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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions; relating to the per diem of members of the legislature; relating to limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and legislative employees; requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding official action or exerting official influence that could benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain employers; requiring a legislator to request to be excused from voting in an instance where the legislator may have a financial conflict of interest; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions; relating to the per diem of members of the legislature; relating to limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and legislative employees; requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding official action or exerting official influence that could benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain employers; requiring a legislator to request to be excused from voting in an instance where the legislator may have a financial conflict of interest; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Alaska HB 44 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFLICT OF INTEREST", "ETHICS", "FAMILIES", "LEGISLATORS", "LEGISLATURE", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "VOTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRENN"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 80
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98df18e3-981e-4626-925f-21b054948923"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB44"
source_hash: "80f234c3f0670485882de595dac1d13563361cb2a066404497f36f3314b7c5e3"
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 44 (30) — An Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions; relating to the per diem of members of the legislature; relating to limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and legislative employees; requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding official action or exerting official influence that could benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain employers; requiring a legislator to request to be excused from voting in an instance where the legislator may have a financial conflict of interest; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0044A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044A)
2. **HB0044B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044B)
3. **HB0044C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044C)
4. **HB0044D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044D)
5. **HB0044E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044E)
6. **HB0044Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0044Z)
## Votes
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 44(STA) "An Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions; relating to the per diem of members of the legislature; relating to limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and legislative employees; requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding official action or exerting official influence that could benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain employers; requiring a legislator to request to be excused from voting in an instance where the legislator may have a financial conflict of interest; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **136** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSSSHB 44(STA) pass the House? — **2415** (pass) · lower
- Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted? — **1425** (fail) · lower
- Shall the effective date clauses be adopted? — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- GRENN — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-13** Prefile released `filing`
- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Judiciary and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED
- **2017-01-23** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Judiciary and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** STA REPLACES FIN REFERRAL
- **2017-01-25** BILL REPRINTED 1/25/17
- **2017-01-25** JUD WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) FOR SSHB 44
- **2017-01-25** Cosponsors added: GARA
- **2017-01-27** Cosponsors added: ORTIZ
- **2017-02-08** JUD RPT CS(JUD) 1DP 3DNP 3AM
- **2017-02-08** JUD Do Pass: LEDOUX `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** JUD Do Not Pass: KOPP, EASTMAN, REINBOLD `committee-failure`
- **2017-02-08** JUD Amend: KREISS-TOMKINS, FANSLER, CLAMAN
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2017-04-03** STA RPT CS(STA) NT 3DP 1DNP 3NR
- **2017-04-03** STA Do Pass: LEDOUX, TUCK, KREISS-TOMKINS `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** STA Do Not Pass: BIRCH `committee-failure`
- **2017-04-03** STA No Recommendation: JOHNSON, WOOL, KNOPP
- **2017-04-03** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2017-04-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/7/2017
- **2017-04-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/8 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-08** Read the third time CSSSHB 44(STA) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS 1 & 2 UC
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 1 RULED OUT OF ORDER, UR 35
- **2017-04-08** SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y23 N16 E1
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 2 FAILED Y15 N24 E1
- **2017-04-08** RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMS UC
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 3 FAILED Y10 N29 E1
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 4 FAILED Y7 N32 E1
- **2017-04-08** BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 5 OFFERED
- **2017-04-08** AM 1 TO AM 5 FAILED Y14 N24 E1 A1
- **2017-04-08** AM NO 5 FAILED Y14 N25 E1
- **2017-04-08** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-08** PASSED Y24 N15 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Cosponsors added: JOSEPHSON
- **2017-04-08** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-04-08** VERSION: CSSSHB 44(STA)
- **2017-04-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Referred to State Affairs and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD
- **2018-03-28** STA RPT SCS 1DP 1DNP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2018-03-28** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
- **2018-03-28** STA Do Pass: MEYER `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** STA Do Not Pass: WILSON `committee-failure`
- **2018-03-28** STA No Recommendation: GIESSEL, EGAN, COGHILL
- **2018-03-28** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-04-25** JUD RPT SCS(STA) 1DNP 3NR
- **2018-04-25** JUD Do Not Pass: COGHILL `committee-failure`
- **2018-04-25** JUD No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, COSTELLO, SHOWER
- **2018-04-25** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Legislative Agency)
- **2018-04-30** FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2018-05-08** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2018
- **2018-05-08** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** STA SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-08** Read the third time SCS CSSSHB 44(STA) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-08** PASSED Y13 N6 E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-08** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y19 N- E1
- **2018-05-08** CROSS SPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI
- **2018-05-08** BEGICH NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2018-05-08** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY FLD Y13 N6 E1
- **2018-05-09** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-09** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-09** VERSION: SCS CSSSHB 44(STA)
- **2018-05-10** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-11** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
- **2018-05-11** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 N1
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-11** Cosponsors added: KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 1:37 PM 7/9/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/19 CHAPTER 61 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/20/18
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98df18e3-981e-4626-925f-21b054948923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).