HB 120 : Safety For Healthcare Employees Signed into Law! Chapter 73 SLA 05 Sponsored by Rep. Peggy Wilson
An Act relating to safety devices and sharp instruments for the prevention of the spread of bloodborne pathogens in health care employees; and providing for an effective date.
Contact :: 465-3824 Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-14-05 Current Status : Chapter 73 SLA 05 : 07-14-05
05-10-05 : This bill repeals two exemptions from Alaska's bloodborne pathogen protection standards to bring Alaska standards into compliance with federal standards.
04-07-05 : HB 231 ''Human Services Grants'' would expand the definition of a qualified municipality to include a consortium of municipalities located in the same geographic region with a population that exceeds 50,000. This would allow an organization such as Southeast Conference to form a consortium to receive program funding for social services in their region.
04-13-05 : HB 241 implements changes recommended by the Joint Salmon Industry Task Force to the Board of Fisheries conflict of interest policy. The Board of Fisheries is not as effective as it should be when members with the most knowledge and experience in certain areas must excuse themselves when those issues arise.
02-28-06 : Passed House Health, Education and Social Services Committee with a committee substitute, to be moved to House Finance Committee. Amendments include the removal of penalties, along with the exemption for Critical Access Hospitals. LPNs are now covered under this bill, along with this addition a semi-annual report was created.
Prohibits an employer from assigning mandatory overtime and from threatening or retaliating against a nurse who refuses overtime.
An Act expanding reimbursable waiver services under Medicaid waivers for older Alaskans and adults with physical disabilities to include adult companion services; and relating to legislative intent concerning eligibility and coverage for personal care attendant services.
HB 357 : Statutory References To Disabilities Signed into Law! Chapter 25 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Peggy Wilson
An Act updating the terminology in statutes for persons with disabilities; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 357 (FIN) Companion Bill :SB 242 Contact :: 465-2734 Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-09-06 Current Status : Chapter 25 SLA 06 : 05-09-06
05-02-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
This bill changes all Alaska State Statutes to rid them of this archaic reference that has negative and demoralizing connotations in reference to a person's ability and potential.
HB 392 : Solid Waste Management Authorities Signed into Law! Chapter 26 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Peggy Wilson
An Act authorizing the establishment of regional solid waste management authorities.
Version : CS HB 392 (L&C) Am Contact :: 465-3824 Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-12-06 Current Status : Chapter 26 SLA 06 : 05-12-06
05-05-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 392 will allow a community or group of communities to create a public corporation to deal with waste management. HB 392 is modeled after the port authority statutes and will authorize the formation of solid waste authorities for waste management.
HB 484 : Fishery Association Reimbursement Signed into Law! Chapter 91 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Peggy Wilson
An Act allowing for revenue received from issuance of additional entry permits to be appropriated for reimbursement to salmon fishery associations.
Version : SCS CS HB 484 (FIN) Companion Bill :SB 296 Contact :: 465-3759 Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-13-06 Current Status : Chapter 91 SLA 06 : 07-13-06
05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 484 is a housekeeping measure to clarify what may happen to the revenue if the Commercial Fishery Entry Commission should find it necessary to sell (re-issue) permits that have been relinquished under the buyback program authorized under AS 16.40.
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.
An Act relating to a separate appropriation bill for operating expenses for primary and secondary public education and establishing a date by which the bill must be transmitted to the governor each year; relating to notice of nonretention for tenured teachers; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SS HB 20 Companion Bill :SB 13 Contact :: 465-2028 Last Action :(H) FIN»(H) RLS: 04-04-05
03-08-05 : This bill requires school districts to submit funding request to their municipal governments by the first of May every year. HB 20 will require the Governor to submit a separate appropriations bill before the fourth day of the legislature for K-12 funding and the legislature must transmit an appropriations bill to the Governor by the 15th of March. Minor technical amendments made in EDU.
