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• Opinions and Editorials
• Personal Legislation

Elected to the House 1994 and 1996
Elected to the Senate 1998

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Biography

Date/Place of Birth: 6/3/56; Fairbanks, AK
Occupation: Marketing Manager
Spouse: Perri
Children: Devin, Katlin, Dominic
Residency in Alaska: Lifelong; Fairbanks, 1956-90, 1993-present; Kenai, 1990-93
Education: High School - Monroe High School; College - University of Alaska Fairbanks; Liberty University of Virginia, B.S. in Business Administration
Business and Professional Positions: District Manager, Local Retail Firm; Commercial Real Estate; Sales Associate; General Sales Manager, Local Broadcasting Firm; Former Member, Teamster's Union Local 959
Special Interests: Scenic photography, youth sports, outdoor sports, American history

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Press Releases

• Kelly Bill Gives Kids Chance to Hunt., 02-06-01
  
• Senate Finance Co-Chairs Name Subcommittees ., 01-23-01
  
• 21st Alaska State Legislature 2nd Session Republican-led Majority Adjornment Press Packet - Continuing the Commitment that's Working for Alaska!, 05-03-00
  
• Legislature Approves Funding for State Employee Contracts - Separate Bill Provides Pay Increase for Non-Union State Employees., 05-06-00
  = John Torgerson, 39 K
• House Funds State Employee Contracts - Majority's "Commitment to Alaska" Intact - Administration Finds Last-Minute Money, Avoiding Labor Strife., 05-05-00
  = Eldon Mulder, 74 K = Eldon Mulder, 42 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 120 K
• Making Alaska’s Government Work for Alaskans 21st Legislature Adjourns, Leaving a Smaller, Smarter State Government and a Safer, Stronger Alaska., 05-03-00
  = Brian Porter, 73 K = Brian Porter, 62 K
  = Brian Porter, 80 K = Eldon Mulder, 106 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 98 K = Gene Therriualt, 69 K
  = Sean Parnell, 73 K = Drue Pearce, 49 K
  = Drue Pearce, 23 K
  
• $302 Million Bond Package Funds Critical School Needs - Collaborative Effort Addresses University, Ports & Harbors, 05-03-00
  = John Torgerson, 59 K
• Predator Control Bill Becomes Law - Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto, 04-21-00
  = Pete Kelly, 112 K
• Senate Allows Physicians to Engage in Collective Negotiations, 04-19-00
  
• Legislature Passes Bill to Facilitate Development of State Lands, 04-10-00
  = Pete Kelly, 80 K = Pete Kelly, 157 K
  
• House Supports Predator Control in Intensive Game Management Areas, 04-04-00
  
• Senate Supports Predator Control in Intensive Game Management Areas, 03-23-00
  
• Legislature Rejects Governor's Board of Game Appointment, 03-08-00
  = Pete Kelly, 30 K
• Senate Passes Bill to Facilitate Development of State Lands, 03-06-00
  
• Legislature Overrides Governor on Senate Bill 130, 09-25-99
• Senator Kelly Praises Legislature's Vote to Maintain Ban on Same Day Aerial Hunting, 09-25-99
• Elected Leaders Host Fiscal Planning Budget Briefing, 04-15-99
• Republican-led Legislature Funds Catastrophic Illness Assistance Program, 03-08-99
• Audio Clip Only 02-24-99: Senator Pete Kelly responds to the passage of his SB 74, Same Day Airborne Hunting, out of the Senate Resources Committee Wednesday. The measure next goes to the full Senate for consideration.
  = Pete Kelly, 97 K
• Senator Pete Kelly Announces Bill Giving Fish and Game More Flexibility in Handling Predator-Prey Management Programs, 02-18-99
  = Pete Kelly, 59 K
• Senator Pete Kelly Announces Legislation Protecting Gun Industry From Frivolous Lawsuits, 02-16-99
  = Pete Kelly, 118 K
• Senator Pete Kelly to Lead Team Writing Health and Regional Affairs Budgets, 02-04-99
• Consumers Could See Lower Costs and More Choices as a Result of Senator Pete Kelly's Phone Competition Bill, 02-02-99



• Senator Pete Kelly's 1998 Press Release Archive
• Senator Pete Kelly's 1997 Press Release Archive

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Opinions and Editorials

• 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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Personal Legislation

Prime Sponsor of the Following Legislation

SB 52 : Withdrawn by Sponsor An Act relating to competition in the provision of local exchange telephone service; and providing for an effective date.
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SB 74 : Passed! Chapter 2, SSSLA 1999 An Act relating to hunting on the same day airborne.
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SB 77 : Passed! Chapter 17, SLA 1999 An Act prohibiting certain civil actions against firearms or ammunition manufacturers and dealers.
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SB 97 : Passed! Chapter 87, SLA 1999 An Act relating to confidential mental health records; relating to mental health services and programs; relating to liability for payment for mental health evaluation and treatment services; and providing for an effective date.
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SB 130 : Passed! Chapter 1, SSSLA 1999 An Act relating to immunity for sale or transfer of a firearm; relating to administrative functions performed by and fees charged by the Department of Public Safety for transfer of a firearm.
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SB 255 : Passed! Chapter 27, SLA 2000 An Act regarding best interest findings and land use permits issued by the Department of Natural Resources; and providing for an effective date.
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SB 256 : An Act relating to regulation of managed health care and allowing physicians to collectively negotiate with a health care insurer that has substantial market power.
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SB 267 : Passed! Chapter 20, SLA 2000 An Act relating to management of game.
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SJR 32 : Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the office of attorney general.
| Sponsor Statement | Talking Points |

