---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the opioid epidemic; authorizing the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Social Services to issue a standing order for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the opioid epidemic; authorizing the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Social Services to issue a standing order for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Alaska SB 91 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISASTER", "DRUGS", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATURE", "MEDICAL CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-10"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576d6524-4ba2-4775-b332-29028ed92f23"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB91"
source_hash: "20452621b2c24551ac4e9d51b9c53ee4448319ac6913922247283fdaba5b3449"
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 91 (30) — An Act relating to the opioid epidemic; authorizing the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Social Services to issue a standing order for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0091A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0091A)
2. **SB0091B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0091B)
3. **SB0091Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0091Z)

## Votes

- Shall CSSB 91(HSS) pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 91(HSS) "An Act relating to the opioid epidemic; authorizing the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Social Services to issue a 03-16-2017 Senate Journal 0555 standing order for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-10** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-10** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2017-03-16** HSS RPT CS 5DP NEW TITLE
- **2017-03-16** HSS Do Pass: WILSON, VON IMHOF, BEGICH, GIESSEL, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** HSS CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-03-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-16** Read the third time CSSB 91(HSS) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2017-03-16** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-16** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-03-16** VERSION: CSSB 91(HSS)
- **2017-03-17** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Health & Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** HSS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) UC
- **2017-03-20** HSS RPT 6DP
- **2017-03-20** HSS Do Pass: JOHNSTON, TARR, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO, EASTMAN, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-20** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-03-20** Read the third time CSSB 91(HSS) `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-20** TUCK NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-03-20** RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC
- **2017-03-20** PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-03-20** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-03-20** VERSION: CSSB 91(HSS)
- **2017-03-20** 1:54 PM 3/20/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-20** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2017-03-22** Signed into law 3/21 CHAPTER 1 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
- **2018-11-07** DHS ALASKA OPIOID RESPONSE REPORT RECEIVED

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576d6524-4ba2-4775-b332-29028ed92f23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).