---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to Chugach State Park; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to Chugach State Park; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Alaska SB 47 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EASEMENTS", "HIGHWAYS", "LAND", "PARKS & RECREATION", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Giessel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 69
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4cb6cf-6ad5-4424-acf7-83d1d91c8451"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB47"
source_hash: "19c5cdc428a5ac80dbdf0918d284df122cd3c5ba622d394707e8e66880407bda"
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 47 (34) — An Act relating to Chugach State Park; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 47(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0047B)
2. **Enrolled SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0047Z)
3. **SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0047A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 #470 — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1 #996 — **35–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Giessel — primary (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/17/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (S) TRA, RES
- **2025-02-04** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-04** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-02-11** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-11** (S) Moved SB 47 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-11** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-02-14** (S) TRA RPT 2DP 1DNP 1NR
- **2025-02-14** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, KIEHL
- **2025-02-14** (S) DNP: SHOWER
- **2025-02-14** (S) NR: TOBIN
- **2025-02-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-02-17** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-17** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-02-26** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-26** (S) Moved CSSB 47(RES) Out of Committee
- **2025-02-26** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-02-28** (S) RES RPT CS 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2025-02-28** (S) DP: GIESSEL, HUGHES, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, MYERS, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2025-02-28** (S) NR: KAWASAKI
- **2025-02-28** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-03-06** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** (S) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-03-06** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 47(RES) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-03-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-03-10** (S) VERSION: CSSB 47(RES)
- **2025-03-11** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** (H) TRA, RES
- **2025-03-20** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-20** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-20** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2025-03-25** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-25** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-03-25** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2025-03-27** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-27** (H) Moved CSSB 47(RES) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2:00 pm --
- **2025-03-27** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2025-03-28** (H) TRA RPT 2DP 3NR
- **2025-03-28** (H) DP: CARRICK, EISCHEID
- **2025-03-28** (H) NR: MOORE, MINA, STUTES
- **2025-03-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-04-07** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOLLAND
- **2025-04-07** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-04-07** (H) Moved CSSB 47(RES) Out of Committee
- **2025-04-07** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-04-09** (H) RES RPT 9DP
- **2025-04-09** (H) DP: COULOMBE, HALL, RAUSCHER, ELAM, MEARS, FIELDS, SADDLER, DIBERT, BURKE
- **2025-04-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-04-18** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): COULOMBE
- **2025-05-02** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2025
- **2025-05-02** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 47(RES) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** (H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-02** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-02** (H) VERSION: CSSB 47(RES)
- **2025-05-02** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2025-05-16** (S) 3:50 P.M. 5/15/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2025-07-30** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/6 CHAPTER 6 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4cb6cf-6ad5-4424-acf7-83d1d91c8451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).