SB167 • 2026

PFD ELIGIBILITY; PFD FOR OVERTURN CONVIC.

An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed.

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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: SENATORS KAWASAKI, Myers, Gray-Jackson, Yundt REPRESENTATIVES Gray, Galvin, Bynum, Coulombe, Dibert, Eischeid, Mina
Last action: 2026-05-20
Official status: (S) CONCURRED(H) AM
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on how many people will be affected or when they can start applying.

Making Criminal Offenders Eligible for Permanent Fund Dividend

This act changes eligibility rules to allow individuals who were previously ineligible due to a criminal conviction but whose conviction was later overturned, dismissed, or resulted in an acquittal to receive the permanent fund dividend.

What This Bill Does

Allows people who couldn't get the Permanent Fund Dividend because of a criminal conviction to apply for it if their conviction is reversed, vacated, or dismissed under certain conditions.
Requires individuals to file for the dividend within two years after their case was resolved in their favor.
Includes payments to those newly eligible due to overturned convictions when calculating the total amount available for dividends.

Who It Names or Affects

People who were previously ineligible for the Permanent Fund Dividend because of a criminal conviction but whose conviction has been reversed, vacated, or dismissed.
The Alaska Department of Revenue and other agencies involved in distributing the Permanent Fund Dividend.

Terms To Know

Permanent Fund Dividend: A payment made annually to Alaskans from the earnings of the state's Permanent Fund.
Vacated Conviction: When a court sets aside or cancels a conviction, often due to legal errors in the original trial.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if an individual fails to apply for the dividend within two years of their case being resolved.
It is unclear how many individuals will be affected by this change and when they can start applying.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

AM 1

2931

AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20

Plain English: AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20 2931

The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

Bill History

2026-05-20 2821
(S) AWAITING TRANSMITTAL TO GOV
2026-05-20 2820
(S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
2026-05-20 2820
(S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
2026-05-19 Text
(H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
2026-05-19 Text
(H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
2026-05-19 Text
(H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 9:00 am --
2026-05-19 Text
(H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519
2026-05-19 2956
(H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 167(FIN)
2026-05-19 2956
(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
2026-05-19 2954
(H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY, GALVIN, BYNUM, COULOMBE, DIBERT, EISCHEID, MINA
2026-05-19 2935
(H) PASSED Y38 N2
2026-05-19 2935
(H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 167(FIN)
2026-05-19 2935
(H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
2026-05-19 2931
(H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20
2026-05-19 2931
(H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
2026-05-19 2930
(H) READ THE SECOND TIME
2026-05-19 2930
(H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026
2026-05-19 2927
(H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
2026-05-19 2927
(H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI
2026-05-19 2927
(H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, ALLARD, MOORE, BYNUM, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER
2026-05-19 2927
(H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 9DP 1NR
2026-05-19 2898
(H) IN FINANCE
2026-05-18 Text
(H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
2026-05-18 Text
(H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
2026-05-18 Text
(H) -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
2026-05-18 Text
(H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
2026-05-17 Text
(H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 7:55 pm --
2026-05-17 Text
(H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
2026-05-17 Text
(H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
2026-05-17 Text
(H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
2026-05-17 Text
(H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
2026-05-17 Text
(H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
2026-05-16 Text
(H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --
2026-05-16 Text
(H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519
2026-04-24 2279
(H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
2026-04-24 2279
(H) NR: COSTELLO, UNDERWOOD, VANCE
2026-04-24 2279
(H) DP: MINA, EISCHEID, GRAY
2026-04-24 2279
(H) JUD RPT HCS(JUD) 3DP 3NR
2026-04-22 Text
(H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(JUD) Out of Committee
2026-04-22 Text
(H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
2026-04-14 2166
(H) JUD, FIN
2026-04-14 2166
(H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
2026-04-13 2227
(S) VERSION: CSSB 167(FIN)
2026-04-13 2227
(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
2026-04-13 2221
(S) PASSED Y20 N-
2026-04-13 2221
(S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 167(FIN)
2026-04-10 2197
(S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL
2026-04-10 2197
(S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
2026-04-10 2196
(S) READ THE SECOND TIME
2026-04-10 2196
(S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026
2026-04-03 2140
(S) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV)
2026-04-03 2140
(S) AM: KIEHL
2026-04-03 2140
(S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK
2026-04-03 2140
(S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN
2026-04-03 2139
(S) FIN RPT CS 2DP 4NR 1AM NEW TITLE
2026-03-24 Text
(S) Moved CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee
2026-03-24 Text
(S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
2026-02-24 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2026-02-24 Text
(S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
2026-02-02 1586
(S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED
2025-05-13 1254
(S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(REV)
2025-05-13 1254
(S) DP: CLAMAN, TOBIN, MYERS, KIEHL
2025-05-13 1254
(S) JUD RPT CS(STA) 4DP
2025-05-12 Min
(S) Minutes (SJUD)
2025-05-12 Text
(S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee
2025-05-12 Text
(S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
2025-05-07 Min
(S) Minutes (SJUD)
2025-05-07 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2025-05-07 Text
(S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
2025-05-02 1088
(S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(REV)
2025-05-02 1088
(S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, BJORKMAN
2025-05-02 1088
(S) DP: KAWASAKI, GRAY-JACKSON
2025-05-02 1088
(S) STA RPT CS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
2025-05-01 Min
(S) Minutes (SSTA)
2025-05-01 Text
(S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee
2025-05-01 Text
(S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2025-04-25 956
(S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT
2025-04-24 Min
(S) Minutes (SSTA)
2025-04-24 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2025-04-24 Text
(S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2025-04-10 764
(S) STA, JUD
2025-04-10 764
(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

