---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Social Work Examiners; relating to the composition of the Board of Social Work Examiners; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Social Work Examiners; relating to the composition of the Board of Social Work Examiners; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "Alaska HB 318 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LICENSING", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SPOHNHOLZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a457cdff-b990-4bf4-b4db-bc940cdda57f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB318"
source_hash: "0ae9af4f77d29ba8c728ec976c355610a31d5cacdf17783f6ab45b065afdbde1"
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 318 (30) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Social Work Examiners; relating to the composition of the Board of Social Work Examiners; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0318A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0318A)
2. **HB0318B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0318B)
3. **HB0318Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0318Z)

## Votes

- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 318(FIN) "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Social Work Examiners; relating to the composition of the Board of Social Work Examiners; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 318(FIN) pass the House? — **36–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SPOHNHOLZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** L&C, FIN
- **2018-02-12** L&C RPT 5DP
- **2018-02-12** L&C Do Pass: STUTES, EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, BIRCH, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-02-14** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 5DP 4NR
- **2018-02-14** FIN Do Pass: WILSON, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** FIN No Recommendation: KAWASAKI, PRUITT, GUTTENBERG, TILTON
- **2018-02-14** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-04** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/5 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-05** Read the third time CSHB 318(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-05** PASSED Y36 N1 E1 A2 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-04-05** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-05** VERSION: CSHB 318(FIN)
- **2018-04-06** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-06** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-14** FIN RPT 6DP
- **2018-04-14** FIN Do Pass: MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, OLSON, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-14** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic 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 CSHB 318(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-01** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-05-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-01** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-01** VERSION: CSHB 318(FIN)
- **2018-06-27** 10:06 AM 6/11/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 43 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/30/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a457cdff-b990-4bf4-b4db-bc940cdda57f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).