Representative Wes Keller (R)

An Act relating to voter identification at the polls; and relating to the counting of absentee and questioned ballots.

Status: (H) RLS : 2013-04-10

An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle requirements.

Status: Chapter 4 SLA 13 : 2013-04-09
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

Alaska is always on the move. Be it across town or across the state, transportation is extremely important. For the small business owner nearly everything must be moved from somewhere and that is often done by truck. Today's truck laws were written years ago and have not kept up with ...  Sponsor Statement »

2013-02-11 : House OKs Bill Changing Definition of Commercial Vehicles

2013-02-07 : Pick-up Trucks & Step Vans May Soon be Exempt from Commercial Regulation

An Act relating to citizenship requirements and an alcohol impairment and drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of specified cash assistance.

Status: (H) HSS : 2013-01-16
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

The cost of substance abuse in Alaska is staggering. Crime, child abuse, broken homes, domestic violence, cost of business, auto and industrial accidents, poor productivity, chronic health problems all have a causal relationship with substance abuse. It is irrational to expect the ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act providing priority to personal use fisheries when fishing restrictions are implemented to achieve a management goal.

Status: (H) FSH : 2013-01-16

An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration; relating to the registration fee for noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) RLS : 2013-03-20
Contact: Darrell Breese, 465-4958

The passage of House Bill 19 would establish a new type of registration available through the Division of Motor Vehicles, allowing for the permanent registration of personal-use motor vehicles older than eight years old and non-commercial trailers. The proposed change to state ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to performance reviews, audits, and termination of executive and legislative branch agencies, the University of Alaska, and the Alaska Court System; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 30(FIN)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12
Contact: Sharon Kelly, 465-6619

In 1977 the Alaska State Legislature found there was a need for an effective and regular system of scrutinizing the programs and activities of all State agencies, boards and commissions. The legislature further found that the establishment of a system for periodic review by the public, ...  Sponsor Statement »
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2013-02-18 : House OKs Bill Setting Performance Reviews of State Depts
HB 30 Lays Out Schedule, Details to Make Sure State Funds are Spent Responsibly

An Act requiring school districts to develop and require completion of a history of American constitutionalism curriculum segment; and providing for an effective date.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-03-27
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

The Spanish American philosopher George Santayana once said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.1" It would be an unthinkable tragedy to repeat the human oppression that existed before our country's greatest gift to humankind: The gift of awareness ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act establishing a consultation requirement with respect to the prescription of opiates under certain circumstances.

Status: (H) HSS : 2013-01-16
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

Today medical professionals have a long list and growing of medications to choose from to help their patients with pain, be it real or imagined. The level of pain relief medications being prescribed today and some of the reported unintended negative results is alarming. These opiate ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to certain federal statutes, regulations, presidential executive orders and actions, and secretarial orders and actions; relating to the duties of the attorney general; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CSHB 83(JUD)
Status: Await Transmit To Governor : 2013-04-12
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

HB 83 clarifies in Alaska Statute that a federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order, or secretarial order that is not properly adopted or is unconstitutional does not preempt state law. The Attorney General will continue to review and report federal statute, regulation, ...  Sponsor Statement »

An Act relating to property exemptions for retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and Roth IRAs; relating to transfers of individual retirement plans; relating to the rights of judgment creditors of members of limited liability companies and partners of limited liability partnerships; relating to the Uniform Probate Code, including pleadings, orders, liability, and notices under the Uniform Probate Code and the Alaska Principal and Income Act, the appointment of trust property, the Alaska Uniform Prudent Investor Act, co-trustees, trust protectors, and trust advisors; relating to the Alaska Principal and Income Act; relating to the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; relating to the disposition of human remains; relating to the tax on insurers for life insurance policies; relating to insurable interests for certain insurance policies; relating to restrictions on transfers of trust interests; relating to discretionary interests in irrevocable trusts; relating to the community property of married persons; and amending Rule 64, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 301(a), Alaska Rules of Evidence.

Status: (H) FIN : 2013-03-28

An Act relating to the reservation of certain mining claims from all uses incompatible with the purposes for establishing the Petersville Recreational Mining Area.

Status: (H) RES : 2013-02-22

An Act relating to the Alaska Judicial Council and to judicial retention elections.

Status: (H) JUD : 2013-04-05

An Act relating to payment or reimbursement of health care insurance claims.

Status: (H) L&C : 2013-04-10

Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to state aid for education.

Status: (H) EDC : 2013-01-16
Contact: Jim Pound, 465-2671, Professional Staff

For 50 years the State of Alaska has grown from a vast frontier into an important player in the nation and the world. While this is a fair assessment of us, it does not address a growing need for quality higher education in the state. Recent reports show Alaska's students failing ...  Sponsor Statement »