---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program."
description: "An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Alaska HB 236 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "STATE AID", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAWASAKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-17"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b41c4964-5fed-4e83-80fe-12e4c5d28c6b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB236"
source_hash: "6ef3b8666b6a81bbf58a32264bebfcfe2ee80c74abe76037805bd952e91139fb"
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 236 (30) — An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0236A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0236A)
2. **HB0236B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0236B)
3. **HB0236Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0236Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 236(FIN) "An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 236(FIN) pass the House? — **35–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAWASAKI — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Guttenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Lincoln — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Seaton — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan-Leonard — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-17** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Cosponsors added: ORTIZ
- **2018-01-16** Cosponsors added: SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-01-29** Cosponsors added: LEDOUX
- **2018-02-07** HSS RPT 4DP 1AM
- **2018-02-07** HSS Do Pass: JOHNSTON, EDGMON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** HSS Amend: EASTMAN
- **2018-02-07** Fiscal Note 1: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-02-07** FIN RPT CS(FIN) 10DP
- **2018-02-07** FIN Do Pass: TILTON, GRENN, GUTTENBERG, THOMPSON, ORTIZ, KAWASAKI, GARA, WILSON, FOSTER, `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** SEATON
- **2018-02-07** Fiscal Note 2: (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-02-07** RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-02-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-02-07** Read the third time CSHB 236(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** PASSED Y35 N1 E4 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** MILLETT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-02-07** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2018-02-07** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y35 N1 E4 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Cosponsors added: JOHNSON, GARA, GRENN, GUTTENBERG, PARISH, TARR, MILLETT, SEATON,
- **2018-02-07** WOOL, LINCOLN, DRUMMOND, JOSEPHSON
- **2018-02-07** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-02-07** VERSION: CSHB 236(FIN)
- **2018-02-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, KELLY, GIESSEL, STEVENS, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, COSTELLO
- **2018-02-09** STEDMAN, HUGHES, EGAN, WIELECHOWSKI, BEGICH, WILSON, OLSON, MEYER, MACKINNON
- **2018-04-13** FIN RPT 7DP
- **2018-04-13** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** FN3: (S.FIN/DHS)
- **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 CSHB 236(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-14** PASSED Y19 N- A1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-17** VERSION: CSHB 236(FIN)
- **2018-05-07** 9:37 AM 5/7/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-12** Signed into law 5/10 CHAPTER 8 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/8/18
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 286
- **2018-06-27** FN3: (S.FIN/DHS)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b41c4964-5fed-4e83-80fe-12e4c5d28c6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).