Justin Ruffridge
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145 Main St. Loop, Kenai, AK 99611
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8
Bills sponsored
this session · 17 all-time
10
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 38 all-time
0
Enacted into law
this session · 4 all-time
726
Recorded votes
96%
Vote participation
voted in 96% of 726 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
34 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
91.4%
based on 699 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
8.6%
based on 699 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
96.4%
based on 699 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
17 billsCurrent session 8 bills
- HJR 35 Urging federal fisheries managers to reduce trawl bycatch, maintain existing bycatch limits, and strengthen enforcement; and supporting federal efforts aimed at reducing bycatch and benthic habitat contact. In Committee
- HB 330 An Act relating to access to electronic health records. In Committee
- HB 361 An Act relating to sport fishing guides. In Committee
- HB 313 An Act relating to professional employee organizations in public schools; and providing for an effective date. In Committee
- HB 273 An Act relating to direct health care agreements; relating to dental health care insurance plans and dental loss ratios; and providing for an effective date. In Committee
- HB 144 An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization application programming interface; relating to step therapy; and providing for an effective date. In Committee
- HB 337 An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective date. Failed
- HB 161 An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. In Committee
Historical 9 bills
- HB 144 An Act relating to education tax credits; and providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of secs. 1, 2, and 21, ch. 61, SLA 2014. Died
- HB 371 An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health. Signed
- HB 136 An Act disapproving recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date. Died
- HCR 3 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 57, relating to home- and community-based services under the medical assistance program; relating to medical assistance for recipients of Medicaid waivers; establishing an adult care home license and procedures; and providing for the transition of individuals from foster care to adult home care settings. Died
- HB 309 An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and relating to the delegation of routine services of optometry. Signed
- HB 56 An Act relating to the certification of veterinarians; exempting veterinarians from the requirements of the controlled substance prescription database; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 139 An Act relating to funding for correspondence study programs. Died
- HB 195 An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; establishing a buy-back program for certain set net entry permits; providing for the termination of state set net tract leases under the buy-back program; closing certain water to commercial fishing; and providing for an effective date. Died
- HB 112 An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the practice of pharmacy; relating to pharmacies; relating to prescription drug manufacturers; relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions for epinephrine; relating to the administration of epinephrine; and providing for an effective date. Signed
Co-sponsored
38 billsCurrent session 10 bills
- HB 318 An Act relating to use of social media platforms by minors; and providing for an effective date. In Committee
- HB 1 An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie. Signed
- HJR18 URGING SUPPORT FOR NATURAL GAS PROJECT To Executive
- HB 36 An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 96 An Act establishing the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board; relating to payment for personal care services; and providing for an effective date. Vetoed
- SB 89 An Act relating to physician assistants; relating to collaborative agreements between physicians and physician assistants; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to health care providers; and relating to provisions regarding physician assistants in contracts between certain health care providers and health care insurers. Signed
- HJR 7 Supporting and expressing gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for the Executive Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential" and for the president's recognition of the role of the federal government in revitalizing the state's economy, energy production, and resource development. In Committee
- HJR 5 Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and make the funding mechanism in the Act permanent. To Executive
- HB 11 An Act relating to contributions and donations from permanent fund dividends. In Committee
- HB 77 An Act making the theft of mail or an article within mail theft in the second degree. In Committee
Historical 28 bills
- HB 3 An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie. Died
- HB 226 An Act relating to insurance; relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to dispensing fees; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 57 An Act relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; and relating to patient records. Died
- HB 286 An Act relating to victim restitution and compensation. Died
- SB 87 An Act relating to a lumber grading training program and lumber grading certificates; relating to use of lumber graded and certified by a person holding a lumber grading training program certificate; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HJR 20 Urging withdrawal of proposed Bureau of Land Management regulations affecting the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and urging meaningful engagement with tribes, local governments, and affected communities. Died
- HB 104 An Act relating to timber sales. Signed
- HCR 1 Establishing a joint task force on labor workforce, training, and retention. Died
- HB 8 An Act relating to electric-assisted bicycles; and providing for an effective date. Vetoed
- HB 135 An Act relating to and disapproving recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date. Died
- HB 61 An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. Signed
- SB 10 An Act providing for trapping licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard and military reserves without charge; making sport fishing, hunting, and trapping permanent identification cards available to certain disabled veterans without charge; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 123 An Act relating to an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. Signed
- SB 119 An Act relating to state identifications and driver's licenses for persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections; relating to state identifications issued by the Department of Corrections; relating to the duties of the commissioner of corrections; relating to misconduct involving confidential information; relating to voter identification; relating to identification for fishing permits; relating to identification for debtor financing statements; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HJR 12 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms of legislators. Died
- HCR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting. Died
- HJR 6 Supporting oil and gas leasing and development within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and urging President Biden and the United States Department of the Interior to approve the Willow Master Development Plan. Died
- HB 233 An Act relating to rates and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty work; and relating to unfair practices by manufacturers. Signed
- SB 25 An Act relating to inactive state accounts and funds; relating to the curriculum improvement and best practices fund; relating to the fuel emergency fund and fuel emergency grants; relating to the special Alaska Historical Commission receipts account; relating to the rural electrification revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and relating to the Exxon Valdez oil spill unincorporated rural community grant fund and grants from the fund. Signed
- HB 124 An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers' license requirements; and providing for an effective date. Died
- HB 134 An Act prohibiting municipalities from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; prohibiting the state from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; and relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services. Died
- HB 202 An Act relating to the availability and administration of opioid overdose drugs in public schools; relating to correspondence study programs; and relating to allotments for correspondence study programs; and relating to an annual report relating to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants and opioid overdose drug distribution; and providing for an effective date. Signed
- HB 163 An Act creating the FAFSA raffle fund; relating to the definition of 'gambling'; and providing for an effective date. Died
- HB 51 An Act relating to refrigerants designated as acceptable for use under federal law; relating to firefighting substances; and providing for an effective date. Vetoed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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SB64
ELECTIONS
HCS CSSB 64(FIN) am H — Veto Override |
Nay | pass | May 04, 2026 |
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HB 69
An Act relating to the base student allocation; and providing for an effective date.
