---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the office of broadband; creating the broadband parity adjustment fund; establishing the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing the office of broadband; creating the broadband parity adjustment fund; establishing the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Alaska HB 363 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "INTERNET", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EDGMON"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 86
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0861a55e-c49a-4d56-8ce5-3bfe504566b2"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB363"
source_hash: "34da28582ac5540f8695b7f519d2eadc65a8bab600be690f325c6a3d9deaec89"
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 363 (32) — An Act establishing the office of broadband; creating the broadband parity adjustment fund; establishing the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 363(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363C)
2. **CSHB 363(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363B)
3. **Enrolled HB 363** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363Z)
4. **HB 363** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363A)
5. **SCS CSHB 363(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363E)
6. **SCS CSHB 363(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0363D)

## Votes

- (H) FIN CS ADOPTED Y36 N2 E1 A1 #2716 — **36–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N2 A1 #2737 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 #2889 — **16–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N4 #3106 — **36–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDGMON — primary (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmussen — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Zulkosky — 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) L&C, FIN
- **2022-02-23** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2022-02-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2022-03-09** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-16** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-03-16** (H) Moved CSHB 363(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-18** (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 4DP 2NR 1AM
- **2022-03-18** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, SNYDER, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2022-03-18** (H) NR: MCCARTY, NELSON
- **2022-03-18** (H) AM: KAUFMAN
- **2022-03-18** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2022-03-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RASMUSSEN
- **2022-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ORTIZ, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2022-03-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON
- **2022-03-24** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-24** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-03-24** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-30** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-30** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-31** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MERRICK
- **2022-04-15** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-04-15** (H) Moved CSHB 363(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-04-20** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 6DP 1AM
- **2022-04-20** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK
- **2022-04-20** (H) AM: CARPENTER
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2022-04-29** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2022
- **2022-04-29** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED Y36 N2 E1 A1
- **2022-04-29** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/2 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TARR, DRUMMOND, NELSON, FIELDS, JOSEPHSON, TUCK
- **2022-05-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 363(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** (H) PASSED Y37 N2 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PATKOTAK, CRONK
- **2022-05-03** (H) RETURNED TRANSMITTAL OF 5/2
- **2022-05-05** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-05-05** (H) VERSION: CSHB 363(FIN)
- **2022-05-05** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2022-05-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-05-09** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-10** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, KAWASAKI, BEGICH, GRAY-JACKSON, HOFFMAN, STEVENS
- **2022-05-10** (S) MICCICHE
- **2022-05-11** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-05-11** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 363(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-11** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-05-12** (S) L&C RPT SCS(L&C) 3DP NEW TITLE
- **2022-05-12** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 20
- **2022-05-12** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-12** (S) FN2: (CED)
- **2022-05-14** (S) FINANCE at 10:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 3DP 3NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-05-15** (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-15** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2022-05-15** (S) FINANCE at 11:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-15** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 363(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 1:00 p.m. --
- **2022-05-15** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-16** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2022-05-16** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2022
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-16** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 363(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y16 N2 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 363(FIN)
- **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) Y36 N4
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:00 P.M. 8/1/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 8/9 CHAPTER 52 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/10/22 `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) FN4: (CC:HB281/CED)
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FIN MESSAGE & FN4 Transmitted to Governor 9/1/22 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0861a55e-c49a-4d56-8ce5-3bfe504566b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).