Representative Joe Ryan
District 21 - Republican
State Capitol, Room 420
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-3875
Fax: (907) 465-4588
e-mail: Representative_Joe_Ryan@Legis.state.ak.us
Interim:
716 W 4th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501-2133
Phone: (907) 258-8161
Elected to the House 1996
Staff
Mark Rosen at Mark_Rosen@legis.state.ak.us
spouse: Patricia
children: Bill, 16
Business: Community Awareness Productions
Hobbies: Politics, traveling and reading - not necessarily in that order.
Tracy Ashe at Tracy_Ashe@legis.state.ak.us
spouse: Keith
Children: Wayne, 11; Ashley, 7; DK, 4
Pets: Molly, Mocha, PJ, and Quack-Quack
Business Owner
Community Activities: UAF Student, Golden Key National Honor Society Member, and Girl Scout Leader
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, photography and Alaska
David Pree at David_Pree@legis.state.ak.us
Date of Birth: 7/5/36; Cleveland, OH.
Occupation: Self employed
businessman.
Spouse: Kimberly M. Ryan. Kimberly has dedicated her
career to geriatric care.
Children: Jay, Kelly, Sean, Kasey, and Liam (9 -
who is on the honor roll and blue belt in karate.)
Length of Residency in Alaska: 1975 - present.
Political and Government Positions:
Business and Professional Positions:
Special Interests:
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
HB 67: An
Act relating, for purposes of eligibility for a permanent fund
dividend, to an absence from the state while on an unpaid
sabbaytical under the longevity bonus program: and providing for
an effective date.
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HB 152:
An Act regulating hospice care.
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Statement |
HB 196: An
Act relating to wills, intestacy, nonprobate transfers, and
trusts; and amending Rule 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Statement |
HB 199:
An Act relating to the property, transactions, and obligations of
spouses; relating to the augmented estate; amending Rule 301,
Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.
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Statement |
HB 211: An
Act providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds in the
amount of $38,800,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of
design and construction of a library at the University of Alaska,
Anchorage; and providing for an effective date.
HB 217: An
Act relating to certified nurse aides; and providing for an
effective date.
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Statement |
HB 240: An
Act relating to civil liability of certain nonprofit
corporations; and providing for an effective date.
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Statement |
HB 252: An
Act relating to criminal records; relating to notice about and
registration of sex offenders and child kidnappers; and amending
Rules 11(c) and 32(c), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure.
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Statement |
HB 262: An
Act relating to confidentiality of permanent fund dividend
application information.
HB
265: An Act relating to pamphlets, publications,
plans, and records of state agencies; and relating to reports to
and from state agencies and the governor.
HB 266: An
Act relating to limited liability companies and limited
partnerships; and providing for an effective date.
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Statement |
HB
306: An Act relating to the real estate surety
fund.
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HB
321: An Act relating to trusts, to the prudent
investor rule, and to standards of care applicable to personal
representatives, conservators, and trustees; and providing for an
effective date.
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HB
359: An Act relating to regulation of health
insurance plans; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
360: An Act providing for the civil commitment
of sexually violent predators.
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HB
399: An Act relating to an optional exemption
from, and deferral of payment of, municipal taxes on deteriorated
property, and defining 'deteriorated property' for purposes of
the exemption or deferral; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
419: An Act relating to security required when
an injunction is issued; amending Rule 65, Alaska Rules of Civil
Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
HB
427: An Act directing the Department of Health
and Social Services to contract with a nonprofit group to perform
certain activities relating to the provision of mental health
services under the medical assistance program for persons under
the age of 22; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
438: An Act establishing an exemption for
investment clubs from the business license requirement.
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Co Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
2: Allowing, for the purposes of permanent fund
divident eligibility, an individual to accompany, as the spouse
or minor or disabled dependent, another eligible resident who is
absent for any of the following reasons: vocational,
professional, or other specific education for which a comparable
program is not reasonably available in the state; secondary or
postsecondary education; military service; medical treatment;
service in the Congress or in the peace corps; to care for the
individual's terminally ill parent, spouse, sibling, child, or
stepchild; for up to 220 days to settle the estate of the
individuals's deceased parent, spouse, sibling, child, or
stepchild; to care for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or
stepchild with a critical life-threatening illness whose
treatment plan, as recommended by the attending physician,
requires travel outside of the state for treatment at a medical
speciality complex; or other reasons that the commissioner of
revenue may establish by regulation; requiring for the purposes
of permanent fund dividend eligibility, a state resident to have
the intent to remain indefinitely; relating to the eligibility
for 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 permanent fund
dividends of certain spouses and dependents of eligible
applicants.
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
6: Amending laws relating to the disclosure of
information relating to certain minors.
HB
26: Relating to big game tags for wolves, and
providing for an effective date.
HB 158: An
Act relating to attendance at a public school on a part-time
basis.
HB
159: An Act relating to sale, possession, and
purchase of tobacco and tobacco products; amending Rules 603 and
611(d), Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an
effective date.
