DeVries, Edna

Voted against passage of SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 44 (FIN) (marine park units of the state park system; efd); the vote passed 14–5.

May 12, 1986Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment to bar the state from requiring placer mines to discharge cleaner water than natural background levels; the amendment failed 4-13 (House Bill 627).

May 11, 1986Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against a bill setting rules for taking fish and game for subsistence and personal use; the Alaska Senate passed it 12-8 (House Bill 288).

May 9, 1986Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against passage of CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 334 (RES) (Hatcher Pass Public Use Area); the vote passed 19–1.

May 7, 1986Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a 1986 bill proposing to abolish Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation. It stalled in the Senate Finance Committee and never passed (Senate Bill 220).

April 14, 1986Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Joined other Alaska senators in appealing an open-meetings lawsuit over closed budget and caucus meetings. In 1987 the state Supreme Court ruled courts could not enforce the open-meetings law against the legislature.

September 29, 1987Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: law.justia.com · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a resolution proposing to let the Legislature cancel state agency regulations. Lawmakers adopted it as Legislative Resolve 60 in June 1986 (Senate Joint Resolution 40).

June 10, 1986Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on a Senate motion to drop the Finance Committee version of a proposed state constitutional amendment setting up a commission to fix pay for state officers. The motion passed 16 to 4, and the Senate took up the State Affairs Committee version instead (House Joint Resolution 54).

May 12, 1986Opposes Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against a Finance Committee amendment to a bill rewriting how Alaska state agencies buy goods and services (Senate Bill 341). The amendment was adopted 15 to 5. She then voted for the bill itself, which passed the Senate 20 to 0.

April 3, 1986Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against CS HJR 59, which urged Congress to pass the AFDC Error Reduction and Quality Control Act or similar legislation; the resolution passed 16–3.

February 11, 1986Opposes Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Prime-sponsored a 1985 bill requiring the state to pay on time for the goods and services it buys (Senate Bill 206).

March 1, 1985Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Vetoed a borough resolution supporting bond financing for a radiology-treatment facility because she said the borough lacks health powers under state law; the Assembly later overrode the veto 6–1.

March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against accepting the House version of a bill funding a Fairbanks court facility; the Senate agreed 11-3 and passed it (Senate Bill 355).

May 12, 1986Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment adding $1,451,200 for the state Ombudsman's office to Alaska's state operating budget bill. The amendment failed 3 to 17 (House Bill 500).

May 9, 1986Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 3 to SB 100, which would have exempted University of Alaska positions funded at least two-thirds from nonstate sources from the salary cap; the amendment failed 8–12.

April 17, 1986Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a 1986 bill proposing to abolish Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation. It stalled in the Senate Finance Committee and never passed (Senate Bill 220).

April 14, 1986Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Joined Senator Fischer as a prime sponsor of a 1986 Alaska Senate bill proposing to end retirement service credit for teachers' outside service (Senate Bill 420). The Senate sent it to its education and finance committees.

March 13, 1986Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing state money to build a water and sewer system at Spring Creek in Seward (Senate Bill 179, 1985). Its last recorded action was a referral to Senate committees.

February 26, 1985Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill setting aside state money for the Wasilla and Palmer water systems (Senate Bill 184). The bill was referred to the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee and then Finance, and went no further.

February 26, 1985Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced Senate Bill 176, proposing state money for building projects in Anchorage parks. The Senate referred it to its Community and Regional Affairs and Finance committees.

February 26, 1985Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against a motor vehicle bill covering vehicle impoundment and registration, driver licensing and fees, senior driver tax exemptions, and refusing a drunk-driving chemical test. The Alaska Senate approved it 18-1 (Senate Bill 278).

May 12, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against reopening a rejected amendment to an elections bill; the move to reconsider failed 8-10, and the Senate then passed the bill 18-0 (House Bill 284).

May 12, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment that softened a public-art bill's requirement into encouragement. The amendment failed 7 to 11 (House Bill 606).

May 11, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored a 1986 Alaska Senate bill on the unlawful restraint of a minor; it reached House committees and advanced no further (Senate Bill 441).

May 10, 1986Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for Alaska's state operating budget, which passed the Senate 17-3 (House Bill 500). Earlier that day she voted against an amendment raising the state occupational safety and health budget from $2,514,800 to $2,676,900 and adding two staff positions; it failed 2-18.

May 9, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Prime-sponsored a bill proposing to create a state children's crime unit. It stalled in House committees and never became law (Senate Bill 219, 1986).

