---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to insurance; relating to an insurer's corporate governance; relating to insurance holding companies and insurance company holding systems; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to insurance; relating to an insurer's corporate governance; relating to insurance holding companies and insurance company holding systems; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Alaska HB 78 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "DISCLOSURE", "INSURANCE", "INVESTMENTS", "REGULATIONS", "SECURITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29bd0fe-6748-4386-8506-ce1718b8ddf4"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB78"
source_hash: "9bdd5b2adac96c89bec2d638061a25fc68688643e9973d7dba0b6bb997d24eec"
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 78 (31) — An Act relating to insurance; relating to an insurer's corporate governance; relating to insurance holding companies and insurance company holding systems; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0078A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0078A)
2. **HB0078B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0078B)
3. **HB0078C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0078C)
4. **HB0078Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0078Z)

## Votes

- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y20 N- # 1096 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #793 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1096 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1 #1002 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOUSE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** (H) L&C
- **2019-03-04** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-03-04** (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2019-04-22** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-22** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-22** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-24** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2019-04-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-26** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-26** (H) Moved HB 78 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-26** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-27** (H) L&C RPT 5DP
- **2019-04-27** (H) DP: HANNAN, REVAK, STUTES, TALERICO, LEDOUX
- **2019-04-27** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-03** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2019
- **2019-05-03** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-03** (H) Read the third time HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2019-05-03** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-03** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-05-03** (H) VERSION: HB 78
- **2019-05-06** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** (S) RLS
- **2019-05-08** (S) RULES at 04:00 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-05-08** (S) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-05-09** (S) RLS RPT SCS 4DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2019-05-09** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 6
- **2019-05-09** (S) DP: COGHILL, GIESSEL, COSTELLO, VON IMHOF
- **2019-05-09** (S) NR: BEGICH
- **2019-05-09** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2019
- **2019-05-09** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CALENDAR
- **2019-05-09** (S) RULES at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-05-09** (S) Moved SCS HB 78(RLS) Out of Committee
- **2019-05-09** (S) Minutes (SRLS)
- **2019-05-10** (S) Read the third time HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** (S) RETURN TO SECOND UC
- **2019-05-10** (S) RLS SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-10** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y20 N-
- **2019-05-10** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2019-05-10** (S) PASSED Y20 N-
- **2019-05-10** (S) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-10** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 78(RLS) AM S
- **2019-05-11** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2019-05-13** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2019-05-13** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 6
- **2019-05-13** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1
- **2019-05-13** (H) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-13** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-06-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2019-07-19** (H) 1:44 P.M. 7/16/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-22** (H) Signed into law 7/19 CHAPTER 12 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/20/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29bd0fe-6748-4386-8506-ce1718b8ddf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).