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Alaska / State / 34th Legislature, First Regular Session

HB 75, chapter 7 SLA 2025 Widened the dividend’s military absence from the armed forces to the uniformed services

Catalog reconciledEnactedScope changed

Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Lets an absence for service in any of the uniformed services count toward dividend eligibility.

Amended AS 43.23.008(a)(3) so active duty service in any uniformed service, including the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and accompanying such a member, is an allowable absence for the Permanent Fund Dividend. Signed June 11, 2025; effective January 1, 2026.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House
  2. In committee Done, House State Affairs and Labor and Commerce, then Senate State Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 35-5
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House concurred in the Senate amendments, 30-9
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • BynumSponsor, House
  • HollandCo-sponsor, House
  • StoryCo-sponsor, House
  • HallCo-sponsor, House
  • GalvinCo-sponsor, House
  • MooreCo-sponsor, House
  • FieldsCo-sponsor, House
  • CostelloCo-sponsor, House
  • JosephsonCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • AS 43.23.008(a)(3)

Catalog entry

Official record

Read HB 75, chapter 7 SLA 2025 on the jurisdiction's own record