---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home payments, rates, and services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home payments, rates, and services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Alaska HB 96 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "MEDICAL CARE", "PIONEERS' HOMES", "RESIDENTIAL CARE", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "STATE AID", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FIELDS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 118
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/820cc17c-6d4d-4eb5-9423-803566d60210"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB96"
source_hash: "28d82622860f0a91201df0f3eee7323da0bfb9cab58fac951aecbde74f7c0b5d"
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 96 (31) — An Act relating to Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home payments, rates, and services; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0096A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0096A)
2. **HB0096B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0096B)
3. **HB0096C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0096C)
4. **HB0096D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0096D)
5. **HB0096Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0096Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2248 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1 #972 — **35–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y33 E3 A4 #2066 — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FIELDS — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** (H) STA, HSS
- **2019-03-26** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-26** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-26** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-28** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-04-02** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 04:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-04-02** (H) Moved CSHB 96(STA) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-04-03** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 2DP 4NR
- **2019-04-03** (H) DP: SHAW, FIELDS
- **2019-04-03** (H) NR: LEDOUX, WOOL, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2019-04-03** (H) FN1: (H.STA/DHS)
- **2019-04-03** (H) FN2: (H.STA/DHS)
- **2019-04-09** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-09** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-11** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-11** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-18** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-18** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-04-23** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-23** (H) Moved CSHB 96(STA) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-23** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) HSS RPT CS(STA) 4DP 1NR 1AM
- **2019-04-24** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, TARR, ZULKOSKY, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2019-04-24** (H) NR: JACKSON
- **2019-04-24** (H) AM: PRUITT
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN3: (DHS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN4: (DHS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER HSS
- **2019-04-29** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-29** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-30** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2019-05-02** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-05-02** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:45 pm --
- **2019-05-02** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-05-03** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-05-03** (H) Moved CSHB 96(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5/4/19 at 12:00 pm --
- **2019-05-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-05-06** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 4DP 6NR
- **2019-05-06** (H) DP: KNOPP, JOSEPHSON, ORTIZ, FOSTER
- **2019-05-06** (H) NR: JOHNSTON, TILTON, LEBON, MERRICK, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, WILSON
- **2019-05-06** (H) FN3: (DHS)
- **2019-05-06** (H) FN5: (DHS)
- **2019-05-07** (H) CORRECTED FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 4DP 6NR
- **2019-05-07** (H) DP: ORTIZ, KNOPP, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER
- **2019-05-07** (H) NR: JOHNSTON, LEBON, TILTON, MERRICK, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, WILSON
- **2019-05-07** (H) FN5: (DHS)(CORRECTED)
- **2019-05-07** (H) FN6: (DHS)
- **2019-05-08** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2019
- **2019-05-08** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-08** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/9 CALENDAR
- **2019-05-09** (H) HELD TO 5/10 CALENDAR
- **2019-05-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN
- **2019-05-10** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2019-05-10** (H) Read the third time CSHB 96(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** (H) PASSED Y35 N4 E1
- **2019-05-10** (H) COSPONSOR(S): LEDOUX
- **2019-05-10** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-05-10** (H) VERSION: CSHB 96(FIN)
- **2019-05-10** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2019-05-11** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, BEGICH, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2020-01-27** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KIEHL
- **2020-01-27** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-01-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-01-27** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-01-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GIESSEL
- **2020-01-29** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-01-29** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2020-02-12** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-12** (S) Moved CSHB 96(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2020-02-12** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-02-14** (S) HSS RPT 3DP 1AM
- **2020-02-14** (S) DP: BEGICH, VON IMHOF, GIESSEL
- **2020-02-14** (S) AM: WILSON
- **2020-02-14** (S) FN7: (DHS)
- **2020-02-14** (S) FN8: (DHS)
- **2020-03-09** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-09** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-03-09** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-22** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2020-03-23** (S) FIN RPT SCS 6DP 1NR TECH TITLE CHANGE
- **2020-03-23** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, OLSON, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2020-03-23** (S) NR: WILSON
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN9: (DHS)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN10: (DHS)
- **2020-03-23** (S) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 3/23/2020
- **2020-03-23** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-23** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-23** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-23** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-23** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 96(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-23** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-24** (S) Read the third time SCS CSHB 96(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN9: (DHS)(CORRECTED)
- **2020-03-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-24** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 96(FIN)
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-24** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y33 E3 A4
- **2020-03-24** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-05-18** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 205
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN9: (DHS)(CORRECTED)
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN10: (DHS)
- **2020-05-18** (H) 10:00 A.M. 4/13/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 23 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/820cc17c-6d4d-4eb5-9423-803566d60210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).