03-03-05 : HB 25 addresses the problem of tax revenue lost by municipalities on fish that are sold to a buyer in a municipality but sent out of state unprocessed. This bill would direct the Fisheries Business Tax revenue on “unprocessed” fisheries resources back to the port of landing. Amended to add a hold harmless clause for smaller cities and boroughs.
HB 30 : Appropriation: K - 12 Education Operating/ Debt Expenses Sponsored by Rep. John Harris
An Act making appropriations for K-12 education operating and school debt expenses; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 30 (HES) Contact :: 465-3721 Last Action : H) RLS »(H) RLS: 02-28-05
02-25-05 : HB 30 appropriates money for K-12 education funding. Amended in EDU to adopt the numbers from HB 1. Increases school funding by 7% over last year an increase of 65.3 million. Amended to reflect changes to HB 1. CS HB 30(HES) moved out of committee, February 25, unamended. CS HB 30(HES) will provide funds needed to achieve early funding of the FY 06 education
foundation formula and school debt reimbursement programs.
HB 33 : Regulations Affecting Small Businesses Signed into Law! Chapter 91 SLA 05 Sponsored by Rep. Kevin Meyer
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
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
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.
HB 51 : Employer Association For Workers' Comp Ins Passed House! Sponsored by Rep. Kevin Meyer
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 :(H) RLS»(S) FIN: 05-06-06
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.
An Act relating to adoption and revision of a comprehensive long-range fiscal plan for the State of Alaska.
Version : SS HB 52 Contact :: 465-4940 Last Action :(H) W&M»(H) FIN: 03-21-05
03-18-05 : House Bill 52 would require the legislature to adopt and annually revise a fiscal plan to balance state revenues and expenditures for the succeeding five fiscal years. The states current budgetary system encourages legislators and the governor to focus only on the fiscal year immediately ahead.
An Act relating to prohibiting automated telephone calls for a political advertisement to telephone numbers listed as not wanting telephone solicitations; and providing for an effective date.
Contact :: 465-2693 Current Status :(H) STA: 01-10-05
02-01-06 : Passed Senate Judiciary as amended, to be moved to Senate Finance Committee.
HB 101 strikes at those who promote, organize or otherwise market commercial sex tours and travel services by making these activities punishable to the same degree as sex-trafficking itself.
HB 109 : Screening Newborn For Hearing/ Audiologist Signed into Law! Chapter 43 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Jay Ramras
An Act relating to establishing a screening, tracking, and intervention program related to the hearing ability of newborns and infants; providing an exemption to licensure as an audiologist for certain persons performing hearing screening; relating to insurance coverage for newborn and infant hearing screening; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 109 (FIN) Contact :: 465-3004 Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-25-06 Current Status : Chapter 43 SLA 06 : 05-25-06
05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 109 is aimed at ensuring that all infants born in Alaska have their hearing screened at birth, or within 30 days of birth, if not born in a hospital.
An Act relating to certain relief concerning motor vehicle leases, telephone services, education, utilities, state loans, and hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone; relating to reimbursement of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance paid by members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 122 (FIN) Contact :: Last Action :(S) L&C»(S) FIN: 04-29-06
04-27-06 : Passed Senate Labor & Commerce Committee with technical amendments, to be moved to Senate Finance Committee. Amendments reinserted military education leave of absence, and added a period of convalescence.
Requires that the state pay life insurance premiums for our guardsmen deployed to a combat zone. Allows for premiums to be paid for up to $250,000 in life insurance for those guard members affected by this legislation.
