# Alaska SB 64: ELECTIONS Alaska SB 64, ELECTIONS, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by SENATE RULES; status vetoed, last action 2026-05-12 ((H) Minutes (HSTA)) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB64-34 - 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 64 - State: Alaska - Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: ELECTIONS - Status: vetoed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-24 - Last action: 2026-05-12, (H) Minutes (HSTA) - Sponsor: SENATE RULES - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 16 (308 yes, 280 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 15 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tougher penalties for election interference: benefit, medium. It is a crime to open or tamper with signed absentee certificates, sealed ballot envelopes, or ballot packages without the director’s authorization. It is also a crime to hack, alter, or tamper with election machines or systems. Election officials commit a crime if they share results or confidentia… - Track and fix your ballot: benefit, low. Beginning September 19, 2026, the division runs a mobile‑friendly, free ballot‑tracking system with multi‑factor login. You can see when your ballot was sent, delivered, received, and whether it was counted, plus how to cure problems. If your absentee ballot is rejected for a missing signature, mis… - Ballot tracking and cure start together: benefit, low. Beginning September 19, 2026, the ballot-tracking system and the voter cure process take effect. The law links them, so each only takes effect if the other does. Voters can track their ballot and fix issues through the same connected system. - Daily public vote totals online: benefit, low. During general elections, the director posts daily unofficial results. The site shows which precincts were counted, when absentee ballots were logged and counted with their count codes, and the districts and days of early voting. When absentee or questioned ballots are reviewed, the site updates to… - More help for rural voting access: benefit, low. The director must hire a rural community liaison to work with tribes and towns. The liaison helps people use absentee and early voting in rural areas and makes sure rural precincts are staffed. The division must also report options to expand early voting in rural areas and in neighborhoods with med… - October 2026 school board election uses old rules: benefit, low. For the regional school board election in October 2026, the Division of Elections uses the prior AS 15 procedures. This keeps pre‑amendment rules in place for that one election. - Polling place standards and worker pay: benefit, low. Each polling place must have at least one booth and at least one booth or screen for every 100 votes cast in the previous election. The director may set rules for polling places, ballot boxes, voting screens, flags, supplies, and booths to save money and protect ballot secrecy. Election board membe… - True source rule for campaign money: benefit, low. The law defines the “true source” of campaign funds as the person or entity whose money comes from wages, investments, inheritance, or sales revenue. Groups funded mainly by donations are intermediaries, not the true source. A membership group is the true source if it collects less than $2,000 per… - Stricter ID to register and vote: cost, low. To register in person, you must show one ID: a driver’s license, state ID, current photo ID, birth certificate, passport, or tribal ID. For first‑time registrations sent by mail, fax, approved electronic method, or PFD application, the division verifies your data with state records; if you lack the… - Absentee and questioned ballot rules: mixed, low. Absentee voters get a secrecy sleeve and a postage‑paid return envelope that does not show party and warns against false statements. First‑time voters who registered by mail, fax, or approved electronic method must send a copy of an accepted ID with a mail ballot unless they already met ID rules. I… - New campaign funder rule begins 2027: mixed, low. The law changes the campaign finance 'true source' definition. The change takes effect January 1, 2027. Donors and groups must follow the new rule starting then. - Ranked-choice ballots and write-ins: mixed, low. General election ballots use ranked‑choice voting. You rank candidates in order and may not give the same rank to more than one candidate. Write‑in votes count when you write the name and fill the oval; small misspellings or abbreviations are allowed if voter intent is clear. A presidential write‑i… - Stricter voter roll checks and notices: mixed, low. The division checks the master voter list at least each January and reviews many records, like postal forwarding, motor vehicle, corrections, jury, and other states. You get an address‑confirmation notice if mail was returned in the last two years, if you had no contact in two years and no voting i… - Tighter oversight of PFD voter data: mixed, low. The Division of Elections and the Department of Revenue must send a yearly report before each regular legislative session. It must show how many Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) records were shared, the effect on voter rolls and election integrity, and the security steps used. The law also defines vot… - PFD voter data sharing with safeguards: mixed, low. Each month, Revenue sends the elections division PFD applicant records for citizens age 18 or within 90 days, including mailing address and any out‑of‑state residency claim. Elections may use Revenue data only to register voters and maintain the rolls and may not disclose confidential data except a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: SENATE RULES ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-04 | Senate | GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y38 N22 | pass | 38 | 22 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | CONCUR AM OF (H) Y16 N4 | pass | 16 | 4 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 11 FAILED Y18 N21 E1 | fail | 18 | 21 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y27 N12 E1 | pass | 27 | 12 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 2 FAILED Y17 N22 E1 | fail | 17 | 22 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 3 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 | fail | 16 | 23 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 10 FAILED Y13 N26 E1 | fail | 13 | 26 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | PASSED Y23 N16 E1 | pass | 23 | 16 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 6 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 | fail | 16 | 23 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y27 N12 E1 | pass | 27 | 12 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 4 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 | fail | 16 | 23 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 7 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 | fail | 16 | 23 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 8 FAILED Y16 N23 E1 | fail | 16 | 23 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | AM NO 9 AS AMD FAILED Y18 N21 E1 | fail | 18 | 21 | | | 2025-05-12 | Senate | PASSED Y14 N6 | pass | 14 | 6 | | | 2025-05-12 | Senate | AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y17 N3 | pass | 17 | 3 | | ## Actions (169) - 2026-05-12: (H) Minutes (HSTA) (House) - 2026-05-12: (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House) - 2026-05-12: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-05-04: (H) JOINT SESSION at 11:00 AM HOUSE CHAMBER (House) - 2026-05-04: (S) GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y38 N22 (Senate) - 2026-05-04: (S) MOTION TO OVERRIDE VETO (Senate) - 2026-05-01: (S) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 4/29/26 (Senate) - 2026-04-13: (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S) (Senate) - 2026-04-13: (S) 3:36 P.M. 4/13/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2026-03-25: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (Senate) - 2026-03-25: (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y16 N4 (Senate) - 2026-03-25: (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP (Senate) - 2026-03-23: (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 64(FIN) AM H (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y27 N12 E1 (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) PASSED Y23 N16 E1 (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 64(FIN) AM H (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House) - 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2026-03-23: (H) FN4: ZERO(ADM) (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) AM: TOMASZEWSKI, STAPP, MOORE, BYNUM (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) DNP: ALLARD (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER, SCHRAGE (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 12 (House) - 2026-03-23: (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NEW TITLE 6DP 1DNP 4AM (House) - 2026-03-20: (H) Moved HCS CSSB 64(FIN) Out of Committee (House) - 2026-03-20: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-20: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2026-03-20: (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- (House) - 2026-03-20: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-20: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-03-20: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- (House) - 2026-03-16: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2026-03-16: Audio/Video (House) - 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2025-05-16: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-16: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-16: (H) -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair -- (House) - 2025-05-16: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-16: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 8:00 am on 5/16 -- (House) - 2025-05-15: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-15: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-15: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 5/15 at 9:00 am -- (House) - 2025-05-14: (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-14: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) Minutes (HSTA) (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120 (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) FIN (House) - 2025-05-13: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House) - 2025-05-12: (H) Minutes (HFIN) (House) - 2025-05-12: (H) -- Please Note Time Change -- (House) - 2025-05-12: (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519 (House) - 2025-05-12: (S) VERSION: CSSB 64(FIN) AM (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) PASSED Y14 N6 (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) BEFORE SENATE ON FINAL PASSAGE (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y17 N3 (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC (Senate) - 2025-05-12: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 64(FIN) (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-05-09: (S) Minutes (SFIN) (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) Moved CSSB 64(FIN) Out of Committee (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CAL (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) FN3: (GOV) (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) FN2: ZERO(ADM) (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN, KIEHL (Senate) - 2025-05-09: (S) FIN RPT CS 3DP 4NR NEW TITLE (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-04-09: (S) Minutes (SFIN) (Senate) - 2025-04-09: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-04-09: (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-28: (S) FN2: ZERO(ADM) (Senate) - 2025-03-28: (S) FN1: (GOV) (Senate) - 2025-03-28: (S) NR: YUNDT, BJORKMAN (Senate) - 2025-03-28: (S) DP: KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON (Senate) - 2025-03-28: (S) STA RPT CS 3DP 2NR NEW TITLE (Senate) - 2025-03-27: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-27: (S) Moved CSSB 64(STA) Out of Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-27: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-25: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-25: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-03-25: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-20: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-20: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-03-20: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-18: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-18: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-03-18: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-13: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-13: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-03-13: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-03-11: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-03-11: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-02-04: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-02-04: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-01-30: (S) Minutes (SSTA) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: (S) Heard & Held (Senate) - 2025-01-30: (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Audio/Video (House) - 2025-01-24: (S) STA, FIN (Senate) - 2025-01-24: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled SB 64, 2026-03-25: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064Z.PDF) - HCS CSSB 64(FIN), 2026-03-23: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064E), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064E.PDF) - HCS CSSB 64(FIN) am H, 2026-03-23: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064F), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064F.PDF) - CSSB 64(FIN) am, 2025-05-12: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064D), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064D.PDF) - CSSB 64(FIN), 2025-05-09: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064C), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064C.PDF) - CSSB 64(STA), 2025-03-28: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064B), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064B.PDF) - SB 64, 2025-01-24: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064A.PDF) ## Related bills - HB 265: APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET (signed) - HB 263: APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET;FUNDS;SUPP (signed) - HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law) - HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING (became law) - HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES (became law) - HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled SB 64 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064Z) - [Enrolled SB 64 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064Z.PDF) - [HCS CSSB 64(FIN) (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064E) - [HCS CSSB 64(FIN) (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064E.PDF) - [HCS CSSB 64(FIN) am H (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064F) - [HCS CSSB 64(FIN) am H (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/SB0064F.PDF) - [CSSB 64(FIN) am (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0064D) - 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