---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to electronic monitoring of fishing vessels using trawl gear in a finfish fishery; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to electronic monitoring of fishing vessels using trawl gear in a finfish fishery; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Alaska HB 117 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COOPERATIVES", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "LIMITED ENTRY", "PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 86
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9765644b-9e07-4186-99b3-3a78ae4c1c88"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB117"
source_hash: "eefc9562b375b651eb562118fa8fda70d049ca2f2205cbc791a3b39aafeaf9e7"
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 117 (34) — An Act relating to electronic monitoring of fishing vessels using trawl gear in a finfish fishery; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 117(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0117B)
2. **Enrolled HB 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0117Z)
3. **HB 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0117A)
4. **SCS CSHB 117(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0117C)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #2022 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y40 #2745 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2691 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Fisheries — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** (H) FSH, RES
- **2025-03-01** (H) FISHERIES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-01** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-04** (H) FISHERIES at 10:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-04** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-03-04** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-06** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-06** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-11** (H) FSH RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2025-03-11** (H) DP: VANCE, KOPP, HIMSCHOOT, ELAM, MCCABE, STUTES
- **2025-03-11** (H) NR: EDGMON
- **2025-03-11** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-03-11** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2025-03-11** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-11** (H) Moved HB 117 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-11** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-13** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-13** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2025-03-13** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-21** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-21** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-24** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-24** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-03-28** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-28** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-04-04** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-04-04** (H) Moved CSHB 117(RES) Out of Committee
- **2025-04-04** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-04-07** (H) RES RPT CS(RES) 6DP
- **2025-04-07** (H) DP: COULOMBE, HALL, SADDLER, MEARS, BURKE, DIBERT
- **2025-04-07** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-04-07** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2026-03-30** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** (H) FN3: ZERO(DFG)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-03-30** (H) FN4: ZERO(DPS)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-03-30** (H) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-03-30** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/1 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 117(RES) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2026-04-01** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-01** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2026-04-01** (H) VERSION: CSHB 117(RES)
- **2026-04-07** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-07** (S) RES
- **2026-04-20** (S) RESOURCES at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-04-20** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-04-21** (S) RESOURCES at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-04-21** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 117(RES) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-04-21** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2026-05-06** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-05-06** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2026-05-12** (S) RESOURCES at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-05-12** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 117(RES) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-05-12** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-05-12** (S) Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 5/12/26 at 9:00 am
- **2026-05-12** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2026-05-14** (S) RES RPT SCS 4DP 2NR 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2026-05-14** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 29
- **2026-05-14** (S) DP: GIESSEL, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2026-05-14** (S) NR: RAUSCHER, MYERS
- **2026-05-14** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2026-05-14** (S) FN5: ZERO(DFG)
- **2026-05-14** (S) FN6: ZERO(DFG)
- **2026-05-14** (S) FN7: ZERO(DPS)
- **2026-05-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026
- **2026-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** (S) RES SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 117(RES) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2026-05-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-16** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 117(RES)
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y40
- **2026-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 29
- **2026-06-04** (H) 10:44 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-20** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/18 CH 7 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-20** (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/9765644b-9e07-4186-99b3-3a78ae4c1c88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).