Alaska2026Passed Legislature
SB61
Electronic Device Recycling and Litter Law Updates
Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM
In one sentence
This bill creates a program for recycling electronic devices, gives legal protection to companies working together on this program under state supervision, and updates existing laws about posting litter penalties.
What it does
- Creates new laws requiring collaboration among manufacturers and other entities to collect, recycle, and dispose of covered electronic equipment safely.
- Establishes an electronics recycling advisory council to guide these efforts.
- Provides immunity from federal antitrust lawsuits for companies participating in state-approved manufacturer e-scrap programs under Department of Environmental Conservation supervision.
- Updates litter laws by requiring penalties to be posted at public highways, visitor centers, parks, beaches, and other publicly owned places determined necessary by the commissioner.
- Allows the department to give grants to state agencies, municipalities, and private organizations for projects that reduce litter or improve recycling facilities.
Who it affects
- Manufacturers who sell electronic equipment in Alaska
- The Department of Environmental Conservation
- State employees authorized by the commissioner and peace officers who enforce litter laws
- Municipalities, state agencies, and private organizations applying for grants
Limits and unknowns
- The provided text does not list which specific electronic devices are covered by the recycling program.
- The effective date for these new rules is mentioned in the title but not specified in the provided text excerpt.
- The definition of 'vessel' and other details at the end of the document were cut off.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Electronic product stewardship program
- A system where manufacturers collaborate to collect, recycle, or dispose of their electronic products.
- Antitrust laws
- Rules that stop companies from working together in ways that limit competition; this bill creates an exception for the new recycling program under state supervision.
- Litter bag
- A container inside a vehicle or vessel used to hold trash before it is properly disposed of.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING An Act relating to an electronic product stewardship program; relating to collection, recycling, and disposal of electronic equipment; establishing the electronics recycling advisory council; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (S) Minutes (SFIN)Min
- (S) Heard & HeldText
- (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
- (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE362
- (S) FN1: (DEC)362
- (S) AM: KAWASAKI362
- (S) NR: HUGHES, MYERS362
- (S) DP: GIESSEL, DUNBAR, WIELECHOWSKI, CLAMAN362
- (S) RES RPT CS 4DP 2NR 1AM SAME TITLE362
- (S) Minutes (SRES)Min
- (S) Moved CSSB 61(RES) Out of CommitteeText
- (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
- (S) Minutes (SRES)Min
- (S) Heard & HeldText
- (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
- (S) Minutes (SRES)Min
- (S) Heard & HeldText
- (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205Text
- (S) RES, FIN60
- (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS60