Alaska House budget panel advances $3,800 PFD in draft budget

By: Sean Maguire

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: April 3, 2026

Words: 475

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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The Alaska House Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced a draft operating budget with a roughly $3,800 Permanent Fund dividend.

For a decade, the annual PFD check has been part of the Legislature’s annual budget-making process. A $3,800 PFD would follow a formula from a 1982 statute.

Lawmakers on a budget panel adopted the full, statutory dividend in the evening after long debate. Anchorage Democratic Rep. Andy Josephson, co-chair of the House Finance Committee, …

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