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HB391 • 2026

EXTEND WEST COAST STORM DISASTER

An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective date.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
HOUSE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
(H) CRA
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Extending the West Coast Storm Disaster Emergency

This bill extends a state disaster emergency for the 2025 West Coast Storm until June 30, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • It states that storm effects remain severe and ongoing infrastructure needs require continued emergency actions.
  • It approves past extensions of the disaster declaration made by the governor from November 2025 to April 2026.
  • It extends the original October 9, 2025, disaster emergency until June 30, 2026.
  • It makes this extension retroactive to May 7, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies conducting emergency response actions
  • Residents and infrastructure in areas impacted by the 2025 West Coast Storm

Terms To Know

Disaster Emergency Declaration
An official statement from the governor that a disaster has occurred, allowing special emergency actions.
Retroactive
Making a law apply to dates in the past before it was officially passed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not list specific funding amounts for emergency actions.
  • The text states effects remain severe but does not describe which areas are most damaged.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 2439

    (H) REFERRED TO COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

  2. 2026-05-07 2439

    (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER

  3. 2026-05-07 2439

    (H) FN1: ZERO(MLV)

  4. 2026-05-07 2439

    (H) CRA, FIN

  5. 2026-05-07 2439

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

EXTEND WEST COAST STORM DISASTER
An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 391

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR

Introduced: 5/7/26
Referred:

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency 1
in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 4
to read: 5
FINDINGS. The legislature finds that 6
(1) on October 9, 2025, the governor declared a disaster emergency, following 7
the 2025 West Coast Storm; 8
(2) the condition of the disaster emergency was extended in November of 9
2025, December of 2025, January of 2026, February of 2026, March of 2026, and April of 10
2026, with the disaster emergency expiring on May 7, 2026; 11
(3) the effects of the storm remains severe, and infrastructure systems from the 12
original storm, as well as ongoing emergency actions, are necessary to respond to those 13
effects; 14
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(4) under AS 26.23.020(c), "[a] proclamation of disaster emergency may not 1
remain in effect longer than 30 days unless extended by the legislature by a concurrent 2
resolution"; and 3
(5) an additional extension will allow agencies to continue the agencies' 4
emergency response to meet the disaster. 5
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 6
read: 7
WEST COAST STORM DISASTER EMERGENCY: APPROVAL, 8
RATIFICATION, AND EXTENSION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY. (a) The declarations 9
of a disaster emergency and financing plans for the 2025 West Coast Storm issued by the 10
governor in November of 2025, December of 2025, January of 2026, February of 2026, 11
March of 2026, and April of 2026, are approved and ratified. 12
(b) Under AS 26.23.020(c), the Alaska State Legislature extends the October 9, 2025, 13
disaster emergency declared by the governor for the 2025 West Coast Storm until June 30, 14
2026. 15
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 16
read: 17
RETROACTIVITY. Section 2(b) of this Act is retroactive to May 7, 2026. 18
* Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 19