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This bill extends the governor's declaration of a disaster emergency for the 2025 West Coast Storm, which was originally declared on October 9, 2025, and had been previously extended by the governor in November 2025, December 2025, and January 2026, with the emergency set to expire on February 6, 2026. The legislature finds that the storm's effects are still severe and require ongoing emergency response and infrastructure support. Under Alaska law (AS 26.23.020(c)), disaster emergencies typically cannot last longer than 30 days without legislative extension, and this bill ratifies the governor's previous extensions and formally extends the disaster emergency until March 8, 2026, with this extension being retroactive to February 6, 2026, and the act taking effect immediately.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB337