---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act modifying the boundary of Chugach State Park; directing the sale of land to the Eagle River Lions Club; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act modifying the boundary of Chugach State Park; directing the sale of land to the Eagle River Lions Club; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Alaska HB 304 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOUNDARIES", "EASEMENTS", "LAND", "PARKS & RECREATION", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MERRICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39276a55-13b6-4d9d-a74e-460c1560274a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB304"
source_hash: "d69638f0be061a5b709cb19a548678bf028944b1e06b804afa100a89919cc89d"
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 304 (32) — An Act modifying the boundary of Chugach State Park; directing the sale of land to the Eagle River Lions Club; 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 304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0304Z)
2. **HB 304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0304A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y15 N- E3 A2 #2458 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 #2205 — **37–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MERRICK — primary (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** (H) RES
- **2022-02-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCARTY
- **2022-03-16** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-16** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2022-03-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TILTON
- **2022-03-18** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-18** (H) Moved HB 304 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 10 Minutes Following Session --
- **2022-03-21** (H) RES RPT 7DP 1NR
- **2022-03-21** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, GILLHAM, RAUSCHER, HOPKINS, CRONK, FIELDS, MCKAY
- **2022-03-21** (H) NR: PATKOTAK
- **2022-03-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2022-03-22** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 304 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, MCCABE, JOHNSON, CRONK
- **2022-03-22** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-03-22** (H) VERSION: HB 304
- **2022-03-23** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-03-23** (S) RES
- **2022-03-30** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-03-30** (S) Moved HB 304 Out of Committee
- **2022-03-30** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-04-04** (S) RES RPT 3DP 1AM
- **2022-04-04** (S) DP: MICCICHE, BISHOP, STEVENS
- **2022-04-04** (S) AM: KIEHL
- **2022-04-04** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2022-04-29** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2022
- **2022-04-29** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 304 `reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** (S) PASSED Y15 N- E3 A2 `passage`
- **2022-04-29** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-29** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-04-29** (S) VERSION: HB 304
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:15 P.M. 7/25/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/30 CHAPTER 49 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/39276a55-13b6-4d9d-a74e-460c1560274a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).