Representative Charisse Millett (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: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-05-10
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 extending the termination date of the Board of Marine Pilots; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 22(L&C)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-08
Contact: Anna Latham, 465-4530

The State of Alaska requires almost all foreign vessels and vessels over a certain size to take on a marine pilot when they enter or travel in state waters. The requirement of marine pilots is a common historical and current practice worldwide. Pilots' knowledge of the local geography ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to self-defense in any place where a person has a right to be.

Version: CSHB 24(JUD)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11
Contact: Rex Shattuck, 465-2679, Chief of Staff

Alaska Statutes already recognize that we have a right to use deadly force to protect our family, person, and property. HB 24 further clarifies that right exists not only in our home but also in any other place that we have a right to be. This legislation clarifies the individuals' ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Public Accountancy; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-08
Contact: Cecile Elliott, 465-4949

House Bill 26 extends the termination date of the Board of Public Accountancy until June 30, 2021, in accordance with the recommendation of the Legislative Auditor. The Board of Public Accountancy serves the public interest by effectively licensing and regulating Certified Public ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act amending certain provisions of criminal law prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of switchblades and gravity knives; adding definitions of 'gravity knife' and 'switchblade' to the criminal law; and reserving to the state, with limited exceptions for municipalities, the authority to regulate knives.

Version: SCS HB 33(JUD)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12

An Act relating to forward funding of education programs; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) EDC : 2013-01-16

An Act relating to harassment, intimidation, or bullying by students attending a public school in the state.

Status: (H) EDC : 2013-01-16

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 authorizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to allow certain commercial uses in a multi-unit residential housing development owned or financed by the corporation and limiting the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's issuance of certain licenses to premises in the residential housing development.

Version: CSHB 50(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-13

An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for purposes of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SCS HB 52(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-13
Contact: Michael Paschall, 465-5446, Legislative Aide

With great dismay, on February 13, 2011, I, along with other members of the legislature, received an e-mail from Lt. Cmdr. Tiko Crofoot about the denial of his Permanent Fund Dividend. An Alaskan, who joined the U.S. Navy, Lt. Cmdr. Crofoot has been stationed outside of Alaska, through ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to the identification, location, and notification of specified family members and family friends of a child who is in state custody.

Version: SSHB 54
Status: (H) RLS : 2013-04-10

An Act relating to missing vulnerable adult prompt response and notification plans.

Version: SCS CSHB 59(STA)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11

An Act establishing March 29 of each year as Vietnam Veterans Day; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 67(MLV)
Status: Chapter 3 SLA 13 : 2013-03-27
Contact: Brodie Anderson, 465-3004

In 2012, the United States Senate and the President designated March 29, as Vietnam Veterans Day. It marked the 38th anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. combat and combat-support units from Vietnam. On March 29, 1973, all U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, marking an end of the ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-02-13 : House Approves "Vietnam Veterans Day"
HB 67 Sets Aside March 29 Annually to Honor Servicemen and Women

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: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11
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

An Act relating to certain federal statutes, regulations, presidential executive orders and actions, and secretarial orders and actions; relating to the duties of the attorney general; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 83(JUD)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

HB 83 clarifies in Alaska Statute that a federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order, or secretarial order that is not properly adopted or is unconstitutional does not preempt state law. The Attorney General will continue to review and report federal statute, regulation, ...  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 84(FIN)(EFD AM S)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-14
Contact: Kim Skipper, 465-3783

According to the Department of Defense, the September 2012, jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 9.9% with young male Veterans (ages 18 to 24) experiencing an unemployment rate of 18.1%. Last year, Alaska had over 1200 service members separate from the military from our posts ...  Sponsor Statement »
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An Act relating to the membership of the Alaska Minerals Commission; and extending the termination date of the Alaska Minerals Commission.

Version: CSHB 99(RES)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11
Contact: Trevor Fulton, 465-3768, Committee Aide

House Bill 99 extends the Alaska Minerals Commission until February 1, 2024 and provides for terms and term limits for those who serve on the Commission. The Commission is currently set to expire on February 1, 2014, and commissioners are not currently subject to terms or term limits. The ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to property exemptions for retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and Roth IRAs; relating to transfers of individual retirement plans; relating to the rights of judgment creditors of members of limited liability companies and partners of limited liability partnerships; relating to the Uniform Probate Code, including pleadings, orders, liability, and notices under the Uniform Probate Code and the Alaska Principal and Income Act, the appointment of trust property, the Alaska Uniform Prudent Investor Act, co-trustees, trust protectors, and trust advisors; relating to the Alaska Principal and Income Act; relating to the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; relating to the disposition of human remains; relating to the tax on insurers for life insurance policies; relating to insurable interests for certain insurance policies; relating to restrictions on transfers of trust interests; relating to discretionary interests in irrevocable trusts; relating to the community property of married persons; and amending Rule 64, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 301(a), Alaska Rules of Evidence.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-03-28

An Act relating to electronic citations; creating the electronic citation fund; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) JUD : 2013-02-11
Contact: Elijah Verhagen, 465-5269, Intern

House Bill 108 allows the Alaska State Troopers and municipal police departments to add a surcharge on traffic violation citations as a means of funding the use of electronic citation equipment to issue tickets. The Alaska State Troopers and the majority of the municipal police are ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act establishing May 10 of each year as Alaska Mining Day.

