Alaska HB 173 — An Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; relating to physical therapist licensure; relating to physical therapist assistant licensure; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to speech-language pathologist licensure; and relating to national criminal history record checks.
Alaska, 34. HB 173: An Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational therapist licensure compa
Latest action
September 30, 2026 — (H) FN2: (CED)
Summary
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Sponsors
- Jimmie — primary sponsor
- Prax
- Stutes
- D.Nelson
- Schwanke
- Bynum
- Himschoot
- Mina
- Josephson
- Burke
- Story
- Johnson
- Galvin
- Gray
- Schrage
- Myers
Bill text
HB 173 Read version ↗ Read version ↗
CSHB 173(L&C) Read version ↗ Read version ↗
SCS CSHB 173(FIN) Read version ↗ Read version ↗
SCS CSHB 173(FIN) am S Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Enrolled HB 173 Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
(S) PASSED Y14 N6 #2847
May 20, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 14 · no: 6 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (20)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Bjorkman | yes |
| Claman | yes |
| Cronk | yes |
| Dunbar | yes |
| Hoffman | yes |
| Kaufman | yes |
| Kiehl | yes |
| Merrick | yes |
| Myers | yes |
| Rauscher | yes |
| Stedman | yes |
| Tilton | yes |
| Wielechowski | yes |
| Yundt | yes |
| Giessel | no |
| Gray-Jackson | no |
| Kawasaki | no |
| Olson | no |
| Stevens | no |
| Tobin | no |
(H) PASSED Y40 #1155
May 12, 2025 · House · pass
yes: 40 · no: 0 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (40)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Allard | yes |
| Burke | yes |
| Bynum | yes |
| Carrick | yes |
| Costello | yes |
| Coulombe | yes |
| Dibert | yes |
| Edgmon | yes |
| Eischeid | yes |
| Elam | yes |
| Fields | yes |
| Foster | yes |
| Galvin | yes |
| Gray | yes |
| Hall | yes |
| Hannan | yes |
| Himschoot | yes |
| Holland | yes |
| Jimmie | yes |
| Johnson | yes |
| Josephson | yes |
| Kopp | yes |
| McCabe | yes |
| Mears | yes |
| Mina | yes |
| Moore | yes |
| Nelson | yes |
| Prax | yes |
| Rauscher | yes |
| Ruffridge | yes |
| Saddler | yes |
| Schrage | yes |
| Schwanke | yes |
| Stapp | yes |
| Story | yes |
| Stutes | yes |
| Tilton | yes |
| Tomaszewski | yes |
| Underwood | yes |
| Vance | yes |
(H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 A1 #2994
May 20, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 39 · no: 0 · other: 1
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (40)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Allard | yes |
| Bynum | yes |
| Carrick | yes |
| Costello | yes |
| Coulombe | yes |
| Dibert | yes |
| Edgmon | yes |
| Eischeid | yes |
| Elam | yes |
| Fields | yes |
| Foster | yes |
| Frier | yes |
| Galvin | yes |
| Gray | yes |
| Hall | yes |
| Hannan | yes |
| Himschoot | yes |
| Holland | yes |
| Jimmie | yes |
| Johnson | yes |
| Josephson | yes |
| Kopp | yes |
| McCabe | yes |
| Mears | yes |
| Mina | yes |
| Moore | yes |
| D.Nelson | yes |
| G.Nelson | yes |
| Prax | yes |
| Saddler | yes |
| Schrage | yes |
| Schwanke | yes |
| St. Clair | yes |
| Stapp | yes |
| Story | yes |
| Stutes | yes |
| Tomaszewski | yes |
| Underwood | yes |
| Vance | yes |
| Ruffridge | other |
Legislative history
- (H) FN2: (CED)
- (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 263
- (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/30/26
- (H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/30 CHAPTER 41 SLA 26
- (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 Transmitted to Governor
- (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 A1
- (H) CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 27
- (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED
- (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 173(FIN) AM S
- (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
- (S) PASSED Y14 N6
- (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 173(FIN) AM S
- (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL
- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
- (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- (S) READ THE SECOND TIME
- (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026
- (S) FN2: (CED)
- (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL
- (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN
- (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 27
- (S) FIN RPT SCS 2DP 5NR NEW TITLE
- (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- (S) Moved SCS CSHB 173(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- (S) Heard & Held
- (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS
- (S) FIN
- (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
- (H) VERSION: CSHB 173(L&C)
- (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY, SCHRAGE
- (H) PASSED Y40
- (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 173(L&C)
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CALENDAR
- (H) L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- (H) READ THE SECOND TIME
- (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2025
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON
- (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- (H) DP: BURKE, COULOMBE, CARRICK, SADDLER, D.NELSON, HALL, FIELDS
- (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 7DP
- (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- (H) Moved CSHB 173(L&C) Out of Committee
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 15 min. after adjournment --
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): BURKE, STORY
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): MINA, JOSEPHSON
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): HIMSCHOOT
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): STUTES, D.NELSON, SCHWANKE, BYNUM
- (H) L&C, FIN
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
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