---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the procedure for confirmation of the governor's appointments; relating to the board of the Mental Health Trust Authority; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the procedure for confirmation of the governor's appointments; relating to the board of the Mental Health Trust Authority; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Alaska HB 309 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES", "LEGISLATIVE CONFIRMATION", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE RULES"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-20"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0933296d-dad8-4187-8494-b5449b2c196d"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB309"
source_hash: "3ab2551c6b6ecf004df04e7384e4631c4acbd2fe119f3343ba2ff5c378216fef"
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 309 (31) — An Act relating to the procedure for confirmation of the governor's appointments; relating to the board of the Mental Health Trust Authority; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0309A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0309A)
2. **HB0309B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0309B)
3. **HB0309C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0309C)
4. **HB0309Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0309Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E3 A2 #2054 — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2286 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y1 N34 E3 A2 # 2053 — **1–34** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y35 E4 A1 #2136 — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOUSE RULES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-20** (H) RLS
- **2020-03-20** (H) RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23 UC
- **2020-03-20** (H) RULES at 05:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2020-03-20** (H) Moved HB 309 Out of Committee -- Location Change --
- **2020-03-20** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2020-03-21** (H) RLS RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2020-03-21** (H) DP: THOMPSON, JOHNSTON, STUTES, KOPP
- **2020-03-21** (H) NR: JOHNSON, PRUITT
- **2020-03-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(H.RLS)
- **2020-03-21** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2020
- **2020-03-21** (H) HELD TO 3/23 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-23** (H) HELD TO 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-24** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-24** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-24** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y1 N34 E3 A2
- **2020-03-24** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-24** (H) Read the third time HB 309 AM `reading-3`
- **2020-03-24** (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E3 A2
- **2020-03-24** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-24** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2020-03-24** (H) VERSION: HB 309 AM
- **2020-03-25** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-25** (S) RLS
- **2020-03-25** (S) RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2020-03-25** (S) RLS RPT SCS 3DP SAME TITLE
- **2020-03-25** (S) DP: COGHILL, BEGICH, GIESSEL
- **2020-03-25** (S) FN1: ZERO(H.RLS)
- **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) RLS SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-25** (S) Read the third time SCS HB 309(RLS) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-25** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-25** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 309(RLS)
- **2020-03-25** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2020-03-25** (S) RULES at 01:00 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-25** (S) Moved SCS HB 309(RLS) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-25** (S) Minutes (SRLS)
- **2020-03-26** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-26** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y35 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-05-18** (H) 4:45 P.M. 3/31/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/6 CHAPTER 9 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/7/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0933296d-dad8-4187-8494-b5449b2c196d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).