---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in which certain Alaska mental health trust land is exchanged for certain national forest land and relating to the costs of the exchange; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in which certain Alaska mental health trust land is exchanged for certain national forest land and relating to the costs of the exchange; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Alaska SB 88 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOUNDARIES", "FORESTRY", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS", "LAND", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC LAND", "TRUSTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEDMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-10"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e69add7c-ebd8-4fb6-80f1-f29f381f7a09"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB88"
source_hash: "712c75951aaeb7f436215d1b78ae840427dd6264306cc6740a5e71a0eaee7b51"
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 SB 88 (30) — An Act authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in which certain Alaska mental health trust land is exchanged for certain national forest land and relating to the costs of the exchange; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0088A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0088A)
2. **SB0088B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0088B)
3. **SB0088Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0088Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSSB 88(RES) pass the House? — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 88(RES) "An Act authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in which certain Alaska mental health trust land is exchanged for certain national forest land and relating to the costs of the exchange; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEDMAN — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Referred to Resources and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** RES RPT CS 4DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-06** RES Do Pass: GIESSEL, HUGHES, COGHILL, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** RES No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, MEYER
- **2017-04-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-04-11** Cosponsors added: VON IMHOF, GIESSEL
- **2017-04-12** FIN RPT CS(RES) 5DP 1NR
- **2017-04-12** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2017-04-12** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-04-12** Cosponsors added: MICCICHE
- **2017-04-13** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-13** Read the third time CSSB 88(RES) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2017-04-13** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-13** Cosponsors added: STEVENS, COSTELLO, BISHOP, HUGHES, EGAN, MEYER, KELLY
- **2017-04-13** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-04-13** VERSION: CSSB 88(RES)
- **2017-04-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-14** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** FIN RPT 8DP 2NR
- **2017-04-19** FIN Do Pass: TILTON, GRENN, THOMPSON, ORTIZ, PRUITT, WILSON, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** FIN No Recommendation: GUTTENBERG, GARA
- **2017-04-19** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-04-19** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRENN, THOMPSON, KAWASAKI, PRUITT
- **2017-04-26** CROSS SPONSOR(S): ORTIZ
- **2017-05-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-05-10** Read the third time CSSB 88(RES) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-10** PASSED Y38 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-10** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-05-10** VERSION: CSSB 88(RES)
- **2017-05-10** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SULLIVAN-LEONARD, SADDLER
- **2017-10-06** 2:50 PM 7/31/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-06** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2017-10-06** Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 22 SLA 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e69add7c-ebd8-4fb6-80f1-f29f381f7a09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).