Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska HJR20: HIRING OF APPRENTICES/VETERANS
Status: Passed both chambers, September 22, 2026
Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
STATEOFALASKA THE LEGISLATURE Legislative Source Resolve No. HJR 20 68 Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. _______________ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: WHEREAS Americans have a special obligation to those who served in the armed forces of the United States and risked their lives to defend our nation's freedom and honor; and WHEREAS thousands of men and women have served in the armed forces of the United States to protect and preserve the freedom that the citizens of the United States enjoy; and WHEREAS veterans have graduated from the world's largest system of specialized professional and technical training schools, operated by the United States Department of Defense; and WHEREAS veterans of active duty military service are one of the nation's most important sources of well-educated, highly trained, and strongly motivated employees; and WHEREAS veterans trained by the armed forces of the United States offer employers a more mature and responsible employee compared to employees with no military experience; and -1- Enrolled HJR 20 WHEREAS veterans returning home face challenges, including in education and employment, that may prevent them from successfully transitioning from military to civilian life; and WHEREAS veterans transition training programs have successfully reduced incidences of veteran suicide; and WHEREAS unemployment rates for both male …
Sponsors
- David Nelson (R, HD-018) · primary sponsor
- Dan Saddler (R, HD-024)
- Jamie Allard (R, HD-023)
- Andrew Josephson (D, HD-017)
- Jeremy Bynum (R, HD-001)
- Loki Tobin (D, SD-I)
- Forrest Dunbar (D, SD-J)
- Kelly Merrick (R, HD-014)
- Scott Kawasaki (D, SD-A)
- Jesse Bjorkman (R, SD-D)
- William Wielechowski (D, SD-H)
- Robert Yundt (R, SD-N)
Latest actions
- : (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68
- : (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR
- : (S) VERSION: HJR 20
- : (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT
- : (S) PASSED Y20 N-
- : (S) STEDMAN, STEVENS
- : (S) YUNDT, CRONK, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, MYERS, RAUSCHER, KAUFMAN, TILTON,
- : (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TOBIN, DUNBAR, MERRICK, KAWASAKI, BJORKMAN, WIELECHOWSKI,
- : (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HJR 20
- : (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
Votes
- PASSED (May 20, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- PASSED (February 16, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: MILITARY, UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, WARFARE, CONSTRUCTION, BUDGET, VETERANS
Common questions
- What is HJR20?
- HJR20 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): HIRING OF APPRENTICES/VETERANS.
- What does HJR20 do?
- Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices.
- What is the status of HJR20?
- Passed both chambers as of September 22, 2026. Latest action: (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68 (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJR20?
- David Nelson (R, HD-018), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HJR20?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HJR 20
Source: official Alaska record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.