HB 124 : Collection Of DNA/ Use Of Force Signed into Law! Chapter 12 SLA 05 Sponsored by Rep. Tom Anderson
An Act relating to the collection of, and the use of reasonable force to collect, a deoxyribonucleic acid sample from persons convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for certain crimes; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS HB 124 (JUD) Companion Bill :SB 95 Contact :: 465-5031 Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-05-05 Current Status : Chapter 12 SLA 05 : 05-05-05
04-08-05 : HB 124 allows a correction, probation or parole officer to use reasonable force in the collection of DNA samples required by law and absolves them from civil or criminal liability for the use of that force. Officers shouldn't run the risk of being punished for carrying out their duties
An Act relating to service in the peace corps and members of the United States Olympic Team as allowable absences from the state for purposes of eligibility for permanent fund dividends and to the period for filing an application for a permanent fund dividend; authorizing the Department of Revenue to issue administrative orders imposing sanctions for certain misrepresentations or other actions concerning eligibility for a permanent fund dividend and providing for administrative appeal of those orders; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 127 (FIN) Am Contact :: 465-2995 Last Action :(S) STA»(S) FIN: 04-28-05
04-01-05 : Peace Corps Volunteers and U.S. Foreign Service Diplomats deserve the gratitude that they have earned in their time as volunteers and service diplomats to have the opportunity to receive their permanent fund dividend. HB 127 will add Peace Corps Volunteers and U.S. Foreign Diplomats as an allowable absence for the purpose of filing and receiving an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend. Technical amendment made in FIN.
04-04-05 : HB128 establishes a task force to come up with recommendations for the best approach to effectively and economically maximize physical activity in Alaska's schools within existing infrastructures.
04-21-05 : Increase the penalties for crimes against the elderly one level. For example, assault in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor, would be a class C felony if the assault was committed to a person 65 years of age or older.
Removed the intentent and findings section. (one)
HB 136 : Driving Under Influence Sentencing Signed into Law! Chapter 68 SLA 05 Sponsored by Rep. Norman Rokeberg
Restricting the authority of a court to suspend execution of a sentence or grant probation in prosecutions for driving while under the influence and prosecutions for refusal to submit to a chemical test; and allowing a court to suspend up to 75 percent of the minimum fines required for driving while under the influence and for refusal to submit to a chemical test if the defendant successfully completes a court-ordered treatment program.
Contact :: 465-6848 Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-13-05 Current Status : Chapter 68 SLA 05 : 07-13-05
05-04-05 : Specifically, HB 136 expands the court-ordered treatment programs, i.e. ''Wellness Courts,'' to felony DUI defendants. The statutory authority for these courts can be found under AS 28.35.030 and AS 28.35.032.
An Act establishing a tuition waiver and voucher program for eligible students who were placed in foster care by the state; and providing for an effective date.
HB 149 : Controlled Substances: Meth & Marijuana Signed into Law! Chapter 53 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Jay Ramras
An Act relating to controlled substances; relating to the crimes of manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child, and misconduct involving a controlled substance; relating to the manufacture of methamphetamine and to the sale, possession, and delivery of certain substances and precursors used in the manufacture of methamphetamine; relating to listing certain anabolic steroids as controlled substances; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CCS HB 149 Contact :: 465-3004 Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-02-06 Current Status : Chapter 53 SLA 06 : 06-02-06
05-05-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
The committee substitute adds that all sales of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base, must meet the terms used in P.L. 109-177, 120 Stat. 192, in regard to amounts, identification required, storage, access and availability, and logbooks. Amendments were made requiring that vendors may not sell to a person under 16 years of age.
This bill would also restrict the amount of pseudoephedrine base product a person can acquire to six grams within a 30-day period. The bill will further serve to present prima facia evidence that a person intends to use the pseudoephedrine base product to manufacture methamphetamine if the person is in possession of more than six grams of product. Amended to prohibit the distribution of confidential information on certain medications. Amendments were made incorporating portions of SB 70. SB 70 was an act relating to controlled substances regarding the crimes of manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child, and misconduct involving a controlled substance. Changes were made eliminating jail time for those charged with use in the privacy of their own homes for the first two offenses. Other amendments allow the Commissioner of Public Safety the authority to adopt emergency regulations, placing additional pseudoephedrine products behind the counter, if those products are found being used in the production of methamphetamines.
