Alaska House postpones final vote on gap-filling state budget bill

By: James Brooks, Corinne Smith

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,111

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday postponed its final vote on a fast-track supplemental budget bill that would use the state’s largest savings account to cover some shortfalls in the current state budget.

Members of the House voted 21-19 to pull the bill from the House floor after it became clear that there were not enough votes to fund the bill from savings.

Thirty votes are needed to spend from the Constitutional …

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