Mike Prax

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 314 An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design; relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior design; relating to the scope of the certification requirements for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers; relating to immunity for design professionals; relating to the cost of construction for recreation centers; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; relating to the procurement of landscape architectural and interior design services; relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jun 20, 2026
• HB 147 An Act relating to the practice of naturopathy. · Mar 30, 2026
• HB 11 An Act relating to contributions and donations from permanent fund dividends. · May 16, 2025
• HB 181 An Act relating to bond requirements for contractors. · Apr 9, 2025
• HB 2 An Act establishing the driving while under the influence diversion program for eligible persons charged with driving while under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test; relating to judgment for restitution; relating to suspended imposition of sentence; relating to records kept by the Department of Administration; relating to operating a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance; relating to refusal to submit to a chemical test; amending Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration, and Rule 39, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 21, 2025
• HB 122 An Act relating to education; relating to local contributions of a city or borough school district; relating to school funding; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 28, 2025
• HB 237 An Act relating to temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 362 An Act relating to the reimbursement rate for prisoner medical care. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 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 97 An Act relating to self-storage facilities for personal property, including vehicles and watercraft; distinguishing self-storage facility liens from another type of storage lien; and excluding self-storage liens from the treatment of certain unclaimed property. · Passed Legislature · May 11, 2024
• HB 360 An Act establishing the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date. · May 6, 2024
• HB 379 An Act establishing the driving while under the influence diversion program for eligible persons charged with driving while under the influence; relating to judgment for restitution; relating to suspended imposition of sentence; relating to records kept by the Department of Administration; relating to operating a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance; amending Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration, and Rule 39, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 23, 2024
• HB 45 An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the general and permanent funds. · Apr 22, 2024
• HCR 9 Recognizing the need for parity in the provision of mental health and substance use disorder medical assistance benefits in the state; and urging the Department of Health to adopt regulations that ensure parity in the provision of mental health and substance use disorder medical assistance benefits in the state. · Mar 22, 2024
• HB 115 An Act relating to the practice of naturopathy; establishing the Naturopathy Advisory Board; relating to the licensure of naturopaths; relating to disciplinary sanctions for naturopaths; relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 22, 2024
• HB 361 An Act relating to the medical assistance program and mental health or substance use disorder benefit requirements; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 19, 2024
• HB 280 An Act relating to education; relating to local contributions of a city or borough school district; relating to school funding; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 11, 2024
• HB 96 An Act relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 14, 2023
• HB 48 An Act relating to reports from the State Commission for Human Rights. · Feb 22, 2023
• HB 158 An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the general fund. · Mar 16, 2022
• HB 337 An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody; reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 17, 2022

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 173 An Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; relating to physical therapist licensure; relating to physical therapist assistant licensure; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to speech-language pathologist licensure; and relating to national criminal history record checks. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 110 An Act relating to the rural health transformation program; relating to the interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact; relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact; relating to the practice of respiratory care; relating to the duties of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; relating to telehealth provided by respiratory care practitioners; relating to a social work licensure compact; relating to the practice of social work; relating to medical malpractice liability of respiratory care practitioners; relating to immunity from civil liability for a respiratory care practitioner providing free health care services; relating to national criminal history record checks; relating to respiratory care practitioners providing documentation and treatment plans for public school students with asthma or anaphylaxis; relating to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against respiratory care practitioners; establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 195 An Act changing the term 'physician assistant' to 'physician associate'; relating to physician associates; relating to collaborative practice agreements for pharmacists; relating to the prescription of opioid overdose drugs; relating to the prescription and administration of drugs and devices by pharmacists; relating to reciprocity for pharmacists; amending the definition of 'practitioner'; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2026
• 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. · Became Law · Jun 19, 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
• 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 303 An Act relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; and providing for an effective date. · May 12, 2026
• HJR 14 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. · To Executive · Apr 30, 2026
• HB 74 An Act establishing the crime of airbag fraud. · Apr 20, 2026
• HB 47 An Act relating to distribution of a forged digital likeness; relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to distribution of a generated sexual depiction; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to teaching certificates; relating to licensing of school bus drivers; relating to civil penalties for an organization that facilitates the generation of child sexual abuse material; relating to social media and minors; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HJR 22 Requesting the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a member of the United States Senate; and requesting the United States Congress to call for a constitutional convention of the states to propose a single amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a member of the United States Senate. · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 64 An Act relating to the surrender of infants; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 1, 2026
• HB 213 An Act relating to data sharing by the Department of Administration for driver's license data verification purposes; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 31, 2026
• HB 145 An Act authorizing mobile sports wagering; relating to the regulation of mobile sports wagering; imposing a tax on mobile sports wagering revenue; relating to criminal history record checks for licensure to operate mobile sports wagering; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 27, 2026
• HB 161 An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 27, 2026
• HB 241 An Act relating to a psychology interjurisdictional compact; and relating to the practice of psychology. · Feb 13, 2026
• HB 81 An Act restricting the release of certain records of convictions; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 9, 2026
• HR 6 Recognizing and commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America; encouraging participation in commemorative events; and encouraging educational institutions to enhance civics education. · Feb 4, 2026
