---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "34"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Alaska HB 36 (34)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT RULES", "COURTS", "FAMILIES", "FOSTER CARE", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "RESIDENTIAL CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 103
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df4414b3-2ff4-4902-b5bf-9e0a1df2921c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB36"
source_hash: "adbf79bede4e961f713ab21f5a4bee80e68491d149da4b67b56e93d24b26b1f3"
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 36 (34) — An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled HB 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0036Z)
2. **HB 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0036A)
3. **SCS HB 36(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0036D)
4. **SCS HB 36(HSS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0036B)
5. **SCS HB 36(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0036C)

## Votes

- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y40 #2742 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2692 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #548 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)
- Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Eischeid — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hannan — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Mina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Stutes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** (H) Prefile released 1/10/25 `filing`
- **2025-01-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** (H) HSS, FIN
- **2025-01-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2025-02-27** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106
- **2025-02-27** (H) Moved HB 36 Out of Committee
- **2025-02-27** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2025-02-28** (H) HSS RPT 7DP
- **2025-02-28** (H) DP: PRAX, GRAY, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS, FIELDS, MINA
- **2025-02-28** (H) FN1: (DFC)
- **2025-02-28** (H) FN2: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-02-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): BURKE, JIMMIE
- **2025-03-03** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2025-03-11** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-11** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 4:00 pm --
- **2025-03-11** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-12** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-12** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 2:30 PM --
- **2025-03-12** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-20** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2025-03-20** (H) Moved HB 36 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2:45 pm --
- **2025-03-20** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2025-03-21** (H) FIN RPT 8DP 2NR
- **2025-03-21** (H) DP: BYNUM, HANNAN, ALLARD, GALVIN, JIMMIE, TOMASZEWSKI, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON
- **2025-03-21** (H) NR: JOHNSON, STAPP
- **2025-03-21** (H) FN1: (DFC)
- **2025-03-21** (H) FN2: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-03-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI, STORY
- **2025-03-24** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MINA
- **2025-03-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 36 `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** (H) PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2025-03-26** (H) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2025-03-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID, BYNUM, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, STUTES, RUFFRIDGE,
- **2025-03-26** (H) SCHRAGE, COSTELLO, MEARS, SADDLER
- **2025-03-26** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2025-03-26** (H) VERSION: HB 36
- **2025-03-28** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2025-04-08** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-04-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-04-08** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-05-08** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-08** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-05-13** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-13** (S) Moved SCS HB 36(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2025-05-13** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2025-05-14** (S) HSS RPT SCS(HSS) 3DP 2NR NEW TITLE
- **2025-05-14** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10
- **2025-05-14** (S) DP: DUNBAR, HUGHES, GIESSEL
- **2025-05-14** (S) NR: CLAMAN, TOBIN
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN2: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-05-14** (S) FN3: ZERO(DFC)
- **2025-05-14** (S) JUD REFERRAL ADDED AFTER HSS
- **2025-05-14** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2025-05-14** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-15** (S) JUDICIARY at 05:15 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2025-05-15** (S) Moved SCS HB 36(JUD) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2025-05-15** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2025-05-16** (S) JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2025-05-16** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10
- **2025-05-16** (S) DP: CLAMAN, KIEHL, TOBIN
- **2025-05-16** (S) AM: MYERS
- **2025-05-16** (S) FN2: ZERO(AJS)
- **2025-05-16** (S) FN3: ZERO(DFC)
- **2026-05-06** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, KAWASAKI, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, STEDMAN, DUNBAR,
- **2026-05-06** (S) CLAMAN
- **2026-05-06** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-05-06** (S) Heard & Held
- **2026-05-12** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2026-05-12** (S) Moved SCS HB 36(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2026-05-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2026-05-13** (S) FIN RPT SCS 3DP 4NR NEW TITLE
- **2026-05-13** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10
- **2026-05-13** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, MERRICK, KIEHL
- **2026-05-13** (S) NR: OLSON, STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK
- **2026-05-13** (S) FN4: ZERO(AJS)
- **2026-05-13** (S) FN5: ZERO(DFC)
- **2026-05-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026
- **2026-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2026-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 36(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-16** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2026-05-16** (S) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2026-05-16** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 36(FIN)
- **2026-05-16** (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: TOMASZEWSKI
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2026-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y40
- **2026-05-17** (H) COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2026-05-17** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10
- **2026-06-04** (H) 2:45 P.M. 6/4/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2026-06-22** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/22 CH 26 SLA 26 `became-law`
- **2026-06-22** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df4414b3-2ff4-4902-b5bf-9e0a1df2921c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).