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HB83 • 2026

REJECT COMP COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; 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
REPRESENTATIVES STAPP, Elam, Costello, Tomaszewski, Allard, Bynum, Vance, Rauscher, Tilton, McCabe, Underwood, Johnson, Schwanke, Saddler, Coulombe
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
(H) RLS
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not mention an immediate effect date, only that one will be provided.

Rejecting Recommendations from a State Committee

This act stops the State Officers Compensation Commission's suggestions for changes in their final report of 2025.

What This Bill Does

  • Disapproves all recommendations made by the State Officers Compensation Commission in their final report of 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State Officers Compensation Commission
  • State officers whose compensation might have been affected by the commission's recommendations

Terms To Know

State Officers Compensation Commission
A committee that makes suggestions about pay and benefits for state workers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not provide details on what the commission's recommendations were.
  • Does not specify how or if it affects future reports from the commission.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 157

    (H) REFERRED TO RULES

  2. 2025-02-10 157

    (H) RLS

  3. 2025-02-10 157

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

REJECT COMP COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 83

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES STAPP, Elam, Costello, Tomaszewski, Allard, Bynum, Vance, Rauscher, Tilton,
McCabe, Underwood, Johnson, Schwanke, Saddler, Coulombe

Introduced: 2/10/25
Referred: Rules

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation 1
Commission; 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 o f Alaska is amended by adding a new section 4
to read: 5
DISAPPROVAL OF THE STATE OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION'S 6
RECOMMENDATIONS. All recommendations contained in the 2025 final report of the State 7
Officers Compensation Commission are disapproved. 8
* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 9