Title 24 — Legislature and Lobbying
16 chapters · 304 sections in this title.
AS 24.05.010 Legislative power.
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Article 2. Composition and Members. The legislative power of the state is vested in the legislature of the State of Alaska and extends to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with or reserved by the constitution of the State of Alaska and the constitution and law…
AS 24.05.020 Composition.
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The legislature is composed of two houses: a senate consisting of 20 members and a house of representatives consisting of 40 members.
AS 24.05.030 Qualifications of members.
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A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of the state for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year immediately preceding filing for office. A senator shall be at least 25 years of age and a representat…
AS 24.05.040 Dual office.
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A member of the legislature may not hold any other office or position of profit under the United States or the state. During the term for which elected and for one year thereafter, a legislator may not be nominated, elected, or appointed to any other office or position of profit …
AS 24.05.050 Membership on boards and commissions.
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A member of the legislature may serve on a board or commission of the state government only if the membership of legislators on the board or commission is specifically authorized by law.
AS 24.05.060 Disqualifications.
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A person is not qualified for membership in the legislature who is disqualified to hold public office under the provisions of art. XII, § 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and as it may be implemented by law. Each member of the legislature, before entering upon the duties o…
AS 24.05.070 Election and expulsion.
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Each member of the legislature shall be elected from the district and in conformity with the procedures established by the state constitution and the laws of the state. Each house is the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and may expel a member with the concu…
AS 24.05.080 Terms.
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The term of each member of the legislature begins on the third Tuesday in January. The term of representatives is two years, and the term of senators is four years. One-half of the senators shall be elected every two years.
AS 24.05.085 Resignation.
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A member resigns by submitting a resignation in writing to the presiding officer of the house to which the member was elected or appointed, with information copies to the governor, the director of elections, and the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency for appropr…
AS 24.05.087 [Renumbered as AS 24.05.184.]
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Article 3. Meeting and Organization.
AS 24.05.090 Duration of legislature; sessions.
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The legislature shall convene at the capital each year on the third Tuesday in January at 1:00 p.m. Each legislature has a duration of two years and consists of a “First Regular Session” that meets in the odd-numbered years, and a “Second Regular Session” that meets in the even-n…
AS 24.05.100 Special sessions.
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(a) The legislature may hold a special session not exceeding 30 calendar days in length. The special session shall be called in either of the following ways: (1) The governor may call the legislature into special session by issuing a proclamation. At a special session called by t…
AS 24.05.110 Joint sessions.
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The houses of the legislature shall convene in joint session when required or authorized by the constitution and the rules of the legislature.
AS 24.05.120 Rules.
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At the beginning of the first regular session of each legislature, both houses shall adopt uniform rules of procedure for enacting bills into law and adopting resolutions. The rules in effect at the last regular session of the immediately preceding legislature serve as the tempor…
AS 24.05.130 Journal.
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Each house shall keep and publish a daily journal of its proceedings. The journal shall reflect the essential elements of the business transacted and the messages and communications received from the governor and the other house.
AS 24.05.135 Record of proceedings.
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(a) All floor sessions of each house shall be electronically recorded. However, each house may suspend this recording requirement by concurrence of two-thirds of its members when there is an equipment failure or when no recording equipment is available as a result of a natural di…
AS 24.05.140 Quorum.
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A majority of the membership of each house constitutes a quorum to do business. However, a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner, and under the penalties, provided by law or the rules of the legislature.
AS 24.05.150 Adjournment.
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(a) Neither house may recess or adjourn for longer than three days unless the other concurs. If the two houses cannot agree on the time for adjournment and either house certifies the disagreement to the governor, the governor may adjourn the legislature by issuing an executive or…
AS 24.05.160 Organization of a first regular session; new members.
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On the day set for the assembling of the first regular session of a legislature, the lieutenant governor shall call each house to order and direct the calling of roll of its districts and the names of the new members who are certified as being elected from each district. The lieu…
AS 24.05.170 Organization of second and special sessions; new members.
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Article 4. Committees. On the day set for the assembly of the second regular session or a special session of the legislature, the presiding officer elected at the first regular session shall administer the oath of office to new members and proceed with the business of the house i…
AS 24.05.180 Committees.