May 7, 1986Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 9, as amended, to SB 356 on election-campaign financing and the Alaska Public Offices Commission; it failed 6–13.

May 5, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on a wording amendment to a bill rewriting Alaska's rules for civil lawsuits and punitive damages; the Senate adopted it 13-7 (Senate Bill 377).

May 5, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against lowering Alaska's campaign contribution limit from $250 to $100; the amendment to the campaign finance bill failed 8-10 (Senate Bill 356).

May 1, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no as the Alaska Senate passed a bill on ice classics by 13 votes to 4 (Senate Bill 402).

April 29, 1986Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a state Senate resolution on the use of cocaine, heroin and marijuana; it was sent to two committees and advanced no further (Senate Joint Resolution 16).

February 19, 1985Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a 1985 Alaska Senate bill creating a new criminal penalty for possessing marijuana. The bill never got past its committee referrals (Senate Bill 163).

February 19, 1985Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored Senate Bill 139, proposing to make it a crime in Alaska to agree with another person to carry out certain serious offenses. The bill went to the Senate Judiciary and Finance committees in February 1985 and got no further action.

February 7, 1985Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cast the mayoral tie-breaking vote for OR24-053, repealing the borough’s mobile-home and trailer-park development code and creating what planning staff described as a de facto prohibition on new parks.

August 6, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing state money for Matanuska-Susitna Borough schools (Senate Bill 183). Its last recorded action left the bill in the Senate Finance Committee.

March 27, 1986Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a resolution proposing to amend Alaska's constitution to protect a citizen's right to keep and bear arms. The two chambers deadlocked over the House version and sent it to a conference committee, and it never reached voters (Senate Joint Resolution 39).

May 12, 1986Opposes Gun Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

As an Alaska state senator, cosponsored a bill to limit the fingerprinting of minors (Senate Bill 264). The bill stalled in the Senate Finance Committee and never became law.

May 7, 1986Supports Data Privacy

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

As chair of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, reported that discrimination complaints had nearly tripled while staffing fell 35%, and said the commission revised procedures and regulations and proposed legislation to improve productivity while seeking more resources.

January 31, 1997Supports Civil Rights

Source: humanrights.alaska.gov · researched July 18, 2026

As an Alaska state senator, cosponsored a bill to limit the fingerprinting of minors (Senate Bill 264). The bill stalled in the Senate Finance Committee and never became law.

May 7, 1986Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Vetoed a two-year borough marketing partnership for a private data-center and technology-development proposal, citing inadequate vetting, authority for a private company to speak for the borough, unvetted sites, and unresolved conditional-use review; the Assembly later overrode the veto.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against accepting the House version of a bill funding a Fairbanks court facility; the Senate agreed 11-3 and passed it (Senate Bill 355).

May 12, 1986Opposes Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Wrote a state bill as lead sponsor proposing to spend state money on improvements to the Valdez harbor (Senate Bill 180). The bill stayed in the Senate Finance Committee.

April 2, 1985Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing state money to build a water and sewer system at Spring Creek in Seward (Senate Bill 179, 1985). Its last recorded action was a referral to Senate committees.

February 26, 1985Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill setting aside state money for the Wasilla and Palmer water systems (Senate Bill 184). The bill was referred to the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee and then Finance, and went no further.

February 26, 1985Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced Senate Bill 176, proposing state money for building projects in Anchorage parks. The Senate referred it to its Community and Regional Affairs and Finance committees.

February 26, 1985Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Won a new four-year term as Mat-Su Borough mayor ending in November 2028, according to the borough’s current Assembly directory.

November 5, 2024

Source: matsu.gov · researched July 18, 2026

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough mayor page says Edna DeVries was elected Borough Mayor in November 2021 and had previously served as a City of Palmer council member and mayor, a Mat-Su Borough Assembly member and mayor, and an Alaska state senator.

November 2, 2021

Source: matsu.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored Alaska's 1986 tort reform bill, which changed the rules for civil liability lawsuits and was enacted into law on June 10, 1986 (Senate Bill 377).

June 10, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Prime-sponsored SJR 35, OPPOSING U.N. RESOLUTION AGAINST ZIONISM; its official status was LEGIS RESOLVE 50 as of 1986-05-12.

May 12, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against accepting the House version of a bill on state contracts for architects, engineers, and land surveyors. The Senate rejected it 3-16 and sent the bill to a conference committee.

