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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program; relating to incorporation of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations; excluding independent contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may obtain workers' compensation coverage; establishing a legislative workers' compensation working group; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program; relating to incorporation of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations; excluding independent contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may obtain workers' compensation coverage; establishing a legislative workers' compensation working group; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Alaska HB 79 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "CLAIMS", "CORPORATIONS", "FEES", "FUNDS", "INSURANCE", "LABOR", "LIABILITY", "LIENS", "MEDICAL CARE", "REGULATIONS", "WAGES", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 77
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b83dba03-e6af-43be-8ac3-b7cc24e737a1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB79"
source_hash: "26968d1de74508740d0d7d09a779e27073ca6e527cb5fd2ed2e3abf0cb0e11da"
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 79 (30) — An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program; relating to incorporation of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations; excluding independent contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may obtain workers' compensation coverage; establishing a legislative workers' compensation working group; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0079A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079A)
2. **HB0079B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079B)
3. **HB0079C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079C)
4. **HB0079D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079D)
5. **HB0079E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079E)
6. **HB0079Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0079Z)
## Votes
- Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(FIN) "An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program; relating to incorporation of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations; excluding independent contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may obtain workers' compensation coverage; establishing a legislative workers' compensation working group; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **190** (pass) · upper
- Shall CSHB 79(FIN) pass the House? — **2514** (pass) · lower
- Shall the effective date clause be adopted? — **2910** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** L&C, JUD, FIN
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note 1: (Administration)
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note 2: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note 3: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-01-25** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2017-03-24** L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 3DP 1DNP 1NR 2AM
- **2017-03-24** L&C Do Pass: JOSEPHSON, STUTES, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24** L&C Do Not Pass: KNOPP `committee-failure`
- **2017-03-24** L&C No Recommendation: WOOL
- **2017-03-24** L&C Amend: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, BIRCH
- **2017-03-24** Fiscal Note 1: (Administration)
- **2017-03-24** Fiscal Note 2: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-03-24** Fiscal Note 3: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-04-14** JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 2DP 5NR
- **2017-04-14** JUD Do Pass: LEDOUX, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** JUD No Recommendation: EASTMAN, KOPP, KREISS-TOMKINS, FANSLER, REINBOLD
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 1: (Administration)
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 3: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 4: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-02-21** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 3DP 2DNP 3NR 2AM
- **2018-02-21** FIN Do Pass: GUTTENBERG, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** FIN Do Not Pass: WILSON, TILTON `committee-failure`
- **2018-02-21** FIN No Recommendation: ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GRENN
- **2018-02-21** FIN Amend: KAWASAKI, PRUITT
- **2018-02-21** Fiscal Note 5: (Administration)
- **2018-02-21** FN6: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2018-02-21** Fiscal Note 7: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-02-21** Fiscal Note 8: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-03-05** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-03-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/7 CALENDAR
- **2018-03-07** HELD TO 3/9 CALENDAR
- **2018-03-09** HELD TO 3/12 CALENDAR
- **2018-03-12** Read the third time CSHB 79(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-03-12** PASSED Y25 N14 E1 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y29 N10 E1
- **2018-03-12** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2018-03-12** VERSION: CSHB 79(FIN)
- **2018-03-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** L&C, FIN
- **2018-04-04** L&C RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-04-04** L&C No Recommendation: COSTELLO, MICCICHE, MEYER
- **2018-04-04** L&C Do Pass: GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 5: (Administration)
- **2018-04-04** FN6: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 7: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-04-04** Fiscal Note 8: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-05-11** FIN RPT SCS 5DP 1NR 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2018-05-11** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 33
- **2018-05-11** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-11** FIN No Recommendation: MICCICHE
- **2018-05-11** FIN Amend: OLSON
- **2018-05-11** Fiscal Note 5: (Administration)
- **2018-05-11** Fiscal Note 7: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-05-11** Fiscal Note 8: (Labor and Workforce Development)
- **2018-05-11** RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/11/18
- **2018-05-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-11** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-11** Read the third time SCS CSHB 79(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-11** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2018-05-11** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-11** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-11** VERSION: SCS CSHB 79(FIN)
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2018-05-12** TITLE CHANGE: SCR 33
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR AM OF (S) Y34 N6
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** 1:54 PM 8/15/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/24 CHAPTER 91 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
- **2018-11-07** MEMBERS: CLAMAN (COCHAIR), JOSEPHSON, STUTES
- **2018-11-07** MEMBERS: MACKINNON (COCHAIR), BISHOP, GIESSEL
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b83dba03-e6af-43be-8ac3-b7cc24e737a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).