---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to acquire or purchase a building that it occupies for an amount that does not exceed $8,000,000; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act authorizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to acquire or purchase a building that it occupies for an amount that does not exceed $8,000,000; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Alaska SB 205 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CORPORATIONS", "FINANCE", "HOUSING", "LAND", "PUBLIC CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaufman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ba38d6-80e8-4a58-b85a-13401a9bbe64"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB205"
source_hash: "f34b2ee48c8ee11e9132e09bc60adbd49b93af4c774a541fc3976e71bdd586f0"
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 SB 205 (33) — An Act authorizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to acquire or purchase a building that it occupies for an amount that does not exceed $8,000,000; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0205Z)
2. **SB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0205A)
3. **SB 205 am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0205B)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y39 A1 #3155 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #2329 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** (S) FIN
- **2024-02-27** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-02-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-27** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-17** (S) Moved SB 205 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-19** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2024-04-19** (S) DP: STEDMAN, WILSON, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2024-04-19** (S) NR: KIEHL
- **2024-04-19** (S) FN1: (REV)
- **2024-04-24** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/24/2024
- **2024-04-24** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/26 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-26** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 205 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-26** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2024-04-26** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-26** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2024-04-26** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2024-04-26** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2024-04-26** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-04-26** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-26** (S) VERSION: SB 205 AM
- **2024-04-29** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** (H) FIN
- **2024-05-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-09** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to 5:15 PM --
- **2024-05-10** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-10** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-05-10** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-10** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 3:30 PM --
- **2024-05-10** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-11** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-11** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-13** (H) FIN RPT 10DP
- **2024-05-13** (H) DP: STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, COULOMBE, ORTIZ, CRONK, TOMASZEWSKI,
- **2024-05-13** (H) EDGMON, FOSTER
- **2024-05-13** (H) FN2: (REV)
- **2024-05-13** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-13** (H) Moved SB 205 AM Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5/14/24 at 9 AM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2024
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 205 AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (H) PASSED Y39 A1 `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-14** (H) VERSION: SB 205 AM
- **2024-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MINA, WRIGHT, GALVIN
- **2024-10-09** (S) 9:30 A.M. 7/24/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/16 CH 30 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/17/24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 268
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN2: (REV)
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ba38d6-80e8-4a58-b85a-13401a9bbe64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).