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• Committee Memberships
• Press Releases
• Opinion-Editorial
• Personal Legislation

Elected to the House 1994, 1996
Elected to the Senate 1998, 2000

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Committee Memberships

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Press Releases

• Joint Pipeline Committee Discusses Recommendations to 23rd Alaska Legislature., 08-20-02
  
• Kelly Disappointed in Governor's Political Veto - Veto Means State still to Pick-Up Tab on Elective Abortions., 06-05-02
  
• FY 03 Capital Budget Passes Senate - Deferred Maintenance, Roads, Senior Housing and Safe Water Top List., 05-11-02
  
• Kelly Bill to Make Care Providers Safer., 05-08-02
  = Pete Kelly, 26K      = Pete Kelly, 183K
  = Pete Kelly, 32K      = Pete Kelly, 220K
  = Pete Kelly, 26K      = Pete Kelly, 179K
  
• Kelly Bill Defines ''Medically Necessary'' Abortion., 05-08-02
  = Pete Kelly, 45K      = Pete Kelly, 311K
  = Pete Kelly, 68K      = Pete Kelly, 472K
  = Pete Kelly, 73K      = Pete Kelly, 510K
  = Pete Kelly, 29K      = Pete Kelly, 204K
  
• Senate Finance Passes Operating Budget - Budget Holds Line on Spending But Restores Most House Cuts., 04-25-02
  
• Kelly Bill to Make Care Providers Safer ., 04-17-02
  = Pete Kelly, 26K      = Pete Kelly, 183K
  = Pete Kelly, 31K      = Pete Kelly, 218K
  = Pete Kelly, 25K      = Pete Kelly, 171K
  
• Stevens to Chair Labor and Commerce - Phillips to Chair Rules., 01-14-02
• Finance to Consider Long-Range Fiscal Plan - Public Testimony Welcome at Oct. 20 Statewide Teleconference., 10-15-01
  
• Senate Finance Committee 2001 Budget Report., 09-14-01
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• Appointees Made to Pipeline Committee., 06-10-01
  
• Legislature Passes Discharge Restriction Bill., 06-09-01
  = Pete Kelly, 105 K
• Senate Increases Public School Funding., 05-04-01
  
• Senate Passes FY 02 Capital Budget., 05-02-01
  = Pete kelly, 61 K = Pete kelly, 49 K
  = Pete kelly, 90 K
  
• Senate Extends Program for Mentally Ill., 05-02-01
  
• Committee Passes FY 02 Capital Budget - Funding for Youth Corrections, Rural Power and Village Safe Water., 04-28-01
  = Pete kelly, 75 K
  
• Study Would Determine PFD's Effects on Alaska., 04-28-01
  
• Senate Stops Excessive Lawyer Fees., 04-26-01
  = Dave Donley, 79 K
  
• Senate Responds to Teacher Shortage., 04-23-01
  = Pete Kelly, 61 K
  
• Senate Wants Annual Court Reports., 04-11-01
  
• Senate Passes Operating Budget., 04-09-01
  = Dave Donley, 126 K
  
• Fiscal Responsibility Bills First Step in Developing Long Range Fiscal Plan., 04-09-01
  = Dave Donley, 97 K = Dave Donley, 93 K
  
• Senate Extends Program for Mentally Ill., 04-09-01
  
• Senate Finance Passes Operating Budget - Increased Funding for Education, Public Safety and Public Health., 04-05-01
  
• Senate Lets Physicians Negotiate Collectively., 04-04-01
  = Pete Kelly, 120 K
  
• Bill Would Create Equitable School Funding., 04-03-01
  
• Kelly Bill Extends Program for Mentally Ill., 03-21-01
  
• Legislature Wants State to Control Education Funds., 03-20-01
  = Con Bunde, 73 K
  
• Finance Committee Passes Fast Track Budget - Funds Suicide Prevention, Gas Pipeline Studies, ANWR Education., 03-14-01
  = Dave Donley, 105 K = Dave Donley, 111 K
  = Dave Donley, 58 K
• Senate Allows Separate Hunting Seasons - Parents Could Take Kids Hunting Before School Year Starts., 02-28-01
  = Pete Kelly, 66 K
  
• Bill Would Fund ANWR Education., 02-16-01
  
• Bill Would Provide Assistance to New Citizens., 02-14-01
  = Pete Kelly, 97 K
  
• Kelly Bill Would Increase Teacher Pool., 02-13-01
  = Pete Kelly, 74 K
  
• Senate Finance Co-Chairs Name Subcommittees ., 01-23-01
  

Past Press Release Archive

• 1999 - 2000 Press Release Archive
• 1998 Press Release Archive
• 1997 Press Release Archive

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Opinion-Editorial

• Predator Control Legislation is About Public Safety and Effective Resource Management, Appeared in the Anchorage Daily News on Sunday, April 16, 2000
  

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Legislation

Prime Sponsor Legislation

SB 37 : Physician Negotiations With Health Insurance
Passed! Chapter 68 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to collective negotiation by competing physicians with health benefit plans, to health benefit plan contracts, to the application of antitrust laws to agreements involving providers and groups of providers affected by collective negotiations, and to the effect of the collective negotiation provisions on health care providers.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 72 : Take a Child Hunting Season
Passed! Chapter 68 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to 'take-a-child-hunting' seasons for big game.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 86 : Teacher Employment & Subject Expertise
Passed! Chapter 69 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to employment of teachers who have subject-matter expertise; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 90 : Office of Citizenship Assistance
An Act establishing the Office of Citizenship Assistance; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 154 : Repeal Sunset of Mental Health Assistance
Passed! Chapter 59 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to mental health treatment facilities; repealing the termination date of the mental health treatment assistance program; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 210 : Limits on Right to Privacy
An Act relating to the constitutional right to privacy.
| Sponsor Statement of House Companion - HB 268 |

