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Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 195, which changed pharmacist collaborative practice agreements and renamed physician assistants as physician associates; the joint session overrode the veto 43 to 17.

June 19, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov

Sponsored SB 89 as prime sponsor in the 34th Alaska Legislature, revising the scope of practice for physician assistants; the bill became law as Chapter 21, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

June 18, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 24, a bill to raise the tobacco and vaping age from 19 to 21 and tax throwaway vapes. The Alaska Senate accepted the House's changes 15-5. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 20, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 25, a bill to stop restaurants serving food in polystyrene foam containers. The Alaska Senate passed it 13-7. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 250, a bill to make large data centers pay for the power and gas lines built to serve them. The Alaska Senate passed it 14-5. The Alaska House did not vote on it, so it did not become law.

May 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Co-sponsored an Alaska law rewriting the rules for handling ethics complaints against lawmakers and their staff. It set deadlines for each step of a complaint, spelled out when complaint records stay confidential and the consequences for breaking that confidentiality, and added language on the legislative ethics committee's power to subpoena, meaning to compel records and testimony. The bill became law as Chapter 29, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

June 23, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov

Voted for House Bill 33, which changes the ethics rules for members of the Board of Fisheries and Board of Game. The Alaska Senate passed it 15-4, and it was signed into law.

April 24, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 183, which expanded the powers of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and the legislative audit division; the joint session overrode the veto 43 to 16 and the bill became law as Chapter 1, First Special Session Laws of Alaska 2025.

August 2, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov

Voted for House Bill 133, a bill to give the state a deadline to pay its bills, with interest after that. The Alaska Senate passed it 15-5. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 17, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 250, a bill to make large data centers pay for the power and gas lines built to serve them. The Alaska Senate passed it 14-5. The Alaska House did not vote on it, so it did not become law.

May 16, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: legiscan.com

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's line-item veto to the FY2026 operating budget, CCS HB 53; the Senate roll was 17-2 in favor and the joint session overrode the line-item veto 45 to 14.

August 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov

Voted to override Governor Dunleavy's line-item veto of a spending item in the state operating budget. The Senate backed the override 14-5, but the joint session fell short at 33-26, so the veto stood (House Bill 39).

January 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored SB 103 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Senator Dunbar, creating a peer support counseling program for first responders and public safety employees; the bill became law as Chapter 54, Session Laws of Alaska 2024.

September 5, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 21, which established the Alaska Work and Save retirement savings program; the Senate roll was 15-5 in favor and the joint session totaled 39 yeas to 21 nays, one short of the threshold, so the veto stood.

June 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored HB 246 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Representative Josephson, on funding for the Special Education Service Agency; the bill became law as Chapter 45, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

July 2, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored HB 39 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Representative Allard, on education services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students; the bill became law as Chapter 27, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

June 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes to override the governor's veto of SB 41, which required mental health education in public schools. The Senate voted 16-4, but the override failed 38-22 in joint session.

June 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored SB 23 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Senator Stevens, adding civics education requirements for Alaska public schools; the bill became law as Chapter 18, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored HB 28 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Representative Story, on public school staffing, teacher certification, school boards and an educator loan program; the bill became law as Chapter 22, Session Laws of Alaska 2026.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Was appointed co-chair of the Alaska Legislature's multi-year Task Force on Education Funding, created by HB 57, which examines school accountability, chronic absenteeism and open enrollment between districts.

June 11, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: alaskasenate.org

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 57; the Senate roll was 17-3 in favor and the joint session overrode the veto 46 to 14, enacting the education bill as Chapter 5, Session Laws of Alaska 2025.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored HB 57 in the 34th Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Representative Fields, which raised the base student allocation by $700 and set rules on classroom sizes, charter schools, student transportation funding and wireless devices in schools; it became law as Chapter 5, Session Laws of Alaska 2025 after a veto override.

April 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 69, which raised the base student allocation for Alaska public schools; the Senate roll was 12-8 in favor and the joint session totaled 33 yeas to 27 nays, so the veto stood.

April 22, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Voted for House Bill 69, a bill to raise the per-student school funding allocation from $5,960 to $6,960. The Alaska Senate passed it 11-9, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

April 11, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com

Co-sponsored SB 140, the 33rd Legislature's education package raising the base student allocation and funding school internet, charter schools and student transportation, and then voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override the Governor's veto of it; the joint session finished one vote short at 39 yeas to 20 nays, so the veto stood.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov

Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood's political arm for Senate District I in the August 18, 2026 Alaska primary, one of five state Senate candidates on the organization's 2026 Alaska slate.

July 16, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org

Voted yes to override the governor's veto of HB 52, which set rights and limits on seclusion and restraint for minors in psychiatric hospitals. The Senate voted 14-6, but the override failed 36-24 in joint session.

June 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov

Co-sponsored SB 151 in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, prime-sponsored by Senator Olson, requiring state reporting on missing and murdered Indigenous people; the bill became law as Chapter 53, Session Laws of Alaska 2024.

September 3, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 111, a bill to give owners and independent shops a right to repair everyday electronics. The Alaska Senate passed it 15-5. The Alaska House did not vote on it, so it did not become law.

May 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 113, a bill to tax multistate companies on where their customers are instead of where they work. The Alaska Senate passed it 16-4, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 26, a bill to make the state write a transit plan for the whole of Alaska. The Alaska Senate passed it 16-4. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

April 29, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com

Joined Senate Majority leaders at an August 10 press conference on the gas pipeline and Southcentral Alaska's expected natural gas shortage.

August 10, 2026

Source: thealaskastory.com

Chaired the Senate Education Committee and served as Vice Chair of Senate Transportation in the 34th Alaska Legislature (2025-2026), while also sitting on the Legislative Council, Senate Judiciary, Health and Social Services, and the Education and Early Development finance subcommittee.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Chaired the Senate Education Committee in the 33rd Alaska Legislature (2023-2024), and also sat on Senate Judiciary, Health and Social Services, Transportation, the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, and the Health, Administration and Corrections finance subcommittees.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes to adopt the House-Senate compromise version of HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The Senate adopted it 11-8, but the House rejected it 19-19 the same day.

July 16, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes to add a new state income tax of up to 9.4% on certain privately owned oil and gas companies to HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The Senate adopted the amendment 11-9.

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Voted no as the Senate passed HB 381, a property tax break for the proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline that also added a tax on some oil and gas companies. It passed 12-8.

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Voted yes in the Alaska Senate on the motion to override Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 314, which regulated registered interior designers and extended the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors; the joint session overrode the veto 45 to 15.

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov

Sponsored SB 60 as prime sponsor in the 34th Alaska Legislature, establishing a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome awareness day in Alaska; the bill became law as Chapter 20, Session Laws of Alaska 2025.

July 16, 2025

Source: akleg.gov

Was unanimously elected vice chair of the Council of State Governments West at the organization's 77th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, taking the role for 2025.

July 12, 2024

Source: alaskasenate.org

Sponsored SB 46 as prime sponsor in the 33rd Alaska Legislature, establishing March as Brain Injury Awareness Month in Alaska; the bill became law as Chapter 2, Session Laws of Alaska 2024.

April 23, 2024

Source: akleg.gov

Organized the Alaska Children's Caucus with Senator Cathy Giessel, a bicameral bipartisan legislative caucus on the health and wellbeing of Alaska's children, and served as one of its Senate co-chairs; the caucus held its first meeting on February 22, 2024.

February 21, 2024

Source: alaskasenate.org