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: Increase Amount Of Base Student Allocation
Signed into Law! Chapter 6 FSSLA 05
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An Act relating to the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CCS HB 1
Contact : : 465-3743
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-22-05
Current Status : Chapter 6 FSSLA 05 : 07-22-05
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03-21-05 : HB 1 increases the foundation formula to $4589 dollars per student. An increase of thirteen dollars over 2005 funding. Amended in HES to raise the Per Student Allocation to $4919. CS HB 1(HES) incresases the base student allocation to $4919. This is a $343 increase per student over the current statutory allocation of $4576. Senate amendment would increase the base student allocation to $4919 if the Legislature replaces the defined benefit plan with a defined contribution plan for new employees, otherwise it would increase the base student allocation to $4,733, which removes PERS/TRS dollars from the formula.
05-25-05 : Special Session Closes With Major Legislation Passed - SB 130, SB 141, Strong Capital Budget Headline 2005 Session
03-15-05 : House Funds Education
02-11-05 : Education Funding Bill Passes Out of First Committee - House Special Committee Increases Basic Student Allocation
01-21-05 : Gatto Starts His Sophomore Session With a Bang
: TVs And Monitors In Motor Vehicles
Passed House!
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An Act relating to televisions, monitors, portable computers, and similar devices in motor vehicles; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 12 (JUD) Am
Contact : : 465-4940
Last Action : Passed House » Senate : 03-20-06
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03-20-06 : Passed House Floor with a technical amendment, to be moved to the Senate for consideration.
The purpose of the bill is to prevent operators of motor vehicles from watching television, video, and any other programming by making it a crime. Furthermore the bill makes it a crime to install a device capable of being viewed while the vehicle is in operation.
: School Funding & School Bond Reimbursemnt
Signed into Law! Chapter 41 SLA 06
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An Act relating to reimbursement of municipal bonds for school construction; increasing the base student allocation used in the formula for state financing of public education; relating to the district cost factors for state funding of public education; relating to school improvement funding; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 13 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-3743
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-25-06
Current Status : Chapter 41 SLA 06 : 05-25-06
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05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
Extends, until July 1, 2006, the statutory date for municipalities to receive reimbursements for the state for school construction and renovation bonds. Reimbursement rates for DEED approved projects to 70% and non-DEED approved projects to 60%.
05-03-06 : School Construction Bond Reimbursement Passes House
05-03-06 : McGuire Offers Amendment to Restore 70% School Construction Bond Reimbursement
05-03-06 : Mat-Su Delegation Applauds School Bond Vote
03-04-05 : School Construction Debt Reimbursement Passes House Special Committee on Education
: Liquor Lic: Outdoor Rec. Lodge/ Bars/ Pubs
Signed into Law! Chapter 41 SLA 05
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An Act relating to brewpub licenses; relating to outdoor recreation lodge alcoholic beverage licenses; relating to transfer of certain beverage dispensary licenses issued before June 6, 1985; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 15 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4945
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-07-05
Current Status : Chapter 41 SLA 05 : 06-07-05
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05-07-05 : HB 15 creates a seasonal alcohol beverage license for lodges that provide hunting and fishing services and are inaccessible from the road system.
02-25-05 : Meyer Passes Legislation On Liquor Licensing - HB 15 Provides New Guidelines for Outdoor Recreation Lodge
: Funding For Public Boarding Schools
Signed into Law! Chapter 54 SLA 06
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An Act relating to funding for school districts operating statewide residential educational programs; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 16 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-3719
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-03-06
Current Status : Chapter 54 SLA 06 : 06-03-06
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05-08-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 16 puts into statute DOE's current practice. This legislation expands existing programs for students who don't have access to grades 9 through 12 qualify for a stipend in boarding schools by changing the entrance requirements.
