Alaska Senate advances constitutional amendment to lower override threshold for spending vetoes

By: Sean Maguire

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 487

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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The Alaska Senate on Tuesday advanced a constitutional amendment that would lower the threshold for veto overrides of spending decisions.

The Alaska Constitution currently has two thresholds to override a governor’s vetoes: it takes two-thirds of legislators to override a veto of a policy bill and three-quarters of lawmakers to override a budget veto or a veto of legislation that spends money.

Anchorage Democratic Sen. Matt Claman’s proposed the constitutional …

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