Alaska transportation bills

What it would do: Allows applicants who fail a commercial motor vehicle driving test to retake only the failed portions. Regulates autonomous vehicles in Alaska by requiring federal compliance, restricting commerce and passenger transport by weight and capacity, mandating human safety operators except for commercial passenger vehicles, and defining autonomous technology terms.

What it would do: Excludes transportation network company drivers and delivery network company couriers from workers' compensation coverage and establishes they are independent contractors if certain conditions are met, including no prescribed hours, freedom to use competing networks, and a written independent contractor agreement.

What it would do: Requires autonomous vehicles registered in Alaska to meet federal motor vehicle standards and prohibits their use in interstate commerce or passenger transport unless for personal noncommercial use or with a human safety operator present who can monitor and intervene, establishing liability hierarchy in accidents.

What it would do: Requires the governor to issue a request for proposals by June 15, 2026, to sell the Alaska Railroad and enter into a sale agreement by February 15, 2027, subject to legislative approval and contingent on a resource development agreement supporting railroad expansion for resource development.

What it would do: Creates the Port of Southcentral Alaska Authority as a public corporation to manage and operate the Port of Southcentral Alaska, transferring port property and operations from the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough to the new authority.