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Bill An Act relating to the Board of Professional Counselors; relating to licensing of associate counselors; relating to marital and family therapists; relating to telehealth; relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; relating to patient records; relating to disclosure and reporting of health care services, prices, and fee information; relating to the health care professionals workforce enhancement program; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against associate counselors; relating to medical assistance for professional counseling services; relating to mental health professionals; relating to health care provider liability; and providing for an effective date. An Act relating to the Board of Professional Counselors; relating to licensing of associate counselors; relating to marital and family therapists; relating to telehealth; relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; relating to patient records; relating to disclosure and reporting of health care services, prices, and fee information; relating to the health care professionals workforce enhancement program; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against associate counselors; relating to medical assistance for professional counseling services; relating to mental health professionals; relating to health care provider liability; and providing for an effective date. us/states/ak Alaska Legislature 33 HB 126 Alaska HB 126 (33)
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BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
BUSINESS
CLAIMS
FAMILIES
INSURANCE
LIABILITY
LICENSING
MARRIAGE
MEDICAL CARE
MENTAL HEALTH
OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS
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Alaska HB 126 (33) — An Act relating to the Board of Professional Counselors; relating to licensing of associate counselors; relating to marital and family therapists; relating to telehealth; relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; relating to patient records; relating to disclosure and reporting of health care services, prices, and fee information; relating to the health care professionals workforce enhancement program; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against associate counselors; relating to medical assistance for professional counseling services; relating to mental health professionals; relating to health care provider liability; 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 126 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB 126 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCS HB 126(FIN) (committee substitute) — source
  4. SCS HB 126(FIN) am S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • (S) PASSED Y17 N1 A2 #2834 — 171 (pass) · upper
  • (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y37 N1 A2 #3315 — 371 (pass) · lower
  • (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 #1848 — 381 (pass) · lower
  • (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 A1 # 2830 — 811 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Wright — primary (person)
  • Claman — cosponsor (person)
  • Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
  • Galvin — cosponsor (person)
  • Giessel — cosponsor (person)
  • Hannan — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
  • Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
  • Merrick — cosponsor (person)
  • Prax — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruffridge — cosponsor (person)
  • Saddler — cosponsor (person)
  • Story — cosponsor (person)
  • Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-22 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS reading-1
  • 2023-03-22 (H) L&C
  • 2023-03-29 (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
  • 2023-03-29 (H) Heard & Held
  • 2023-03-29 (H) Minutes (HL&C)
  • 2023-04-19 (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
  • 2023-04-19 (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
  • 2023-04-21 (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
  • 2023-04-21 (H) Heard & Held
  • 2023-04-21 (H) Minutes (HL&C)
  • 2023-05-01 (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
  • 2023-05-01 (H) Moved HB 126 Out of Committee
  • 2023-05-01 (H) Minutes (HL&C)
  • 2023-05-03 (H) L&C RPT 4DP 3NR
  • 2023-05-03 (H) DP: WRIGHT, RUFFRIDGE, PRAX, SUMNER
  • 2023-05-03 (H) NR: FIELDS, CARRICK, SADDLER
  • 2023-05-03 (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2023-05-03 (H) FN2: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2023-05-03 (H) FN3: (CED)
  • 2023-05-03 (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
  • 2024-01-16 (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
  • 2024-02-06 (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
  • 2024-02-06 (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
  • 2024-02-06 (H) Minutes (HFIN)
  • 2024-02-19 (H) FINANCE at 08:30 AM ADAMS 519
  • 2024-02-19 (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
  • 2024-02-19 (H) Minutes (HFIN)
  • 2024-03-05 (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
  • 2024-03-05 (H) Moved HB 126 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
  • 2024-03-06 (H) FIN RPT 6DP 3NR
  • 2024-03-06 (H) DP: COULOMBE, HANNAN, GALVIN, STAPP, D.JOHNSON, FOSTER
  • 2024-03-06 (H) NR: CRONK, ORTIZ, JOSEPHSON
  • 2024-03-06 (H) FN4: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-03-06 (H) FN5: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-03-06 (H) FN6: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-03-06 (H) FN7: (CED)
  • 2024-03-06 (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN
  • 2024-03-14 (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/14/2024
  • 2024-03-14 (H) READ THE SECOND TIME reading-2
  • 2024-03-14 (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/18 CALENDAR reading-3
  • 2024-03-14 (H) COSPONSOR(S): RUFFRIDGE
  • 2024-03-18 (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 126 reading-3
  • 2024-03-18 (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 passage
  • 2024-03-18 (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, PRAX
  • 2024-03-18 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) passage
  • 2024-03-18 (H) VERSION: HB 126
  • 2024-03-20 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS reading-1
  • 2024-03-20 (S) FIN
  • 2024-04-29 (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
  • 2024-04-29 (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
  • 2024-04-29 (S) Minutes (SFIN)
  • 2024-05-08 (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
  • 2024-05-08 (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
  • 2024-05-08 (S) Minutes (SFIN)
  • 2024-05-09 (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
  • 2024-05-09 (S) Moved SCS HB 126(FIN) Out of Committee
  • 2024-05-09 (S) Minutes (SFIN)
  • 2024-05-09 (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
  • 2024-05-09 (S) -- Please Note Time Change --
  • 2024-05-09 (S) Minutes (SFIN)
  • 2024-05-10 (S) FIN RPT SCS 4DP 2NR NEW TITLE
  • 2024-05-10 (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
  • 2024-05-10 (S) DP: HOFFMAN, OLSON, WILSON, BISHOP
  • 2024-05-10 (S) NR: STEDMAN, MERRICK
  • 2024-05-10 (S) FN4: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-05-10 (S) FN5: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-05-10 (S) FN6: ZERO(DOH)
  • 2024-05-10 (S) FN7: (CED)
  • 2024-05-13 (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/13/2024
  • 2024-05-13 (S) READ THE SECOND TIME reading-2
  • 2024-05-13 (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
  • 2024-05-13 (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL reading-3
  • 2024-05-14 (S) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
  • 2024-05-14 (S) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CAL
  • 2024-05-15 (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 126(FIN) reading-3
  • 2024-05-15 (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC
  • 2024-05-15 (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 A1 amendment-failure
  • 2024-05-15 (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC amendment-passage
  • 2024-05-15 (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
  • 2024-05-15 (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING reading-3
  • 2024-05-15 (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, KAUFMAN, GIESSEL, DUNBAR, MERRICK, CLAMAN,
  • 2024-05-15 (S) KAWASAKI, HUGHES
  • 2024-05-15 (S) PASSED Y17 N1 A2 passage
  • 2024-05-15 (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
  • 2024-05-15 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED passage
  • 2024-05-15 (S) VERSION: SCS HB 126(FIN) AM S
  • 2024-05-15 (H) CONCUR READ AND TAKEN UP
  • 2024-05-15 (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
  • 2024-05-15 (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y37 N1 A2
  • 2024-05-15 (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
  • 2024-05-15 (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER
  • 2024-10-09 (H) 2:30 P.M. 8/26/24 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-10-09 (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
  • 2024-10-09 (H) Signed into law 8/30 CHAPTER 44 SLA 24 executive-signature
  • 2024-10-09 (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0acf2e5c-b3c2-4d37-9bc4-df1fa6b5ee1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).