Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska HB48: CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND
Status: Chaptered, May 25, 2026
An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
LAWS OF ALASKA Source Chapter No. HB 48 _______ Relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund. _______________ THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE Enrolled HB Relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund. _______________ * Section 1. AS 37.05.590 is amended to read: Sec. 37.05.590. Civil legal services fund. The civil legal services fund is established as a special account in the general fund. The fund consists of appropriations to it. Annually, the legislature may appropriate to the fund only from amounts deposited into the general fund of the state under AS 09.17.020(j) and an amount from the general fund that is up to 25 [10] percent of the filing fees received by the Alaska Court System during the previous closed fiscal year. The legislature may make appropriations from the fund to organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income individuals. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. In this section, "low-income individual" means an individual with an income equal to or less than 125 percent of the most recent federal poverty guidelines for Alaska set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. -1- Enrolled HB
Sponsors
- Sara Hannan (D, HD-033) · primary sponsor
- Zack Fields (D, HD-020)
- Ted Eischeid (D, HD-022)
- Calvin Schrage (NP, HD-012)
- Nellie Jimmie (D, HD-038)
- Andi Story (D, HD-034)
- Alyse Galvin (I, HD-014)
- Andrew Gray (D, HD-020)
- Andrew Josephson (D, HD-017)
- Frier (I)
- Genevieve Mina (D, HD-019)
- Elvi Gray-Jackson (D, SD-I)
Latest actions
- : (H) FN5: (CC:HB263/FUND TRANSFERS)
- : (H) FN4: (CED)
- : (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 263
- : (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- : (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
- : (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/23/26
- : (H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 5/20 CHAPTER 5 SLA 26
- : (H) 3:45 P.M. 5/7/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR
- : (S) VERSION: HB 48
- : (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT
Votes
- PASSED (May 6, 2026): 17 yea, 3 nay, passed
- PASSED (February 25, 2026): 27 yea, 13 nay, passed
- AM NO 12 FAILED (February 25, 2026): 19 yea, 21 nay, failed
Subjects: COURTS, ATTORNEYS, FUNDS, PUBLIC FINANCE, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is HB48?
- HB48 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND.
- What does HB48 do?
- An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund.
- What is the status of HB48?
- Chaptered as of May 25, 2026. Latest action: (H) FN5: (CC:HB263/FUND TRANSFERS) (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB48?
- Sara Hannan (D, HD-033), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB48?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB 48
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