Representative Peggy Wilson (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 Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors and to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-02-13
Contact: Lynette Bergh, 465-4941

HB 5 revises the statutes governing architects, engineers, and land surveyors in the State of Alaska, designating an investigator to serve specifically for the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors (AELS). Additionally, the bill allows for examinations ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act establishing procedures and guidelines for auditing pharmacy records; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) L&C : 2013-01-16

An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle requirements.

Status: Chapter 4 SLA 13 : 2013-04-09
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

Alaska is always on the move. Be it across town or across the state, transportation is extremely important. For the small business owner nearly everything must be moved from somewhere and that is often done by truck. Today's truck laws were written years ago and have not kept up with ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-02-11 : House OKs Bill Changing Definition of Commercial Vehicles

2013-02-07 : Pick-up Trucks & Step Vans May Soon be Exempt from Commercial Regulation

An Act relating to citizenship requirements and an alcohol impairment and drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of specified cash assistance.

Status: (H) HSS : 2013-01-16
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

The cost of substance abuse in Alaska is staggering. Crime, child abuse, broken homes, domestic violence, cost of business, auto and industrial accidents, poor productivity, chronic health problems all have a causal relationship with substance abuse. It is irrational to expect the ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Marine Pilots; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 22(L&C)
Status: Chapter 39 SLA 13 : 2013-06-03
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 student counts, unreserved school operating fund balances, restrictions on school district money, and estimates for public school funding; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-02-22
Contact: Michael Paschall, 465-5446, Legislative Aide

Our school districts need effective tools to plan and budget for the education of our children. Currently school districts don't have full knowledge of their funding levels until midway through the district's fiscal year – creating financial uncertainty during the budgeting ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act exempting solicitations or voluntary agreements to provide ambulance, emergency, or fire department services from regulation as insurance.

Status: (S) L&C : 2013-03-13
Contact: Michael Paschall, 465-5446, Legislative Aide

HB 28 allows local fire and emergency medical agencies to solicit funding as a form of prepayment for services. This type of program has been successful in allowing such organizations to raise needed operating funds while limiting financial risk to those that may need the agency's ...  Sponsor Statement »

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 an amount the court considers proper and requiring a court that determines the proper amount of the security to consider including an amount for the payment of wages and benefits for employees and payments to contractors and subcontractors that may be lost if the industrial operation is wrongfully enjoined.

Status: Withdrawn : 2013-01-30

An Act providing for the issuance of one business license for multiple lines of business; and providing for reissuance of a business license to correct a mistake on the license.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-04-06
Contact: Mary Schlosser, 465-4968

Currently Alaska requires a business license for every line of business operated by a business. This is an unnecessary burden for many small businesses that may perform various lines. For example, an individual that plows driveways in the winter and sells firewood in the fall must ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act making state compliance with a federal law, regulation, or presidential executive order contingent on receipt of certain information from the federal government.

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

An Act creating a low-interest loan program for homeowners who improve or replace their home heating systems; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-02-13
Contact: Brandon Brefczynski, 465-4527

House Bill 35 will create a low-interest loan program, providing Alaskans an affordable avenue for converting to a more efficient heating system. The loan program established under HB 35 will be overseen by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, allowing qualified applicants, ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to a registry for advance health care directives.

Status: (H) HSS : 2013-01-16
Contact: Grace Abbott, 465-4919

An advance health care directive is a document that allows a person to designate what health care they wish to receive and who can make medical decisions for them in the case that they are incapacitated. Alaska Statute 13.52.010 provides that anyone may fill out an advance health ...  Sponsor Statement »

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 relating to regulations adopted by the Department of Administration waiving the commercial motor vehicle driving skills test for certain drivers with military commercial motor vehicle experience.

Status: Chapter 27 SLA 13 : 2013-06-02
Contact: Kim Skipper, 465-3783

HB 46 allows the state of Alaska to waive the commercial driver's license road skills test for Alaska military personnel who earned their driving experience operating commercial-grade vehicles in the armed services. The modern U.S. military is a highly mobile force, depending on ...  Sponsor Statement »

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 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 excluding motorcycles and motor-driven cycles from the passenger vehicle rental tax; and providing for an effective date.

