---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to possession of certain licenses, tags, and permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to possession of certain licenses, tags, and permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Alaska HB 260 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DATA PROCESSING", "FISH & GAME (BOTH)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LIABILITY", "LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SADDLER"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630dc0bd-978e-44b0-a0ca-89a0cf61df92"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB260"
source_hash: "5e47924f8e04f5c5868b06ee7a33a6169c2b0845257ae90a6c069548e63e9a6e"
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 260 (30) — An Act relating to possession of certain licenses, tags, and permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0260A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0260A)
2. **HB0260B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0260B)
3. **HB0260C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0260C)
4. **HB0260D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0260D)
5. **HB0260Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0260Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 260(FIN) am pass the House? — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 260(FIN) am "An Act relating to possession of certain licenses, tags, and permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? — **28–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SADDLER — primary (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lincoln — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Pruitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan-Leonard — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefile released `filing`
- **2018-01-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** FSH, RES, FIN
- **2018-01-19** Cosponsors added: GRENN
- **2018-02-28** FSH RPT 6DP
- **2018-02-28** FSH Do Pass: EDGMON, EASTMAN, NEUMAN, KREISS-TOMKINS, CHENAULT, STUTES `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2018-03-19** Cosponsors added: LINCOLN
- **2018-04-06** RES RPT CS(RES) NT 5DP 2NR
- **2018-04-06** RES Do Pass: BIRCH, TALERICO, LINCOLN, DRUMMOND, TARR `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-06** RES No Recommendation: PARISH, JOSEPHSON
- **2018-04-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2018-04-17** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 9DP
- **2018-04-17** FIN Do Pass: GARA, WILSON, PRUITT, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, TILTON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2018-04-17** Cosponsors added: GARA, THOMPSON, PRUITT, WILSON
- **2018-04-26** Cosponsors added: KOPP
- **2018-05-04** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/4/2018
- **2018-05-04** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-04** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-04** AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y28 N9 E2 A1
- **2018-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-04** Read the third time CSHB 260(FIN) AM `reading-3`
- **2018-05-04** PASSED Y37 E2 A1 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-04** Cosponsors added: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, BIRCH, MILLETT, STUTES, KAWASAKI, ORTIZ,
- **2018-05-04** JOSEPHSON, TUCK
- **2018-05-04** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-05-04** VERSION: CSHB 260(FIN) AM
- **2018-05-07** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** FIN RPT 3DP 2NR 2AM
- **2018-05-10** FIN Do Pass: MACKINNON, VON IMHOF, STEVENS `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** FIN No Recommendation: HOFFMAN, BISHOP
- **2018-05-10** FIN Amend: OLSON, MICCICHE
- **2018-05-10** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Fish and Game)
- **2018-05-11** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/11/2018
- **2018-05-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-11** Read the third time CSHB 260(FIN) AM `reading-3`
- **2018-05-11** CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, MEYER, EGAN, GARDNER, HUGHES, COSTELLO
- **2018-05-11** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-11** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-11** VERSION: CSHB 260(FIN) AM
- **2018-11-07** 1:37 PM 7/9/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 54 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/14/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/630dc0bd-978e-44b0-a0ca-89a0cf61df92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).