---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for the services of licensed professional counselors; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for the services of licensed professional counselors; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Alaska SB 134 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL AID", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 68
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/485204d0-e1b5-49d7-9f38-7a126df6ccdd"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB134"
source_hash: "7351a5be115093ddd4f3ae831b6b790c2a4becebde622c5417421830989adce5"
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 134 (31) — An Act relating to medical assistance reimbursement for the services of licensed professional counselors; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0134A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0134A)
2. **SB0134Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0134Z)

## Votes

- (H) WAIVE FIN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (FLD) Y22 N10 E6 A2 #2012 — **22–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) MOTION DIVIDE QUESTION W/O SB 172 (FLD) Y15 N17 E6 A2 #2011 — **15–17** (fail) · lower
- (H) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (PSD) Y22 N9 E6 A3 #2014 — **22–9** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4 #2125 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) MOTION DIVIDE QUESTION W/O SB 52 (PSD) Y17 N15 E6 A2 #2012 — **17–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y29 N5 E4 A2 #2132 — **29–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WILSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** (S) Prefile released 1/10/20 `filing`
- **2020-01-21** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2020-02-21** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-21** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-02-26** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-26** (S) Moved SB 134 Out of Committee
- **2020-02-26** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-02-28** (S) HSS RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2020-02-28** (S) DP: WILSON, BEGICH, VON IMHOF, GIESSEL
- **2020-02-28** (S) NR: SHOWER
- **2020-02-28** (S) FN1: (DHS)
- **2020-03-16** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-16** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-03-16** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-17** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2020-03-17** (S) Moved SB 134 Out of Committee
- **2020-03-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2020-03-18** (S) FIN RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2020-03-18** (S) DP: VON IMHOF, HOFFMAN, WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI, BISHOP
- **2020-03-18** (S) NR: STEDMAN, OLSON
- **2020-03-18** (S) FN1: (DHS)
- **2020-03-19** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-19** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-19** (S) Read the third time SB 134 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4
- **2020-03-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-19** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2020-03-19** (S) VERSION: SB 134
- **2020-03-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-20** (H) FIN
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOTION TO WAIVE FIN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A)
- **2020-03-21** (H) W/ SB 52, SB 55, SB 155, SB 172
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOTION DIVIDE QUESTION W/O SB 172 (FLD) Y15 N17 E6 A2
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOTION DIVIDE QUESTION W/O SB 52 (PSD) Y17 N15 E6 A2
- **2020-03-21** (H) WAIVE FIN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (FLD) Y22 N10 E6 A2
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOTION TO WAIVE RULE 23(A) WITHDRAWN
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOTION TO WAIVE FIN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A)
- **2020-03-21** (H) W/ SB 55, SB 155, SB 172
- **2020-03-21** (H) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (PSD) Y22 N9 E6 A3
- **2020-03-22** (H) FINANCE at 11:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-22** (H) Heard & Held -- Continued from 03/21/20 --
- **2020-03-22** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-24** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 3NR
- **2020-03-24** (H) DP: WOOL, JOSEPHSON, LEBON, KNOPP, JOHNSTON, FOSTER
- **2020-03-24** (H) NR: MERRICK, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, TILTON
- **2020-03-24** (H) FN2: (H.FIN/DHS)
- **2020-03-24** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-24** (H) Moved SB 134 Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2020-03-24** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-25** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/25/2020
- **2020-03-25** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-25** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/26 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-26** (H) Read the third time SB 134 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-26** (H) PASSED Y29 N5 E4 A2
- **2020-03-26** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-26** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-26** (H) VERSION: SB 134
- **2020-03-26** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2020-05-19** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **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) FN2: (H.FIN/DHS)
- **2020-05-18** (S) 2:15 P.M. 4/7/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (S) Signed into law 4/20 CHAPTER 18 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (S) 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/485204d0-e1b5-49d7-9f38-7a126df6ccdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).