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 171: An
Act relating to the stat environmental policy and changing the
name of the Department of Environmental Conservation to the
Department of Environmental Development.
HB 189: An
Act relating to sale, gift, and possession of tobacco and tobacco
products; and providing for an effective date.
HB
211: An Act providing
for the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of
$38,800,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of design and
construction of a library at the University of Alaska, Anchorage;
and providing for an effective date.
HB
232: An Act establishing the independent
division of administrative hearings in the Department of
Administration in order to provide a source of independent
administrative hearing officers to preside in contested cases;
relating to administrative hearing officers; relating to
contested case proceedings; and providing for an effective date.
HB
255: An Act relating to subsistence hunting and
fishing; and providing for an effective date.
HB
265: An Act relating to pamphlets, publications,
plans, and records of state agencies; and relating to reports to
and from state agencies and the governor.
HB
304: An Act relating to the location of the
convening of the legislature in regular session; repealing
provisions relating to student guests of the legislature; and
providing for an effective date.
HB 309: An
Act naming the Robert B. Atwood Building.
HB
311: An Act relating to automated teller
machines.
HB 339: An
Act relating to the child support enforcement agency; and
providing for an effective date.
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.
HB
403: An Act amending the foundation formula to
provide education funding for the Alaska National Guard Challenge
Youth Corps program; relating to limited teacher certificates;
and providing for an effective date.
HB 412: An
Act providing for the transfer of certain land to the City of
Whittier; and providing for an effective date.
HCR
1: Relating to a new Alaska Liquefied natural
gas project.
HCR
4: Relating to records generated and maintained
by the Department of Health and Social Services.
HCR
6: Relating to Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
Awareness Week.
HCR
13: Relating to management of Alaska's wildlife
resources.
HCR
19: Relating to the Alaska Council of Deaf, Hard
of Hearing, and Deaf/Blind.
HJR
12: Urging the Secretary of the
interior to conduct competitive oil and gas lease sales within
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
HJR
14: Relating to supporting the "American
Land Sovereignty Protection Act."
HJR
15: Supporting continued funding of the Alaska
National Guard Youth Corps Challenge Program.
HJR
16: Relating to a federal balanced budget
amendment.
HJR
21: Relating to amendment of Title VIII of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
HJR
22: Relating to the maritime boundary between
Alaska and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
HJR
24: Relating to challenging the environmental
and economic integrity of Alaska timber as Christmas decor for
the United States Capitol.
HJR 47: Proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to
the nomination, selection, appointment, and public approval or
rejection of justices of the supreme court and of judges of
courts established by the legislature that have as an exclusive
purpose the exercise of appellate jurisdiction over judicial acts
and proceedings, and requiring legislative confirmation of those
justices and judges and of the appointed members of the judicial
council.
HJR
54: Relating to establishing maritime boundaries
with Canada.
HJR
62: Relating to bringing Balto back to Alaska.
SB
1: Relating to living and working conditions of
prisoners in correctional facilities operated by the state, and
authorizing the commissioner of corrections to negotiate with
providers of detention and confinement services under contract to
apply those conditions and limitations on services to persons
held under authority of state law at facilities operated under
contract or agreement; relating to services provided to
prisoners; amending the definition of "severely medically
disabled" applicable to prisoners seeking special medical
parole; amending provisions of the correctional industries
program; and extending the termination date of the Correctional
Industries Commission and the program.
SB
11: Relating to state aid for school
construction debt; and providing for an effective date.
SB
17: An Act creating the crime of criminal
transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
SB 24: An
Act relating to a requirement that a parent, guardian, or
custodian consent before certain minors receive an abortion;
establishing a judicial bypass procedure by which a minor may
petition a court for authorization to consent to an abortion
without consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian; amending the
definition of 'abortion'; and amending Rules 40 and 79, Alaska
Rules of Civil Procedure; Rules 204, 210, 212, 213, 508, and
512.5, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and Rule 9, Alaska
Administrative Rules.
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
63: An Act providing for automatic waiver of
juvenile jurisdiction and prosecution of minors as adults for
certain violations of laws by minors who use deadly weapons to
commit offenses that are crimes against a person, and relating to
the sealing of the records of those minors.
SB
152: An Act relating to certified nurse aides;
and providing for an effective date.
SB
216: An Act providing for the civil commitment
of sexually violent predators.
SB
323: An Act relating to sexual offenses, to
those who commit sexual offenses, and to registration of sex
offenders; Amending Rule 6(r)(2), Alaska Rules of Criminal
Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
SCR
3: 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.
SCR 4:
Relating to declaring March 1997 as Sobriety Awarenss Month.
SCR
9: Declaring June 1 - 7, 1997, to be Alaska
Garden Week.
SJR
7: Supporting continued funding
of the Alaska National Guard Youth Corps Challenge Program.
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.
SJR
19: Relating to naming Anchorage as the location
of the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
SJR
35: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Alaska relating to participation in an abortion.
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