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SB284 • 2026

ALCOHOL: OFFENSES AND CIVIL LIABILITY

An Act relating to prohibited conduct relating to drunken persons; and relating to civil liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
SENATE LABOR & COMMERCE
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
(S) L&C
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on financial penalties for injuries caused by drunkenness.

Alcohol Rules and Responsibility

This act changes rules about serving alcohol to drunk people and limits when drunk people can be held responsible for injuries they cause.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that bars, restaurants, and other places with liquor licenses cannot sell or give alcohol to someone who is already drunk.
  • Adds a rule saying that if someone gets hurt because of their own drunkenness, they are mostly responsible for the injury.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who run places where alcohol is sold or served
  • Drunk people and those who get hurt because of drunk people

Terms To Know

Licensee
A person or business that has a legal permit to sell alcoholic drinks.
Civil liability
The responsibility someone might have to pay for damages caused by their actions in court cases.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not explain how much money drunk people would need to pay for injuries they cause.
  • Does not change other laws about selling alcohol or dealing with drunk people.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 2248

    (S) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE

  2. 2026-04-15 2248

    (S) L&C, JUD

  3. 2026-04-15 2248

    (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

ALCOHOL: OFFENSES AND CIVIL LIABILITY
An Act relating to prohibited conduct relating to drunken persons; and relating to civil liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL NO. 284

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE

Introduced: 4/15/26
Referred: Labor and Commerce, Judiciary

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to prohibited conduct relating to drunken persons; and relating to civil 1
liability of persons providing alcoholic beverages." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 04.16.030(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) A licensee, an agent, or employee may not knowingly [WITH CRIMINAL 5
NEGLIGENCE] 6
(1) sell, give, or barter alcoholic beverages to a drunken person; 7
(2) allow another person to sell, give, or barter an alcoholic beverage 8
to a drunken person within licensed premises; 9
(3) allow a drunken person to enter and remain within licensed 10
premises or to consume an alcoholic beverage within licensed premises; 11
(4) permit a drunken person to sell or serve alcoholic beverages. 12
* Sec. 2. AS 04.21.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 13
(f) In an action under (a) of this section, the intoxicated person has no right of 14
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recovery and is primarily liable for any injury resulting from their intoxication. 1
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 2
read: 3
APPLICABILITY. AS 04.16.030(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to 4
offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 5