Gary Stevens

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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
• 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 268 An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements for individuals employed in seafood processing. · May 16, 2026
• SCR 11 Establishing a legislative commission to review and make recommendations to the legislature relating to the official state seal. · May 12, 2026
• SCR 12 Extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and approving an amended financing plan. · To Executive · Feb 13, 2026
• SR 2 Establishing a Senate Special Committee on World Trade. · To Executive · Jan 20, 2026
• 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 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
• SCR 8 Recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025. · Feb 22, 2024
• SR 1 Establishing a Senate Special Committee on World Trade. · To Executive · Oct 16, 2023
• SB 34 An Act relating to a demonstration state-tribal education compact; relating to demonstration state-tribal education compact schools; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 45 An Act raising the minimum age to purchase, sell, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to selling a tobacco product; relating to possession of tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine by an underaged person; relating to the definition of 'nicotine'; relating to transporting tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products; relating to electronic smoking products; relating to the marketing of electronic smoking products; relating to tobacco products; and providing for an effective date. · Vetoed · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 72 An Act relating to civics education, civics assessments, and secondary school graduation requirements; and providing for an effective date. · To Executive · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 33 An Act relating to a fisheries product development tax credit; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 20 An Act relating to teaching certificates for teachers holding out-of-state certificates. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 71 An Act relating to special request registration plates celebrating the arts; relating to artwork in public buildings and facilities; relating to the management of artwork under the art in public places fund; relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska State Council on the Arts; establishing the Alaska arts and cultural investment fund; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 186 An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Examiners in Optometry; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 32 An Act establishing the Alaska middle college program for public school students; relating to the powers of the University of Alaska; relating to reporting requirements of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date. · Passed Legislature · May 18, 2022
• SB 36 An Act relating to reporting requirements of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska. · Passed Legislature · May 12, 2022
• SB 126 An Act relating to the duration of a regular session of the legislature; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 28, 2022
• SB 64 An Act relating to management of enhanced stocks of shellfish; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to engage in shellfish enhancement projects; relating to application fees for salmon hatchery permits and shellfish enhancement project permits; allowing the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to market aquatic farm products; and providing for an effective date. · Feb 16, 2022
• SB 19 An Act relating to allocations for the special education service agency; extending the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Aug 16, 2021
• SJR 8 Urging the Alaska delegation in Congress, the United States Department of the Interior, and the Governor to facilitate a land grant endowment to the University of Alaska; urging the Alaska delegation in Congress to reintroduce the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act; and urging the Department of Natural Resources to work with the University of Alaska to identify lands suitable for the land endowment. · To Executive · Jun 23, 2021
• SCR 4 Establishing a legislative commission to review and make recommendations to the legislature relating to the official state seal and motto. · Apr 21, 2021
• SCR 1 Suspending Rules 24(a) and 34(c), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; authorizing the presiding officers to allow members to attend a session by videoconference or teleconference in certain circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic; and relating to sessions where members are authorized to attend a session by videoconference or teleconference. · Passed Legislature · Mar 3, 2021

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• 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 278 An Act establishing the Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission; 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
• 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 246 An Act relating to allocations for the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · 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 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
• 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 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 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
• 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 20 Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. · To Executive · Jun 17, 2026
• HCR 9 Honoring the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States of America. · 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
• 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
• 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
• SJR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to actions upon veto. · Passed Legislature · May 4, 2026
• SB 6 An Act requiring education in the history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. · Passed Legislature · Feb 16, 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
• HB 31 An Act relating to the registration of commercial vessels; and relating to the derelict vessel prevention program fund. · Became Law · 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
• HCR 6 Commemorating the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. · 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 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
• 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 67 An Act relating to firefighting substances; 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
• 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 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 22 An Act establishing Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2024
• HB 26 An Act relating to the official languages of the State of Alaska; renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native Languages; relating to the transfer of the Council for Alaska Native Languages from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to the Department of Education and Early Development; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages. · Became Law · Oct 16, 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
• 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
• SB 159 An Act establishing Alaska Veterans' Poppy Day; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Oct 9, 2024
• SB 174 An Act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag and the Honor and Sacrifice Flag. · 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
• 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
• SB 189 An Act extending the termination date of the Big Game Commercial Services Board; extending the termination date of the Board of Massage Therapists; establishing a big game guide concession area permit program on land in the state; relating to the duties of the Big Game Commercial Services Board, the Board of Game, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural Resources; relating to education tax credits for certain payments and contributions for child care and child care facilities; relating to the insurance tax education credit, the income tax education credit, the oil or gas producer education credit, the property tax education credit, the mining business education credit, the fisheries business education credit, and the fisheries resource landing tax education credit; extending the termination date of the Alaska Commission on Aging; extending the termination date of the Marijuana Control Board; renaming the day care assistance program the child care assistance program; relating to the child care assistance program and the child care grant program; requiring the Board of Game to establish an initial big game guide concession area; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date of secs. 1, 2, and 21, ch. 61, SLA 2014; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · 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
• SB 131 An Act requiring education in the history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2024
• SB 24 An Act relating to mental health education; 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 215 An Act relating to teacher incentive payments for national board certification; and providing for an effective date. · May 11, 2024
• HB 265 An Act changing the term 'child pornography' to 'child sexual abuse material.' · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 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 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 172 An Act extending the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date. · Jan 24, 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• HB 78 An Act establishing September 10 as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day. · Became Law · Oct 16, 2023
• HB 23 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · 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
• HJR 4 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. · To Executive · Apr 3, 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 30 An Act establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month. · Feb 28, 2023
• SB 26 An Act relating to special registration plates commemorating peace officers killed in the line of duty. · Feb 22, 2023
• SB 168 An Act relating to program receipts; and relating to the acceptance of gifts, donations, and grants for the purpose of providing signage for assets under the control of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. · 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 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
• SB 185 An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage. · Became Law · Oct 5, 2022
• SB 136 An Act relating to firearms and other weapons restrictions; and relating to hunter and firearm safety education. · Passed Legislature · May 18, 2022
• SB 121 An Act relating to pollutants; relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; relating to the duties of the Department of Environmental Conservation; relating to firefighting substances; relating to thermal remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination; and providing for an effective date. · Apr 25, 2022
• SB 150 An Act establishing the second Monday of September of each year as Truck Driver Appreciation Day. · Passed Legislature · Mar 22, 2022
• SB 146 An Act relating to costs of and charges for textbooks and other course materials required for University of Alaska courses; and providing for an effective date. · Mar 18, 2022
• SB 12 An Act relating to temporary courtesy licenses for military spouses; and relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. · Became Law · Sep 14, 2021
• SB 27 An Act relating to industrial hemp; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Aug 30, 2021
• SB 47 An Act relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by persons with disabilities. · Became Law · Aug 30, 2021
• SB 40 An Act relating to veterans' benefits services and veterans' benefits appeal services. · Became Law · Aug 30, 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
• SB 70 An Act relating to opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Aug 16, 2021
• SB 125 An Act relating to the transferability of hunts awarded by drawing; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Aug 16, 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
• SB 24 An Act relating to holding corporate meetings by remote communication; allowing voting by remote communication at corporate meetings; making shareholder lists available electronically; relating to for-profit and nonprofit corporations; relating to business and industrial development corporations; relating to Native corporations; relating to the Alaska Banking Code; and providing for an effective date. · Became Law · Apr 3, 2021
• SR 3 Relating to nonprofit, nongovernmental organization support for veterans in Alaska.