March 29, 2022
Alaskan Friends and Neighbors,
Can you believe March is nearly over? Unbelievable! It has been a busy week for us here in Juneau! Before we get into that though, I want to applaud all of you who engaged over the weekend and weighed in regarding the proposed renaming of Colony Christmas and Colony Days. The rebranding to Hometown Holidays and Braided River Festival did not go over well and the Palmer Chamber reversed its decision.
Observers in Alaska learned one thing: don’t mess with Mat-Su! It truly was impressive to see how we didn’t waste any time. Thousands of residents quickly stepped up and spoke up – and the reversal occurred in less than 48-hours. It’s clear local residents appreciate the agricultural roots of the town of Palmer that began 86 years ago. The preservation of the history of the Matanuska Colony Project enhances the charm and character of Palmer.
Now to report on what’s happening in your state capital….
We have several bills in committee that have our attention, including SB 140, the Even Playing Field Act as well as a new bill, SB 217, Authorizing Handguns for School Personnel. Both of these bills pertain to our schools and help ensure the environment is safe and healthy so students have an excellent opportunity to become the best people they can become.
A word of clarification regarding SB 140 The Even Playing Field Act. Confusion is swirling around that there are constitutional issues with the bill and that there is not enough time for the bill to make it through the legislative process. Neither of these points is accurate; these points are simply excuses for stalling or killing the bill. We have solid and extremely well-vetted language (by constitutional scholars) in the bill; attorneys who are experts in these matters are confident the bill language would be upheld by the US Supreme Court. If the bill were moved out of the Senate Education Committee this week, it could be passed next week on the Senate floor and immediately sent to the House.
Word out there too is that I have been unwilling to consider changes to improve SB140. This is also inaccurate. I was unwilling, however, to consider proposed changes that would have gutted the bill and totally reversed its intent. The changes that were suggested would have mirrored NCAA policies and would have allowed male-bodied athletes on girls’ and women’s teams. The whole point of SB140 is to prevent that situation in our schools! Of course I was uncooperative in allowing these changes!
One final excuse you may hear why the bill shouldn’t move is because the bill will likely not make it through the House. It is absolutely wrong for the Senate to subject itself to what the House may or may not do. The Senate frequently sends bills to the House when we don’t know their fate. We are a separate body from the House, and if we have good policy in our possession, we should pass it, period.
If you believe girls’ and women’s rights in sports should be upheld as provided by Title IX and would like this bill to move through the legislative process, please email the Senate Education Chair here and the Committee here and tell them so. Thank you!
If the rights, the nondiscrimination, and the wellbeing of girls and women are not a priority of legislators, I am sincerely concerned for the future of Alaska.
Moving right along, yesterday, we passed two bills out of the Senate SB 132, and SB 186. Two more will be voted on the floor today: SB 174, SB 80,
With finite amounts of time available to all of us, SB 132, Exempting Veterinarians from Controlled Substance Reporting will provide our hard-working veterinarians a little more time as they treat animals. The reporting of prescription controlled drugs is one thing for humans because of opiate abuse, but the database does not make allowances for our pets and livestock. Moreover, your pet’s health information is not covered by the Healthcare Information Portability and Protection Act (HIPPA). This means that your personal health information as the owner of the animal would be tied to the prescription and openly available to veterinary clinic employees who are not required to follow HIPPA. This bill exempts veterinarians from the reporting.
SB 186, Extending the Board of Examiners in Optometry also passed yesterday. This board was set to sunset this year and by extending the board, Alaskan optometrists can continue to provide us with vision care .I’m sure we can all see why passing this bill was important!
SB 174, Allow Natural Hairstyles will be on the floor today. The bill prevent schools from discriminating against students based on the way they choose to wear their hair. One of the things that makes our country so great is our ability to incorporate different cultures into our beautiful American tapestry. This bill will allow the threads of that tapestry to continue to be woven!
Lastly, SB 80, Public School Mental Health Education is also up for a vote today. The Department of Education and Early Development will review and make curriculum available that will be optional for districts to use. School districts may provide age-appropriate instruction if they choose but a student can only participate if that child’s parent provides signed consent.
