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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation; relating to loans and limitations under the Alaska Agricultural Loan Act; exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in an uninspected kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation; relating to loans and limitations under the Alaska Agricultural Loan Act; exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in an uninspected kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Alaska HB 251 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "DEBT", "FISH & GAME (BOTH)", "FOOD", "LICENSING", "LOANS", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rauscher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 92
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c792a31-087a-4080-b162-642334a385f4"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB251"
source_hash: "4b0375d126c4e4d009d3050730720b0bedcc8c7252d88bb0069936b23ca97b47"
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 251 (33) — An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation; relating to loans and limitations under the Alaska Agricultural Loan Act; exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in an uninspected kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CSHB 251(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251B)
2. **CSHB 251(L&C) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251C)
3. **Enrolled HB 251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251Z)
4. **HB 251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251A)
5. **SCS CSHB 251(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251D)
6. **SCS CSHB 251(L&C) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0251E)
## Votes
- (H) L&C CS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2 #2717**371** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 6 FAILED Y1 N39 # 2722 — **139** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2694**200** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #2724**400** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 8 FAILED Y2 N38 # 2723 — **238** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y2 N37 A1 # 2719 — **237** (fail) · lower
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING SAME DAY Y40 #2724**400** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N37 A2 # 2721 — **137** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1 #3252**381** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y9 N30 A1 # 2719 — **930** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 # 2720 — **138** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rauscher — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-16** (H) Prefile released 1/12/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) L&C, RES
- **2024-02-02** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-02** (H) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 02/05/24>
- **2024-02-02** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-02-05** (H) COSPONSOR(S): WRIGHT
- **2024-02-05** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-05** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-02-14** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-14** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2024-02-14** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-02-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ARMSTRONG
- **2024-02-21** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-02-21** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-15** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-03-15** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-27** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-03-27** (H) Moved CSHB 251(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2024-03-27** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-03-28** (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 2DP 5NR
- **2024-03-28** (H) DP: RUFFRIDGE, SUMNER
- **2024-03-28** (H) NR: CARRICK, FIELDS, SADDLER, PRAX, WRIGHT
- **2024-03-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2024-04-08** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-08** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-15** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-15** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-15** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-17** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-17** (H) Moved CSHB 251(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 Minutes Following Session --
- **2024-04-17** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2024-04-18** (H) RES RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 9DP
- **2024-04-18** (H) DP: MEARS, ARMSTRONG, DIBERT, MCCABE, SADDLER, WRIGHT, BAKER, RAUSCHER, MCKAY
- **2024-04-18** (H) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2024-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MEARS
- **2024-05-06** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2024
- **2024-05-06** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** (H) L&C CS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y9 N30 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y2 N37 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N38 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N37 A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 6 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 7 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 8 FAILED Y2 N38 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING SAME DAY Y40 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 251(L&C) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE, TOMASZEWSKI, JOSEPHSON
- **2024-05-06** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) VERSION: CSHB 251(L&C) AM
- **2024-05-07** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-05-07** (S) L&C
- **2024-05-07** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, HUGHES, BJORKMAN, SHOWER
- **2024-05-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 05:15 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-09** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-05-10** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-10** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-05-11** (S) L&C RPT SCS 2DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2024-05-11** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 22
- **2024-05-11** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2024-05-11** (S) NR: DUNBAR
- **2024-05-11** (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)
- **2024-05-11** (S) FN2: ZERO(DNR)
- **2024-05-11** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 09:00 AM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-11** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 251(L&C) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2024
- **2024-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** (S) L&C SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 251(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC
- **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-14** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 251(L&C) AM S
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 22
- **2024-05-15** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y38 N1 A1
- **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (H) 4:40 P.M. 8/19/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 8/24 CHAPTER 34 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) 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/4c792a31-087a-4080-b162-642334a385f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).