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HB127

HB 127: Changing Overtime Rules for Newspaper Employees

Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This bill changes the law to allow employees of newspapers with a circulation under 4,000 copies to be exempt from overtime pay rules.

What it does

  • Amends Alaska Statute 23.10.060(d) regarding who must receive overtime pay.
  • Increases the newspaper circulation limit for an exemption from 1,000 to less than 4,000 copies.
  • Applies this change to weekly, semiweekly, and daily newspapers.

Who it affects

  • Employees working for publishers of weekly, semiweekly, or daily newspapers with a circulation of less than 4,000 copies.

Limits and unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
  • The bill only shows the change to paragraph (5) and does not detail how other exemptions might interact with this new limit.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

OVERTIME ELIGIBILITY: NEWSPAPERS An Act relating to the overtime pay exemption for certain newspaper employees.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS297
  2. (H) STA, L&C297
  3. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS297