# Alaska HB 17: DISABLED VETERANS: RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Alaska HB 17, DISABLED VETERANS: RETIREMENT BENEFITS, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by RAUSCHER; status failed, last action 2026-04-14 ((S) Minutes (SFIN)) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB17-34
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Alaska HB 17
- State: Alaska
- Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: DISABLED VETERANS: RETIREMENT BENEFITS
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-14, (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- Sponsor: RAUSCHER
- Cosponsors: 6
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: RAUSCHER
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Bynum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mia Costello (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Nelson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ted Eischeid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: George Rauscher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dan Saddler (Republican), House

## Actions (57)

- 2026-04-14: (S) Minutes (SFIN) (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-01-26: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) Moved HB 17 Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 10:00 AM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM) (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) AM: KAWASAKI, BJORKMAN (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: (S) STA RPT 2AM 2NR (Senate)
- 2025-05-17: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-05-15: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-30: (S) STA, FIN (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: (H) VERSION: HB 17 (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) COSPONSOR(S): SADDLER, BYNUM, NELSON (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) PASSED Y40 (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 17 (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House)
- 2025-04-28: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/28/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM) (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) NR: JOSEPHSON (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) SCHRAGE (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) DP: BYNUM, JOHNSON, HANNAN, ALLARD, TOMASZEWSKI, GALVIN, JIMMIE, STAPP, FOSTER, (House)
- 2025-04-09: (H) FIN RPT 10DP 1NR (House)
- 2025-04-07: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House)
- 2025-04-07: (H) Moved HB 17 Out of Committee (House)
- 2025-04-07: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2025-04-07: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-03-19: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House)
- 2025-03-19: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2025-03-19: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-03-03: (H) COSPONSOR(S): EISCHEID (House)
- 2025-02-26: (H) FN1: INDETERMINATE(ADM) (House)
- 2025-02-26: (H) DP: HALL, FIELDS, SADDLER, GRAY, ALLARD, NELSON, EISCHEID (House)
- 2025-02-26: (H) MLV RPT 7DP (House)
- 2025-02-25: (H) Minutes (HMLV) (House)
- 2025-02-25: (H) Moved HB 17 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change -- (House)
- 2025-02-25: (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 11:15 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-02-18: (H) Minutes (HMLV) (House)
- 2025-02-18: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2025-02-18: (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 10:15 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) MLV, FIN (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/25 (House)

## Bill text

- HB 17, 2025-01-22: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0017A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0017A.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM (became law)
- SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (became law)
- SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY (became law)
- SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE (became law)
- HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP (signed)
- HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 17 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0017A)
- [HB 17 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0017A.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB28-34)
- [SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB178-34)
- [SB 86: MONEY TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL CURRENCY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB86-34)
- [SB 104: VEHICLES/BOATS: TRANSFER ON DEATH TITLE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB104-34)
- [HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB263-34)
- [HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB265-34)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB17-34 (as of 2026-11-04).