---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making appropriations for public education and transportation of students; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act making appropriations for public education and transportation of students; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Alaska HB 287 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS", "STATE AID", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEATON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08740c63-e725-4601-9ce5-6d0a18a2c082"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB287"
source_hash: "7c305b409c87fd7f1a4ef562611b88650f6f9f806a0f73334e1e473890f7cbe2"
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 287 (30) — An Act making appropriations for public education and transportation of students; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0287A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0287A)
2. **HB0287B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0287B)
3. **HB0287C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0287C)
4. **HB0287Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0287Z)

## Votes

- Shall HB 287 pass the House? — **32–5** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 287(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for public education and transportation of students; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Shall the House adopt the appropriations in Section 4 from the constitutional budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska)? — **21–16** (pass) · lower
- Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be adopted? — **5–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEATON — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Edgmon — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Guttenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Lincoln — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** FIN RPT 7DP 3AM
- **2018-02-02** FIN Do Pass: GRENN, GUTTENBERG, KAWASAKI, GARA, ORTIZ, FOSTER, SEATON `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** FIN Amend: TILTON, THOMPSON, PRUITT
- **2018-02-05** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/7 CALENDAR
- **2018-02-07** Read the third time HB 287 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMS UC
- **2018-02-07** AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N21 E3
- **2018-02-07** AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N19 E3
- **2018-02-07** AM NO 3 FAILED Y16 N21 E3
- **2018-02-07** BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2018-02-07** AM NO 4 FAILED Y16 N20 E4
- **2018-02-07** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2018-02-07** PASSED Y32 N5 E3 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** CBRF SECTION(S) (FLD) Y21 N16 E3
- **2018-02-07** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2018-02-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-02-07** MILLETT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-02-07** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2018-02-07** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y33 N3 E4 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** CBRF SECTION(S) (FLD) Y20 N16 E4
- **2018-02-07** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2018-02-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y36 E4
- **2018-02-07** Cosponsors added: LINCOLN
- **2018-02-07** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-02-07** VERSION: HB 287(BRF SUP MAJ FLD)
- **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): BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2018-04-13** FIN RPT SCS 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2018-04-13** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-04-13** RULES TO FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-13** WILSON MOTION TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING
- **2018-04-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-13** CROSS SPONSOR(S) REMOVED: WIELECHOWSKI, BEGICH
- **2018-04-13** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MACKINNON, MICCICHE, HOFFMAN, STEVENS, STEDMAN, VON IMHOF
- **2018-04-13** GIESSEL, BISHOP, COSTELLO, MEYER, COGHILL, KELLY
- **2018-04-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/14 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-14** Read the third time SCS HB 287(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-14** RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMS UC
- **2018-04-14** AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 A1
- **2018-04-14** AM NO 2 FAILED Y5 N14 A1
- **2018-04-14** AM NO 3 OFFERED
- **2018-04-14** AM 1 TO AM 3 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-14** AM NO 3 AS AMENDED FAILED Y5 N14 A1
- **2018-04-14** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2018-04-14** PASSED Y15 N4 A1 `passage`
- **2018-04-14** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-14** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-14** VERSION: SCS HB 287(FIN)
- **2018-04-15** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-04-18** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP UC
- **2018-04-18** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y31 N9
- **2018-04-18** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-18** Cosponsors added: MILLETT
- **2018-04-30** 9:52 AM 4/30/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Signed into law 5/3 CHAPTER 6 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08740c63-e725-4601-9ce5-6d0a18a2c082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).