---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to transportation of live crab."
description: "An Act relating to transportation of live crab."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Alaska HB 203 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "FOOD", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "TRANSPORTATION", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KNOPP"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47604c84-57a2-459d-854f-08f10de09821"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB203"
source_hash: "f78ec0cb2fbf24396b7ae24559b0f0e84e817620bdfaee14d197f7ed034e7594"
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 203 (31) — An Act relating to transportation of live crab.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0203A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0203A)
2. **HB0203B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0203B)
3. **HB0203Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0203Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2277 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y33 E6 A1 #1807 — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KNOPP — primary (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** (H) FSH, RES
- **2020-01-30** (H) FISHERIES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2020-01-30** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2020-01-30** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2020-02-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE
- **2020-02-04** (H) FISHERIES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2020-02-04** (H) Moved CSHB 203(FSH) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2020-02-04** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2020-02-05** (H) FSH RPT CS(FSH) 5DP
- **2020-02-05** (H) DP: VANCE, KOPP, EDGMON, NEUMAN, STUTES
- **2020-02-05** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2020-02-05** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-02-19** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-19** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-19** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2020-02-21** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2020-02-21** (H) Moved CSHB 203(FSH) Out of Committee
- **2020-02-21** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2020-02-24** (H) RES RPT CS(FSH) 6DP
- **2020-02-24** (H) DP: TUCK, HANNAN, TALERICO, HOPKINS, TARR, LINCOLN
- **2020-02-24** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2020-02-24** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-04** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** (H) FSH CS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-04** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/5 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-05** (H) Read the third time CSHB 203(FSH) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** (H) PASSED Y33 E6 A1
- **2020-03-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR, HANNAN
- **2020-03-05** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** (H) VERSION: CSHB 203(FSH)
- **2020-03-06** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** (S) RES
- **2020-03-16** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-16** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-03-16** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2020-03-23** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-23** (S) Moved CSHB 203(FSH) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-23** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2020-03-24** (S) RES RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2020-03-24** (S) DP: MICCICHE, KIEHL, BISHOP, COGHILL
- **2020-03-24** (S) NR: REVAK, KAWASAKI
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-25** (S) RULES TO 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 CSHB 203(FSH) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-25** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, STEVENS, STEDMAN, BISHOP
- **2020-03-25** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-25** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-25** (S) VERSION: CSHB 203(FSH)
- **2020-03-27** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-27** (S) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2020-05-18** (H) 10:00 A.M. 4/13/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 25 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/28/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47604c84-57a2-459d-854f-08f10de09821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).