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Elected to the House: 2000

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Committee Memberships

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Press Releases

• Kenai - Kodiak Caucus Organizes., 01-24-03
  
• House Majority Picks Strong Leadership Team - Kott and Murkowski to Lead House as Speaker and Majority Leader., 11-08-02
  
• Torgerson Leads Group to Calgary - Alaska Natural Gas Line to Take Center Stage at Global Petroleum Show., 06-10-02
  
• Timberland Tax Exemption Bill Passes House - HB 358 Lowers Assessment to Encourage Logging, Cut Fire Danger., 02-27-02
  = Mike Chenault, 133 K      = Mike Chenault, 927 K
  
• Alaska's Role Evolves With Military's Mission - Top Brass Updates Committee on NMD, Homeland Security., 02-05-02
  
• ''Homeland Security'' Request to Get Hearings - Administration Asked to Justify $100 Million Spending Proposal., 01-14-02
• Pipeline Committee Delegates Traveling To Canada., 08-13-01
  
• Appointees Made to Pipeline Committee., 06-10-01
  
• Senate Approves Veterans’ Records Bill - HB 137 Assigns Service Document Storage to Recorders Office., 04-26-01
  
• House Approves Lend-Lease Monuments - HJR 27 Would Support Memorials to US-USSR Cooperation., 04-24-01
  = Mike Chenault, 63 K
  
• Kenai Private Prison Bill Passes House - Project Would Hold Down State Costs, Improve Peninsula Economy., 04-18-01
  = Mike Chenault, 48 K = Mike Chenault, 77 K
  
• Veterans' Records Simplification Bill Passes - HB 137 Would Reduce Duplication and End Redundancy., 03-26-01
  = Mike Chenault, 98 K
  
• HB 149 Authorizes Private Prison in Kenai - Chenault Seeks to Help Peninsula Economy - Lower State Costs., 02-27-01
  = Mike Chenault, 78 K = Mike Chenault, 67 K
  

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Legislation

Prime Sponsor of the Following Legislation

HB 89 : Boiler Inspection
An Act relating to inspections of certain hot water heating, hot water supply, and coil heating boilers.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 140 : Place GHB in Schedule IA
An Act relating to gamma-Hydroxybutyrate.
| Sponsor Statement

HB 148 : Foreclosure Moratorium
An Act establishing a moratorium on the foreclosure of certain loans; making the moratorium retroactive; requiring the reversal of certain foreclosures and the return of certain property interests; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 149 : Private Prison in Kenai
Passed! Chapter 32 Session Law 2001
An Act expressing legislative intent regarding correctional facility space; relating to correctional facility space; authorizing the Department of Corrections to enter into an agreement to lease facilities for the confinement and care of prisoners within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 257 : Preventing Harashment in Schools
An Act relating to preventing harassment, intimidation, or bullying in public schools; and providing for an effective date.

HB 264 : Commercial Fish Test Fishing Operations
An Act relating to commercial fisheries test fishing operations of the Department of Fish and Game.

HB 309 : Interstate Placement of Children
An Act relating to the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children.

HB 358 : Exemption From Property Tax: Timber
Passed! Chapter 64 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal property taxes for certain land from which timber is harvested and for certain improvements used in or necessary to the harvest of timber; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 465 : CINA and Foster Care Amendments
An Act relating to children alleged to be children in need of aid; relating to children in the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services; and amending Rules 3(a), 7(b), 10(b)(1), 15(b), and 19, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure.

HB 466 : Regulating Private Investigators/Agencies
An Act providing for regulation of private investigators and private investigator agencies; and providing for an effective date.

HB 467 : Motor Vehicle Insurance Rates
An Act relating to motor vehicle insurance rates.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 468 : Fishery Business Tax
An Act relating to the definition of 'processing' for the purposes of the fishery business tax.

HB 469 : Child And Family Ombudsman
An Act establishing a new office to be known as the office of the child and family ombudsman and relating to the duties of the office; relating to the existing office of the ombudsman; and providing for an effective date.

HB 488 : Insurance Credit Math, Science & Tech. Studies
An Act relating to an insurance tax credit for a gift to a school for math, science, and technology; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 489 : Cruelty To Animals
An Act relating to cruelty to animals.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 490 : Compensation Of Estate Attorneys
An Act relating to the compensation of attorneys representing personal representatives of decedents' estates; and amending Rule 35, Alaska Bar Rules.

HJR 27 : WWII Alaska-USSR Lend-Lease Monuments
Passed! Legislative Resolve 26
Supporting the erection of monuments in Alaska, Russia, and Canada to commemorate the World War II lend-lease program between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
| Sponsor Statement |

HR 6 : Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
Passed! House Resolve 6
Supporting the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association's plan for enhancement and rehabilitation of Cook Inlet fisheries.

Co-Sponsor of the Following Legislation

HB 101 : Charter Schools
Passed! Chapter 70 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to charter schools; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 105 : Foundation Formula Increase
An Act relating to the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 180 : Youth Services: Regulation & Task Force
Passed! Chapter 143 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to persons who provide services related to children; establishing a legislative task force on child services; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 203 : LBA Study of School Cost Factors
An Act making an appropriation to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee for a study of school district cost factors; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement (Incorporated into Capital Budget) |

HB 208 : Aquatic Farms for Shellfish
Passed! Chapter 81 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to aquatic farming of shellfish; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 284 : Board of Fisheries Conflicts of Interest
An Act relating to participation in matters before the Board of Fisheries by members of the board; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 285 : Alaska's State Song
An Act adding a second verse to the official Alaska state song.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 348 : Violation Of A Domestic Violence Order
Passed! Chapter 113 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to violations of domestic violence protective orders.

HCR 26 : House Arrest/Electronic Monitoring
Passed! Legislative Resolve 55
Supporting increased use of the house arrest program/electronic monitoring with sobriety monitoring as a means of preventing crime and reducing the high costs of imprisonment in Alaska.
| Sponsor Statement |

HJR 16 : Oppose Canadian Fee to Transport Firearms
Urging President Bush, the United States Department of State, and the United States Congress to intervene and negotiate with the government of Canada to reconsider the imposition of a fee to transport firearms through Canada.

HJR 33 : Support War On Terrorism & Support Peace
Passed! Legislative Resolve 48
Expressing gratitude to President George W. Bush, to the President's cabinet, to the men and women of the United States armed forces, and to the United States Congress and declaring support for the war on terrorism and for the President's effort to support democracies and promote peace worldwide.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 65 : Study of Pay Equity for State Employees
Passed! Chapter 48 Session Law 2001
An Act requiring a study regarding equal pay for equal work of certain state employees.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 76 : Right-of-Way Leasing Act: Term & Renewal
Passed! Chapter 18 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to the Alaska Right-of-Way Leasing Act; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 79 : Fred Zharoff Memorial Bridge
Passed! Chapter 11 Session Law 2001
An Act naming the Fred Zharoff Memorial Bridge.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 10 : U.S. Coast Guard Funding
Passed! Legislative Resolve 19
Urging the United States Congress to fully fund the operational readiness and recapitalization requirements of the United States Coast Guard.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 14 : Oppose Canadian Fee to Transport Firearms
Passed! Legislative Resolve 18
Urging President Bush, the United States Department of State, and the United States Congress to intervene and negotiate with the government of Canada to reconsider the imposition of a fee to transport firearms through Canada.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 15 : Chilean Farmed Salmon
Passed! Legislative Resolve 22
Relating to imports of salmon from Chile.
| Sponsor Statement |

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