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HB139 • 2026

RENT GOVERNORS MANSION

An Act relating to renting the governor's mansion; and providing for an effective date.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
REPRESENTATIVE STAPP
Last action
2025-04-23
Official status
(H) FIN
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'immediately' under AS 01.10.070(c), but no specific calendar date was provided in the metadata or text excerpt.

Renting the Governor's Mansion

This law requires the Office of the Governor to rent out the governor's mansion for short periods when it is not being used by officials.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Office of the Governor to rent the mansion on a short-term basis when the legislature is not in session and the governor has not reserved it.
  • States that rental agreements are invalid if the legislature enters a special session during the rental period.
  • Directs the Office of the Governor to create rules for how people can rent the mansion.
  • Requires the creation of fees for renting the property.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Office of the Governor
  • People who want to rent the governor's mansion

Limits and Unknowns

  • The specific rental fees are not listed in this text.
  • The exact rules for booking and renting will be written later by the Office of the Governor.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-23 858

    (H) REFERRED TO FINANCE

  2. 2025-04-23 858

    (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(GOV)

  3. 2025-04-23 858

    (H) NR: VANCE, MOORE, HOLLAND

  4. 2025-04-23 858

    (H) DP: HIMSCHOOT, CARRICK

  5. 2025-04-23 858

    (H) STA RPT 2DP 3NR

  6. 2025-04-22 Min

    (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  7. 2025-04-22 Text

    (H) Moved HB 139 Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --

  8. 2025-04-22 Text

    (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120

  9. 2025-04-10 Min

    (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  10. 2025-04-10 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  11. 2025-04-10 Text

    (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120

  12. 2025-04-08 Min

    (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  13. 2025-04-08 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  14. 2025-04-08 Text

    (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120

  15. 2025-03-17 478

    (H) STA, FIN

  16. 2025-03-17 478

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

RENT GOVERNORS MANSION
An Act relating to renting the governor's mansion; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HB0139a -1- HB 139
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HOUSE BILL NO. 139

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVE STAPP

Introduced: 3/17/25
Referred: State Affairs, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to renting the governor's mansion; and providi ng for an effective 1
date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 44.19 is amended by adding a new section to read: 4
Sec. 44.19.032. Governor's mansion. The Office of the Governor shall rent 5
the governor's mansion on a short-term basis when the legislatu re is not in session and 6
the governor has not reserved the mansion in advance. If the le gislature is called into 7
special session, an agreement to rent the mansion during the sp ecial session is 8
unenforceable. The Office of the Governor shall adopt regulatio ns establishing a 9
system for making the governor's mansion available for a person to rent and the fee 10
charged for renting the mansion. 11
* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 12