03-21-05 : HB 155 would create a separate accounting mechanism for fines collected by the Alaska Court system in criminal judgments and would authorize the legislature to appropriate up to 25% of those collected fines either directly to local youth courts or to the United Youth Courts of Alaska for distribution to local youth courts.
An Act relating to the purchase of alcoholic beverages and to access to licensed premises; relating to civil liability for certain persons accessing licensed premises; requiring driver's licenses and identification cards to be marked if a person is restricted from consuming alcoholic beverages as a result of a conviction or condition of probation or parole and relating to fees for the marked license; and requiring the surrender and cancellation of driver's licenses under certain circumstances.
Version : SCS CS HB 190 (FIN) Contact :: 465-3789 Last Action :(S) FIN»(S) RLS: 05-08-06
05-08-06 : Passed Senate Finance Committee with a committee substitute, to be moved to Senate Rules Committee. The committee substitute clarifies that an ADL cancelled under this legislation would only remain cancelled during the length of the court ordered restriction on alcohol consumption. It limits the scope of jurisdiction to cover Alaska statutes and municipal ordinances. The CS also changes the mark on the license from ROC (Restriction On Consumption) to COAR (Court Ordered Alcohol Restriction).
Previously amendments were made authorizing the state to charge an enhanced fee for a license or ID under this statute and these circumstances. Additionally the bill was amended to ensure that a person who is convicted and is required to have a ''marked ID'' not have the privilege to purchase alcohol or knowingly enter or remain in a licensed establishment that sells alcohol with the intention to obtain alcohol for personal consumption.
HB 218 : Private Hatchery Cost Recovery Fisheries Signed into Law! Chapter 92 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Bill Thomas
An Act relating to cost recovery fisheries for private nonprofit hatchery facilities.
Version : SCS CS HB 218 (FIN) Contact :: 465-3732 Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-14-06 Current Status : Chapter 92 SLA 06 : 07-14-06
05-06-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
Provides language that would allow hatchery operators to choose to recover their costs through other methods that would allow these fish to be caught by any salmon permit holder. This would allow the fleet to access more fish. Because each hatchery has a unique financial situation, an open access type of cost recovery may not be applicable to all hatcheries.
Senate Finance committee substitute provides that a hatchery may choose to use the new cost recovery method spelled out in the bill by a majority vote of the membership of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, the amendment allows hatcheries to make a final decision after the Department of Fish & Game promulgates regulations governing a common property cost recovery fishery. It will allow the hatchery board to pursue either the current cost recovery scenario or to use the new method knowing what regulations would apply to either option.
04-25-06 : Passed Senate Judiciary Committee without change, to be moved to Senate Finance Committee.
HB-308 will make it class B misdemeanor for any person who inserts false information into caller ID system except for legitimate law enforcement national defense agencies.
05-06-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 318 calls for two very clear policy decisions. The first is whether or not it is appropriate to take a person's private property for economic development and the second is whether it is appropriate to take all or part of one's primary residence for recreational opportunities of another. This legislation is not intended to prohibit the legitimate use of eminent domain; it merely limits its use in these two narrow policy areas.
05-03-06 : Passed Senate Judiciary Committee without change, to be moved to Senate Rules Committee.
This a bill that will allow parents to safely surrender an infant shortly after birth without fear of being criminally prosecuted.
HB 343 : Harassment/ Assault/ Stalking Signed into Law! Chapter 87 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act creating the crimes of harassment in the first and second degree, amending the crime of stalking, and adding a definition of 'medical professional' to the assault and harassment statutes.
Version : CS HB 343 (JUD) Am Contact :: 465-4931 Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-06-06 Current Status : Chapter 87 SLA 06 : 07-06-06
05-06-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 343 creates the crime of harassment in the first degree for anyone who subjects another person to offensive physical contact with human or animal bodily fluids, and classifies that crime as a class A misdemeanor. The bill also redesignates the existing crime of harassment as harassment in the second degree. HB 343 also provides a minimum term of imprisonment of 60 days for persons convicted of harassment in the first degree when they direct the offense at certain specified law enforcement officers and emergency responders.