SCS CSHB 69(FIN) — Veto Override |
Nay | pass | April 22, 2025 |
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HB 69
An Act relating to the base student allocation; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 14 |
Yea | fail | March 10, 2025 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Rescind Previous Action in adopting Amendment No. 21 to — Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Yea | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 34 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 31 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 29 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 28 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 27 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 25 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 22 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 20 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 17 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 16 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 14 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 13 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 10 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 7 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Nay | fail | May 18, 2026 |
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SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2026 |
|
SB 180
An Act relating to the development of the Susitna River power project by the Alaska Energy Authority; relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 2 as amended |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2026 |
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HB381
OIL & GAS PROPERTY TAX; MUNI TAX; AGDC
Adopt |
Nay | fail | July 16, 2026 |
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HB 289
An Act making appropriations, including supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
Withdraw Bill from Rules Committee — Available Next Legislative Day |
Yea | fail | March 16, 2026 |
|
HB 289
An Act making appropriations, including supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 6 |
Yea | fail | February 18, 2026 |
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HB 278
An Act establishing the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission; and providing for an effective date.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2026 |
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HB 265
An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
Adopt |
Yea | pass | May 19, 2026 |
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HB 265
An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
Concur |
Yea | fail | May 08, 2026 |
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HB 265
An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 5 |
Yea | pass | April 13, 2026 |
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HB 28
An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 2 |
Yea | fail | May 18, 2025 |
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HB 26
An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan.
Concur |
Nay | pass | May 01, 2026 |
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HB 20
An Act relating to fees for paper documents; relating to unfair trade practices; and providing for an effective date.
Third Reading — Effective Date |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2026 |
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HB 13
An Act relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for real property owned and occupied by volunteer certified or licensed providers of fire fighting, emergency medical, mobile intensive care paramedic services, or hazardous materials response services; relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for certain long-term rental units, certain mobile home parks, real property rented to low-income families, real property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode, and real property owned by first-time homebuyers; and relating to municipal tax refunds.
Concur |
Not Voting | pass | May 20, 2026 |
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HB 13
An Act relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for real property owned and occupied by volunteer certified or licensed providers of fire fighting, emergency medical, mobile intensive care paramedic services, or hazardous materials response services; relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for certain long-term rental units, certain mobile home parks, real property rented to low-income families, real property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode, and real property owned by first-time homebuyers; and relating to municipal tax refunds.
Concur |
Yea | pass | May 20, 2026 |
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SJR30
SUPPORT MILITARY&INCREASE INFRASTRUCTURE
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 12, 2026 |
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SJR 20
Supporting federal, state, and local efforts to clean up and remove marine debris from the state; urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional funding for those efforts and to remove barriers faced by tribes and rural communities in accessing those funds; and urging the Alaska Congressional delegation to advocate for increased federal funding and support for marine debris prevention, clean up, removal, backhaul, and education.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 19, 2026 |
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SJR 19
Urging the United States Congress to honor the terms of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and provide the state with a 90 percent share of all bonuses, royalties, and rentals received by the federal government from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2025 |
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SJR 19
Urging the United States Congress to honor the terms of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and provide the state with a 90 percent share of all bonuses, royalties, and rentals received by the federal government from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 1 as amended |
Yea | fail | May 17, 2025 |
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SJR 19
Urging the United States Congress to honor the terms of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and provide the state with a 90 percent share of all bonuses, royalties, and rentals received by the federal government from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Second Reading — Adopt Resources HCS |
Nay | pass | May 17, 2025 |
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SJR 17
Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of The Energy Council.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 20, 2025 |
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SJR 16
Urging the United States Congress to pass the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act; and urging lawmakers to advocate for policies that guarantee equitable access to vital healthcare.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2025 |
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SJR 16
Urging the United States Congress to pass the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act; and urging lawmakers to advocate for policies that guarantee equitable access to vital healthcare.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 1 |
Yea | fail | May 17, 2025 |
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SJR 15
Calling on the state's congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal spending on Medicaid.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2025 |
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SJR 15
Calling on the state's congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal spending on Medicaid.
Second Reading — Amendment No. 1 |
Yea | pass | May 17, 2025 |
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SJR 12
Urging the United States Congress and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address outages of National Data Buoy Center stations.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 09, 2025 |
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SJR 10
Encouraging the United States Congress to award Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2025 |
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SJR 8
Relating to strengthening international relations with Taiwan.
Third Reading — Final Passage |
Yea | pass | May 18, 2025 |
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SCR202
CARRY-OVER OF BILLS TO SPEC SESSION
Final Passage |
Nay | pass | May 21, 2026 |
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SCR201
AUTHORIZING A RECESS LONGER THAN 3 DAYS
Final Passage |
Nay | pass | May 21, 2026 |
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SCR 101
Authorizing the Senate and the House of Representatives to recess for a period of more than three days.
Adjourn to 10:00 a.m., August 19 |
Nay | pass | August 02, 2025 |
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SCR 101
Authorizing the Senate and the House of Representatives to recess for a period of more than three days.
Final Passage |
Nay | pass | August 02, 2025 |