The first release of bills is now available for the public to see in advance of the Legislature, which convenes next week in Juneau. The list includes all manner of legislation, from making gold and silver coins acceptable as legal tender in Alaska, to prohibiting discrimination against Israel in state contracts, to making gay marriage legally recognized through a constitutional amendment, and moving the legislative session to the road system.
Two bills in the House would repeal 2020’s Ballot Measure 2, which dismantled the normal primary voting in Alaska and enacted ranked choice voting in the general election, leading to the lowest voter turnout in decades in Alaska. Reps. George Rauscher of Sutton and Sarah Vance of Homer offered similar bills, here and here. Sen. Mike Shower introduced a similar bill in the Senate.
Democrat Rep. Andy Josephson has a joint resolution, HJR 1, proposing voters be given the chance to repeal Article I, sec. 25, of the Alaska Constitution. Section 25 was added by voters in 1998 and says that same-sex marriages are not recognized by the State.
Sen. David Wilson has filed SB 8, a bill to remove the “certificate of need” clause from law, which inhibits competition in health care in Alaska. Certificates of need prevent hospitals and clinics from providing care.
SB 19 by Sen. Scott Kawasaki of Fairbanks would move Alaska to a mail-in election system. Kawasaki has another bill, SB 17, that would limit campaign contributions to certain political entities to $700 a year.
SJR 1 by Sen. Bill Wielechowski would ask voters if they want to put the Permanent Fund dividend in the Alaska Constitution under one of the Constitution’s guaranteed rights.
SJR 2 by Sen. Shelley Hughes would ask voters to make it clear that they don’t want the state paying for abortions: “To protect human life, nothing in this constitution may be construed to secure or protect a right to an abortion or require the State to fund an abortion.”
Check back at Must Read Alaska for stories about these bills and others in coming days.
Other bills filed:
HB 1 | REPEAL BALLOT MEASURE 2 VOTING CHGS | REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER | |
HB 2 | CONTRACTS: PROHIBIT ISRAEL DISCRIMINATION | REPRESENTATIVE VANCE | |
HB 3 | GOLD AND SILVER SPECIE AS LEGAL TENDER | REPRESENTATIVE MCCABE | |
HB 4 | ELECTIONS: REPEAL BALLOT MEASURE 2 | REPRESENTATIVE VANCE | |
HB 5 | HOLD LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN ANCHORAGE | REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER | |
HB 6 | PUBLIC SCHOOLS; OPIOID AWARENESS PROGRAM | REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER | |
HB 7 | OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS | REPRESENTATIVE HANNAN | |
HB 8 | ELECTRIC-ASSISTED BICYCLES | REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK | |
HB 9 | ADD FACULTY MEMBER UNIV BOARD OF REGENTS | REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK | |
HB 10 | UNIVERSITY: TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS COST | REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK | |
HB 11 | CRIME: ASSAULT IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 12 | MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF TRAPPING | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 13 | APPLICABILITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 14 | AGGRAVATING FACTORS AT SENTENCING | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 15 | PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING PROGRAM | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 16 | MEDICAID OPTIONAL SVCS & COST CONTAINMENT | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 17 | CONTRACEPTIVES COVERAGE:INSURE;MED ASSIST | REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK | |
HB 18 | FISHERY DEVELOPMENT ASSOC.; ASSESSMENTS | REPRESENTATIVE STUTES | |
HB 19 | REGISTRATION OF BOATS: EXEMPTION | REPRESENTATIVE STUTES | |
HB 20 | CONFLICT OF INTEREST: BD FISHERIES/GAME | REPRESENTATIVE STUTES | |
HB 21 | SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSUR | REPRESENTATIVE VANCE | |
