---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Alaska task force for the regulation of psychedelic medicines approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing the Alaska task force for the regulation of psychedelic medicines approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Alaska HB 228 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "BUSINESS", "DRUGS", "LEGISLATURE", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PHYSICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-11-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26fe9e60-cd26-4f45-aff6-eaf385467e0a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB228"
source_hash: "8560339712bbc99310462389eb3ea2068227bcbe40ee5bebab866aee37e66edb"
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 228 (33) — An Act establishing the Alaska task force for the regulation of psychedelic medicines approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 228(MLV)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0228B)
2. **CSHB 228(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0228C)
3. **CSHB 228(STA) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0228D)
4. **Enrolled HB 228** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0228Z)
5. **HB 228** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0228A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y3 N36 A1 # 2554 — **3–36** (fail) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y37 N2 A1 #2634 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y29 N11 # 2555 — **29–11** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y36 N4 #2633 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 #2575 — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N39 # 2556 — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 AS AMD ADOPTED Y38 N1 A1 # 2552 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y34 N5 A1 # 2553 — **34–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 ADOPTED Y20 N18 A2 #2552 — **20–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Mccormick — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** (H) Prefile released 1/8/24 `filing`
- **2024-01-16** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** (H) HSS, STA, FIN
- **2024-02-02** (H) MLV REPLACED HSS REFERRAL
- **2024-02-13** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-02-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-13** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2024-02-29** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-02-29** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-05** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-05** (H) Moved CSHB 228(MLV) Out of Committee
- **2024-03-06** (H) MLV RPT CS(MLV) 1DNP 4NR 1AM
- **2024-03-06** (H) DNP: SADDLER
- **2024-03-06** (H) NR: GROH, CARPENTER, SHAW, WRIGHT
- **2024-03-06** (H) AM: GRAY
- **2024-03-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-03-13** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2024-03-14** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-03-14** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-14** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-04-02** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-02** (H) Moved CSHB 228(STA) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-02** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2024-04-03** (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NEW TITLE 2DP 3NR
- **2024-04-03** (H) DP: CARRICK, STORY
- **2024-04-03** (H) NR: CARPENTER, WRIGHT, SHAW
- **2024-04-03** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-04-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCORMICK
- **2024-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2024
- **2024-05-01** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM 1 TO AM 1 ADOPTED Y20 N18 A2
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 1 AS AMD ADOPTED Y38 N1 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y34 N5 A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y3 N36 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y29 N11 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 5 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-01** (H) AM NO 6 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/2 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
- **2024-05-02** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 228(STA) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** (H) PASSED Y36 N4 `passage`
- **2024-05-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y37 N2 A1
- **2024-05-02** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CRONK
- **2024-05-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-05-02** (H) VERSION: CSHB 228(STA) AM
- **2024-05-03** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-05-03** (S) JUD
- **2024-05-03** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, TOBIN
- **2024-05-06** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-05-06** (S) Moved CSHB 228(STA) AM Out of Committee
- **2024-05-07** (S) JUD RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2024-05-07** (S) DP: CLAMAN, TOBIN
- **2024-05-07** (S) NR: KAUFMAN
- **2024-05-07** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2024-05-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2024
- **2024-05-09** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 228(STA) AM `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) PASSED Y18 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-10** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2024-05-10** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-10** (S) VERSION: CSHB 228(STA) AM
- **2024-10-09** (H) 2:10 P.M. 8/27/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 9/19 CH 60 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/20/24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) MEMBER: DUNBAR (COCHAIR)
- **2024-11-06** (H) MEMBER: RUFFRIDGE (CO-CHAIR)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26fe9e60-cd26-4f45-aff6-eaf385467e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).