Alaska 33rd Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 55 — An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date.

Last action — (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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The recent amendments to House Bill 55 extend the funding allocation period for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board from 2024 to 2030. This change means that the designated percentages of funding for various educational institutions and programs will be secured for six additional years, which can help advance technical and vocational education in Alaska. By guaranteeing this funding, the state aims to enhance training opportunities and better prepare the workforce for future job demands.

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33-LS0360\R CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
33-LS0360\A HOUSE BILL NO.
55(EDC) IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Referred:
55 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES CARRICK, Foster, Galvin, Josephson, Story Introduced:
Labor and Commerce, Finance Sponsor(s):
2/1/23 Referred:
REPRESENTATIVES CARRICK, Foster, Galvin, Josephson, Story A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to the technical and vocational education program;
Education, Labor and Commerce, Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board;
AS 23.15.835(a) is amended to read:
(a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20 and for the benefit of the program, the department shall collect from each employee an amount equal to .25 [.16] percent of the wages, as set out in AS 23.20.175, on which the employee is required to make contributions under AS 23.20.290(d).
The department shall remit to the Department of Revenue, in accordance with AS 37.10.050, money collected under this subsection.
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(d) Notwithstanding AS 23.15.840(a), for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, through June 30, 2026 [2024], the money collected under this section or otherwise appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall be allocated directly in the following percentages to the following institutions for programs HB0055b -1- CSHB 55(EDC) New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0360\R consistent with AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 and capital improvements:
(d) Notwithstanding AS 23.15.840(a), for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, through June 30, 2030 [2024], the money collected under this section or otherwise appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall be allocated directly in the following percentages to the following institutions for programs consistent with AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 and capital improvements:
University of Alaska 45 percent Galena Interior Learning Academy 4 percent Alaska Technical Center 9 percent Alaska Vocational Technical Center 17 percent Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center 3 percent Southwest Alaska Vocational and Education Center 3 percent Yuut Elitnaurviat, Inc.
University of Alaska 45 percent Galena Interior Learning Academy 4 percent Alaska Technical Center 9 percent Alaska Vocational Technical Center 17 percent Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center 3 percent HB0055a -1- HB 55 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0360\A Southwest Alaska Vocational and Education Center 3 percent Yuut Elitnaurviat, Inc.
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AS 23.15.835(d), as amended by sec.
2 of this Act, is amended to read:
(d) Notwithstanding AS 23.15.840(a), for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, through June 30, 2030, the money collected under this section or otherwise appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall be allocated directly in the following percentages to the following institutions for programs consistent with AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 and capital improvements:
University of Alaska 40 [45] percent Galena Interior Learning Academy 4 percent Alaska Technical Center 9 percent Alaska Vocational Technical Center 15 [17] percent Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center 3 percent Southwest Alaska Vocational and Education Center 3 percent Yuut Elitnaurviat, Inc.
People's Learning Center 9 percent Partners for Progress in Delta, Inc.
3 percent Amundsen Educational Center 2 percent Ilisagvik College 5 percent Alaska Job Center Network 7 percent.
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AS 23.15.835(g) is amended to read:
(g) Except for the Alaska Job Center Network, [THE] institutions receiving funding under (d) of this section shall establish and maintain at least one articulation CSHB 55(EDC) -2- HB0055b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0360\R agreement under which dual credit may be earned by high school students upon completion of a vocational education course.
The Alaska Job Center Network shall use the funds allocated under (d) of this section for individual training grants.
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AS 23.15.835(h) is amended to read:
(h) An institution's failure to comply with (e), [OR] (g), or (i) of this section shall result in a withholding penalty of up to 100 [20] percent of the funding allocated under (d) of this section in the following year.
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AS 23.15.835 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
(i) Funds allocated to the University of Alaska under (d) of this section shall be distributed so that equal funding is awarded to the northern, interior, southwest, Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna, gulf coast, and southeast regions of the state.
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APPLICABILITY.
AS 23.15.835(i), enacted by sec.
6 of this Act, applies to funds awarded on or after July 1, 2024.
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The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:
2 of this Act takes effect after June 30, 2024, sec.
1 of this Act takes effect after June 30, 2024, sec.
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2 of this Act is retroactive to June 30, 2024.
1 of this Act is retroactive to June 30, 2024.
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Sections 3 and 4 of this Act take effect July 1, 2026.
This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
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HB 55 -2- HB0055a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
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Except as provided in sec.
9 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
HB0055b -3- CSHB 55(EDC) New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
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Action History

  1. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI

  2. (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE

  3. (S) FIN

  4. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  5. (H) VERSION: CSHB 55(L&C)

  6. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  7. (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, STORY

  8. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40

  9. (H) PASSED Y38 N2

  10. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 55(L&C)

  11. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  12. (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N39

  13. (H) L&C CS ADOPTED UC

  14. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  15. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2024

  16. (H) Moved CSHB 55(L&C) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --

  17. (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519

  18. (H) FN14: (UA)

  19. (H) FN13: (LWF)

  20. (H) FN12: (LWF)

  21. (H) FN11: (EED)

  22. (H) FN10: ZERO(LWF)

  23. (H) FN2: (LWF)

  24. (H) NR: COULOMBE, TOMASZEWSKI

  25. (H) DP: STAPP, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, ORTIZ, CRONK, EDGMON, D.JOHNSON, FOSTER

  26. (H) FIN RPT CS(L&C) 9DP 2NR

  27. (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN

  28. (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  29. (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:00 p.m. Today --

  30. (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519

  31. (H) FN9: (UA)

  32. (H) FN8: (LWF)

  33. (H) FN7: (LWF)

  34. (H) FN6: (LWF)

  35. (H) FN5: (EED)

  36. (H) AM: CARRICK, RUFFRIDGE

  37. (H) NR: SADDLER, WRIGHT

  38. (H) DP: FIELDS, PRAX, SUMNER

  39. (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 3DP 2NR 2AM

  40. (H) Minutes (HL&C)

  41. (H) Moved HB 55 Out of Committee

  42. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  43. (H) Minutes (HL&C)

  44. (H) Heard & Held

  45. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  46. (H) Minutes (HL&C)

  47. (H) Heard & Held

  48. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  49. (H) Minutes (HL&C)

  50. (H) Heard & Held

  51. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  52. (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --

  53. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 10:30 AM BARNES 124

  54. (H) Minutes (HL&C)

  55. (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to 3/21/24 at 10:30 am --

  56. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  57. (H) FN4: (LWF)

  58. (H) FN3: (LWF)

  59. (H) FN2: (LWF)

  60. (H) FN1: (EED)

  61. (H) AM: HIMSCHOOT, STORY, RUFFRIDGE

  62. (H) NR: MCKAY, PRAX

  63. (H) DP: MCCORMICK, ALLARD

  64. (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) NEW TITLE 2DP 2NR 3AM

  65. (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  66. (H) Moved CSHB 55(EDC) Out of Committee

  67. (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  68. (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  69. (H) Heard & Held

  70. (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  71. (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  72. (H) Scheduled but Not Heard

  73. (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  74. (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  75. (H) Heard & Held

  76. (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  77. (H) Minutes (HEDC)

  78. (H) Heard & Held

  79. (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106

  80. (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER

  81. (H) EDC, L&C, FIN

  82. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

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Who sponsors HB 55?
HB 55 is sponsored by Scott Kawasaki (D), Andi Story (D), Andy Josephson (D), Alyse Galvin (N), Neal Foster (D), and Ashley Carrick (D).
What is the current status of HB 55?
This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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