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Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 195. The bill renamed physician assistants as physician associates. It also widened pharmacist prescribing and collaborative practice. The joint session fell short at 39-21 and the veto was sustained.

June 19, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 74, the Medicaid reform, telemedicine and controlled-substance database bill, when the House passed it 33-6; it became law as Chapter 25 SLA 16.

April 15, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 25, a bill to stop restaurants serving food in polystyrene foam containers. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 26-14. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 24, a bill to raise the tobacco and vaping age from 19 to 21 and tax throwaway vapes. The Alaska House passed it 24-16. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for House Bill 27, which tells the state education department to write lessons on hands-only CPR. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 27-13, and the bill became law without the governor's signature.

May 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against a bill sought by the governor that would have let only state agencies ask to keep water in Alaska rivers and streams, shutting out tribes and private citizens, and would have narrowed who could appeal state land and water permits (House Bill 77). The House passed it 23-14, but it stalled in the Senate and never became law.

March 4, 2013Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 33, which changes the ethics rules for members of the Board of Fisheries and Board of Game. The Alaska House passed it 28-12, and it was signed into law.

May 13, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 183, which gives the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee more power to get records. The Alaska House passed it 30-10 on reconsideration. The governor vetoed the bill, the legislature overrode the veto 43-16, and it became law.

May 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for House Bill 58, a bill to let the governor pick the head of the Office of Public Advocacy. The Alaska House passed it 27-12. The Alaska Senate did not vote on it, so it did not become law.

April 30, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 258, a bill to bar state software contracts from limiting which computers the state may use. The Alaska House passed it 26-13. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for House Bill 133, a bill to give the state a deadline to pay its bills, with interest after that. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 22-18. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 19, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of SB 183. The bill covered Legislative Budget and Audit Committee powers and legislative audits. The override carried 43-16. The bill became law as Chapter 1 FSSLA 25.

August 2, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 20, a bill to stop businesses charging extra for a paper bill or notice. The Alaska House passed it 26-14. The Alaska Senate did not vote on it, so it did not become law.

March 4, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 78, the bill reopening a defined-benefit retirement option for public employees; the joint session fell short at 33-27 and the veto was sustained.

May 19, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted with the five House Republican minority members on the House Finance Committee. Backed putting a roughly $3,800 statutory Permanent Fund dividend in the draft state operating budget. The amendment carried 6-5. He voted against the other five members of his own majority caucus.

April 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's line-item vetoes of the FY2026 operating budget, HB 53; the override carried 45-14.

August 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 69's successor HB 57, the school funding, class-size and cellphone-policy bill; the override carried 46-14 and the bill became law as Chapter 5 SLA 25.

May 20, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 69, the bill raising the base student allocation; the joint session fell short at 33-27 and the veto was sustained.

April 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of SB 140. The education package raised the base student allocation. It also funded school internet. The joint session fell short at 39-20 and the veto was sustained.

March 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored HB 363, which became law as Chapter 52 SLA 22. It created the state office of broadband. It also created the broadband parity adjustment fund and the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board.

August 9, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for HB 2001 when the House passed it 21-10. The appropriation bill restored funding cut by the Governor's vetoes. It also set the Permanent Fund dividend.

July 24, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's line-item vetoes of the FY2020 operating budget, HB 39; the joint session mustered 37 of the 45 votes needed and the vetoes were sustained.

July 10, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead sponsor of HB 212, which reworked school construction funding for Regional Educational Attendance Areas and small municipal school districts; it became law as Chapter 79 SLA 18.

August 10, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 74, the Medicaid reform, telemedicine and controlled-substance database bill, when the House passed it 33-6; it became law as Chapter 25 SLA 16.

April 15, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 138 when the House passed it 36-4. The bill covered the Alaska LNG gas pipeline and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. It became law as Chapter 14 SLA 14.

April 20, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 35, which lets prisoners keep an approved computer or tablet in their cell. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 28-12, and the bill became law without the governor's signature.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Cosponsored SB 81, which became law as Chapter 16 SLA 22. It required the Department of Public Safety to run background investigations of Village Public Safety Officer applicants. It also revised the VPSO program.

June 29, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 54 when the House passed it 32-8. The bill covered crime, sentencing, probation and parole. It rolled back parts of the 2016 criminal justice rewrite.

November 6, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 91, the omnibus criminal law, sentencing and corrections rewrite, when the House passed it 28-11; it became law as Chapter 36 SLA 16.

May 5, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored HB 199, which authorized Village Public Safety Officers to carry firearms; it became law as Chapter 97 SLA 14.

July 18, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 184, which lets the state development bank help pay for building workforce housing. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 22-18, and the bill became law without the governor's signature.

May 16, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Joined Representatives Edgmon, Herron and Joule as a prime sponsor of HB 65. The bill made regional Alaska Native housing authorities eligible for senior citizens housing development fund grants. Those grants come through the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. It became law as Chapter 8 SLA 12.

April 24, 2012Supports Housing Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 21, a bill to create a state retirement savings plan called Alaska Work and Save. The Alaska House passed it 31-9, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

May 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for House Bill 52, a bill to give children in psychiatric hospitals weekly private contact with a parent. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 26-14, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

May 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted with the five House Republican minority members on the House Finance Committee. Backed putting a roughly $3,800 statutory Permanent Fund dividend in the draft state operating budget. The amendment carried 6-5. He voted against the other five members of his own majority caucus.