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(a) Each house shall have standing committees to facilitate the transaction of business in accordance with the rules of the legislature. The rules may provide for the appointment of special committees, as needed, by the presiding officer of each house. The legislature shall provi…
AS 24.05.182 Review of administrative regulations by standing committees of the legislature.
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(a) A standing committee of the legislature may, consistent with the committee's jurisdiction as provided in the uniform rules of the legislature, review a proposed or adopted regulation, amendment of a regulation, or repeal of a regulation. (b) [Repealed, § 23 ch. 7 SLA 2018.] (…
AS 24.05.184 Termination of interim committee membership.
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When a member of the legislature who serves on a committee created during a between-session interim by either house or its presiding officers, the legislative council or the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, files a declaration of candidacy for an elective office other than…
AS 24.05.186 Legislative hearings on initiatives certified by the lieutenant governor.
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(a) A standing committee of the legislature, selected jointly by the presiding officers of the house of representatives and senate, shall hold at least one hearing on an initiative that the lieutenant governor has determined was properly filed under AS 15.45.160. (b) The standing…
AS 24.05.188 Federal statutes, regulations, presidential executive orders and actions, and secretarial orders and actions.
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Article 5. Legislative Space. After receiving a report from the attorney general under AS 44.23.020(h) that a state law is in conflict with a federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action that is unconstitutional or was not pr…
AS 24.05.190 Control of legislative space.
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(a) The state capitol, with the exception of the capitol space now occupied by the Office of the Governor, and space occupied in any other state building by the legislature or its agencies is under the control of and subject to assignment by the Legislative Affairs Agency as dire…
AS 24.05.200 [Renumbered as AS 24.20.061.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 24.05.210 [Renumbered as AS 24.20.132.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 24.08.010 General procedure.
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The procedure for handling bills from the time of their prefiling or introduction until they become law is provided in this chapter subject to implementing rules adopted by the legislature. Resolutions shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the uniform rules of the…
AS 24.08.020 Subject of bills.
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The subject of each bill shall be expressed in its title and every bill shall be confined to one subject unless it is an appropriation bill or one codifying, revising, or rearranging existing laws. The limitation to one subject shall be liberally construed to permit the subject t…
AS 24.08.030 Appropriation bills.
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Bills for appropriation shall be confined to appropriations and shall include the amount involved and the purpose, method, manner, and other related conditions of payment.
AS 24.08.035 Fiscal notes on bills.
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(a) Before a bill or resolution, except an appropriation bill, is reported from the committee of first referral, there shall be attached to the bill a fiscal note containing an estimate of the amount of the appropriation increase or decrease that would result from enactment of th…
AS 24.08.036 Fiscal notes on bills affecting state retirement systems.
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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 …
AS 24.08.037 General obligation bond bills.
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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…
AS 24.08.040 Enacting clause.
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The enacting clause for each bill shall be: “Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alaska.”
AS 24.08.050 Prefiling of bills and resolutions.
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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…
AS 24.08.060 Introduction of bills and resolutions.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 24.08.070 Numbering of bills.
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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.
AS 24.08.080 Readings.
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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.
AS 24.08.090 Vote on passage.
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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.
AS 24.08.100 Action upon veto.
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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 …
AS 24.08.105 Record of votes.
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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…
AS 24.08.110 Bills carry over.
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Article 2. Constitutional Amendments and Executive Orders. 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.
AS 24.08.200 Constitutional amendments.
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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.
AS 24.08.210 Executive orders.
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Article 3. Filing, Printing, and Distribution. 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 …
AS 24.08.300 Delivery by governor.
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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…
AS 24.08.310 Filing and effect.
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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…
AS 24.08.320 Session laws.
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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…
AS 24.08.330 Distribution of Alaska Statutes.
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(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…
AS 24.10.010 Legislative officers.
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The senate shall elect from its membership a presiding officer who shall be called the “President of the Senate” and the house of representatives shall elect from its membership a presiding officer who shall be called the “Speaker of the House of Representatives.” The presiding o…