Alaska

University of Alaska Faculty Representation Act

This law adds a faculty member to the University of Alaska Board of Regents and sets rules for how that person is chosen.

Alaska Health Care Licensing and Rural Program Act

This law updates rules for health worker licenses, creates agreements to share licenses between states, sets up a new group to help rural health programs, and adds specific duties for respiratory care workers.

HB173: Updates for Therapy and Speech Licenses

This law updates rules for licensing physical therapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists in Alaska.

HB195: Updates for Physician Associates and Pharmacist Rules

This law changes the name of 'physician assistant' to 'physician associate,' sets new rules limiting government control over pharmacist agreements, requires doctors offering certain opioid prescriptions to offer overdose medicine, updates medical board membership, and allows delegation of routine duties.

HB239: Updates to Crime Laws, Victim Rights, and Safety Programs

This law updates rules for crimes like murder and assault by raising the age of protection from 16 to 18 in some cases, allows victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue for damages, creates an address confidentiality program, and adjusts parole and licensing requirements.

Special Education Service Agency Funding

This law sets a minimum funding rate of $26.89 per student for Alaska's special education service agency, effective July 1, 2026.

Increasing Superior Court Judges in Alaska's Third Judicial District

This law increases the total number of superior court judges in Alaska to 46 by adding one judge specifically for the third judicial district.

State Budget Bill for Fiscal Year 2027

This law provides money to run state government agencies and specific programs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

HB265: Mental Health Budget Appropriations

This law provides money to state agencies for mental health programs, legal services, and related support during the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026.

HB27: CPR Training in Schools and Major Emergency Care

This law requires the Department of Education to create a hands-only CPR curriculum for public schools and gives state officials authority to designate hospitals capable of treating major emergencies like heart attacks.

Alaska Education Bill: Energy Costs, School Rules, and Teacher Loans

This law requires an annual report on school performance, pays districts for energy costs if they do not increase usage compared to the previous year, allows students leaving online programs to keep their materials, permits regional board members to substitute teach in emergencies, sets rules about felony convictions for board members, and starts a pilot program to help teachers repay student loans.

HB314: Rules for Designers, Engineers, and Construction Costs

This law adds registered interior designers to state rules, changes how construction costs are counted for certain projects, updates the board that oversees design professionals, and sets new requirements for building permits.

Alaska Natural Gas Project Tax and Funding Act

This law creates new taxes on specific natural gas projects to fund public schools, municipal grants, and affordable heating fuel while setting rules for the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation.

HB 48: Civil Legal Services Fund Appropriations

This law changes how much money from court filing fees can be put into the civil legal services fund to help low-income people get lawyers.

Complex Care Residential Homes Law

This law adds complex care residential homes to the list of health facilities regulated by the state and sets an effective date for these changes.

Alaska Law: Transfer of Boat and Vehicle Titles After Death

This law allows boat and vehicle owners in Alaska to name up to two people who will automatically receive the title when they die, without needing probate court.

School Board Training and City Council Size Changes

This law requires the state to provide ethics and budget training for school board members who are required by other laws, changes rules about terms of office for municipal school boards, updates city council sizes in second-class cities, and sets an effective date.

Funding for Regional Schools and Mt. Edgecumbe High School

This law creates a special fund in the state general fund to pay for school construction projects at regional educational attendance areas, small municipal school districts, and Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

Changes to Early Intervention Services for Young Children

This law limits early intervention eligibility to children under three with confirmed developmental delays or disabilities, adds these services as an optional medical assistance benefit, and updates state planning requirements.

Alaska SB 23: New Civics Education and Graduation Rules

This law requires high school students in Alaska to complete a civics course or pass an assessment on government topics before they can graduate, starting with the class entering ninth grade after July 1, 2027.

SB 29: Executive Administrator Roles for Dental and Big Game Boards

This law creates a new executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners and establishes one for the Big Game Commercial Services Board.

Alaska Money Transmission and Virtual Currency Law

This law updates rules for businesses that send money or use virtual currency, requiring them to get a license from the state.

Safe Infant Surrender Rules and Civil History Checks

This law updates rules for parents who safely surrender newborn babies under 21 days old without fear of prosecution or child support, while also changing how the state checks background records to decide on licenses.

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Student Fee Transparency Act

This law requires the University of Alaska to send students email notices about new mandatory fees and provide billing statements that list tuition and fees separately.

Alaska Hunting and Fishing Residency Rules

This law updates the rules for proving you live in Alaska to get hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses.

Alaska Industrial Hemp Rules and State Vegetable Designation

This law updates rules for growing industrial hemp in Alaska, sets testing limits and corrective actions for noncompliant crops, allows state land to be used for farming, and names the O-S Cross cabbage as the official state vegetable.

Transferring Vehicle Titles to Insurance Companies

This law allows vehicle owners in Alaska to transfer titles to insurance companies without notarization or handwritten signatures after the insurer pays for damages.

Health Insurance and Firefighter Benefits Changes

This law requires health insurers to pay the same rate for telehealth as in-person visits, creates disease presumptions for firefighters with specific service records, repeals two medical assistance programs, and updates rules for public employee insurance.

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Repeal of Inactive State Funds and Accounts

This law removes three specific state funds from Alaska statutes: the public access fund, the temporary assistance program emergency account, and a reserve fund for the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games.

