Permanent Fund and spending cap are highlights of Legislature’s ‘preseason’<\/a>]<\/p>\nSENATE<\/strong><\/p>\nSB 1:<\/strong> Spends $666.4 million from the Permanent Fund to pay the portion of the Dividend vetoed by Gov. Walker in 2016. (SB 1 and SB 2 are two halves because appropriating money from the Permanent Fund and paying that money out are two separate actions.)<\/p>\nSB 2:<\/strong> Pays out the $666.4 million appropriated in SB 1 as a supplemental dividend to each eligible Alaskan.<\/p>\nSB 3:<\/strong> Exempts ferry construction from the state\u2019s \u201cpercent for art\u201d program and gives ferries an alternative way to meet sewage discharge standards.<\/p>\nSB 4:<\/strong> A barber doesn\u2019t have to be tested on bleaching, dying or waving hair if the barber applies for a special license that doesn\u2019t allow those practices.<\/p>\nSB 5:<\/strong> Legislators can\u2019t bypass the spirit of campaign finance regulations by setting up personal political action committees.<\/p>\nSB 6:<\/strong> Industrial hemp is not a controlled substance.<\/p>\nSB 7:<\/strong> Creates (but doesn\u2019t fund) a museum renovation and construction grant program. (Sen. Stevens, who prefiled this, tried the same bill as SB 61 last Legislature.)<\/p>\nSB 8:<\/strong> Pick.Click.Give. can give money to tribal governments as well as charities.<\/p>\nSB 9:<\/strong> Expands the use of \u201cmilitary facility zones\u201d designed to help military development, to areas without an incorporated municipality.<\/p>\nSB 10:<\/strong> Medicaid will pay for home care, and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services allows adult foster care homes, where a home cares on a 24-hour basis for up to three disabled adults.<\/p>\nSB 11:<\/strong> It\u2019s easier for the state to allow an antlerless moose hunt.<\/p>\nSB 12:<\/strong> Establishes a school tax on residents and nonresidents earning money in the state.<\/p>\nSB 13:<\/strong> Legislators can\u2019t collect per diem payments for food or housing starting in the 91st day of the session unless they\u2019ve already passed an operating budget for the year.<\/p>\nSB 14:<\/strong> Allows Uber, Lyft and similar companies to operate in Alaska.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
SJR 1:<\/strong> This is a constitutional amendment that would protect the account that pays Permanent Fund Dividends and require them to be paid as they were in 2013.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\nHB 1:<\/strong> Alaskans can register to vote on Election Day.<\/p>\nHB 2: <\/strong>Employers can prefer veterans when hiring.<\/p>\nHB 3: <\/strong>An employer must give someone time off to serve in the National Guard, even if they\u2019re a member of the National Guard in another state.<\/p>\nHB 4:<\/strong> Expands the use of \u201cmilitary facility zones\u201d designed to help military development, to areas without an incorporated municipality.<\/p>\nHB 5:<\/strong> The spouses and children of a firefighter or police officer who is killed on the job can continue to receive health insurance.<\/p>\nHB 6:<\/strong> Creates the Jonesville Public Use Area near Sutton on vacant state-owned land.<\/p>\nHB 7:<\/strong> It\u2019s OK to take a ballot \u201cselfie.\u201d<\/p>\nHB 8:<\/strong> Law enforcement is required to enforce a protective order issued Outside as long as it appears authentic.<\/p>\nHB 9:<\/strong> The Alaska Board of Pharmacy regulates drug wholesalers that ship medical drugs into the state.<\/p>\nHB 10:<\/strong> When the Office of Children\u2019s Services takes a child away from his or her parents, OCS has to consider whether the removal is likely to \u201cresult in serious emotional or physical damage.\u201d<\/p>\nHB 11:<\/strong> Public employees and teachers can take early retirement (up to three years early) through 2020.<\/p>\nHB 12:<\/strong> The Office of Children\u2019s Services can only take custody of a child (unless there\u2019s an emergency) with a court order.<\/p>\nHB 13:<\/strong> Alaska will not participate in any federal effort to register Americans on the grounds of race or religion.<\/p>\nHB 14:<\/strong> The Legislature gets more say on Pebble Mine.<\/p>\nHB 15:<\/strong> Replaces the terms \u201chusband\u201d and \u201cwife\u201d in state statutes.<\/p>\nHB 16:<\/strong> Police must be trained to recognize and appropriately deal with people who have disabilities.<\/p>\nHB 17:<\/strong> Creates a fund to collect donations from people who want to support the Alaska Department of Fish and Game but don\u2019t like predator control.<\/p>\nHB 18:<\/strong> The Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce\u2019s \u201cRace to Alaska\u201d can operate a lottery.<\/p>\nHB 19:<\/strong> A type of pesticide called a neonicotinoid cannot be used outside.<\/p>\nHB 20:<\/strong> Any elected office-holder can make a marriage official in Alaska.<\/p>\nHB 21:<\/strong> Spends $666.4 million from the Permanent Fund to pay the portion of the Dividend vetoed by Gov. Walker in 2016. (HB 21 and HB22 are two halves because appropriating money from the Permanent Fund and paying that money out are two separate actions.)<\/p>\nHB 22:<\/strong> Pays out the $666.4 million appropriated in HB 21 as a supplemental dividend to each eligible Alaskan.<\/p>\nHB 23:<\/strong> The spouses and children of a firefighter or police officer who is killed on the job can continue to receive health insurance.<\/p>\nHB 24:<\/strong> A designer drug called U-47700 is on the schedule of illegal drugs.<\/p>\nHB 25:<\/strong> Health insurance has to cover birth control.<\/p>\nHB 26:<\/strong> Employers have to provide scheduled breaks for nursing mothers.<\/p>\nHB 27:<\/strong> State agencies have to publish a list of chemicals likely to harm children, and three specific flame-retardant chemicals are forbidden.<\/p>\nHB 28:<\/strong> Makeup (and other cosmetics) has to list its ingredients on the packaging.<\/p>\nHB 29:<\/strong> Genetically modified fish can\u2019t be sold in Alaska.<\/p>\nHB 30:<\/strong> Employers must provide paid sick leave.<\/p>\nHB 31:<\/strong> Alaska police have to list how many untested \u201crape kits\u201d they have, and the Alaska Department of Public Safety has to give a full accounting.<\/p>\nHB 32:<\/strong> Genetically engineered food must be labeled.<\/p>\nHB 33:<\/strong> May 31 each year is \u201cKatie John Day.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
HJR 1:<\/strong> Calls for a constitutional amendment reversing Alaska\u2019s previous constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.<\/p>\nHJR 2:<\/strong> Proposes a constitutional amendment setting a spending limit in the Alaska Constitution at $4 billion in operating expenses per year, adjusted for inflation and population each year from 2017 onward.<\/p>\nHJR 3:<\/strong> Calls for a constitutional amendment setting the Legislative session\u2019s length at 90 days instead of 121 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here’s an early look at what the Alaska Legislature will address once it convenes in the capitol on Jan. 17. [Permanent Fund and spending cap are highlights of Legislature’s ‘preseason’] SENATE SB 1: Spends $666.4 million from the Permanent Fund to pay the portion of the Dividend vetoed by Gov. Walker in 2016. (SB 1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[230],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-17999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17999"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=17999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}