---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Alaska HB 28 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENERGY", "GRANTS", "LOANS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "RESIDENCY", "RETIREMENT", "SCHOOLS", "TEACHERS", "UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Story"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 108
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79182d0e-82ee-4223-8b2c-fe3840dac8c5"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB28"
source_hash: "949de756cf02b083da7c7ccfd7b583b8959af55a582a6c97ee8abff577ca890d"
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 28 (34) — An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 28(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028B)
2. **CSHB 28(FIN) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028C)
3. **Enrolled HB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028Z)
4. **HB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028A)
5. **SCS CSHB 28(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028D)
6. **SCS CSHB 28(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028E)
7. **SCS CSHB 28(FIN) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0028F)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y23 N17 #1323 — **23–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y18 N22 # 1289 — **18–22** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N3 #2793 — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y11 N9 # 2792 — **11–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y34 N6 #2968 — **34–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 3 FAILED Y10 N10 # 2792 — **10–10** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N21 # 1285 — **19–21** (fail) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y27 N13 #1323 — **27–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Story — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) EDC, FIN
- **2025-01-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2025-02-12** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-12** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2025-02-12** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-02-17** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-17** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-17** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-02-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HALL
- **2025-02-24** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-24** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-12** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-12** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-17** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-17** (H) Moved HB 28 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-17** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-21** (H) EDC RPT 4DP 3DNP
- **2025-03-21** (H) DP: EISCHEID, DIBERT, STORY, HIMSCHOOT
- **2025-03-21** (H) DNP: UNDERWOOD, SCHWANKE, ELAM
- **2025-03-21** (H) FN1: (EED)
- **2025-04-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- **2025-04-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-04-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-04-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- **2025-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:00 pm --
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-15** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-15** (H) Moved CSHB 28(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-05-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-16** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 2DP 2DNP 2NR 4AM
- **2025-05-16** (H) DP: HANNAN, FOSTER
- **2025-05-16** (H) DNP: JOHNSON, ALLARD
- **2025-05-16** (H) NR: BYNUM, TOMASZEWSKI
- **2025-05-16** (H) AM: STAPP, GALVIN, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-05-16** (H) FN1: (EED)
- **2025-05-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2025
- **2025-05-18** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-18** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y19 N21 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-18** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y18 N22 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-18** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DIBERT, JOSEPHSON
- **2025-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 28(FIN) AM `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** (H) PASSED Y23 N17 `passage`
- **2025-05-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y27 N13
- **2025-05-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-05-19** (H) VERSION: CSHB 28(FIN) AM
- **2025-05-19** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** (S) EDC, FIN
- **2026-04-08** (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-20** (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-20** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 28(EDC) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 4:00 PM --
- **2026-04-21** (S) EDC RPT SCS 4DP 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2026-04-21** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 21
- **2026-04-21** (S) DP: TOBIN, YUNDT, KIEHL, STEVENS
- **2026-04-21** (S) AM: BJORKMAN
- **2026-04-21** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2026-04-22** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TOBIN, YUNDT
- **2026-05-11** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-05-11** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-05-16** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-05-16** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-05-18** (S) FIN RPT SCS 5DP 2NR NEW TITLE
- **2026-05-18** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 21
- **2026-05-18** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, CRONK, KIEHL
- **2026-05-18** (S) NR: KAUFMAN, MERRICK
- **2026-05-18** (S) FN3: (EED)
- **2026-05-18** (S) FN4: (CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR HB 263/FUND CAP)
- **2026-05-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2026
- **2026-05-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-18** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-18** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-05-18** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 28(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-19** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 28(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC
- **2026-05-19** (S) AM NO 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2026-05-19** (S) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2026-05-19** (S) AM NO 3 FAILED Y10 N10 `amendment-failure`
- **2026-05-19** (S) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y11 N9 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-19** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI, DUNBAR, KAWASAKI, BJORKMAN, CRONK,
- **2026-05-19** (S) GRAY-JACKSON, GIESSEL, CLAMAN, STEDMAN, STEVENS
- **2026-05-19** (S) PASSED Y17 N3 `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 28(FIN) AM S
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y34 N6
- **2026-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-20** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 21
- **2026-05-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): BYNUM
- **2026-06-04** (H) 10:44 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-20** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/18 CH 22 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-20** (H) 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/79182d0e-82ee-4223-8b2c-fe3840dac8c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).