On February 15, 2013, the House Majority announced the FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES that will provide a framework guiding the House Majority Caucus to work on behalf of Alaskans over the two years of the 28th Legislative Session.
The Five Guiding Principles are:
Affordable Energy
Build a Strong Economy
Fiscal Responsibility
Education Reform & Workforce Development
Healthy Communities
Most of the bills and resolutions that I sponsored or co-sponsored fit under one of the Five Guiding Principles, as seen below.
AFFORDABLE ENERGY
HB 29 – Injunction Security: Industrial Operation
HB 35 – Home Heating Conversion Loans
HJR 7 – Endorsing ANWR Leasing
HR 5 – Federal Assesment of 2012 Arctic Operations
BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY
HB 9 – In-State Gasline Development Team Duties
HB 15 – Commercial Motor Vehicle Requirements
HB 32 – Lines of Business on Business License
HB 34 – Federal Laws, Regulations & Executive Orders
HB 47 – Injunction Security: Industrial Operation
HB 57 – Entity Transactions Act
HB 68 – Corporate Income Tax
HB 69 – Exempt Firearms from Federal Regulation
HB 92 – Interference with Industrial Operations
HJR 4 – Oppose Gun Control Orders & Legislation
HJR 5 – Oppose Genetically Engineered Salmon
HJR 6 – BLM Legacy Oil Well Clean up/Awareness
HJR 9 – Mining/Processing of Rare Earth Elements
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
HB 30 - Dedicated Transportation Fund
HB 122 - Transportation Infrastructure Fund Appropriations
HB 123 - Dedicated Transportation Fund/Public Transport HJR 10 - Constitutional Amendment: Transportation Fund
EDUCATION REFORM & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
HB 21 – Four-Day School Week
HB 30 – State Agency Performance Audits
HB 1 – Requirements for Driver’s License
HB 5 – Board of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors
HB 27 – Student Count Estimates
HB 45 – Electronic Bullying in Schools
HB 87 – Extend Special Education Service Agency
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
HJR 9 – Endorsing ANWR Leasing
HB 6 – Pharmacy Audits
HB 16 – Adult Public Assistance Eligibility
HB 44 – Advance Health Care Directives Registry
HB 50 – Multi-Unit Housing: Commercial Use
HB 54 – Placement of a Child in Need of Aid
HB 67 – Vietnam Veterans Day
HB 88 – Statutory Refrences to Mental Retardation