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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to insurance coverage for benefits provided through telehealth; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to insurance coverage for benefits provided through telehealth; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Alaska HB 29 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INTERNET", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SPOHNHOLZ"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 74
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5240e2-03cb-42f8-a96d-1a46d7891a89"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB29"
source_hash: "7e8b7973364d24280f38796daa89c3c2df5433b82b44b7b4b8678fcd678fc89c"
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 29 (31) — An Act relating to insurance coverage for benefits provided through telehealth; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0029A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0029A)
2. **HB0029B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0029B)
3. **HB0029C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0029C)
4. **HB0029Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0029Z)
## Votes
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y12 N24 E4 # 813 — **1224** (fail) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N2 E2 #1849**362** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N2 E1 #1991**172** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y30 N7 E3 #835**307** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- SPOHNHOLZ — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Lincoln — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-20** (H) Prefile released 1/11/19 `filing`
- **2019-02-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** (H) HSS, L&C
- **2019-03-26** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-03-26** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-26** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-03-28** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-03-28** (H) Moved HB 29 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-03-29** (H) HSS RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2019-03-29** (H) DP: CLAMAN, DRUMMOND, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2019-03-29** (H) NR: PRUITT
- **2019-03-29** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-04-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-12** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-15** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-15** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2019-04-15** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-26** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-26** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2019-04-26** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-29** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-29** (H) Moved HB 29 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-29** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-30** (H) L&C RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2019-04-30** (H) DP: HANNAN, STUTES, FIELDS, WOOL, LEDOUX
- **2019-04-30** (H) NR: REVAK, TALERICO
- **2019-04-30** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-05-01** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2019-05-06** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2019
- **2019-05-06** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y12 N24 E4
- **2019-05-06** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/7 CALENDAR
- **2019-05-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): LINCOLN, TARR, JOSEPHSON
- **2019-05-07** (H) Read the third time HB 29 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** (H) PASSED Y30 N7 E3
- **2019-05-07** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-07** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2019-05-07** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-05-07** (H) VERSION: HB 29
- **2019-05-08** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** (S) HSS
- **2020-02-14** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-14** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-02-19** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-19** (S) Moved SCS HB 29(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2020-02-19** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-02-21** (S) HSS RPT SCS 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2020-02-21** (S) DP: WILSON, BEGICH, VON IMHOF
- **2020-02-21** (S) NR: GIESSEL
- **2020-02-21** (S) FN2: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** (S) HSS SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-09** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/10 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-10** (S) Read the third time SCS HB 29(HSS) AM S `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WILSON, REVAK
- **2020-03-10** (S) PASSED Y17 N2 E1
- **2020-03-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-10** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 29(HSS) AM S
- **2020-03-11** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD
- **2020-03-11** (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-11** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y36 N2 E2
- **2020-03-11** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): LEDOUX
- **2020-03-16** (H) 11:05 A.M. 3/16/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-18** (H) Signed into law 3/16 CHAPTER 3 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 3/17/20
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b5240e2-03cb-42f8-a96d-1a46d7891a89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).