Status: Chapter 8 SLA 13 : 2013-05-09
Contact: James Waldo, 465-4919

House Bill 56 will remove the 10% tax on motorcycle rentals. Under the current law, motorcycle rentals are taxed at a rate that is too high for these local, Alaskan businesses. Lowering this rate is critical to protect this growing segment of our tourism industry. Motorcycle rentals ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act adopting the Alaska Entity Transactions Act; relating to changing the form of entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts, and other organizations; amending Rule 79, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 602(b)(2), 602(c), and 605.5, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 57(JUD)
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 relating to the computation of the tax on the taxable income of a corporation derived from sources within the state.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-02-22
Contact: Ginger Blaisdell, 465-3743

House Bill 68 will reduce tax liability for small to medium size corporations and by doing so attract commerce to Alaska, create additional jobs, and allow small to medium size businesses to keep more of their earnings. Alaska's corporate income tax is graduated - that is, the rate ...  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

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 relating to allocations to the special education service agency and extending the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CCS HB 87
Status: Chapter 23 SLA 13 : 2013-05-29
Contact: Thomas Studler, 465-6879

HB 87 extends the sunset requirement to the Special Education Service Agency (SESA), a not-for-profit organization established in statute in 1986. SESA is governed by the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education and its own dependent board of directors. SESA assists ...  Sponsor Statement »

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

Version: CSHB 88(HSS)
Status: Chapter 42 SLA 13 : 2013-06-03
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 criminal mischief committed by interfering with an industrial operation.

Status: (H) JUD : 2013-01-30
Contact: Linda Hay, 465-3715, Committee Aide

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

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

An Act requiring Medicaid payment for scheduled unit dose prescription drug packaging and dispensing services for specified recipients.

Status: (H) HSS : 2013-02-20

An Act extending the annual deadline by which employers are required to deliver layoff or nonretention notices to employees who are tenured teachers.

Status: (S) EDC : 2013-04-03
Contact: Ginger Blaisdell, 465-3743

An Act relating to the information that must be included with certain notices provided for the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-04-09

An Act relating to crewmember fishing licenses.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-03-20

An Act relating to biometric information.

Status: (H) STA : 2013-02-27

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

Version: CSHB 146(TRA)
Status: Chapter 24 SLA 13 : 2013-05-29
Contact: Thomas Studler, 465-6879

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 experimental vehicles.

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

An Act relating to interest rates on loans from the commercial fishing revolving loan fund and the community quota entity revolving loan fund; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FSH : 2013-03-20

An Act relating to certain crimes involving controlled substances; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) JUD : 2013-03-20

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 the filing date for the final quarterly payment of, and to the assessment of penalties under, the fishery resource landing tax.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-04-11

An Act requiring the establishment of a reading program in school districts for grades kindergarten through three; providing for student retention in grade three; and providing for a report on the reading program and on student retention.

Status: (H) EDC : 2013-04-02

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 May 15 to be Hmong-American Veterans Memorial Day.

Status: Legis Resolve 8 : 2013-05-09

Urging the President of the United States to seek and the United States Congress to approve adequate funding for land conveyance activities for the State of Alaska, Alaska Native corporations, and Alaska Natives under the Alaska Statehood Act, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Native Allotment Act of 1906, the Alaska Native Veterans Allotment Act of 1998, and the Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-01-16
Contact: Jeff Turner, 465-3879

When Alaska became a state in 1959 part of the deal included the transfer of 103,300,000 acres of land from the federal government to the new state. The idea was to make sure we had the ability to grow a sustainable economy through tourism, natural resources, fishing and other industries. ...  Sponsor Statement »

Urging the President of the United States to rescind 23 executive orders, executive actions, and executive recommendations, related to regulation of firearms; and urging the United States Congress to refrain from passing legislation that restricts the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.

Version: CSHJR 4(JUD) AM
Status: (S) JUD : 2013-02-28
Contact: Jeff Turner, 465-3879

Alaskans have the individual right to keep and bear arms under the United States Constitution and the Alaska State Constitution. That fundamental right is enjoyed by thousands of Alaskans who use firearms safely and responsibly to hunt and compete in shooting sports. Firearms are ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-01-24 : Resolution Opposes New Federal Gun Control Laws
HJR 4 Also Asks President to Revoke 23 Executive Orders

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: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-05-23
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

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

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

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

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

Status: Chapter 37 SLA 13 : 2013-06-03

An Act relating to student participation in interscholastic activities; and providing for an effective date.

Version: SSSB 41
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-05

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

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: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-05-24

Urging the United States Congress not to relinquish to the office of the President of the United States the legislative duty to safeguard one of our most fundamental rights; and urging the President of the United States to refrain from any further efforts to restrict ownership of firearms.

Version: HCS SJR 6(JUD) AM H
Status: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-03-22

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: Transmitted To Governor : 2013-05-24