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HOUSE BILL NO. 278
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
Introduced: 2/24/20
Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to binding votes by or for a legislator under the Legislative Ethics
2 Act."
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. AS 24.60.030(j) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read:
5 (4) "caucus" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.037(g);
6 (5) "legislative body" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.037(g).
7 * Sec. 2. AS 24.60.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
8 (k) A legislator may not commit or bind another legislator to commit, through
9 a vote in a caucus, to vote for or against a bill, appointment, veto, or other measure
10 that may come to a vote before a legislative body. Nothing in this subsection prohibits
11 a legislator from
12 (1) voting in a caucus on a matter directly relating to the selection of
13 an officer of the caucus or a leader of a legislative body;
14 (2) conducting an informal poll, outside of a meeting of the majority of
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1 the members of a legislative body, to determine how another legislator may vote on a
2 measure.
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Statutes affected:
HB0278A, AM HB 278, introduced 02/24/2020: 24.60.030, 24.60.037