Donny Olson

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• SCR 5 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 57, relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
• 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
• SB 213 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. · Jan 26, 2024
• SB 128 An Act temporarily closing the commercial salmon fishery in a portion of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands; and providing for an effective date. · May 12, 2023
• SB 130 An Act relating to the licensure of nursing professionals; relating to a multistate nurse licensure compact; and providing for an effective date. · May 3, 2023
• SB 136 An Act relating to teacher certificates and teacher preparation programs; and providing for an effective date. · May 3, 2023
• SB 81 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. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SJR 23 Expressing the support of the Alaska State Legislature for naming the mountain between Cedar Ridge and Hope Peak south of Anchorage after Gail Phillips. · To Executive · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 211 An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; relating to the Department of Public Safety; relating to the duties of the attorney general; establishing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Persons Review Commission; requiring a report on investigative resources for cases of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit persons; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 15, 2022
• SB 109 An Act renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native Languages; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages. · May 6, 2021
• SB 108 An Act providing for state recognition of federally recognized tribes; and providing for an effective date. · May 6, 2021
• SB 113 An Act extending the fishery resource landing tax credit for certain taxpayers that harvest fishery resources under the provisions of a community development quota; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date of sec. 36, ch. 61, SLA 2014; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 28, 2021

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 278 An Act establishing the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 79 An Act renaming the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska as the Vic Fischer Institute of Social and Economic Research; and naming the Vic Fischer Shoup Bay State Marine Park. · Vetoed · 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
• HB 39 An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing. · Became Law · Jul 3, 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
• 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 28 Calling on the United States Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2026
• SJR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to actions upon veto. · Passed Legislature · May 4, 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 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
• 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
• 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
• HCR 6 Commemorating the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. · 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
• SB 152 An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 30, 2025
• SB 109 An Act relating to the Alaska permanent fund; relating to income of the Alaska permanent fund; relating to the amount available for appropriation and appropriations from the earnings reserve account; relating to the permanent fund dividend; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 6, 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• SB 131 An Act requiring education in the history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2024
• SB 88 An Act relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; providing certain employees an opportunity to choose between the defined benefit and defined contribution plans of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 7, 2024
• SB 149 An Act relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 22, 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 140 An Act relating to funding for Internet services for school districts; relating to charter schools; relating to transportation of public school students; relating to correspondence study funding; relating to the base student allocation; relating to funding for reading improvement plans; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Mar 20, 2024
• SB 172 An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Jan 24, 2024
• HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• SB 38 An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 78 An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day. · 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
• 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 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 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
• 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
• SJR 6 Honoring the Alaska-Korea relationship; and celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement, and the 120th anniversary of the first Korean immigration to the United States. · Mar 10, 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
• SB 33 An Act relating to a fisheries product development tax credit; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 10 An Act establishing a grant program to provide to essential workers and laid-off workers the tuition and fees to attend certain postsecondary institutions. · Passed Legislature · Apr 22, 2022
• SB 155 An Act relating to political contributions; and providing for an effective date. · Jan 18, 2022
• SB 3002 An Act establishing an income tax on certain entities in the state; relating to the motor fuel tax; relating to nontransferable tax credits against the oil and gas production tax; and providing for an effective date. · Sep 11, 2021
• SB 21 An Act relating to occupational licensing of members of the military and their spouses; relating to mobile intensive care paramedics; relating to duties of the State Medical Board and the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Aug 30, 2021
• SJR 9 Urging the United States Congress to exempt cruise ships from certain provisions of the Passenger Vessel Services Act and other applicable provisions of federal law for the period during which Canadian ports are closed to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people; and urging the President of the United States not to fine or take actions against cruise ships sailing to the state. · To Executive · Apr 14, 2021