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SB56

Alaska State Budget Bill for Fiscal Year 2026

Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM

In one sentence

This bill provides money to run state government agencies and programs in Alaska from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

What it does

  • Sets aside funds for the daily operations of many state departments and offices.
  • Allows up to $5 million to move between accounts within a department for building repairs, maintenance, and replacement.
  • Includes leftover money from previous years in some funding amounts, such as fees collected by agencies.
  • Permits transfers of up to $500,000 among specific retirement and health benefit funds.
  • Uses the constitutional budget reserve fund to pay for certain state expenses.

Who it affects

  • State government departments including Administration, Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
  • Specific agencies such as Shared Services of Alaska, the Public Defender Agency, and Motor Vehicles.
  • Employees covered by retirement systems like the Teachers Retirement Trust Fund and Judicial Retirement System.

Limits and unknowns

  • The provided text does not list the total dollar amount of money for the entire bill.
  • Specific details on how much each individual program receives are cut off at the end of the provided excerpt.
  • The exact effective date is listed as blank in the official metadata.

Plain language

Terms to know

Appropriation
An official act that sets aside money for a specific government purpose or agency.
Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund
A fund created by the Alaska Constitution used to make appropriations for state expenses.
Fiscal Year 2026
The budget period running from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET; CAP; SUPP An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

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