2022 AK Legislative Scorecard 2021-

SJR15 recognizes the "importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" in providing the "framework for much of [the] bilateral trade" between the "integrated economies" of Canada and Alaska, as well as "important updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."

The Senate passed SJR15 on March 18, 2022, by a vote of 17 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because the U.S. should withdraw from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)—a dangerous replacement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which unconstitutionally seeks to end U.S. national sovereignty by advancing regional integration and establishing a North American Union.

SA13 would amend HB69, Alaska’s budget bill for fiscal year 2021-22, to prohibit Medicaid-covered abortions or services relating to abortion.

The Senate failed to pass SA13 on May 19, 2021, by a vote of 10 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Alaska should act to ban abortion (not to mention taxpayer-funded Medicaid services) and secure the right to life for all persons. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

SA11 would amend HB69, Alaska’s budget bill for fiscal year 2021-22, to ensure that no state funds be expended on an entity that mandates its employees to receive a vaccine approved under an Emergency Use Authorization granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Senate failed to pass SA11 on May 19, 2021, by a vote of 10 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because vaccine mandates should be opposed, as an individual’s non-injurious activities, including personal health care decisions, are private matters that should not be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction in the United States. To compel American citizens to receive medical treatment would be to violate their fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

SA3 would amend, HB69, Alaska’s budget bill for fiscal year 2021-22, to prevent public funds from being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.

The Senate failed to pass SA3 on May 19, 2021, by a vote of 9 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because education--let alone efforts to indoctrinate children with false, race-based historical narratives--is not the role of government. Rather, a child's education is the responsibility of, as well as a fundamental right of choice retained by, his or her parents. Forcing American citizens to furnish taxpayer money for a compulsory, failing, and government-run K-12 school system violates individual protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.

SA39 would amend HB76, which extends the COVID-19 public health disaster emergency declared by the Governor on January 15, 2021, to include the following provisions: the Governor may not declare a disaster emergency unless authorized by a majority vote of the Legislature; and the Legislature may terminate a disaster emergency by a majority vote.

The Senate failed to pass SA39 on April 28, 2021, by a vote of 4 to 16. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article II, Section 1, of the Alaska Constitution vests lawmaking power in the Senate and the House of Representatives, not the Governor. Each state, under Article IV, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, is guaranteed a republican form of government, which requires a limitation and separation of powers.