The $3,200 payout is expected to cost $2.1 billion and is the largest component of a budget that also pays for services and construction projects from July 1 this year through June 30, 2023.
Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, watches as the Alaska Senate votes Thursday, May 19, 2022, on the Alaska state budget.
House Minority Leader Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, was among those who supported a larger payout and said she was disappointed by the result.Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, refused to answer questions from reporters after the conclusion of the session, instead attending a gift-giving ceremony and celebration for staff.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy may veto some projects from the budget in the coming days, which could lower the total, and the figure could rise next spring during the Legislature’s annual supplemental budget process. Half of the energy payment was to be paid with $420 million from the Constitutional Budget Reserve, but spending from the reserve requires 15 votes in the Senate and 30 in the House. The Senate met the mark, and Dunleavy urged House members to agree, but the House fell one vote short as savings-minded Democrats and independents voted against it.
Rep. Mike Cronk, R-Tok, urged members of the House to vote in favor of the budget and a larger energy payment, saying he’s received many messages from constituents worried about rising energy prices.Rep. Mike Prax, R-North Pole, added to the pressure. After the House vote, Senators who supported the bigger payout tabled a key election-reform and campaign-finance bill supported by lawmakers who voted against spending from savings.
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