Alaska Beacon state and legislative daybook for the week of Feb. 2, 2026
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Here’s what’s happening in the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state
By James Brooks
Alaska Beacon
Monday, Feb. 2
Alaska Forum on the Environment takes place in Anchorage.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Anchorage. The full council meets Feb. 5-11.
8 a.m. – School officials testify in House Education Committee, promoting a new funding bill
9 a.m. – Senate Finance hears a status report on the state ferry system
House/Senate floor sessions are expected about 10:30 a.m.
1 p.m. – Public testimony in the House Judiciary Committee on a bill allowing Alaskans to write-in presidential candidates.
1:30 p.m. – House Finance gets an update on the state employee salary study published last year
3:30 p.m. – North Slope oil producers talk to Senate Resources Committee
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Alaska Forum on the Environment takes place in Anchorage.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Anchorage.
9 a.m. – Senate Finance hears a bill that would repeal the frequently-ignored law that calls for a 90-day legislative session
9:30 a.m. – Alaska Alcohol Control Board meets
9:30 a.m. – State Board of Barbers and Hairdressers meeting
10 a.m. – Want to keep banning Russian seafood in America? House Fisheries is taking public testimony on a request to extend a federal ban that expires in 2026.
Noon – Departing President Pat Pitney delivers a status update on the University of Alaska
1:30 p.m. – House Finance hears an update on the degree to which the state’s public employee pension program is funded
1:30 p.m. – DOT is proposing to reorganize itself; Senate Transportation Committee hears a presentation on how it plans to do that
3:15 p.m. – OCS discusses its recent legislative audit with the House Health and Social Services Committee
3:15 p.m. – House State Affairs takes public testimony on a bill naming the giant cabbage Alaska’s state vegetable
3:30 p.m. – Department of Health presents the latest update on the effect of the “Big Beautiful Bill” on Medicaid and SNAP
3:30 p.m. – Norm McDonald (not that one, the deputy state forester) gives an update on the 2025 fire season in Senate State Affairs
Wednesday, Feb. 4
Alaska Forum on the Environment takes place in Anchorage.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Anchorage.
9 a.m. – State Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives meeting
9:30 a.m. – Marijuana Control Board meeting begins
House and Senate hold floor sessions at about 10:30 a.m.
1 p.m. – House Judiciary takes public testimony on a bill increasing the number of superior court judges in the state
1:30 p.m. – State Real Estate Commission meeting to discuss cutting regulations
1:30 p.m. – House Finance holds its first hearing on the supplemental budget bill for transportation funding, etc.
Thursday, Feb. 5
Alaska Forum on the Environment takes place in Anchorage.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Anchorage.
9 a.m. – Alaska Railroad Corp. board meets in Anchorage; will consider AKLNG use of railroad right of way
9 a.m. – House Finance holds its first hearing on the governor’s fiscal plan tax bill
12 p.m. – Statewide update on housing and homelessness, lunch and learn in the Capitol
1:30 p.m. – Alaska Student Loan Corp. meets in Juneau
1:30 p.m. – House Transportation talks about the Cascade Point ferry terminal in Juneau
5:15 p.m. – Does the Legislature’s gas pipeline consultant, Gaffney Cline, have a conflict of interest? Well, we might not find out because the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee will talk about it in executive session. (They’re also talking about hiring an attorney for a “personnel matter.”)
5:30 p.m. – Public testimony on the governor’s proposed sales tax and other tax bill in House Finance; two minutes per caller
Friday, Feb. 6
Alaska Forum on the Environment takes place in Anchorage.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Anchorage.
9 a.m. – State Board of Public Accountancy board meeting
House/Senate floor sessions start at about 10:30 a.m.
12 p.m. – Alaska Court System presents its budget to House Judiciary and explains new programs
1 p.m. – House Resources takes public testimony on a bill that would set up a statewide fund for spay/neutering animals
3:30 p.m. – Senate Resources considers a bill on LNG import facilities and the governor’s tax bill
Sunday, Feb. 8
4:30 p.m. – Legislative water polo club starts, meets on Sundays
• James Brooks is a longtime Alaska reporter, having previously worked at the Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire, Kodiak Mirror and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Alaska Beacon is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
