Alaska Vote Reports

increases the state's base student allocation for public schools by an inflation-based amount tied to the Alaska consumer price index, plus an additional $1,000.

Modifies the state's childcare assistance program.

Recognizes and honors the relationship between Alaska and Canada.

The primary operating-budget bill for FY2026, authorizing approximately $9.4 billion in total spending across all funds.

Would change Alaska's telehealth laws by requiring health insurers to cover certain services.

Called on Alaska's congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal Medicaid spending.

Formally establishes March as Women's History Month in Alaska statute.

increases the state's base student allocation for public schools by an inflation-based amount tied to the Alaska consumer price index, plus an additional $1,000.

Requires the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) to develop and maintain a statewide public and community transit plan.

Recognizes and honors the relationship between Alaska and Canada.

Makes major changes to the Public Employees' Retirement System and Teachers' Retirement System by reopening a defined-benefit pension option for certain public employees and teachers.

Expands Alaska's education tax-credit system to cover certain employer payments and contributions for child care.

Allows minors aged 16 and older to consent to behavioral and mental health services independently.

Creates a regulatory framework for underground carbon storage under the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

Prohibits the state of Alaska and municipalities from taxing the transfer of real property, including home rule and general law municipalities, preventing them from imposing sales or use taxes on these transactions.

Creates disaster relief grants for Alaska unit owners to cover common disaster-related expenses.

Expands the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's (AHFC) role, allowing it to issue or purchase mortgage loans to improve housing affordability, especially in underserved areas. The bill also supports green energy by funding energy-efficient housing and renewable energy projects.

Increases funding for educator salaries, creates retention bonuses, raises the cost per pupil, and enhances internet service funding for schools.

Establishes Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday.

Creates disaster relief grants for Alaska unit owners to cover common disaster-related expenses.

Requires insurance in Alaska to cover contraceptives and related services without cost-sharing. It mandates 12-month prescriptions and ensures coverage for switching methods. The state's medical assistance program will also cover these services.

Creates a regulatory framework for underground carbon storage under the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

Prohibits state agencies and local governments in Alaska from restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on their energy sources, such as gasoline, diesel, electricity, or hydrogen.

Requires that all school-sponsored athletic teams be designated as either male, female, or coeducational, with female teams restricted to participants identified as female at birth.

Expands Medicaid eligibility to include postpartum mothers for up to 12 months, up from 60 days.

Mandates the legislative finance division to review and recommend the repeal of inactive state accounts and funds.

Makes it a crime to knowingly sell, import, install, or reinstall a replacement airbag that does not comply with federal safety regulations specific to the vehicle's make, model, and year.

This resolution states the Alaska State Legislature opposes the National Park Service's proposed rule limiting non-subsistence hunting methods.

Establishes Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday.

Continues the renewable energy grant fund until 2033, costing $1.4 million per year.

Designates specie as legal tender in Alaska and prohibits boroughs and cities from levying sales and use taxes on the sale or exchange of specie.

Expands Medicaid eligibility to include postpartum mothers for up to 12 months, up from 60 days.

Removes a segment of the bill that allows government to shut down gun stores if they equally shut down every other store at the same time.

Continues the renewable energy grant fund until 2033, costing $1.4 million per year.

This resolution states the Alaska State Legislature opposes the National Park Service's proposed rule limiting non-subsistence hunting methods.

Mandates the legislative finance division to review and recommend the repeal of inactive state accounts and funds.

Permits the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority to issue up to $1 billion in loans to the University of Alaska and regional health organizations.

Recognizes the "importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" in providing the "framework for much of [the] bilateral trade" between the "integrated economies" of Canada and Alaska, as well as "important updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."

Would amend HB69, Alaska's 2021-22 budget bill, to prohibit Medicaid-covered abortions or services relating to abortion.

Would amend HB69, Alaska's 2021-22 budget bill, to ensure that no state funds be expended on an entity that mandates its employees to receive a vaccine approved under FDA Emergency Use Authorization.

Would amend, HB69, Alaska's 2021-22 budget bill, to prevent public funds from being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.

Would amend HB76, which extends the COVID-19 public health disaster emergency, to include the provision that the Governor may not declare a disaster emergency unless authorized by a majority vote of the Legislature.

Would amend SB136, which pertains to limitations on firearms restrictions during a disaster emergency, by removing the requirement that a person be "qualified under state law" to possess a firearm.

Recognizes the "importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" in providing the "framework for much of [the] bilateral trade" between the "integrated economies" of Canada and Alaska, as well as "important updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."

Would prohibit state or local government-imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates and protect individuals against unlawful discrimination by employers based on their vaccination status.

Would amend SB3006, which relates to telehealth, to exclude the prescribing of an abortion-inducing drug without an in-person physical examination.

Would amend HB69, Alaska's 2021-22 budget bill, by directing state agencies to identify means of reducing per capita state spending to not more than twice the national average by the end of FY 2023.

Would amend HB76, which extends the COVID-19 public health disaster emergency, to include the provision that the Governor may not declare a disaster emergency unless authorized by a majority vote of the Legislature.