Representative Ramona Barnes
District 22 - Republican
State Capitol, Room 403
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-3438
Fax: (907) 465-4565
Interim:
716 W 4th, Suite 600
Anchorage, AK 99501-2133
Phone: (907) 258-8163
Fax: (907) 258-4051 (shared)
Elected to the House 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
Date/Place of Birth: 7/7/38; Pikeville, TN
Occupation: President, Arctic Research Consultants, Inc.
Children: Randall, Michael, Michelle
Residency in Alaska: Anchorage, 1972-present
Education: High School - Bledsoe County High,
College - Waipahu Community College
Military Service: Military Wife (18 years)
Political and Government Positions: State
Representative, 1979-84, 1987-present; Speaker of the House,
1993-94; House Minority Leader, 1992; House Majority
Leader/Speaker Pro-Tem, 1983; Chair, Legislative Ethics,
Judiciary, 1981-82; Member, Judiciary, 1987-88, Rules, 1993-94,
Resources, 1981-82, Finance, 1989-90, 1991-92; Minority Whip
1991-92
Business and Professional Positions: President,
Arctic Research Consultants International, Inc.; Past Chair,
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee
Service Organization(s) Membership: Anchorage Republican Women's
Club; National Federation of Republican Women; Navy League;
Business & Professional Women's Club; American Legislative
Exchange Council; National Order of Women Legislators
Special Interests: Reading, gourmet cooking,
family
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
255: An Act relating to subsistence hunting and
fishing; and providing for an effective date.
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HCR
1: Passed! Legislative
Resolve 2 Relating to a new Alaska Liquefied
natural gas project.
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HCR
16: Proposing recommendations concerning the
sale of the Four Dam Pool hydroelectric facilities. ~
Co Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
4: Withdrawn
by Sponsor: An Act relating to permits issued
by the Department of Fish and Game for activities in anadromous
fish streams, to forest land use plans prepared by the Department
of Natural Resources, to rights-of-way, easements, and permits
issued by the Department of Natural Resources, and to disposal of
state land and interests in state land.
HB
220: An Act relating to the new business
incentive program.
HB 309: Passed! Chapter 3 SLA 98 An Act naming the Robert B. Atwood Building.
HB
400: An Act combining parts of the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and parts of the Department of
Community and Regional Affairs by transferring some of their
duties to a new Department of Commerce and Rural Development;
transferring some of the duties of the Department of Commerce and
Economic Development and the Department of Community and Regional
Affairs to other existing agencies; eliminating the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and the Department of Community
and Regional Affairs; relating to the Department of Commerce and
Rural Development; adjusting the membership of certain
multi-member bodies to reflect the transfer of duties among
departments and the elimination of departments; and providing for
an effective date.
HCR
4: Passed! Legislative
Resolve 24 Relating to records generated and
maintained by the Department of Health and Social Services.
HJR
2: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to repeal of regulations by the
legislature.
HJR
14: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 31 Relating to supporting
the "American Land Sovereignty Protection Act."
HJR
19: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to the election and the duties of
the attorney general.
HJR
20: Relating to the RS 2477 rights-of-way.
HJR
22: Relating to the maritime boundary between
Alaska and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
HJR
52: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 62 Relating to opposition
to the designation of any rivers in Alaska as American Heritage
Rivers under the American Heritage Rivers initiative.
HJR
59: Passed
Legislature! Transmitted to the Governor Relating
to an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
prohibiting desecration of the Flag of the United States.
SB
175: Passed! Chapter
103 SLA 97 An Act relating to revenue bonds
issued by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority
for interties between Healy and Fairbanks and between Anchorage
and the Kenai Peninsula; and providing for an effective date.
SB
307: Passed! Chapter
30 SLA 98 An Act relating to conditions for
filling vacancies in the office of United States senator; and
providing for an effective date.
SCR
3: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 9 Urging the Attorney
General of the State of Alaska to use every appropriate resource
and due diligence to defend the state's interests in the civil
action filed against the state challenging the 1996 revisions of
the Northstar unit leases, and respectfully requesting the
Superior Court of the State of Alaska to give expeditious
consideration to the matter.
SJR
3: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 59 Proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Alaska limiting the rights of
prisoners to those required under the Constitution of the United
States.
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