Alaska 32nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 D · 2 R cosponsors

SB 25 — An Act relating to the establishment and maintenance of an Internet website providing information on state government financial transactions and specifying the information to be made available on the website; and relating to the Alaska Checkbook Online Internet website.

Last action — (H) FN2: (ADM)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2021. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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177 added · 164 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Senate Bill 25 introduces specific language to clarify the importance of transparency and accessibility concerning state government financial transactions. It emphasizes that the information must be available at no cost to the public and calls for the development of a user-friendly website where citizens can easily access and comprehend this financial data. This change is significant because it aims to enhance government accountability and make financial information more accessible to Alaskan residents, fostering trust in state operations.

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32-LS0217\A SENATE BILL NO.
LAWS OF ALASKA Source Chapter No.
25 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION BY SENATORS WIELECHOWSKI, Reinbold, Hughes, Kawasaki, Begich, Kiehl, Costello, Wilson, Revak, Gray-Jackson, Micciche Introduced:
HCS CSSB 25(STA) _______ AN ACT Relating to the establishment and maintenance of an Internet website providing information on state government financial transactions and specifying the information to be made available on the website;
1/22/21 Referred:
and relating to the Alaska Checkbook Online Internet website.
State Affairs, Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to the establishment and maintenance of an Internet website providing information on state government financial transactions and specifying the information to be made available on the website." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
_______________ BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
* Section 1.
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1 Enrolled SB 25 AN ACT Relating to the establishment and maintenance of an Internet website providing information on state government financial transactions and specifying the information to be made available on the website;
and relating to the Alaska Checkbook Online Internet website.
_______________ * Section 1.
(c) A fair and open government requires that state revenue and expenditures be SB0025A -1- SB 25 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0217\A accounted for and easily accessible to the public at no cost.
-1- Enrolled SB 25 (c) A fair and open government requires that state revenue and expenditures be accounted for and easily accessible to the public at no cost.
* Sec.
Enrolled SB 25 -2- * Sec.
SB 25 -2- SB0025A New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0217\A Sec.
Sec.
(a) The Department of Administration shall develop, operate, and maintain a searchable Internet website that is accessible to the public at no cost and that provides financial information available from the central accounting system or the annual financial report prepared and filed under AS 37.05.210(a)(1), describing (1) state revenue for the preceding month, including (A) a receipt or deposit by a state agency into a fund or account established within the state treasury;
(a) The Department of Administration shall develop, operate, and maintain a searchable Internet website that is accessible to the public at no cost and that provides financial information available from the central accounting system or the annual financial report prepared and filed under AS 37.05.210(a)(1), describing (1) unaudited state revenue for the preceding month, including (A) a receipt or deposit by a state agency into a fund or account established within the state treasury;
(2) expenditures for the preceding month, including (A) the name and location of any person to whom payment was made;
(2) unaudited expenditures for the preceding month, including (A) the name and location of any person to whom payment was made;
(3) the balances, for the preceding month, of the statutory budget reserve fund (AS 37.05.540), the constitutional budget reserve fund (art.
(3) the estimated balances, for the preceding month, of the statutory budget reserve fund (AS 37.05.540), the constitutional budget reserve fund (art.
(4) the amount deposited into the permanent fund under art.
-3- Enrolled SB 25 (4) the amount deposited into the permanent fund under art.
IX, sec 15, SB0025A -3- SB 25 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0217\A Constitution of the State of Alaska for the preceding fiscal year;
IX, sec 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska for the preceding fiscal year;
(2) a feature that allows users to search for information on the website by keyword and recipient;
(2) a feature that (A) allows users to search for information on the Internet Enrolled SB 25 -4- website by keyword and recipient;
and (3) a link to SB 25 -4- SB0025A New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0217\A (A) the Internet website of the legislative audit division;
(B) provides information related to state service procurement contracts, including name, compensation, contract length, and contract type, on a searchable Internet website and a link to the website;
(B) an electronic copy of information related to state service procurement contracts, including compensation and contract length;
and (C) provides information related to independent contractors engaged by the state, by state agency, including name, compensation, contract length, and contract type, on a searchable Internet website and a link to the website;
(C) an electronic copy of information related to independent contractors engaged by the state, by state agency, including compensation and contract length.
and (3) a link to the Internet website of the legislative audit division.
(d) The Department of Revenue and other state agencies that use the central accounting system shall provide information to the Department of Administration that is necessary to comply with the requirements of this section, including a summary of indirect expenditures.
(d) The Department of Revenue and other state agencies, including a state agency that does not use the central accounting system, shall provide information to the Department of Administration that is necessary to comply with the requirements of this section, including a summary of indirect expenditures.
(e) Nothing in this section requires disclosure of information that is confidential under state or federal law.
The University of Alaska shall annually provide an audited financial report and a statement of its revenues and expenditures to the Department of Administration for inclusion on the Internet website established under (a) of this section.
(e) The description required by (a) of this section must include information that relates to the legislature and the judiciary if the information is available from the central accounting system.
(f) Nothing in this section requires disclosure of information that is confidential under state or federal law.
(f) In this section, (1) "expenditure" means a payment from the state treasury that is greater than $1,000 and that is made as a grant, subgrant, contract, subcontract, loan, lease, cooperative agreement, purchase order, task order, delivery order, or other form of financial transaction;
(g) In this section, (1) "expenditure" means a payment from the state treasury that is greater than $1,000 and that is made as a grant, subgrant, contract, subcontract, loan, lease, cooperative agreement, purchase order, task order, delivery order, or other form of financial transaction;
"expenditure" does not include the transfer of money between state agencies, individual payments to state employees or retirees, or payment of state or federal assistance to an individual;
"expenditure" does not include the transfer of money between state agencies, salary and wage payments to state employees, benefit payments to a member or former member of a state retirement system as defined in AS 40.25.151(e), -5- Enrolled SB 25 payment of state or federal assistance to an individual, or payment of a permanent fund dividend;
(3) "state agency" means a department, office, agency, board, commission, public corporation, or other organizational unit of or created under the executive branch of the state government, including the University of Alaska.
(3) "state agency" means a department, office, agency, board, commission, public corporation, or other organizational unit of or created under the executive branch of the state government.
The Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, SB0025A -5- SB 25 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0217\A added by sec.
The Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, added by sec.
4 of this Act, shall be available to the public on or before October 1, 2022.
4 of this Act, shall be available to the public on or before October 1, 2023.
APPLICABILITY.
AS 37.05.215(a)(7)(A) and (B), added by sec.
4 of this Act, apply only to employees employed by the state or contractors engaged by the state on and after the date the Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, added by sec.
4 of this Act, is made available to the public.
* Sec.
7.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:
The initial Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, added by sec.
(a) Except as provided in sec.
6 of tih s Act, the initial Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, added by sec.
Beginning on October 1, 2023, information on the website shall be updated monthly or annually, as specified in AS 37.05.215(b).
Beginning on October 1, 2024, information on the website shall be updated monthly or annually, as specified in AS 37.05.215(b).
SB 25 -6- SB0025A New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
(b) The Department of Administration shall continue to make the Alaska Checkbook Online Internet website the department made available online in February 2021 available to the public and continue to publish information from the statewide accounting system on the website until the Internet website established under AS 37.05.215, added by sec.
4 of this Act, is made available to the public.
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Action History

