Senator Dave Donley
District J - Midtown
Anchorage
Republican
Session: January - May.
State Capitol, Room 508
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-3892
Fax: (907) 465-6595
Interim: May - December
716 W 4th, Suite 430
Anchorage, AK 99501-2133
Phone: (907) 258-8181
Fax: (907) 258-1648
Elected to the House 1986, 1988, 1990
Elected to the Senate 1992, 1994
Staff
Karen Brand, at (907) 465-3887
James Armstrong, at (907) 465-6581
Laura Hosey, at (907) 465-3892
Date/Place of Birth: 8/29/54; Anchorage,
Alaska
Occupation: Construction Worker, Attorney
Residency in Alaska: Lifelong; Anchorage,
1954-present
Education: High School - Dimond High School,
1969-72, American Legion
School Award; College - University of Oregon, 1972-76, B.S.
Political Science, Phi Beta Kapa; Post Graduate - University of
Washington Law School, 1976-79,
Law Degree.
Political and Government Positions: State
Senator, 1993-present; Member Senate Finance Committee,
1995-present; Co-Chair Anchorage Caucus, 1997-present; State
Representative, 1987-92; Chair, Judiciary, 1991-92, Labor &
Commerce, 1987-91.
Business and Professional Positions: Alaska Bar
Association, 1979-present; Former Financial Auditor/Current
Member, Construction Laborers 341, 1974-present.
Service Organization(s) Membership: National
Rifle Association; MENSA.
Past Community Service: Former Volunteer
Fireman; Anchorage School District Curriculum Committee; Alaska
Juvenile Justice Committee; Forum 49 Board of Directors.
Special Interests: Hunting, fishing, softball
and bicycling.
Awards:
Successful Legislation: Senator Dave Donley has been one of Alaska's most successful state legislators, authoring over twenty major laws. This is a list of those laws prime sponsored by Senator Donley or House Judiciary (JUD) or House Labor and Commerce (L&C) committees when Senator Donley was chair.
Anti-Crime Laws & Victim's Rights:
Business Development & Local Hire:
Government Reform:
Public Safety:
Consumer Protection:
Fair Workplace Laws:
Government Reduction:
Environment:
Senior Issues:
Health Issues:
Utilities:
Occupational Licensing:
Judicial:
International Relations:
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
Passed! SB
1: Relating to living and working conditions of
prisoners in correctional facilities operated by the state, and
authorizing the commissioner of corrections to negotiate with
providers of detention and confinement services under contract to
apply those conditions and limitations on services to persons
held under authority of state law at facilities operated under
contract or agreement; relating to services provided to
prisoners; amending the definition of "severely medically
disabled" applicable to prisoners seeking special medical
parole; amending provisions of the correctional industries
program; and extending the termination date of the Correctional
Industries Commission and the program.
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Passed! SB
7: Reducing certain resident sport fishing,
hunting, and trapping license fees, increasing certain
nonresident sport fishing license and tag gees, and relating to
nonresident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses; and
providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |
Passed!
SB
14: Relating to insurance covering an insured
who is a victim of domestic violence and requiring certain
disclosures by an insurer.
| Sponsor Statement |
SB
63: An Act providing for automatic waiver of
juvenile jurisdiction and prosecution of minors as adults for
certain violations of laws by minors who use deadly weapons to
commit offenses that are crimes against a person, and relating to
the sealing of the records of those minors.
| Sponsor Statement |
Passed!
SB
70: An Act defining the offenses of unlawful
discharge of a firearm; and relating to the commission of those
offenses by minors.
| Sponsor Statement | Sectional Analysis |
SB
101: An Act relating to the adoption, amendment,
repeal, legislative review, and judicial review of regulations;
and amending Rule 202, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.
| Sponsor Statement |
SB
117: An Act relating to an infant care
curriculum in the public school system.
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SB
157: An Act establishing a children's trust
motor vehicle registration plate.
| Sponsor Statement |
SB
197: An Act relating to health care services
provided by, and practices of, a health maintenance organization;
and prohibiting health maintenance organizations from limiting
free speech of health care providers.
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SB
202: An Act prohibiting insurer limits on free
speech between an insured and certain other persons regarding
automobile insurance damage claims; prohibiting certain motor
vehicle liability insurance surcharges and premium increases;
prohibiting an automobile insurer from requiring an insured to
prepay certain costs of arbitration or mediation; relating to
payment of covered loss claims by an insurer; requiring certain
telephone listings by motor vehicle liability insurers; requiring
certain provisions be included in a motor vehicle liability
insurance policy; relating to payments made by a motor vehicle
insurer for medical coverage; and amending Rules 79 and 82,
Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective
date.
| Sponsor Statement
| Sectional Analysis |
SB 284: An Act relating to cruelty to animals.
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SB
304: An Act relating to regulation of highways
and motor vehicles; and providing for an effective date.
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SB
306: An Act relating to the authority to claim a
child who is the subject of a child support order as a dependent
for purposes of a federal income tax exemption; relating to
certification of child support arrears; amending Rule 90.3,
Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
| Sponsor Statement
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Passed!
