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).