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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing an alternative to arrest procedure for persons suffering from an acute behavioral health crisis; relating to emergency detention for mental health evaluation; relating to administration of psychotropic medication to a patient without the patient's informed consent; relating to licensure of crisis stabilization centers; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing an alternative to arrest procedure for persons suffering from an acute behavioral health crisis; relating to emergency detention for mental health evaluation; relating to administration of psychotropic medication to a patient without the patient's informed consent; relating to licensure of crisis stabilization centers; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Alaska SB 120 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DRUGS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSES", "PHYSICIANS", "RIGHTS", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIESSEL"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 68
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af7f2eec-c324-4684-ab80-da9fafc2aab9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB120"
source_hash: "b4a78f79830d7885fe9f662978e75c332dcca037a62c16a135ced538d40287d5"
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 120 (31) — An Act establishing an alternative to arrest procedure for persons suffering from an acute behavioral health crisis; relating to emergency detention for mental health evaluation; relating to administration of psychotropic medication to a patient without the patient's informed consent; relating to licensure of crisis stabilization centers; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0120A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0120A)
2. **SB0120B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0120B)
3. **SB0120C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0120C)
4. **SB0120Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0120Z)
## Votes
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y15 N4 E1 #2242**154** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N8 E6 A2 # 2004 — **248** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y15 N1 E4 #2103**151** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y28 N7 E3 A2 #2035**287** (pass) · lower
- (H) MOTION TO DIVIDE QUESTION (FLD) Y17 N20 E2 A1 #1945**1720** (fail) · lower
- (H) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (PSD) Y23 N15 E2 #1945**2315** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- GIESSEL — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-06** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** (S) HSS
- **2020-02-28** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-28** (S) Heard & Held
- **2020-02-28** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-03-06** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-06** (S) Moved CSSB 120(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2020-03-06** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2020-03-09** (S) HSS RPT CS 2DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2020-03-09** (S) DP: WILSON, GIESSEL
- **2020-03-09** (S) NR: SHOWER
- **2020-03-09** (S) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-09** (S) FN2: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** (S) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2020-03-18** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18** (S) HSS CS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-18** (S) Read the third time CSSB 120(HSS) `reading-3`
- **2020-03-18** (S) PASSED Y15 N1 E4
- **2020-03-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-18** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2020-03-18** (S) VERSION: CSSB 120(HSS)
- **2020-03-18** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-18** (H) FIN
- **2020-03-18** (H) MOTION TO WAIVE FIN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) W/ SB 137
- **2020-03-18** (H) MOTION TO DIVIDE QUESTION (FLD) Y17 N20 E2 A1
- **2020-03-18** (H) FIN WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23(A) (PSD) Y23 N15 E2
- **2020-03-19** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-19** (H) Heard & Held
- **2020-03-19** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-20** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR PENDING RPT/REF
- **2020-03-20** (H) IN FINANCE
- **2020-03-20** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-20** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to 9:00 am on 3/21/20 --
- **2020-03-20** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-21** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 4NR
- **2020-03-21** (H) DP: LEBON, KNOPP, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, JOHNSTON, FOSTER
- **2020-03-21** (H) NR: ORTIZ, CARPENTER, TILTON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2020-03-21** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-21** (H) FN2: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-21** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2020
- **2020-03-21** (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2020-03-21** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-21** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N8 E6 A2
- **2020-03-21** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-21** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/23 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-21** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2020-03-21** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2020-03-21** (H) Moved CSSB 120(HSS) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2020-03-21** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2020-03-23** (H) Read the third time CSSB 120(HSS) AM H `reading-3`
- **2020-03-23** (H) PASSED Y28 N7 E3 A2
- **2020-03-23** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-23** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 19
- **2020-03-23** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-23** (H) VERSION: CSSB 120(HSS) AM H
- **2020-03-24** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y15 N4 E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-05-19** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 205
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN3: (CC:HB205/DHS)
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN4: (CC:HB205/DHS)
- **2020-05-18** (S) 10:15 A.M. 4/13/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2020-05-18** (S) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 28 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af7f2eec-c324-4684-ab80-da9fafc2aab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).