---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing."
description: "An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Alaska HB 39 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "EDUCATION", "MINORS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b33bf7e-27fc-478c-bca9-60ae778523ba"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB39"
source_hash: "da66039e4f0957caa8793d50daf5fd9f7d2cf18858812fff1aa1464d88c28964"
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 39 (34) — An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 39(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0039B)
2. **Enrolled HB 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0039Z)
3. **HB 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0039A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y40 #1543 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2858 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allard — primary (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- D.Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mccabe — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Schwanke — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) Prefile released 1/17/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) EDC, FIN
- **2025-02-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CARRICK
- **2025-04-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID
- **2025-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2025-04-30** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-04-30** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- Invited & Public Testimony --
- **2025-04-30** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-05-05** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-05-05** (H) Moved CSHB 39(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-05** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-05-07** (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) 6DP
- **2025-05-07** (H) DP: SCHWANKE, UNDERWOOD, EISCHEID, DIBERT, HIMSCHOOT, STORY
- **2025-05-07** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2025-05-07** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2025-05-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI, JIMMIE, COSTELLO
- **2025-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2025
- **2025-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-17** (H) EDC CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-17** (H) RETURNED TO RULES COMMITTEE
- **2025-05-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY, GALVIN
- **2026-02-02** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/2/2026
- **2026-02-02** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2026-02-02** (H) FN2: ZERO(EED)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-02-02** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 39(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2026-02-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHWANKE, VANCE, D.NELSON, MCCABE, MINA, JOSEPHSON
- **2026-02-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2026-02-02** (H) VERSION: CSHB 39(EDC)
- **2026-02-04** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** (S) FIN
- **2026-03-20** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, STEDMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, TOBIN, DUNBAR,
- **2026-03-20** (S) YUNDT, CLAMAN, TILTON, RAUSCHER, STEVENS
- **2026-04-20** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CRONK
- **2026-04-22** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, KAWASAKI
- **2026-04-22** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-22** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-28** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-28** (S) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2026-04-30** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-04-30** (S) Moved CSHB 39(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-01** (S) FIN RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2026-05-01** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2026-05-01** (S) NR: OLSON, STEDMAN
- **2026-05-01** (S) FN2: ZERO(EED)(SUBMITTED BY RULES)
- **2026-05-19** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/19/2026
- **2026-05-19** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 39(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, OLSON
- **2026-05-20** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-05-20** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-05-20** (S) VERSION: CSHB 39(EDC)
- **2026-06-04** (H) 2:45 P.M. 6/4/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-22** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/22 CH 27 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/20/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b33bf7e-27fc-478c-bca9-60ae778523ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).