HB 251-261 and SB 208-210: Prefiled Bills Covering Utilities, Seniors, Education, Fisheries, and Agriculture
Summary
The Alaska State Legislature has prefiled 15 bills and one Senate resolution for the 2026 legislative session. House Bills address electric utility liability, permanent fund dividend programs for senior grants, residential solar regulation, education funding, and spay/neuter assistance. Senate Bills cover agricultural leases, graduation requirements, and Indigenous cultural recognition. These bills have been drafted and prefiled but have not been enacted into law and do not create any current compliance obligations.
What changed
The Alaska State Legislature has prefiled multiple bills covering diverse topics including electric utility liability for wildland fire mitigation (HB 252), senior citizen grants funded through permanent fund dividend raffles (HB 255), residential solar energy regulation (HB 257), large energy facility oversight (HB 259), and education funding changes (HB 256, HB 261, SB 209). These bills represent proposals at the draft stage and have not been enacted into law.
Affected parties including electric utilities, senior service organizations, solar installers, and educational institutions should monitor the legislative process. If enacted, these bills could create new obligations around wildland fire mitigation, establish new grant programs, modify energy utility regulations, and change education funding formulas. Parties interested in influencing legislation should engage with Alaska legislators during committee consideration.
What to do next
- Monitor legislative progress on bills relevant to your operations
- Provide input to Alaska legislators on proposed bills during committee hearings
Archived snapshot
Apr 16, 2026GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.
2026 PREFILED BILLS
HOUSE BILLS BILL NO.
HB 251 MCCABE Relating to the definition of "person" in Alaska Statutes; relating to criminal law definitions; and providing for an effective date. HB 252 HOLLAND Relating to liability of an electric utility for contact between vegetation and the utility's facilities; and relating to electric utility wildland fire mitigation plans. HB 253 BYNUM Relating to the fisheries enhancement loan program; and providing for an effective date. HB 254 VANCE Relating to increases in property assessments. HB 255 STAPP Relating to permanent fund dividend raffles; creating the senior citizen grants endowment fund and the senior citizen grants dividend raffle fund; authorizing donations from permanent fund dividends for grants to organizations that provide support for senior citizens and for entry into the senior citizen grants dividend raffle; relating to transfers from the senior citizen grants endowment fund and the senior citizen grants dividend raffle fund; relating to the duties of the Department of Revenue; and relating to the definition of "gambling." HB 256 STAPP Relating to public school students connected to the military; relating to school funding for purple star designations; and providing for an effective date.
HB 257 EISCHEID Relating to the regulation of residential solar energy generation and portable solar generation devices. HB 258 STAPP Establishing a statewide spay and neuter assistance fund; establishing the statewide spay and neuter assistance program; relating to municipal control of feral domestic dogs and cats; relating to companion animal spay and neuter special request registration plates; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date. HB 259 MEARS Relating to large energy use facilities; relating to electric and gas utilities; relating to community benefit agreements with municipalities; and relating to the duties of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. HB 260 JOSEPHSON Relating to penalties for violating a requirement for a certificate of fitness; relating to joint and several liability for unpaid construction wages; and relating to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings over certificate of fitness administrative fine hearings. HB 261 STORY Relating to education funding; and providing for an effective date.
2026 PREFILED BILLS
SENATE BILLS BILL NO.
SB 208 BJORKMAN Relating to leases of state land for agricultural purposes; and providing for an effective date. SB 209 BJORKMAN Relating to high school graduation requirements and proficiency confirmation tools. SB 210 TOBIN Relating to the recognition of Indigenous cultures in public education.
2026 PREFILED RESOLUTIONS
SENATE RESOLUTIONS BILL NO.
SJR 22 TOBIN Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to public education.
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