---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing a big game guide concession area permit program on land in the state; relating to the duties of the Big Game Commercial Services Board, the Board of Game, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Board of Game to establish an initial big game guide concession area; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing a big game guide concession area permit program on land in the state; relating to the duties of the Big Game Commercial Services Board, the Board of Game, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Board of Game to establish an initial big game guide concession area; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Alaska SB 97 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FISH & GAME (GAME)", "GUIDES", "PERMITS", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 69
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea44487-4c14-4ef4-8267-25e7d559bea9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB97"
source_hash: "f8aa82e1ba06bb663a40b3a84e6dac8718cd278331a03a62a2e63c99f69d45d6"
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 97 (34) — An Act establishing a big game guide concession area permit program on land in the state; relating to the duties of the Big Game Commercial Services Board, the Board of Game, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Board of Game to establish an initial big game guide concession area; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0097Z)
2. **SB 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0097A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 #1129 — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #1240 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** (S) RES, FIN
- **2025-02-28** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-02-28** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-05** (S) PRIME SPONSOR CHANGED - SENATE RESOURCES COMMITTEE
- **2025-03-05** (S) REPLACED SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
- **2025-03-10** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-03-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-10** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-03-14** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-03-14** (S) Moved SB 97 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-14** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2025-03-17** (S) RES RPT 2DP 1DNP 2NR 2AM
- **2025-03-17** (S) DP: GIESSEL, CLAMAN
- **2025-03-17** (S) DNP: MYERS
- **2025-03-17** (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, DUNBAR
- **2025-03-17** (S) AM: HUGHES, KAWASAKI
- **2025-03-17** (S) FN1: (DFG)
- **2025-03-17** (S) FN2: (DFG)
- **2025-03-17** (S) FN3: (DNR)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-25** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-05-01** (S) Moved SB 97 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FIN RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2025-05-02** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK
- **2025-05-02** (S) NR: KIEHL
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN4: (DFG)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN5: (DFG)
- **2025-05-02** (S) FN6: (DNR)
- **2025-05-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2025
- **2025-05-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/5 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 97 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-05** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2025-05-05** (S) VERSION: SB 97
- **2025-05-07** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** (H) FIN
- **2025-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-13** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2025-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-13** (H) Moved SB 97 Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2025-05-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-14** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 4NR
- **2025-05-14** (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-05-14** (H) NR: HANNAN, JOHNSON, ALLARD, BYNUM
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN4: (DFG)
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN5: (DFG)
- **2025-05-14** (H) FN6: (DNR)
- **2025-05-16** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2025
- **2025-05-16** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 97 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-16** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-16** (H) VERSION: SB 97
- **2025-07-30** (S) 10:30 A.M. 6/20/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2025-07-30** (S) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 16 SLA 25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2025-10-15** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 53
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN7: (CC:HB53/DNR)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea44487-4c14-4ef4-8267-25e7d559bea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).