Juneau – Today, the Alaska House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation to ease an overly burdensome regulation that requires annual fingerprinting of those seeking to renew their marijuana establishment registration. House Bill 319 changes the fingerprinting requirement to once every six years.
Read More →2017 House Majority Session Press Generator REPRESENTATIVE ANDREW JOSEPHSON (907) 465-4939 (800) 465-4939www.repandyjosephson.comrep.andrew.josephson@akleg.govCONTACT: Mike Mason (907) 444-0889 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 13, 2018 House Supports Efforts to Protect Wild and Domestic Animals from Infectious Diseases and Foreign Pathogens HCR 23 Urges State Departments to Work Cooperatively to Prevent the Spread of Diseases and …
Read More →My staff and I are already very hard at work for you in this second week of the 2nd session of the 30th State Legislature. This session is off to a very busy start, jammed with meetings, deadlines, and duties.
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I know the crime bills (SB91/SB54) have been on a lot of minds lately. Down in Juneau, the House is holding many a hearing on these bills and, although we’ve heard from several of you in recent public meetings and town halls, we would love to hear official public testimony.
Read More →Anchorage – Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham) issued the following statement in response to Governor Walker’s proclamation calling the 30th Alaska State Legislature into a 4th Special Session next month. The Governor is asking lawmakers to consider criminal justice reform legislation and a bill to create new revenue for the State of Alaska.
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Yesterday, the Alaska Legislature passed a compromise capital budget that spends about $140M of state money to leverage about $1.2B in federal funds. The House vote was 27-13 and the Senate vote was 15-4. Although either a “yes” or “no” vote was arguably justifiable, after some deliberation, I voted to pass this budget.
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