: Pesticide & Broadcast Chemicals
Signed into Law! Chapter 42 SLA 05
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An Act relating to pesticides and broadcast chemicals; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 19 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4945
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-07-05
Current Status : Chapter 42 SLA 05 : 06-07-05
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05-03-05 : HB 19 levies a registration fee for pesticide and broadcast chemical registered for sale or distribution. The $115 annual chemical fee levied by HB 19 would shift the burden of Alaska's pesticide regulation and registration program from the general fund to program receipts. Amended to set a cap on fees at $120 for registration and $25 for licensing.
: Short - Term Com Fishing Crewmember License
Signed into Law! Chapter 59 SLA 05
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An Act relating to short-term commercial fishing crewmember licenses; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 26 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4451
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 59 SLA 05 : 06-24-05
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05-09-05 : Allows visitors an affordable way to engage in a sort of extreme tourism adventure by actually participating in the fishery as a crewmember. Amended to restrict compensation for crew members with a short term licenses.
: Municipal Property Tax Exemption For Police Homes
Passed House!
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An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal property taxes on certain residences of law enforcement officers.
Version : CS HB 27 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-2840
Last Action : Passed House » Senate : 04-18-05
04-18-05 : Allows a municipality by ordinance to designate an area within its boundaries that is an eligible area and exempt from taxation an amount not to exceed $150,000 of the assessed value of real property within the area that is owned and occupied as the primary permanent place of abode by a law enforcement officer.
: Health Care Insurance / Comp Health Insurance Assn
Passed Legislature! Transmit To Gov.
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An Act relating to the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association; granting a 50 percent premium tax credit for assessments against members of the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association; requiring members to provide information to the association's board of directors or the director of the division of insurance; modifying voting rights for the association members by basing their exercise on a member's share of assessments; basing assessments on major medical premiums; modifying the manner of determining members' liabilities for losses; and changing the definition of major medical coverage for purpose of state health insurance and providing for exclusions to major medical coverage.
Version : CS HB 29 (L&C)(TITLE Am)
Contact : : 465-4968
Last Action : » : 07-27-06
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05-08-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 29 has passed the House Labor and Commerce Committee with changes. In order to accommodate the needs of ACHIA, this bill has been modified to grant a tax credit to the insurance companies who are currently assessed for the entire ACHIA shortfall by using a small portion of the premium taxes paid into the state. A premium tax credit is justifiable given the importance of maintaining the viability of the Association and its requirement under HIPAA.
: Workers' Compensation Disease Presumption
Passed House!
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An Act relating to the presumption of coverage for a workers' compensation claim for disability as a result of certain diseases for certain occupations.
Version : SCS CS SS HB 31 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-4939
Last Action : » : 05-05-06
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05-05-06 : Passed Senate Labor & Commerce Committee with a committee substitute, to be moved to Senate Finance Committee. The committee substitute stipulates that the pre-employment medical screenings are for all illnesses and infectious diseases. It also includes a definition of firefighter reference. The CS also removes peace officers from the presumption for medical illness/disease for listed diseases, but allows them to remain under the presumption for infectious diseases.
HB 31 we will provide coverage and security for our at risk emergency personnel. This legislation is necessary and urgent in order to protect and preserve our State's brave men and women of the emergency response profession. This bill would make them eligible for health benefits in the case that they are diagnosed with certain cancers or illnesses described in the bill.
02-10-05 : Rep. Carl Gatto Co-sponsors Bill to Help Firefighters
: Appropriation: Grant To Arctic Power For ANWR
Signed into Law! Chapter 23 SLA 05
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An Act making a special appropriation for a grant to Arctic Power to promote the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas exploration and development; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 32 (FIN) Am
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2186
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-17-05
Current Status : Chapter 23 SLA 05 : 05-17-05
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04-22-05 : HB 32 appropriates 1.2 million dollars from the General fund to Artic Power for use in promoting the opening of ANWR.