Below is an article with tips on providing effective public testimony. Use it as a guide and you’ll have greater impact! I’ve also provided an overview of the federal funding coming to Alaska and the high overview plans for building out our broadband infrastructure in Alaska. Check it out! As always, our bill update section awaits you along with public testimony flyers, photos from this past week, and last night’s Facebook Live. You likely will have to expand the email at the bottom to see all the great items we’ve included this week.
Working on your behalf,
Meet baby Gracie, an absolute cutie and sweetie pie! She visits the Capitol on occasion with her momma Sonia who works on policy issues in the building. We love it when the two drop by Room 30! Her red hair reminds me of my daughter, Emily, who by the way, had her 34th birthday the day before Gracie’s visit!
I am holding in this photo the reason why SB 140 The Even Playing Field Act should move out of committee and onto the Senate floor for a vote.
“If the rights, the nondiscrimination, and the wellbeing of girls and women are not a priority of legislators, I am sincerely concerned for the future of Alaska.” Senator Shelley Hughes
It’s not everyday that three of the Governor’s Cabinet members are together in the Capitol building at once and available to meet! With their assistant on the left, DEC Commissioner Jason Brune, DNR Commissioner Corrie Fiege, and Attorney General Treg Taylor stopped by to discuss their efforts to advance Alaska in regard to state’s rights related to resource development. Despite federal agency pushback, they are working together through legal means to break down barriers.
Christine O’Connor with Alaska Telecom Association (on far right) joins me along with guests from the Nushagak Cooperative service area in Southwest Alaska to update me on a project that will be a game changer when it comes to internet speed and capacity for rural communities in this region of our state: (left to right) Trung Yo, Annie Fritze, Richard Carlson, Peter Andrew, and Bob Himschoot.
How to knock it out of the park:
Effective public testimony
by Buddy Whitt
My name is Buddy Whitt and I have worked as a member of Senator Hughes’ staff for seven years. In my time working in the Senate I have seen a lot of public testimony, both written and verbal. Today, I wanted to take a little bit of time to talk to you about effective public testimony to the legislature.
Testifying publicly is one of the best ways to engage policymakers and for you as a citizen to take meaningful action in favor of or in opposition to policy considerations. There is a lot of truth to the old adage, “Legislation is decided by those who show up”.
Without effective input from the public, much-needed legislation may never become law. In this article, I will point out how to prepare and give public testimony and effectively advocate for policy you believe is good for Alaska.
It is important to understand that legislators want to hear from you. Regardless of what side of the issue you may be on, if you have a position on policy, they want to know it. When legislators do not hear from the people they represent, it is natural for them to assume that there is no interest. Speaking at a public hearing will have an impact and will be appreciated, particularly if you follow a few basic steps and a couple simple principles.
First, you have to know what bills are being considered and their status. If there is a bill that is of interest to you, the Alaska State Legislature has set up an easy bill tracking system that will keep you updated on upcoming hearings for your bill. Simply text the bill number (SB 140 for example) to the number (559)245-2529. This tool will allow you to know when a hearing is scheduled, when the opportunity for public testimony will be made available, when a bill has moved out of a committee, and when it will be on the floor for a vote in either the House or the Senate.
When a bill is noticed for public testimony, use these principles to prepare:
- Keep your testimony simple and straightforward; usually, a time limit will be placed in advance of two to three minutes. A good rule of thumb is to plan and prepare for two minutes or less.
- Write it out.
- If you have a personal story of how a particular policy consideration has or will affect you or members of your family, that is particularly impactful.
- Outside of a personal story, stick to facts. Fantastic generalizations carry little weight. Instead, use facts, data, or real-world examples to illustrate your point..
- Make sure you make it clear whether you support or oppose the bill.
- A short, clear, and concise message is more impactful than a hurried and complicated message that contains too much detailed information.
- Thank the Chair and Committee at the end of your testimony.
- Practice your verbal testimony not only to make sure it’s within the time limit, but also so that you are comfortable with it.
- Speak very clearly and don’t rush.
- If possible, also submit the testimony you presented verbally in writing to the committee. This will ensure that your comments and feelings about the bill will follow through the legislative process. If an opportunity arises for additional public testimony in a future committee and you are unable to attend, you can at least have some comfort in knowing that your written public testimony has already been reviewed.
When you are writing out your testimony, here is an outline of a standard opening statement should look like;
“Good (Morning/Afternoon) members of the (House/Senate) _______________ Committee. My name is _______________ and I live in __________, Alaska. I am testifying on behalf of (myself/some other organization) in (support/opposition) to (Senate Bill/House Bill) _______.”
The final rule and a very important one, for providing impactful public testimony? BE POLITE AND BE RESPECTFUL to help ensure your testimony is considered credible. Your voice can be firm and powerful but it shouldn’t sound annoyed and you shouldn’t yell. On rare occasions advocates get fired up and frustrated and scream rudely. Their testimony has little impact, the very opposite of what the testifier wanted.
Your goal should be to change the minds of those who disagree with you. With that in mind, it is vitally important that name-calling, ridiculing, and disparaging remarks towards legislators and/or the opposition of your view, be avoided. Stick with the facts of your argument.
Personal attacks do nothing but make the opposition more dogmatic. No one likes to be wrong, but a person is more likely to admit they were wrong about a policy position if they don’t feel bullied. So please, be passionate but also please be polite.
In the legislature, we operate by a lot of rules. I believe the most important one for all of us though, is the Golden Rule. If you pay more attention to that one, even when passionately advocating for what you believe, your chances of success will be much higher. Good luck to you and as always, if there is anything that I or our other staff can do for you, please let me know. Buddy.Whitt@akleg.gov.
Kara Nelson (pictured between the American flag and me), formerly Director of Covenant House in Juneau, now Director of Development and Public Relations with True North Alaska in Wasilla, returned to her hometown with out-of-state ministry students for a visit at the Capitol. We had a wonderful visit. Before their departure, several asked if they could pray. I did not turn them down! I appreciated their words of encouragement and enjoyed our time together.
Julie Estey, a constituent and the Senior Director of External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives at Matanuska Electric Association, stopped by to update me on the Fishhook to Pittman transmission line routing project.
Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
Big Dollars Coming to Alaska Soon
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it was that people can learn, work, and succeed remotely through the internet. The upcoming broadband infrastructure deployment through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will significantly expand Alaska’s capacity for remote education, employment, healthcare, and commerce. Alaskans should start brainstorming now about how we can utilize vastly improved internet across the state, including in remote rural areas, to strengthen our economy, to open up job opportunities, to provide certificate training, educational opportunities, and human resource development. We expect high-speed and high-capacity internet to be readily available to nearly every Alaskan in the next five years.
The Federal Government is distributing a total of 42.5 billion dollars to the States through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Development Program (BEAD) administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). At a minimum, every state will receive $100 million although the NTIA has specified that at least 10% of BEAD funding is reserved for high-cost areas. Anyone familiar with rural Alaska knows that vast amounts of our state are categorically high-cost in comparison to the lower 48.
The Federal Government has three main priorities for the BEAD program. First, the funding will be used to address unserved service projects defined as areas in which 80% of locations in the proposal area lack access to reliable broadband at 25/Mbps download speed and 3/Mbps upload speed. Second, the funding will be used to address underserved service projects defined as areas in which 80% of locations in the proposal area lack access to reliable 100Mbps/20Mbps service. Finally, the funding will be used to address community anchor institutions, such as schools, libraries, and hospitals, lacking access to 1Gbps service.
The Federal Government has hired a contractor to do mapping of broadband service in Alaska and designate unserved and underserved areas. Based on these broadband DATA maps, NTIA will allocate funding to the states who apply to the program. The state will have the opportunity to push back on discrepancies in the mapping process. To this end, many industry members are performing mapping of their services areas to compare with the federal contractor.
Last Thursday, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED) provided a presentation on broadband infrastructure deployment in the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee. The Governor’s Office, in conjunction with DCCED, has preliminary plans in place to create an Office of Broadband in Alaska with a target date of June 2022 to have this office operational. The Office of Broadband will be tasked with managing the rollout of the BEAD monies and working with the Federal Government, NTIA, and local governments/agencies/municipalities regarding broadband infrastructure.
