The dividend check will be part of the operating budget legislators are slated to pass in the final stretch of the legislative session.
Sens. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, and Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, sign the final conference committee report, which advances the budget to a final vote. Reps. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, DeLena Johnson, R-Palmer, and Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, watch on in Juneau on May 14, 2024.
The Senate had followed the 75-25 formula, where three-quarters of an annual draw from the Permanent Fund goes to state services, and one quarter goes to the dividend. Following that formula, the PFD would be roughly $1,360 per person.Using additional oil revenue, the conference committee agreed to a roughly $295 energy relief check on top of the Senate’s PFD for a combined check of around $1,650. The check is typically paid to Alaskans in October.
Sitka Republican Sen. Bert Stedman, who manages the operating budget in the Senate, said the state was expected to be roughly $100 million in surplus for the fiscal year that ends June 30. If those funds are not spent before then, they would be deposited into the state’s main $2.7 billion savings account.
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