May 8, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 11 to SB 377 on civil liability and tort reform; the amendment failed 7–13.

May 5, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 4 to SB 377, which proposed joint-and-several liability with a cap for parties allocated less than half of total fault; the amendment failed 6–14.

May 5, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment to a bill rewriting Alaska's election campaign finance rules and the duties of the Alaska Public Offices Commission. The amendment failed 6 to 12 (Senate Bill 356, Amendment 6).

May 2, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against letting candidates take campaign loans from lenders other than banks; that proposal failed 1 to 16. She voted for the companion part covering bank loans, which passed 15 to 3 (Senate Bill 356, 1986).

May 1, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored Senate Bill 100, proposing to cap the pay of certain public employees. Its last recorded step was referral to three House committees on April 18, 1986.

April 18, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted yes as the Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 100, which barred certain public employees from being paid more than the governor. The bill passed 13-7 on April 17, 1986. DeVries also voted against three amendments that sought to narrow the pay limit.

April 17, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on a bill dealing with guiding; the Senate passed it 11-7, and she then joined an 18-0 vote adopting its effective-date clause (Senate Bill 294).

April 16, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Senate concurrence in House amendments to SB 140 concerning rights of the terminally ill; concurrence failed 0–17.

March 18, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a 1986 bill to add more superior court judges in Alaska (Senate Bill 344). The bill stalled in the Senate Finance Committee.

February 13, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a bill dealing with a winter Olympic account and permanent fund dividend contributions; Alaska enacted it in 1985 (Senate Bill 283, Chapter 45, 1985 Session Laws).

June 2, 1985

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Was one of two prime sponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 21, backing development of a satellite defense system, meaning a missile shield based in space. The legislature record shows the resolution stopped in a Senate committee on March 28, 1985.

March 28, 1985

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

As a state senator, was lead sponsor of Alaska Senate Bill 182, proposing state money for Valdez Community College. The bill was sent to the Senate education and finance committees on February 21, 1985, and went no further.

February 21, 1985

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

As Palmer mayor, originated a $1,685 proposal directing the city clerk to hand-count ballots from the October 5, 2021 city election; the City Council defeated the proposal.

September 28, 2021

Source: palmerak.org · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against accepting the House's changes to a proposed state constitutional amendment on the right to keep and bear arms (Senate Joint Resolution 39). The Senate refused to accept them 0-14.

May 12, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on accepting the House's changes to a bill rewriting Alaska's civil lawsuit rules; the Senate refused to accept them, 3 to 12 (Senate Bill 377).

May 11, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on accepting the House version of Senate Bill 402, a gambling bill covering games of chance. The Senate approved it 12-5 with three members absent, which gave the bill final passage.

May 11, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted no on a bill legalizing "salmon classic" contests of chance in Alaska; the state Senate passed it anyway, 11-7 (House Bill 208).

May 10, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against swapping in the Resources Committee's version of a bill on taking fish and game for subsistence and personal use; the Senate adopted it anyway, 13-7 (House Bill 288).

May 9, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against a wording amendment to a state Senate resolution on federal Alaska lands law and support for the timber industry; the amendment failed 5-14 (CS SJR 51).

May 6, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment to delay a civil lawsuit overhaul until 60 legislative days after the Department of Law delivered required studies (Senate Bill 377). The amendment failed 9-11. The bill itself capped damages and rewrote punitive damage and liability rules.

May 5, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against confirming Val Angasan to the Board of Fisheries; the Senate confirmation roll was 12–5.

April 22, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against the motion that Bix Bonney be confirmed to the Board of Fisheries; the Senate roll was 12–5.

April 22, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 1 to the SB 100 public-employee salary-cap bill; the amendment failed 8–12.

April 17, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 1 to HB 409; the amendment failed 5–14.

April 16, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against a bill changing how prison inmates' “good time” credit — days cut from a sentence for good behavior — is calculated, taken away, and restored (House Bill 104). It passed the Alaska Senate 13-6.

March 24, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Cosponsored a 1986 Alaska bill proposing a local hire tax credit. It stayed in committee and never became law (Senate Bill 360).

March 6, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against an amendment to a proposed constitutional change on electing Alaska's attorney general; the amendment failed 4-16 (Senate Joint Resolution 9).

March 6, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Amendment No. 1 to SB 346, concerning income of the Alaska Permanent Fund; the amendment failed 8–12.

February 20, 1986

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026