The Office of Broadband will anticipate a notice of funding from the Federal Government mid-June 2022. The office will also be responsible for filing the subsequent notice of intent to proceed with broadband projects. Following NTIA review and approval of the final Alaska State action plan and proposal developed through the Office of Broadband, we can expect reliable broadband to be available across Alaska at a reasonable cost to consumers within 5 years barring labor and supply chain issues
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Given that broadband access and costs will radically change for the better in five years, I believe it is time to start brainstorming about ways to utilize this infrastructure once it is available. So much of the current conversation about this broadband deployment has been focused on logistics and technical challenges. If we wait to start discussing educational and occupational opportunities until after the broadband is deployed, Alaska will waste critical time and fall behind on the national stage. The time for planning is now.
In various meetings with the Commissioners of Education & Early Development, Labor & Workforce Development, and Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, I have emphasized the need to start preparing for the delivery of job training now.
For many rural communities at the subsistence level, the deployment of broadband represents the opportunity for a new economic base. Residents in formerly isolated villages will soon be able to connect to the global marketplace to sell their products, to tie into an office or company or project for employment in another part of the state, nation, or world. Alaskans will have immediate access to systems like telehealth, career certificate training, and remote higher education. We must start discussing the options for both children and adults to attend school without the expense of leaving their homes.
For those of from the Mat-Su and other areas where fiber is readily available, we must not accept the false notion that this broadband infrastructure will be trivial for our areas. By getting rural Alaska online, our opportunities for partnerships, business deals, and marketing to previously offline areas will increase. We must adjust our business models accordingly. The stronger and more vibrant communities are across the state, the better it is for all of us!
This is the time of year folks from the various school districts visit legislators. I do our best to make time for visitors, but in this case, I had another meeting so my Chief of Staff, Buddy Whitt, met with Charlene Arneson, Chugach School Board Member along with Dave Dickason, Mayor of Whittier as well as Chugach School Board member. I did get to greet them briefly at the end of their meeting.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN THIS WEEK
Public Testimony
Below is list of bills scheduled to be heard in various committees this week. If you’d like to provide public testimony, plug the bill number (for example “HB 133”) into the search bar here to learn the date and time. Scroll down toward the bottom of this newsletter to find the public testimony call-in phone numbers.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK
Below is a sampling. Click here to see the full list.
Below are photos from the Pro-Life Rally hosted by Alaskans for Life that was held last week.
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As the volume of daily contacts reaching out to my office has exponentially increased over time, my staff stands by, ready to assist you. If you desire follow-up, feedback, a response to a question, etc., it’s always best to call the office. Below are direct phone numbers for my aides, or you can call the general number at 907-465-3743. |
For additional information,
contact my staff:
Buddy Whitt- Chief of Staff
-Senate Majority Leader Staff
-Senator Hughes’ Aide for Senate Judiciary Committee
Buddy.Whitt@akleg.gov
907-465-5025
Daniel Phelps – Legislative Aide
-Committee Aide for Community and Regional Affairs
-Senator Hughes’ Aide for Senate Education Committee
-Senator Hughes’ Aide for Alaska Grown Caucus
Daniel.Phelps@akleg.gov
907-465-1172
Brent Bartlett – Legislative Aide
-Senator Hughes’ Aide for Health and Social Services Committee
-Senator Hughes’ Scheduler
Brent.Bartlett@akleg.gov
907-465-3743
Serving You in These Roles
Current Senate Committees:
- Community & Regional Affairs Committee, Chair
- Health & Social Services Committee, Vice-Chair
- Rules Committee, Member
- Judiciary Committee, Member
- Education Committee, Member
- Legislative Council Committee, Alternate
Finance Subcommittee Assignments:
- Senate Transportation & Public Facilities (Fin Sub), Member
- Senate Administration (Fin Sub), Member
- Senate Judiciary (Fin Sub), Member
Other Appointments:
- State Agriculture & Rural Leaders, Alaska Delegate
- Mat-Su Legislative Delegation, Member
- National Conference of State Legislatures – State Coordinator
- National Conference of State Legislatures – Law, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Member
- National Conference of State Legislatures – Task Force on Cybersecurity, Member
- Council of State Governments – Transportation Committee, Member
- Council of State Governments West – Canada Relations Committee, Member
For information on bills I’m co‑sponsoring
click here.
For information on all bills filed during this session,
click here.
