2026 Alaska legislative session

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2026 Alaska legislative session
General information
Scheduled session start:    Jan. 20, 2026 Scheduled session end:    May 20, 2026
Leadership
Senate President Gary Stevens (R) House Speaker Bryce E. Edgmon (I) Majority Leader Senate: Cathy Giessel (R) House: Charles Kopp (R) Minority Leader Senate: Mike Cronk (R) House: DeLena Johnson (R)
Elections
Next Election:    November 3, 2026 Last Election:    November 5, 2024
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In 2026, the Alaska State Legislature is scheduled to convene on January 20, 2026, and adjourn on May 20, 2026.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2024 elections. Republicans won an 11-9 numerical majority in the Senate and a 21-14 majority with five independents in the House, with both chambers forming bipartisan governing coalitions. The Republican Party also controlled the governorship, creating a divided state government due to the split legislative chambers. At the start of the 2026 session, Alaska was one of 23 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2026 legislative session:

The Alaska state House and state Senate were each led by bipartisan coalitions.

Alaska was one of 11 divided state governments.

Alaska's governor was Republican Mike Dunleavy.

Leadership in 2026

Alaska State Senate

• Senate president: Gary Stevens (R)
• Majority leader: Cathy Giessel (R)
• Minority leader: Mike Cronk (R)

Alaska House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Bryce E. Edgmon (I)
• Majority leader: Charles Kopp (R)
• Minority leader: DeLena Johnson (R)

Partisan control in 2026

See also: State government trifectas

Alaska was one of 11 divided state governments at the start of 2026 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 23 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 2026 legislative session.

Alaska State Senate

Partisan composition, Alaska State Senate

As of January 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	9
Republican	12
Other	0
Vacancies	0
Total	21

Alaska House of Representatives

Partisan composition, Alaska House of Representatives

As of January 2026
Party	Members
Democratic	14
Republican	20
Nonpartisan	4
Other	1
Vacancies	1
Total	40

Regular session

The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2026 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 has met these criteria yet in 2026. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

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 2026 legislative session, there were 26 standing committees in Alaska's state government, including four joint legislative committees, 10 state Senate committees, and 12 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

• Fisheries Committee
• 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
• Military & Veterans' Affairs Committee

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 same coalition continued control after the 2024 elections.

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	'08	'10	'12	'14	'16	'18	'20	'22	'24
Democrats	9	8	7	5	6	8	8	9	10	10	7	6	6	7	7	9	9
Republicans	10	12	13	15	14	11	12	11	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	11	11
Independents	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Before 1992

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. After the 2024 elections, the coalition returned to a Democratic majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Alaska House following every general election from 1992 to 2024. 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: 1992-2024

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

Before 1992

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.

Analysis

Adopted legislation, 2013-2024

See also: The State Legislative Decade - Alaska

In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.

See also

Elections	Alaska State Government	State Legislatures	State Politics
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External links

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2026

State legislative elections (2026) • State legislative special elections (2026) • Primary dates and filing requirements • 2026 Session Dates

2025

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