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SB37

SB 37: Rules for State Agency Plans and Budgets

Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM

In one sentence

This bill updates rules for how state agencies create strategic, mission, performance, and financial plans to help the governor and legislature manage resources.

What it does

  • Requires the Division of Wildlife Conservation and the Division of Sport Fish to list reimbursable services agreements in their budgets if funded by specific fish and game funds.
  • Updates rules for creating long-term program goals, strategic plans, mission statements, performance plans, and financial policies for state agencies.
  • Directs the legislature to review and analyze mission statements and performance plans issued by the governor.
  • Mandates that each agency measures its progress toward strategic goals using measurable terms.
  • Requires agencies to report their quarterly progress on performance plans to a central office.

Who it affects

  • Executive branch departments in Alaska
  • The University of Alaska system
  • The Division of Wildlife Conservation and the Division of Sport Fish

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill text provided does not include the specific date when these rules will take effect.
  • The excerpt ends before finishing the section on how the governor must use performance plans to ensure results.

Plain language

Terms to know

Strategic plan
A long-term document that sets goals for how an agency will work.
Performance plan
A list of specific results an agency aims to achieve and how it will measure them in measurable terms.
Reimbursable services agreement
An arrangement where one state division pays another for administrative help or other services.

Official record

Sources

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Official bill pageIntroduced textCurrent bill text

Official summary

STRATEGIC PLANS FOR STATE AGENCIES An Act relating to the Executive Budget Act; relating to strategic plans, mission statements, performance plans, and financial plans for executive branch agencies; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (S) Minutes (SFIN)Min
  2. (S) < Above Bill Removed From Agenda >Text
  3. (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
  4. (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE1065
  5. (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)1065
  6. (S) NR: GRAY-JACKSON1065
  7. (S) DP: BJORKMAN1065
  8. (S) AM: KAWASAKI1065
  9. (S) STA RPT 1AM 1DP 1NR1065
  10. (S) Minutes (SSTA)Min
  11. (S) Moved SB 37 Out of CommitteeText
  12. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  13. (S) Minutes (SSTA)Min
  14. (S) Heard & HeldText
  15. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  16. (S) COSPONSOR(S): YUNDT, HUGHES, MYERS, CRONK, SHOWER405
  17. (S) STA, FIN36
  18. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS36
  19. (S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/2536