Here is a list of legislation we were tracking in the last session and shared amongst our US teams. The list is not inclusive as there are many other bills that were covered and debated during the session however these represent a subset of bills that are consistent with the ConAction Network objectives.
CATEGORY | G/B/Q | LINK | SHORT | LONG |
CA | Good | HB4 | Repeal Rank Choice Voting | Changes back to party primary with special runoffs vs the jungle primary and instant run off. |
CA | Good | Liability of Public Health Officials | A public health official who is acting within the public health official's scope of employment is personally liable for damages resulting from the negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct of the public health official when issuing public health guidance, a recommendation, or a mandate to the state government or the public. | |
CA | Good | Sterlization of a Minor | An Act relating to informed consent of individuals under 18 years of age; relating to claims based on the sterilization of a minor; establishing the crime of sterilization of a minor; and relating to the statute of limitations. | |
CA | Good | Female Genital Mutiliation | An Act relating to female genital mutilation; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to direct-entry midwives; relating to the practice of nursing; relating to criminal law and procedure; relating to sentencing; relating to the duties of the Department of Health; and amending Rule 505(a), Alaska Rules of Evidence. | |
CA | Good | Gene Therapy Product Disclosure | An entity that makes a gene therapy product available in the state that could possibly affect, alter, or introduce genetic material or genetic change into the user of the product, individuals exposed to the product, or individuals exposed to others who have used the product, shall conspicuously label the product with the words "Potential Gene Therapy Product, | |
CA | Good | Judicial Impeachment | A supreme court justice is subject to impeachment by the legislature for malfeasance or misfeasance in the performance of official duties. Malfeasance includes exercising legislative power. | |
CA | Good | Homemade Food Exemption | An Act exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in a person's uninspected home kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; and permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met | |
CA | Good | Prohibit Pornography to Minors | An Act relating to liability for publishing or distributing pornography to minors on the Internet. | |
CA | Good | Parental Consent for Social Media | A social media platform may not allow a minor who is a resident of the state to create or maintain an account on the platform without first obtaining written consent for the minor to create and maintain the account from the minor's parent or another person who has legal custody of the minor. | |
| Good | Civics Education | Requires students to pass a civics exam before receiving secondary diploma, based on USCIS, DHS, and Alaska Native government | |
| Good | Designate Sex for Shool Sports | Outlines designation of sports teams, compliance, and liabilities | |
| Bad | Bed Tax | Add 6% tax on room that is rented except if over 30days or for a foregin dignitary | |
| Bad | Closure of Plant/Public Utility | An Act relating to closure of plants and facilities of a public utility and discontinuance, abandonment, or suspension of a public utility service. | |
| Bad | AHFC Make/Purchase Mortgage Loans | An Act relating to the power of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make or 02 purchase mortgage loans. | |
| Good | Tax & Royalty for Certain Gas | An Act relating to the production tax and royalty rates on certain gas; and providing for an effective date. | |
| Bad | Cook Inlet Seismic Data | An Act requiring the Department of Natural Resources to make Cook Inlet seismic survey data available to certain persons; and providing for an effective date. | |
| Bad | Reduce Royalty on Cook Inlet Oil & Gas | An Act relating to temporarily reduced royalty on oil and gas from pools without previous commercial sales in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin; and providing for an effective date. | |
| Questionable | State Ownership of Submerged Lands | An Act relating to state ownership of submerged land underlying navigable water within the boundaries of federal areas; and providing for an effective date. |
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