HB 22 | PEACE OFFICER/FIREFIGHTER RETIRE BENEFITS | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HB 23 | FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH | REPRESENTATIVE MINA | |
HB 24 | GOV APPOINT BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF AK BAR | REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER | |
HB 25 | PFD ELIGIBILITY UNIFORMED SERVICES | REPRESENTATIVE STORY | |
HB 26 | COUNCIL FOR ALASKA NATIVE LANGUAGES | REPRESENTATIVE STORY | |
HB 27 | DESIGNATE SEX FOR SCHOOL-SPONSORED SPORTS | REPRESENTATIVE MCKAY | |
HB 28 | ACCESS TO MARIJUANA CONVICTION RECORDS | REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT | |
HB 29 | INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION | REPRESENTATIVE MCCABE | |
HB 30 | OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ALL YEAR | REPRESENTATIVE ORTIZ | |
HB 31 | AK PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIP; ELIGIBILITY | REPRESENTATIVE STORY | |
HB 32 | OIL & GAS WORKING GROUP; APPEALS | REPRESENTATIVE MCKAY | |
HB 33 | OIL SPILLS/POLLUTION:PENALTIES;PREVENTION | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
HJR 1 | CONST. AM: REPEAL MARRIAGE SECTION | REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON | |
SB 1 | ELECTIONS: BALLOT, VOTING, SECURITY | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 2 | REPEAL BALLOT MEASURE 2 VOTING CHGS | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 3 | HEALTH INS. INFO.; INCENTIVES/AGREEMENTS | SENATOR HUGHES | |
SB 4 | LEGISLATIVE ETHICS: BINDING VOTES | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 5 | VOTER REGISTRATION | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 6 | VOTING MACHINES AND VOTE TALLY SYSTEMS | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 7 | ELECTION INTERFERENCE, FRAUD, MISCONDUCT | SENATOR SHOWER | |
SB 8 | REPEAL CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM | SENATOR WILSON | |
SB 9 | ALASKA SUNSET COMMISSION | SENATOR HUGHES | |
SB 10 | HUNTING/TRAPPING/FISHING: DISABLED VETS | SENATOR KIEHL | |
SB 11 | TEACHERS & PUB EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS | SENATOR KIEHL | |
SB 12 | ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM | SENATOR KIEHL | |
SB 13 | UNIVERSITY: TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS COST | SENATOR MYERS | |
SB 14 | RIP FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES/TEACHERS | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 15 | PERSONAL USE FISHING PRIORITY | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 16 | AK COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDE APPRECIATION DAY | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 17 | CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 18 | ALLOW ELECTRONIC DRIVERS’ LICENSES AND ID | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 19 | ELECTIONS; BALLOTS | SENATOR KAWASAKI | |
SB 20 | APPROPRIATION LIMIT; GOV BUDGET | SENATOR KAUFMAN | |
SB 21 | STRATEGIC PLANS FOR STATE AGENCIES | SENATOR KAUFMAN | |
SB 22 | PROCLAIM JUNETEENTH DAY A HOLIDAY | SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON | |
SB 23 | LAW ENFORCEMENT: REGISTRY; USE OF FORCE | SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON BY REQUEST | |
SB 24 | PUBLIC SCHOOLS: MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION | SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON | |
SB 25 | REPEALING FUNDS, ACCOUNTS, AND PROGRAMS | SENATOR KAUFMAN | |
SB 26 | LICENSE PLATES: FALLEN PEACE OFFICERS | SENATOR KAUFMAN | |
SB 27 | CONTRACEPTIVES COVERAGE:INSURE;MED ASSIST | SENATOR CLAMAN | |
SB 28 | WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS | SENATOR CLAMAN | |
SB 29 | CIVICS EDUCATION; EST AK CVCS ED COMM | SENATOR STEVENS | |
SB 30 | FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH | SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON | |
SJR 1 | CONST AM: GUARANTEE PERM FUND DIVIDEND | SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI | |
SJR 2 | CONST. AM: ABORTION/FUNDING | SENATOR HUGHES | |
SJR 3 | CONST. AM: APPROP LIMIT | SENATOR MYERS | |
SJR 4 | CONST. AM: APPROP LIMIT | SENATOR KAUFMAN |
And the clown show begins
It has never ended.
