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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "Alaska HB 57 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "LEGISLATURE", "REVENUE", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS", "TAXATION", "TEACHERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "VOCATIONAL TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 152
vote_count: 23
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a437dca-cb3c-47a9-886c-87ce5697fb1e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB57"
source_hash: "6a15b8931cb736d07e57de32734edcac5b729f8bdedc163cac5356847538c97e"
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 57 (34) — An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CSHB 57(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057C)
2. **CSHB 57(EDC) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057D)
3. **CSHB 57(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057B)
4. **Enrolled HB 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057Z)
5. **HB 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057A)
6. **SCS CSHB 57(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057E)
7. **SCS CSHB 57(FIN) am S** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057F)
8. **SCS CSHB 57(FIN) am S(reengrossed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0057G)
## Votes
- (H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y46 N14 #1334**4614** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 12 FAILED Y5 N15 # 1031 — **515** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 8 FAILED Y6 N14 # 981 — **614** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 17 FAILED Y5 N15 # 995 — **515** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 11 FAILED Y6 N14 # 991 — **614** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 23 FAILED Y6 N14 # 1026 — **614** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 10 FAILED Y5 N15 # 1030 — **515** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 13 FAILED Y5 N15 # 1032 — **515** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 7 FAILED Y7 N13 # 981 — **713** (fail) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y34 N6 #818**346** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N3 #1063**173** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 14 FAILED Y8 N12 # 992 — **812** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 24 FAILED Y8 N11 A1 # 1027 — **811** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y9 N28 E3 # 686 — **928** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y31 N8 E1 #951**318** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 15 FAILED Y6 N14 # 994 — **614** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y19 N18 E3 # 684 — **1918** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y19 N1 #1038**191** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 26 ADOPTED Y20 N- # 1036 — **200** (pass) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y19 N1 #1037**191** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 16 FAILED Y7 N13 # 995 — **713** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 19 FAILED Y7 N13 # 1005 — **713** (fail) · upper
- (S) AM NO 9 FAILED Y7 N13 # 1028 — **713** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fields — primary (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Yundt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) L&C, EDC
- **2025-01-29** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-01-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-01-29** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-01-31** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 09:15 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2025-01-31** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 9:30 AM --
- **2025-01-31** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-02-05** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2025-02-05** (H) Moved CSHB 57(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2025-02-05** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2025-02-10** (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 5DP 1NR
- **2025-02-10** (H) DP: CARRICK, SADDLER, COULOMBE, HALL, FIELDS
- **2025-02-10** (H) NR: NELSON
- **2025-02-10** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2025-02-24** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-02-24** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-03** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-03-03** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-12** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2025-03-12** (H) Moved CSHB 57(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2025-03-12** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2025-03-14** (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) 7DP
- **2025-03-14** (H) DP: EISCHEID, UNDERWOOD, ELAM, DIBERT, SCHWANKE, HIMSCHOOT, STORY
- **2025-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2025-04-11** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/11/2025
- **2025-04-11** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** (H) EDC CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-04-11** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-11** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y19 N18 E3 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-11** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y9 N28 E3 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-11** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/14 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 4/14 - ON 4/15 CALENDAR
- **2025-04-15** (H) HELD TO 4/16 CALENDAR
- **2025-04-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 57(EDC) AM `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** (H) PASSED Y34 N6 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-16** (H) STAPP NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2025-04-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2025-04-22** (H) RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2025-04-22** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** (H) VERSION: CSHB 57(EDC) AM
- **2025-04-23** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** (S) FIN
- **2025-04-23** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-23** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2025-04-23** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-23** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-23** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-04-23** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-24** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2025-04-24** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 57(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-04-24** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 3DP 2NR 2AM NEW TITLE
- **2025-04-25** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 5
- **2025-04-25** (S) DP: OLSON, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN
- **2025-04-25** (S) NR: MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2025-04-25** (S) AM: KAUFMAN, CRONK
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN1: ZERO(EED)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN2: ZERO(S.FIN/EED)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN3: ZERO(S.FIN/EED)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN4: (S.FIN/FUND CAP)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN5: (S.FIN/EED)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN6: (S.FIN/LWF)
- **2025-04-25** (S) FN7: (S.FIN/LEG)
- **2025-04-25** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/25/2025
- **2025-04-25** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-04-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/28 CAL `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 57(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 3 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 4 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 5 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 6 NOT OFFERED
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 7 FAILED Y7 N13 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 8 FAILED Y6 N14 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 9 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 10 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 11 FAILED Y6 N14 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 12 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 13 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 14 FAILED Y8 N12 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 15 FAILED Y6 N14 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 16 FAILED Y7 N13 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 17 FAILED Y5 N15 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 18 NOT OFFERED
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 19 FAILED Y7 N13 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 20 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 21 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 22 FAILED N6 N14 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 23 FAILED Y6 N14 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 24 FAILED Y8 N11 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 25 MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 3 NOT OFFERED
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 9 FAILED Y7 N13 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 10 FAILED Y5 N15 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 12 FAILED Y5 N15 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 13 FAILED Y5 N15 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 25 NOT OFFERED
- **2025-04-28** (S) AM NO 26 ADOPTED Y20 N- `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2025-04-28** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** (S) PASSED Y19 N1 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-28** (S) TOBIN NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2025-04-28** (S) RECON SAME DAY UC - IN 3RD RDG
- **2025-04-28** (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y19 N1 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-28** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2025-04-28** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 57(FIN) AM S
- **2025-04-28** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2025-04-28** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP AND MOTION WITHDRAWN
- **2025-04-28** (H) RETURNED TO SENATE PER REQUEST
- **2025-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CARRICK
- **2025-04-30** (S) RESCIND ACTION ON PASSING SCS CSHB 57(FIN) AM S UC
- **2025-04-30** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 27 UC
- **2025-04-30** (S) RESCIND ACTION IN ADOPTING AMENDMENT 26 UC
- **2025-04-30** (S) AM NO 27 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2025-04-30** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** (S) PASSED Y17 N3 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-30** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TOBIN, WIELECHOWSKI, DUNBAR, KAWASAKI, YUNDT, GRAY-JACKSON,
- **2025-04-30** (S) KIEHL, GIESSEL, CLAMAN, CRONK, STEDMAN, OLSON, BJORKMAN, MERRICK, STEVENS
- **2025-04-30** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2025-04-30** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 57(FIN) AM S(REENGROSSED)
- **2025-04-30** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2025-04-30** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 5
- **2025-04-30** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y31 N8 E1
- **2025-04-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, MINA
- **2025-05-02** (H) 9:15 A.M. 5/1/25 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2025-05-19** (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 5/19/25 `executive-veto`
- **2025-05-20** (H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y46 N14
- **2025-05-20** (H) TO LEGAL SERVICES
- **2025-07-30** (H) MEMBERS: HIMSHOOT (CO-CHAIR), STORY, RUFFRIDGE
- **2025-07-30** (S) MEMBERS: TOBIN (CO-CHAIR), KIEHL, CRONK
- **2025-07-30** (H) ASSIGNED CHAPTER 5 SLA 25
- **2025-07-30** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2025-10-03** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 53
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN5: (S.FIN/EED)
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN6: (S.FIN/LWF)
- **2025-10-15** (H) FN7: (S.FIN/LEG)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a437dca-cb3c-47a9-886c-87ce5697fb1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).