# Alaska HB 47: CHLD SEX ABUSE MAT; GEN IMAGES; SOC MEDIA

Alaska HB 47, CHLD SEX ABUSE MAT; GEN IMAGES; SOC MEDIA, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Sarah Vance (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-04-13 ((S) YUNDT, CRONK, KAUFMAN) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB47-34
- As of: 2026-11-04
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## Facts
- Bill: Alaska HB 47
- State: Alaska
- Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: CHLD SEX ABUSE MAT; GEN IMAGES; SOC MEDIA
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-13, (S) YUNDT, CRONK, KAUFMAN
- Sponsor: Sarah Vance (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (47 yes, 33 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 13

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Limited prosecution protection for crime reporters: benefit, low. Victims or witnesses of generated-material distribution or possession gain limited protection from prosecution under AS 11.66.100(a)(1). They must report the crime to law enforcement in good faith and cooperate. The protection applies only when evidence supporting that prosecution was obtained or d…
- Narrower harassment charges for sexual conduct: benefit, low. Specified offensive physical contact is excluded from first-degree harassment when it falls under the listed sexual-assault, child-abuse, or exploitation laws. Repeatedly sharing genital images to harass or annoy is excluded from the specified second-degree harassment rule when listed exploitation…
- Possession exceptions for provider safety workers: benefit, low. Employees and contractors of covered interactive computer, internet, cloud, and telecommunications services receive an exception from the specified possession crimes. They must possess or access the material within their job duties. Their sole purpose must be preventing, detecting, reporting, or re…
- Lifetime teaching bans after covered convictions: cost, high. The commissioner or Professional Teaching Practices Commission must revoke a teaching certificate for life after a listed conviction involving a minor. Covered crimes include generated-material distribution, generated-material possession, and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Covered att…
- Broader crimes for exploiting children: cost, low. Unlawful exploitation now includes inducing, employing, or recording a child under 18 in contact with semen to produce covered material. People age 16 or older commit second-degree sexual abuse by helping or encouraging someone under 16 into listed sexual conduct. The list includes contact with sem…
- Felony penalties for generated abuse images: cost, low. Knowingly possessing generated obscene child sexual abuse material, or accessing it on a computer to view it, is a class C felony. Generated or altered images qualify whether or not an actual child was used. They must offensively depict someone under 18 appearing to perform listed sexual conduct an…
- Fewer court alternatives for abuse-material defendants: cost, low. Courts cannot defer prosecution or suspend entry of judgment for people charged with generated-material distribution or possession. After conviction, courts cannot suspend imposition of sentence for those crimes. Both crimes now count as sexual felonies; the crimes and related attempts, solicitatio…
- Longer prison terms for abuse-material offenses: cost, low. Class A generated-material distribution carries standard sentencing ranges of 5–15 years for a first felony, 10–25 for a second, and 20–35 for a third. The stated term is 99 years with two prior sexual-felony convictions. Class B distribution and generated-material possession have a stated first-co…
- More probation limits for abuse-material offenders: cost, low. Courts can impose added probation limits for listed abuse-material convictions, including generated-material distribution and possession or similar out-of-state crimes. Limits can bar using or creating websites, communicating with children under 16, and possessing or using computers. Courts can als…
- New felony rules for sharing abuse images: cost, low. Knowingly distributing covered generated abuse material in Alaska, or advertising, promoting, soliciting, or offering its distribution there, is a class B felony. A qualifying prior distribution conviction makes it a class A felony. Possessing 100 or more covered items supplies initial legal eviden…
- Some driver licenses barred after convictions: cost, low. The department cannot issue the specific driver license covered by AS 28.15.046 to applicants convicted of generated-material distribution or possession. Either conviction triggers the restriction. This is a restriction on that license, not a stated ban on every type of driver license.
- Broader investigations and property-loss risks: mixed, low. Officers gain authority to request internet-provider business records through an administrative subpoena from the attorney general or a designee. They need reasonable cause linking an account to a covered offense, and the account information must help obtain relevant evidence. After conviction, the…
- More public access to youth cases: mixed, low. A juvenile hearing alleging generated-material distribution can be opened to the public when the department asks the court. The court can still limit or prohibit public access. On request, the department must disclose public information about a minor who committed that offense at age 13 or older. T…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sarah Vance (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Allard (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jesse Bjorkman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ashley Carrick (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mia Costello (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Coulombe (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Cronk (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alyse Galvin (Not), House
- Cosponsor: Cathy Giessel (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: DeLena Johnson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andy Josephson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James Kaufman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin McCabe (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Merrick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Myers (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Prax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve St. Clair (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bert Stedman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cathy Tilton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Frank Tomaszewski (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jubilee Underwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Robert Yundt (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-25 | House | AM NO 5 ADOPTED Y28 N12 | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | House | DISCHARGE FROM RLS, RULE 18, FAILED Y19 N21 | fail | 19 | 21 |   |

