Without the governor’s signature, new laws take effect exempting commercial fishing insurance cooperatives from state regulation and ending a requirement to register fishing boats with the DMV.
Insurers began streamlining prior authorization for healthcare coverage even as a bill setting new standards was pending on the governor’s desk.
Lawmakers finished an operating budget and enacted new legal frameworks for childcare, interior design, and big game hunting.
Lawmakers finished a $6 billion operating budget and enacted new legal frameworks for energy, health insurance, and natural resources industries.
Clearing up regulatory confusion, the Alaska House and Senate passed legislation to treat electric-assisted bikes as, well, bikes.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a national environmental nonprofit, named Ivy Spohnholz as its next Alaska State Director.
Governor Mike Dunleavy signed House Bill 227, revising the C-PACE program, which helps commercial properties finance energy efficiency and resilience improvements.
Alaska lawmakers agreed to give the state-owned railroad bonding authority to finance a replacement of the terminal and passenger dock in Seward.