---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Alaska SB 230 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOUNDARIES", "FISH & GAME (BOTH)", "LAND", "PLANNING", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rauscher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3491b46-858c-4664-a331-996d80cbbf33"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB230"
source_hash: "1b5823e9d814e5df5b2e3c4b2f74b06282147360bda4ed5bfed310cd269e6d94"
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 SB 230 (34) — An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 230(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0230B)
2. **Enrolled SB 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0230Z)
3. **HCS SB 230(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0230C)
4. **SB 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0230A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y40 #2617 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2222 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E2 #2681 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rauscher — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** (S) CRA, RES
- **2026-02-17** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-02-17** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-02-24** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-02-24** (S) Moved SB 230 Out of Committee
- **2026-02-25** (S) CRA RPT 4DP
- **2026-02-25** (S) DP: MERRICK, OLSON, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT
- **2026-02-25** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2026-03-06** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-06** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2026-03-16** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-16** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-18** (S) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2026-03-25** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-25** (S) Moved CSSB 230(RES) Out of Committee
- **2026-03-27** (S) RES RPT CS 6DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2026-03-27** (S) DP: GIESSEL, CLAMAN, DUNBAR, RAUSCHER, MYERS, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2026-03-27** (S) NR: KAWASAKI
- **2026-03-27** (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2026-04-10** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026
- **2026-04-10** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 230 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-04-13** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-13** (S) COSPONSOR(S): TILTON
- **2026-04-13** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2026-04-13** (S) VERSION: SB 230
- **2026-04-14** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-14** (H) RES
- **2026-04-20** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2026-04-20** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:30 pm--
- **2026-05-01** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2026-05-01** (H) Moved HCS SB 230(RES) Out of Committee
- **2026-05-04** (H) RES RPT HCS(RES) NEW TITLE 8DP
- **2026-05-04** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16
- **2026-05-04** (H) DP: FIELDS, COULOMBE, HALL, ELAM, PRAX, MEARS, DIBERT, FRIER
- **2026-05-04** (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)
- **2026-05-15** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026
- **2026-05-15** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** (H) RES HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 230(RES) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2026-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-15** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16
- **2026-05-15** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-15** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 230(RES)
- **2026-05-16** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-16** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E2
- **2026-05-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-06-17** (S) 12:15 P.M. 6/16/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** (S) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 40 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** (S) 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/c3491b46-858c-4664-a331-996d80cbbf33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).