---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Alaska HB 59 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "CORRECTIONS", "COURTS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "LABOR RELATIONS", "LOANS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "TEACHERS", "UNIVERSITIES", "VOCATIONAL TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 76
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135a8239-1dd6-4bdb-8397-e5780e07ecd8"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB59"
source_hash: "dc8509f6bf6570fcc9a1a195dbbf86ac868cc2059b142351a63edd5c01333674"
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 59 (30) — An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0059A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0059A)
2. **HB0059B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0059B)
3. **HB0059C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0059C)
4. **HB0059D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0059D)
5. **HB0059Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0059Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSHB 59(FIN) pass the House? — **38–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2017-01-18** OMB ATTACHMENT PER AS 37.14.003
- **2017-03-10** FIN RPT CS(FIN) 11DP
- **2017-03-10** FIN Do Pass: GRENN, GUTTENBERG, THOMPSON, TILTON, KAWASAKI, PRUITT, ORTIZ, WILSON, GARA, `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** FOSTER, SEATON
- **2017-03-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/10/2017
- **2017-03-10** HELD TO 3/13 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-13** NOT TAKEN UP 3/13 - ON 3/14 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2017-03-14** NOT TAKEN UP 3/14 - ON 3/15 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/15 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-15** NOT TAKEN UP 3/15 - ON 3/16 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/16 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-16** NOT TAKEN UP 3/16 - ON 3/17 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/17 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-17** Read the third time HB 59 `reading-3`
- **2017-03-17** RETURN TO SECOND UC
- **2017-03-17** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-17** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-03-17** HELD IN THIRD READING TO 3/20 CALENDAR
- **2017-03-20** BEFORE HOUSE IN THIRD READING
- **2017-03-20** Read the third time CSHB 59(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-20** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-03-20** VERSION: CSHB 59(FIN)
- **2017-03-22** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** FIN RPT SCS 4DP 1NR 2AM SAME TITLE
- **2017-04-04** FIN Do Pass: MACKINNON, HOFFMAN, BISHOP, VON IMHOF `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** FIN No Recommendation: MICCICHE
- **2017-04-04** FIN Amend: DUNLEAVY, OLSON
- **2017-04-04** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/5 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-05** Read the third time SCS CSHB 59(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** HELD IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-06** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2017-04-06** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-06** TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- **2017-04-06** VERSION: SCS CSHB 59(FIN)
- **2017-04-07** CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2017-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2017-05-12** FAILED CONCUR (S) AM Y1 N34 E4 A1
- **2017-05-12** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2017-05-12** SEATON (CHAIR), FOSTER, PRUITT
- **2017-05-12** RECEDE MESSAGE READ
- **2017-05-12** FAILED RECEDE (S) AM Y- N19 E1
- **2017-05-12** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2017-05-12** HOFFMAN (CHAIR), MACKINNON, OLSON
- **2017-05-16** LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2017-05-16** LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2017-05-18** FIRST SPECIAL SESSION BILL
- **2017-05-18** FIRST SPECIAL SESSION BILL
- **2017-06-12** CC REPORT: CCS HB 59 RECEIVED 6/10/17 4:06 P.M.
- **2017-06-12** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT READ
- **2017-06-12** CC REPORT READ AND HELD
- **2017-06-12** CC REPORT: CCS HB 59 RECEIVED 6/10/17 3:34 P.M.
- **2017-06-13** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT TAKEN UP UC
- **2017-06-13** WAIVE UNIFORM RULE 42(A) AND (B) UC
- **2017-06-13** FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2017-06-13** CC RPT ADPTD Y20 N- CCS HB 59
- **2017-06-13** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-06-15** CC REPORT TAKEN UP UC
- **2017-06-15** WAIVE UNIFORM RULE 42(A) AND (B) UC
- **2017-06-15** POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2017-06-15** CC RPT ADPTD Y34 N6 CCS HB 59
- **2017-06-15** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-07-01** 3:22 PM 6/28/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-01** LETTER TO AMHTA PER AS 37.14.005(C)
- **2017-07-01** Signed into law 6/30 CHAPTER 1 FSSLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135a8239-1dd6-4bdb-8397-e5780e07ecd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).