AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N17 2644
Alaska2026Passed Legislature
HB193
Alaska Paid Sick Leave Rules
Last scannedSep 21, 2026, 12:32 AM
In one sentence
This law requires most employers in Alaska with at least ten workers to give employees paid time off for sickness, family care, or safety needs.
What it does
- Requires employers with 10 or more staff to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
- Limits the amount of paid sick leave an employee can use in a year to 56 hours unless the employer allows more.
- Allows employees to carry over unused sick leave from one year to the next, but limits how much they can use each year.
- Permits workers to take time off for their own health issues or to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Protects employees by banning employers from firing them or treating them unfairly if they use paid sick leave.
Who it affects
- Employers in Alaska with 10 or more workers
- Employees working at those businesses
Limits and unknowns
- The text does not state when this law officially takes effect.
- Details about the paid parental leave program mentioned in the title are not included in this specific section of the bill.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Accrue
- To earn paid sick leave hours over time as you work.
- In loco parentis
- A person who acts in the place of a parent, such as a guardian or foster parent.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
UNEMPLOYMENT BEN; PAID LEAVE: PARENT/SICK An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to employer surcharges; relating to the employment assistance and training program account; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; relating to employee unemployment tax credits; relating to employer contributions to unemployment; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (S) REFERRED TO RULES
- (S) FN9: (LWF)2830
- (S) FN8: (LWF)2830
- (S) FN7: (LWF)2830
- (S) FN4: ZERO(ADM)2831
- (S) AM: KIEHL2830
- (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK2830
- (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN2830
- (S) FIN RPT 2DP 4NR 1AM2830
- (S) Moved CSHB 193(FIN) AM Out of CommitteeText
- (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
- (S) Heard & HeldText
- (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
- (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --Text
- (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
- (S) FIN2707
- (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS2707
- (H) VERSION: CSHB 193(FIN) AM2686
- (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)2686
- (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, JOSEPHSON, BYNUM, FRIER, MINA2686
Changes
Amendments
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AM NO 2 FAILED Y20 N20 2645
AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC 2650
AM NO 4 ADOPTED UC 2650
AM NO 5 ADOPTED Y22 N18 2650
AM NO 6 FAILED Y19 N21 2657
AM NO 7 ADOPTED UC 2657
AM NO 8 OFFERED 2659
AM 1 TO AM 9 ADOPTED UC 2661
AM NO 9 OFFERED 2661
AM NO 10 NOT OFFERED 2662
AM NO 11 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN 2662
AM NO 12 FAILED Y19 N21 2662