Representative Craig Johnson (R)

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

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

Requiring an indemnification, defense, and hold harmless provision in construction-related professional services contracts of state agencies, quasi-public agencies, municipalities, and political subdivisions.

Version: SCS CSHB 151(JUD)
Status: Chapter 4 SLA 08 : 2008-02-26

HB 151 will require uniform indemnification provisions in professional services contracts for all public agencies within the state of Alaska. Over the last several years, there has been a significant increase in litigation related to public projects. One reaction to this trend ...  Sponsor Statement »

2008-02-08 : Legislature Approves Unanimously Johnson's HB 151
Legislation Calls for Uniformity in Prof. Service Contracts with State

2007-05-09 : House OKs Indemnity Clauses for Public Contracts
Johnson's HB 151 Calls for Uniformity in Prof. Service Contracts with State

An Act making special appropriations for a contract with a qualified trade association and for a marketing program; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2007-03-21

The State of Alaska needs to invest in renewable sources of revenue and employment. HB 167 makes that investment by encouraging growth and development in the tourism industry. Tourism is a proven economic engine for the state. Tourism is one of Alaska's largest industries, ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to the prohibition of the exercise of the power of eminent domain against a recreational structure for the purposes of developing a recreational facility or project; and relating to access to fishing waterways.

Version: CSHB 175(JUD) AM
Status: (S) FIN : 2007-05-09

HB 175 strengthens the individual's property rights by protecting privately owned recreational structures from the exercise of eminent domain for recreational purposes. Eminent domain is an important right of the government. However, it should only be used for the most ...  Sponsor Statement »

2007-04-27 : House Passes Bill Limiting Eminent Domain
Adds Protection for Recreational Structures

An Act relating to misconduct involving weapons and bail.

Status: (H) JUD : 2007-03-27

It has been shown that a very small percentage of the populace is responsible for committing the vast majority of violent and property crimes in our communities. HB 225 targets these "bad apple" culprits and aims to curtail repeat offenses by increasing the punishment for ...  Sponsor Statement »

2007-03-27 : Johnson Bill Strengthens Anti-gang Efforts
HB 225 Would Make Firearm Possession While Out on Bail a Class "C" Felony

An Act relating to the education loan repayment program and establishing the education loan repayment fund.

Status: (H) HES : 2007-04-13

The State of Alaska is facing severe shortages in certain professional fields. House Bill 234 aims to tackle those workforce shortages by creating a loan repayment program that would draw qualified jobseekers into those fields. The accompanying piece of legislation, HB 235, establishes ...  Sponsor Statement »

2007-04-14 : Johnson Intro's Education Loan Repayment Fund
HB 234 Will Offer Incentives for Alaskans in Professions of Severe Shortage, Companion Appropriation Bill Asks for $100 Million for ACPE

An Act making a special appropriation to the education loan repayment fund; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2007-04-13

The State of Alaska is facing severe shortages in certain professional fields. House Bill 234 aims to tackle those workforce shortages by creating a loan repayment program that would draw qualified jobseekers into those fields. The accompanying piece of legislation, HB 235, establishes ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to dual sentencing of certain juvenile offenders and to detention of those offenders; amending Rule 24.1, Alaska Delinquency Rules; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) RLS : 2008-03-19

Currently, Alaska's dual sentencing law provides that a juvenile can receive both a juvenile system order and have an adult sentence pronounced only for a very narrow range of offenses. A youth must be at least 16 years old and either have committed a felony against a person and also ...  Sponsor Statement »

Relating to authorizing the state to join with other states entering into the Wildlife Violator Compact; excluding commercial fishing and big game commercial hunting services from the provisions of the compact; and directing the initiation of civil actions to revoke appropriate licenses in this state based on a licensee's violation of or failure to comply with the terms of a wildlife resource citation issued in another state that is a party to the compact.

Version: CSHB 267(RES)
Status: Chapter 87 SLA 08 : 2008-06-10

This legislation would allow Alaska to join other states in entering into a Wildlife Violator Compact. The Wildlife Compact (WVC) was created in 1989 when passed into law in Colorado, Utah and Oregon and currently there are 26 states participating in the compact. Ohio will be the ...  Sponsor Statement »
•  Wildlife Violator Compact Op-Ed by Rep. Johnson

2008-09-23 : Alaska Joins Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact

2008-06-10 : State Set to Enroll in Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
Governor Signs Johnson's HB 267 – Strengthens Anti-poaching and Enforcement Efforts

2008-04-03 : Bill to Join Wildlife Violator Compact Awaits Governor's Signature
Senate Passes Johnson's Measure to Beef-up DPS's Anti-poaching Efforts

2008-03-04 : House OKs State's Enrollment in Wildlife Violator Compact
Johnson's HB 267 Brings State-of-the-art Information Sharing & Enforcement Tools to ADPS Wildlife Troopers

Relating to cruelty to animals and promoting an exhibition of fighting animals; and penalizing certain misdemeanor assaults as felonies.

Version: SCS CSHB 307(JUD) AM S
Status: Chapter 96 SLA 08 : 2008-06-16

An Act making a special appropriation for a study regarding a Susitna hydroelectric project; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2008-01-22

An Act directing the Alaska Energy Authority to conduct a study of and to prepare a proposal for an appropriately sized Susitna River hydroelectric power project; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 336(RES) AM
Status: (S) FIN : 2008-04-01

This legislation will direct the Alaska Energy Authority to conduct a review of the past studies and analyses of the Susitna River hydroelectric power project. Submittal of its report to the legislature would be no later than June 30, 2010. Additionally, under this legislation, ...  Sponsor Statement »

2008-03-31 : House Signs-off on Susitna Hydro Project Funds
Johnson's HB 336 Uses $1 Million from Railbelt Energy Fund for Review

Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, development, and production.

Version: CSHJR 12(O&G) AM
Status: (S) RES : 2007-05-10

House Joint Resolution 12 urges the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to environmentally responsible oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Opening ANWR is vital to ensuring Alaska's ...  Sponsor Statement »

2007-05-10 : House Asks for ANWR Coastal Plain OK
Johnson's HJR 12 Seeks Legislation to Open Refuge for Responsible Drilling, Ban on More Wilderness or Other Restrictions

Encouraging Coeur Alaska, Inc., to pursue all legal options to resolve the issues presented in Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of itself and consistent with the state's efforts to enforce its rights as a state over its resources.

Version: HJR 17 AM
Status: Legis Resolve 19 : 2007-09-05

House Joint Resolution 17 encourages Coeur Alaska, the company developing the Kensington Gold Mine north of Juneau, to pursue all legal options to overturn the forthcoming US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that will halt construction of this valuable mine project. Coeur Alaska ...  Sponsor Statement »
•  Kensington Gold Mine  
•  DNR Page on the Kensington Project  

2007-05-11 : House Supports Kensington Mine, Coeur Alaska
HJR 17 Encourages Coeur to Appeal Clean Water Case to US Supreme Court

2007-04-05 : Johnson Introduces Kensington Mine Resolution
HJR 17 Encourages Coeur Alaska to Appeal 9th Circuit Decision to Supreme Court

Encouraging all states to oppose the decision of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species.

Status: (H) Resolve 6 : 2007-04-05

•  Sponsor Statement 

2007-04-02 : House Passes Resolution to Ask States to Oppose Polar Bear Listing Under ESA