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Groh, Cliff

Registered Democrat · AK

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Cliff Groh is a lifelong Alaskan, husband and father who co-created the Dividend. He argues Alaska needs a comprehensive plan to fix state finances and maintain funding for education, health care and roads.

Where Groh, Cliff stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (2 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),

Opposes

Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support

  • Sponsored a bill proposing to let the state lease public land for renewable energy projects. It stalled in the House Energy Committee and did not pass (House Bill 349, 2024).

    April 18, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 2 support

  • Groh was prime sponsor of HCR 10 in the 33rd Legislature, proposing an amendment to the Legislature's Uniform Rules to establish a standing committee on the Alaska Permanent Fund; the resolution stalled in House Rules.

    February 20, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

  • Introduced a constitutional amendment proposing to require the governor to veto spending above a budget limit set in law, and to repeal the state's existing constitutional spending cap. It never advanced out of committee (House Joint Resolution 23).

    February 20, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support

  • Sponsored a bill to create a military and veteran family help desk inside Alaska's Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Its last recorded action was referral to the House Finance Committee (House Bill 249).

    March 1, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support

  • Voted on March 18, 2024 to override the governor's veto of a school funding bill covering the base student allocation, school internet, charter schools, and student transportation. The override failed and the veto was sustained (Senate Bill 140).

    March 18, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose

  • Groh addressed the Sitka Rotary Club and the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Alaska's fiscal situation, presenting the case for reinstating a state personal income tax and describing the 1980 repeal of Alaska's income tax as the start of an "Alaska Disconnect" between residents and the cost of state government.

    October 25, 2023Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: ktoo.org · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — General

General · 7 records

  • Groh voted Nay on final House passage of CSHJR 7(W&M), a proposed constitutional amendment on the permanent fund, transfers out of the fund and a required dividend payment; the resolution failed in the House that day.

    April 11, 2024

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

  • Introduced a bill setting a minimum dollar amount for the governor's line-item veto, the power to strike single spending items from a budget, and changing the state spending limit and budget reserve fund (House Bill 348). It advanced no further than the House Judiciary Committee.

    February 28, 2024

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

  • As a 28-year-old aide to the Alaska Legislature, Groh helped draft the 1982 legislation that established the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, and he has since worked in and out of state government on Alaska fiscal policy.

    November 9, 2023

    Source: ktoo.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Groh voted Nay on final House passage of CSHB 39(FIN) am, the state operating, capital and supplemental appropriations bill; a later version of the measure was enacted as Chapter 1 FSSLA 23.

    April 17, 2023

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

  • Introduced House Bill 153, proposing changes to Alaska's taxes on oil and gas exploration, production, and pipeline property. It never advanced past its first committee.

    April 5, 2023

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

  • Groh voted Yea to censure Representative Eastman.

    March 8, 2023

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

  • Sponsored a resolution proposing changes to the Alaska Constitution covering the Permanent Fund and spending from it (House Joint Resolution 9). The measure stayed in the House Ways and Means Committee.

    March 6, 2023

    Source: akleg.gov · researched July 6, 2026

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Profile last researched August 7, 2026.