Alaska2026Passed Legislature
HB348
Rules for Releasing Feral Cats in Alaska
Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM
In one sentence
This law allows people to return specific types of feral cats, called community cats, to the land where they were found without breaking animal ownership rules.
What it does
- Allows a person to release a community cat on land if the landowner agrees and the cat was originally taken from that land.
- Exempts the person releasing the cat from state and city laws about owning or caring for domestic animals.
- States that returning these cats does not count as abandoning them.
Who it affects
- People who catch, treat, and release feral cats
- State, city, and private landowners whose property is used for releases
Limits and unknowns
- The law only applies if the landowner gives permission for the release.
- The text does not say when this bill will officially become active or take effect.
Plain language
Terms to know
- community cat
- A feral cat that has a rabies vaccine, had its left ear tip removed, and was spayed or neutered.
- feral cat
- An unowned domestic cat living in the wild that is not used to being around people.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
RELEASE OF FERAL CATS An Act relating to feral cats.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) REFERRED TO COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS1688
- (H) CRA, RES1688
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS1688