---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the use and possession of electronic devices by prisoners; and relating to identification cards."
description: "An Act relating to the use and possession of electronic devices by prisoners; and relating to identification cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Alaska HB 35 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "RIGHTS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "VOCATIONAL TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Himschoot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 79
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58550fd2-70c3-450b-a98b-afe021a803cd"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB35"
source_hash: "a073e4da2b9a26c0555657480f385f5841255841145954483635e54a9b1a6ee5"
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 35 (34) — An Act relating to the use and possession of electronic devices by prisoners; and relating to identification cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 35(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0035B)
2. **CSHB 35(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0035C)
3. **Enrolled HB 35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0035Z)
4. **HB 35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0035A)
5. **SCS CSHB 35(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0035D)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y31 N8 E1 #998 — **31–8** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y11 N28 E1 # 967 — **11–28** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1370 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 # 965 — **18–21** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y28 N12 #1348 — **28–12** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 # 965 — **18–21** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Himschoot — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Story — 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) CRA, STA
- **2025-02-20** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 09:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-20** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-02-20** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-02-25** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 09:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-25** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-02-25** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-02-27** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-27** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2025-02-27** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-03-13** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-13** (H) Moved CSHB 35(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2025-03-13** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2025-03-14** (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) 3DP 3AM
- **2025-03-14** (H) DP: HALL, MEARS, HIMSCHOOT
- **2025-03-14** (H) AM: HOLLAND, PRAX, RUFFRIDGE
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(COR)
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2025-03-27** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-27** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-03-29** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-03-29** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-03-29** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-04-08** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-04-08** (H) Moved CSHB 35(STA) Out of Committee
- **2025-04-08** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2025-04-09** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 5DP 1DNP 1NR
- **2025-04-09** (H) DP: MOORE, HOLLAND, HIMSCHOOT, STORY, CARRICK
- **2025-04-09** (H) DNP: MCCABE
- **2025-04-09** (H) NR: VANCE
- **2025-04-09** (H) FN1: ZERO(COR)
- **2025-04-30** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/30/2025
- **2025-04-30** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-04-30** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-30** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-30** (H) AM NO 3 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-30** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y11 N28 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-30** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/2 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2025-05-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 35(STA) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** (H) PASSED Y31 N8 E1 `passage`
- **2025-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- **2025-05-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-05-02** (H) VERSION: CSHB 35(STA)
- **2025-05-05** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** (S) JUD
- **2025-05-07** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, KAWASAKI, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN
- **2025-05-07** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-07** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-07** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-12** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-12** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-14** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-14** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 35(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-14** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-16** (S) JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2025-05-16** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
- **2025-05-16** (S) DP: CLAMAN, MYERS, KIEHL
- **2025-05-16** (S) NR: TOBIN
- **2025-05-16** (S) FN1: ZERO(COR)
- **2025-05-19** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2025
- **2025-05-19** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** (S) JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 35(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2025-05-20** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2025-05-20** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 35(JUD)
- **2025-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED AND TAKEN UP
- **2025-05-20** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
- **2025-05-20** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y28 N12
- **2025-07-30** (H) 9:05 A.M. 7/15/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-19** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/7 CHAPTER 25 SLA 25 `became-law`
- **2025-08-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/5/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58550fd2-70c3-450b-a98b-afe021a803cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).