00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 307                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to court-ordered compensatory visitation with a child; and providing                                   
02 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 25.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                
05            Sec. 25.20.113. Compensatory visitation. (a) A court shall order                                           
06       compensatory visitation between a child and a person if                                                           
07                 (1)  a court order exists that is specific as to when the custodian of the                              
08       child must permit the person to have visitation with the child;                                                   
09                 (2)  the visitation described in (1) of this subsection did not occur in                                
10       substantial conformance with the court order while the department was investigating                               
11       an allegation that the person subjected the child to a condition listed in AS 47.10.011;                          
12                 (3)  the department finds the allegation is unsubstantiated; and                                        
13                 (4)  the child's custodian fails to establish other good cause for                                      
14       deviating from the court's order.                                                                                 
01            (b)  In ordering additional visitation under (a) of this section to compensate a                             
02       person for visitation that did not occur while the person was under investigation by the                          
03       department, the court shall                                                                                       
04                 (1)  ensure that the compensatory visitation is of the same type and                                    
05       duration as the visitation specified in the original order that did not occur;                                    
06                 (2)  ensure that the compensatory visitation occurs within two years                                    
07       after the date the court enters the order; and                                                                    
08                 (3)  impose reasonable conditions necessary to protect the best interests                               
09       of the child.                                                                                                     
10            (c)  In this section, "department" means the Department of Family and                                        
11       Community Services.                                                                                               
12    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14 APPLICABILITY. AS 25.20.113, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to court-                                           
15 ordered visitation between a person and a child that was denied on or after the effective date                          
16 of this Act while the department investigated an allegation that the person subjected the child                         
17 to a condition listed in AS 47.10.011.                                                                                  
18    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2026.