---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "Alaska HB 270 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET", "CAPITAL PROJECTS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "CORRECTIONS", "COURTS", "DISABILITIES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILIES", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "LABOR", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "PUBLIC DEFENDER", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "RESIDENTIAL CARE", "RESOURCES", "REVENUE", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "TRANSPORTATION", "UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 250
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8a0903-b95d-4eba-a56b-345b6036dbff"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB270"
source_hash: "f9c77dc22cbd5c7d1f848efb823282890ee3d706696e3f7e07375f7fb95f7004"
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 270 (33) — An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CCS HB 270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0270D)
2. **CSHB 270(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0270B)
3. **Enrolled HB 270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0270Z)
4. **HB 270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0270A)
5. **SCS CSHB 270(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0270C)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y39 N1 #2270 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 8 TABLED Y24 N16 # 2256 — **24–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 7 FAILED Y2 N38 # 2255 — **2–38** (fail) · lower
- (S) CC RPT ADPTD Y20 N- CCS HB 270 #2862 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N24 # 2252 — **16–24** (fail) · lower
- (S) FAILED RECEDE (S) AM Y3 N15 E1 A1 #2493 — **3–15** (fail) · upper
- (S) UPHOLD RULING OF THE CHAIR Y18 N2 #2523 — **18–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y2 N38 # 2254 — **2–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) FIN CS ADOPTED Y39 N1 #2106 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N39 # 2253 — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- (H) CC RPT ADOPTED Y39 N1 CCS HB 270 #3336 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2445 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #2269 — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) FIN
- **2024-01-16** (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2024-01-16** (H) OMB ATTACHMENT PER AS 37.14.003
- **2024-01-31** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-01-31** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-01-31** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-06** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-07** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-07** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-07** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-09** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-02-12** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-12** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-19** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-19** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-02-20** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-20** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-20** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-21** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-21** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-02-22** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-22** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-22** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-23** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-23** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-23** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-26** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-26** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-26** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-27** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-27** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-28** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-02-29** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-02-29** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-01** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-01** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-01** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-04** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-04** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-04** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-04** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-04** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-04** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-05** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-05** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-06** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-06** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-06** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-06** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-03-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-07** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-07** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-07** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-08** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-08** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-08** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-12** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-12** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-12** (H) FINANCE at 05:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-12** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-12** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-13** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-13** (H) FINANCE at 05:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-13** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-13** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-14** (H) FINANCE at 05:00 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-14** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-14** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-20** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-20** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-20** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-21** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-21** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-22** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-22** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-22** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-27** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-27** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-27** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-27** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:30 P.M. --
- **2024-03-28** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-28** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 10:10 AM --
- **2024-03-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-28** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-03-29** (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-29** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-03-29** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-03-29** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-04-01** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-01** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-04-01** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-01** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-01** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:30 PM --
- **2024-04-01** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-02** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-02** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-04-02** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-02** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-02** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-03** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-03** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-04-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-03** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-03** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-04-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-05** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-04-05** (H) Moved CSHB 270(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 3:45 PM --
- **2024-04-05** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-04-08** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 6DP 3NR 1AM
- **2024-04-08** (H) DP: JOSEPHSON, HANNAN, GALVIN, D.JOHNSON, EDGMON, FOSTER
- **2024-04-08** (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ
- **2024-04-08** (H) AM: COULOMBE
- **2024-04-08** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED Y39 N1
- **2024-04-08** (H) HELD IN SECOND READING TO 4/9 CALENDAR
- **2024-04-09** (H) HELD IN SECOND READING TO 4/10 CALENDAR
- **2024-04-10** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y16 N24 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NOS 2 AND 3 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y2 N38 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 6 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 7 FAILED Y2 N38 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-10** (H) AM NO 8 TABLED Y24 N16
- **2024-04-10** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/11 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 270(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-04-11** (H) C.JOHNSON NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2024-04-11** (H) RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-04-11** (H) ENGROSSED
- **2024-04-12** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-04-12** (H) VERSION: CSHB 270(FIN)
- **2024-04-15** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** (S) FIN
- **2024-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-17** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2024-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-17** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-24** (S) <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/24/24 - 1:30 PM>
- **2024-04-24** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-24** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-24** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-04-25** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-25** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 270(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-25** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-26** (S) FIN RPT SCS 7DP SAME TITLE
- **2024-04-26** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, STEDMAN, OLSON, WILSON, KIEHL, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2024-04-29** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/29/2024
- **2024-04-29** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-04-29** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/30 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 270(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** (S) HELD IN THIRD READING TO 5/1 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-05-01** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-01** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-01** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 270(FIN)
- **2024-05-02** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-03** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2024-05-03** (H) FAILED CONCUR (S) AM N35 E2 A3 `failure`
- **2024-05-06** (S) RECEDE MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-06** (S) FAILED RECEDE (S) AM Y3 N15 E1 A1 `failure`
- **2024-05-06** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2024-05-06** (S) STEDMAN (CHAIR), HOFFMAN, OLSON
- **2024-05-06** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2024-05-06** (H) D.JOHNSON (CHAIR), EDGMON, ORTIZ
- **2024-05-06** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-06** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-06** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-06** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-07** (S) LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2024-05-07** (S) MONETARY TERMS AUTHORIZED
- **2024-05-07** (S) UPHOLD RULING OF THE CHAIR Y18 N2
- **2024-05-07** (H) LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2024-05-07** (H) MONETARY TERMS AUTHORIZED
- **2024-05-08** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-08** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-08** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-08** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-09** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:15 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-09** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-09** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 04:15 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-09** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-10** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 05:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-10** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-10** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-10** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 05:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-10** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-13** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 08:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-13** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 4:00 PM --
- **2024-05-13** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-13** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 08:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-13** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-13** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-14** (H) CC REPORT: CCS HB 270 RECEIVED 5/14 9:23 A.M.
- **2024-05-14** (H) FISCAL NOTE PACKET
- **2024-05-14** (H) CC REPORT READ AND HELD
- **2024-05-14** (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 08:45 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-14** (H) Moved CCS CSHB 270(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2024-05-14** (H) Minutes (HHB268)
- **2024-05-14** (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270 at 08:45 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-05-14** (S) Minutes (SHB268)
- **2024-05-15** (S) CC REPORT: CCS HB 270 RECEIVED 5/14 9:21 A.M.
- **2024-05-15** (S) FISCAL NOTE PACKET
- **2024-05-15** (S) CC REPORT READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (S) CC RPT ADPTD Y20 N- CCS HB 270
- **2024-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-15** (H) CC REPORT TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-15** (H) CC RPT ADOPTED Y39 N1 CCS HB 270
- **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (H) 3:05 P.M. 6/5/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LETTER TO AMHTA PER AS 37.14.005(C) RECEIVED
- **2024-10-09** (H) Signed into law 6/27 CHAPTER 9 SLA 24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LINE-ITEM VETOES AND REDUCTIONS `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) FISCAL NOTE MEMO Transmitted to Governor 9/4/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af8a0903-b95d-4eba-a56b-345b6036dbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).