Gerald “Garret” Nelson

Voted against overriding the Governor's veto of HB 195, which expanded pharmacist patient-care services and renamed physician assistants as physician associates; the override carried 43-17 and the bill became law.

June 19, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 110, which entered Alaska into interstate health care licensure compacts and addressed social work licensing; the bill became law as Chapter 28 SLA 26.

February 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of SB 187, which barred certain food dyes from school nutrition programs and school meals; the bill became law as Chapter 17 SLA 26.

May 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 25, which restricted disposable food service ware; the Governor vetoed the bill.

April 21, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 117, which required electronic monitoring in the trawl fishery and addressed set net permits; the bill became law as Chapter 7 SLA 26.

April 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Signed on as a cosponsor of HB 203, a bill prohibiting bottom trawling.

March 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 193, addressing unemployment benefits and paid parental and sick leave.

May 16, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against concurring in the Senate version of HB 16, a campaign finance bill on contribution limits and Alaska Public Offices Commission requirements; the Governor vetoed the bill.

May 20, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes as the Alaska House passed a rewrite of the legislative ethics law 37-0. The law set firm deadlines for handling ethics complaints against lawmakers and staff, spelled out when complaint files stay confidential and the penalties for leaking them, and gave the ethics committee subpoena power. It became law without the governor's signature in June 2026 (House Bill 298, Chapter 29).

May 1, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Signed on as a cosponsor of House Bill 291, proposing to let Alaska cities and boroughs decide their own optional property tax breaks by local ordinance instead of waiting for the legislature to authorize each one. Any break worth more than $75,000 on a property needs local voter approval, and state-required breaks for seniors and disabled veterans stay in law. The bill also covers city exemptions from landfill and dump fees.

February 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as prime sponsor of House Bill 3, proposing to move Alaska legislative sessions to Anchorage. The same bill proposes changes to lobbying regulation, the Legislative Ethics Act, and where state government functions are located.

February 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 261, an education funding bill.

May 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 263, the state operating budget bill; the bill became law as Chapter 34 SLA 26.

April 13, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 48, which concerned appropriations to the civil legal services fund; the bill became law as Chapter 5 SLA 26.

February 25, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 289, the state supplemental appropriations bill; the bill became law as Chapter 1 SLA 26.

February 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 239, addressing crimes involving controlled substances and address confidentiality; the bill became law as Chapter 9 SLA 26.

April 1, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 47, addressing child sexual abuse material, generated images, and social media.

February 27, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Took over as prime sponsor of HB 159, addressing removal of unlawful occupants from residential real property and the crimes of trespass, forgery, and deceptive business practices, replacing former Representative George Rauscher as prime sponsor.

February 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 184, which authorized Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority financing for workforce housing development projects and a municipal property tax exemption for those assets; the bill became law as Chapter 8 SLA 26.

February 27, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against overriding the Governor's veto of SB 21, which established the Alaska Work and Save retirement program; the override failed 39-21 and the veto was sustained.

June 19, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 193, addressing unemployment benefits and paid parental and sick leave.

May 16, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 96, which established the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board and addressed payment for personal care services; the Governor vetoed the bill.

April 27, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 48, which concerned appropriations to the civil legal services fund; the bill became law as Chapter 5 SLA 26.

February 25, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against overriding the Governor's veto of SB 41, a mental health education bill for public schools; the override failed and the veto was sustained.

June 19, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of SB 23, a civics education bill; it became law as Chapter 18 SLA 26.

May 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against final passage of HB 261, an education funding bill.

May 12, 2026Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 246, which funded the Special Education Service Agency; the bill became law as Chapter 45 SLA 26.

May 6, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 39, addressing education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students; the bill became law as Chapter 27 SLA 26.

February 2, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Signed on as an original cosponsor of House Bill 357, the Fetal Heartbeat Act, proposing to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected and to allow civil lawsuits to enforce that ban.

February 23, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 20, which barred fees for paper documents and treated that practice as an unfair trade practice.

March 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 113, which changed how corporate income was apportioned to Alaska and applied the Alaska Net Income Tax Act to highly digitized businesses; the veto was sustained.

January 22, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced HJR 42 as prime sponsor, a resolution in support of the Northern Continental Corridor transportation concept and of further federal analysis of it.

February 23, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Signed on as a cosponsor of HB 1, which recognized gold and silver specie as legal tender in Alaska; the bill became law as Chapter 6 SLA 26 without the Governor's signature.

March 25, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Signed on as a cosponsor of House Bill 220, which proposes to require Alaska's natural resources department to grant easements and rights-of-way, meaning legal permission to cross land, through state parks for access to private property and for public utility lines. The bill also gives the department 60 days to decide an application, after which the application counts as approved.

March 5, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to remove a surveyed parcel from the Jonesville Public Use Area, state land in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough kept open for public use (House Bill 309).

February 16, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Became the lead sponsor of a bill on February 13, 2026, taking over from Representative Rauscher. The bill proposes letting people name someone to receive the title to their vehicle or boat when they die. It is still in the House Transportation Committee (House Bill 18).

February 13, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes as the Alaska House passed House Bill 176 by 36 to 3, requiring the University of Alaska to give notice before adding or raising student fees and to change its billing statements. The governor vetoed the bill in August 2026.

February 6, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as chair of the Sutton Community Council, the local community council for Sutton in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, at the time he was named to the Alaska House District 29 seat.

December 29, 2025

Source: ktoo.org · researched July 31, 2026

Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Garret Nelson to the Alaska House of Representatives for District 29, filling the seat vacated when Representative George Rauscher moved to the Alaska Senate.

December 24, 2025

Source: gov.alaska.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of HB 216, which transferred railroad land to the city of Whittier; the bill became law as Chapter 42 SLA 26.

March 25, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026