Alaska AI Laws: HB 239, What Failed and What's Next (2027)

As of November 2026, Alaska has not enacted a comprehensive AI law. The one AI-related statute we found from the 2025-2026 Legislature is HB 239 (chapter 9, SLA 2026), a public safety act that added AS 11.61.121 and AS 11.61.122 on generated obscene child sexual abuse material, in force since July 1, 2026.

The better-known AI proposals, HB 47, SB 2, SB 33 and the HCR 3 task force, did not become law. This page covers Alaska state law, with one short note on the federal layer. Bill statuses are as shown on the Legislature's site on November 4, 2026. For how other states compare, see the US AI laws hub.

HB 239: Alaska's Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Law (AS 11.61.121, 11.61.122)

HB 239 is an omnibus public safety act. The Senate passed it 20-0 on May 19, 2026, the House concurred 39-1 on May 20, and it became law without the Governor's signature on June 18, 2026. Section 25 of the act added the two offenses, and they took effect July 1, 2026.

Coverage does not depend on the tool used. Under AS 11.61.122, a person commits possession if the person "knowingly possesses or knowingly accesses on a computer with intent to view any material" that meets all three parts of this test:

• "the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest";
• "depicts, in a patently offensive way, a child under 18 years of age who, by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) - (8), regardless of whether an actual child was used"; and
• "when considered as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."

Under AS 11.61.121, a person commits distribution by knowingly distributing in Alaska, or advertising, promoting, soliciting or offering to distribute in Alaska, any material proscribed under section 11.61.122. Possessing 100 or more items is prima facie evidence of distribution and intent to distribute.

The sections do not apply to an employee or contractor of an interactive computer service, internet service provider, cloud service provider or telecommunications network acting within the scope of employment solely to prevent, detect, report or otherwise respond to the material. Section 42 also adds distribution to the AS 12.10.010(a) list of offenses for which prosecution "may be commenced at any time."

See the Alaska deepfake laws page for how this fits with Alaska's other image laws.

HB 47: The Alaska AI Bill That Did Not Become Law

HB 47 passed the House on February 27, 2026, with 39 yes votes and one member excused. The House version included a forged digital likeness offense, a generated sexual depiction offense, a civil penalty of $1,000,000 per instance tied to organizations facilitating generation of child sexual abuse material, and social media provisions for minors.

The Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee reported a narrower substitute on April 10, 2026, without the civil penalty, social media, forged likeness and sexual depiction text. The bill then went to Senate Judiciary. As of November 4, 2026, the Legislature's page showed its status as "(S) JUD," with an April 10, 2026 status date and no journal entry after April 13. HB 47 did not become law. Alaska's generated child sexual abuse material offenses came through HB 239 instead.

Other Alaska AI Bills That Did Not Pass

As of November 4, 2026, the Legislature's bill pages showed these results.

Because SB 2 and SB 33 did not pass, neither created an election deepfake rule. Our search of the Legislature's enrolled bills, described below, found no other 2025-2026 act on that subject.

HCR 3: The AI Task Force That Was Never Created

Some sources, including an earlier version of this page, described a Joint Legislative Task Force on AI as established. It was not. HCR 3 was reported from House Community and Regional Affairs and referred to House Finance on April 11, 2025. As of November 4, 2026, its status still read "(H) FIN," and it had no floor action.

The committee substitute would have had a task force report by January 31, 2026 and expire on February 2, 2026. Because the resolution was never adopted, neither date applied.

Alaska Insurance Bulletin B 24-01

The Alaska Division of Insurance issued Bulletin B 24-01, "The Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Insurance." The NAIC's implementation list records it as adopted February 1, 2024.

It is addressed to insurers licensed in Alaska. It reminds them that decisions or actions affecting consumers "made or supported by advanced analytical and computational technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems (as defined below), must comply with all applicable insurance laws and regulations," including laws on unfair trade practices and unfair discrimination.

The bulletin also sets out the division's expectations for how insurers govern AI and the information it may request in an investigation or examination. It is a regulator's statement of expectations under existing law, not a new statute.

AI in Alaska State Government

We found no statute from the 34th Legislature setting rules for how state agencies use AI. SB 2 would have done that and did not pass.

