# Alaska SB 167: PFD ELIGIBILITY; PFD FOR OVERTURN CONVIC.

Alaska SB 167, PFD ELIGIBILITY; PFD FOR OVERTURN CONVIC., is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Scott Kawasaki (Democratic); status became law, last action 2026-06-19 ((S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/16/26); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB167-34
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Alaska SB 167
- State: Alaska
- Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: PFD ELIGIBILITY; PFD FOR OVERTURN CONVIC.
- Status: became law
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Last action: 2026-06-19, (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/16/26
- Sponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (58 yes, 22 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Alaskans regain dividends after convictions are overturned: benefit, high. Alaska residents can recover Permanent Fund Dividends for years they were denied solely because of a conviction later vacated or reversed. The charges must then be dismissed outside a plea deal in another criminal case, or a retrial must end in acquittal. Applicants must file within two years after…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Scott Kawasaki (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Bynum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Coulombe (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Maxine Dibert (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ted Eischeid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Alyse Galvin (Not), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Gray (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Genevieve Mina (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robert Myers (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Yundt (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-19 | House | PASSED Y38 N2 | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-05-19 | House | AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20 | fail | 20 | 20 |   |

## Actions (96)

- 2026-06-19: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/16/26 (Senate)
- 2026-06-19: (S) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/18 CHAPTER 15 SLA 26 (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: (S) 10:14 A.M. 6/1/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 9:00 am -- (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) FINANCE at 08:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 167(FIN) (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY, GALVIN, BYNUM, COULOMBE, DIBERT, EISCHEID, MINA (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) PASSED Y38 N2 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 167(FIN) (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y20 N20 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2026 (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV) (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) NR: TOMASZEWSKI (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, ALLARD, MOORE, BYNUM, SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 9DP 1NR (House)
- 2026-05-19: (H) IN FINANCE (House)
- 2026-05-19: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-05-18: (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair -- (House)
- 2026-05-18: (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-18: (H) -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- (House)
- 2026-05-18: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 7:55 pm -- (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair -- (House)
- 2026-05-17: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-05-17: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-05-16: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House)
- 2026-05-16: (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session -- (House)
- 2026-05-16: (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519 (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV) (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) NR: COSTELLO, UNDERWOOD, VANCE (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) DP: MINA, EISCHEID, GRAY (House)
- 2026-04-24: (H) JUD RPT HCS(JUD) 3DP 3NR (House)
- 2026-04-22: (H) Minutes (HJUD) (House)
- 2026-04-22: (H) Moved HCS CSSB 167(JUD) Out of Committee (House)
- 2026-04-22: (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House)
- 2026-04-22: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-04-14: (H) JUD, FIN (House)
- 2026-04-14: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House)
- 2026-04-13: (S) VERSION: CSSB 167(FIN) (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 167(FIN) (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-03: (S) FN3: INDETERMINATE(REV) (Senate)
- 2026-04-03: (S) AM: KIEHL (Senate)
- 2026-04-03: (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK (Senate)
- 2026-04-03: (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN (Senate)
- 2026-04-03: (S) FIN RPT CS 2DP 4NR 1AM NEW TITLE (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: (S) Moved CSSB 167(FIN) Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-02-24: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Audio/Video (House)
- 2026-02-02: (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: (S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(REV) (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: (S) DP: CLAMAN, TOBIN, MYERS, KIEHL (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: (S) JUD RPT CS(STA) 4DP (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) Minutes (SJUD) (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-05-07: (S) Minutes (SJUD) (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-05-02: (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(REV) (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, BJORKMAN (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: (S) DP: KAWASAKI, GRAY-JACKSON (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: (S) STA RPT CS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: (S) Moved CSSB 167(STA) Out of Committee (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-25: (S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: (S) Heard & Held (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Audio/Video (House)
- 2025-04-10: (S) STA, JUD (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled SB 167, 2026-05-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167Z.PDF)
- HCS CSSB 167(FIN), 2026-05-19: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167E), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167E.PDF)
- HCS CSSB 167(JUD), 2026-04-24: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167D), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167D.PDF)
- CSSB 167(FIN), 2026-04-03: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167C), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167C.PDF)
- CSSB 167(STA), 2025-05-02: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167B), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167B.PDF)
- SB 167, 2025-04-10: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167A.PDF)

## Related bills

- 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)
- HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law)
- HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING (became law)

## Sources
- [Enrolled SB 167 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167Z)
- [Enrolled SB 167 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167Z.PDF)
- [HCS CSSB 167(FIN) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167E)
- [HCS CSSB 167(FIN) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167E.PDF)
- [HCS CSSB 167(JUD) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167D)
- [HCS CSSB 167(JUD) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167D.PDF)
- [CSSB 167(FIN) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167C)
- [CSSB 167(FIN) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167C.PDF)
- [CSSB 167(STA) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167B)
- [CSSB 167(STA) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167B.PDF)
- [SB 167 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0167A)
- [SB 167 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0167A.PDF)

## Related
- [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)
- [HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB239-34)
- [HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB246-34)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB167-34 (as of 2026-11-04).
