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| HB 6 : Campaign Contributions
Sponsored by Rep. Harris, Rep. Ramras, Rep. Hawker, Rep. Chenault, Rep. Samuels, Sen. Fairclough, Rep. Neuman, Rep. Olson, Rep. Dahlstrom, Rep. Seaton, Rep. Johnson | An Act relating to political contributions; and providing for an effective date. 
Status: (H) JUD : 2007-03-07
Committee Substitute for House Bill 6 (STA) proposes three revisions to current campaign finance disclosure statutes. The bill limits PACS to contributions of $500 or less to candidates; full disclosure by all state legislative, governor or lieutenant governor candidates, whether ... Sponsor Statement »
• Sectional Analysis
2007-02-01 : State Affairs Ethics Subcommittee Will Meet Saturday
Three-Member Panel Will Begin Vetting Ethics Legislation
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| HB 12 : Full Funding Of PERS/TRS
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | An Act providing that the employers' unfunded liability in the teachers' defined benefit retirement plan be fully paid in seven years and that the state's portion of the unfunded liability in the public employees' defined benefit retirement plan be fully paid in seven years; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) STA : 2007-01-16
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| HB 13 : Retirement System Liability/ Bonds/ Corporation
Signed Into Law! Chapter 35 SLA 08
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | Relating to prepayments of accrued actuarial liabilities of government retirement systems; relating to the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, and the state bond committee; establishing the Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation; permitting the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority or a subsidiary of the authority, a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state bond committee, and the Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation to assist state and municipal governmental employers by issuing bonds, notes, commercial paper, or other obligations to Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state bond committee, or the Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation in connection with the issuance of obligations by a state entity for the purpose of prepaying all or a portion of the governmental employer's share of the unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities of retirement systems, and relating to those obligations; relating to revision of the employer contribution rate in connection with financed prepayment of unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities of government retirement systems; and providing for an effective date.
Version: SCS CSHB 13(FIN)
Status: Chapter 35 SLA 08 : 2008-05-22
HB 13 provides governmental employers the opportunity to utilize a financial mechanism generally referred to as a "Pension Obligation Bond" (POB) to help reduce the ultimate cost of satisfying the unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities of their retirement systems. A POB is ... Sponsor Statement »
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• Changes between HB 13 and CS HB 13 (W&M) [PDF:121KB]
2008-04-03 : Legislature OKs Pension Obligation Bonds
2007-04-26 : House Passes Pension Obligation Bonds Bill
HB 13 Allows POBs to Reduce PERS/TRS Unfunded Liability
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| HB 20 : Campaign Finance/ Lobbying/ Consulting
Sponsored by Rep. Harris, Sen. Meyer, Rep. Hawker, Rep. Chenault, Rep. Samuels, Sen. Fairclough, Rep. Neuman, Rep. Wilson, Rep. LeDoux, Rep. Thomas, Rep. Ramras, Rep. Johnson | An Act relating to disclosure of campaign contributions; prohibiting spouses and domestic partners of legislators and legislative employees from receiving compensation for lobbying; and prohibiting legislators and legislative employees from entering into contracts to provide consulting services.
Status: (H) STA : 2007-01-16
I introduced House Bill 20: Campaign Finance/Lobbying/Consulting to begin the discussion and an ultimate solution on Legislative Ethics reform. This version is broad in scope and it is my intent, through the committee process, to focus on those ethic issues most important to the ... Sponsor Statement »
• Sectional Analysis
2007-02-01 : State Affairs Ethics Subcommittee Will Meet Saturday
Three-Member Panel Will Begin Vetting Ethics Legislation
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| HB 160 : Operation/ Investm't Of Public Funds/ Trust
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | An Act relating to the operation of the public school trust fund and the Alaska children's trust, and making a conforming amendment relating to the commissioner of revenue's power and duty to manage investments for the Alaska heritage endowment fund; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) HES : 2007-02-28
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| HB 198 : Senior Benefits/Med. Assistance Elig.
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | An Act establishing the Alaska senior benefits payment program; repealing the senior care and longevity bonus payment programs; amending medical assistance income eligibility provisions for persons under 19 years of age, for pregnant women, and for disabled persons; and providing for an effective date.
Version: CSHB 198(FIN) AM
Status: Returned To (H) RLS : 2007-04-10
HB 198 establishes the Alaska Senior Assistance Program to provide cash assistance payments to low-income Alaska seniors.
The existing Senior Care Program, which is scheduled to sunset June 30, 2007, is amended to remove the little used prescription drug benefits and increase monthly ... Sponsor Statement »
• Sectional Analysis
2007-03-14 : Hawker Proposes Alaska Senior Assistance Program
Alaska Senior Assistance Program
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| HB 284 : PFD Allowable Absence: Fellowships
Signed Into Law! Chapter 36 SLA 08
Sponsored by House Education Committee Rep. Mike Hawker | Relating to participation in certain student fellowships as an allowable absence from the state for purposes of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date.
Version: CSHB 284(FIN)
Status: Chapter 36 SLA 08 : 2008-05-22
HB 284 corrects an inequity in our statutes regarding allowable absences for Permanent Fund Dividends. Current law provides for an allowable absence for students who are "receiving vocational, professional, or other specific education on a full-time basis for which, as determined ... Sponsor Statement »
2008-02-13 : House Acts to Give PFD Eligibility to Fulbright Scholars Abroad
Hawker's HB 284 Brings Fulbright Scholars In-line with Other Students
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| HB 379 : CPA Education Requirements
Signed Into Law! Chapter 37 SLA 08
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | An Act relating to educational requirements for licensure as a certified public accountant.
Status: Chapter 37 SLA 08 : 2008-05-22
HB 379 corrects a problem that occurred as a result of the passage of House Bill 274 in 2006, which became effective on January 1, 2008. HB 274 updated Alaska's statutory framework regulating the professional practice of accounting. The bill was supported by the Alaska Society ... Sponsor Statement »
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| HB 407 : Health Reform Policy Commission
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawker | An Act establishing the Alaska Health Reform Policy Commission in the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) HES : 2008-02-19
House Bill 407 establishes the Alaska Health Reform Policy Commission in the Department of Health and Social Services for the purpose of developing comprehensive policy that better meets the current long-range healthcare needs in the state. The commission is to consider the entire ... Sponsor Statement »
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| HCR 13 : Education Funding/Cost Factor Commission
Signed Into Law! Legis Resolve 62
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawkerby Request of the House Education Committee | Establishing and relating to the Education Funding District Cost Factor Commission.
Version: SCS CSHCR 13(FIN) AM S
Status: Legis Resolve 62 : 2008-07-01
HCR 13 creates the Education Funding District Cost Factor Commission, which is tasked with examining school district cost differentials and determining a formula to adequately and equitably fund education throughout Alaska.
The school funding formula recognizes that school districts ... Sponsor Statement »
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| HJR 29 : Federal Funding For Special Education
Signed Into Law! Legis Resolve 38
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Hawkerby Request of the House Education Committee | Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to fulfill the federal obligation to provide adequate funding for special education in public schools.
Status: Legis Resolve 38 : 2008-07-23
HJR 29 is a statement against unfunded federal mandates and for full funding of education. The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires "free appropriate public education" for students with disabilities and authorized a federal appropriation to pay for ... Sponsor Statement »
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