Passed Legislation
(Bills that are finished with the legislative process)
SB 27 – Industrial Hemp Program; Manufacturing- Many of you are aware that in 2018 I sponsored and the legislature passed SB6 allowing for the legalized growth and production of Industrial Hemp as an agricultural product in the Alaska. In late 2018 the US Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill which made additional changes to the federal statutes regarding the production of industrial hemp. SB 27 makes a few small changes in Alaska statute in order to conform to those federal changes.
The bill was passed unanimously in the Senate and almost unanimously in the House (Representatives Eastman and Kurka were opposed to this bill). This summer the Governor signed the bill at the Alaska State Fair, and just a few weeks ago the United States Department of Agriculture approved the Alaska Industrial Hemp Plan so that Alaska can now grow, manufacture, and sell hemp and hemp products across jurisdictions. This is a great win for Alaska.
Legislation Update
(Shelley’s bills filed with your best interest in mind)
SB 41 – Health Insurance Info; Incentive Program. Also known as the Alaska Health Care Consumers Right to Shop Act. The Senate Labor & Commerce chair had planned to move the bill out so that we could report to you that the bill is currently in the Senate Finance Committee. Unfortunately, the meeting was canceled. SB41 will loosen up free-market principles to operate as they should in our healthcare market in Alaska. Providing an easy way for consumers to price compare through an online tool and offering an incentive via cashback for shared savings if the consumer chooses a provider who charges less than the average charge, this bill help reintroduce competition into a sector of our economy where it is now fairly non-existent. When it comes to healthcare, Alaska is not only the highest cost state in the nation, it is the highest cost location on the globe. This stifles economic growth in other sectors, overburdens Alaskan families and individuals, is taking dollars allocated to education away from instruction in our schools, and increases costs for local and state governments. Please send an email to Senate.Labor.and.Commerce@akleg.gov and ask the Chair to please reschedule the bill and to move it out.
SB 42 – Virtual and Early Education, Reading- The “Education Transformation Act” (now merged into Senate Education Committee SB 111) establishes proven reading instruction in our schools with the goal that children will learn to read well by third grade. It also establishes an online platform with a menu of classes and video samples in order to open up a larger variety of course offerings and teaching expertise to students statewide. Lastly, it provides for optional pre-K with a strong reading preparation component. The bill is awaiting a third hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Certain items in the bill were recently misunderstood and misrepresented by a few members of the House majority in a newspaper opinion piece. Several of us are working to set the record straight so that the legislation can move forward and young Alaskan students can benefit from schools being held accountable to teach children to read.
SB 43 – Elections, Voting, Campaign Finance- “An Act relating to campaign finance and initiatives; relating to elections and voting; and relating to unlawful interference with voting”. SB 43 is about improving transparency and accountability in Alaska’s campaign finance laws as well as securing the integrity of Alaska’s election process. We were able to move the bill from the Senate State Affairs Committee to the Judiciary Committee but will not be requesting a hearing because the key pieces of the bill were incorporated into SB39, an election integrity bill by Senator Shower which awaits a hearing in Senate Finance.
SB 102 – Extending the Alaska membership in the Compact to advocate for an Article V Constitutional Convention for the purposes of advancing an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring a balanced budget. Alaska’s membership in this compact is set to expire this year, but with the passage of Senate Bill 102, Alaska would remain a member in the compact until 2031. The bill has been in the possession of the Senate Finance Committee since early April 2021 but has not been scheduled. Former Lt Governor Mead Treadwell is a big advocate for this legislation and is visiting with key members of the legislature, hoping to win support for the bill to move.
SB 140 – An Act relating to school athletics, recreation, athletic teams, and sports. The goal of SB 140 is to maintain the rights women fought for and gained in obtaining Title IX status in 1972. Before Title IX, 1 in 27 girls played sports. Today that number is 2 in 5. An excellent hearing was held f weeks ago with tremendous expert testimony. The Senate Education Committee heard nearly 4 hours of public testimony on SB 140 the following week. I am hopeful the chair will choose to schedule the bill for another hearing for discussion and questions and that the chair and committee members will choose to move the bill out soon so that it heads to the floor for a vote.
SB 181 – Identification of Contractor in Ads – This bill amends the current statute to allow contractors to provide an internet website or landing page that contains their licensure and identification requirements rather than listing the details in the advertisement. This bill was moved out of the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee on February 23, 2022, and has since been awaiting a hearing in the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee which we hope will be soon.
