Governor vetoes Alaska bills on invasive species management, plastic food containers

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 923

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday vetoed two environmental-protection bills that had passed with broad bipartisan support from legislators.

Dunleavy vetoed a bill to establish an invasive species council, Senate Bill 174, that was intended to be similar to coordinating organizations managing invasive species in other states, and a bill to ban restaurants’ use of polystyrene containers, House Bill 25.

Dunleavy, in veto messages, characterized both bills as overly burdensome and unnecessary expansions of …

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