Jesse Bjorkman

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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
• SB 29 An Act establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board. · Became Law · Jul 1, 2026
• SB 200 An Act relating to service areas; relating to municipal assessments of farm or agricultural land; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 1, 2026
• SJR 20 Supporting federal, state, and local efforts to clean up and remove marine debris from the state; urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional funding for those efforts and to remove barriers faced by tribes and rural communities in accessing those funds; and urging the Alaska Congressional delegation to advocate for increased federal funding and support for marine debris prevention, clean up, removal, backhaul, and education. · To Executive · Jun 19, 2026
• SB 192 An Act relating to evacuation designation levels; and relating to the Alaska Disaster Act. · Became Law · Jun 4, 2026
• SB 170 An Act relating to gaming; relating to gaming activities on Alaska marine highway system vessels; relating to bingo; relating to pull-tabs and electronic pull-tab systems; relating to the powers of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 19, 2026
• SB 35 An Act relating to transportation network companies and delivery network companies; and relating to occupational accident insurance. · Passed Legislature · May 16, 2026
• SB 207 An Act relating to the removal of unlawful occupants from residential real property; relating to the crimes of trespass, forgery, and deceptive business practices; and amending Rules 82 and 85(a), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. · May 13, 2026
• SB 262 An Act relating to social media and minors; and providing for an effective date. · May 4, 2026
• SB 259 An Act relating to an optional municipal limit to increases of the full and true value of property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode by a resident. · May 4, 2026
• SB 158 An Act relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · Apr 7, 2026
• SB 267 An Act relating to powers and duties of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; relating to public school financial information and audits; and establishing a public school financial data Internet website. · Mar 27, 2026
• SB 270 An Act relating to grand juries; amending Rules 5(e), 6, and 6.1, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; repealing Rules 6.1(b)(2) and (3), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 17, 2026
• SB 209 An Act relating to high school graduation requirements and proficiency confirmation tools. · Mar 4, 2026
• 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
• SB 137 An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; extending the termination date of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; extending the termination date of the Board of Parole; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 30, 2025
• SB 151 An Act relating to head lice in public schools. · May 12, 2025
• SB 189 An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. · May 2, 2025
• SB 88 An Act relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating to adoption; relating to variances for foster care licenses; relating to the medical records of children in foster care; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 9, 2025
• SB 30 An Act making certain veterans eligible for a lifetime permit to access state park campsites and the parking and restrooms of developed facilities without charge; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 27, 2025
• SB 174 An Act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag and the Honor and Sacrifice Flag. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• SB 179 An Act relating to municipal property tax; relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; 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; relating to municipal taxation of mobile telecommunications services; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• SB 215 An Act relating to teacher incentive payments for national board certification; and providing for an effective date. · May 11, 2024
• SB 161 An Act relating to municipal taxation of farm land and farm structures; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 6, 2024
• SB 171 An Act changing the residency requirements for sport fishing, hunting, and trapping privileges; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 3, 2024
• SB 248 An Act relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board. · Apr 22, 2024
• SB 168 An Act relating to wrongfully seized game. · Apr 16, 2024
• SB 178 An Act relating to school terms. · Apr 10, 2024
• SB 164 An Act making certain veterans eligible for a lifetime permit to access state park campsites and facilities without charge; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 10, 2024
• SB 181 An Act relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating to adoption; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 3, 2024
• SB 197 An Act relating to residential building codes; relating to construction contractors and residential contractor endorsements; establishing the Alaska State Building Code Council; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 6, 2024
• SB 254 An Act relating to royalty rates for certain oil and gas; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 21, 2024
• SB 247 An Act establishing 4-H Day. · Feb 21, 2024
• SB 245 An Act relating to obscene material filters for electronic devices used by minors; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 19, 2024
• SB 82 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. · Feb 19, 2024
• 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

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 13 An Act relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for real property owned and occupied by volunteer certified or licensed providers of fire fighting, emergency medical, mobile intensive care paramedic services, or hazardous materials response services; relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for certain long-term rental units, certain mobile home parks, real property rented to low-income families, real property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode, and real property owned by first-time homebuyers; and relating to municipal tax refunds. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• HB 244 An Act relating to certified nurse aide training; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 3, 2026
• SB 239 An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Jul 1, 2026
• SB 174 An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of Fish and Game; relating to management of invasive species; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Jul 1, 2026
• HB 363 An Act relating to the sale of alcohol; relating to the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages by patriotic organizations; relating to club licenses; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · 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
• 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 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
• 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 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
