SB 265

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                                      SENATE BILL NO. 265
                     IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                   THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
 BY SENATOR CLAMAN
 Introduced: 2/23/26
 Referred: Community and Regional Affairs, Judiciary
                                                A BILL
                                    FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1  "An Act relating to the duty of an operator immediately after an accident."
2  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
3    * Section 1. AS 28.35.060(b) is amended to read:
4(b) Except as provided in (c) or (d) of this section, a person who fails to
5comply with any of the requirements of this section is, upon conviction, punishable by
6imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $500, or by
7both. This provision does not apply to a person incapacitated by the accident to the
8extent that the person is physically incapable of complying with the requirement.
9    * Sec. 2. AS 28.35.060(c) is amended to read:
10(c) A person who fails to comply with a requirement of this section regarding
11assisting an injured person is, upon conviction, guilty of a class B felony, punishable
12as provided in AS 12.55 [BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 10
13YEARS, OR BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $10,000, OR BY BOTH]. This
14provision does not apply to a person incapacitated by the accident to the extent that the
15person is physically incapable of complying with the requirement.
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1   * Sec. 3. AS 28.35.060 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
2(d) A person who fails to comply with a requirement of this section regarding
3failure to render reasonable assistance is, upon conviction, guilty of a class A felony
4punishable as provided in AS 12.55 and for a first felony conviction shall be sentenced
5to a presumptive term of imprisonment of seven to 11 years, if the person caused the
6death of another person while operating a motor vehicle and is convicted of criminally
7negligent homicide under AS 11.41.130 or of criminally negligent homicide of an
8unborn child under AS 11.41.170.
9   * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
10 read:
11APPLICABILITY. AS 28.35.060(b), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act,
12 AS 28.35.060(c), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, and AS 28.35.060(d), enacted by sec. 3 of
13 this Act, apply to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
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