republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/34/hb-33.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to participation in matters before the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game by the members of the respective boards; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to participation in matters before the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game by the members of the respective boards; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Alaska HB 33 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CONFLICT OF INTEREST", "ETHICS", "FAMILIES", "FISH & GAME (BOTH)", "PUBLIC OFFICERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stutes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 64
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b474eab1-0a15-4863-8119-cae2260ff222"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB33"
source_hash: "906fc7643fb3709ed7f26d432c5fb143194c8a4c37c51b01dc500173599de525"
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 33 (34) — An Act relating to participation in matters before the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game by the members of the respective boards; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0033Z)
2. **HB 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0033A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y15 N4 E1 #2344 — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y28 N12 #1176 — **28–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stutes — primary (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) FSH, RES
- **2025-02-18** (H) FISHERIES at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-02-18** (H) Moved HB 33 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-18** (H) Minutes (HFSH)
- **2025-02-19** (H) FSH RPT 7DP
- **2025-02-19** (H) DP: VANCE, KOPP, EDGMON, HIMSCHOOT, ELAM, MCCABE, STUTES
- **2025-02-19** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-02-28** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-28** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-03-10** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-10** (H) -- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2025-03-17** (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-03-17** (H) Moved HB 33 Out of Committee
- **2025-03-17** (H) Minutes (HRES)
- **2025-03-21** (H) RES RPT 5DP 1NR 3AM
- **2025-03-21** (H) DP: FIELDS, HALL, MEARS, DIBERT, BURKE
- **2025-03-21** (H) NR: COULOMBE
- **2025-03-21** (H) AM: SADDLER, ELAM, RAUSCHER
- **2025-03-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(DFG)
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- **2025-05-12** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2025
- **2025-05-12** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/13 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 33 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** (H) PASSED Y28 N12 `passage`
- **2025-05-13** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN
- **2025-05-13** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-05-13** (H) VERSION: HB 33
- **2025-05-14** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** (S) CRA, RES
- **2026-01-27** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-01-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-02-17** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-02-17** (S) Moved HB 33 Out of Committee
- **2026-02-18** (S) CRA RPT 2NR 3DP
- **2026-02-18** (S) NR: MERRICK, YUNDT
- **2026-02-18** (S) DP: OLSON, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2026-02-18** (S) FN2: ZERO(DFG)
- **2026-02-27** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-02-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-20** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-20** (S) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 03/25/26>
- **2026-03-20** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2026-03-25** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-25** (S) Moved HB 33 Out of Committee
- **2026-03-27** (S) RES RPT 5DP 2AM
- **2026-03-27** (S) DP: GIESSEL, CLAMAN, DUNBAR, RAUSCHER, MYERS
- **2026-03-27** (S) AM: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2026-03-27** (S) FN2: ZERO(DFG)
- **2026-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/24 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 33 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** (S) PASSED Y15 N4 E1 `passage`
- **2026-04-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-24** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2026-04-24** (S) VERSION: HB 33
- **2026-04-29** (H) 4:55 P.M. 4/28/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-30** (H) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 2 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 4/30/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b474eab1-0a15-4863-8119-cae2260ff222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).