• HJR 20 Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. · 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
• 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
• HJR 38 Urging the United States Congress to recognize public safety telecommunicators as first responders; and urging the United States Congress to pass the Enhancing First Response Act. · To Executive · May 13, 2026
• SB 243 An Act removing devices designed, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm from the definition of 'prohibited weapon.' · May 2, 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 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
• 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
• SB 136 An Act relating to the privacy of firearm transactions; relating to discrimination against firearm retailers by financial institutions and payment networks; relating to the disclosure of financial records by financial institutions and payment networks; and amending Rules 65 and 82, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. · Jan 23, 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
• HCR 6 Commemorating the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
• HJR 13 Urging the President of the United States to expand evacuation efforts for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas, including resumption of evacuation flights organized by the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts; urging the United States Department of State to secure legal protections and humanitarian assistance for Special Immigrant Visa applicants; urging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security to expedite the review of applications for Special Immigrant Visas; and requesting that the United States Secretary of State provide a report to Congress regarding efforts to reinstate evacuation flights for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
• HJR 15 Urging the Governor, the Department of Natural Resources, division of forestry and fire protection, the Department of Public Safety, municipalities of the state and relevant wildfire planning and response agencies, and the Alaska delegation in Congress to prepare for the 2025 wildfire season. · To Executive · Jul 30, 2025
• SB 11 An Act relating to flood insurance; relating to property insurance; establishing the Alaska Flood Authority and the Alaska flood insurance fund; and providing for an effective date. · May 12, 2025
• SB 15 An Act relating to the sale of alcohol; relating to the posting of warning signs for alcoholic beverages; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Apr 28, 2025
• SB 28 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. · Mar 31, 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 34 An Act reestablishing the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska; relating to the membership and duties of the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska; relating to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources regarding the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
• SB 95 An Act relating to special request specialty organization registration plates; relating to special registration plates commemorating peace officers killed in the line of duty; relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by women veterans; relating to special request registration plates for United States Space Force personnel; relating to the transfer of vehicles; relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial instruction permits; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
• HB 155 An Act establishing the Alaska Military Affairs Commission; relating to the duties and powers of the Alaska Military Affairs Commission; relating to the Joint Armed Services Committee; relating to judge advocates; relating to military facility zones; relating to the appointment of an assistant adjutant general; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 16, 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 251 An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation; relating to loans and limitations under the Alaska Agricultural Loan Act; exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in an uninspected kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met; 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 237 An Act relating to temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HJR 3 Encouraging Congress to pass the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act or a similar bill. · To Executive · Oct 9, 2024
• HCR 8 Honoring United States military veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War; and expressing gratitude for the courageous service of those veterans to the United States. · 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
• HB 337 An Act establishing 4-H Day. · Became Law · 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
• SB 118 An Act relating to critical and essential minerals. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• HB 104 An Act relating to timber sales. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• SB 159 An Act establishing Alaska Veterans' Poppy Day; and providing for an effective date. · 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 120 An Act relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses for certain nonresident postsecondary students; relating to animal adoption and foster care records; and providing for an effective date. · 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
• 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
• SB 206 An Act relating to workers' compensation reemployment benefits; establishing a workers' compensation stay-at-work program; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 13, 2024
• SB 92 An Act relating to state ownership of submerged land underlying navigable water within the boundaries of federal areas; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 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
• SB 236 An Act relating to grants to disaster victims. · Passed Legislature · May 8, 2024
• HB 265 An Act changing the term 'child pornography' to 'child sexual abuse material.' · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2024
• SB 235 An Act relating to certified nurse aide training; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 26, 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
• SB 121 An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to insurance; relating to pharmacies; relating to pharmacists; relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to patient choice of pharmacy; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 17, 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 207 An Act creating the military and veteran family help desk in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 19, 2024
• SB 172 An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Jan 24, 2024
• HB 61 An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 103 An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska Minerals Commission. · 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• SB 51 An Act exempting veterinarians from the requirements of the controlled substance prescription database; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 24, 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
• SB 63 An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. · Mar 22, 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