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HB283 • 2026

APPROP: SUPPLEMENTAL

An Act making supplemental appropriations; 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.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
HOUSE FINANCE
Last action
2026-02-13
Official status
(H) FIN
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount drawn from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund is conditional and depends on future revenue calculations.

Alaska Supplemental Appropriations Bill (HB 283)

This bill provides extra money to state agencies for health care, transportation projects, and specific funds using the general fund and a constitutional reserve.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides $36.4 million from the General Fund Match to the Department of Health for Medicaid Services.
  • Allocates about $70.2 million in state money to match federal grants for highways, aviation, transit, and safety projects managed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
  • Reappropriates an estimated $650,000 from a previous energy plan appropriation to help match funds for the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program.
  • Adds $40 million to the disaster relief fund and $55 million to the fire suppression fund from the General Fund.
  • Transfers money collected from surcharges on oil and hazardous substances, along with estimated balances, into prevention and response accounts within a specific state fund.
  • Allows up to $382.3 million to be taken from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund if regular revenue is not enough to pay for 2026 spending or prevent a cash deficiency.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Health
  • The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
  • The Alaska Energy Authority within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
  • Statewide funds including disaster relief, fire suppression, oil spill prevention, and higher education investment

Terms To Know

Supplemental Appropriation
Extra money given to agencies after the main budget has already been approved.
General Fund Match
State money used to meet requirements for receiving federal grant dollars.
Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund
A savings account created by the state constitution that can be used when regular income is not enough to cover costs or prevent a cash shortage.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not say exactly how much money will come from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund until it is known if revenue falls short in fiscal year 2026.
  • Some funding amounts are listed as estimates, such as balances expected on June 30, 2026.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-13 Text

    (H) Scheduled but Not Heard

  2. 2026-02-13 Text

    (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  3. 2026-02-10 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  4. 2026-02-10 Text

    (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  5. 2026-02-04 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  6. 2026-02-04 Text

    (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  7. 2026-01-27 Min

    (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  8. 2026-01-27 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  9. 2026-01-27 Text

    (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  10. 2026-01-26 1499

    (H) REFERRED TO FINANCE

  11. 2026-01-26 1499

    (H) FIN

  12. 2026-01-26 1499

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

APPROP: SUPPLEMENTAL
An Act making supplemental appropriations; 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.

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HOUSE BILL NO. 283

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Introduced: 1/26/26
Referred: Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act making supplemental appropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, 1
sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve 2
fund; and providing for an effective date." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
(SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)5

HB 283, Sec. 1 HB0283a
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* Section 1. The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the 1
general fund or other funds as set out in sec. 2 of this Act to the agencies named for the 2
purposes expressed for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, 3
unless otherwise indicated. 4
Appropriation General Other 5
Allocations Items Funds Funds 6
* * * * * * * * * * 7
* * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 8
* * * * * * * * * * 9
Medicaid Services 36,436,800 36,436,800 10
Medicaid Services 36,436,800 11
(SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 12

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* Sec. 2. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Health 4
1003 General Fund Match 36,436,800 5
*** Total Agency Funding *** 36,436,800 6
* * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 36,436,800 7
(SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 8

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* Sec. 3. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General 4
1003 General Fund Match 36,436,800 5
*** Total Unrestricted General *** 36,436,800 6
(SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 7

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* Sec. 4. The following appropriations are for capital projects and grants from the general 1
fund or other funds as set out in sec. 5 of this Act by funding source to the agencies named for 2
the purposes expressed. They lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise noted. 3
Appropriation General Other 4
Allocations Items Funds Funds 5
* * * * * * * * * * 6
* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 7
* * * * * * * * * * 8
Federal Program Match 69,695,087 69,695,087 9
Federal-Aid Highway State 58,276,155 10
Match (HD 1-40) 11
Other Federal Program Match 1,611,548 12
(HD 1-40) 13
Federal-Aid Aviation State 9,807,384 14
Match (HD 1-40) 15
Statewide Federal Programs 459,000 459,000 16
Federal Transit 400,000 17
Administration Grants (HD 18
1-40) 19
Highway Safety Grants 59,000 20
Program (HD 1-40) 21
(SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 22

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* Sec. 5. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 4
1003 General Fund Match 69,695,087 5
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 459,000 6
*** Total Agency Funding *** 70,154,087 7
* * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 70,154,087 8
(SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 9

HB0283a HB 283, Sec. 6
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* Sec. 6. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General 4
1003 General Fund Match 69,695,087 5
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 459,000 6
*** Total Unrestricted General *** 70,154,087 7
(SECTION 7 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 8
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* Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC 1
DEVELOPMENT. The unexpended and unobligated balance, estimated to be $650,000, of 2
the appropriation made in sec. 14, ch. 11, SLA 2022, page 117, lines 19 - 20 (Department of 3
Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Alaska Energy Authority, electrical 4
vehicle infrastructure plan - $1,500,000), is reappropriated to the Department of Commerce, 5
Community, and Economic Development, Alaska Energy Authority, for federal matching of 6
the United States Department of Energy State Energy Program. 7
* Sec. 8. FUND CAPITALIZATION. (a) The sum of $40,000,000 is appropriated from the 8
general fund to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300(a)). 9
(b) The sum of $55,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the fire 10
suppression fund (AS 41.15.210) for fire suppression activities. 11
* Sec. 9. FUND TRANSFERS. (a) The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and 12
hazardous substance release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous 13
substance release prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010(a)) from the sources indicated: 14
(1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention 15
mitigation account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on June 30, 2026, estimated to be 16
$1,528,300, not otherwise appropriated by this Act; 17
(2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, estimated to 18
be $6,080,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300; and 19
(3) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, estimated to 20
be $6,100,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.40.005. 21
(b) The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release 22
response account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention 23
and response fund (AS 46.08.010(a)) from the following sources: 24
(1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 25
account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on June 30, 2026, estimated to be $700,000, 26
not otherwise appropriated by this Act; and 27
(2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, estimated to 28
be $1,520,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 29
(c) The sum of $129,598,900 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 30
higher education investment fund (AS 37.14.750). 31
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* Sec. 10. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) If the unrestricted state 1
revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient to cover the general fund 2
appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2026, the amount necessary to balance revenue 3
and general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2026 or to prevent a cash 4
deficiency in the general fund in fiscal year 2026, not to exceed $382,300,000, is appropriated 5
to the general fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of 6
Alaska) as follows: 7
(1) the amount necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations 8
that take effect in fiscal year 2026 that were passed by the Thirty-Fourth Alaska State 9
Legislature in the First Regular Session and enacted into law; 10
(2) the amount necessary, after the appropriation made in (1) of this 11
subsection, to balance revenue and general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 12
2026 that are made in this Act, as passed by the Thirty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature in the 13
Second Regular Session and enacted into law; 14
(3) the amount necessary, after the appropriations made in (1) and (2) of this 15
subsection, to balance revenue and all other general fund appropriations that take effect in 16
fiscal year 2026 and to prevent a cash deficiency in the general fund in fiscal year 2026. 17
(b) The appropriations made from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, 18
Constitution of the State of Alaska) in (a) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 19
Constitution of the State of Alaska. 20
* Sec. 11. LAPSE. (a) The appropriations made in secs. 4 - 7 of this Act are for capital 21
projects and lapse under AS 37.25.020. 22
(b) The appropriations made in secs. 8 and 9 of this Act are for the capitalization of 23
funds and do not lapse. 24
* Sec. 12. Sections 7 and 9(a) and (b) of this Act take effect June 30, 2026. 25
* Sec. 13. Except as provided in sec. 12 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately under 26
AS 01.10.070(c). 27