Capitol Report: SB 174 update, April 12, 2016

April 12, 2016

Marmian Grimes

By Chris Christensen
University of Alaska associate vice president for state relations

SB 174, allowing weapons on campus, was passed out of the House Education Committee Monday by a vote of 4-3. The committee made no amendments to the bill.

As reported last Friday, the bill was heard by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. We wanted to let advocates know that we have posted an updated analysis of the bill online. You may find this useful if you intend to testify or send written comments to the committee today. You can find this analysis at http://www.alaska.edu/files/state/2016.04.11-SB-174-memo-to-House-Judiciary-signed.pdf

If you want to send written testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, you can do so at this address: kalyssa.maile@akleg.gov. If you prefer to contact members of the committee individually, you can find email addresses and phone numbers at the following links:

Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=LEU

Rep. Wes Keller, Vice-Chair
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=KEE

Rep. Neal Foster
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=FON

Rep. Bob Lynn
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=LYN

Rep. Charisse Millett
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=MIL

Rep. Matt Claman
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=CLA

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
http://new.akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=KRE

Again, if you spend time drafting written testimony or writing an email, you should also copy the House member who represents your district. If you don’t know who that is, you can go to this webpage and enter your home address in the box at the bottom right of the page: http://akleg.gov/index.php

Thank you for all your work to promote and support the University of Alaska.

For more information, contact Christensen at
cschristenseniii@alaska.edu or visit www.alaska.edu/state .