  1. (H) FN2: (ADM)

  2. (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281

  3. (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22

  4. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/1/22

  5. (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 9/2 CH 68 SLA 22

  6. (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22

  7. (S) 1:40 P.M. 8/10/22 Transmitted to Governor

  8. (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-

  9. (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP

  10. (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 25(STA)

  11. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED

  12. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOHNSON, MCCARTY

  13. (H) PASSED Y36 E3 A1

  14. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 25(STA)

  15. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  16. (H) STA HCS ADOPTED UC

  17. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  18. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2022

  19. (H) FN2: (ADM)

  20. (H) NR: WOOL, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK

  21. (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, FOSTER

  22. (H) FIN RPT HCS(STA) 3DP 3NR

  23. (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  24. (H) Moved HCS CSSB 25(STA) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 10 Minutes After Adjournment --

  25. (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  26. (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  27. (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 3:00 pm --

  28. (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  29. (H) FN2: (ADM)

  30. (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KAUFMAN, EASTMAN, TARR, VANCE, KREISS-TOMKINS

  31. (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) 7DP

  32. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN

  33. (H) Moved HCS CSSB 25(STA) Out of Committee

  34. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  35. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STORY

  36. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): VANCE

  37. (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  38. (H) Heard & Held

  39. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  40. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): EDGMON, TARR

  41. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SNYDER

  42. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, HOPKINS, NELSON

  43. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN

  44. (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): RAUSCHER, SCHRAGE, DRUMMOND, SPOHNHOLZ, TUCK, FIELDS, HANNAN

  45. (H) STA, FIN

  46. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  47. (S) VERSION: CSSB 25(FIN)

  48. (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)

  49. (S) PASSED Y20 N-

  50. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 25(FIN)

  51. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/2 CALENDAR

  52. (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC

  53. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  54. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/1/2022

  55. (S) FN2: (ADM)

  56. (S) DP: STEDMAN, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI

  57. (S) FIN RPT CS 5DP NEW TITLE

  58. (S) Minutes (SFIN)

  59. (S) Moved CSSB 25(FIN) Out of Committee

  60. (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532

  61. (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --

  62. (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532

  63. (S) Minutes (SFIN)

  64. (S) Heard & Held

  65. (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532

  66. (S) FN1: (ADM)

  67. (S) DP: COSTELLO, KAWASAKI

  68. (S) NR: SHOWER, HOLLAND, REINBOLD

  69. (S) STA RPT CS 2DP 3NR NEW TITLE

  70. (S) Minutes (SSTA)

  71. (S) Moved CSSB 25(STA) Out of Committee

  72. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  73. (S) Minutes (SSTA)

  74. (S) Heard & Held

  75. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  76. (S) Minutes (SSTA)

  77. (S) Scheduled but Not Heard

  78. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  79. (S) REVAK, GRAY-JACKSON, MICCICHE

  80. (S) COSPONSOR(S): REINBOLD, HUGHES, KAWASAKI, BEGICH, KIEHL, COSTELLO, WILSON,

  81. (S) Minutes (SSTA)

  82. (S) Heard & Held

  83. (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  84. (S) STA, FIN

  85. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  86. (S) Prefile released 1/8/21

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Who sponsors SB 25?
SB 25 is sponsored by Bill Wielechowski (D), Reinbold, Scott Kawasaki (D), Begich, Jesse Kiehl (D), Mia Costello (R), Wilson, Revak, Elvi Gray-Jackson (D), Micciche, and Shelley Hughes (R).
What is the current status of SB 25?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2021. Enacted.
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