HB 26 Alaska House · 34th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan.

HB 26 requires Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to develop a statewide public and community transit plan in collaboration with transit operators, local governments, communities, and tribal entities. The bill mandates the department to study transportation alternatives while considering economic, environmental, and social impacts, including improvements to urban, rural, and remote transit systems. It adds a specific duty to create this comprehensive plan as part of the department's broader transportation planning responsibilities under existing law. The legislation directly affects how Alaska coordinates and plans public transit services across all regions of the state.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Vetoed

May 2026

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Vetoed May 21, 2026

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What changed between versions

CSHB 26(TRA) am → Enrolled HB 26 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized as Enrolled HB 26, removing committee markings and adding the official state law header. The substantive content remains consistent with the amended committee version, retaining the mandate for the Department of Transportation to create a comprehensive intermodal transit plan and adding a new legal definition for 'tribal entity' to ensure federal recognition standards are met in future legislation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; the primary change is the formalization of the text from a committee draft to an enrolled law, with no alterations to the policy scope or applicability.

TECHNICAL

Removed committee-specific headers, dates, and sponsor lists, replacing them with the official 'Laws of Alaska' formatting and chapter number placeholder.

Replaced the draft title page with the final act title and page references required for official state statutes.

DEFINITION

Added a new subsection defining 'tribal entity' to include tribes recognized by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and wholly owned tribal subsidiaries.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 21, 2026

Vetoed

(H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 5/20/26

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

(S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

(S) PASSED Y16 N4

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

(S) TRA SCS ADOPTED UC

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

(S) Moved SCS CSHB 26(TRA) Out of Committee

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

(S) Moved CSHB 26(TRA) AM Out of Committee

upper

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

lower

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) PASSED Y22 N17 E1

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) TRA CS ADOPTED UC

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Moved CSHB 26(TRA) Out of Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Moved CSHB 26(CRA) Out of Committee

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors