---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Alaska HB 197 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DISASTER", "SAFETY", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TUCK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98f746d-9469-4e14-a2c2-1d332435765d"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB197"
source_hash: "ad00db842dd434e92376502980836625a34b7e635209e1daf9be34ae4726bdf1"
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 197 (31) — An Act extending the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0197A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0197A)
2. **HB0197Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0197Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E4 A1 #1933 — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2285 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- TUCK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** (H) Prefile released 1/10/20 `filing`
- **2020-01-21** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** (H) RES, FIN
- **2020-02-05** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-05** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2020-02-07** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-07** (H) Moved HB 197 Out of Committee
- **2020-02-07** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2020-02-10** (H) RES RPT 7DP 1NR
- **2020-02-10** (H) DP: TUCK, HANNAN, TALERICO, HOPKINS, SPOHNHOLZ, TARR, LINCOLN
- **2020-02-10** (H) NR: RAUSCHER
- **2020-02-10** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2020-03-05** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-05** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 15 Minutes Following Session --
- **2020-03-05** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-11** (H) FIN RPT 11DP
- **2020-03-11** (H) DP: ORTIZ, CARPENTER, TILTON, LEBON, KNOPP, MERRICK, WOOL, JOSEPHSON,
- **2020-03-11** (H) SULLIVAN-LEONARD, JOHNSTON, FOSTER
- **2020-03-11** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2020-03-11** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-11** (H) Moved HB 197 Out of Committee
- **2020-03-11** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-18** (H) Read the third time HB 197 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-18** (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E4 A1
- **2020-03-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-18** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2020-03-18** (H) VERSION: HB 197
- **2020-03-19** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-19** (S) FIN
- **2020-03-19** (S) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2020-03-19** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-19** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-03-19** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2020-03-24** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, BISHOP
- **2020-03-24** (S) NR: WILSON, OLSON
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-24** (S) Moved HB 197 Out of Committee
- **2020-03-24** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-25** (S) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 3/25/2020
- **2020-03-25** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-25** (S) Read the third time HB 197 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-25** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-25** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-25** (S) VERSION: HB 197
- **2020-05-18** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 205
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2020-05-18** (H) 2:00 P.M. 4/7/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/20 CHAPTER 14 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/21/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98f746d-9469-4e14-a2c2-1d332435765d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).