Alaska legislators' prefiled bills range from marriage equality to fisheries management

Alaska legislators have so far prefiled 68 bills and resolutions ahead of the Jan. 17 session start date.

House Rep. Andy Josephson, an Anchorage Democrat, sponsored the resolution. He said it was especially important to him after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion protections last summer.

Same-sex marriage has been recognized in Alaska since 2014. President Joe Biden signed a law last monthsame-sex and interracial marriage. But Josephson said he doesn’t trust that the Supreme Court won’t eventually strike down that law too. Kodiak Republican Sen. Louise Stutes prefiled three fisheries-related bills to support developing fisheries in the state and reduce commercial vessel registration fees. A third proposed bill, which previously never made it out of the House, would allow Board of Fish and Board of Game members with“Why would you have a board member with an area of expertise, and then not let him share his area of expertise with other board members?” she said. “It’s crazy.

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