SB 197 – Senate Bill 197 is my bill to allow Alaskans to enter Direct Health Care Agreements with doctors. Direct Health Care Agreement concepts are not new and have been adopted as a regular medical practice in 32 states with pending legislation in 12 others including Alaska. Direct Health Care agreements allow a patient to enter into an agreement for service with their healthcare provider for one annual fee and cover a myriad of preventative and regular healthcare without involving their medical insurance. These agreements remove some of the financial barriers patients encounter in accessing routine primary care, including preventive, wellness, and chronic care services. The bill is scheduled for its second hearing in the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee tomorrow.
SB 217 – Current law allows concealed carry on school campuses in Alaska but only with the permission of the school superintendent. There are currently no other caveats beyond that. One of the reasons superintendents may not be allowing the carrying of concealed weapons is due to the lack of policy on what the training criteria should be considering the very unique school environment (where the ratio of children is greater than that of adults). Most do not realize that this training is not a standard part of police and trooper academies. Law enforcement officers (LEOs) who serve as school resources officers attend additional training specific to school environments. If LEOs require specialized training to work at schools to help increase safety for our precious children, then specialized training should be required for others conceal carrying in schools and they should be given a special job designation for that effort. The time and expense for their effort should be covered by the school district as well. SB 217 establishes the training criteria for school staff to conceal carry. With relatively few LEOs across great expanses of our state’s geography, the slow response time for a LEO at many schools in Alaska could result in a massive tragedy in the event of an active shooter. SB 217 offers a solution for school districts to be prepared so that the lives of students and staff can be saved in the event of such an incident. Our office is currently working to prepare amendments to adjust the wording of the bill to have the new language ready for the committee at the first hearing.
SJR 4 – Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to abortion. This bill will allow for the question of abortion to be decided through legislation or voter initiative. The bill was heard and passed out of the Senate Health and Social Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee is currently in the Senate Finance Committee. We are hopeful that the committee will hear the bill in the near future.
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HAVE A FEDERAL ISSUE???
Contact Alaska’s US Senators and Congressman
Lisa Murkowski – Senator
Anchorage: 907-271-3735
Mat-Su: 907-376-7665
Dan Sullivan – Senator
Anchorage: 907-271-5915
Mat-Su: 357-9956
Don Young – Representative
Anchorage: 907-271-5978
TIPS TO STAY IN THE LOOP
More important than ever!
TIP #1: The Alaska State Legislature web site is the place to track bills, locate and contact your legislators (session), and access committee information. Questions? Try the help wizard or call 1-800-478-4648.
TIP #2: SMS Bill Tracking! Once you know what bill(s) you want to monitor, here’s a convenient way to track what’s happening. Text any bill number (ex: SB1) to 559-245-2529 to enroll in text alerts for that particular piece of legislation. You’ll receive an enrollment confirmation as well as instructions on how to unsubscribe.
TIP #3: How to Get in Touch with Shelley! Give our office a call at (907)465-3743 or 800-565-3743 or send an email to Sen.Shelley.Hughes@akleg.gov. If you need assistance, want a response, or need other follow-up, please call rather than email.
Buddy Whitt- Chief of Staff
-Senator’s Aide for Education Committee
-Senator’s Aide for Judiciary Committee
-Senator’s Aide for Judiciary Finance Subcommittee
-Senator’s Aide for Senate Floor
Buddy.Whitt@akleg.gov
907-465-5025
Daniel Phelps – Legislative Aide
-Committee Aide for Community and Regional Affairs
-Senator’s Aide for Alaska Food & Farm Caucus
-Senator’s Aide for Administration Finance Subcommittee
Daniel.Phelps@akleg.gov
907-465-1172
907-465-1172
Brent Bartlett – Legislative Aide
-Senator’s Aide for Health and Social Services Committee
-Senator’s Aide for Transportation Finance Subcommittee
Brent.Bartlett@akleg.gov
907-465-3743
Juneau Office
Alaska State Capitol Rm 30
Juneau, Alaska 99801
907-465-3743
800-565-3743
Mat-Su Office (closed while in Juneau)
600 E. Railroad Avenue
Wasilla, Alaska 99654
907-376-3725
