---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to complex care residential homes; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to complex care residential homes; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Alaska HB 73 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSING HOMES", "RESIDENTIAL CARE", "SENIOR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 75
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ac0dd56-82a7-4502-907a-11617b810cbd"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB73"
source_hash: "33c59be8511009a5017e0b437d51715aa831fe37fbffbca7238fbb3c09b8ed2e"
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 73 (34) — An Act relating to complex care residential homes; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 73(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0073B)
2. **Enrolled HB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0073Z)
3. **HB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0073A)
4. **SCS CSHB 73(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0073C)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 A1 #2992 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2846 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 1 WITHDRAWN VOTE Y20 N- # 2846 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #1203 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Rules — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** (H) HSS, FIN
- **2025-01-27** (H) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-01-27** (H) FN2: (DOH)
- **2025-01-27** (H) FN3: ZERO(DOH)
- **2025-01-27** (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2025-02-06** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-06** (H) Heard & Held -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
- **2025-02-06** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-02-18** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-18** (H) Moved HB 73 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-18** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-02-19** (H) HSS RPT 6DP
- **2025-02-19** (H) DP: PRAX, FIELDS, GRAY, SCHWANKE, MEARS, MINA
- **2025-02-19** (H) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-02-19** (H) FN2: (DOH)
- **2025-02-19** (H) FN3: ZERO(DOH)
- **2025-04-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-04-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-09** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-08** (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-05-08** (H) Moved CSHB 73(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2:00 pm --
- **2025-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-05-09** (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 9DP 1NR 1AM
- **2025-05-09** (H) DP: BYNUM, JOHNSON, HANNAN, ALLARD, STAPP, GALVIN, JIMMIE, FOSTER, SCHRAGE
- **2025-05-09** (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI
- **2025-05-09** (H) AM: JOSEPHSON
- **2025-05-09** (H) FN1: (DOH)
- **2025-05-09** (H) FN2: (DOH)
- **2025-05-09** (H) FN3: ZERO(DOH)
- **2025-05-09** (H) FN4: INDETERMINATE(DFC)
- **2025-05-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2025
- **2025-05-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** (H) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2025-05-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 73(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-05-14** (H) VERSION: CSHB 73(FIN)
- **2025-05-16** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** (S) FIN
- **2026-03-19** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-03-19** (S) Moved SCS CSHB 73(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2026-03-20** (S) FIN RPT SCS 6DP SAME TITLE
- **2026-03-20** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2026-03-20** (S) FN5: (DOH)
- **2026-03-20** (S) FN6: (DOH)
- **2026-03-20** (S) FN7: ZERO(DOH)
- **2026-03-20** (S) FN8: INDETERMINATE(DFC)
- **2026-05-19** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026
- **2026-05-19** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-19** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-19** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2026-05-20** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 35
- **2026-05-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 73(FIN) AM S `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (S) RET 2ND/RESCIND ACTION AM 1 UC
- **2026-05-20** (S) AM NO 1 WITHDRAWN VOTE Y20 N-
- **2026-05-20** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2026-05-20** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-20** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-20** (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 73(FIN)
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-20** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 A1
- **2026-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-06-17** (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** (H) Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 38 SLA 26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/27 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ac0dd56-82a7-4502-907a-11617b810cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).