Title 24, Legislature and Lobbying

Before a bill which would have an effect on the retirement systems of the state is reported to the rules committee, there shall be attached to the bill an analysis of the long-term and short-term costs to the state if the bill is adopted, as well as the impact of the bill on the …

A bill authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds creating a state debt for capital improvements shall contain a statement of the scope of each project included in the proposed bond issue. The statement shall include a brief description of each capital improvement proje…

The enacting clause for each bill shall be: “Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alaska.”

Any member of the legislature whose term extends into a forthcoming session or legislature, or a member-elect may file a bill or resolution or a proposal for a bill or resolution with the Legislative Affairs Agency at any time before January 1. The agency shall place a prefiled b…

(a) A member of the legislature or a committee chairman, with the concurrence of a majority of the active members of the committee and on behalf of the committee, may introduce a bill or resolution. Bills and resolutions shall be prepared and introduced in the manner and form pre…

The chief clerk of the house in which the bill is introduced shall number it in the order of its introduction and thereafter the bill shall be designated by the number given to it.

A bill may not become law unless it has passed three readings in each house on three separate days, except that a bill may be advanced from second to third reading on the same day by concurrence of three-fourths of the house considering it.

A bill may not become law without the affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of each house. The yeas and the nays on final passage shall be recorded in the journal.

When the governor vetoes a bill or by veto strikes or reduces an item in an appropriation bill, during a regular session of the legislature, the legislature shall proceed to act in accordance with art. II, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, as it is implemented by the …

The voting record for each legislator shall be made available to any person on request. The Legislative Affairs Agency shall keep voting records compiled annually under this section on the agency data system and shall distribute copies to all legislative information offices for a…

A bill introduced but not receiving final action in the first regular session of a legislature carries over in the same reading or status into the second regular session of the same legislature.

The legislature may propose amendments to the state constitution through the adoption of a joint resolution by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house. Resolutions proposing constitutional amendments shall be treated as bills.

An executive order proposing a change in the executive branch and requiring the force of law under art. III, sec. 23, Constitution of the State of Alaska shall be submitted to the presiding officer of each house on the day the house organizes. The legislature has 60 days of a reg…

When the governor has signed a bill or allowed it to become law without the governor's signature, and when the governor has signed or noted resolutions, the governor's office is to deliver the original enrolled copy of each law or resolution to the executive director of the Legis…

The lieutenant governor shall file the original enrolled copies of all acts and resolutions and all executive orders having the effect of law that were submitted by the governor to the legislature and that were not rejected by it. These documents shall be kept on file for at leas…

The Legislative Affairs Agency is responsible for arranging for the production, editing, publishing, and distribution of the laws of each session. The executive director shall have the slip law copies of the enrolled acts produced in sufficient quantity for one complete set to be…

(a) The Department of Education and Early Development is responsible for making official distribution of the Alaska Statutes to state executive branch agencies. The administrative director of the Alaska Court System is responsible for distribution to the court system. Distributio…