Sec. 24.08.060. Introduction of bills and resolutions.
(a) A member of the legislature or a committee chairman, with the concurrence of a majority of the active members of the committee and on behalf of the committee, may introduce a bill or resolution. Bills and resolutions shall be prepared and introduced in the manner and form prescribed in the uniform rules and the […]
Sec. 24.08.070. Numbering of bills.
The chief clerk of the house in which the bill is introduced shall number it in the order of its introduction and thereafter the bill shall be designated by the number given to it.
Sec. 24.08.080. Readings.
A bill may not become law unless it has passed three readings in each house on three separate days, except that a bill may be advanced from second to third reading on the same day by concurrence of three-fourths of the house considering it.
Sec. 24.08.090. Vote on passage.
A bill may not become law without the affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of each house. The yeas and the nays on final passage shall be recorded in the journal.
Sec. 24.08.100. Action upon veto.
When the governor vetoes a bill or by veto strikes or reduces an item in an appropriation bill, during a regular session of the legislature, the legislature shall proceed to act in accordance with art. II, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, as it is implemented by the rules of the legislature. A […]
Sec. 24.08.105. Record of votes.
The voting record for each legislator shall be made available to any person on request. The Legislative Affairs Agency shall keep voting records compiled annually under this section on the agency data system and shall distribute copies to all legislative information offices for a fee established under AS 40.25.115.
Sec. 24.08.110. Bills carry over.
A bill introduced but not receiving final action in the first regular session of a legislature carries over in the same reading or status into the second regular session of the same legislature.
Sec. 24.08.050. Prefiling of bills and resolutions.
Any member of the legislature whose term extends into a forthcoming session or legislature, or a member-elect may file a bill or resolution or a proposal for a bill or resolution with the Legislative Affairs Agency at any time before January 1. The agency shall place a prefiled bill or resolution, which is approved by […]
Sec. 24.08.010. General procedure.
The procedure for handling bills from the time of their prefiling or introduction until they become law is provided in this chapter subject to implementing rules adopted by the legislature. Resolutions shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the uniform rules of the legislature.
Sec. 24.08.020. Subject of bills.
The subject of each bill shall be expressed in its title and every bill shall be confined to one subject unless it is an appropriation bill or one codifying, revising, or rearranging existing laws. The limitation to one subject shall be liberally construed to permit the subject to include all matters that reasonably can be […]