Status: (H) STA : 2013-02-13

An Act establishing July 21 each year as Jay Hammond Day.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12

An Act relating to proof of motor vehicle liability insurance; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 146(TRA)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-13
Contact: Thomas Studler, 465-6879

An Act extending the reporting date for and the termination date of the Comprehensive Autism Early Diagnosis and Treatment Task Force; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11

An Act authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to implement a hunting guide concession program or otherwise limit the number of individuals authorized to conduct big game commercial guiding on state land.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-03-05

An Act relating to auctions or raffles for big game harvest permits and to the selection of nonprofit organizations to conduct auctions and raffles for the Department of Fish and Game.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-03-11

An Act defining 'medically necessary abortion' for purposes of making payments under the state Medicaid program.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-04-06

An Act relating to the Alaska Challenge Youth Academy; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-13

An Act relating to hazing.

Status: (H) EDC : 2013-03-27

An Act providing for course credit in secondary school based on demonstrated mastery of the subject.

Version: CSHB 190(EDC)
Status: (S) EDC : 2013-04-11

Relating to the establishment and operation of a state food resource development working group.

Version: CSHCR 1(EDT)
Status: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-04-01
Contact: Darrell Breese, 465-4958

The passage of House Concurrent Resolution 1 calls on the Governor to establish a state food resource development working group with the primary goal of producing more locally grown and harvested food items to be consumed in Alaska, by Alaskans. In addition, the resolution calls ...  Sponsor Statement »

Proclaiming the state as a Purple Heart State to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedom enjoyed by all Americans.

Status: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-04-05

Proclaiming May 15 to be Hmong-American Veterans Memorial Day.

Status: Legis Resolve 8 : 2013-05-09

Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating and relating to the gas revenue endowment fund, relating to deposits to the fund, limiting appropriations from the fund based on an averaged percentage of the fund market value, relating to deposits to the permanent fund, and relating to deposits to the budget reserve fund.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-01-16

Opposing the United States Food and Drug Administration's preliminary finding relating to genetically engineered salmon; urging further examination of genetically engineered salmon; opposing AquaBounty's petition to produce genetically engineered salmon; and proposing, if AquaBounty's petition is approved, that its product should be labeled as genetically modified.

Version: CSHJR 5(FSH)
Status: Legis Resolve 6 : 2013-04-15

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; relating to oil and gas exploration, development, production, and royalties; and relating to renewable and alternative energy technologies.

Status: (H) RLS : 2013-03-01
Contact: Linda Sylvester, 465-4833

Supporting the continued and increased exploration, extraction, processing, and production of rare earth elements in the state; and urging the United States Congress to support efforts of the state to develop rare earth elements in the state for the benefit of the economic and national security of the United States.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-02-15

Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating a transportation infrastructure fund.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-04-06
Contact: Rebecca Rooney, 465-4858, Chief of Staff

HJR 10 will put a constitutional amendment before voters to amend the Alaska constitution to reinstate a dedicated fund for transportation projects. If this change is passed by the voters, the Alaska Transportation Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) will dedicate transportation user fees ...  Sponsor Statement »

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

Version: CSHJR 12(EDT)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-10

Requesting the United States Congress, the Governor, and the state's congressional delegation to take actions necessary to delay implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Version: SCS CSHJR 14(HSS) AM S
Status: Returned To (S) RLS : 2013-04-14

Relating to the National Ocean Council, the development of a national ocean policy, and coastal and marine spatial planning.

Version: CSHJR 16(RES) AM
Status: (S) RLS : 2013-04-12

Supporting full state participation alongside federal officials in the United States Department of the Interior's Expedited Assessment of 2012 Arctic Operations.

Status: (H) Resolve 5 : 2013-01-31

Requesting the United States Secretary of State to attend the Arctic Council ministerial meeting in Kiruna, Sweden, on May 15, 2013, as the Arctic Minister of the United States.

Status: (H) Resolve 6 : 2013-05-09

An Act establishing May 10 of each year as Alaska Mining Day; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SB 1(EFD ADD H)
Status: Chapter 6 SLA 13 : 2013-04-12

An Act relating to the computation of the tax on the taxable income of a corporation derived from sources within the state; relating to the ineligibility and eligibility of certain productions to receive a film production tax credit; and providing for an effective date.

Version: HCS SB 7(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-14

An Act relating to state and public entity procurement, including the State Procurement Code, procurement preferences, contract awards, the use of small procurement provisions for certain amounts of leased space, the Alaska business license requirement for Alaska bidder and other procurement preferences, the proof of registration of construction contract bidders and offerors, the establishment and maintenance of lists of persons who want to provide supplies or services to the state, state agencies, and state instrumentalities, electronic bids and proposals, the chief procurement officer, small procurements, and writings; relating to the meaning of 'Alaska bidder'; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-04

An Act extending the termination date of the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-14

An Act relating to boarding schools operated by school districts; and providing for an effective date.

Version: HCS CSSSSB 47(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-14

An Act making contracts for the preparation of election ballots subject to the provisions of the state procurement code.

Version: CSSB 63(STA)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12

An Act requiring screening of newborns for congenital heart defects; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSSB 87(HSS)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12

Supporting the continued and increased exploration, extraction, processing, and production of rare earth elements in the state; and urging the United States Congress to support efforts of the state to develop rare earth elements in the state for the benefit of the economic and national security of the United States.

Version: HCS CSSJR 8(RES)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11

Relating to the presence and interests of the state and the nation in the Arctic; appreciating the United States' ongoing offer to include a representative of the state on the Arctic Council; relating to icebreakers; and relating to United States Coast Guard operations and facilities in the Arctic.

Version: HCS CSSJR 10(STA)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-03