# Alaska HB 52: MINORS & PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS Alaska HB 52, MINORS & PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Maxine Dibert (Democratic); status vetoed, last action 2026-06-20 ((H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB52-34 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alaska HB 52 - State: Alaska - Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: MINORS & PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS - Status: vetoed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2026-06-20, (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26 - Sponsor: Maxine Dibert (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 18 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (94 yes, 46 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More oversight of kids’ psychiatric hospitals: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, Alaska health officials must inspect qualifying psychiatric hospitals without warning at least twice each year. This covers hospitals evaluating or treating minors where a minor stayed more than three nights in the previous year. Each inspection includes interviews with at l… - Private family calls for hospitalized kids: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, minors receiving psychiatric hospital evaluation or inpatient treatment have a right to private phone or video calls. They get at least two total hours each week with a parent, guardian, or another adult approved by the lead professional. The minor, parent, guardian, or appr… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Maxine Dibert (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Burke - Cosponsor: Matt Claman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mia Costello (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Forrest Dunbar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Zack Fields (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Neal Foster (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Alyse Galvin (Not), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Giessel (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sara Hannan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nellie Unangiq Jimmie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kelly Merrick (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Genevieve Mina (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Calvin Schrage (Not), House - Cosponsor: Bert Stedman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Andi Story (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-19 | House | GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y36 N24 | pass | 36 | 24 | | | 2026-05-17 | House | EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y32 N8 | pass | 32 | 8 | | | 2026-05-17 | House | CONCUR AM OF (S) Y26 N14 | pass | 26 | 14 | | ## Actions (103) - 2026-06-20: (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26 (House) - 2026-06-19: (S) JOINT SESSION at 01:00 PM HOUSE CHAMBER (Senate) - 2026-06-19: (H) GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y36 N24 (House) - 2026-06-10: (H) 12:55 P.M. 6/5/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (House) - 2026-05-17: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y32 N8 (House) - 2026-05-17: (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y26 N14 (House) - 2026-05-17: (H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED AND TAKEN UP (House) - 2026-05-17: (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 52(FIN) (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 52(FIN) (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate) - 2026-05-17: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) FN6: (DOH) (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) FN5: ZERO(DFC) (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) FN4: ZERO(DFC) (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) NR: OLSON, KAUFMAN, CRONK, KIEHL (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) DP: HOFFMAN, MERRICK (Senate) - 2026-05-16: (S) FIN RPT SCS 2DP 4NR SAME TITLE (Senate) - 2026-05-15: (S) Minutes (SFIN) (Senate) - 2026-05-15: (S) Moved SCS CSHB 52(FIN) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change -- (Senate) - 2026-05-15: (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-05-13: (S) Scheduled but Not Heard (Senate) - 2026-05-13: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2026-05-12: (S) Minutes (SFIN) (Senate) - 2026-05-12: (S) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Please Note Time Change -- (Senate) - 2026-05-12: (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2026-05-06: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: (S) DUNBAR (Senate) - 2026-05-06: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, STEDMAN, KAWASAKI, (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-04-24: (S) FIN (Senate) - 2026-04-24: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate) - 2026-04-22: (H) VERSION: CSHB 52(HSS) AM (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, STORY, SCHRAGE, MINA, COSTELLO (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) PASSED Y37 E3 (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 52(HSS) AM (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) HSS CS ADOPTED UC (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House) - 2026-04-22: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2026 (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, HANNAN (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) FN6: (DOH) (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) FN5: ZERO(DFC) (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) FN4: ZERO(DFC) (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) NR: STAPP (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) SCHRAGE (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, HANNAN, MOORE, BYNUM, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER, (House) - 2026-03-25: (H) FIN RPT CS(HSS) 9DP 1NR (House) - 2026-03-24: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2026-03-24: (H) Moved CSHB 52(HSS) Out of Committee (House) - 2026-03-24: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-24: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-03-18: (H) COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE (House) - 2026-03-17: (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- (House) - 2026-03-17: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-17: (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- (House) - 2026-03-17: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-17: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 8:00 am on 5/16 -- (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-15: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) FIN REPLACES L&C REFERRAL (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) FN3: (DOH) (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) FN2: ZERO(DFC) (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) FN1: ZERO(DFC) (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) NR: PRAX (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) DP: FIELDS, GRAY, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS, MINA (House) - 2025-04-30: (H) HSS RPT CS(HSS) 6DP 1NR (House) - 2025-04-29: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-04-29: (H) Moved CSHB 52(HSS) Out of Committee (House) - 2025-04-29: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-04-29: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-24: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-04-24: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2025-04-24: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-04-24: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-22: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-04-22: (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 3:45 pm -- (House) - 2025-04-22: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-04-22: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-07: (H) COSPONSOR(S): BURKE (House) - 2025-04-03: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-04-03: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2025-04-03: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-04-03: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-25: (H) Minutes (HHSS) (House) - 2025-03-25: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2025-03-25: (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:15 PM DAVIS 106 (House) - 2025-03-25: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-03: (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER (House) - 2025-01-27: (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS (House) - 2025-01-22: (H) HSS, L&C (House) - 2025-01-22: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled HB 52, 2026-05-17: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052Z.PDF) - SCS CSHB 52(FIN), 2026-05-16: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052D), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052D.PDF) - CSHB 52(HSS) am, 2026-04-22: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052C), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052C.PDF) - CSHB 52(HSS), 2025-04-30: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052B), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052B.PDF) - HB 52, 2025-01-22: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052A.PDF) ## Related bills - HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES (signed) - HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM (became law) - SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (became law) - SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY (became law) - SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE (became law) - HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled HB 52 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052Z) - [Enrolled HB 52 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052Z.PDF) - [SCS CSHB 52(FIN) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052D) - [SCS CSHB 52(FIN) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052D.PDF) - [CSHB 52(HSS) am (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052C) - [CSHB 52(HSS) am (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052C.PDF) - [CSHB 52(HSS) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052B) - [CSHB 52(HSS) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052B.PDF) - [HB 52 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0052A) - [HB 52 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0052A.PDF) ## Related - [HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB73-34) - [HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB28-34) - [SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB178-34) - [SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB86-34) - [SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB104-34) - [HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB263-34) - [Alaska bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska/bills) - [Alaska state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB52-34 (as of 2026-11-04).