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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 explicitly references the 2025 final report, confirming the year in the candidate explanation was accurate based on source text.

Bill to Reject Pay Recommendations for State Officials

This bill says the Alaska Legislature does not accept any pay change suggestions made by the State Officers Compensation Commission in its 2025 report.

What This Bill Does

  • Disapproves all recommendations found in the 2025 final report of the State Officers Compensation Commission.
  • Adds a new section to state law that records this disapproval.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State Officers Compensation Commission
  • State officials whose pay was included in the commission's recommendations

Terms To Know

Disapproves
Officially says no to a suggestion or plan.
State Officers Compensation Commission
A group that studies and suggests pay amounts for state government workers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not list the specific salary numbers or officials mentioned in the rejected report.
  • The effective date is listed as 'immediately' but no specific calendar day is provided in this document.

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