---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; and relating to the administration of programs for persons with physical and mental disabilities."
description: "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; and relating to the administration of programs for persons with physical and mental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Alaska SB 174 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MICCICHE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7734ad6e-7b15-4491-acc0-542468797fed"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB174"
source_hash: "c161d9f0aca69208b1ac408822b53a2a2f3b1fea79ec36178f12a344f8e1965d"
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 SB 174 (30) — An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; and relating to the administration of programs for persons with physical and mental disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0174A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0174A)
2. **SB0174Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0174Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 174 "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; and relating to the administration of programs for persons with physical and mental disabilities" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 174 pass the House? — **36–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MICCICHE — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- MacKinnon — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** HSS RPT 5DP
- **2018-02-22** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, BEGICH, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, GIESSEL `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-03-01** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-01** Read the third time SB 174 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Cosponsors added: COSTELLO, GIESSEL, MACKINNON, BISHOP, STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, STEVENS
- **2018-03-01** GARDNER, BEGICH, MEYER, WIELECHOWSKI, EGAN, OLSON, SHOWER, KELLY
- **2018-03-01** PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-01** VERSION: SB 174
- **2018-03-05** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs and Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2018-03-15** CRA RPT 4DP
- **2018-03-15** CRA Do Pass: DRUMMOND, RAUSCHER, ZULKOSKY, PARISH `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-03-15** CROSS SPONSOR(S): ORTIZ
- **2018-03-19** CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2018-03-30** HSS RPT 4DP 1NR 1AM
- **2018-03-30** HSS Do Pass: TARR, ZULKOSKY, KITO, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-30** HSS No Recommendation: SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-03-30** HSS Amend: EASTMAN
- **2018-03-30** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2018-04-04** CROSS SPONSOR(S): PARISH
- **2018-04-11** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRENN, TARR, LINCOLN
- **2018-04-26** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2018-05-07** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA, CHENAULT, JOHNSTON, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2018-05-08** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SADDLER, ZULKOSKY
- **2018-05-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): BIRCH, DRUMMOND, MILLETT, KITO, THOMPSON, KAWASAKI, STUTES,
- **2018-05-09** LEDOUX, JOSEPHSON, TALERICO, FOSTER
- **2018-05-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N36 A3
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-05-10** Read the third time SB 174 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** PASSED Y36 N1 A3 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-05-10** VERSION: SB 174
- **2018-05-10** CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOHNSON, RAUSCHER, TILTON, PRUITT
- **2018-11-07** 1:07 PM 8/16/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 8/25 CHAPTER 92 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/23/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7734ad6e-7b15-4491-acc0-542468797fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).