05-19-05 : Kohring commends Governor for signing HB 32 - Funding for Arctic Power will promote ANWR
04-23-05 : Arctic Power Bill set for Governor's Signature - We are on the ''Cusp'' of Opening ANWR
02-03-05 : Bill to Promote ANWR Clears Committee - Rep. Kohring's Measure Passes Unanimously
: Regulations Affecting Small Businesses
Signed into Law! Chapter 91 SLA 05
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An Act relating to required notification of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, economic effect statements, and regulatory flexibility analyses regarding the adoption of regulations that may govern the conduct of small businesses; relating to a private cause of action, regulation invalidation, and judicial review related to required notification, economic effect statements, and regulatory flexibility analyses for the adoption of regulations that may govern the conduct of small businesses; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 33 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4945
Last Action : Signed into Law : 08-09-05
Current Status : Chapter 91 SLA 05 : 08-09-05
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05-09-05 : HB 33 requires state regulatory agencies to consider the impact of proposed regulations on small businesses.
08-09-05 : Governor Signs Small Business Awareness Bill
: Extend Board Architects/ Engineers/ Surveyors
Signed into Law! Chapter 38 SLA 05
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An Act extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; extending the term of a temporary member of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS HB 35 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-2186
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-02-05
Current Status : Chapter 38 SLA 05 : 06-02-05
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05-04-05 : House Bill 35 extends the termination date for the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors for an additional five years. The current termination date is set for June 30, 2005. If the Legislature takes no action to extend the board, it will go into a one-year phase out to allow the board to conclude its administrative operations, followed by termination.
Amended to include landscape architects a full board position.
: Public Access To Fishing Streams
Passed House!
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An Act relating to voluntary land trades and purchases to enhance public access to fishing streams.
Version : CS HB 37 (FIN) Am
Contact : : 465-2647
Last Action : Senate Floor » : 05-10-05
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05-09-05 : HB 37 aims to ensure future public access to Alaska's fishing streams by putting in place a mechanism for voluntary land exchange (or purchase between the Sate an private owners along important recreational rivers.
: Assault On School Grounds, Events, Buses
Signed into Law! Chapter 86 SLA 06
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An Act relating to minimum periods of imprisonment for the crime of assault in the fourth degree committed on school grounds, on a school bus, at a school-sponsored event, or at certain school district administration offices.
Version : SCS CS HB 41 (JUD)
Contact : : 465-2794
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-06-06
Current Status : Chapter 86 SLA 06 : 07-06-06
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05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
Revises sentencing guidelines to require a 60-day mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for assaults in the fourth degree committed on: school grounds, on a school bus, at a school-sponsored event, or at certain school district administration offices.
05-10-06 : Senate Passes School Assault Bill - Mandatory 60-days for 4th Degree Assault Committed on School Grounds
: Joseph C Williams, Sr. , Coastal Trail
Signed into Law! Chapter 9 SLA 05
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An Act naming the Joseph C. Williams, Sr., Coastal Trail.
Version : SCS HB 42 (CRA)
Contact : : 465-3424
Last Action : Signed into Law : 04-20-05
Current Status : Chapter 9 SLA 05 : 04-20-05
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03-14-05 : Renames three miles of trail alongside the South Tongass Highway between Ketchikan and Saxman, Alaska the Joe Williams, Sr. Coastal Trail. Mr. Williams was an advocate for the construction of a trail alongside the South Tongass Highway between the cities of Ketchikan and Saxman. This legislation honors the memory of a highly respected member of the native community in Southeast Alaska.
: Water/ Sewer/ Waste Grants To Utilities
Passed House!
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An Act relating to grants to certain public utilities for water quality enhancement projects and water supply and wastewater systems.
Version : CS HB 46 (FIN)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3721
Last Action : Passed House » Senate : 02-23-05
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02-23-05 : HB 46 allows grants to certain regulated public utilities for water quality enhancement projects and water supply and wastewater systems.
: Board Of Real Estate Appraisers
Signed into Law! Chapter 10 SLA 05
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An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers; and relating to the requirements for membership on the Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
Version : CS HB 47 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-2095
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-03-05
Current Status : Chapter 10 SLA 05 : 05-03-05
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03-16-05 : Extend the Board of Certified Real Estate Appraiser, which is due to sunset, until June 30, 2010.
: Employer Association For Workers' Comp Ins
Passed House!