## Actions (95)

- 2026-04-13: (S) YUNDT, CRONK, KAUFMAN (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, STEDMAN, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, MYERS, KAWASAKI, (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN13: ZERO(ADM) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN12: ZERO(AJS) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN11: ZERO(ADM) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN10: ZERO(EED) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN9: ZERO(DFC) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN8: ZERO(LAW) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FN7: ZERO(DPS) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) DP: DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 20 (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) CRA RPT SCS 3DP NEW TITLE (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: (S) Moved SCS CSHB 47(CRA) Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-03-02: (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BJORKMAN, TILTON (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: (S) CRA, JUD (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: (H) VERSION: CSHB 47(JUD) AM (House)
- 2026-02-27: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House)
- 2026-02-27: (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, JOSEPHSON (House)
- 2026-02-27: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (House)
- 2026-02-27: (H) PASSED Y39 E1 (House)
- 2026-02-27: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 47(JUD) AM (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOHNSON, COULOMBE, TOMASZEWSKI, CARRICK (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/27 CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) AM NO 6 ADOPTED UC (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) AM NO 5 ADOPTED Y28 N12 (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) AM NO 4 ADOPTED UC (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) AM NOS 1 AND 2 NOT OFFERED (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) JUD CS ADOPTED UC (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR (House)
- 2026-02-25: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/25/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-23: (H) DISCHARGE FROM RLS, RULE 18, FAILED Y19 N21 (House)
- 2026-02-06: (H) COSPONSOR(S): PRAX (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) COSPONSOR(S): ST. CLAIR (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN13: ZERO(ADM) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN12: ZERO(AJS) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN11: ZERO(ADM) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN10: ZERO(EED) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN9: ZERO(DFC) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN8: ZERO(LAW) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) FN7: ZERO(DPS) (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) DP: UNDERWOOD, EISCHEID, VANCE, COSTELLO, MINA, KOPP, GRAY (House)
- 2026-02-02: (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) NEW TITLE 7DP (House)
- 2026-01-30: (H) Minutes (HJUD) (House)
- 2026-01-30: (H) Moved CSHB 47(JUD) Out of Committee (House)
- 2026-01-30: (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House)
- 2026-01-30: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-01-26: (H) Minutes (HJUD) (House)
- 2026-01-26: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2026-01-26: (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House)
- 2026-01-26: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-05-16: (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- MEETING CANCELED -- (House)
- 2025-05-16: (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN6: ZERO(AJS) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN5: ZERO(DPS) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN4: ZERO(LAW) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN3: ZERO(EED) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN2: ZERO(ADM) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM) (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) NR: HOLLAND, HIMSCHOOT, MEARS (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) DP: PRAX, HALL, RUFFRIDGE (House)
- 2025-04-30: (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) NEW TITLE 3DP 3NR (House)
- 2025-04-29: (H) Minutes (HCRA) (House)
- 2025-04-29: (H) Moved CSHB 47(CRA) Out of Committee (House)
- 2025-04-29: (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-24: (H) Minutes (HCRA) (House)
- 2025-04-24: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2025-04-24: (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-04-24: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-11: (H) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO (House)
- 2025-03-18: (H) Minutes (HCRA) (House)
- 2025-03-18: (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> (House)
- 2025-03-18: (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-03-13: (H) Minutes (HCRA) (House)
- 2025-03-13: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2025-03-13: (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-03-13: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-03-11: (H) Minutes (HCRA) (House)
- 2025-03-11: (H) Heard & Held (House)
- 2025-03-11: (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-02-19: (H) COSPONSOR(S): ALLARD, MCCABE (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) CRA, JUD (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House)
- 2025-01-22: (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/17/25 (House)

## Bill text

- SCS CSHB 47(CRA), 2026-04-10: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047E), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047E.PDF)
- CSHB 47(JUD) am, 2026-02-25: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047D), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047D.PDF)
- CSHB 47(JUD), 2026-02-02: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047C), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047C.PDF)
- CSHB 47(CRA), 2025-04-30: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047B), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047B.PDF)
- HB 47, 2025-01-22: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047A.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
- [SCS CSHB 47(CRA) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047E)
- [SCS CSHB 47(CRA) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047E.PDF)
- [CSHB 47(JUD) am (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047D)
- [CSHB 47(JUD) am (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047D.PDF)
- [CSHB 47(JUD) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047C)
- [CSHB 47(JUD) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047C.PDF)
- [CSHB 47(CRA) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047B)
- [CSHB 47(CRA) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047B.PDF)
- [HB 47 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0047A)
- [HB 47 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0047A.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-HB47-34 (as of 2026-11-04).