Representative Mike Chenault (R)

An Act relating to issuance of drivers' licenses.

Version: CSHB 1(STA) AM
Status: (S) RLS : 2013-04-04
Contact: Forrest Wolfe, 465-4965

This bill enables the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue a driver's license for a period of less than five years for persons who have a legal presence in the United States for less than five years. Under current law, an alien visiting the United States with a visa that ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; establishing the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation as an independent public corporation of the state; establishing and relating to the in-state natural gas pipeline fund; making certain information provided to or by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and its subsidiaries exempt from inspection as a public record; relating to the Joint In-State Gasline Development Team; relating to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; relating to judicial review of a right-of-way lease or an action or decision related to the development or construction of an oil or gas pipeline on state land; relating to the lease of a right-of-way for a gas pipeline transportation corridor, including a corridor for a natural gas pipeline that is a contract carrier; relating to the cost of natural resources, permits, and leases provided to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; relating to procurement by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; relating to the review by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of natural gas transportation contracts; relating to the regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas pipeline project developed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; relating to the regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas pipeline that provides transportation by contract carriage; repealing the statutes relating to the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority and making conforming changes; exempting property of a project developed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation from property taxes before the commencement of commercial operations; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SCS CSSSHB 4(FIN)
Status: Chapter 11 SLA 13 : 2013-05-21
Contact: Rena Delbridge, 465-4949

House Bill 4 (HB 4) creates an entity charged with getting Alaska's natural gas into the hands of Alaskans. HB 4 empowers the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) to lead Alaska into a natural gas future. For decades, Alaskans have looked to natural gas to ease crippling ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-01-17 : HB 4 Sponsors Welcome Parnell's Commitment to AGDC
Governor's State of the State Address Gives New Momentum for Effort to Bring Gas to Alaskans

2013-01-14 : Speaker Chenault, Rep. Hawker File In-State Gas Pipeline Bill
House Bill 4 Calls on AGDC to Implement Instate Natural Gas Pipeline Plan

An Act relating to performance reviews, audits, and termination of executive and legislative branch agencies, the University of Alaska, and the Alaska Court System; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 30(FIN)
Status: Chapter 19 SLA 13 : 2013-05-28
Contact: Sharon Kelly, 465-6619

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 legislature further found that the establishment of a system for periodic review by the public, ...  Sponsor Statement »
•  Sectional Analysis

2013-02-18 : House OKs Bill Setting Performance Reviews of State Depts
HB 30 Lays Out Schedule, Details to Make Sure State Funds are Spent Responsibly

An Act requiring a party seeking a restraining order, preliminary injunction, or order vacating or staying the operation of a permit affecting an industrial operation to give security in the amount the court considers proper for costs incurred and damages suffered if the industrial operation is wrongfully enjoined or restrained.

Status: (H) JUD : 2013-01-16
Contact: Linda Hay, 465-3715, Committee Aide

Under current law the cost to bring a public litigant lawsuit against a legally permitted project is in effect zero. There is very little risk in bringing a suit. All the risk is borne by the defendants. These actions do shutdown projects at significant costs to working Alaskans, ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act prohibiting state and municipal agencies from using assets to implement or aid in the implementation of the requirements of certain federal statutes, regulations, rules, and orders that are applied to infringe on a person's right to bear arms or right to due process or that implement or aid in the implementation of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005; exempting certain firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in this state from federal regulation; declaring certain federal statutes, regulations, rules, and orders unconstitutional under the Constitution of the United States and unenforceable in this state; requiring the attorney general to file any legal action to prevent implementation of a federal statute, regulation, rule, or order that violates the rights of a resident of the state; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SCS CSHB 69(JUD)
Status: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-06-13
Contact: Tom Wright, 465-6618, House Majority Staff

The intent of House Bill 69 is an effort to protect Alaskans' rights to keep and bear arms protected by both the U.S. and Alaska Constitutions. In light of the President's executive orders and legislative proposals, it is important that Alaska protect not only our Second Amendment ...  Sponsor Statement »
•  2010's HB 186

2013-01-16 : Speaker Intros State's Rights Bill Protecting Alaskans' Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Light of Obama Plans

Encouraging the manufacture of firearms and firearms accessories in the state.

Version: CSHJR 12(EDT)
Status: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-05-23