SB 295 : Licensing: Disclosure Of Minors Records
Passed! Chapter 47 Session Law 2002
An Act relating to the disclosure of information regarding delinquent minors to certain licensing agencies; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SCR 29 : Hiring Freeze
Relating to urging the Governor to institute a hiring freeze on state government.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 37 : Constitutional Amendment: Hiring Freeze
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to officers and employees of the executive branch.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 38 : Constitutional Amendment: Priority of Expenditures
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to information regarding proposed expenditures.
| Sponsor Statement |

Co-Sponsor Legislation

HB 48 : No Social Security Number Required on Hunting/Fishing License
Passed! Chapter 39 Session Law 2001
An Act eliminating a requirement that a social security number be provided by an applicant for certain hunting or sport fishing licenses, tags, and permits; eliminating a requirement that applications for certain licenses and tags be sworn to by the applicants before an officer authorized to administer oaths; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

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 111 : Civil Liability and Livestock
An Act relating to civil liability for injuries or death resulting from livestock activities.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 118 : Senior Citizen-Veteran Property Tax Exemption
Passed! Chapter 23 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to a mandatory exemption from municipal taxes on certain residences; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

HB 307 : Oil/Gas Exploration Incentive Credit
Passed! Chapter 139 Session Law 2002
An Act delaying to June 30, 2007, the last date by which hydrocarbon exploration geophysical work must be performed or drilling of a stratigraphic test well or exploratory well must be completed in order for a person to qualify for an exploration incentive credit.
| Sponsor Statement |

HJR 6 : Roadless Policy
Passed! Legislative Resolve 4
Relating to opposition to the inclusion of national forests in Alaska within former President Clinton's Roadless Area Conservation rule and supporting the overturning of this inclusion by litigation, by congressional action, or by action of President Bush.
| Sponsor Statement |

HJR 7 : Endorsing ANWR Leasing
Passed! Legislative Resolve 5
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.
| Sponsor Statement |

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 |

HJR 37 : Alaska Airlines 70th Anniversary
Passed! Legislative Resolve 46
Congratulating Alaska Airlines on its 70th Anniversary.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 49 : No Social Security Number Required on Hunting/Fishing License
An Act eliminating a requirement that a social security number be provided by an applicant for certain hunting or sport fishing licenses, tags, and permits; eliminating a requirement that an application for certain licenses and tags be subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; and providing for an effective date.
| 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 80 : Appropriation: Special Olympics
An Act making a special appropriation to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for a grant to 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 102 : Social Security Numbers and Drivers' Licenses
An Act relating to the information required in an application for, and to display of social security numbers on, certain licenses and instructional permits; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 119 : William R. Wood Fairbanks International Airport
An Act naming the Bill Wood Fairbanks International Airport; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 145 : Village Public Safety Officer Program
Passed! Chapter 97 Session Law 2001
An Act relating to the expansion of the village public safety officer program to include the provision of probation and parole supervision services, and to retirement benefits for village public safety officers.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 164 : No Gas Pipeline over Beaufort Sea
Passed! Chapter 29 Session Law 2001
An Act prohibiting leases under the Right-of-Way Leasing Act on state land in or adjacent to the Beaufort Sea; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 198 : Statewide Suicide Prevention Council
Passed! Chapter 84 Session Law 2001
An Act establishing the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SB 279 : Sport Fish Licenses For 9/11 Responders
Passed Legislature! Transmitted to Governor
An Act authorizing the commissioner of fish and game to issue complimentary sport fishing licenses and tags to September 11 emergency responders and their spouses; and providing for an effective date.
| Sponsor Statement |

SCR 28 : Joint Legis Salmon Industry Task Force
Passed! Legislative Resolve 53
Establishing the Joint Legislative Salmon Industry Task Force.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 3 : F-22 Raptor Aircraft at Elmendorf AFB
Passed! Legislative Resolve 6
Relating to the deployment of F-22 Raptor aircraft at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 8 : Voting Sites at Military Installations
Passed! Legislative Resolve 8
Relating to supporting polling places at military installations and reserve component facilities.
| 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 12 : Eliminate Marriage Tax Penalty
Passed! Legislative Resolve 13
Urging the United States Congress to amend the tax code to reduce the marriage penalty.
| 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 17 : Federal Gun Policies
Passed! Legislative Resolve 21
Relating to requesting that President Bush renounce and reverse Clinton Administration anti-gun-ownership policies and reorient the United States Department of Justice towards policies that accurately reflect the intent of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution to grant individual Americans the right to keep and bear arms.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 23 : Constitutional Spending Limit
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit and a spending limit.
| Sponsor Statement |

SJR 31 : Tax Exempt Bond to Fund Veterans Loans
Passed! Legislative Resolve 52
Urging the United States Congress to permit the use of tax exempt bonds to fund loans for veterans who served after 1976.
| Sponsor Statement |

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