---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular telephones while driving in school zones or on school property."
description: "An Act authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular telephones while driving in school zones or on school property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Alaska HB 333 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SCHOOLS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIRCH"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d5f230-af39-43c4-b29d-90fe3c2a1c91"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB333"
source_hash: "f1cdff5e2b0eccebd4c117f24f064ef97908ed66c53c8c40392a7bc2a0c44f89"
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 333 (30) — An Act authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular telephones while driving in school zones or on school property.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0333A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0333A)
2. **HB0333B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0333B)
3. **HB0333C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0333C)
4. **HB0333D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0333D)
5. **HB0333Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0333Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 333(CRA) am pass the House? — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 333(CRA) am S "An Act authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular telephones while driving in school zones or on school property" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BIRCH — primary (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Johnston — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Cosponsors added: KOPP
- **2018-04-13** CRA RPT CS(CRA) 4DP 1AM
- **2018-04-13** CRA Do Pass: LINCOLN, TALERICO, PARISH, ZULKOSKY `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** CRA Amend: RAUSCHER
- **2018-04-13** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-17** DISCHARGE FROM JUD MOTION WITHDRAWN
- **2018-04-17** MOTION TO WAIVE JUD REFERRAL
- **2018-04-17** SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y37 N2 A1
- **2018-04-23** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** CRA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-23** AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-23** ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2018-04-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-23** Read the third time CSHB 333(CRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2018-04-23** PASSED Y37 N2 E1 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Cosponsors added: JOHNSTON, GARA, LEDOUX, JOSEPHSON
- **2018-04-23** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-04-23** VERSION: CSHB 333(CRA) AM
- **2018-04-24** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** CRA RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2018-04-27** CRA Do Pass: BISHOP, GARDNER, MACKINNON `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-27** CRA No Recommendation: HOFFMAN, STEDMAN
- **2018-04-27** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-30** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/30/2018
- **2018-04-30** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-30** AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC
- **2018-04-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-30** Read the third time CSHB 333(CRA) AM S `reading-3`
- **2018-04-30** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2018-04-30** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARDNER, MEYER
- **2018-04-30** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-30** VERSION: CSHB 333(CRA) AM S
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-01** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N1 E2
- **2018-05-01** Cosponsors added: SADDLER
- **2018-11-07** 2:22 PM 8/16/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/28 CHAPTER 96 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/26/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36d5f230-af39-43c4-b29d-90fe3c2a1c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).