Bills On The Move

An Act establishing the parental choice scholarship program to be administered by the Department of Education and Early Development for the purpose of paying the cost of attending grades kindergarten through 12 at private schools; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) Await Next Com. : 2012-02-03
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-6265, Professional Staff

House Bill 145 could well be the next critical step in allowing today's Alaskan children to compete with the world on an equal footing educationally. We do not hear of parents who do not want the best education for their child. It goes without saying that a child's parent or guardian ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to an optional municipal property tax exemption for certain residences of volunteer emergency services personnel and the widows and widowers of volunteer emergency services personnel; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2012-02-03
Contact: Michael Paschall, 465-5446, Legislative Aide

Volunteers provide vital emergency services to local communities, protecting life and property. Today Alaskans spend more personal time working to pay the high cost of energy and fuel, commit more time to their families, and spend more time enjoying recreational activities in the ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act establishing a snow classic as an authorized form of charitable gaming.

Status: (H) FIN : 2012-02-03
Contact: Juli Lucky, 465-4949

House Bill 245 would allow Four Valleys Community School, Inc. to conduct a "snow classic" to raise funds for their organization. The snow classic would be operated much like other contests already allowed under statute: contestants would buy a ticket and write a guess of ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act naming certain bridges.

Status: (H) FIN : 2012-02-03
Contact: Kaci Hotch, 465-3732, Chief of Staff

Cordova is located in the Copper River Valley and its residents have a strong sense of duty. Duty to country and duty to their people. It is that sense of duty tht has spurred the people of Cordova to serve in every major war of the 20th century. It is also that sense of duty that ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to applying military education, training, and service credit to occupational licensing and certain postsecondary education and employment training requirements; providing for a temporary occupational license for qualified military service members; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 282(FIN)
Status: (S) FIN : 2012-02-03
Contact: Aaron Schroeder, 465-3732, Veterans Caucus Staff

According to the Department of Defense, the June 2011 jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 13.3%, with young male Veterans (ages 18 to 24) experiencing an unemployment rate of 21.9%. Last year, Alaska had over 1200 service members separate from the military from our posts and ...  Sponsor Statement »
•  Sectional Analysis

2012-02-01 : House Passes Bill Helping Military Transition Into AK Workforce
Thomas' HB 282 applies military training, education towards licensing or college

2012-01-20 : Session Priorities Set - Legislative Package Chosen
Co-chairs Say Trio of Bills are Built to Safeguard Alaska's Veterans

An Act relating to absentee voting.

Status: (H) JUD : 2012-02-03

An Act creating the endow Alaska grant program in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to encourage community development.

Status: (H) FIN : 2012-02-03
Contact: Erin Harrington, 465-2487

The purpose of the Endow Alaska program is to provide dollar for dollar challenge funds to support growth of community foundations around Alaska. Community foundations, through endowed funds, can support a breadth of social and cultural objectives in any community, and provide perpetual ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to the posting of notices at United States post offices; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) Calendar 2/6 : 2012-02-03

An Act exempting quarry rock, sand and gravel, and marketable earth mining operations from the mining license tax; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2012-02-03
Next Hearing: (H) FIN 2012-02-07 1:30 pm, Room 519
Contact: Louie Flora, 465-3923

HB 298 repeals the requirement that sand and gravel operators pay the mining license tax. This tax costs the state nearly as much to administer as it is raises. The Department of Revenue agrees that the mining license tax on sand and gravel operators is burdensome and labels the ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act creating a low-interest loan program for homeowners who convert their homes to natural gas-fired heating; and creating the natural gas home heating conversion loan fund.

Status: (H) CRA : 2012-02-03

An Act relating to student counts and estimates for public school funding; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) EDC : 2012-02-03

Requesting the governor to designate one seat on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council for a sport fish licensee and one seat on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council for an individual nominated by an Alaska Native organization that represents rural subsistence users.

Status: (H) Calendar 2/6 : 2012-02-03
Contact: Jane Pierson, 465-6841

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is one of eight regional councils established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to oversee management of the nation's fisheries. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has jurisdiction over the ...  Sponsor Statement »

Designating February 2012 as American Heart Month.

Status: Transmitted To (S) : 2012-02-03
Contact: Arthur Martin, 465-5269, Legislative Intern

HCR 20 raises awareness of the nation's leading cause of death: cardiovascular disease. This unfortunate disease causes an average of one American death every 39 seconds or nearly 2,200 deaths each day. It is the costliest disease in the nation, with direct and indirect costs ...  Sponsor Statement »

2012-02-03 : Legislature Takes Aim at Cardiovascular Disease
House Passes HCR 20 Designating February 2012 as American Heart Month in Alaska

Relating to conserving energy resources and reducing the state's energy costs by contacting organizations that represent state employees to determine if the organizations will agree to the exchange of an established annual paid state holiday for a new annual paid state holiday on the day after Thanksgiving Day, thereby allowing certain state- owned or state-leased buildings to be closed for a period of four consecutive days; and requesting the adoption of heating and electricity conservation measures for use when certain state-owned or state-leased buildings are closed.

Status: (H) ENE : 2012-02-03

Relating to an amendment to Rule 20(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, relating to standing committees.

Status: (H) RLS : 2012-02-03

Establishing and relating to the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission.

Status: (H) RES : 2012-02-03
Next Hearing: (H) FIN 2012-02-07 1:30 pm, Room 519

Urging the United States Congress to fund all the facilities and vessels necessary for the United States Coast Guard to fulfill its Arctic missions, including icebreakers and an Arctic Coast Guard base.

Status: (H) MLV : 2012-02-03