• HB 119 An Act relating to an in-state natural gas pipeline developed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; and providing for an effective date. · May 15, 2025
• HB 223 An Act relating to special needs and intensive services funding for correspondence study programs; and providing for an effective date. · May 7, 2025
• 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. · Apr 28, 2025
• HB 15 An Act relating to royalty rates and payments for certain oil and gas; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 16, 2025
• HB 65 An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Mar 10, 2025
• HJR 8 Encouraging the United States Congress to award the Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal. · Mar 5, 2025
• 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. · Jan 31, 2025
• 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 230 An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; repealing the limit on the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state experience in teacher salary scales; relating to teacher national board certification; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 126 An Act relating to the Board of Professional Counselors; relating to licensing of associate counselors; relating to marital and family therapists; relating to telehealth; relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; relating to patient records; relating to disclosure and reporting of health care services, prices, and fee information; relating to the health care professionals workforce enhancement program; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against associate counselors; relating to medical assistance for professional counseling services; relating to mental health professionals; relating to health care provider liability; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 203 An Act relating to wage payments. · Vetoed · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 347 An Act relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2024
• HB 221 An Act relating to subdivision of unplatted land in second class boroughs; and providing for an effective date. · May 11, 2024
• 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. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 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 147 An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers. · Mar 27, 2024
• HB 236 An Act relating to the duties of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; establishing the University of Alaska major maintenance and modernization fund; repealing the University of Alaska building fund; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 22, 2024
• HB 327 An Act relating to the Board of Massage Therapists; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 11, 2024
• HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HJR 11 Urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to develop a woodstove certification program that addresses the threat to clean and healthy winter air in Fairbanks; and urging the state Department of Environmental Conservation to develop an economically and legally defensible state implementation plan for the Fairbanks North Star Borough nonattainment area. · To Executive · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 61 An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• 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. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 8 An Act relating to electric-assisted bicycles; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 47 An Act relating to insurance; relating to direct health care agreements; and relating to unfair trade practices. · May 13, 2023
• HB 137 An Act relating to an interstate physical therapy licensure compact; relating to the licensure of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and occupational therapy assistants; and providing for an effective date. · May 13, 2023
• HB 70 An Act relating to property exempt from municipal taxation. · May 12, 2023
• HB 138 An Act relating to an audiology and speech-language interstate compact; relating to the practice of audiology and the practice of speech-language pathology; and providing for an effective date. · May 10, 2023
• HB 1 An Act relating to elections. · May 2, 2023
• HB 124 An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers' license requirements; and providing for an effective date. · May 1, 2023
• HB 93 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. · Apr 27, 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 163 An Act relating to the issuance of vehicle registration plates; relating to vehicle title applications; relating to driver's license renewal; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 187 An Act relating to the elimination or modification of state agency publications that are outdated, duplicative, or excessive or that could be improved or consolidated with other publications or exclusively delivered electronically; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• HB 349 An Act relating to the establishment of oil and gas drilling units, spacing, and patterns; providing for the transfer of and addition of names to a personal use cabin permit for a cabin on state land; and providing for an effective date. · 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
• HJR 35 Supporting the completion of the Northern Rail Extension; supporting the increase in defensive capabilities at Fort Greely, Alaska; and encouraging the development of critical Arctic infrastructure. · May 15, 2022
• HB 167 An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie. · Apr 28, 2022
• HB 91 An Act exempting veterinarians from the requirements of the controlled substance prescription database. · Apr 22, 2022
• HB 331 An Act relating to self-storage facilities for personal property, including vehicles and watercraft; relating to the treatment of firearms, ammunition, and controlled substances found in self-storage units; distinguishing self-storage facility liens from another type of storage lien; and excluding self-storage liens from the treatment of certain unclaimed property. · Apr 20, 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 287 An Act making an appropriation for oil and gas tax credits; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 3, 2022
• HJR 20 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to state aid for education. · Jan 27, 2022
• HB 201 An Act relating to special registration plates commemorating police officers killed in the line of duty. · Jan 26, 2022
• HJR 14 Supporting the passage by the United States Congress of the SAFE Banking Act of 2019, sec. 110606 of the Heroes Act, or similar legislation relating to cannabis-related legitimate businesses' access to financial services. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2021
• HJR 12 Urging the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, to honor the recent lease sales and proceed with permitting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; urging the President of the United States to defend the 2020 Record of Decision approving the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; opposing designation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a National Monument; urging the Alaska delegation in Congress to work to repeal sec. 20001(b)(5) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to honor the Alaska Statehood Act with respect to the state's share of bonuses, royalties, and rentals from exploration and development in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and requesting that the Alaska delegation in Congress defeat any effort to alter or repeal other provisions of sec. 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 if the result would adversely affect oil and gas development efforts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. · To Executive · May 13, 2021
• HB 179 An Act relating to firearms and other weapons restrictions. · Apr 26, 2021
• HB 40 An Act relating to the practice of naturopathy; establishing the Naturopathy Advisory Board; relating to the licensure of naturopaths; relating to disciplinary sanctions for naturopaths; relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 29, 2021
• HB 14 An Act relating to licensure of nursing professionals; relating to a multistate nurse licensure compact; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 1, 2021
• HB 15 An Act relating to occupational licensing; relating to temporary licenses and permits; relating to certification of teachers; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 1, 2021