---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the registration of commercial vessels; and relating to the derelict vessel prevention program fund."
description: "An Act relating to the registration of commercial vessels; and relating to the derelict vessel prevention program fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "Alaska HB 31 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "FISH & GAME (FISH)", "FUNDS", "LICENSING", "VESSELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stutes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 75
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e12143d8-c582-4270-94f8-8919291e08b9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB31"
source_hash: "2e4ccddd5848852e8559a9761f634e2e187a919ff87b656fe8095b61d1988aaf"
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 31 (34) — An Act relating to the registration of commercial vessels; and relating to the derelict vessel prevention program fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0031Z)
2. **HB 31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0031A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y37 E3 #701 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 #1370 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stutes — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — 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) FSH, FIN
- **2025-02-06** (H) FISHERIES at 11:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-02-06** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-02-06** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-02-11** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-02-11** (H) Moved HB 31 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-11** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-02-12** (H) FSH RPT 7DP
- **2025-02-12** (H) DP: VANCE, KOPP, EDGMON, HIMSCHOOT, ELAM, MCCABE, STUTES
- **2025-02-12** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-02-12** (H) FN2: (ADM)
- **2025-02-12** (H) FN3: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-02-12** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2025-03-04** (H) FISHERIES at 10:30 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-04** (H) -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-03-04** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-03-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- **2025-03-11** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-11** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 4:00 pm --
- **2025-03-11** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-12** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-12** (H) Moved HB 31 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2:30 PM --
- **2025-03-12** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-14** (H) FIN RPT 8DP 3NR
- **2025-03-14** (H) DP: BYNUM, HANNAN, TOMASZEWSKI, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-03-14** (H) NR: JOHNSON, ALLARD, STAPP
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN2: (ADM)
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN3: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN4: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-04-09** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-09** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/11 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, SCHRAGE
- **2025-04-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 31 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** (H) PASSED Y37 E3 `passage`
- **2025-04-11** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** (H) VERSION: HB 31
- **2025-04-14** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** (S) TRA, FIN
- **2025-04-24** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-04-24** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-24** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-05-06** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-06** (S) Moved HB 31 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-06** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2025-05-07** (S) TRA RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2025-05-07** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, KIEHL
- **2025-05-07** (S) NR: TOBIN
- **2025-05-07** (S) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-05-07** (S) FN2: (ADM)
- **2025-05-07** (S) FN3: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-05-07** (S) FN4: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FIN RPT 7DP
- **2025-05-14** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN2: (ADM)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN3: ZERO(DNR)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN4: ZERO(CED)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-05-14** (S) Moved HB 31 Out of Committee
- **2025-05-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-05-19** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2025
- **2025-05-19** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, STEDMAN, STEVENS
- **2025-05-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 31 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 `passage`
- **2025-05-20** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2025-05-20** (S) VERSION: HB 31
- **2025-07-30** (H) 2:15 P.M. 7/1/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 7/24 CHAPTER 23 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-07-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/22/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e12143d8-c582-4270-94f8-8919291e08b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).