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Co-Sponsor of the Following Legislation

HB 3 : Passed! Chapter 73, SLA 2000 An Act relating to controlled substances and to the possession of certain chemicals; and providing for an effective date.
HB 12 : Passed! Chapter 12, SLA 1999 An Act relating to a utility corridor and railroad right-of-way between the Alaska Railroad and the Alaska-Canada border.
HB 34 : Passed! Chapter 62, SLA 1999 An Act relating to the crime of failure to report the commission or attempted commission of certain crimes against children.
HB 77 : Passed! Chapter 6, SLA 1999 An Act relating to the Joint Armed Services Committee, a permanent interim committee of the Alaska State Legislature; and providing for an effective date.
HB 80 : Passed! Chapter 7, SLA 1999 An Act relating to a state employment preference for certain members of the Alaska National Guard.
HB 109 : Passed! Chapter 56, SLA 1999 An Act relating to management of fish and game in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and navigable waters.
hb253 : Passed! Chapter 114, SLA 2000 An Act relating to a school disciplinary and safety program; and providing for an effective date.
HB 288 : Passed! Chapter 67, SLA 2000 An Act relating to the creation of an aggravating factor for the commission of domestic violence in the physical presence or hearing of a child.
HJR 8 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 1 Relating to a national ballistic missile defense system.
HJR 13 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 14 Relating to using oil spill settlement funds to create a long-term research and monitoring endowment.
HJR 21 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 4 Relating to new evaluation and selection criteria for military base realignment and closure actions.
HJR 36 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 18 Relating to rejecting the conclusions in a recent article published by the American Psychological Association that suggests that sexual relationships between adults and children might be positive for children; and urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to similarly reject these conclusions.
HJR 54 : Legislative Resolve 37 Relating to urging the exclusion of national forests in Alaska from President Clinton's proposal for withdrawal of roadless areas in the national forest system.
SB 3 : Passed! Chapter 54, SLA 1999 An Act relating to the crimes of murder, solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide; relating to homicides of children; relating to registration as a sex offender or child kidnapper; relating to the crime of interference with custody of a child or incompetent person; and providing for an effective date.
SB 4 : Vetoed by Governor An Act relating to victims' rights; relating to establishing an office of victims' rights; relating to compensation of victims of violent crimes; relating to eligibility for a permanent fund dividend for persons convicted of and incarcerated for certain offenses; relating to notice of appropriations concerning victims' rights; and amending Rule 16, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 9, Alaska Delinquency Rules, and Rule 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.
SB 9 : Passed! Chapter 22, SLA 1999 An Act relating to the calculation of employee contributions and credited service in the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of school districts, regional educational attendance areas, the special education service agency, the Alaska Vocational Technical Center, and the state boarding schools; and providing for an effective date.
SB 46 : Passed! Chapter 16, SLA 1999 An Act naming the Terry Miller Legislative Office Building.
SB 73 : Passed! Chapter 83, SLA 2000 An Act relating to assisted living homes; and providing for an effective date.
SB 102 : Passed! Chapter 24, SLA 1999 An Act designating the State Trooper Bruce A. Heck Memorial Corridor.
SB 167 : Passed! Chapter 90, SLA 1999 An Act relating to scholarships to attend the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
SB 198 : An Act increasing the base student allocation component of the public school funding formula; and providing for an effective date.
SB 231 : Passed! Chapter 22, SLA 2000 An Act naming the Alaska Native Veterans' Honor Bridge.
SJR 4 : Relating to a national ballistic missile defense system.
SJR 5 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 3 Opposing the closure of the former Mount McKinley portions of Denali National Park and Preserve to snowmachine use.
SJR 6 : Urging the President of the United States and the Congress to act to ensure that federal agencies do not retain records relating to lawful purchase or ownership of firearms gathered through the Brady Handgun Bill instant check system.
SJR 27 : Legislative Resolve 47 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to revisions of the state constitution and providing that a court may not change language of a proposed constitutional amendment or revision.
SJR 31 : Relating to subsistence activities of urban Alaska Natives under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
SJR 38 : Legislative Resolve 41 Expressing support for a cooperative United States-Canada feasibility study on extending the North American rail system through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory to Alaska.
SR 1 : Passed! Senate Resolve 1 Relating to declaring March 1999 as Sobriety Awareness Month.
SR 2 : Passed! Senate Resolve 2 Dedicating the Terry Miller Gallery of the Chamber of the Alaska Senate to Cliff Groh.