Establishing a House Special Committee on Arctic Policy, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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HR 1 — Establishing a House Special Committee on Arctic Policy, Economic Development, and Tourism.
Last action — MEMBERS: LINCOLN (CHAIR) REPLACED WESTLAKE
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill died with 30th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
4 added · 4 removedPlain-language change summary
The revised bill establishes a House Special Committee focused on Arctic policy, economic development, and tourism. This addition aims to ensure that the state takes advantage of its strategic location by studying these critical areas, ultimately promoting business opportunities and guiding economic growth. This change is significant as it highlights the importance of proactive governance to enhance the state's economy and resource management.
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HOUSE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONHR NO.1 01 Establishing a House Special Committee on Arctic Policy, Economic Development, and 02 Tourism.
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and 0912 WHEREAS the legislaturestate shouldmust remainpromote well informed about the business climateopportunities ofin 10 the state;
and13 11BE WHEREASIT RESOLVED by the stateHouse mustof promoteRepresentatives businessthat a House Special Committee 14 on Arctic Policy, Economic Development, and Tourism is established to study tourism, Arctic 15 policy, and opportunities infor future economic development of the state;state's resources;
12and BEbe ITit 16 FURTHER RESOLVED bythat the HouseSpeaker of Representativesthe thatHouse aof HouseRepresentatives Specialshall Committee17 13determine onthe Arcticnumber Policy,of Economicrepresentatives Development,to andbe Tourismmembers isof establishedthe tocommittee studyand tourism,shall Arcticappoint 14the Policy,members and opportunitiesdesignate fora futuremember economicor developmentmembers ofto chair the state'scommittee; resources;
and be it 1502 FURTHER RESOLVED that the SpeakerHouse ofSpecial theCommittee Houseon ofArctic RepresentativesPolicy, shall03 16Economic determineDevelopment, theand numberTourism ofmay representativesmeet toduring beand membersbetween sessions of the committeeThirtieth 04 Alaska State Legislature and shallis appointterminated on the membersconvening andof designatethe aFirst memberRegular orSession membersof to05 chair the committee;Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature.
and be it 02 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House Special Committee on Arctic Policy, 03 Economic Development, and Tourism and may meet during and between sessions of the 04 Thirtieth Alaska State Legislature and is terminated on the convening of the First Regular 05 Session of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature.
Action History
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MEMBERS: LINCOLN (CHAIR) REPLACED WESTLAKE
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PERMANENTLY FILED 11/13 HOUSE RESOLVE 1
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MANIFEST ERROR(S)
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2:25 PM 1/24/17 Transmitted to Governor
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WESTLAKE (CHAIR), EDGMON, JOSEPHSON, TUCK, KNOPP, NEUMAN, TALERICO
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PASSED Y40
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FN1: ZERO(H.RLS)
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Sponsors
- RULES · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 64 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- RULES
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (64)
64 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 64 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Birch | — | Yea |
| Chenault | — | Yea |
| Drummond | — | Yea |
| Eastman | — | Yea |
| Fansler | — | Yea |
| Gara | — | Yea |
| Grenn | — | Yea |
| Guttenberg | — | Yea |
| Johnston | — | Yea |
| Kito | — | Yea |
| Knopp | — | Yea |
| Kreiss-Tomkins | — | Yea |
| LeDoux | — | Yea |
| Millett | — | Yea |
| Neuman | — | Yea |
| Ortiz | — | Yea |
| Parish | — | Yea |
| Pruitt | — | Yea |
| Reinbold | — | Yea |
| Seaton | — | Yea |
| Spohnholz | — | Yea |
| Sullivan-Leonard | — | Yea |
| Talerico | — | Yea |
| Tarr | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Tuck | — | Yea |
| Westlake | — | Yea |
| Wool | — | Yea |
| Wilson | — | Yea |
| Andy Josephson | D | Yea |
| Matt Claman | D | Yea |
| Neal Foster | D | Yea |
| Scott Kawasaki | D | Yea |
| Bryce Edgmon | N | Yea |
| Cathy Tilton | R | Yea |
| Chuck Kopp | R | Yea |
| Dan Saddler | R | Yea |
| DeLena Johnson | R | Yea |
| George Rauscher | R | Yea |
| Louise Stutes | R | Yea |
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