---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the electronic health information exchange system; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the electronic health information exchange system; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Alaska SB 272 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DATA PROCESSING", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "INTERNET", "MEDICAL CARE", "PLANNING", "PRIVACY", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8034d78-5561-42a8-81c3-293433f594cf"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB272"
source_hash: "c819094624d684aa4d78d871cddfcf4bd2875ff579d1276c0a4f4ed5f1a1a322"
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 272 (34) — An Act relating to the electronic health information exchange system; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0272Z)
2. **HCS SB 272(HSS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0272B)
3. **SB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0272A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1 #2536 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y34 N6 #2444 — **34–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2343 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 AS AMD FAILED Y17 N23 # 2444 — **17–23** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Health & Social Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** (S) HSS, L&C
- **2026-03-10** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-03-17** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2026-03-17** (S) Moved SB 272 Out of Committee
- **2026-03-18** (S) HSS RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2026-03-18** (S) DP: DUNBAR, CLAMAN, GIESSEL
- **2026-03-18** (S) NR: TOBIN
- **2026-03-18** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
- **2026-04-10** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-04-20** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2026-04-20** (S) Moved SB 272 Out of Committee
- **2026-04-21** (S) L&C RPT 3NR 2DP
- **2026-04-21** (S) NR: BJORKMAN, MERRICK, YUNDT
- **2026-04-21** (S) DP: DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2026-04-21** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
- **2026-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/24 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 272 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2026-04-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-04-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2026-04-24** (S) VERSION: SB 272
- **2026-04-27** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2026-04-27** (H) HSS
- **2026-04-28** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2026-04-28** (H) Moved HCS SB 272(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2026-04-29** (H) HSS RPT HCS(HSS) 3DP 3NR
- **2026-04-29** (H) DP: GRAY, FIELDS, MINA
- **2026-04-29** (H) NR: PRAX, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE
- **2026-04-29** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
- **2026-05-07** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2026
- **2026-05-07** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** (H) HSS HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-07** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2026-05-07** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-07** (H) AM NO 1 AS AMD FAILED Y17 N23 `amendment-failure`
- **2026-05-07** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 272(HSS) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** (H) PASSED Y34 N6 `passage`
- **2026-05-07** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-07** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-07** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 272(HSS)
- **2026-05-08** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-08** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1
- **2026-05-08** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-28** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-04** (S) 10:14 A.M. 6/1/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/18 CH 19 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/19/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8034d78-5561-42a8-81c3-293433f594cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).