The one enrolled bill from that Legislature that named AI in our search was the FY2026 operating budget. As enrolled, HB 53 (chapter 10, SLA 25) stated legislative intent that the Office of Information Technology present the Finance co-chairs and Legislative Finance Division "a prioritized plan" by December 20, 2025 "for the uses, costs, and expected benefits of projects using artificial intelligence." The Governor's line-item veto document does not show that page of the bill, and a memo posted on the bill's page carries a Legislative Fiscal Analyst comment that the department provided the requested report on December 19, 2025.

The Office of Information Technology said on June 18, 2025 that Teams meeting transcription was available to state employees and that a secure Copilot Chat was scheduled for release that summer. This page does not review governor's administrative orders or internal agency policies, so read this section as a statement about statutes.

How We Checked: AI in Hiring, Chatbots and Other Subjects

We found no Alaska statute from the 34th Legislature on AI in hiring, health care decisions, companion chatbots, AI labeling or frontier AI safety. We searched the full enrolled text of the bills on the Legislature's passed-bills list for the words artificial intelligence, chatbot, algorithm, machine learning, automated decision, generative AI, deepfake and synthetic media, and reviewed the Legislature's Science and Technology subject index by title.

An act using other words would not surface that way, and HB 239 itself shows the limit, since it reaches generated images without saying AI. We did not search earlier legislatures.

AI Note-Takers and Alaska Recording Law

Whether an AI note-taker may record a meeting turns on recording consent, and this site classifies Alaska as a one-party consent state. See Alaska AI meeting recording laws.

Federal AI Policy and Alaska

As of November 4, 2026, we found no federal statute in the public laws of the 119th Congress that sets general rules for private AI systems or generally preempts state AI laws. In December 2025, Executive Order 14365 directed federal agencies to challenge or discourage state AI laws the administration views as conflicting with national policy, and called for a federal framework from Congress. The order itself does not declare any state law invalid.

See Trump's AI executive orders and state AI law preemption for what has happened since.

What Changes in Alaska AI Law in 2027

As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Alaska in 2027; we searched the enrolled bills on the Legislature's passed-bills list for the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

We found no pending bill that carries into 2027 either. Uniform Rule 47 carries bills from a legislature's first regular session into its second, and the Legislature's glossary describes adjournment of a second regular session as "terminating all unfinished business." The 35th Legislature begins in January 2027, so an AI bill there would be a new filing. We did not search for bills prefiled for that session.

More Alaska Laws

Explore other Alaska law topics on Recording Law:

• Alaska Recording Laws
• Alaska Data Privacy Laws
• Alaska Whistleblower Laws
• Alaska Sexting Laws
• Alaska Biometric Privacy Laws
• Alaska Deepfake Laws
• Alaska AI Meeting Recording Laws

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Alaska have an AI law?

Alaska has no comprehensive AI law as of November 2026. The AI-related statute we found from the 34th Legislature is HB 239, chapter 9 SLA 2026, in force since July 1, 2026. It created felony offenses for generated obscene child sexual abuse material, and its text does not use the words artificial intelligence.

Did Alaska's HB 47 pass?

No. HB 47 passed the Alaska House on February 27, 2026, but as of November 4, 2026 the Legislature's page showed it in Senate Judiciary, with no journal entry after April 13, 2026. The Senate committee substitute had already dropped its civil penalty, social media, forged likeness and sexual depiction provisions.

Is AI-generated child sexual abuse material illegal in Alaska?

AS 11.61.121 and 11.61.122 reach material that appeals to the prurient interest, depicts in a patently offensive way a child under 18 who by manipulation, creation or modification appears to be engaged in listed sexual conduct, regardless of whether an actual child was used, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. Knowing distribution is a class B felony, or class A with a qualifying prior conviction. Knowing possession or access with intent to view is a class C felony.

Does Alaska have an AI task force?

Not under HCR 3. That resolution stopped in House Finance and was never adopted, so no task force was created through it and its January 31, 2026 report date never applied.

Does Alaska regulate election deepfakes?

SB 2 and SB 33 proposed rules on election deepfakes and synthetic media, and neither passed. A term search of enrolled bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions found no other act on the subject. We did not search earlier legislatures.

Does Alaska regulate how insurers use AI?

Through a bulletin, not a statute. Alaska Division of Insurance Bulletin B 24-01 reminds licensed insurers that AI-supported decisions affecting consumers must comply with all applicable insurance laws and regulations, and it sets out the division's expectations on governance and documentation.

Are there new AI laws in Alaska for 2027?

As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Alaska in 2027, based on a search of enrolled bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions. The 35th Legislature begins in January 2027.