AK HB 278

vetoed

An Act establishing the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission; and providing for an effective date.

Alaska · 2026 Regular Session (34th Legislature, 2nd Session) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did AK HB 278 pass?

No. AK HB 278 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-07-03): (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/26

What is AK HB 278 about?

AK HB 278 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session (34th Legislature, 2nd Session) titled “An Act establishing the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission; and providing for an effective date.”.

Who sponsors AK HB 278?

Costello is the primary sponsor of AK HB 278, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-07-03 — (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/26
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-07-03
(H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/24/26
executive-veto
2026-06-17
(H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-10
(H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
2026-05-20
(H) COSPONSOR(S): CARRICK
2026-05-20
(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
2026-05-20
(H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 A2
2026-05-20
(H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
2026-05-20
(H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED
2026-05-19
(S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 278(STA)
2026-05-19
(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
passage
2026-05-19
(S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
2026-05-19
(S) PASSED Y20 N-
passage
2026-05-19
(S) STEDMAN
2026-05-19
(S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, KAWASAKI, YUNDT, OLSON, TOBIN, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN,
2026-05-19
(S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 278(STA)
reading-3
2026-05-18
(S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, MERRICK, CRONK, TILTON, STEVENS
2026-05-18
(S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CAL
reading-3
2026-05-18
(S) STA SCS ADOPTED UC
2026-05-18
(S) READ THE SECOND TIME
reading-2
2026-05-18
(S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2026
2026-05-12
(S) FIN REFERRAL WAIVED
2026-05-12
(S) FIN REFERRAL WAIVED UC
2026-05-11
(S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER STA
2026-05-11
(S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED
2026-05-11
(S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(CED)
2026-05-11
(S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI
2026-05-11
(S) DP: TILTON, BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
2026-05-11
(S) AM: KAWASAKI
2026-05-11
(S) STA RPT SCS 1AM 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
2026-05-07
(S) Minutes (SSTA)
2026-05-07
(S) Moved SCS CSHB 278(STA) Out of Committee
2026-05-07
(S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2026-05-05
(S) Minutes (SSTA)
2026-05-05
(S) Moved CSHB 278(STA) Out of Committee
2026-05-05
(S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2026-04-28
(S) Minutes (SSTA)
2026-04-28
(S) Heard & Held
2026-04-28
(S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2026-03-30
(S) STA
2026-03-30
(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
reading-1
2026-03-25
(H) VERSION: CSHB 278(STA)
2026-03-25
(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
passage
2026-03-25
(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
2026-03-25
(H) PASSED Y40
passage
2026-03-25
(H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 278(STA)
reading-3
2026-03-23
(H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, STAPP, STORY
2026-03-23
(H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/25 CALENDAR
reading-3
2026-03-23
(H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
2026-03-23
(H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
2026-03-23
(H) READ THE SECOND TIME
reading-2
2026-03-23
(H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/23/2026
2026-03-18
(H) COSPONSOR(S): BYNUM
2026-03-12
(H) COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI
2026-03-11
(H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(CED)
2026-03-11
(H) NR: HIMSCHOOT
2026-03-11
(H) DP: MCCABE, VANCE, ST. CLAIR, HOLLAND, STORY, CARRICK
2026-03-11
(H) STA RPT CS(STA) 6DP 1NR
2026-03-10
(H) Moved CSHB 278(STA) Out of Committee
2026-03-10
(H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
2026-03-05
(H) Minutes (HSTA)
2026-03-05
(H) Heard & Held
2026-03-05
(H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
2026-02-25
(H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE
2026-02-24
(H) Minutes (HSTA)
2026-02-24
(H) Heard & Held
2026-02-24
(H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
2026-02-17
(H) Minutes (HSTA)
2026-02-17
(H) Scheduled but Not Heard
2026-02-17
(H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
2026-02-02
(H) COSPONSOR(S): HALL
2026-01-28
(H) COSPONSOR(S): EDGMON
2026-01-23
(H) STA
2026-01-23
(H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
reading-1

Versions

Enrolled HB 278Compare
SCS CSHB 278(STA)Compare
CSHB 278(STA)Compare
HB 278Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

(H) PASSED Y40 #1956
2026-03-25 · pass · 40-0
(S) PASSED Y20 N- #2798
2026-05-19 · pass · 20-0
(H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 A2 #2972
2026-05-20 · pass · 38-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB278#tab5_4

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-23T06:15:29.331334Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=AK&identifier=HB 278. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.
Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.