republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/30/hb-20.md

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Bill	An Act relating to marriage solemnization; and authorizing elected public officials in the state to solemnize marriages.	An Act relating to marriage solemnization; and authorizing elected public officials in the state to solemnize marriages.	us/states/ak	Alaska Legislature	30	HB 20	Alaska HB 20 (30)	bill	EXECUTIVE BRANCH GOVERNOR LEGISLATORS LICENSING MARRIAGE MUNICIPALITIES PUBLIC OFFICERS	enacted	CLAMAN	4	49	4	2017-01-09	2018-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/bca39228-b9f5-438c-8745-282024609939	https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB20	6dd018878e3a8b0a310a0117281e20cb791e81ecea888cc209b7cea380a16c24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ak

Alaska HB 20 (30) — An Act relating to marriage solemnization; and authorizing elected public officials in the state to solemnize marriages.

Version chain

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

1. HB0020A (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0020B (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0020C (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0020Z (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Shall CSHB 20(JUD) pass the House? — 29–6 (pass) · lower
• Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 20(JUD) "An Act relating to marriage solemnization; and authorizing elected public officials in the state to solemnize marriages" pass the Senate? — 17–2 (pass) · upper
• Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? — 8–11 (fail) · upper
• Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted? — 6–29 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• CLAMAN — primary (person)
• Drummond — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefile released filing
• 2017-01-18 Read the first time - REFERRALS introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-18 Referred to State Affairs and Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 STA RPT CS(STA) 4DP 2DNP
• 2017-02-22 STA Do Pass: TUCK, KNOPP, JOSEPHSON, KREISS-TOMKINS committee-passage
• 2017-02-22 STA Do Not Pass: JOHNSON, BIRCH committee-failure
• 2017-02-22 Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
• 2017-03-15 JUD RPT CS(JUD) 4DP 1NR 2AM
• 2017-03-15 JUD Do Pass: KOPP, KREISS-TOMKINS, LEDOUX, CLAMAN committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 JUD No Recommendation: FANSLER
• 2017-03-15 JUD Amend: EASTMAN, REINBOLD
• 2017-03-15 Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
• 2018-02-12 RULES TO CALENDAR 2/16/2018
• 2018-02-16 Read the second time reading-2
• 2018-02-16 Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
• 2018-02-16 JUD CS ADOPTED UC
• 2018-02-16 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/19 CALENDAR
• 2018-02-19 Read the third time CSHB 20(JUD) reading-3
• 2018-02-19 RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMS UC
• 2018-02-19 AM NO 1 FAILED Y3 N33 E3 V1
• 2018-02-19 AM NO 2 FAILED Y6 N29 E3 A1 V1
• 2018-02-19 AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
• 2018-02-19 PASSED Y29 N6 E3 A1 V1 passage
• 2018-02-19 TRANSMITTED TO (S)
• 2018-02-19 VERSION: CSHB 20(JUD)
• 2018-02-21 Read the first time - REFERRALS introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-21 Referred to State Affairs and Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 STA RPT 2DP 2NR 1AM
• 2018-04-04 STA Do Pass: MEYER, EGAN committee-passage
• 2018-04-04 STA No Recommendation: GIESSEL, COGHILL
• 2018-04-04 STA Amend: WILSON
• 2018-04-04 Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
• 2018-04-09 JUD WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 23
• 2018-04-14 JUD RPT 1DP 2NR
• 2018-04-14 JUD Do Pass: COGHILL committee-passage
• 2018-04-14 JUD No Recommendation: COSTELLO, SHOWER
• 2018-04-14 Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
• 2018-05-02 RULES TO CALENDAR 5/2/2018
• 2018-05-02 Read the second time reading-2
• 2018-05-02 AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 E1
• 2018-05-02 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
• 2018-05-02 Read the third time CSHB 20(JUD) reading-3
• 2018-05-02 PASSED Y17 N2 E1 passage
• 2018-05-02 RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
• 2018-05-02 VERSION: CSHB 20(JUD)
• 2018-05-02 Cosponsors added: DRUMMOND
• 2018-06-27 8:40 AM 6/5/18 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-27 Signed into law 6/13 CHAPTER 20 SLA 18 executive-signature
• 2018-06-27 EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/11/18

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bca39228-b9f5-438c-8745-282024609939. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).