Neal Foster

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 126 An Act relating to the reinstatement of Native village corporations; relating to proxy solicitations to shareholders of corporations organized under state law under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 226 An Act increasing the loan amount that is eligible for lower interest rates on certain Alaska Housing Finance Corporation loans. · May 19, 2026
• HB 155 An Act relating to alcohol; relating to local option elections; relating to the statewide database of alcohol purchases; relating to alcohol licenses, endorsements, and permits; relating to municipal regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages; and providing for an effective date. · May 13, 2026
• HB 368 An Act relating to meetings of the Board of Fisheries; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 23, 2026
• HB 167 An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date. · May 8, 2025
• HB 127 An Act relating to the overtime pay exemption for certain newspaper employees. · Mar 5, 2025
• HB 168 An Act relating to alcohol; relating to local option elections; relating to the statewide database of alcohol purchases; relating to alcohol licenses, endorsements, and permits; relating to municipal regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 28, 2024
• HB 94 An Act prohibiting the use of certain restrictive provisions in leases of space for business use in certain federally established zones; and adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. · Feb 8, 2022
• HB 56 An Act relating to power cost equalization; relating to the power cost equalization endowment fund; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 18, 2021

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 25 An Act relating to disposable food service ware and containers provided by customers; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 133 An Act establishing deadlines for the payment of contracts under the State Procurement Code; establishing deadlines for the payment of grants, contracts, and reimbursement agreements to nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and Alaska Native organizations; relating to reports from state agencies to the legislature detailing late payments made during 2026; relating to the state financial transactions Internet website; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 52 An Act relating to the rights of minors undergoing evaluation or inpatient treatment at psychiatric hospitals; relating to the use of seclusion or restraint of minors at psychiatric hospitals; relating to a report published by the Department of Health; relating to inspections by the Department of Health of certain psychiatric hospitals; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jun 20, 2026
• HJR 39 Urging the federal government to waive the new H-1B Visa fees for teachers in the state. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2026
• 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. · Became Law · Jun 4, 2026
• SB 26 An Act petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to change the time zones of Alaska; exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 18, 2026
• HB 202 An Act designating the O-S Cross cabbage, commonly known as 'giant green cabbage,' as the official state vegetable; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2026
• HB 229 An Act exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 24, 2026
• HB 235 An Act relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; relating to thermal remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 23, 2026
• HB 125 An Act relating to membership of the Board of Fisheries. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HB 203 An Act relating to the use of certain trawl or dredge fishing gear in state water; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 25, 2026
• HB 105 An Act relating to mental health education. · Mar 23, 2026
• HB 332 An Act relating to microplastic testing; and relating to a microplastic strategy plan. · Mar 5, 2026
• 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. · Feb 25, 2026
• HB 30 An Act establishing the office of entrepreneurship; relating to new businesses in the state; relating to reports concerning procurements by agencies; and relating to initial business license fees for new businesses in the state. · May 12, 2025
• HB 69 An Act relating to the base student allocation; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Apr 22, 2025
• HJR 8 Encouraging the United States Congress to award the Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal. · Mar 5, 2025
• 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. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
• SB 151 An Act relating to police officer training; establishing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission; relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons; relating to the duties of the Department of Public Safety; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
• HB 17 An Act relating to insurance coverage for contraceptives and related services; relating to medical assistance coverage for contraceptives and related services; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 233 An Act relating to rates and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty work; and relating to unfair practices by manufacturers. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 149 An Act relating to the licensure of nursing professionals; relating to a multistate nurse licensure compact; and providing for an effective date. · May 14, 2024
• HB 196 An Act relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and providing for an effective date. · May 13, 2024
• HB 55 An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 2024
• HB 169 An Act relating to certain fish; and establishing a fisheries rehabilitation permit. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 2024
• HB 234 An Act relating to police officer training; establishing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission; relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons; relating to the duties of the Department of Public Safety; and providing for an effective date. · May 1, 2024
• 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. · Passed Legislature · Apr 24, 2024
• HB 30 An Act relating to daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 22, 2024
• HB 45 An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the general and permanent funds. · Apr 22, 2024
• HB 62 An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• 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. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 61 An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 99 An Act relating to and prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. · May 12, 2023
• HB 180 An Act temporarily closing the commercial salmon fishery in a portion of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 26, 2023
• HCR 1 Establishing a joint task force on labor workforce, training, and retention. · Passed Legislature · Mar 20, 2023
• 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. · To Executive · Mar 1, 2023
• HB 363 An Act establishing the office of broadband; creating the broadband parity adjustment fund; establishing the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 265 An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine and the practice of nursing; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 123 An Act providing for state recognition of federally recognized tribes; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 184 An Act relating to state participation in a tribal child welfare compact. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 19 An Act relating to instruction in a language other than English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HJR 32 Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. · Passed Legislature · May 19, 2022
• HB 5 An Act relating to sexual abuse of a minor; relating to sexual assault; relating to the code of military justice; relating to consent; relating to the testing of sexual assault examination kits; and providing for an effective date. · May 18, 2022
• HB 358 An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 12, 2022
• HB 374 An Act relating to village safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities. · Apr 28, 2022
• HB 351 An Act providing for the establishment of public schools through state-tribal compacts; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 5, 2022
• HB 313 An Act requiring background investigations of village public safety officer applicants by the Department of Public Safety; relating to the village public safety officer program; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 5, 2022
• HB 235 An Act establishing the Sunday after the first Saturday of March of each year as James 'Hobo Jim' Varsos Day. · Mar 28, 2022
• HB 38 An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; relating to the Department of Public Safety; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 24, 2022
• HB 158 An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the general fund. · Mar 16, 2022
• HB 147 An Act relating to the teacher education loan program; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 11, 2022
• HB 198 An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day. · Passed Legislature · Feb 15, 2022
• HR 8 Creating the House Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity. · To Executive · Jan 18, 2022
• HR 9 Encouraging the homeporting of new United States Coast Guard icebreakers in the state. · To Executive · Jan 18, 2022
• HB 34 An Act naming the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots' Memorial Bridge. · Became Law · Aug 31, 2021