---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day."
description: "An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Alaska HB 78 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOLIDAYS", "MEDICAL CARE", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mccormick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01499492-a8d2-47f1-a797-28a1602b647c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB78"
source_hash: "4d26f3dd77ef48aa5fec9016eb91514b682699f463f33bca6dba904b59161bfc"
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 78 (33) — An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0078Z)
2. **HB 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0078A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 #792 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y36 E4 #521 — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mccormick — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Carrick — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dibert — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Edgmon — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Groh — cosponsor (person)
- Himschoot — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** (H) CRA
- **2023-03-14** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2023-03-14** (H) Heard & Held -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2023-03-14** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2023-03-16** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2023-03-16** (H) Moved HB 78 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-16** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2023-03-17** (H) CRA RPT 7DP
- **2023-03-17** (H) DP: MCCABE, RUFFRIDGE, HIMSCHOOT, PATKOTAK, MCKAY, MEARS, MCCORMICK
- **2023-03-17** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2023-03-17** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GROH, DIBERT, FIELDS, CARRICK, HIMSCHOOT, ARMSTRONG
- **2023-03-22** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/24 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, CRONK, STORY, C.JOHNSON, GALVIN, MINA, MEARS
- **2023-03-24** (H) TECHNICAL SESSION 3/24 - ON 3/27 CALENDAR
- **2023-03-27** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** (H) HELD IN THIRD READING TO 3/29 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ORTIZ, TOMASZEWSKI
- **2023-03-29** (H) HELD IN THIRD READING TO 3/31 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** (H) PASSED Y36 E4 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STAPP, STUTES, WRIGHT
- **2023-03-31** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-03-31** (H) VERSION: HB 78
- **2023-04-03** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** (S) CRA
- **2023-04-03** (S) CRA REFERRAL WAIVED
- **2023-04-03** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, BISHOP
- **2023-04-05** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, OLSON, HUGHES
- **2023-04-17** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/17/23
- **2023-04-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/19 CAL `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOFFMAN, STEVENS
- **2023-04-19** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-04-19** (S) VERSION: HB 78
- **2023-10-16** (H) 8:30 A.M. 7/11/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (H) Signed into law 7/20 CHAPTER 17 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/18/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01499492-a8d2-47f1-a797-28a1602b647c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).