Cathy Giessel

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Cosponsored bills (87)

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SB 208 An Act relating to industrial hemp; relating to the sale and lease of state land for agricultural uses; designating the O-S Cross cabbage, commonly known as 'giant green cabbage,' as the official state vegetable; and providing for an effective date. · To Executive · Jul 27, 2026
HB 93 An Act changing the residency requirements for hunting, trapping, and sport fishing privileges; and providing for an effective date. · To Executive · Jul 27, 2026
HB 176 An Act relating to notice of new fees and fee increases from the University of Alaska; relating to billing statements from the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date. · To Executive · Jul 27, 2026
SB 249 An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; relating to unfair trade or deceptive acts or practices; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 16, 2026
HB 16 An Act requiring a group supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot proposition in a state or local election to maintain an address in the state; amending campaign contribution limits for state and local office; directing the Alaska Public Offices Commission to adjust campaign contribution limits for state and local office once each decade beginning in 2031; relating to campaign contribution reporting requirements; relating to administrative complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission; relating to state election expenditures and contributions made by a foreign-influenced corporation or foreign national. · Vetoed · Jul 16, 2026
HB 298 An Act relating to the Legislative Ethics Act; relating to legislative subpoenas; relating to the jurisdiction of the office of the ombudsman; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
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 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 39 An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
HB 216 An Act approving the transfer of land owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the City of Whittier; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
HB 28 An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jun 20, 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
HB 239 An Act relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to civil claims by victims of sexual abuse of a minor; relating to homicide; relating to assault; relating to sexual assault; relating to stalking; relating to sexual abuse of a minor; relating to enticement and unlawful exploitation of a minor; relating to cruelty to animals; relating to endangering the welfare of a child; relating to indecent exposure; relating to theft; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to sending an explicit image of a minor; relating to solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor; relating to distribution of indecent material to minors; relating to prostitution; relating to the Controlled Substances Advisory Committee; relating to the testimony of children in criminal proceedings; relating to sentencing; relating to sexual assault examination kits; restricting the release of certain records of convictions; relating to teaching certificates; relating to the definition of 'victim counseling center' for disclosure of certain communications concerning sexual assault or domestic violence; relating to motor vehicle offenses; relating to the board of parole; relating to parole; relating to medical release for service of sentence by electronic monitoring; relating to licensing of school bus drivers; creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2026
SB 24 An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retail cigar stores; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jun 19, 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
SB 41 An Act relating to mental health education. · Vetoed · Jun 19, 2026
SR 4 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. · To Executive · Jun 19, 2026
SB 23 An Act relating to civics education, civics assessments, and secondary school graduation requirements; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jun 19, 2026
HJR 28 Calling on the United States Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2026
HJR 20 Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. · To Executive · Jun 17, 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
HJR 18 Supporting and recognizing the importance of a natural gas pipeline project in the state; and urging the federal government to take all necessary actions to expedite the state natural gas pipeline project. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2026
SB 9 An Act relating to the surrender of infants; relating to civil history; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · Jun 2, 2026
HB 26 An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan. · Vetoed · May 21, 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
SB 111 An Act relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of consumer products that use digital electronics to operate; adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 17, 2026
HB 10 An Act relating to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 16, 2026
HB 210 An Act relating to workers' compensation coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters; relating to occupational disability benefits and medical benefits available under the public employees' retirement system; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 7, 2026
SJR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to actions upon veto. · Passed Legislature · May 4, 2026
SB 221 An Act restricting a fiduciary of a state fund, the Alaska Retirement Management Board, and the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board from investing or doing business with DigitalBridge Group, Inc., or an affiliate of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. · Apr 30, 2026
SB 247 An Act relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to teaching certificates; and relating to licensing of school bus drivers. · Apr 15, 2026
SB 154 An Act establishing the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board; relating to payment for personal care services; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 13, 2026
HB 101 An Act relating to civil claims by victims of sexual abuse of a minor; relating to homicide; relating to assault in the third degree; relating to stalking; relating to sexual abuse of a minor; relating to enticement of a minor; relating to endangering the welfare of a child; relating to indecent exposure; relating to sending an explicit image of a minor; relating to solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor; relating to distribution of indecent material to minors; relating to the testimony of children in criminal proceedings; relating to sentencing; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 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
SB 129 An Act establishing a 30-day deadline 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 payment of grants to named recipients that are not municipalities; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 11, 2026
HB 57 An Act relating to maximum classroom sizes in public schools; relating to education reports; relating to charter schools; relating to student transportation funding; relating to secondary school vocational and technical instruction funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the use of tax revenue from highly digitized businesses; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 15, 2025
HJR 25 Supporting and encouraging the continued recruitment and retention of international educators on J-1 and H-1B visas in the state. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
HJR 9 Urging the United States Congress to extend enhanced tax credits for health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
SJR 17 Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of The Energy Council. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
HB 174 An Act relating to the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund; relating to Mt. Edgecumbe High School; and relating to teacher housing. · Vetoed · Jul 30, 2025
