---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the issuance of vehicle registration plates; relating to vehicle title applications; relating to driver's license renewal; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the issuance of vehicle registration plates; relating to vehicle title applications; relating to driver's license renewal; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Alaska HB 163 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SCHRAGE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 71
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-05"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f88927-631f-41ba-9631-47b2ff77fc95"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB163"
source_hash: "3805016c69eae14706fcace5a4e3bd6b986a246f7d511003356bb096baa587d2"
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 163 (32) — An Act relating to the issuance of vehicle registration plates; relating to vehicle title applications; relating to driver's license renewal; 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 163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0163Z)
2. **HB 163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0163A)
3. **HB 163 am S(efd add S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0163B)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N1 #2969 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1123 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N10 E1 #3116 — **29–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SCHRAGE — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- LeBon — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmussen — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** (H) CRA, STA
- **2021-04-13** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2021-04-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-13** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2021-04-15** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2021-04-15** (H) Moved HB 163 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-15** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2021-04-16** (H) CRA RPT 6DP
- **2021-04-16** (H) DP: MCCABE, PRAX, MCCARTY, DRUMMOND, SCHRAGE, HANNAN
- **2021-04-16** (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2021-04-27** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-27** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-04-29** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-29** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-05-04** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-04** (H) Moved HB 163 Out of Committee
- **2021-05-04** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-05-05** (H) STA RPT 3DP 4NR
- **2021-05-05** (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-05-05** (H) NR: EASTMAN, KAUFMAN, VANCE, TARR
- **2021-05-05** (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2021-05-05** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER STA
- **2021-05-14** (H) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2021-05-14** (H) DP: ORTIZ, LEBON, CARPENTER, THOMPSON, JOSEPHSON, JOHNSON, RASMUSSEN, MERRICK,
- **2021-05-14** (H) FOSTER
- **2021-05-14** (H) FN2: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-05-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RASMUSSEN, ORTIZ, PRAX, MCKAY, THOMPSON, VANCE, MCCARTY, CRONK,
- **2021-05-14** (H) CLAMAN, KREISS-TOMKINS, LEBON
- **2021-05-14** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-14** (H) Moved HB 163 Out of Committee
- **2021-05-14** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2021
- **2021-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 163 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2021-05-17** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-17** (H) VERSION: HB 163
- **2021-05-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-18** (S) STA
- **2022-05-10** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-10** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-12** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-12** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-05-18** (S) STA REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2022-05-18** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR 5/18/2022
- **2022-05-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-18** (S) FN3: ZERO(ADM)
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 163 AM S(EFD ADD S) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) PASSED Y19 N1 `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) VERSION: HB 163 AM S(EFD ADD S)
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR RECEIVED AND HELD
- **2022-05-18** (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y29 N10 E1
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 30
- **2022-10-05** (H) 2:00 P.M. 8/4/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/10 CHAPTER 61 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18f88927-631f-41ba-9631-47b2ff77fc95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).