Representative Cathy Muñoz (R)

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 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 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 requiring the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to report biennially on the vessel-based limited entry fisheries system for the weathervane scallop and Bering Sea hair crab fisheries; requiring the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to file an annual report to the legislature regarding statewide and regional economic development projects and regional development organizations; extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program; extending the termination date of the authority of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to maintain a vessel-based limited entry fisheries system for the weathervane scallop and Bering Sea hair crab fisheries; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date under sec. 28, ch. 137, SLA 2002; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SCS CSHB 71(FIN)
Status: Conference Com. Discharged : 2013-04-14
Contact: Ginger Blaisdell, 465-3743

HB 71 extends the date of the Alaska Regional Economic Assistance program, enabling the creation of Alaska Regional Development Organizations (ARDORs). This bill extends the termination date of the program for five years. There are 12 ARDORs across the state, and they serve as the ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act changing the terms 'mental retardation' and 'mentally retarded,' and making conforming changes, in Alaska Statutes.

Version: CSHB 88(HSS)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-02-21
Contact: Vasilios Gialopsos, 465-3879

A society is judged rightly by the manner in which it regards those members who have a disability. Respect and inclusiveness is a hallmark of a compassionate and dignified culture, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the language used for people with intellectual disabilities. ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-02-08 : House Passes Bill Adopting People First Language
HB 88 Removes Terms "Mental Retardation" & "Mentally Retarded" from Policies

An Act relating to the rapid response to, and control of, aquatic invasive species and establishing the aquatic invasive species response fund.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-03-14
Contact: Louie Flora, 465-3923

Didemnum vexillumis (Dvex), also known as Sea Vomit, is an aggressive tunicate invader that grows rapidly and has few known natural predators. It creates metabolic toxins that help it smother substrates and other organisms to create monoculture infestations from intertidal, subtidal ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to office accounts for each member of the legislature for legislative office expenses.

Status: (H) STA : 2013-02-01

An Act relating to the use of credited military service by retired peace officers and firefighters to meet certain requirements for major medical insurance coverage; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) L&C : 2013-02-13
Contact: Vasilios Gialopsos, 465-3879

Honorably discharged members of our nations' military service who come to work for the State of Alaska are currently allowed to purchase qualifying time within the PERS system for their previous military service. Under current law, this purchased time may not be used to satisfy the ...  Sponsor Statement »

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

Status: (H) CRA : 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 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 providing for course credit in secondary school based on demonstrated mastery of the subject.

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

An Act relating to Department of Public Safety regulations allowing village public safety officers to carry firearms.

Status: (H) CRA : 2013-04-04

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

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

Relating to legacy wells and legacy well sites; urging the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, to open new areas of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska for environmentally responsible oil and gas development; and requesting the Office of the Governor to increase nationwide awareness about legacy wells and well sites.

Version: SCS HJR 6(RES)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-03
Contact: Jeff Turner, 465-3879

2013-01-29 : Alaska Still Waiting for Comprehensive Legacy Well Plan
Resolution Reminds BLM to Clean up Contaminated Well Sites

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 »

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 enacting the Interstate Mining Compact and relating to the compact; relating to the Interstate Mining Commission; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Chapter 7 SLA 13 : 2013-04-15

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 making the income received by a regional aquaculture association or a salmon hatchery permit holder from the sale of salmon or salmon eggs under or from a cost recovery fishery exempt from the corporation income tax; relating to the corporation income tax; relating to the computation of interest under the look-back method applicable to long-term contracts in the Internal Revenue Code; relating to the assignment of certain tax credits; providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of sec. 8, ch. 51, SLA 2012; and providing for an effective date.

Version: HCS CSSB 83(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-14

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; urging the United States Department of the Interior to recognize the private property rights of owners of land in and adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; relating to oil and gas exploration, development, production, and royalties; and relating to renewable and alternative energy technologies.

Version: HCS CSSSSJR 3(RES)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-11

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