Sponsor Statement: HB 30
In 1977 the Alaska State Legislature found there was a need for an effective and regular system of scrutinizing the programs and activities of all State agencies, boards and commissions. The...
View ArticleSectional Analysis: HB 30
Section 1 – requires the Legislative Finance Division to identify the reduction in state expenditures in the first fiscal year following audit of an agency by Legislative Audit under proposed AS...
View ArticleMajority Releases Guiding Principles for 28th Legislature
New Caucus Debuts List of Priorities Following a Month of Meetings (Juneau) – Members of the Alaska House Majority Caucus debuted today the guiding principles they’ll use during the 28th Alaska...
View ArticleStatement from the Alaska House Interior Delegation
Kawasaki’s behavior during Monday evening floor session condemned Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – Members of the 28th Alaska Legislature’s House Interior Delegation today issued a statement...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 181
The impetus of House bill 181 comes to us when offshore mining lease sales occurred off the coast of Nome. These lease sales occurred partially within municipal boundaries and sky rocketed demand for...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 194
House Bill 194 limits the scope with which the State can exercise it’s RS2477 rights-of-way. Rights-of-way were established in the state under R.S. 2477 through use and development until virtually all...
View ArticleAlaska House Honors & Encourages Dog Mushing, Mushers
Resolution supporting official state sport clears House Friday, March 14, 2014, Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives today passed a resolution, by the House Community & Regional...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 205
House Bill 205 focuses on safety in schools zone. It does this in two ways. Doubling traffic fines in school zones. These are fine schedules that already exist for highway work zones, and traffic...
View ArticlePassed Legislation by Guiding Principle – 28th Legislature
Affordable Energy HB 4 – Alaska Gasline Development Corporation HB 47 – Injunctions/Industrial Operations HB 129 – Oil & Gas Exploration/Development Areas HB 198 – Oil & Gas & Gas Only...
View ArticleHouse Adjourns 28th Alaska Legislature
Friday, April 25, 2014, Juneau, Alaska — The Alaska House of Representatives today adjourned the 28th Legislature sine die, following fulfillment of its constitutional duty to pass an operating budget...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 47
HB 47 seeks to correct an unintended consequence of the PERS “salary floor” established in SB 125 of the 25th Legislature. SB 125 changed the PERS system from a multiple employer plan to a cost share...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 142
House Bill 142, an act establishing Elders’ Day, would recognize and honor Alaska elders on the winter solstice of each year. Elders have lived through tragedies and triumphs, times of conflict and...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: CS HB 47 (CRA)
HB 47 seeks to correct an unintended consequence of the PERS “salary floor” established in SB 125 of the 25th Legislature. SB 125 changed the PERS system from a multiple employer plan to a cost share...
View ArticleHouse Names Winter Solstice “Elders’ Day”
Foster’s HB142 gives annual day of celebration to state’s respected leaders The Alaska House of Representatives today voted to annually honor elders on the winter Solstice. House Bill 142, sponsored by...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 82
The 28th Legislature passed an omnibus bill that, among other things, provided support for schools with internet service of less than 10 megabits/sec who qualified for the federal universal services...
View ArticleSponsor Statement: HB 209
In a 1995 speech to the Alaska Federation of Natives, the State’s top executive said, “By the year 2005, I want the honey bucket to be a thing of the past. Alaskans in our villages aren’t second-class...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill to Address Rural Clean Water
Rep. Foster’s HB209 creates Alaska Water & Sewer Advisory Committee Rural Alaska’s widespread lack of modern and robust water and sewer infrastructure stands to get a thorough review following the...
View ArticleLegislature Votes to Review Rural Clean Water
Rep. Foster’s HB209 creates Alaska Water & Sewer Advisory Committee Rural Alaska’s widespread lack of modern and robust water and sewer infrastructure will get a thorough review following the...
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