---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act redesignating the Alaska State Council on the Arts as a public corporation and governmental instrumentality of the state; defining the powers and duties of the Alaska State Council on the Arts; providing exemptions from certain statutes for the Alaska State Council on the Arts; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act redesignating the Alaska State Council on the Arts as a public corporation and governmental instrumentality of the state; defining the powers and duties of the Alaska State Council on the Arts; providing exemptions from certain statutes for the Alaska State Council on the Arts; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Alaska HB 137 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "ARTS & HUMANITIES", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "PUBLIC CORPORATIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EDUCATION"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-20"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067f8e98-06d7-446d-a662-c943e426332e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB137"
source_hash: "85b2bf501fa5984f4681b9fff81b5661aa6f0ddd1c603df9a711f0cb9023741c"
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 137 (30) — An Act redesignating the Alaska State Council on the Arts as a public corporation and governmental instrumentality of the state; defining the powers and duties of the Alaska State Council on the Arts; providing exemptions from certain statutes for the Alaska State Council on the Arts; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0137A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0137A)
2. **HB0137B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0137B)
3. **HB0137Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0137Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 137(FIN) "An Act redesignating the Alaska State Council on the Arts as a public corporation and governmental instrumentality of the state; defining the powers and duties of the Alaska State Council on the Arts; providing exemptions from certain statutes for the Alaska State Council on the Arts; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 137 pass the House? — **38–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** Referred to Education and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** EDC RPT 7DP
- **2017-03-10** EDC Do Pass: TALERICO, PARISH, SPOHNHOLZ, KOPP, JOHNSTON, FANSLER, DRUMMOND `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Fiscal Note 1: Indeterminate fiscal impact (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-04-05** FIN RPT 9DP
- **2017-04-05** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, TILTON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Fiscal Note 2: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-04-05** Fiscal Note 3: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-04-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/7/2017
- **2017-04-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/8 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-08** NOT TAKEN UP 4/8 - ON 4/9 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-09** Read the third time HB 137 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-09** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2017-04-09** AM NO 1 RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **2017-04-09** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-09** PASSED Y38 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-09** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-09** MILLETT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-04-10** RECON TAKEN UP - IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-10** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y40 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-10** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-10** VERSION: HB 137
- **2017-04-11** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-14** FIN RPT SCS 4DP 3NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-14** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** FIN No Recommendation: MACKINNON, HUGHES, OLSON
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 2: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 3: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-04-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/16/2017
- **2017-04-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-16** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-16** Read the third time SCS HB 137(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-16** PASSED Y18 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-16** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-16** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2017-04-16** VERSION: SCS HB 137(FIN)
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2017-04-17** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 E3
- **2017-04-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-21** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2017-06-15** 8:33 AM 6/15/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-01** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/28/17
- **2017-07-01** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 57
- **2017-07-01** Fiscal Note 2: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-07-01** Fiscal Note 3: (Education and Early Development)
- **2017-07-01** Signed into law 6/30 CHAPTER 16 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067f8e98-06d7-446d-a662-c943e426332e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).