---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; repealing the limit on the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state experience in teacher salary scales; relating to teacher national board certification; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; repealing the limit on the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state experience in teacher salary scales; relating to teacher national board certification; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "Alaska HB 230 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "TEACHERS", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Himschoot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb60a7e3-c21e-4a7f-9382-5ce3c9cdd49d"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB230"
source_hash: "f81e5644bd70492ace6267340bdfc45e89686e6ce7d8e6c0b0c6620b9bf6121f"
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 230 (33) — An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; repealing the limit on the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state experience in teacher salary scales; relating to teacher national board certification; 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 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0230Z)
2. **HB 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0230A)
3. **HB 230 am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0230B)
4. **SCS HB 230(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0230C)
5. **SCS HB 230(EDC) am S(efd add S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0230D)

## Votes

- (S) AM NO 3 ADOPTED Y20 N- # 2684 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) MOTION TO TABLE AM 1 FAILED Y8 N12 #2683 — **8–12** (fail) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #2833 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 FAILED Y1 N36 A3 #2831 — **1–36** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y39 N1 #3308 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2687 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y37 E2 A1 # 2832 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 2 TO AM 1 FAILED Y15 N25 #2832 — **15–25** (fail) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y11 N9 # 2683 — **11–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Himschoot — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Sumner — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (H) Prefile released 1/8/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) EDC
- **2024-02-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2024-02-07** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2024-02-07** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-07** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2024-02-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2024-03-22** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2024-03-22** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-22** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2024-04-03** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2024-04-03** (H) Moved HB 230 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-03** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2024-04-03** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2024-04-05** (H) EDC RPT 6DP 1AM
- **2024-04-05** (H) DP: STORY, HIMSCHOOT, MCKAY, MCCORMICK, PRAX, RUFFRIDGE
- **2024-04-05** (H) AM: ALLARD
- **2024-04-05** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2024-04-29** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PRAX
- **2024-05-09** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2024
- **2024-05-09** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2024-05-09** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 FAILED Y1 N36 A3 `failure`
- **2024-05-09** (H) AM 2 TO AM 1 FAILED Y15 N25 `failure`
- **2024-05-09** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y37 E2 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-09** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2024-05-09** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 230 AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-05-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY, SCHRAGE, SUMNER, C.JOHNSON, MEARS, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-05-09** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-05-09** (H) VERSION: HB 230 AM
- **2024-05-10** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-05-10** (S) EDC
- **2024-05-10** (S) EDC WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2024-05-10** (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-10** (S) Moved SCS HB 230(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2024-05-10** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2024-05-11** (S) EDC RPT SCS 4DP SAME TITLE
- **2024-05-11** (S) DP: TOBIN, BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS
- **2024-05-11** (S) FN2: ZERO(EED)
- **2024-05-11** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, KAWASAKI, GRAY-JACKSON, MERRICK, BJORKMAN, BISHOP,
- **2024-05-11** (S) STEDMAN, CLAMAN, DUNBAR, STEVENS
- **2024-05-13** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/13/2024
- **2024-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** (S) EDC SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 230(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM UC
- **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y11 N9 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) CROSS SPONSOR REMOVED: STEDMAN
- **2024-05-14** (S) MOTION TO TABLE AM 1 FAILED Y8 N12 `failure`
- **2024-05-14** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC
- **2024-05-14** (S) RESCIND ACTION AM 1 UC
- **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 1 WITHDRAWN UC
- **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 3 ADOPTED Y20 N- `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2024-05-14** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI, GIESSEL, TOBIN, HUGHES
- **2024-05-14** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 230(EDC) AM S(EFD ADD S)
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 30
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y39 N1
- **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (H) 11:50 A.M. 8/2/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/26 CH 36 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (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/eb60a7e3-c21e-4a7f-9382-5ce3c9cdd49d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).