Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska HCR2: AMEND UNIFORM RULES: ABSTAIN FROM VOTING
Status: In committee, April 30, 2025
Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting.
What the bill says
A resolution Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: * Section 1. Rule 34(b), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read: (b) Abstention. Except as provided in this subsection, every [EVERY] member present in the house shall vote. A member may abstain from voting if [UNLESS] the house, for special reasons, permits a member to abstain. A member shall request to abstain from voting if the member reasonably believes that the member's vote on a question would constitute a violation of AS 24.60 (Legislative Ethics Act). All motions excusing a member from voting shall be made before the house divides or before the call for the yeas and nays is commenced. A member requesting to be excused from voting shall [MAY] make a brief oral statement of the reasons for the request, including, if applicable, specific provisions of AS 24.60 that support the member's request to abstain. The [AND THE] question of granting permission to abstain shall be taken without further debate. A member may not explain a vote, may not discuss the question while the yeas and nays are being called, HCR002a -1- HCR New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0342\A and …
Sponsors
- Donna Mears (D, HD-021) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) REFERRED TO RULES
- : (H) FN1: ZERO(LEG)
- : (H) NR: VANCE, MCCABE, MOORE
- : (H) DP: HOLLAND, HIMSCHOOT, STORY, CARRICK
- : (H) STA RPT 4DP 3NR
- : (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- : (H) Moved HCR 2 Out of Committee
- : (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120
- : (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- : (H) Heard & Held
Subjects: UNIFORM RULES, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, VOTING, LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE, LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATORS, ETHICS
Common questions
- What is HCR2?
- HCR2 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): AMEND UNIFORM RULES: ABSTAIN FROM VOTING.
- What does HCR2 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting.
- What is the status of HCR2?
- In committee as of April 30, 2025. Latest action: (H) REFERRED TO RULES (April 30, 2025).
- Who sponsored HCR2?
- Donna Mears (D, HD-021).
- Where is the official record for HCR2?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HCR 2
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