2025-07-30                     House Journal                      Page 1385
HB 55                                                                                                                         
The following letter was dated June 12 and received June 16 at                                                                  
11:48 a.m.:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Edgmon:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
On this date, I have signed, with line item vetoes, the following bill                                                          
passed during the first session of the Thirty-Fourth Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to                                                           
the Lieutenant Governor’s Office for permanent filing:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 55                                                                                        
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                                                                
     expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                                                             
     program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Chapter No. 11, SLA 2025                                                                                                   
     [Effective date: July 1, 2025]                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The Mental Health Capital and Operating budget, with line item                                                                  
vetoes, represents prudent and fiscally responsible investments in the                                                          
state’s comprehensive mental health program. The vetoes made were                                                               
the result of a thorough evaluation representing the reality of the State                                                       
of Alaska’s current fiscal situation.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Mike Dunleavy                                                                                                                   
Governor"