Click on the following link to find your
Legislators by District or by community.
You
may contact your Legislator by mail, e-mail, phone, fax
or by sending a Public Opinion Message. For a list of Legislators
and their contact information click here: Legislator
List.
For
information regarding Public Opinion Messages click here: Public
Opinion Message. If you would like to know how to address
your Legislator click here: Addressing
your Legislator
Email: The format for an e-mail address is as follows:
Represenatives: rep_first_last@legis.state.ak.us
Example: Rep_John_Doe@legis.state.ak.us
Senators: sen_first_last@legis.state.ak.us
Example: Sen_John_Doe@legis.state.ak.us
The Alaska Legislature
is composed of two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The House of Representatives consists of 24 Republicans and
16 Democrats. Of the forty Representatives, 8 are women
and 32 are men. The Senate consists 10 Republicans
and 10 Democrats. Of the twenty Senators, 3 are women and
17 are men. For short biographies of your Legislators,
click on one of the following links:
House
of Representatives
Senate
A bill becomes a law by going through
an introduction, reading, referral, hearing and voting process
known as the Legislative Process. Click
on the link for a detailed description of this process.
Our Legislative home page includes a link
to the Bill
Action and Status Inquiry System (BASIS). If
you know the general topic of the bill, select subject
summary from the box on the right hand side of the page
and choose from a list of general topics. From there,
you can read the short titles of bills to find the one that
matches what you are looking for.
You can track bills through the Bill
Action and Status Inquiry System (BASIS). Information
at this site includes, but is not limited, to bill histories,
sponsor statements, committees of referral, and committee schedules.
You can also access the full text of bills here.
When
does the Legislative session convene? adjourn?
Starting in 2008, the Legislative Session is being shortened to 90 days. The 2008 Session convenes Janurary 15th, and adjourns April 13th. In past years the
Legislative session convenes on the second Monday in January
. In the years that following
a gubernatorial election, the legislature convenes on the third
Monday in January unless that happens to fall on Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, in which case it convenes on the Tuesday after.
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How do I
contact my local Legislative Information Office?
From the Legislative home page, click
on the link to Legislative Affairs Agency and then to
Legislative Information Offices
and Teleconference Centers. Here you will
find addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses,
and links to individual LIO web pages.
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Where can
I find a list of the House and Senate standing committees?
From the Legislative home page, click
on the link to Information Documents and then to Committee
Members List. You
can also find committee information in BASIS.
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How do
I send a Public Opinion Message (POM)?
You may now send your own Public Opinion
Messages (POM)! Your name and address that you use needs to
be the one that is on your voter registration card. To access
the program, click here: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms.
If you have problems or questions, contact your local Legislative
Information Office.
To have your Legislative Information Office
send your POM, call your local LIO.
You may also fill out the Public
Opinion Message form and fax it to your local Legislative
Information Office.
Are there Capitol tours?
Guided tours of Alaska's Capitol take
place in the summer months June through August. Click here
for a self-guided Capitol
Tour brochure. Also on this web site
is a Capitol Tour video.
For questions about tours of the Capitol call 907-465-3800.
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