HJR 11 Recognizing and honoring the relationship between Canada and Alaska. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
HJR 5 Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and make the funding mechanism in the Act permanent. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
SJR 19 Urging the United States Congress to honor the terms of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and provide the state with a 90 percent share of all bonuses, royalties, and rentals received by the federal government from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
SJR 21 Supporting and encouraging the continued recruitment and retention of international educators on J-1 and H-1B visas in the state. · May 12, 2025
SB 103 An Act relating to certified nurse aide training; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 28, 2025
HB 69 An Act relating to the base student allocation; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Apr 22, 2025
SB 44 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. · Apr 10, 2025
SB 170 An Act relating to the Alaska longevity bonus program and the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · Oct 16, 2024
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 67 An Act relating to firefighting substances; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
SB 147 An Act relating to workers' compensation reemployment rights and benefits; establishing a workers' compensation stay-at-work program; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund; relating to the presumption of compensability for workers' compensation claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder; relating to the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
HJR 18 Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset of the Social Security Act. · To Executive · 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 309 An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and relating to the delegation of routine services of optometry. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
SB 134 An Act relating to insurance; relating to insurance data security; relating to mammograms; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; 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
SJR 13 Encouraging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to pass and sign legislation amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to release certain land held in trust back to affected Alaska Native village corporations. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
HJR 17 Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
SCR 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. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
SJR 14 Affirming the commitment of the Alaska State Legislature to supporting small fishing-related businesses, families engaged in fishing, and the preservation of the state's cultural way of life; and calling on the United States Congress and all federal agencies to adopt policies and engage in certain efforts to improve the competitiveness and resiliency of the state's seafood industry. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
SR 3 Recognizing March 2024 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Alaska to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
SB 103 An Act relating to peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies, emergency service providers, and the Department of Corrections. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
SB 104 An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2024
SB 29 An Act relating to civics education, civics assessments, and secondary school graduation requirements; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2024
SB 115 An Act relating to physician assistants; relating to physicians; and relating to health care insurance policies. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2024
SB 89 An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the lawful operation of retail marijuana stores; relating to the registration of marijuana establishments; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retailers of and the sale of electronic smoking products and vapor products; relating to marijuana taxes; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2024
SB 99 An Act establishing a financial literacy education program for public schools; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2024
SB 24 An Act relating to mental health education; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 14, 2024
SB 215 An Act relating to teacher incentive payments for national board certification; and providing for an effective date. · May 11, 2024
SB 231 An Act relating to residential psychiatric treatment centers; and providing for an effective date. · May 1, 2024
SB 221 An Act relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation education in public schools; relating to the duties of the Department of Education and Early Development; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 11, 2024
SB 175 An Act relating to an electronic product stewardship program; relating to collection, recycling, and disposal of electronic equipment; establishing the electronics recycling advisory council; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 20, 2024
SB 27 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. · Mar 13, 2024
SB 132 An Act imposing an annual educational facilities maintenance and construction tax on net earnings from self-employment and wages; relating to the administration and enforcement of the educational facilities maintenance and construction tax; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 1, 2024
SB 222 An Act relating to insurance; relating to mammograms; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 8, 2024
SB 172 An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Jan 24, 2024
SB 90 An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska Minerals Commission. · Jan 24, 2024
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
HJR 10 Disapproving the proposed rule by the National Park Service limiting non-subsistence hunting methods; and urging the National Park Service to withdraw the rule. · To Executive · 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
HJR 5 Urging the United States Secretary of Commerce, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and other federal and state agencies to defend the state's fisheries, including the Southeast Alaska troll fishery. · To Executive · Oct 16, 2023
SB 87 An Act relating to a lumber grading training program and lumber grading certificates; relating to use of lumber graded and certified by a person holding a lumber grading training program certificate; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
SJR 12 Supporting action by the United States Congress to authorize and appropriate adequate funding for states that assume the dredge and fill permitting program under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; supporting the creation of a separate United States Environmental Protection Agency region for the state; and expressing the intention of the state to assume jurisdiction over the program when funding is available. · Passed Legislature · May 16, 2023
SJR 11 Recognizing the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 and the importance of certain provisions intended to enhance oil spill response capabilities in Western Alaska and the United States Arctic to promote improved safety in shipping commerce, protection of communities in the state, and the health of critical marine resources; urging the United States Coast Guard to consider the unique challenges of the state when developing oil spill response requirements for Western Alaska and the United States Arctic; and urging the deployment of individualized oil spill response resources for the state that use modern technologies to track the operation of large vessels in the region and local service providers with knowledge of the region and local wildlife. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 2023
SB 112 An Act relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of products that use digital electronics to operate; adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 24, 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

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