---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine and the practice of nursing; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine and the practice of nursing; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "Alaska HB 265 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSUMER AFFAIRS", "DENTISTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHYSICIANS", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SPOHNHOLZ"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 116
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dcb1afe-8883-47a1-873f-667b403a0e0b"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB265"
source_hash: "cf67f309e7752f89d8977bfab9d020d2d4b7c4b50ae1eb2692a8e3c2fec728c4"
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 265 (32) — An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine and the practice of nursing; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 265(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0265C)
2. **CSHB 265(HSS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0265B)
3. **Enrolled HB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0265Z)
4. **HB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0265A)
5. **SCS CSHB 265(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0265D)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 #2881 — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 #2691 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N1 A2 #3103 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y5 N32 E2 A1 # 2667 — **5–32** (fail) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y4 N33 E2 A1 # 2666 — **4–33** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- SPOHNHOLZ — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Gillham — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeBon — cosponsor (person)
- McCabe — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Rasmussen — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** (H) Prefile released 1/14/22 `filing`
- **2022-01-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** (H) HSS, FIN
- **2022-02-01** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-02-01** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-02-03** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-02-03** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-02-17** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-02-17** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-17** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2022-03-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GILLHAM
- **2022-03-03** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-03-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-10** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2022-03-10** (H) Moved CSHB 265(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-14** (H) HSS RPT CS(HSS) NEW TITLE 5DP 1NR 1AM
- **2022-03-14** (H) DP: MCCARTY, SPOHNHOLZ, FIELDS, ZULKOSKY, SNYDER
- **2022-03-14** (H) NR: PRAX
- **2022-03-14** (H) AM: KURKA
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN3: (DHS)
- **2022-03-14** (H) FN4: (DHS)
- **2022-03-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCARTY
- **2022-03-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): RASMUSSEN, SCHRAGE
- **2022-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ORTIZ, TARR
- **2022-03-24** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-24** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2022-03-24** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-29** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-03-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-29** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-03-31** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MERRICK
- **2022-04-14** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-04-14** (H) Moved CSHB 265(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 10 Minutes Following Session --
- **2022-04-14** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-04-20** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 6DP 2NR
- **2022-04-20** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, WOOL, MERRICK, FOSTER
- **2022-04-20** (H) NR: CARPENTER, JOHNSON
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN5: ZERO(DHS/DOH)
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN6: (CED)
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN7: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-04-20** (H) FN8: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-04-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2022-04-26** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2022-04-26** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-26** (H) AM NO 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2022-04-26** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y4 N33 E2 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-26** (H) CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON AM NO 3 UC
- **2022-04-26** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y5 N32 E2 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/27 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS, STORY, HANNAN, DRUMMOND, JOSEPHSON
- **2022-04-27** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 265(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): PATKOTAK, NELSON, LEBON, MCCABE
- **2022-04-27** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** (H) VERSION: CSHB 265(FIN)
- **2022-04-29** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-29** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2022-05-02** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-05-02** (S) Moved CSHB 265(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-02** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-05-03** (S) L&C RPT 4DP
- **2022-05-03** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS, MICCICHE
- **2022-05-03** (S) FN5: ZERO(DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-03** (S) FN6: (CED)
- **2022-05-03** (S) FN7: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-03** (S) FN8: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-06** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-06** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-12** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-12** (S) -- Invited Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-12** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-14** (S) FINANCE at 10:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-14** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2022-05-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-05-15** (S) DP: BISHOP, WILSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-15** (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI
- **2022-05-15** (S) FN5: ZERO(DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FN7: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FN8: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FN9: (CED)
- **2022-05-15** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, KIEHL
- **2022-05-15** (S) FINANCE at 11:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-15** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 265(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 1:00 p.m. --
- **2022-05-15** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-17** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 265(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E1 A2 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 265(FIN)
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-18** (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N1 A2
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2022-10-05** (H) 11:10 A.M. 6/27/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 38 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN7: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN8: (DHS/DOH)
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN9: (CED)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dcb1afe-8883-47a1-873f-667b403a0e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).