Senator John Torgerson
District D - Republican
State Capitol, Room 514
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-2828
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Interim:
145 Main St Loop, Suite 226, Kenai, AK 99611
Phone: (907) 283-2690 --- Fax: (907) 283-9267
126 W Pioneer, Suite 4, Homer, AK 99603
Phone: (907) 235-0690 --- Fax: (907) 235-4008 (at LIO)
2001 Seward Hwy, Seward, AK 99664
Elected to the Senate 1994
Staff
Mary Jackson at (907) 465-2828 or Mary_Jackson@Legis.state.ak.us
Nancy Kosch at (907) 465-2828 or Nancy_Kosch@Legis.state.ak.us
Krystal Murphy at (907) 465-2828 or Krystal_Murphy@Legis.state.ak.us
Date/Place of Birth: 10/21/47; Iowa City, IA
Occupation: Retail Business Owner/Operator
Spouse: Marjorie
Children: Leila, Jolene, Marissa
Residency in Alaska: Fairbanks, 1950-60; Seward,
1960-75; Kasilof, 1975-present.
Education: High School - G.E.D., U.S. Army,
1966.
Military Service: U.S. Army, (E-5), 3 years
service.
Political and Government Positions:
Assembly Member: Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly
Borough Representative: Economic Development Board
Chair: E.D.D. Business Development Committee
Board Member: National Association of Development Organizations
President and Member of the Board: Alaska Municipal League
President and Member of the Board: Kenai Peninsula Caucus
Elected to Senate in 1994
Business and Professional Positions:
President and Member: Soldotna Chamber of Commerce
Board Member: Alaska State Chamber
Fee Arbitration Panel: Alaska Bar Association
Board Member: Alaska Loggers Association
Service Organization(s) Membership:
Founding Board Member and Past President: Peninsula Winter Games, Inc.
Past President: Kenai Fraternal Order of Eagles
Member: Kasilof Fraternal Order of Eagles
Past State Trustee: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Member: Soldotna Elks
Chair: State Elks Governmental Affairs Committee
Lifetime Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Member: Seward American Legion
Member: Seward Igloo Pioneers of Alaska
Member: Soldotna Lions Club
Special Interests: Economic Development, Local Government, Resources Issues.
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SB
36: An Act relating to
transportation of public school students; relating to school
construction grants; relating to the public school foundation
program and to local aid for education; and providing for an
effective date.
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
SB
4: Relating, for purposes of eligibility for a
permanent fund dividend, to an absence from the state while on an
unpaid sabbatical under the longevity bonus program; and
providing for an effective date.
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SB
28: Relating to the unincorporated community
capital project matching grant program; and providing for an
effective date.
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SB
29: Relating to certain programs of state aid to
municipalities and recipients in the unorganized borough; and
providing for an effective date.
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SB
30: Relating to municipalities; the
incorporation of certain boroughs in the unorganized borough; the
formation of separate unorganized boroughs; and to taxation in
the unorganized boroughs.
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SB
31: Relating to supplemental grant land
entitlements for municipalities.~
SB
33: Relating to the use of broadcasting to
promote or conduct certain classics or sweepstakes.~
SB
34: Giving notice of and approving a
lease-purchase agreement with the city of Soldotna for a
maintenance facility of the Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities.
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SB
97: An Act giving notice of and approving a
lease-purchase agreement with the City of Seward for the
construction and operation of an addition to the Spring Creek
Correctional Center, and setting conditions and limitations on
the facility's construction and operation.
| Sponsor Statement |
SB
124: An Act relating to salmon classics and race
classics.
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Sectional Analysis
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SB
139: An Act relating to state aid to volunteer
fire departments; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement
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SB
142: An Act relating to formation of and
taxation in regional educational attendance areas; and providing
for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |
Sectional Analysis |
SB
148: An Act relating to libraries.
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SB
193: An Act relating to a limitation on
administrative expenditures of school districts; and providing
for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |
Sectional Analysis |
SB
251: An Act naming Herman Leirer Road near
Seward.
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SB
263: An Act relating to secondary roads; and
providing for an effective date.
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SB
264: An Act relating to aid for municipal road
maintenance; and providing for an effective date.
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SB
265: An Act designating the moose as the state
land mammal.
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SB
282: An Act relating to child endangerment.
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SB
314: An Act relating to the Alaska marine
highway system and to municipal feeder vessel authorities.
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SJR
8: Urging the United States Congress to give an
affirmative expression of approval to a policy authorizing the
state to regulate, restrict, or prohibit the export of
unprocessed logs harvested from its land and from the land of its
political subdivisions and the University of Alaska.
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Co-Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
6: Amending laws relating to the disclosure of
information relating to certain minors.
HB
13: Relating to marine safety training and
education programs.
HB 158: An
Act relating to attendance at a public school on a part-time
basis.
HB 170: An
Act relating to interference with the rights of physically and
mentally challenged persons; and relating to service animals
during their pre-training and training period.
HB
356: An Act establishing the Joint Committee on
Military Bases in Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB 380: An
Act relating to a temporary reduction of royalty on oil and gas
produced for sale from fields within the Cook Inlet sedimentary
basin where production is commenced in fields that have been
discovered and undeveloped or that have been shut in.
HCR
1: Relating to a new Alaska Liquefied natural
gas project.
HCR
18: Declaring 1997 to be observed as the 80th
Anniversery of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and recognizing
the vital role played by the Univerisity of Alaska Fairbanks.
HJR
12: Urging the Secretary of the
interior to conduct competitive oil and gas lease sales within
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
HJR
16: Relating to a federal balanced budget
amendment.
HJR
49: Relating to opposition to a moratorium on
the building of roads in the roadless areas of national forests.
HJR
51: Relating to support for H.R.
2924, which allows certain Alaska Native Vietnam
veterans and the Elim Native Corporation to select land under the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
HJR
52: Relating to opposition to the designation of
any rivers in Alaska as American Heritage Rivers under the
American Heritage Rivers initiative.
HJR
53: Relating to support for federal legislation
providing for the continuation of the University of Alaska by the
conveyance of federal land to the university.
SB 36: An
Act relating to transportation of public school students;
relating to school construction grants; relating to the public
school foundation program and to local aid for education; and
providing for an effective date.
SB
52: An Act establishing additional tax credits
against the fisheries business tax; and providing for an
effective date.
SB
67: An Act relating to the imposition of
criminal sentences; and amending Rule 32.2, Alaska Rules of
Criminal Procedure.
SB
77: An Act relating to the Alaska Day of Prayer.
SB 95: An
Act relating to worker's compensation self-insurance.
SB
180: An Act relating to state rights-of-way.
SB
192: An Act relating to maintenance of state
marine vessels; and providing for an effective date.
SB
307: An Act relating to conditions for filling
vacancies in the office of United States senator; and providing
for an effective date.
SCR
11: Creating the Long-Term Care Task Force.
SCR
21: Relating to declaring March 1998 as Sobriety
Awareness Month.
SJR
7: Supporting continued funding
of the Alaska National Guard Youth Corps Challenge Program.
SJR
9: Urging the United States Congress to pass
legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, to oil and gas exploration, development,
and production.
SJR
28: Requesting the federal government to conduct
an audit of the Alaska Native regional corporations to determine
their compliance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and
to review the accountability of the corporations to their
shareholders.
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