---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education; relating to a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program; relating to information obtained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education; relating to a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program; relating to information obtained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Alaska HB 221 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DISCLOSURE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "REGULATIONS", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DRUMMOND"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-08"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5902e4-32a2-4996-91fc-c1ac35a48368"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB221"
source_hash: "4c952dcdbcbc49adbf1d7c781ff718222f89364ef801f25e08b1ee2d6922a6f8"
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 221 (30) — An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education; relating to a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program; relating to information obtained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0221A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0221A)
2. **HB0221Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0221Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 221 pass the House? — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 221 "An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education; relating to a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program; relating to information obtained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DRUMMOND — primary (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-08** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-08** Referred to Education and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** EDC RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2018-03-07** EDC Do Pass: PARISH, KOPP, JOHNSTON, DRUMMOND `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** EDC No Recommendation: TALERICO
- **2018-03-07** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Education and Early Development)
- **2018-03-07** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-04-11** FIN RPT 4DP 5NR
- **2018-04-11** FIN Do Pass: GARA, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, TILTON
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Education and Early Development)
- **2018-04-11** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-04-14** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/14/2018
- **2018-04-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-14** Read the third time HB 221 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-14** PASSED Y36 N4 `passage`
- **2018-04-14** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-14** MILLETT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-04-14** Cosponsors added: TARR
- **2018-04-15** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2018-04-15** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-15** VERSION: HB 221
- **2018-04-17** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** EDC RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-04-20** EDC Do Pass: STEVENS `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-20** EDC No Recommendation: COGHILL, GIESSEL, HUGHES
- **2018-04-20** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Education and Early Development)
- **2018-04-20** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-05-01** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2018
- **2018-05-01** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-01** Read the third time HB 221 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-01** HUGHES MOTION TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING
- **2018-05-01** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-05-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-01** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARDNER, STEVENS, BISHOP
- **2018-05-01** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-01** VERSION: HB 221
- **2018-06-27** 3:05 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/18 CHAPTER 32 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/19/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df5902e4-32a2-4996-91fc-c1ac35a48368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).