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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to the public utility regulatory cost charge; relating to the regulation of telecommunications; relating to exemptions, charges, and rates applicable to telecommunications utilities; relating to regulation of telephone services; relating to exempt employees; and relating to alternate operator services."
description: "An Act relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to the public utility regulatory cost charge; relating to the regulation of telecommunications; relating to exemptions, charges, and rates applicable to telecommunications utilities; relating to regulation of telephone services; relating to exempt employees; and relating to alternate operator services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Alaska SB 83 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "FEES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "REGULATORY ACTIONS", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIRCH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8aeae9e-5547-4e1b-ab8c-bfba9803e3b0"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB83"
source_hash: "ffc1621a85bf757f0dbafcd1895dd6f3424cdc0d1d08862fb03136e2b178419c"
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 83 (31) — An Act relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to the public utility regulatory cost charge; relating to the regulation of telecommunications; relating to exemptions, charges, and rates applicable to telecommunications utilities; relating to regulation of telephone services; relating to exempt employees; and relating to alternate operator services.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0083A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0083A)
2. **SB0083B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0083B)
3. **SB0083Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0083Z)
## Votes
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N2 #1187**182** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y17 N2 E1 #829**172** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y33 N7 #1024**337** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y5 N14 E1 # 829 — **514** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- BIRCH — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-11** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** (S) L&C
- **2019-03-26** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-03-26** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-26** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2019-04-02** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-04-02** (S) Moved SB 83 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2019-04-03** (S) L&C RPT 4DP
- **2019-04-03** (S) DP: REINBOLD, GRAY-JACKSON, COSTELLO, BIRCH
- **2019-04-03** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-04-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y5 N14 E1
- **2019-04-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-15** (S) Read the third time SB 83 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** (S) PASSED Y17 N2 E1
- **2019-04-15** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-15** (S) VERSION: SB 83
- **2019-04-16** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2019-04-17** (H) JUD REPLACES FIN REFERRAL
- **2019-05-01** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-01** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-05-01** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-05-08** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 4:00 pm --
- **2019-05-08** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-05-11** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 11:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-11** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 4:00 pm on Sun. 5/12/19 --
- **2019-05-11** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-05-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 04:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-05-12** (H) Moved HCS SB 83(L&C) Out of Committee -- Continued from Sat. 5/11/19 --
- **2019-05-12** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-05-13** (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) NT 5DP
- **2019-05-13** (H) PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2019-05-13** (H) DP: HANNAN, REVAK, TALERICO, STUTES, WOOL
- **2019-05-13** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-13** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-05-13** (H) Moved HCS SB 83(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 30 Minutes Following Session --
- **2019-05-13** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2019-05-14** (H) JUD RPT HCS(L&C) NT 5DP 1DNP
- **2019-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 7
- **2019-05-14** (H) DP: WOOL, KOPP, SHAW, THOMPSON, CLAMAN
- **2019-05-14** (H) DNP: EASTMAN
- **2019-05-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2019
- **2019-05-14** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** (H) L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-14** (H) Read the third time HCS SB 83(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** (H) PASSED Y33 N7
- **2019-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 7
- **2019-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KOPP, TUCK
- **2019-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-14** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 83(L&C)
- **2019-05-14** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2019-05-14** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N2
- **2019-10-23** (S) 1:15 P.M. 8/23/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 8/29 CHAPTER 24 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/27/19
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8aeae9e-5547-4e1b-ab8c-bfba9803e3b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).