The Legislature’s House Community and Regional Affairs Committee has not yet met this legislative session, and a logjam is growing as the committee holds up the progress of 23 bills — everything from protecting Alaskans from government vaccine mandates and firearms restrictions, to holding legislative sessions on the road system and the use of gold and silver as legal tender.
The committee has reported out — or moved out to the next committee of referral — just eight bills since January of 2021. Most of the bills that were moved were sponsored by people associated with the Democrat-led majority caucus.
Bills reported out in 2021:
Last year, the committee met just 12 times. But the committee now has so many bills from people who Co-Chair Sara Hannan considers political enemies, it appears she has slipped the schedule a Quaalude so that the legislation from her enemies will pass out during this second session of the 32nd Legislature. Bills that don’t progress by the end of this session would have to be reintroduced next year as new legislation and start the process all over.
The year before Hannan rose to power as co-chair, the committee processed over 20 bills through to the next committee of referral.
Co-chairs Hannan of Juneau and Calvin Schrage of Anchorage, both part of the Democrat-led majority, have not even scheduled the committee to meet next week, the third week of session.
Before Hannan became co-chair of CRA, the committee processed out 27 bills to the next committee of referral.
See the data on the 30th Community and Regional Affairs Committee at this link.
