---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie."
description: "An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Alaska HB 1 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBT", "FINANCE", "LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "SALES", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mccabe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 65
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ac7518-0fd4-4710-baa0-2089c47fe9ce"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB1"
source_hash: "7f015c9ba85b3f4242b0e00a75167e598da36b5162b9e54c5f05074dfae6abc7"
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 1 (34) — An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 1(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0001B)
2. **Enrolled HB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0001Z)
3. **HB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0001A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N1 #2602 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #2441 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mccabe — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- D.Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Elam — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- G.Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
- Schwanke — cosponsor (person)
- St. Clair — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) STA, FIN
- **2025-01-31** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER
- **2025-04-15** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-04-15** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MOORE
- **2025-04-29** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-04-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-29** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STAPP, TILTON, ALLARD, TOMASZEWSKI, PRAX, COULOMBE, RUFFRIDGE
- **2025-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ELAM, BYNUM
- **2025-05-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE, STUTES
- **2025-05-08** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-05-15** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-15** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 4:15 pm--
- **2025-05-15** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-05-17** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-05-17** (H) Moved CSHB 1(STA) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
- **2025-05-17** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-05-18** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 6DP 1NR
- **2025-05-18** (H) DP: VANCE, MCCABE, MOORE, HOLLAND, HIMSCHOOT, CARRICK
- **2025-05-18** (H) NR: STORY
- **2025-05-18** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2025-05-18** (H) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: JIMMIE
- **2026-03-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE, ST. CLAIR, D.NELSON, COSTELLO, FOSTER, G.NELSON
- **2026-03-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHWANKE
- **2026-04-30** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2026-04-30** (H) Moved CSHB 1(STA) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-01** (H) FIN RPT CS(STA) 5DP 1DNP 4NR
- **2026-05-01** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, STAPP, MOORE, BYNUM, FOSTER
- **2026-05-01** (H) DNP: JIMMIE
- **2026-05-01** (H) NR: GALVIN, HANNAN, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON
- **2026-05-01** (H) FN3: ZERO(ADM)
- **2026-05-01** (H) FN4: ZERO(CED)
- **2026-05-01** (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: ALLARD
- **2026-05-06** (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: STAPP
- **2026-05-07** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2026
- **2026-05-07** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-07** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 1(STA) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2026-05-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2026-05-07** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2026-05-07** (H) VERSION: CSHB 1(STA)
- **2026-05-08** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-05-08** (S) FIN
- **2026-05-08** (S) FIN REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2026-05-11** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/11/2026
- **2026-05-11** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-11** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-11** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, TILTON
- **2026-05-12** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 1(STA) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** (S) PASSED Y19 N1 `passage`
- **2026-05-12** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CRONK, BJORKMAN, YUNDT
- **2026-05-12** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-05-12** (S) VERSION: CSHB 1(STA)
- **2026-05-13** (H) 2:55 P.M. 5/13/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-04** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 5/29 CHAPTER 6 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-04** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/28/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ac7518-0fd4-4710-baa0-2089c47fe9ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).