Justin Ruffridge

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 273 An Act relating to direct health care agreements; relating to dental health care insurance plans and dental loss ratios; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 21, 2026
• HB 337 An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 11, 2026
• HB 161 An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 27, 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 330 An Act relating to access to electronic health records. · Feb 23, 2026
• HB 361 An Act relating to sport fishing guides. · Feb 23, 2026
• HB 313 An Act relating to professional employee organizations in public schools; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 18, 2026
• 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 371 An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health. · 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
• 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 139 An Act relating to funding for correspondence study programs. · Apr 26, 2024
• HB 195 An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; establishing a buy-back program for certain set net entry permits; providing for the termination of state set net tract leases under the buy-back program; closing certain water to commercial fishing; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 26, 2024
• HB 112 An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the practice of pharmacy; relating to pharmacies; relating to prescription drug manufacturers; relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions for epinephrine; relating to the administration of epinephrine; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HCR 3 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 57, relating to home- and community-based services under the medical assistance program; relating to medical assistance for recipients of Medicaid waivers; establishing an adult care home license and procedures; and providing for the transition of individuals from foster care to adult home care settings. · To Executive · 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 136 An Act disapproving recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 27, 2023

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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 77 An Act making the theft of mail or an article within mail theft in the second degree. · Apr 29, 2026
• HB 318 An Act relating to use of social media platforms by minors; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 22, 2026
• 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
• HB 11 An Act relating to contributions and donations from permanent fund dividends. · May 16, 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 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
• 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 104 An Act relating to timber sales. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HJR 20 Urging withdrawal of proposed Bureau of Land Management regulations affecting the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and urging meaningful engagement with tribes, local governments, and affected communities. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 226 An Act relating to insurance; relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to dispensing fees; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · 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 57 An Act relating to review organizations and permitting an emergency medical services provider to establish a review organization; and relating to patient records. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 2024
• HB 286 An Act relating to victim restitution and compensation. · Passed Legislature · May 3, 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 163 An Act creating the FAFSA raffle fund; relating to the definition of 'gambling'; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 24, 2024
• HB 134 An Act prohibiting municipalities from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; prohibiting the state from levying a tax on the transfer of real property; and relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services. · Apr 23, 2024
• HB 45 An Act relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the general and permanent funds. · Apr 22, 2024
• SB 25 An Act relating to inactive state accounts and funds; relating to the curriculum improvement and best practices fund; relating to the fuel emergency fund and fuel emergency grants; relating to the special Alaska Historical Commission receipts account; relating to the rural electrification revolving loan fund and loans from the fund; and relating to the Exxon Valdez oil spill unincorporated rural community grant fund and grants from the fund. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• SB 10 An Act providing for trapping licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard and military reserves without charge; making sport fishing, hunting, and trapping permanent identification cards available to certain disabled veterans without charge; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · Became Law · 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
• HB 51 An Act relating to refrigerants designated as acceptable for use under federal law; relating to firefighting substances; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 8 An Act relating to electric-assisted bicycles; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · 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 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
• SB 119 An Act relating to state identifications and driver's licenses for persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections; relating to state identifications issued by the Department of Corrections; relating to the duties of the commissioner of corrections; relating to misconduct involving confidential information; relating to voter identification; relating to identification for fishing permits; relating to identification for debtor financing statements; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 135 An Act relating to and disapproving recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 17, 2023
• HCR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting. · May 8, 2023
• HB 124 An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers' license requirements; and providing for an effective date. · May 1, 2023
• HJR 12 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms of legislators. · Mar 24, 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