02/09/2026 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

Alaska State Senate Labor and Commerce Committee · February 9, 2026

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Call to order and opening remarks

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Committee Chair Sen. Bjorkman called the meeting to order at 1:34 p.m., noted location (Room 105, Thomas Stewart Building, Juneau), the date (Feb. 9) and members present, and asked for phones to be silenced. He announced one agenda item: Senate Bill 81 (public employer pension contributions).

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Senate Labor and Commerce Committee advanced Senate Bill 81 on Feb. 9, 2026, a bill that would change how employer contribution rates for PERS are set — creating an exception that would allow the Alaska Retirement Management Board to set rates that could exceed the statutory 22% cap; the committee voted to report the bill out with individual recommendations and an attached fiscal note.

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