An Act relating to the manufacture and transportation of alcoholic beverages; relating to forfeitures of property for violations of alcoholic beverage laws; and relating to violations of alcoholic beverage laws.
Contact :: 465-4946 Last Action :(H) JUD»(H) RLS: 02-13-06
03-22-06 : Passed Senate Judiciary Committee without change, to be moved to Senate Rules Committee.
House Bill 379 adds these variations of GHB to Alaska's controlled substances act and raises them, along with GHB to a schedule 1A narcotic.
HB 380 : Animals & Animal Or Agricultural Products Signed into Law! Chapter 59 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Kevin Meyer
An Act relating to the powers and duties of the commissioner of environmental conservation regarding animals, animal products, agricultural products, and the transportation of animals and animal products; relating to the employment, appointment, and duties of a state veterinarian by the commissioner of environmental conservation; relating to the powers of the commissioner of natural resources regarding agricultural products; relating to animal rabies prevention and control; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 380 (RES) Contact :: 465-4946 Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-13-06 Current Status : Chapter 59 SLA 06 : 06-13-06
05-06-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
House Bill 380 repeals and reenacts several provisions of Title 3 to modernize the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation and the State Veterinarian. HB 380 will allow the State Veterinarian to respond accordingly and immediately to potential dangers to Alaskans and our animal populations. Avian influenza is one in a long list of zoonotic diseases that can be devastating to animals and potentially pandemic in human populations.
An Act providing for a partial tuition waiver for families of members of the Alaska National Guard; and directing the executive director of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education to seek additional funding to support tuition waivers.
Version : CS HB 387 (EDU) Contact :: 465-3732 Last Action :(H) HES»(H) FIN: 03-08-06
02-14-06 : Passed House Education Committee without change, to be moved to House Health, Education and Social Services Committee. The committee substitute provides free hunting and fishing licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard. Changes were also made requiring that additional funding requests go through the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.
HB 393 : Insurance For Colorectal Cancer Screening Passed Legislature! Transmit To Gov. Sponsored by Rep. Tom Anderson
An Act requiring that certain health care insurance plans provide coverage for the costs of colorectal cancer screening examinations and laboratory tests; and providing for an effective date.
Version : SCS CS HB 393 (HES) Contact :: 465-5031 Last Action :Governor»Governor: 07-18-06
05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
HB 399 establishes an office of elder fraud and assistance within the Office of Public Advocacy (OPA) to investigate complaints of fraud committed against elder residents of Alaska. This bill authorizes OPA to bring civil enforcement actions for injunctive and other relief for fraud committed against older Alaskans.
HB 400 : Confiscation Of Firearms Signed into Law! Chapter 32 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. John Coghill
An Act relating to confiscation of firearms during disaster emergencies.
Version : SCS CS HB 400 (JUD) Contact :: 465-3719 Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-18-06 Current Status : Chapter 32 SLA 06 : 05-18-06
04-28-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.
CS to House Bill 400 changes the penalty imposed on individuals that violate the provisions of this bill. An elected official or individual in a governmental position will forfeit their office or position if found guilty; the Alaska Police Standards Council will enforce sanctions against police officers. CS to House Bill 400 also makes a minor change in the title.
02-13-06 : Passed House Economic Development, Trade, and Tourism Committee with a committee substitute, to be moved to House Finance Committee. Amendments included up to a $50 fine for operating without a current Alaska Business License.
HB 478 : Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Companion Bill SB 291 Signed Into Law! Chapter 62 SLA 06 Sponsored by Rep. Bill Thomas
An Act relating to the municipal harbor facility grant program; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS HB 478 (CRA) Companion Bill :SB 291 Contact :
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