All Roll Calls
Yes: 106 • No: 90
AlaskaHB 3534th Legislature (2025-2026)HouseWALLET
PRISONERS: ELECTRONIC DEVICES, ID CARDS
Sponsored By: Rebecca Himschoot (Not)
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Identification cards for people leaving prison
Alaska's Department of Corrections must give prisoners an identification card before release. It must look much like a state driver's license, but have a different color. Bold print must say the card is for identification only. It includes identifying details, a photo, security features, and a signature or space to sign. Cards must say they cannot be used to buy alcohol and show UNDER 21 for prisoners under 21.
No facility fees for electronic prison visits
Alaska state-operated prisons cannot charge for prisoners' electronic mail or electronic visits. This applies to services used on or after the law's effective date. Prisoners and people communicating with them face no facility fee for these services.
Prison devices supplement visits and programs
Alaska state prisons may approve computers or tablets for reentry plans, rehabilitation, work, education, job training, legal materials, visits, and health care. Other uses must be authorized by the commissioner through regulations; access is not guaranteed. Devices cannot replace in-person visits or, when practicable, existing rehabilitation programs or services. They may add to existing programs or provide new services for approved purposes. These service rules apply to prisoner use on or after the law's effective date.
No telephones in Alaska prison cells
Alaska's Department of Corrections cannot allow prisoners in state-operated prisons to have telephones in their cells. This restriction concerns in-cell possession, not a ban on all telephone access.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Rebecca Himschoot
Not • House
Cosponsors
Matt Claman
Democratic • Senate
Alyse Galvin
Not • House
Elvi Gray-Jackson
Democratic • Senate
Andy Josephson
Democratic • House
Scott Kawasaki
Democratic • Senate
Robert Myers
Republican • Senate
Andi Story
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/20/2025
CONCUR AM OF (S) Y28 N12
Yes: 28 • No: 12
House vote • 5/2/2025
PASSED Y31 N8 E1
Yes: 31 • No: 8
House vote • 4/30/2025
AM NO 2 FAILED Y18 N21 E1
Yes: 18 • No: 21
House vote • 4/30/2025
AM NO 4 FAILED Y11 N28 E1
Yes: 11 • No: 28
House vote • 4/30/2025
AM NO 1 FAILED Y18 N21 E1
Yes: 18 • No: 21
Actions Timeline
(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/5/25
8/19/2025House(H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 8/7 CHAPTER 25 SLA 25
8/19/2025House(H) 9:05 A.M. 7/15/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR
7/30/2025House(H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y28 N12
5/20/2025House(H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
5/20/2025House(H) CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED AND TAKEN UP
5/20/2025House(S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 35(JUD)
5/20/2025Senate(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
5/20/2025Senate(S) PASSED Y20 N-
5/20/2025Senate(S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 35(JUD)
5/20/2025Senate(S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/20 CAL
5/19/2025Senate(S) JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
5/19/2025Senate(S) READ THE SECOND TIME
5/19/2025Senate(S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2025
5/19/2025Senate(S) FN1: ZERO(COR)
5/16/2025Senate(S) NR: TOBIN
5/16/2025Senate(S) DP: CLAMAN, MYERS, KIEHL
5/16/2025Senate(S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 8
5/16/2025Senate(S) JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP 1NR NEW TITLE
5/16/2025Senate(S) Minutes (SJUD)
5/14/2025Senate(S) Moved SCS CSHB 35(JUD) Out of Committee
5/14/2025Senate(S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
5/14/2025SenateAudio/Video
5/14/2025House(S) Minutes (SJUD)
5/12/2025Senate(S) Heard & Held
5/12/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled HB 35
5/20/2025
SCS CSHB 35(JUD)
5/16/2025
CSHB 35(STA)
4/9/2025
CSHB 35(CRA)
3/14/2025
HB 35
1/22/2025