Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session

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10		-	CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 31(STA)
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12	13		IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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14	15		THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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16		-	BY ~~THE SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE~~
	17	+	BY SENATOR KIEHL
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18		-	~~Offered~~: 2/19/25
19		-	Referred: ~~Finance~~
	19	+	Introduced: 1/10/25
	20	+	Referred: Prefiled
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21		-	~~Sponsor(s): SENATOR KIEHL~~
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22	23		A BILL
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24	25		FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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26		-	"An Act ~~creating and~~ relating to the ~~address confidentiality program~~; ~~and providing for~~ 1
27		-	an effective date." 2
	27	+	"An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address 1
	28	+	confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date." 2
28	29		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
29	30		* Section 1. AS 44.21.020 is amended to read: 4
30	31		Sec. 44.21.020. Duties of department. The Department of Administration 5
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32	33		(1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures, 7
33	34		methods, and organization; 8
34	35		(2) keep general accounts; 9
35	36		(3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes; 10
36	37		(4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary 11
37	38		storerooms and warehouses; 12
38	39		(5) [REPEALED 13
39		-	(6)] supervise telephone, mailing, messenger, duplicating, and similar 14 34-LS0306\N
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	40	+	(6)] supervise telephone, mailing, messenger, duplicating, and similar 14 34-LS0306\A
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43	44		services adaptable to centralized management; 1
44	45		(6) [(7)] administer the public employees' retirement system and 2
45	46		teachers' retirement system; 3
46	47		(7) [(8)] administer a statewide personnel program, including central 4
47	48		personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay 5
48	49		administration; 6
49	50		(8) [(9)] administer and supervise a statewide automatic data 7
50	51		processing program; 8
51	52		(9) [(10)] study, design, implement, and manage the 9
52	53		telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330; 10
53	54		(10) establish and administer the address confidentiality program 11
54	55		under AS 44.21.022 [(11) REPEALED]. 12
55	56		* Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to read: 13
56	57		Sec. 44.21.022. Address confidentiality program. (a) The address 14
57	58		confidentiality program is established in the department to protect the confidentiality 15
58	59		of the address of an individual enrolled in the program. 16
59	60		(b) The department shall 17
60	61		(1) establish and administer the program; 18
61	62		(2) designate a post office box as a substitute mailing address for an 19
62	63		individual enrolled in the program; 20
63	64		(3) forward the mail of an individual enrolled in the program from the 21
64	65		post office box designated under (2) of this subsection to the individual's residential 22
65	66		street address, post office box, school address, or work address as specified on the 23
66	67		individual's application for enrollment in the program; 24
67	68		(4) maintain the confidentiality of the address of an individual enrolled 25
68	69		in the program; and 26
69	70		(5) adopt regulations establishing a procedure for a qualified individual 27
70	71		under (c) of this section to enroll in or withdraw from the program. 28
71	72		(c) The following individuals may enroll in the program: 29
72	73		(1) a victim of a crime involving domestic violence, stalking, or sexual 30
73		-	assault if 31 34-LS0306\N
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	74	+	assault if 31 34-LS0306\A
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77	78		(A) a court has issued a protective order on behalf of the 1
78	79		victim; or 2
79	80		(B) the victim meets other standards set by the department; 3
80	81		(2) a guardian of a minor, if a court has issued a protective order on 4
81	82		behalf of the minor; 5
82	83		(3) a peace officer; 6
83	84		(4) a correctional officer; and 7
84	85		(5) a household member of an individual specified under (1) - (4) of 8
85	86		this subsection who is enrolled in the program. 9
86	87		(d) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, a person with a duty to register under 10
87	88		AS 12.63.010 may not enroll in the program. 11
88	89		(e) A state or municipal agency shall allow an individual enrolled in the 12
89	90		program to use the post office box designated by the department under (b)(2) of this 13
90	91		section as the individual's mailing address. 14
91	92		(f) The length of initial enrollment in the program is five years. If an 15
92	93		individual enrolled in the program does not renew the individual's enrollment in the 16
93	94		program every five years, the department shall remove the individual from the 17
94	95		program. The department shall remove an individual enrolled in the program if, during 18
95	96		the time of the individual's enrollment in the program, the individual is required to 19
96	97		register under AS 12.63.010. 20
97	98		(g) The department may not collect a registration fee from an individual 21
98	99		qualified under (c) of this section to enroll in the program. 22
99	100		(h) The department shall disclose an individual's address to a peace officer in 23
100	101		response to a search warrant issued by a state or federal court. 24
101	102		(i) A person who discloses information that is confidential under this section 25
102	103		about an individual enrolled in the program under (c) of this section is guilty of a class 26
103	104		B misdemeanor if the person 27
104	105		(1) is authorized to access the address confidentiality program database 28
105	106		and recklessly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective order; 29
106	107		(2) is not authorized to access the address confidentiality program 30
107		-	database and knowingly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective 31 34-LS0306\N
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	108	+	database and knowingly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective 31 34-LS0306\A
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111	112		order; or 1
112	113		(3) accesses the address confidentiality program database without 2
113	114		authorization to access the database and recklessly discloses the information. 3
114	115		(j) In this section, 4
115	116		(1) "correctional officer" means a person 5
116	117		(A) appointed by the commissioner of corrections whose 6
117	118		primary duty under AS 33.30 is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 7
118	119		discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses against the state or held 8
119	120		under authority of state law; 9
120	121		(B) employed in a correctional facility in this state whose 10
121	122		primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of 11
122	123		persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law; or 12
123	124		(C) employed full time in a municipal correctional facility 13
124	125		whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 14
125	126		discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority 15
126	127		of law, and the correctional facility is located in a municipality that has 16
127	128		adopted AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290 by ordinance under AS 18.65.285; 17
128	129		(2) "crime involving domestic violence" has the meaning given in 18
129	130		AS 18.66.990; 19
130	131		(3) "department" means the Department of Administration; 20
131	132		(4) "household member" means an adult or minor who lives in the 21
132	133		same residence as an individual enrolled in the program; 22
133	134		(5) "peace officer" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060; 23
134	135		(6) "program" means the address confidentiality program. 24
135	136		* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25
136	137		read: 26
137	138		TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Administration may adopt 27
138	139		regulations necessary to implement AS 44.21.022, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act. The 28
139	140		regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) but not before the 29
140	141		effective date of the law being implemented by the regulation. 30
141		-	* Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 31 34-LS0306\N
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	142	+	* Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 31 34-LS0306\A
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145	146		* Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 1