---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the compensation of certain employees of the executive branch, judicial branch, and University of Alaska; relating to the compensation of certain employees of the legislative branch; and increasing the salaries of certain attorneys and administrative law judges employed by the state."
description: "An Act relating to the compensation of certain employees of the executive branch, judicial branch, and University of Alaska; relating to the compensation of certain employees of the legislative branch; and increasing the salaries of certain attorneys and administrative law judges employed by the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Alaska HB 226 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "JUDGES", "LABOR RELATIONS", "LABOR UNIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOSEPHSON"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 81
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2a6705-4b4a-45cf-a636-432aea41a5b8"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB226"
source_hash: "d2147a46e785b7c1884058ecde22e3f08bd4e0bec3aaffc3080ef3574c520e4d"
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 226 (32) — An Act relating to the compensation of certain employees of the executive branch, judicial branch, and University of Alaska; relating to the compensation of certain employees of the legislative branch; and increasing the salaries of certain attorneys and administrative law judges employed by the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 226(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226C)
2. **CSHB 226(FIN) am(efd fld)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226D)
3. **CSHB 226(FIN) am(efd fld) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226E)
4. **CSHB 226(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226B)
5. **Enrolled HB 226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226Z)
6. **HB 226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0226A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y35 N4 A1 # 2861 — **35–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) FAILED Y26 N14 #2958 — **26–14** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y21 N14 E1 A4 #2934 — **21–14** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y23 N15 A2 #3108 — **23–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y29 N6 E1 A4 #2934 — **29–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 #2900 — **16–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y18 N22 # 2862 — **18–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y14 N26 # 2863 — **14–26** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y23 N17 #2957 — **23–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y25 N15 # 2860 — **25–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JOSEPHSON — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** (H) Prefile released 1/7/22 `filing`
- **2022-01-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** (H) STA, FIN
- **2022-03-31** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-03-31** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-31** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2022-04-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2022-04-14** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-04-14** (H) Moved CSHB 226(STA) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 10 Minutes following session --
- **2022-04-14** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2022-04-15** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2022-04-20** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NEW TITLE 4DP 3AM
- **2022-04-20** (H) DP: TARR, CLAMAN, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2022-04-20** (H) AM: KAUFMAN, EASTMAN, VANCE
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN1: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2022-04-29** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2022-04-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-29** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-03** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-03** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:00 pm today --
- **2022-05-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-06** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-06** (H) Moved CSHB 226(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2022-05-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-09** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 3DP 3NR
- **2022-05-09** (H) DP: EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER
- **2022-05-09** (H) NR: LEBON, JOHNSON, MERRICK
- **2022-05-09** (H) FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2022-05-11** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/11/2022
- **2022-05-11** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-11** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-11** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y25 N15 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y35 N4 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y18 N22 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-11** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y14 N26 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-11** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ, SCHRAGE
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/12 - ON 5/13 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/13 - ON 5/14 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 226(FIN) AM `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) PASSED Y21 N14 E1 A4 `passage`
- **2022-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y29 N6 E1 A4
- **2022-05-15** (H) MCCABE NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2022-05-16** (H) RECON TAKEN UP - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y23 N17 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) FAILED Y26 N14 `failure`
- **2022-05-16** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-16** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (H) VERSION: CSHB 226(FIN) AM(EFD FLD)
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-16** (S) FIN
- **2022-05-17** (S) FIN RPT 2NR 5DP
- **2022-05-17** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON
- **2022-05-17** (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-17** (S) FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2022-05-17** (S) FN3: (GOV/ALL DEPTS)
- **2022-05-17** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 226(FIN) AM(EFD FLD) AM S `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: CSHB 226(FIN) AM(EFD FLD) AM S
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) Moved CSHB 226(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR READ 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) Y23 N15 A2
- **2022-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2022-10-05** (H) 1:40 P.M. 7/8/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/1 CHAPTER 50 SLA 22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/30/22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN3: (GOV/ALL DEPTS)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2a6705-4b4a-45cf-a636-432aea41a5b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).