TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT PROG: CONTRIBUTIONS

Plain English Breakdown

The specific effective date is missing from the provided source material, so it cannot be stated when the new rate begins.

SB 159: Increasing Contributions for State Training and Employment

This bill increases the contribution rate collected from employees to support Alaska's State Training and Employment Program.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the law so that each employee pays a contribution equal to 0.20 percent of their wages, replacing the previous one-tenth of one percent (0.10 percent).
• Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to collect this money from employees.
• Directs the department to send the collected funds to the Department of Revenue.

Who It Names or Affects

• Employees in Alaska who are required to make contributions under state law for contracts entered into on or after the effective date.
• The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which collects the money.
• The Department of Revenue, which receives the remitted funds.

Terms To Know

State Training and Employment Program

A state program that receives increased contributions to support its operations.

Contribution

Money collected from employees based on a percentage of their wages.

Limits and Unknowns

• The new contribution rate only applies to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
• The official text does not state when the law will take effect.

Official Summary Text

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT PROG: CONTRIBUTIONS
An Act increasing contributions to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the State Training and Employment Program.

Current Bill Text

SB0159A -1- SB 159
New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]

34-LS0615\A

SENATE BILL NO. 159

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY THE SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE

Introduced: 4/7/25
Referred: Labor and Commerce, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act increasing contributions to the Department of Labor and Workforce 1
Development for the State Training and Employment Program." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 23.15.630(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20, the department shall c ollect from 5
each employee an amount equal to .20 [ONE-TENTH OF ONE] percent of the wages, 6
as set out in AS 23.20.175, on which the employee is required t o make contributions 7
under AS 23.20.290(d). The department shall remit to the Depart ment of Revenue, in 8
accordance with AS 37.10.050, money collected under this subsection. 9
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 10
read: 11
APPLICABILITY. AS 23.15.630(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Ac t, applies to 12
contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. 13