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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to adult adoption; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to child protection; and relating to children of active duty military members."
description: "An Act relating to adult adoption; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to child protection; and relating to children of active duty military members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Alaska HB 297 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD ABUSE", "DISCLOSURE", "FAMILIES", "MILITARY", "MINORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOPKINS"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 75
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b779a49-6e1c-4937-995e-170d22072cd6"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB297"
source_hash: "77e8e7fc121d230a984895b049e00996e5ee32e5cab6762c53140b964f50e5ab"
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 297 (32) — An Act relating to adult adoption; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to child protection; and relating to children of active duty military members.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CSHB 297(HSS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297C)
2. **CSHB 297(HSS)(title am)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297D)
3. **CSHB 297(HSS)(title am) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297E)
4. **CSHB 297(MLV)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297B)
5. **Enrolled HB 297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297Z)
6. **HB 297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0297A)
## Votes
- (S) PASSED Y17 N- A3 #2791**170** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y3 N33 E4 # 2287 — **333** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y2 N34 E4 # 2286 — **234** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y33 N3 E4 #2291**333** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N33 E4 # 2285 — **333** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N35 E4 # 2288 — **135** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 6 FAILED Y4 N32 E4 # 2289 — **432** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 N1 E1 #3034**381** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- HOPKINS — primary (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** (H) MLV, HSS
- **2022-02-22** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-02-22** (H) Heard & Held -- Meeting Postponed to 1:15 pm--
- **2022-02-24** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-02-24** (H) Moved CSHB 297(MLV) Out of Committee
- **2022-02-28** (H) MLV RPT CS(MLV) 6DP
- **2022-02-28** (H) DP: CLAMAN, TARR, STORY, NELSON, SHAW, TUCK
- **2022-02-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2022-03-08** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-03-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-10** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-03-10** (H) Moved CSHB 297(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): NELSON
- **2022-03-14** (H) HSS RPT CS(HSS) 5DP 2NR
- **2022-03-14** (H) DP: MCCARTY, SPOHNHOLZ, FIELDS, ZULKOSKY, SNYDER
- **2022-03-14** (H) NR: KURKA, PRAX
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2022-03-24** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-24** (H) SESSION CANCELED 3/23 - ON 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2022-03-24** (H) TECHNICAL SESSION 3/24 - ON 3/28 CALENDAR
- **2022-03-28** (H) ADJOURNED TO 3/29 CALENDAR
- **2022-03-31** (H) SESSION CANCELED 3/29 - ON 3/30 CALENDAR
- **2022-03-31** (H) SESSION CANCELED 3/30 - ON 3/31 CALENDAR
- **2022-03-31** (H) TECHNICAL SESSION 3/31 - ON 4/4 CALENDAR
- **2022-04-04** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-04** (H) HSS CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y3 N33 E4 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y2 N34 E4 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y3 N33 E4 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N35 E4 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM NO 6 FAILED Y4 N32 E4 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-04** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 297(HSS)(TITLE AM) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** (H) PASSED Y33 N3 E4 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, TARR, JOSEPHSON
- **2022-04-04** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-04-04** (H) VERSION: CSHB 297(HSS)(TITLE AM)
- **2022-04-06** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-06** (S) STA, HSS
- **2022-05-03** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-03** (S) <Pending Referral>
- **2022-05-03** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2022-05-03** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-03** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-03** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-05-12** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-05-12** (S) Moved CSHB 297(HSS)(TITLE AM) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-12** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-05-13** (S) STA RPT 4DP
- **2022-05-13** (S) DP: SHOWER, KAWASAKI, HOLLAND, COSTELLO
- **2022-05-13** (S) FN1: ZERO(DHS/DFC)
- **2022-05-13** (S) HSS REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2022-05-13** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, BEGICH, COSTELLO, HUGHES, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-16** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2022
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2022-05-16** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 297(HSS)(TITLE AM) AM S `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (S) PASSED Y17 N- A3 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI, REVAK, GRAY-JACKSON, MYERS, STEVENS, BISHOP
- **2022-05-16** (S) HOLLAND
- **2022-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) VERSION: CSHB 297(HSS)(TITLE AM) AM S
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 N1 E1
- **2022-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 26
- **2022-10-05** (H) 11:15 A.M. 7/7/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/8 CHAPTER 33 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/6/22 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b779a49-6e1c-4937-995e-170d22072cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).