republic-os/legislation/us/states/ak/33/hb-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to rates and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty work; and relating to unfair practices by manufacturers."
description: "An Act relating to rates and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty work; and relating to unfair practices by manufacturers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Alaska HB 233 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "FRANCHISES", "LABOR", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRADE PRACTICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomaszewski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 77
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e7341a-2d90-41d1-8b5a-70f24a56fad7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB233"
source_hash: "0ac05a240293f3dab6000615dec675fe02a54f8452de58a70c1e4573799c56d8"
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 233 (33) — An Act relating to rates and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty work; and relating to unfair practices by manufacturers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 233(TRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0233B)
2. **CSHB 233(TRA) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0233C)
3. **Enrolled HB 233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0233Z)
4. **HB 233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0233A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y35 N2 A3 #2716 — **35–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) TRA CS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2 #2705 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N22 # 2708 — **18–22** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y20 N19 A1 # 2706 — **20–19** (pass) · lower
- (H) RESCIND ACTION (ADOPTING) AM 2 PASSED Y25 N14 A1 #2707 — **25–14** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2692 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y9 N31 # 2708 — **9–31** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y27 N12 A1 # 2705 — **27–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tomaszewski — primary (person)
- Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Coulombe — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Mckay — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Prax — cosponsor (person)
- Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Sumner — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (H) Prefile released 1/8/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) L&C, JUD
- **2024-03-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SHAW
- **2024-03-06** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-03-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-06** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-03-15** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-03-15** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2024-03-20** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STAPP
- **2024-03-22** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-03-22** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-22** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-03-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): COULOMBE, CARRICK
- **2024-04-18** (H) TRA REPLACED JUD REFERRAL
- **2024-04-22** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-22** (H) Moved HB 233 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-22** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2024-04-23** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-23** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2024-04-24** (H) L&C RPT 2DP 4NR
- **2024-04-24** (H) DP: WRIGHT, CARRICK
- **2024-04-24** (H) NR: FIELDS, PRAX, SADDLER, RUFFRIDGE
- **2024-04-24** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-04-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): WRIGHT
- **2024-04-25** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-25** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ALLARD, CRONK, RUFFRIDGE, STUTES
- **2024-04-27** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-29** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PRAX
- **2024-05-01** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE, ORTIZ, FOSTER, GALVIN, MCKAY
- **2024-05-02** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:00 PM BARNES 124
- **2024-05-02** (H) Moved CSHB 233(TRA) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 10 Minutes Following Session --
- **2024-05-06** (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 2DP 4NR 1AM
- **2024-05-06** (H) DP: STUTES, MCCABE
- **2024-05-06** (H) NR: C.JOHNSON, VANCE, MCKAY, MINA
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM: SUMNER
- **2024-05-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-05-06** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2024
- **2024-05-06** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** (H) TRA CS ADOPTED Y37 N1 A2
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y27 N12 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y20 N19 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) RESCIND ACTION (ADOPTING) AM 2 PASSED Y25 N14 A1 `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N22 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y9 N31 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-06** (H) AM NO 4 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2024-05-06** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 233(TRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** (H) PASSED Y35 N2 A3 `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ARMSTRONG, SUMNER
- **2024-05-06** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-05-06** (H) VERSION: CSHB 233(TRA) 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, CLAMAN, BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2024-05-08** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-08** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-05-09** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 05:15 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-05-09** (S) Moved CSHB 233(TRA) am Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-05-10** (S) L&C RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2024-05-10** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2024-05-10** (S) NR: MERRICK
- **2024-05-10** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2024-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2024
- **2024-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 233(TRA) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-14** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-14** (S) VERSION: CSHB 233(TRA) AM
- **2024-10-09** (H) 9:00 A.M. 7/16/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 7/29 CHAPTER 20 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/27/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2e7341a-2d90-41d1-8b5a-70f24a56fad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).