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An Act relating to associations of self-insured employers for purposes of providing workers' compensation coverage and allowing employers who are members of the same trade to form associations for providing self-insurance for workers' compensation coverage; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS S SHB 51 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4945
Last Action : » : 05-06-06
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04-07-06 : Passed House Finance Committee as amendments, to be moved to House Rules Committee. The House Finance Committee adopted amendments that clarifies the extent of joint and several liability; sets the minimum size limits for qualification of an association of self-insured employers and its members; provides for the licensing and registration of third party administrators; and clarifies that an association of self insured employers can be considered an ''insurer'' for the purposes of regulation under the Workers Compensation title AS 23.30. Minor technical amendments were also adopted by the committee but do not change the substantive nature of the bill.
House Bill 51 allows a group of five or more employers to form an association to self-insure the employers' workers compensation obligations. The members of the association must be engaged in the same or similar employment classifications, be members of a qualified trade association, and receive a certificate to self-insure under Alaska's existing rules and regulations.
: Children In Need Of Aid/ Adoption/ Guardian
Signed into Law! Chapter 64 SLA 05
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An Act relating to child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; amending the construction of statutes pertaining to children in need of aid; relating to guardianships; relating to the confidentiality of investigations, court hearings, court records, and public agency records and information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child protection matters, to immunity regarding disclosure of information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child protection matters, to proceedings regarding voluntary relinquishment and termination of a parent and child relationship, to eligibility for permanent fund dividends for certain children in the custody of the state, and to juvenile delinquency proceedings and placements; reestablishing and relating to a state citizens' review panel; amending the obligation of a public agency to disclose agency information pertaining to a child in need of aid; relating to disclosure of confidential or privileged information about children and families involved with children's services within the Department of Health and Social Services to officials for review or use in official capacities; relating to reports of harm and to adoptions and foster care; relating to consent for the medication of children in state custody; prescribing the rights of family members related to child-in-need-of-aid cases and establishing a familial priority for adoption; modifying adoption and placement procedures in certain child-in-need-of-aid cases; amending Rules 9 and 13, Alaska Adoption Rules, Rules 3, 17.2, 18, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure, and Rules 14 and 15, Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; relating to the admissibility into evidence of the prior recorded statement of a crime victim less than 16 years of age; and amending Rule 801, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS S SHB 53 (FIN) Am S
Contact : : 465-3719
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-30-05
Current Status : Chapter 64 SLA 05 : 06-30-05
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05-09-05 : An omnibus bill that does many things. It creates a duty and standard of care for social workers who are making decisions for children in state custody. It makes the process transparent by making confidential information currently unavailable accessible to certain people, making court proceedings open to the public, and giving parents the right to a jury trial in proceedings to terminate their parental rights.
06-30-05 : Coghill's Child In Need of Aid Legislation Becomes Law
03-03-05 : Coghill Introduces Legislation to Protect Families
: Bail Review/ Crime Victims
Signed into Law! Chapter 65 SLA 05
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An Act relating to bail review; relating to petitions for review by crime victims where the defendant has received a sentence below the sentencing range for the crime; relating to the qualifications of certain members of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board; relating to the introduction of the victim and the defendant or minor to the jury; amending Rule 27, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedures, and Rule 21, Alaska Delinquency Rules; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 54 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-2095
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-13-05
Current Status : Chapter 65 SLA 05 : 07-13-05
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05-09-05 : Establishes three requirements designed to alleviate calendaring strain on the court system and the district attorney's office while also protecting crime victims' rights and reducing same day notice of hearings. First, in order to calendar a subsequent bail hearing, the accused must submit in writing, that there exists new information for the court's consideration that was not considered at prior bail hearings. Second, the district attorney is given 48 hours notice in which to notify the victim of the hearing. Finally, hearings may not be set everyday; rather there will be a 48-hour period between calendared bail hearings. These provisions balance the rights of the accused with the rights of crime victims and accommodate for the schedules of both the district attorney's office and the court system.
07-13-05 : Governor Signs Three House Crime Bills Into Law
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