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HB306 • 2026

PROVISION OF ALCOHOL: CIVIL LIABILITY

An Act relating to civil liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages.

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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
REPRESENTATIVES FIELDS, Himschoot
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
(H) L&C
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how individuals and businesses will be affected or what happens if the new rules are broken.

Alcohol Liability Act

This act changes how people who provide alcohol can be held responsible for injuries caused by someone who is drunk.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules about when a person providing alcoholic beverages may be held civilly liable if someone gets hurt because they drank too much.
  • Specifies that providers of alcohol cannot be blamed unless they break specific laws or give alcohol to minors without proper proof of age.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who provide alcoholic beverages

Terms To Know

Civil liability
The responsibility to pay money for damages caused by your actions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the consequences if the new rules are broken.
  • The exact impact on individuals and businesses is unclear without further details.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  2. 2026-03-23 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  3. 2026-02-13 1614

    (H) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE

  4. 2026-02-13 1614

    (H) L&C, JUD

  5. 2026-02-13 1614

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

PROVISION OF ALCOHOL: CIVIL LIABILITY
An Act relating to civil liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 306

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES FIELDS, Himschoot

Introduced: 2/13/26
Referred: Labor and Commerce, Judiciary

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to civil liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 04.21.020(a) is amended to read: 3
(a) Except as provided under (b) and (d) of this section, a person who provides 4
alcoholic beverages to another person may not be held civilly liable for injuries 5
resulting from the intoxication of that person unless the person who provides the 6
alcoholic beverages holds a license authorized under AS 04.09.020 - 04.09.370 or is 7
an agent or employee of a licensee and 8
(1) the alcoholic beverages are provided to a person under 21 years of 9
age in violation of AS 04.16.051, unless the licensee, agent, or employee secures in 10
good faith from the person a signed statement, liquor identification card, or driver's 11
license meeting the requirements of AS 04.21.050(a) and (b), that indicates that the 12
person is 21 years of age or older; or 13
(2) as established by clear and convincing evidence, the alcoholic 14
beverages are 15
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(A) knowingly sold, given, or bartered to a drunken person 1
in violation of AS 04.16.030(a)(1); 2
(B) provided to a drunken person in violation of 3
AS 04.16.030(a)(2) - (4); or 4
(C) knowingly sold, given, or bartered to a person at an 5
establishment after the lawful hours of operation of the establishment 6
have concluded [AS 04.16.030]. 7