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Alaska · 34th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 57: An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 57 is a bill introduced in the Alaska House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date. Primary sponsor: Zack Fields (Democratic). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 15, 2025): (H) FN7: (S.FIN/LEG).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Independent 2 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Zack FieldsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Jesse BjorkmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateD
Ashley CarrickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Matt ClamanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateH
Mike CronkCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateR
Forrest DunbarCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateJ
Alyse GalvinCo-sponsorIndependentHouse14
Cathy GiesselCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateE
Elvi Gray-JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateG
Andy JosephsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Scott KawasakiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateP
Jesse KiehlCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateB
Kelly MerrickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateL
Genevieve MinaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Donny OlsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateT
Calvin SchrageCo-sponsorIndependentHouse12
Bert StedmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateA
Gary StevensCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateC
Löki TobinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateI
Bill WielechowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateK
Rob YundtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateN

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. (H) FN7: (S.FIN/LEG)
  2. (H) FN6: (S.FIN/LWF)
  3. (H) FN5: (S.FIN/EED)
  4. (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 53
  5. (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
  6. (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/30/25
  7. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
  8. (H) ASSIGNED CHAPTER 5 SLA 25
  9. (S) MEMBERS: TOBIN (CO-CHAIR), KIEHL, CRONK
  10. (H) MEMBERS: HIMSHOOT (CO-CHAIR), STORY, RUFFRIDGE
  11. (H) TO LEGAL SERVICES
  12. (H) GOVERNOR VETO OVERRIDDEN Y46 N14

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source