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The resolution describes how payments support schools, roads, public safety, and other services in communities near national forests after declining timber-related revenues. 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It highlights the shared border and the importance of cooperation between northern communities. The House and Senate considered amended versions of the resolution, but both affirm that relationship. 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The selected House-amended version requires parents to receive at least two weeks’ notice before mental-health instruction and preserves withdrawal procedures. It also calls for consultation with health agencies and tribal health organizations and excludes unrelated political or advocacy content from the guidelines. The vote concerns this education framework, not mandatory treatment of students.","yes":"Approve the mental-health education provisions.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"sb41","bill":"SB41","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB41","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB41","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0590","date":"2026-05-14","motion":"Shall SB 41 am H pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=2595#2595","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"yes"},"angle":91.1216879138624,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0590","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0590.json"},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0242","date":"2026-05-15","motion":"Shall the Senate concur in the House amendment(s)?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=2654#2654","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":88.5231861647014,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0242","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0242.json"}}},{"topic":"Constitution and government","title":"Lower the threshold for overriding revenue and appropriation vetoes?","context":"SJR 2 would ask voters to lower the constitutional threshold for overriding a governor’s veto of revenue and appropriation measures from three-fourths to two-thirds of the Legislature’s membership. That would align those overrides with the threshold for other vetoed bills. The Legislature would still reconsider a veto in joint session. This vote advances a proposed constitutional amendment, which would require approval at a statewide election before taking effect.","yes":"Advance the two-thirds veto-override amendment.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"sjr2","bill":"SJR2","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR2","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR2","votes":{"lower":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0166","date":"2026-03-31","motion":"Shall SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to actions upon veto, pass the Senate?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=2110#2110","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":97.4769341530697,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0166","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0166.json"}}},{"topic":"Education funding","title":"Authorize a constitutionally protected public-education fund?","context":"SJR 29 proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to create a separate public-education fund in the state treasury. The fund could hold transferred land, appropriated money, and investment income, with its money available only for public education. It would receive an exception from the Constitution’s general restriction on dedicated funds. Legislative passage would put the amendment before voters; the proposal does not itself set a school-funding amount.","yes":"Advance the education-fund amendment.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"sjr29","bill":"SJR29","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR29","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR29","votes":{"lower":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0170","date":"2026-04-01","motion":"Shall SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 29 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to a public education fund, pass the Senate?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=2128#2128","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":92.0819130370451,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0170","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0170.json"}}},{"topic":"Transportation","title":"Support completing the Port MacKenzie and Northern Rail extensions?","context":"HJR 14 supports completing the Port MacKenzie and Northern Rail extensions and improving Arctic infrastructure and Fort Greely’s defensive capacity. It points to rail access for military operations, mining, agriculture, and movement of heavy cargo, while urging a community-minded approach to expansion. The resolution expresses support for those projects and priorities. It does not itself provide a construction appropriation or settle a particular rail route.","yes":"Support the rail-extension resolution.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"hjr14","bill":"HJR14","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HJR14","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HJR14","votes":{"lower":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0188","date":"2026-04-22","motion":"Shall CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14(TRA) Supporting the completion of the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension and the Northern Rail Extension; supporting the increase in defensive capabilities at Fort Greely, Alaska; encouraging a renewed commitment by the Alaska Railroad to a community-minded approach to future rail expansion; and encouraging the development of critical Arctic infrastructure, pass the Senate?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=2326#2326","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"other"},"angle":99.8930848491726,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0188","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0188.json"}}},{"topic":"Community fundraising","title":"Allow snow-classic games beyond the Alyeska event?","context":"HB 50 would broaden Alaska’s definition of a snow classic, a prize contest based on guessing snow accumulation at a specified place, date, and time. It removes the restriction to Mount Alyeska and the specifically named Alyeska event and operator. Other qualifying locations and operators could therefore use this category within Alaska’s charitable-gaming framework, while the contest would still be based on a snow-accumulation guess.","yes":"Approve the broader snow-classic authorization.