Please get rid of changing our clocks twice a year.
We need(Must) stay on standard time and delete Daylight Aving time.
delete Daylight Saving Time
Repeal the unconstitutional Ballot Measure 2: absolutely yes!
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Make gold and silver legal tender in Alaska: a wise move, in preparation for the inevitable collapse of the US dollar, and of fiat currency more generally.
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Scott Kawasaki’s state-wide mail-in voting bill: To the round file ASAP! (along with anything else ever proposed by this duplicitous radical leftist).
I hope the same-sex “marriage” one fails miserably.
Be interesting to see which Republican legislators oppose the repeal of Ballot Measure 2.
Can not wait. Get rid of the rank choice crap PLEASE.
Bill Wielechowski is more of a Republican than 8/11 Senate Republicans
SB19 is every democrats dream.. Not surprised a democrat would put that forward. One day the voters in Squarebanks will realize Kawasaki is a idiot..
Why do the Democrats put up with Wielechowski, the PFD’s biggest supporter?
Doesn’t he realize that Dems need that money to go to our public “servants” first & foremost, to buy votes in ANC, FBX & JUNO from our public union members?
Do this one thing…..move the legislative session to the road system.
Gold is good, Mccabe is ahead of the bitcoin curve!!! The pyramids did not have cryptocurrency in them and all through time people lean back on gold and silver to have the true currency in their hand and not scattered through digital worlds? One good Solar flare and you will be back to the real currency in a hurry, A lot of banks and countries have been buying up gold in the last year and it’s gonna go up as well as silver too???⏳
We don’t need most of these new rules as we have enough rules from our government already. We need honest people making sound choices for Alaskans to live free and prosper. No more lying and theft of our rights PFD and personal information would be a start.
There is both good and bad in this line up. In my book, repealing Ballot Measure 2 is a priority! Measure 2 is what illegally placed the communist Murkowski, back in office. It is unconstitutional and steals the will of the people. Gay marriage is already legal and recognized, placing it in the Constitution will endanger faith-based organizations that oppose Gay Marriage. They will use it like a legal bludgeoning tool to go after opposition. State funds should never be used to snuff out the life of a future Alaskan. Blanket mail-in voting is unconstitutional and will allow rampant fraud. Very dangerous! Allowing the use of Gold and Silver as legal tender is a smart move because the backed by nothing Petro-dollar is on its death bed.
No mail in only voting. Too much fraud and Juneau already has the secret building for vote tabulation which should be shut down for transparency sake.
Eliminating rank choice voting and stopping any attempts at going ‘all mail in’ for voting MUST be top priorities. If we cannot have secure elections, nothing else matters.
When are they gonna do what they really wanna do? Pass an amendment making elections a thing of the past.
Just mirror our alleged judicial system and pick the people they want in the legislature themselves. No need to bother with silly things like elections.
I ‘second’ the comments of Quickster, Jefferson, and Zack, above. Let’s add: suspend the voting franchise for five years for anyone convicted of misdemeanor DUI, domestic violence, shoplifting, and perhaps some other misdemeanor crimes. Burglary, vehicle theft, simple felony assaults (including DUI hit-and-run and/or injury), PFD fraud, etc – ten years. Felony assault with a deadly weapon and murder, lifetime. Voting is a right that must be carefully reserved to citizens who obey the laws.
Muni regulation of Trapping? Like the Board of Game isn’t sensitive to communities across the State already?
Who wastes time on stupid stuff like this? Pick up the F & G Regulations and discover that communities across the State have protections put in place within their jurisdiction.
Just Wait until some Beavers move in and begin axing Mom’s Pie Cherry Trees, or that darned Martin kills the Neighbors Chickens , who you gonna call? Joe Josephson? Good Luck with that.
Robert, I was really surprised to see a marten, bold as can be and in broad daylight, at the bottom of my driveway out in Peters Creek last year. I had no idea that they were living this close to Los Anchorage!
Susan, your link for HB2 goes to HB4.
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