House Bill 88 would have kept companies from instituting work quotas that discourage employees from using the bathroom.
Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, speaks during a session of the Alaska House of Representatives on Sunday, May 12, 2024.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have required the operators of large warehouses to provide their employees with a written work quota and would have forbidden them from instituting quotas that are so high that an employee would lack time to use the bathroom.Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, wrote the bill and said in April that it was a matter of fairness and transparency for workers. He had worked in a warehouse, he said, and the issue was personal to him.
The Alaska Legislature could seek to override the veto of HB 88 and other bills if they call a special session, but Rauscher and multiple other lawmakers say they don’t believe there’s an appetite to do that. The veto was Dunleavy’s seventh for a policy bill in 2024 and 12th since being elected in 2018. He has since signed two other vetoes, for a total of 14 during his two terms in office. Those figures do not include his annual budget vetoes. published on social media Thursday, Teamsters Local 959 said it was disappointed by the governor’s veto.
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