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HB36Introduced in the House

Foster Children: Psych. Treatment/homes

Passed

Introduced by Andrew Gray, District 20

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official 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.

Where it stands

EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

July 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Concur · May 17, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Jeremy Bynum1Yes
Rebecca Himschoot2Yes
Andrea Story3Yes
Sara Hannan4Yes
Louise Stutes5Yes
Sarah Vance6Yes
Justin Ruffridge7Yes
Bill Elam8Yes
Ky Holland9Yes
Charles Kopp10Yes

Bill history

  1. PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/25

  2. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  3. HSS, FIN

  4. COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS

  5. HSS RPT 7DP

  6. DP: PRAX, GRAY, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS, FIELDS, MINA

  7. FN1: (DFC)

  8. FN2: ZERO(AJS)

  9. COSPONSOR(S): BURKE, JIMMIE

  10. COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER

  11. FIN RPT 8DP 2NR

  12. DP: BYNUM, HANNAN, ALLARD, GALVIN, JIMMIE, TOMASZEWSKI, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON

  13. NR: JOHNSON, STAPP

  14. FN1: (DFC)

  15. FN2: ZERO(AJS)

  16. COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI, STORY

  17. COSPONSOR(S): MINA

  18. RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2025

  19. READ THE SECOND TIME

  20. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  21. READ THE THIRD TIME HB 36

  22. PASSED Y39 E1

  23. COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  24. COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID, BYNUM, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, STUTES, RUFFRIDGE,

  25. SCHRAGE, COSTELLO, MEARS, SADDLER

  26. TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  27. VERSION: HB 36

  28. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  29. HSS, FIN

  30. HSS RPT SCS(HSS) 3DP 2NR NEW TITLE

  31. TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10

  32. DP: DUNBAR, HUGHES, GIESSEL

  33. NR: CLAMAN, TOBIN

  34. FN2: ZERO(AJS)

  35. FN3: ZERO(DFC)

  36. JUD REFERRAL ADDED AFTER HSS

  37. JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP 1AM NEW TITLE

  38. TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10

  39. DP: CLAMAN, KIEHL, TOBIN

  40. AM: MYERS

  41. FN2: ZERO(AJS)

  42. FN3: ZERO(DFC)

  43. CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, KAWASAKI, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, STEDMAN, DUNBAR,

  44. CLAMAN

  45. FIN RPT SCS 3DP 4NR NEW TITLE

  46. TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10

  47. DP: HOFFMAN, MERRICK, KIEHL

  48. NR: OLSON, STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK

  49. FN4: ZERO(AJS)

  50. FN5: ZERO(DFC)

  51. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026

  52. READ THE SECOND TIME

  53. FIN SCS ADOPTED UC

  54. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CAL

  55. READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 36(FIN)

  56. PASSED Y19 N- E1

  57. COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  58. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  59. TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED

  60. VERSION: SCS HB 36(FIN)

  61. COSPONSOR REMOVED: TOMASZEWSKI

  62. CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD

  63. CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP

  64. CONCUR AM OF (S) Y40

  65. COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  66. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  67. TITLE CHANGE: SCR 10

  68. 2:45 P.M. 6/4/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  69. MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  70. LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/22 CHAPTER 26 SLA 26

  71. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

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