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"hb50","bill":"HB50","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB50","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB50","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0085","date":"2025-04-11","motion":"Shall HB 50 pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=0702#0702","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":90.0,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0085","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0085.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"State budget","title":"Approve the selected supplemental and capital appropriations bill?","context":"HB 56 would adjust previously approved spending and provide supplemental operating and capital appropriations, including additions and transfers among state funds. Supplemental appropriations address changes to an existing fiscal-year budget, while capital appropriations support projects and infrastructure. The selected April 2025 House vote concerns the overall passage package, including agency spending adjustments. Separate votes on special funding and effective-date clauses are not treated as the vote on this question.","yes":"Approve the supplemental and capital appropriations package.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"hb56","bill":"HB56","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB56","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB56","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0072","date":"2025-04-03","motion":"Shall CSHB 56 (FIN) am pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=0607#0607","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":82.7802001238816,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0072","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0072.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Emergency response","title":"Allow emergency medical care for operational canines?","context":"HB 70 would authorize qualified emergency medical technicians and paramedics to give emergency care to government or search-and-rescue dogs when a veterinarian cannot respond in time. The House version requires an immediate threat of serious harm or death and specified authorization, consent, or veterinary protocols. Care must transfer to a veterinarian as soon as practicable, and a person needing emergency services takes priority. The bill also changes the related professional-authority and liability rules.","yes":"Approve the operational-canine emergency-care provisions.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"hb70","bill":"HB70","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB70","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB70","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0174","date":"2025-04-25","motion":"Shall CSHB 70 (L&C) am pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=0911#0911","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":88.8980729573403,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0174","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0174.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Housing and property taxes","title":"Expand optional local property-tax exemptions?","context":"HB 13 would give municipalities additional options to exempt qualifying property from local property tax. Covered categories include rentals converted from short stays to leases of at least 31 days, certain mobile-home parks, housing rented affordably to low-income families, and qualifying owner-occupied homes. It also expands options for volunteer emergency responders and revises tax-refund rules. These exemptions would require local ordinances rather than automatically apply statewide. The selected House vote agrees to the Senate’s amended 2026 package.","yes":"Approve the optional local property-tax exemptions.","no":"Vote against this proposal.","id":"hb13","bill":"HB13","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB13","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB13","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0733","date":"2026-05-20","motion":"Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=2985#2985","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"yes"},"angle":92.7988459309885,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0733","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0733.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Emergency medical care","title":"Create special care designations for major medical emergencies?","context":"HB 27 expands Alaska’s emergency-medical-services framework to address major emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes. It authorizes the health commissioner to designate levels of care at qualifying medical facilities using nationally recognized standards and procedures. The department’s coordination, grants, and training responsibilities would expressly include this care. The selected 2025 House version concerns emergency-care organization; it does not include the school CPR-education provisions added to a later version.","yes":"Approve the major-emergency care framework and designations.","no":"Vote against this emergency-care expansion.","id":"hb27","bill":"HB27","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB27","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB27","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0289","date":"2025-05-18","motion":"Shall CSHB 27 (HSS) pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1298#1298","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":89.3550716455777,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0289","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0289.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Public pensions","title":"Restore a defined-benefit retirement option for covered public workers and teachers?","context":"HB 78 changes Alaska’s public-employee and teacher retirement systems to expand access to defined-benefit pensions. Unlike an individual investment account, a defined-benefit plan pays retirement benefits according to a statutory formula. The selected House version includes pathways for specified existing or returning workers to elect the pension plan, rules for transferring account balances and purchasing service credit, and changes to contributions and administration. The choice concerns that retirement-system restructuring, with election conditions rather than an automatic identical benefit for every worker.","yes":"Approve the defined-benefit retirement pathways and related changes.","no":"Vote against this public-retirement restructuring.","id":"hb78","bill":"HB78","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB78","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB78","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0239","date":"2025-05-12","motion":"Shall CSHB 78 (FIN) am pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1154#1154","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":82.7802001238816,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0239","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0239.