04-05-06 : Senator Therriault Moves to Outlaw Dangerous Hallucinogenic Drug
SB 313 Bans ''Sally D''

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02-14-06 : Legislation Allows Alaskans to Donate to Worthy Causes Through Dividend Program

SB 143 : State Info System Plan: Legislature/ Univ
Signed into Law! Chapter 25 SLA 05
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

An Act amending the definition of the term 'state agencies' as it applies under Executive Order No. 113; relating to information systems in the legislative branch and to the Telecommunications Information Council; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS SB 143 (STA)
Contact : : 465-4522
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-19-05
Current Status : Chapter 25 SLA 05 : 05-19-05

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05-07-05 : Exempts the telecommunications operations of the legislature and University of Alaska from oversight by the executive branch. Clarifies that the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, at the direction of Legislative Council, establishes information system guidelines for the legislature.

SB 161 : Borough Sales Tax Exemptions
Companion Bill HB 293 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 30 SLA 05
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

An Act relating to a borough sales tax exemption for a source that is taxed by a city in that borough.

Companion Bill : HB 293
Contact : : 465-4797
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) FIN : 04-18-05

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04-15-05 : Allows a borough by ordinance to exempt a source from a borough sales tax that is taxed by a city in that borough.

SB 297 : Contributions From Permanent Fund Dividends
Companion Bill HB 496 Passed House!
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to certain educational organizations and to certain charitable organizations that provide a positive youth development program, workforce development, aid to the arts, or aid and services to the elderly, low-income individuals, individuals in emergency situations, disabled individuals, or individuals with mental illness; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS SB 297 (STA)
Companion Bill : HB 496
Contact : : 465-4522
Last Action : (S) STA » (S) FIN : 03-07-06

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03-06-06 : Allows an applicant for the permanent fund dividend to subtract money from the dividend and contribute it to one or more educational or charitable organizations that appear on a contribution list on the application. Allows contributions of $10, $25, or $100 or may be 10 percent, 25 percent, 50 percent or 100 percent of the total dividend amount.

SB 309 : Construction Training Grant; Unemployment Compensation
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

An Act establishing a construction trades training grant program for award by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, providing for special employee unemployment contributions to fund the program and an offsetting credit against the employees' general unemployment contribution, and providing for an expiration date for the program, contributions, and credit; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS SB 309 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-3613
Last Action : Senate Floor » (S) RLS : 04-29-06

| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 21 KB]
| Sponsor Statement |

04-28-06 : Establishes a construction trades training grant program from which the Department of Labor and Workforce Development can make grants to Alaska Works Partnership, Inc., or a successor nonprofit that provides statewide training in the construction trades.

SB 313 : Salvia Divinorum As Controlled Substance
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

An Act relating to scheduling Salvia divinorum as a controlled substance.

Version : CS SB 313 (JUD)
Contact : : 465-4797
Last Action : (S) JUD » Senate Floor : 04-22-06

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| Sponsor Statement |

04-22-06 : Classifies Salvia divinorum as a Schedule IIA controlled substance.

SCR 15 : Lb & A To Litigate Gas Pipeline Case
Passed Legislature! Legis Resolve 13
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

Authorizing the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee to pursue and direct litigation relating to state natural gas transportation.

Current Status : Legis Resolve 13 : 05-27-05

SCR 25 : Suspend Uniform Rules For HB 489
Passed Legislature! Legis Resolve 31
Sponsored by Sen. State Affairs Committee

Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 489, relating to the treatment of charity events by the Alaska Public Offices Commission and under the law governing legislative ethics.

Current Status : Legis Resolve 31 : 03-28-06