---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the establishment of oil and gas drilling units, spacing, and patterns; providing for the transfer of and addition of names to a personal use cabin permit for a cabin on state land; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the establishment of oil and gas drilling units, spacing, and patterns; providing for the transfer of and addition of names to a personal use cabin permit for a cabin on state land; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "Alaska HB 349 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DEATH", "FAMILIES", "LAND", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OIL & GAS", "PARKS & RECREATION", "PERMITS", "PUBLIC LAND", "REGULATIONS", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAUSCHER"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 84
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c45736-383c-4ead-ab09-ebdab05d7fbe"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB349"
source_hash: "dde0fac9814c74703c5e77ccba45609a5f6d6343837fc6f9e6ea673118b7863f"
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 349 (32) — An Act relating to the establishment of oil and gas drilling units, spacing, and patterns; providing for the transfer of and addition of names to a personal use cabin permit for a cabin on state land; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 349(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0349B)
2. **CSHB 349(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0349C)
3. **CSHB 349(RES) am S(efd add S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0349D)
4. **Enrolled HB 349** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0349Z)
5. **HB 349** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0349A)

## Votes

- (S) AM NO 2 FAILED Y7 N12 A1 # 2987 — **7–12** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1A FAILED Y5 N35 # 2842 — **5–35** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y35 N4 A1 #3135 — **35–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 #2996 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y40 #2868 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 2 TO AM 1 FAILED Y7 N31 A2 #2840 — **7–31** (fail) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y6 N11 A3 # 2987 — **6–11** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- RAUSCHER — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmussen — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** (H) CRA, RES
- **2022-03-29** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-29** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-05** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-05** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-07** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-07** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-12** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-12** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-04-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCARTY, MCKAY, MCCABE, NELSON, SCHRAGE, PRAX
- **2022-04-14** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-14** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-14** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2022-04-19** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-19** (H) Moved CSHB 349(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-20** (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) 5DP
- **2022-04-20** (H) DP: MCCARTY, MCCABE, PRAX, HANNAN, SCHRAGE
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-04-27** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-29** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-29** (H) Moved CSHB 349(RES) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-02** (H) RES RPT CS(RES) NEW TITLE 4DP 4NR
- **2022-05-02** (H) DP: MCKAY, RAUSCHER, GILLHAM, SCHRAGE
- **2022-05-02** (H) NR: CRONK, HOPKINS, HANNAN, PATKOTAK
- **2022-05-02** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN
- **2022-05-09** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2022
- **2022-05-09** (H) HELD TO 5/10 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-10** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** (H) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND PENDING
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM 2 TO AM 1 FAILED Y7 N31 A2 `failure`
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM NO 1 - DIVIDE THE AMENDMENT UC
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM NO 1B FAILED N38 A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM NO 1A FAILED Y5 N35 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-10** (H) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2022-05-10** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/11 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-10** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RASMUSSEN, DRUMMOND
- **2022-05-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 349(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-11** (H) VERSION: CSHB 349(RES)
- **2022-05-12** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-12** (S) RES
- **2022-05-13** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-13** (S) Moved CSHB 349(RES) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-13** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2022-05-14** (S) RES RPT 2DP 2NR 1AM
- **2022-05-14** (S) DP: MICCICHE, BISHOP
- **2022-05-14** (S) NR: KIEHL, STEVENS
- **2022-05-14** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2022-05-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2022-05-17** (S) RULES TO 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 CSHB 349(RES) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMDS UC
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y6 N11 A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 2 FAILED Y7 N12 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) AM NO 4 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-18** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 `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: CSHB 349(RES) 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) Y35 N4 A1
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 29
- **2022-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON
- **2022-05-18** (S) ENGROSSED AND RETURNED TO THE HOUSE 5/20
- **2022-10-05** (H) 11:10 A.M. 6/27/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 13 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/e6c45736-383c-4ead-ab09-ebdab05d7fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).