---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund."
description: "An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Alaska HB 48 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "FUNDS", "PUBLIC FINANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hannan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62951e72-2569-403f-90f5-e0957d42a56e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB48"
source_hash: "a5ad681d68d876f55a31747082fc89a5ef657105d0f6ab494eb356064f3ea48b"
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 48 (34) — An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0048Z)
2. **HB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0048A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y27 N13 #1721 — **27–13** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N3 #2492 — **17–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hannan — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Frier — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) JUD, FIN
- **2025-01-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2025-01-31** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-01-31** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-01-31** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2025-02-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID
- **2025-02-07** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-02-07** (H) Moved HB 48 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-07** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2025-02-10** (H) JUD RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2025-02-10** (H) DP: MINA, EISCHEID, KOPP, GRAY
- **2025-02-10** (H) NR: COSTELLO, UNDERWOOD
- **2025-02-10** (H) FN1: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-02-10** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2025-02-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2025-03-19** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-19** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-19** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE
- **2025-04-07** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-04-07** (H) Moved HB 48 Out of Committee
- **2025-04-07** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-04-09** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 2DNP 2NR
- **2025-04-09** (H) DP: HANNAN, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-04-09** (H) DNP: ALLARD, STAPP
- **2025-04-09** (H) NR: BYNUM, TOMASZEWSKI
- **2025-04-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-04-09** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2026-02-04** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2026-02-23** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** (H) FN3: ZERO(AJS)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-02-23** (H) FN4: (CED)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-02-23** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/25 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, GRAY, JOSEPHSON
- **2026-02-25** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 48 `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** (H) PASSED Y27 N13 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FRIER, MINA
- **2026-02-25** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** (H) VERSION: HB 48
- **2026-02-27** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** (S) JUD, FIN
- **2026-02-27** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON, KAWASAKI, TOBIN
- **2026-03-02** (S) JUD REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2026-04-14** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2026-04-28** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-28** (S) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2026-04-30** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-30** (S) Moved HB 48 Out of Committee
- **2026-05-01** (S) FIN RPT 3DP 4NR
- **2026-05-01** (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN, KIEHL
- **2026-05-01** (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK
- **2026-05-01** (S) FN3: ZERO(AJS)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-05-01** (S) FN4: (CED)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-05-04** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/4/2026
- **2026-05-04** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/6 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2026-05-06** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 48 `reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** (S) PASSED Y17 N3 `passage`
- **2026-05-06** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-05-06** (S) VERSION: HB 48
- **2026-05-07** (H) 3:45 P.M. 5/7/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 5/20 CHAPTER 5 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-04** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/23/2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62951e72-2569-403f-90f5-e0957d42a56e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).