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Each chamber of the legislature may expel a member with the concurrence of two-thirds of the membership of that house. [3] This has happened only once in the legislature's history. On February 5, 1982, the Alaska Senate of the 12th Legislature expelled Bethel senator George Hohman from the body. Hohman was convicted of bribery in conjunction ...
Members of the Alaska House of Representatives are responsible for a portion of the process of making and amending state law. The first step of the legislative process is filing a bill by giving it to the chief clerk of the Alaska House of Representatives. [1] The chief clerk will then assign bills a number. [1]
The Alaska Senate shares the responsibility for making laws in the state of Alaska with the Alaska House of Representatives. Bills are developed by staff from bill requests and information from the bill's sponsor. Bills undergo three or four readings during the legislative process. After the first reading, they are assigned to committee.
Article II establishes a bicameral Alaska Legislature, composed of 20 senators elected for four years and 40 representatives elected for two. Many delegates favored a unicameral legislature; this failed but is reflected in the large number of purposes for which joint sessions are required. The delegates trusted the legislature to act ...
May 11—JUNEAU — With just days left in the Alaska Legislature's regular session, major policy measures are unresolved related to energy, crime, homeschool allotments and elections. In recent ...
The Alaska Statehood Act (Pub. L. 85–508, 72 Stat. 339, enacted July 7, 1958) was a legislative act introduced by Delegate E. L. "Bob" Bartlett and signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 7, 1958. Through it, Alaska became the 49th U.S. state on January 3, 1959.
The Alaskan Legislature took steps to limit the number of measures that could appear on the ballot every year in 2004. [6] The new rules, passed as a constitutional amendment, required that measures initiatives and referendums receive signatures from three-quarters of Alaska's legislative districts and increased the total number of signatures ...
Ready or not, Idaho’s 2025 Legislative Session starts on Jan. 6.Many important policies will be considered ranging from education choice to tax reform. There will also likely be a surprise or two.