April 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 48, which raises the ceiling on money for the civil legal services fund for low-income people. The Alaska House passed it 27-13, and the bill became law without the governor's signature.

February 25, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for House Bill 10, a bill to add a tenured professor seat to the University of Alaska Board of Regents. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 26-14. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 16, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 41, a bill to add mental health to the health lessons schools are urged to teach. The Alaska House passed it 27-13, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

May 14, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 69's successor HB 57, the school funding, class-size and cellphone-policy bill; the override carried 46-14 and the bill became law as Chapter 5 SLA 25.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 57, which raises the per-student school funding allocation from $5,960 to $6,660. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 31-8, the legislature overrode the governor's veto 46-14, and it became law.

April 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 69, the bill raising the base student allocation; the joint session fell short at 33-27 and the veto was sustained.

April 22, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 69, a bill to raise the per-student school funding allocation from $5,960 to $6,960. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 21-16, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

April 11, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of SB 140. The education package raised the base student allocation. It also funded school internet. The joint session fell short at 39-20 and the veto was sustained.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead sponsor of HB 212, which reworked school construction funding for Regional Educational Attendance Areas and small municipal school districts; it became law as Chapter 79 SLA 18.

August 10, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored SB 151, which became law as Chapter 53 SLA 24. It created the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission. It also added police officer training on missing and murdered Indigenous persons.

September 3, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored HB 184, which put the Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact into statute; it became law as Chapter 51 SLA 22.

August 5, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored HB 123, which established formal state recognition of Alaska's federally recognized tribes; it became law as Chapter 42 SLA 22.

July 28, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Cosponsored HB 216, which became law as Chapter 116 SLA 14. It added 20 Alaska Native languages to the official languages of the state. They include Inupiaq and Central Alaskan Yup'ik.

October 23, 2014Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against an Alaska bill that would have barred the state from issuing a driver's license or ID card to anyone who did not first show proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful immigration status. The House rejected it 17-23 on March 29, 2010 (House Bill 3).

March 29, 2010Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 280, a bill to tax multistate companies on where their customers are instead of where they work. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 28-11. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 20, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 113, a bill to tax multistate companies on where their customers are instead of where they work. The Alaska House passed it 26-14, but the governor vetoed it and the override fell short.

May 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Voted for HB 111, the oil and gas production tax and tax-credit overhaul, when the House passed it 21-19; it became law as Chapter 3 SSSLA 17.

April 10, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against SB 21 when the House passed it 24-15. The bill rewrote the oil and gas production tax. It replaced Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share tax regime.

April 13, 2013Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for House Bill 26, a bill to make the state write a transit plan for the whole of Alaska. The Alaska House accepted the Senate's changes 22-14. The governor vetoed the bill, so it did not become law.

May 1, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Cosponsored HB 363, which became law as Chapter 52 SLA 22. It created the state office of broadband. It also created the broadband parity adjustment fund and the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board.

August 9, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead sponsor of HJR 14, the legislative resolution urging federal support for the Port of Nome deep-draft arctic port project; the Legislature adopted it as Legislative Resolve 4.

September 19, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead sponsor of HB 209, which created a statewide water and sewer advisory committee to advise on rural sanitation systems; it became law as Chapter 48 SLA 16.

July 28, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for SB 138 when the House passed it 36-4. The bill covered the Alaska LNG gas pipeline and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. It became law as Chapter 14 SLA 14.

April 20, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as Vice-President of Sitnasuak Native Corporation from 1999 to 2009. Served as President of Bonanza Fuel, Banner Wind and GBS LLC. Has sat on the boards of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and Sitnasuak Native Corporation.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served on the Alaska Workforce Investment Board from 2003 to 2009.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as a Co-Chair of the House Finance Committee in the 34th Legislature. Chaired its budget subcommittees for the Governor, the Legislature, and Military and Veterans' Affairs. Also chaired its Revenue budget subcommittee. Sat on the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as Co-Chair of the House Special Committee on Energy in the 27th Legislature. Also served as Vice-Chair of the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served on the Nome City Council from 2008 to 2009 before entering the Legislature.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as a Co-Chair of the House Finance Committee in the 30th Legislature. Chaired the budget subcommittees for Environmental Conservation, for Transportation and Public Facilities, and for Labor and Workforce Development. Chaired the free conference committee on SB 23 and the conference committee on SB 26.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Was lead sponsor of HB 126, which became law as Chapter 37 SLA 26. It allowed dissolved Alaska Native village corporations to be reinstated. It also set rules for proxy solicitations to shareholders of ANCSA corporations.

June 24, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 314. The bill registered interior designers. It also extended the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors. The override carried 45-15.

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Was lead sponsor of HB 47, setting a 22 percent contribution rate for certain municipalities. It applied to towns whose population fell by more than 25 percent between 2000 and 2010. Those towns also had to take part in the Public Employees' Retirement System defined benefit plan. It became law as Chapter 49 SLA 18.

June 29, 2018

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Was appointed to the Alaska House of Representatives seat for the Nome district by Governor Sean Parnell. The seat had fallen vacant on the death of the incumbent. Took the oath of office on November 16, 2009.

November 16, 2009

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026