---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for state recognition of federally recognized tribes; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act providing for state recognition of federally recognized tribes; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "Alaska HB 123 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS", "RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ZULKOSKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 99
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe4540e-5ff9-47c5-9feb-df5d2f6c4c64"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB123"
source_hash: "f2424e61ddc514e8ff7f175a7684088f0cbf4830d6709354ba5c4860c7a45b72"
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 123 (32) — An Act providing for state recognition of federally recognized tribes; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0123Z)
2. **HB 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0123A)
3. **SCS HB 123(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0123B)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1 #3011 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y15 N- E2 A3 #2723 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N4 A1 #1205 — **35–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ZULKOSKY — primary (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** (H) TRB, STA
- **2021-03-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-03-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2021-03-30** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-03-30** (H) Heard & Held -- Meeting Postponed to 8:15 am --
- **2021-03-30** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2021-04-01** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-01** (H) Moved HB 123 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-01** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2021-04-05** (H) TRB RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2021-04-05** (H) DP: FIELDS, TARR, ZULKOSKY
- **2021-04-05** (H) NR: CRONK
- **2021-04-05** (H) FN1: ZERO(LAW)
- **2021-04-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2021-04-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ORTIZ
- **2021-04-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SNYDER
- **2021-04-17** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-17** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-17** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2021-04-22** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-22** (H) Moved HB 123 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-26** (H) STA RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2021-04-26** (H) DP: VANCE, CLAMAN, STORY, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-04-26** (H) NR: KAUFMAN
- **2021-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(LAW)
- **2021-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2021-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, VANCE
- **2021-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PATKOTAK
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2021
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** (H) MOTION TO TABLE UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) TAKEN FROM TABLE UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 123 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y35 N4 A1 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-05-19** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN, HOPKINS, JOSEPHSON
- **2021-05-19** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: HB 123
- **2022-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** (S) STA, CRA
- **2022-01-18** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BEGICH, GRAY-JACKSON, OLSON, WIELECHOWSKI, KIEHL, KAWASAKI
- **2022-01-18** (S) STEVENS, BISHOP, STEDMAN, VON IMHOF
- **2022-02-10** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-10** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-02-15** (S) CRA REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2022-02-15** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOFFMAN
- **2022-02-15** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-15** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-15** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-02-17** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-17** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-03-03** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-03** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-03-03** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-03-10** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-10** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-03-17** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-17** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-03-31** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-31** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-31** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-04-11** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): REVAK
- **2022-05-05** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-05** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-05** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-05-12** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-12** (S) Moved SCS HB 123(STA) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-12** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-05-13** (S) STA RPT SCS(STA) 2DP 2AM SAME TITLE
- **2022-05-13** (S) DP: SHOWER, KAWASAKI
- **2022-05-13** (S) AM: HOLLAND, COSTELLO
- **2022-05-13** (S) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2022-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2022
- **2022-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-13** (S) STA SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-13** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 123(STA) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-13** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HUGHES, HOLLAND, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-13** (S) PASSED Y15 N- E2 A3 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-13** (S) ENGROSSED
- **2022-05-15** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-15** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 123(STA)
- **2022-05-16** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CRONK
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1
- **2022-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): WOOL
- **2022-10-05** (H) 11:00 A.M. 7/12/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/28 CHAPTER 42 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/29/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fe4540e-5ff9-47c5-9feb-df5d2f6c4c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).