Sumner, Jesse M.

Sponsored House Bill 226, which regulated pharmacy-benefit managers and dispensing fees; the measure became Chapter 61 SLA 24 on September 23, 2024.

September 23, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted against Mat-Su Borough rules that delayed outside burning on winter inversion days in Butte, after residents testified about air-quality and wood-heating concerns.

March 5, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: matsugov.us · researched August 20, 2026

Voted for House Bill 270 on third-reading final passage, an operating and capital appropriation for Alaska’s integrated comprehensive mental-health program; the bill became Chapter 9 SLA 24.

April 11, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted to approve adding 25 medics and two ambulances to the Mat-Su Borough emergency medical service, a plan that increased annual operating costs.

March 19, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: matsugov.us · researched August 20, 2026

Voted to approve adding 25 medics and two ambulances to the Mat-Su Borough emergency medical service, a plan that increased annual operating costs.

March 19, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: matsugov.us · researched August 20, 2026

Voted for House Bill 270 on third-reading final passage, an operating and capital appropriation for Alaska’s integrated comprehensive mental-health program; the bill became Chapter 9 SLA 24.

April 11, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted for House Bill 61 on third-reading final passage, legislation that limited state restrictions on firearms and other weapons; the bill became Chapter 21 SLA 23.

May 3, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Led an Alaska bill letting employers pay wages onto a prepaid payroll card when the worker agrees. It banned fees for opening the account, for the first card and one replacement each year, and for transferring wages, and required a free way to draw the money and check the balance. The wages had to be insured on a pass-through basis by federal deposit insurance. Lawmakers passed it and the governor vetoed it on July 30, 2024 (House Bill 203).

July 30, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted against final concurrence on House Bill 122, which authorized Alaska Railroad Corporation revenue bonds for a replacement passenger dock and terminal facility in Seward; the enrolled bill was later vetoed.

May 16, 2024

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Chaired the Alaska House Labor and Commerce Committee during the 33rd Legislature.

January 17, 2023

Source: akleg.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Sponsored Mat-Su Borough Ordinance 22-089, which provided one mill of fiscal-year 2023 areawide property-tax relief and accepted and appropriated $11,948,300 in state debt reimbursement; the Assembly passed it.

August 17, 2022

Source: matanuska.legistar.com · researched August 20, 2026

Co-sponsored Mat-Su Borough Ordinance 22-001, which repealed the borough code section governing outdoor shooting facilities; the Assembly passed it.

March 15, 2022

Source: matanuska.legistar.com · researched August 20, 2026

Governor Michael J. Dunleavy appointed Jesse Sumner to the Alaska Real Estate Commission for a term beginning March 1, 2019 and ending March 1, 2023.

January 29, 2019

Source: gov.alaska.gov · researched August 20, 2026

The City of Wasilla confirmed Jesse Sumner to fill a partial term on its Planning Commission.

December 10, 2012

Source: cityofwasilla.gov · researched August 20, 2026