---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to petitions for a change of name for certain persons; relating to the duty to register as a sex offender; relating to sexual offenses; relating to domestic violence; relating to the code of military justice; relating to consent; relating to the testing of sexual assault examination kits; relating to lifetime revocation of a teaching certificate for certain offenses; amending Rule 84, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to petitions for a change of name for certain persons; relating to the duty to register as a sex offender; relating to sexual offenses; relating to domestic violence; relating to the code of military justice; relating to consent; relating to the testing of sexual assault examination kits; relating to lifetime revocation of a teaching certificate for certain offenses; amending Rule 84, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Alaska HB 325 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT RULES", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PORNOGRAPHY", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "RIGHTS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RASMUSSEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 87
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df40f35b-449b-4820-bd40-8487595c9fc9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB325"
source_hash: "9a8caebe3c9d51f041c84465fc6620052b7354dc00d8bc4f232369d7dea61e97"
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 325 (32) — An Act relating to petitions for a change of name for certain persons; relating to the duty to register as a sex offender; relating to sexual offenses; relating to domestic violence; relating to the code of military justice; relating to consent; relating to the testing of sexual assault examination kits; relating to lifetime revocation of a teaching certificate for certain offenses; amending Rule 84, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; 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 325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0325Z)
2. **HB 325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0325A)
3. **HB 325 am S(efd add S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0325B)

## Votes

- (S) AM NO 1 TABLED Y11 N8 A1 # 2937 — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N2 A3 #2911 — **35–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y20 N- # 2937 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2958 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 A2 #3109 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RASMUSSEN — primary (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** (H) JUD
- **2022-02-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2022-02-23** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ
- **2022-02-25** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-02-25** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2022-02-25** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2022-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MERRICK, FIELDS, SCHRAGE, HOPKINS, DRUMMOND
- **2022-05-02** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-05-02** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:30 pm --
- **2022-05-06** (H) JUDICIARY at 10:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-05-06** (H) Moved HB 325 Out of Committee -- Continued from 5/04/22 --
- **2022-05-06** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-05-06** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-09** (H) JUD RPT 3DP 1DNP 1NR 1AM
- **2022-05-09** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, SNYDER, CLAMAN
- **2022-05-09** (H) DNP: EASTMAN
- **2022-05-09** (H) NR: KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2022-05-09** (H) AM: VANCE
- **2022-05-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(COR)
- **2022-05-09** (H) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2022-05-09** (H) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-05-09** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-05-09** (H) Moved HB 325 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 1:20 pm --
- **2022-05-11** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-11** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-05-11** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-05-13** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-13** (S) -- Public Testimony -- -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2022-05-13** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2022
- **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 SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 325 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) PASSED Y35 N2 A3 `passage`
- **2022-05-15** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CARPENTER, JOSEPHSON, MCCABE, VANCE, TUCK
- **2022-05-15** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-15** (H) VERSION: HB 325
- **2022-05-15** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-15** (S) JUD
- **2022-05-16** (S) JUD RPT 4DP
- **2022-05-16** (S) DP: HOLLAND, MYERS, HUGHES, KIEHL
- **2022-05-16** (S) FN1: ZERO(COR)
- **2022-05-16** (S) FN2: ZERO(LAW)
- **2022-05-16** (S) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-05-16** (S) JUDICIARY at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-16** (S) Moved HB 325 Out of Committee
- **2022-05-16** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **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) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/18 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) ENGROSSMENT WAIVED, RULE 43(B)
- **2022-05-18** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 325 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMDS UC
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 1 TABLED Y11 N8 A1
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 2 OFFERED
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM TO AM 2 ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-18** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 2 AS AMENDED ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y20 N- `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-18** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, REVAK, COSTELLO, REINBOLD
- **2022-05-18** (S) BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, HOFFMAN, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-18** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (S) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) VERSION: HB 325 AM S(EFD ADD S)
- **2022-05-18** (S) ENGROSSED AND RETURNED TO THE HOUSE 5/20
- **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) Y38 A2
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 27
- **2022-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): NELSON, CRONK, STORY
- **2022-10-05** (H) 9:50 A.M. 7/21/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/28 CHAPTER 44 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/df40f35b-449b-4820-bd40-8487595c9fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).