McGuire, Lesil

Voted yes on Senate final passage of CSSB 74 (FIN) am on March 11, 2016, the Medicaid redesign and reform act covering telemedicine, medical assistance false-claims enforcement and the controlled substance prescription database; the Senate Journal lists her among the 19 Yeas on a unanimous 19-0 vote.

March 11, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 219 in the 26th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 109 SLA 10 on June 25, 2010 and established a traumatic and acquired brain injury program and registry in the Department of Health and Social Services along with Medicaid coverage for brain injury services.

June 25, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 117 in the 26th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 114 SLA 10 on June 30, 2010, requiring the Department of Revenue to set a minimum wholesale and retail price for cigarettes and barring sales below that price.

June 30, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on January 16, 2002 to enact SCS CSHB 177 (RLS) am S over the Governor's veto; the bill regulated nongroup entities and tax-exempt organizations under Alaska campaign finance law and required disclosure of the true source of campaign contributions. The joint session journal prints McGuire among the 27 House Yeas and the override carried 41-18.

January 16, 2002Supports Anti-Corruption

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 285 in the 23rd Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 110 SLA 04 on June 29, 2004 and adopted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, replacing Alaska's earlier electronic records and electronic signature statutes.

June 29, 2004Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted yes on August 10, 2009 to override Governor Sarah Palin's line-item veto of an appropriation in SCS CSHB 199 (FIN); the joint session journal lists her among the 15 Senate Yeas and the override carried on a combined 45-14 vote.

August 10, 2009Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on Senate final passage of CSSS SB 91 (FIN) am on April 9, 2016, the omnibus criminal justice reform act revising sentencing, probation, parole and pretrial services; the Senate Journal lists her among the 16 Yeas on a 16-2 vote.

April 9, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law creating human trafficking crimes, toughening sentencing for crimes against children, and starting a task force on trafficking victims (Senate Bill 210, Chapter 70 SLA 2012).

June 19, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 265 in the 25th Alaska Legislature, an omnibus criminal measure that became law as Chapter 75 SLA 08 on June 5, 2008, revising probation terms for minors convicted of consuming or possessing alcohol and the penalties for furnishing alcohol to minors.

June 5, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 381 in the 23rd Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 127 SLA 04 on June 29, 2004 and rewrote Alaska's child endangerment statute to cover driving offenses committed with a child in the vehicle.

June 29, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 52 in the 23rd Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 41 SLA 03 on June 5, 2003 and expanded the crime of distributing child pornography and the forfeiture of property used to commit child pornography, indecent viewing and sex offenses.

June 5, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 350 in the 22nd Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 92 SLA 02 on June 27, 2002 and revised Alaska's murder, conspiracy and criminal mischief statutes and created the offense of terroristic threatening.

June 27, 2002Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 69 in the 25th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 63 SLA 07 on July 31, 2007 and created Alaska's civil legal services fund to pay for legal representation for low-income Alaskans.

July 31, 2007Supports Civil Rights

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Was first-named of three prime sponsors of House Bill 318 in the 24th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 84 SLA 06 on July 5, 2006 and limited the state's exercise of eminent domain over private property.

July 5, 2006Supports Civil Rights

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 100 in the 22nd Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 9 SLA 01 on April 10, 2001 and established the third Saturday of each June as Juneteenth Day in Alaska.

April 10, 2001Supports Civil Rights

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Voted yes on Senate final passage of CSSB 21 (FIN) am on March 20, 2013, the More Alaska Production Act that replaced the state's progressive oil and gas production tax with a lower flat rate; the Senate Journal lists her among the 11 Yeas on an 11-9 vote.

March 20, 2013Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted yes on Senate final passage of SCS CSHB 2001 (FIN) am S on November 15, 2007, the Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share special-session measure that raised the state's oil and gas production tax; the Senate Journal lists her among the 14 Yeas on a 14-5 vote.

November 15, 2007Supports Corporate Accountability

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Prime-sponsored House Bill 446 in the 24th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 98 SLA 06 on August 2, 2006, raising the civil penalty for unlawful acts and practices in trade and commerce and eliminating mandatory continuances after an injunction issues.

August 2, 2006Supports Corporate Accountability

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Published a signed commentary in the Anchorage Daily News on June 8, 2023 opposing a proposed federal airport rule change on the ground that it restricted Alaskans' air access to Washington, D.C.

June 8, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Prime-sponsored a law extending Alaska's exemption from utility regulation for small renewable power plants, moving the cutoff from January 2016 to July 2021 (Senate Bill 193, Chapter 45 SLA 16).

July 20, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 140 in the 28th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 93 SLA 14 on July 16, 2014 and created the Arctic infrastructure development program and fund inside the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.

July 16, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 157 in the 29th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 7 SLA 16 on May 17, 2016 and defined arcade-style amusement devices in Alaska's gambling statutes.

May 17, 2016

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Was named chair of the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee on January 20, 2015, the organizational day of the 29th Legislature, as printed in the Senate Journal's committee assignment list.

January 20, 2015

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 200 in the 28th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 77 SLA 14 on July 10, 2014, creating a civil cause of action for the death of an unborn child; the enacted text expressly exempts acts committed during a legal abortion and during customary medical practice.

July 10, 2014

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Was appointed chair of the Alaska Senate Rules Committee by Senate President Charlie Huggins on January 15, 2013, the organizational day of the 28th Legislature, giving her control of the calendar for measures reaching the Senate floor.

January 15, 2013

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Took the chairmanship of the Alaska House Judiciary Committee for the 23rd Legislature, recorded in the Committee on Committees report read into the House Journal on January 21, 2003; she held that chairmanship through the 24th Legislature.

January 21, 2003

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Chaired the No on 2 campaign that opposed the 2024 Alaska ballot measure to repeal the state's open primary and ranked choice voting system, and published a signed commentary in the Anchorage Daily News on September 5, 2024 setting out that role and her defense of the voting system.

September 5, 2024

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Prime-sponsored Senate Bill 243 in the 26th Alaska Legislature, which became law as Chapter 38 SLA 10 on June 2, 2010, setting the royalty obligation for geothermal resources and moving geothermal well permitting and inspection from the Department of Natural Resources to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

June 2, 2010

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026