SCR
3: Urging the Attorney General of the State of
Alaska to use every appropriate resource and due diligence to
defend the state's interests in the civil action filed against
the state challenging the 1996 revisions of the Northstar unit
leases, and respectfully requesting the Superior Court of the
State of Alaska to give expeditious consideration to the matter.
| Sponsor Statement |
Passed! State Supreme Court Decision on 09-22-98 took the
question off the ballot SJR
3: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska limiting the rights of prisoners to those
required under the Constitution of the United States.
| Sponsor Statement |
SJR
4: Relating to an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States setting out the authority of the United
States Congress and of state legislatures to enact laws relating
to limits on election campaign expenditures.
| Sponsor Statement |
SR
1: Relating to compensation of Holocaust victims
and survivors, their heirs, and Jewish communities by the
government of Switzerland and the Swiss banking industry.
| Sponsor Statement |
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Co-Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
16: Relating to delinquent minors, to the taking
of action based on the alleged criminal misconduct of ceratin
minors, to the services to be provided to the victims of criminal
misconduct of minors, and to agency records involving minors
alleged to be delinquent based on their criminal misconduct; and
amending Rule 19 and repealing Rules 6, 7, 11(a), 12(a), and
21(f), Alaska Delinquency Rules.
HB
33: An Act relating to real estate licensing and
the real estate surety fund, and providing for an effective date.
HB
45: Relating to runaway and missing minors, and
providing for an effective date.
HB
116: An Act relating to worker's compensation
self-insurance.
HB 189: An
Act relating to sale, gift, and possession of tobacco and tobacco
products; and providing for an effective date.
HB 203: An
Act relating to actions for unlawful trade practices.
HB
261: An Act relating to a surcharge imposed for
violations of state or municipal law and to the Alaska police
training fund.
HB 309: An
Act naming the Robert B. Atwood Building.
HB
334: An Act relating to wavier of tuition and
fees for certain family members of a police officer killed in the
line of duty; and providing for an effective date.
HB
349: An Act prohibiting the use of the title
'social worker' without a license; relating to social workers,
licensure of social workers, and the Board of Clinical Social
Work Examiners; and providing for an effective date.
HB
356: An Act establishing the Joint Committee on
Military Bases in Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB 380: An
Act relating to a temporary reduction of royalty on oil and gas
produced for sale from fields within the Cook Inlet sedimentary
basin where production is commenced in fields that have been
discovered and undeveloped or that have been shut in.
HCR
1: Relating to a new Alaska Liquefied natural
gas project.
HCR
26: Urging support of the 1998 International
People First Conference.
HJR
12: Urging the Secretary of the
interior to conduct competitive oil and gas lease sales within
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
HJR
16: Relating to a federal balanced budget
amendment.
HJR
49: Relating to opposition to a moratorium on
the building of roads in the roadless areas of national forests.
HJR
51: Relating to support for H.R.
2924, which allows certain Alaska Native Vietnam
veterans and the Elim Native Corporation to select land under the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
HJR
53: Relating to support for federal legislation
providing for the continuation of the University of Alaska by the
conveyance of federal land to the university.
SB
3: An Act authorizing
prosecution and trial in the district court of municipal curfew
violations.
SB 19: An
Act repealing the power and duty of the commissioner of fish and
game to assist in the enforcement of federal laws relating to
fish and game.
SB
25: An Act relating to authorizing the
Department of Corrections to provide an automated victim
notification and prisoner information system.
SB
26: An Act making a special appropriation for an
automated victim notification system; and providing for an
effective date.
SB
40: An Act relating to
management of discrete salmon stocks, to salmon management
assessments, and to the fishery business tax.
SB
67: An Act relating to the imposition of
criminal sentences; and amending Rule 32.2, Alaska Rules of
Criminal Procedure.
SB 76:
An Act relating to long-term plans of certain state
agencies and recommendations regarding elimination of duplication
in state agency functions.
SB 95: An
Act relating to worker's compensation self-insurance.
SB 134: An
Act relating to home schooling for elementary and secondary
students.
SB
216: An Act providing for the civil commitment
of sexually violent predators.
SB
218: An Act relating to the crime of murder and
to murder of children.
SB
219: An Act relating to establishing an office
of crime victims' advocacy; and amending Rule 16, Alaska Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 9, Alaska Delinquency Rules, and Rule
501, Alaska Rules of Evidence.
SB 242: An
Act providing for the forfeiture of good time sentence credits of
sex offenders who fail to successfully complete sex offender
treatment programs.
SB 309: An
Act relating to the use of force by peace officers and
correctional officers.
SB
323: An Act relating to sexual offenses, to
those who commit sexual offenses, and to registration of sex
offenders; Amending Rule 6(r)(2), Alaska Rules of Criminal
Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
SJR
9: Urging the United States Congress to pass
legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, to oil and gas exploration, development,
and production.
SJR
10: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to the election and duties of the
attorney general.
SJR
19: Relating to naming Anchorage as the location
of the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
SJR
28: Requesting the federal government to conduct
an audit of the Alaska Native regional corporations to determine
their compliance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and
to review the accountability of the corporations to their
shareholders.
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