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2024 Alaska legislative session

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2024 Alaska legislative session
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General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 16, 2024

Scheduled session end:    May 15, 2024

Leadership
Senate President
Gary Stevens (R)

House Speaker
Cathy Tilton (R)
Majority Leader
Senate: Cathy Giessel (R)
House: Dan Saddler (R)
Minority Leader
Senate: N/A
House: Calvin Schrage (Nonpartisan)

Elections
Next Election:    November 5, 2024

Last Election:    November 8, 2022

Previous legislative sessions
2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
Other 2024 legislative sessions


In 2024, the Alaska State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 16 and adjourn on May 15.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 elections. Republicans won an 11-9 numerical majority in the Senate and a 21-13-6 numerical majority in the House, with both chambers forming bipartisan governing coalitions. Republicans controlled the governorship, creating a divided government due to the split legislative chambers. At the start of the 2024 session, Alaska was one of 21 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session:
  • The Alaska state House and state Senate were each led by bipartisan coalitions.
  • Alaska was one of 10 states with a divided government.
  • Alaska's governor was Republican Mike Dunleavy.

    • Leadership in 2024

    Alaska State Senate

    Alaska House of Representatives

    Partisan control in 2024

    See also: State government trifectas

    Alaska was one of 10 divided governments where neither party had a state government trifecta at the start of 2024 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

    Alaska was also one of 21 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

    The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Alaska State Legislature in the 2024 legislative session.

    Alaska State Senate

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 9
         Republican Party 11
    Total 20

    Alaska House of Representatives

    Party As of January 2024
         Democratic Party 13
         Republican Party 22
         Independent 4
         Nonpartisan 1
    Total 40

    Standing legislative committees

    See also: Standing committee and List of committees in Alaska state government


    A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

    At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 24 standing committees in Alaska's state government, including four joint legislative committees, 10 state Senate committees, and 10 state House committees.

    Joint legislative committees

    • Armed Services Committee
    • Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
    • Legislative Council Committee
    • Victims Advocate Selection Committee

    Senate committees

    • Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee
    • Senate Education Committee
    • Senate Finance Committee
    • Senate Health & Social Services Committee
    • Senate Judiciary Committee
    • Senate Labor & Commerce Committee
    • Senate Resources Committee
    • Senate Rules Committee
    • Senate State Affairs Committee
    • Senate Transportation Committee

    House committees

    • House Community & Regional Affairs Committee
    • House Education Committee
    • House Finance Committee
    • House Health & Social Services Committee
    • House Judiciary Committee
    • House Labor & Commerce Committee
    • House Resources Committee
    • House Rules Committee
    • House State Affairs Committee
    • House Transportation Committee

    Legislation

    Enacted legislation

    The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2024 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2024. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

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    The table below lists 2024 election-related legislation in Alaska. The following information is included for each bill:

    • Bill number
    • Official name or caption
    • Most recent action date
    • Legislative status
    • Topics dealt with by the bill

    Bills are organized by bill number. The table displays up to 100 results by default. To view additional results, use the arrows in the upper-right corner of the table. For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information.

    Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

    In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

    The methods by which the Alaska Constitution can be amended:

    See also: Article XIII of the Alaska Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in Alaska

    The Alaska Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution—a legislative process, and a state constitutional convention. Alaska requires a simple majority vote (50% plus 1) for voters to approve constitutional amendments. Alaskans do not have the power to use a citizen initiative to amend the state's constitution. The power of initiative in Alaska is restricted to proposing state statutes.

    Legislature

    See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

    A two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber of the Alaska State Legislature during one legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 27 votes in the Alaska House of Representatives and 14 votes in the Alaska State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

    Convention

    See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

    According to Section 3 of Article 13 of the Alaska Constitution, a question about whether to hold a state constitutional convention is to automatically appear on the state's ballot every 10 years starting in 1970. Alaska is one of 14 states that provides for an automatic constitutional convention question.

    The table below shows the last and next constitutional convention question election years:

    State Interval Last question on the ballot Next question on the ballot
    Alaska 10 years 2022 2032


    Historical partisan control

    The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Alaska.

    Alaska Party Control: 1992-2025
    No Democratic trifectas  •  Six years of Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    Governor I I R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R I I I I R R R R R R R
    Senate S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R S S S
    House D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D S S S S S S S

    Historical Senate control

    A multipartisan governing coalition has controlled the Alaska State Senate since 2022. Following the 2022 elections, the coalition included nine Republicans and eight Democrats.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the Alaska Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    Alaska State Senate election results: 1992-2022

    Year '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06[1] '08[2] '10[3] '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22[4]
    Democrats 9 8 7 5 6 8 8 9 10 10 7 6 6 7 7 9
    Republicans 10 12 13 15 14 11 12 11 10 10 13 14 14 13 13 11
    Independents 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

    Of the 33 Alaska State Senate elections held between 1958 and 2022, 19 left the Democrats and Republicans within four seats of each other.

    Historical House control

    A multipartisan governing coalition has controlled the Alaska House of Representatives since 2016. These coalitions primarily consisted of Democrats and independents after the 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections. Following the 2022 elections, it consisted primarily of Republicans.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the Alaska House following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    Alaska House of Representatives election results: 1992-2022

    Year '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16[5] '18[6] '20[7] '22[8]
    Democrats 20 17 16 14 13 13 14 17 18 16 15 16 17 16 15 13
    Republicans 18 22 24 26 27 27 26 23 22 24 25 23 21 23 21 21
    Independents 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 6

    Alaska gained statehood in 1959, after which Democrats won House majorities in 13 of the 16 elections held between 1960 and 1994. Governing coalitions controlled the chamber after the 1962, 1972, and 1982 elections, each of which elected a Republican speaker.


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Nine Democrats and six Republicans formed a 15-member governing coalition.
    2. ↑ Ten Democrats and six Republicans formed a 16-member governing coalition.
    3. ↑ Ten Democrats and five Republicans formed a 15-member governing coalition.
    4. ↑ Eight Democrats and nine Republicans formed a 17-member governing coalition.
    5. ↑ 17 Democrats, three Republicans, and two independents formed a 22-member governing coalition.
    6. ↑ 15 Democrats, six Republicans, and two independents formed a 23-member governing coalition. One independent was Bryce Edgmon who switched his affiliation from Democratic to unenrolled after the election.
    7. ↑ 15 Democrats, two Republicans, and four independents formed a 21-member governing coalition. Two Republicans did not join either caucus.
    8. ↑ 19 Republicans, two Democrats, and two independents formed a 23-member governing coalition.
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