Designating May 2024 as Mental Health Awareness Month; and designating May 5 - 11, 2024, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
This bill designates May 2024 as Mental Health Awareness Month and May 5-11, 2024, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week in Alaska. It aims to encourage residents to recognize the importance of mental health support and to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health conditions and specific medication side effects. The resolution does not change laws or allocate funding but serves to highlight statistics on mental illness prevalence and the need for better care access.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Governor
Introduced Oct 9, 2024
Last action Oct 9, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Oct 9, 2024
Introduced
(H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/10 LEGIS RESOLVE 25
lower
May 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
(S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
upper
Apr 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
(S) Moved HCR 15 Out of Committee
upper
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
(H) PASSED Y38 N1 A1
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
(H) Moved HCR 15 Out of Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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