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CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 31(STA)
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY THE SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Offered: 2/19/25
Referred: Finance
Sponsor(s): SENATOR KIEHL
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for 1
an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 44.21.020 is amended to read: 4
Sec. 44.21.020. Duties of department. The Department of Administration 5
shall 6
(1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures, 7
methods, and organization; 8
(2) keep general accounts; 9
(3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes; 10
(4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary 11
storerooms and warehouses; 12
(5) [REPEALED 13
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services adaptable to centralized management; 1
(6) [(7)] administer the public employees' retirement system and 2
teachers' retirement system; 3
(7) [(8)] administer a statewide personnel program, including central 4
personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay 5
administration; 6
(8) [(9)] administer and supervise a statewide automatic data 7
processing program; 8
(9) [(10)] study, design, implement, and manage the 9
telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330; 10
(10) establish and administer the address confidentiality program 11
under AS 44.21.022 [(11) REPEALED]. 12
* Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to read: 13
Sec. 44.21.022. Address confidentiality program. (a) The address 14
confidentiality program is established in the department to protect the confidentiality 15
of the address of an individual enrolled in the program. 16
(b) The department shall 17
(1) establish and administer the program; 18
(2) designate a post office box as a substitute mailing address for an 19
individual enrolled in the program; 20
(3) forward the mail of an individual enrolled in the program from the 21
post office box designated under (2) of this subsection to the individual's residential 22
street address, post office box, school address, or work address as specified on the 23
individual's application for enrollment in the program; 24
(4) maintain the confidentiality of the address of an individual enrolled 25
in the program; and 26
(5) adopt regulations establishing a procedure for a qualified individual 27
under (c) of this section to enroll in or withdraw from the program. 28
(c) The following individuals may enroll in the program: 29
(1) a victim of a crime involving domestic violence, stalking, or sexual 30
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(A) a court has issued a protective order on behalf of the 1
victim; or 2
(B) the victim meets other standards set by the department; 3
(2) a guardian of a minor, if a court has issued a protective order on 4
behalf of the minor; 5
(3) a peace officer; 6
(4) a correctional officer; and 7
(5) a household member of an individual specified under (1) - (4) of 8
this subsection who is enrolled in the program. 9
(d) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, a person with a duty to register under 10
AS 12.63.010 may not enroll in the program. 11
(e) A state or municipal agency shall allow an individual enrolled in the 12
program to use the post office box designated by the department under (b)(2) of this 13
section as the individual's mailing address. 14
(f) The length of initial enrollment in the program is five years. If an 15
individual enrolled in the program does not renew the individual's enrollment in the 16
program every five years, the department shall remove the individual from the 17
program. The department shall remove an individual enrolled in the program if, during 18
the time of the individual's enrollment in the program, the individual is required to 19
register under AS 12.63.010. 20
(g) The department may not collect a registration fee from an individual 21
qualified under (c) of this section to enroll in the program. 22
(h) The department shall disclose an individual's address to a peace officer in 23
response to a search warrant issued by a state or federal court. 24
(i) A person who discloses information that is confidential under this section 25
about an individual enrolled in the program under (c) of this section is guilty of a class 26
B misdemeanor if the person 27
(1) is authorized to access the address confidentiality program database 28
and recklessly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective order; 29
(2) is not authorized to access the address confidentiality program 30
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order; or 1
(3) accesses the address confidentiality program database without 2
authorization to access the database and recklessly discloses the information. 3
(j) In this section, 4
(1) "correctional officer" means a person 5
(A) appointed by the commissioner of corrections whose 6
primary duty under AS 33.30 is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 7
discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses against the state or held 8
under authority of state law; 9
(B) employed in a correctional facility in this state whose 10
primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of 11
persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law; or 12
(C) employed full time in a municipal correctional facility 13
whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 14
discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority 15
of law, and the correctional facility is located in a municipality that has 16
adopted AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290 by ordinance under AS 18.65.285; 17
(2) "crime involving domestic violence" has the meaning given in 18
AS 18.66.990; 19
(3) "department" means the Department of Administration; 20
(4) "household member" means an adult or minor who lives in the 21
same residence as an individual enrolled in the program; 22
(5) "peace officer" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060; 23
(6) "program" means the address confidentiality program. 24
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25
read: 26
TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Administration may adopt 27
regulations necessary to implement AS 44.21.022, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act. The 28
regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) but not before the 29
effective date of the law being implemented by the regulation. 30
* Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 31 34-LS0306\N
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* Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 1