Alaska would retroactively extend storm emergency until June 30, 2026

Alaska lawmakers would extend the governor’s disaster emergency for the 2025 West Coast Storm. The extension covers the disaster emergency the governor declared on October 9, 2025, for the 2025 West Coast Storm. The extension would require the bill to become law. The bill would take effect immediately upon becoming law. The emergency extension would apply retroactively to May 7, 2026, and last until June 30, 2026.

Alaska lawmakers would formally approve the governor’s earlier storm emergency declarations and financing plans. Approval covers the governor’s declarations and financing plans for the 2025 West Coast Storm issued in each month from November 2025 through April 2026. The approval would require the bill to become law. The approval would take effect immediately upon the bill becoming law.