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Paid leave","title":"Create paid parental leave while changing paid-sick-leave requirements?","context":"HB 193 creates a state-administered paid-parental-leave program for qualifying absences involving a child’s birth, adoption, or guardianship. Its funded benefit period would be set between eight and twelve weeks under the bill’s solvency and actuarial rules, with eligibility and contribution requirements. The same House package limits mandatory paid sick leave to employers with at least ten workers and exempts defined seasonal employment, while revising other sick-leave and unemployment provisions. The vote concerns both the new parental benefit and these changes to existing leave requirements.","yes":"Approve the parental-leave program and sick-leave changes.","no":"Vote against this combined paid-leave package.","id":"hb193","bill":"HB193","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB193","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB193","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0609","date":"2026-05-16","motion":"Shall CSHB 193 (FIN) am pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=2663#2663-609","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"yes"},"angle":91.9266216581559,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0609","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0609.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Consumer fees","title":"Prohibit extra charges for receiving bills and notices on paper?","context":"HB 20 prohibits businesses and insurers from charging an additional fee or a different rate because a customer receives a paper statement, invoice, notice, or other document. It retains an exception for providing a duplicate paper copy of a document already supplied. The bill connects the business prohibition to Alaska’s unfair-trade-practices law and authorizes insurance regulations to implement the rule. The proposal protects the initial paper-document option rather than requiring unlimited free replacement copies.","yes":"Prohibit the covered paper-document surcharges.","no":"Vote against this paper-document fee restriction.","id":"hb20","bill":"HB20","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB20","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB20","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0380","date":"2026-03-04","motion":"Shall CSHB 20 (JUD) pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1777#1777","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"yes"},"angle":90.4784177148302,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0380","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0380.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Child-care assistance","title":"Revise child-care subsidy rates, grants, and implementation rules?","context":"SB 95 reworks Alaska’s child-care assistance and grant statutes, including regional subsidy rates based on a market-rate or cost-of-care study. It addresses eligibility, parent contributions, provider grants, and implementation of earlier child-care changes. The package includes an income ceiling tied to 105 percent of state median household income, adjusted for family size, with that provision dependent on the specified federal approval process. The vote concerns these program and implementation changes, rather than an unconditional payment to every family.","yes":"Approve the child-care assistance and grant changes.","no":"Vote against this child-care program package.","id":"sb95","bill":"SB95","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB95","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB95","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0279","date":"2025-05-17","motion":"Shall SB 95 pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1263#1263","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":85.8645987405524,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0279","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0279.json"},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0065","date":"2025-05-05","motion":"Shall SENATE BILL NO. 95 ","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=1127#1127-65","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":99.9936537865825,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0065","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0065.json"}}},{"topic":"Small-dollar lending","title":"Revise small-loan interest limits and end the separate payday-loan framework?","context":"SB 39 places covered loans of $25,000 or less under a revised small-loan framework with a maximum interest rate of three percent per month and specified charges included in the calculation. It addresses arrangements designed to evade the lending rules and changes licensing and registry requirements. The package also repeals the separate deferred-deposit-advance framework used for payday lending. The question concerns these combined lending restrictions and licensing changes, rather than a cap applying identically to every mortgage or bank loan.","yes":"Approve the small-loan interest and payday-lending changes.","no":"Vote against this lending-regulation package.","id":"sb39","bill":"SB39","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB39","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB39","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0307","date":"2025-05-20","motion":"Shall CSSB 39 (FIN) pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1341#1341","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":90.8443236043716,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0307","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0307.json"},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0031","date":"2025-04-15","motion":"Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 39(FIN) ","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=0878#0878","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":91.8408483415113,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0031","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0031.json"}}},{"topic":"Corporate taxation","title":"Change how highly digitized businesses allocate taxable income to Alaska?","context":"SB 113 updates income-apportionment rules for multistate businesses and uses a sales-based factor for covered highly digitized businesses. The definition generally turns on whether at least half of a business’s Alaska sales fall within the listed electronically delivered or technology-related categories, with specified exceptions. The change affects how much of a company’s income is attributed to Alaska for tax purposes. It does not establish a general personal income tax or a separate tax on every individual online purchase.","yes":"Approve the digital-business and income-apportionment changes.","no":"Vote against these corporate-tax allocation changes.","id":"sb113","bill":"SB113","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB113","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB113","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0199","date":"2025-05-07","motion":"Shall SB 113 pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=1047#1047","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"other"},"angle":90.9615396884859,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0199","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0199.json"},"upper":{"available":true,"id":"2025-S-0032","date":"2025-04-15","motion":"Shall SENATE BILL NO. 113 ","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=S&Page=0878#0878-32","positions":{"ak:upper:AK-S-A-BERT-STEDMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-B-JESSE-KIEHL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-C-GARY-STEVENS":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-D-JESSE-BJORKMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-E-CATHY-GIESSEL":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-F-JAMES-KAUFMAN":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-G-ELVI-GRAY-JACKSON":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-H-MATT-CLAMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-I-L-KI-TOBIN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-J-FORREST-DUNBAR":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-K-BILL-WIELECHOWSKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-L-KELLY-MERRICK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-M-SHELLEY-HUGHES":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-M-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-N-ROB-YUNDT":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-O-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:upper:AK-S-O-MIKE-SHOWER":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-P-SCOTT-KAWASAKI":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-Q-ROBERT-MYERS":"no","ak:upper:AK-S-R-MIKE-CRONK":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-S-LYMAN-HOFFMAN":"yes","ak:upper:AK-S-T-DONNY-OLSON":"yes"},"angle":80.7086236889714,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=upper&roll_call_id=2025-S-0032","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/upper/votes/2025-S-0032.json"}}},{"topic":"Tobacco and nicotine","title":"Raise the tobacco age to 21 and tax specified vaping products?","context":"SB 24 raises Alaska’s age threshold for buying, receiving, or possessing covered tobacco and nicotine products from 19 to 21, with specified exceptions for approved cessation products and employment. The selected House package also imposes a 25 percent retail-sales tax on covered closed electronic-smoking and vapor products and revises other nicotine-tax and cessation-fund provisions. It changes both age restrictions and product taxation. A response concerns the full package rather than the age change alone.","yes":"Approve the tobacco-age and nicotine-tax package.","no":"Vote against this tobacco and nicotine package.","id":"sb24","bill":"SB24","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB24","textUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB24","votes":{"lower":{"available":true,"id":"2025-H-0683","date":"2026-05-19","motion":"Shall HCS CSSB 24 (FIN) am H pass the House?","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Pages/34?Chamber=H&Page=2919#2919-683","positions":{"ak:lower:AK-H-1-JEREMY-BYNUM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-2-REBECCA-HIMSCHOOT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-3-ANDI-STORY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-4-SARA-HANNAN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-5-LOUISE-STUTES":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-6-SARAH-VANCE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-7-JUSTIN-RUFFRIDGE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-8-BILL-ELAM":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-9-KY-HOLLAND":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-10-CHUCK-KOPP":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-11-JULIE-COULOMBE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-12-CALVIN-SCHRAGE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-13-ANDY-JOSEPHSON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-14-ALYSE-GALVIN":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-15-MIA-COSTELLO":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-16-CAROLYN-HALL":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-17-ZACK-FIELDS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-18-DAVID-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-19-GENEVIEVE-MINA":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-20-ANDREW-GRAY":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-21-DONNA-MEARS":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-22-TED-EISCHEID":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-23-JAMIE-ALLARD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-24-DAN-SADDLER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-25-DELENA-JOHNSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-ST-CLAIR":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-26-CATHY-TILTON":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-27-JUBILEE-UNDERWOOD":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-28-ELEXIE-MOORE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GARRET-NELSON":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-29-GEORGE-RAUSCHER":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-30-KEVIN-MCCABE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-31-MAXINE-DIBERT":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-32-WILL-STAPP":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-33-MIKE-PRAX":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-34-FRANK-TOMASZEWSKI":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-35-ASHLEY-CARRICK":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-36-BECKY-SCHWANKE":"no","ak:lower:AK-H-37-BRYCE-EDGMON":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-38-NELLIE-JIMMIE":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-39-NEAL-FOSTER":"yes","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-BURKE":"other","ak:lower:AK-H-40-ROBYN-NIAYUQ-FRIER":"yes"},"angle":93.4650050121683,"dimension":"first","eligible":true,"exclusionReason":null,"modelUrl":"/w-nominate/states/ak/vote-info.html?term_id=2526&chamber=lower&roll_call_id=2025-H-0683","feedUrl":"https://api.statenavigate.com/api/ak/w-nominate/2526/lower/votes/2025-H-0683.json"},"upper":{"available":false,"id":"","positions":{},"angle":null,"dimension":null,"eligible":false,"exclusionReason":"No verified, comparable roll call is selected for this chamber."}}},{"topic":"Retirement savings","title":"Create an automatic-enrollment savings program for workers without employer plans?","context":"SB 21 establishes the Alaska Work and Save Program for workers whose employers do not offer a qualifying retirement plan. Covered employers would facilitate participation, and employees would be automatically enrolled but could opt out or change their contribution rate. The package also allows eligible participation and contributions through Permanent Fund dividends under its procedures. 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