AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y27 N12 E1 1917
Alaska2026Passed Legislature
SB64
Alaska Election and Voter Registration Changes
Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM
In one sentence
This law updates rules for how people register to vote, removes hunting or fishing licenses as acceptable ID forms, sets new steps for checking voter addresses, and adds reporting requirements about using tax data.
What it does
- Removes hunting or fishing licenses from the list of identification documents voters can use when registering in person or by mail.
- Allows the Division of Elections to share Permanent Fund Dividend application records with the Department of Revenue only for voter registration and roll maintenance.
- Requires election officials to send address confirmation notices at least once every January to specific groups of voters, including those whose mail was returned recently or who have not voted in 28 months.
- Sets a 45-day deadline for voters to respond to address checks before their registration becomes inactive.
- Creates an annual report that details how many tax records were shared and what security steps protect voter information.
Who it affects
- People who want to register to vote in Alaska
- The Division of Elections
- The Department of Revenue
- Voters whose registration status is being reviewed
Limits and unknowns
- The text does not state the exact date this law will take effect.
- The full list of regulations that election officials must create is cut off in the provided source material.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Permanent Fund Dividend application
- A form people fill out to receive a yearly payment from Alaska's oil fund, which can also be used to register to vote.
- Voter roll maintenance
- The process of checking voter lists to confirm residency, find duplicate names, detect voters who have moved, and identify ineligible voters.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
ELECTIONS An Act relating to elections; relating to voters; relating to voting; relating to voter registration; relating to election administration; relating to campaign contributions; relating to write-in candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States; relating to the crimes of unlawful interference with voting in the first degree, unlawful interference with an election, and election official misconduct; relating to voter registration on permanent fund dividend applications; relating to the duties of the commissioner of revenue; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) JOINT SESSION at 11:00 AM HOUSE CHAMBERText
- (S) RETURNED TO GOVERNOR FOR PERMANENT FILING2469
- (S) GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y38 N222469
- (S) MOTION TO OVERRIDE VETO2468
- (S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 4/29/262427
- (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)2228
- (S) 3:36 P.M. 4/13/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR2228
- (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2046
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y16 N42045
- (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP2044
- (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 64(FIN) AM H1943
- (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED1943
- (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 121939
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y27 N12 E11938
- (H) PASSED Y23 N16 E11938
- (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 64(FIN) AM H1937
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC1937
- (H) AM NO 11 FAILED Y18 N21 E11935
- (H) AM NO 10 FAILED Y13 N26 E11933
- (H) AM NO 9 AS AMD FAILED Y18 N21 E11932
Changes
Amendments
12 stored
AM NO 2 FAILED Y17 N22 E1 1920
AM NO 3 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 1921
AM NO 4 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 1922
AM NO 5 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN 1923
AM NO 6 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 1927
AM NO 7 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 1929
AM NO 8 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 1930
AM NO 9 OFFERED 1931
AM 1 TO AM 9 ADOPTED UC 1932
AM NO 10 FAILED Y13 N26 E1 1933
AM NO 11 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 1935