PFD ELIGIBILITY; PFD FOR OVERTURN CONVIC.
An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Enrolled SB 167
LAWS OF ALASKA

2026

Source Chapter No.
HCS CSSB 167(FIN) _______

AN ACT

Relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund
dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been
vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent
fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend
because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed.

_______________

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1

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AN ACT

Relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund 1
dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been 2
vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent 3
fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend 4
because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed. 5
_______________ 6
* Section 1. AS 43.23.005 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 7
(i) An individual who was ineligible to receive a permanent fund dividend for 8
a dividend year under (d) of this section because of a conviction is eligible to receive 9
the permanent fund dividend for each year the individual was ineligible if the 10
individual's conviction is vacated or reversed and 11
(1) the charges on which the conviction was based are later dismissed 12

Enrolled SB 167 -2-
and the dismissal was not part of a plea agreement in another criminal case under Rule 1
11, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; or 2
(2) the individual is retried and found not guilty. 3
(j) To receive a permanent fund dividend under (i) of this section, the 4
individual shall apply for the permanent fund dividend not later than two years after 5
the dismissal or not guilty finding under (i) of this section. An individual eligible to 6
receive a permanent fund dividend under (i) of this section is eligible even if, having 7
previously been determined ineligible under (d) of this section, a transfer has been 8
made into the restorative justice account under AS 43.23.048(a) in an amount equal to 9
the amount that would have been paid to the individual as a permanent fund dividend 10
for the applicable fiscal year. 11
* Sec. 2. AS 43.23.025(a) is amended to read: 12
(a) By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine the value of 13
each permanent fund dividend for that year by 14
(1) determining the total amount available for dividend payments, 15
which equals 16
(A) the amount of income of the Alaska permanent fund 17
transferred to the dividend fund under AS 37.13.145(b) during the current year; 18
(B) plus the unexpended and unobligated balances of prior 19
fiscal year appropriations that lapse into the dividend fund under 20
AS 43.23.045(d); 21
(C) less the amount necessary to pay prior year dividends from 22
the dividend fund in the current year under AS 43.23.005(h) and (i), 23
43.23.021, and 43.23.055(3) and (7); 24
(D) less the amount necessary to pay dividends from the 25
dividend fund due to eligible applicants who, as determined by the department, 26
filed for a previous year's dividend by the filing deadline but who were not 27
included in a previous year's dividend computation; 28
(E) less appropriations from the dividend fund during the 29
current year, including amounts to pay costs of administering the dividend 30
program and the hold harmless provisions of AS 43.23.240; 31

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(2) determining the number of individuals eligible to receive a 1
dividend payment for the current year and the number of estates and successors 2
eligible to receive a dividend payment for the current year under AS 43.23.005(h); and 3
(3) dividing the amount determined under (1) of this subsection by the 4
amount determined under (2) of this subsection. 5
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 6
read: 7
TRANSITION. Notwithstanding the time limit for applying for a permanent fund 8
dividend under AS 43.23.005(j), added by sec. 1 of this Act, an individual who is eligible 9
under AS 43.23.005(i), added by sec. 1 of this Act, and whose dismissal or not guilty finding 10
occurred before the effective date of this Act, shall apply for a permanent fund dividend under 11
AS 43.23.005(j), added by sec. 1 of this Act, not later than two years after the effective date of 12
this Act. 13