PolicyEngine · daphnehanse11 · Jul 9, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/hi-ak-snap-abawd-hr1.fixed.md b/changelog.d/hi-ak-snap-abawd-hr1.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct Alaska's SNAP ABAWD HR1 implementation date from 2025-11-01 to 2026-11-01: FNS approved Alaska's good-faith exemption under 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) effective 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31, deferring the HR1 rules in all areas except Anchorage (modeled as a statewide approximation).
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/snap/work_requirements/abawd/hr1_in_effect.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/snap/work_requirements/abawd/hr1_in_effect.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 # P.L. 119-21 grants Alaska preferential waiver authority (150% of the
 # national average unemployment threshold and good-faith exemptions)
-# per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii) and 2015(o)(7). Alaska implemented the
-# HR1 ABAWD work requirement changes effective 2025-11-01, alongside a
-# good-faith exemption waiver covering all census areas and boroughs
-# except the Municipality of Anchorage. Borough-level high-unemployment
-# waivers are not modeled here.
+# per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii) and 2015(o)(7). FNS approved Alaska's
+# good-faith exemption effective 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31, deferring
+# the HR1 ABAWD rules in all areas except the Municipality of Anchorage,
+# which applies them from 2025-11-01. The exemption determination is
+# area-based; Anchorage is the only Alaska area to which the HR1 rules
+# currently apply, and it holds roughly 40% of Alaska's population. This
+# statewide parameter approximates all of Alaska as exempt through the
+# window (treating the exemption as in effect for the ~60% of the
+# population outside Anchorage as well), because the Anchorage split
+# requires borough-level geography, tracked separately. Under
+# 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7)(D)(i) (as amended by HR1) a good-faith exemption,
+# once granted, may be renewed but expires no later than 2028-12-31 and
+# may not be renewed beyond that date; the 2026-11-01 date assumes the
+# exemption is not renewed. Borough-level high-unemployment waivers are
+# not modeled here.
 description: Alaska implements the HR1 changes to Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when this is true.
 
 values:
   0000-01-01: false
-  2025-11-01: true
+  2026-11-01: true
 
 metadata:
   unit: bool
@@ -18,7 +28,9 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Alaska Department of Health, H.R. 1 - AK Impacts
       href: https://health.alaska.gov/en/education/hr-1-ak-impacts/
-    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) - Good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii
+      href: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2015&num=0&edition=prelim
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(c) - Exemption for noncontiguous States
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1/BILLS-119hr1enr.pdf#page=12
     - title: USDA FNS SNAP Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, ABAWD Waivers Implementation Memorandum (October 3, 2025)
       href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/obbb-ABAWD-Waivers-Implementation-Memo
diff --git a/...icy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect.yaml b/...icy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Federal HR1 effective date: 2025-07-04
 # CA delays to 2026-06-01 per ACL 25-93
-# HI and AK delay to 2025-11-01
+# HI delays to 2025-11-01
+# AK is exempt through 2026-10-31 under the 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) good-faith
+# exemption (statewide approximation; Anchorage applies HR1 from 2025-11-01)
 
 - name: Case 1, non-CA after federal effective date.
   period: 2026-01
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
 
-- name: Case 9, AK not in effect between federal and state adoption dates.
+- name: Case 9, AK not in effect between federal effective date and exemption window.
   period: 2025-08
   input:
     state_code:
@@ -78,13 +80,13 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
 
-- name: Case 11, AK in effect at state adoption date.
+- name: Case 11, AK not in effect at start of good-faith exemption window.
   period: 2025-11
   input:
     state_code:
       2025: AK
   output:
-    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
 
 - name: Case 12, HI in effect in 2026 steady state.
   period: 2026-01
@@ -93,9 +95,38 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
 
-- name: Case 13, AK in effect in 2026 steady state.
+- name: Case 13, AK not in effect during good-faith exemption window.
   period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
+
+- name: Case 14, AK in effect when good-faith exemption expires.
+  period: 2026-11
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+- name: Case 15, AK in effect in 2027 steady state.
+  period: 2027-01
   input:
     state_code: AK
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+# Boundary at the end of the AK good-faith exemption window. The AK
+# hr1_in_effect parameter flips false -> true at 2026-11-01, so 2026-10 is
+# the last exempt month (false) and 2026-11 is the first in-effect month
+# (true). state_code is a YEAR variable read via period.this_year, so
+# non-January month periods require year-keyed inputs (2026: AK) to avoid a
+# period-parsing error in policyengine-core input storage.
+- name: Case 16, AK still exempt in the last month of the exemption window.
+  period: 2026-10
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
diff --git a/...eline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements.yaml b/...eline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements.yaml
@@ -668,3 +668,35 @@
     is_disabled: false
   output:
     meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: true
+
+# =====================================================
+# Alaska good-faith exemption through 2026-10-31 -
+# 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7)
+# =====================================================
+
+- name: Case 44, AK age 60 still exempt during good-faith exemption window.
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 60
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+  output:
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: true
+
+# Non-January month periods require year-keyed inputs for year-defined
+# variables (age, hours, state_code), to avoid a period-parsing error in
+# policyengine-core's input storage.
+- name: Case 45, AK age 60 in extended band fails after exemption expires.
+  period: 2026-12
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age:
+      2026: 60
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr:
+      2026: 1
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: false
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		Correct Alaska's SNAP ABAWD HR1 implementation date from 2025-11-01 to 2026-11-01: FNS approved Alaska's good-faith exemption under 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) effective 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31, deferring the HR1 rules in all areas except Anchorage (modeled as a statewide approximation).