2025-2026 Regular Session • Alaska Legislature
HB36: Foster Children Psychiatric Treatment
Legislative Summary
An Act relating to the placement of foster children in psychiatric hospitals; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in residential facilities outside the state; and amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure.
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Bill History
1/22/2025
PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/25
House of Representatives
1/22/2025
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
House of Representatives
1/22/2025
HSS, FIN
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
HSS RPT 7DP
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
DP: PRAX, GRAY, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS, FIELDS, MINA
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
FN1: (DFC)
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
FN2: ZERO(AJS)
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
COSPONSOR(S): BURKE, JIMMIE
House of Representatives
3/3/2025
COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
FIN RPT 8DP 2NR
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
DP: BYNUM, HANNAN, ALLARD, GALVIN, JIMMIE, TOMASZEWSKI, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
NR: JOHNSON, STAPP
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
FN1: (DFC)
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
FN2: ZERO(AJS)
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI, STORY
House of Representatives
3/24/2025
COSPONSOR(S): MINA
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
READ THE SECOND TIME
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
READ THE THIRD TIME HB 36
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
PASSED Y39 E1
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID, BYNUM, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, STUTES, RUFFRIDGE,
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
SCHRAGE, COSTELLO, MEARS, SADDLER
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
TRANSMITTED TO (S)
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
VERSION: HB 36
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
Senate
3/28/2025
HSS, FIN
Senate
5/14/2025
HSS RPT SCS(HSS) 3DP 2NR NEW TITLE
Senate
5/14/2025
TITLE CHANGE: F/C
Senate
5/14/2025
DP: DUNBAR, HUGHES, GIESSEL
Senate
5/14/2025
NR: CLAMAN, TOBIN
Senate
5/14/2025
FN2: ZERO(AJS)
Senate
5/14/2025
FN3: ZERO(DFC)
Senate
5/14/2025
JUD REFERRAL ADDED AFTER HSS
Senate
5/16/2025
JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP 1AM NEW TITLE
Senate
5/16/2025
TITLE CHANGE: F/C
Senate
5/16/2025
DP: CLAMAN, KIEHL, TOBIN
Senate
5/16/2025
AM: MYERS
Senate
5/16/2025
FN2: ZERO(AJS)
Senate
5/16/2025
FN3: ZERO(DFC)
Senate
5/16/2025
REFERRED TO FINANCE
Senate
Roll Call Votes
House: Third Reading Final Passage
3/26/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/26/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 11
Republican: 6
Independent: 1
Nonpartisan: 1
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Gray
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (18)
William Fields
Democrat
Robyn Burke
Democrat
Nellie Jimmie
Democrat
Neal Foster
Democrat
Frank Tomaszewski
Republican
Andrea Story
Democrat
Genevieve Mina
Democrat
Ted Eischeid
Democrat
Jeremy Bynum
Republican
Alyse Galvin
Independent
Sara Hannan
Democrat
Andrew Josephson
Democrat
Louise Stutes
Republican
Justin Ruffridge
Republican
Calvin Schrage
Nonpartisan
Mia Costello
Republican
Donna Mears
Democrat
Dan Saddler
Republican