Sharing Workforce Data with State Agencies

This law allows Alaska's Department of Labor and Workforce Development to share employment data with other state agencies, including the University of Alaska, for specific research and statistics purposes.

Alaska Electronic Driver's Licenses and Data Sharing Act

This law allows Alaska to issue electronic driver's licenses and ID cards, sets rules for sharing driving data with government agencies, and states that showing an electronic license does not give police permission to search other parts of a person's phone.

Rules for Virtual Currency Kiosks in Alaska

This law requires companies running virtual currency kiosks to hold a money transmission license, register each location with the state, submit detailed reports on their business and suspicious activities, display specific warnings about fraud risks, and use software tools to help prevent crime.

Alaska Law Update on Business Transactions, Bonds, and Vehicle Titles

This law updates Alaska rules for business transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code, clarifies that certain bonds are negotiable instruments without needing extra filing to secure them, adds fraud protections regarding child support transfers, and sets penalties for vehicle title crimes.

Changes to Alaska's Joint Armed Services Committee

This law changes how often a military report is sent, adds new members to the committee that studies military issues in Alaska, and updates what tasks the group must do.

Changes to the Alaska Local Boundary Commission

This bill changes how many members serve on the Local Boundary Commission and updates their term lengths.

Reinstating Native Village Corporations and Reporting Proxy Materials

This law allows dissolved Alaska Native village corporations to apply for reinstatement at any time, regardless of previous two-year limits, and requires certain proxy solicitation materials sent to shareholders to be filed with the state administrator.

Optional Property Tax Exemptions and Refund Rules

This law allows Alaska municipalities to choose whether to lower property taxes for volunteer emergency workers, specific rental properties, mobile home parks, first-time homebuyers, permanent residents, and those renting to low-income families.

HB133: Deadlines for State Payments (Vetoed)

This bill proposed setting specific time limits for state agencies to pay contractors and organizations, requiring interest payments if deadlines are missed.

Transfer of Railroad Land to Whittier

This law approves the transfer of about 84.8 acres of land owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the City of Whittier in exchange for fair market value.

Alaska Arts and Culture Day

This law establishes the first Friday of every October as Alaska Arts and Culture Day.

Changes to Barber and Hairdresser Board Rules

This law updates the duties of the state board that oversees barbers, hairdressers, manicurists, estheticians, tattoo artists, piercing shops, and braiders.

New Training Rules for Certified Nurse Aides in Alaska

This law updates training requirements for certified nurse aides to include specific skills on communication, safety, client rights, and caring for people with cognitive disabilities or mental health needs.

HB25: Rules for Disposable Food Containers

This bill would stop restaurants and the state from using polystyrene foam containers for food starting in 2027, but includes exceptions for emergencies, customer-provided items, old stock, local rules, and financial hardship.

Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission Bill

This bill establishes the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission to promote trade, investment, and cooperation between Alaska and Ireland.

Changes to Alaska Legislative Ethics and Subpoena Rules

This law updates rules for state lawmakers about gifts, office use, and political activities while changing which groups can issue subpoenas.

Alaska Travel Insurance Tax Rules and New Limited Licenses

This law sets rules for taxing travel insurance sold to Alaska residents, defines key industry terms, and creates specific limited licenses for selling rental car insurance and portable electronics protection.

HB36: Rules for Foster Care Mental Health Treatment

This law updates rules about mental health care, medical coverage eligibility, and placement options for children in the state foster system.

Bulk Fuel Loan Cap

This law raises the maximum loan amount from Alaska's bulk fuel accounts to $1,500,000 and sets rules for repaying these loans within one year.

Education Rules for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

This law requires Alaska school districts to give parents neutral information about hearing technology and communication methods, let them choose the best method for their child, and ensure staff are trained in that choice.

HB50: Snow Classics

This law updates the definition of a 'snow classic' to allow these games at any specific location and removes restrictions requiring them to be run by Four Valleys Community School, Inc.

HB79: Renaming a Research Institute and a Marine Park

This bill proposes renaming the University of Alaska's research institute and a state marine park to honor Vic Fischer, but it was vetoed by the governor.

Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board Act

This bill establishes an advisory board to study wages, working conditions, and payment rates for home care workers in Alaska.

Changes to the Fisheries Product Development Tax Credit

This law makes information about tax credit recipients public, limits how much of a taxpayer's bill can be covered by the credit, sets an end date for qualifying equipment purchases, and allows businesses to ask if their plans qualify before spending money.

Alaska Invasive Species Council and Fund

This bill creates a new advisory council to help state agencies manage harmful non-native species, sets up a fund for their work, and requires regular reports.

Changes to Service Area Voting and Farm Land Tax Rules

This law changes how voters must approve certain changes to local service areas for roads, fire protection, or parks, and updates the rules for getting special tax assessments on farm land.

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Alaska State Game Refuges and Public Use Area Boundaries

This law designates specific National Wildlife Refuges as state game refuges, establishes the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge with detailed land descriptions, updates boundaries for existing areas like Izembek, and adjusts the Jonesville Public Use Area.

Alaska Motor Vehicle Rules: Imports, Tests, and Insurance

This law allows the registration of legally imported vehicles at least 25 years old without current federal safety standards, lets driving test applicants retake only failed portions, and sets longer insurance requirements for repeat suspensions due to unpaid judgments.