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Bryce Edgmon

Undeclared · AK · Alaska State Representative, District 37

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Bryce Edgmon is a Dillingham state representative since 2007 and the current House speaker. He focuses on school funding, keeping Power Cost Equalization, subsistence and salmon protection, more village public safety officers, and lower rural energy costs.

Where Bryce Edgmon stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Data Privacy (1 record)

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (4 support · 2 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted Yea in the June 19, 2026 joint session on overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 195, the bill on pharmacist and physician associate practice. The House divided 28-12 and the joint total was 43-17; the veto was overridden.

    June 19, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 4 support · 2 oppose
  • Introduced HB 233 (34th Legislature) as prime sponsor on May 20, 2025, a bill to prohibit large-scale metallic sulfide mining in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve; the bill was read the first time and referred to the House Special Committee on Fisheries, where it remained.

    May 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 62 (33rd Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on May 25, 2023 as Chapter 5 SLA 23, extending and revising the state renewable energy grant fund.

    May 25, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As House Speaker, joined Representative Louise Stutes in sending Governor Mike Dunleavy a four-page letter reported on October 1, 2020 that urged the governor to keep his administration at arm's length from the Pebble Limited Partnership's federal permit application for the Pebble Mine in the Bristol Bay watershed.

    October 1, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: ktoo.org

  • As prime sponsor of HR 6 (30th Legislature), carried a House resolution urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to keep three Chukchi and Beaufort Sea lease sales and two Cook Inlet lease sales in its offshore oil and gas leasing program; the House adopted it and it was permanently filed on October 5, 2018 as House Resolve 6.

    October 5, 2018Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor of HJR 7 (29th Legislature), carried a resolution opposing the proposed designation of an Aleutian Islands National Marine Sanctuary; it was adopted by the Legislature and permanently filed on September 1, 2015 as Legislative Resolve 6.

    September 1, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 20 (26th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on August 19, 2010 as Chapter 120 SLA 10, expanding Commercial Fishing Loan Act loans to cover fuel-efficiency improvements and raising the maximum amount of certain loans.

    August 19, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 1 support
  • Voted Yea in the August 2, 2025 joint session on overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of SB 183, which set out the powers of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and the scope of legislative audits. The House divided 27-13 and the joint total was 43-16; the veto was overridden and the measure became law as Chapter 1 FSSLA 25.

    August 2, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 261 (27th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on May 28, 2012 as Chapter 47 SLA 12, creating state loans for the purchase of commercial fishing entry permits.

    May 28, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 20 (26th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on August 19, 2010 as Chapter 120 SLA 10, expanding Commercial Fishing Loan Act loans to cover fuel-efficiency improvements and raising the maximum amount of certain loans.

    August 19, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 199 (28th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on July 18, 2014 as Chapter 97 SLA 14, directing Department of Public Safety regulations that let village public safety officers carry firearms.

    July 18, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support
  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 65 (27th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on April 24, 2012 as Chapter 8 SLA 12, making regional Native housing authorities eligible for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation grants from the senior citizens housing development fund.

    April 24, 2012Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • Voted yes on 2026-06-19 on overriding the governor's veto of SB 21, which created the Alaska Work and Save retirement savings program. The override failed 39-21; 40 votes were needed.

    June 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 4 support
  • Voted yes on 2026-06-19 on overriding the governor's veto of SB 41, a bill on mental health education in public schools. The override failed 38-22; 40 votes were needed.

    June 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: akleg.gov

  • Voted Yea in the May 20, 2025 joint session on overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 57, the schools bill covering classroom communication devices, class size and school funding. The House divided 29-11 and the joint total was 46-14; the veto was overridden and the bill became law as Chapter 5 SLA 25.

    May 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: akleg.gov

  • Voted Yea in the April 22, 2025 joint session on overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 69, the education funding bill raising the base student allocation. The House divided 21-19 and the joint total was 33-27, short of the 40 votes required, so the veto was sustained.

    April 22, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 332 (25th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on July 23, 2008 as Chapter 117 SLA 08, defining an elementary school to include certain pre-elementary programs and counting pre-elementary students in a school's average daily membership.

    July 23, 2008Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support
  • Signed a bipartisan letter from 23 Alaska legislators to Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher, reported on July 30, 2026, demanding that thousands of Alaskans deactivated from the voter rolls over outdated citizenship information be restored to the active voter list unless their ineligibility had been established.

    July 30, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: ktoo.org

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 oppose
  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 267 (30th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on August 7, 2018 as Chapter 77 SLA 18, authorizing release of hunting and fishing license records to municipalities.

    August 7, 2018Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support
  • Voted yes on 2026-06-19 on overriding the governor's veto of HB 52, a bill setting rights for children treated in psychiatric hospitals and limiting seclusion and restraint. The override failed 36-24; 40 votes were needed.

    June 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 4 support
  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 363 (32nd Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on August 9, 2022 as Chapter 52 SLA 22, creating a state broadband office and broadband grant program and establishing broadband parity provisions.

    August 9, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor of HJR 6 (30th Legislature), carried a resolution backing federal legislation for a single-lane gravel road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge connecting King Cove to the Cold Bay airport; it was adopted and permanently filed on February 17, 2017 as Legislative Resolve 1.

    February 17, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 196 (27th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on May 28, 2012 as Chapter 46 SLA 12, restructuring the bulk fuel revolving loan fund into separate loan and bridge-loan accounts and adding technical assistance for rural borrowers.

    May 28, 2012Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 210 (26th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on August 19, 2010 as Chapter 119 SLA 10, designating Kinzarof Lagoon as part of the Izembek State Game Refuge and authorizing a state-federal land exchange for a road corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

    August 19, 2010Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: akleg.gov

Track record — General

General · 14 records
  • As House Speaker, declined in August 2026 to call the House back to vote on the governor's new gas pipeline tax bill (HB 4001). He said the votes were not there and that reconvening with no path to passage did not make fiscal sense.

    August 14, 2026

    Source: alaskapublic.org

  • Co-wrote an Anchorage Daily News opinion piece, published 2026-07-29 with Sen. Cathy Giessel and Reps. Ky Holland and Zack Fields. It defended Alaska's open primary and opposed Ballot Measure 2, the November 2026 measure to repeal it.

    July 29, 2026

    Source: adn.com

  • Voted yes on 2026-07-16 on the final compromise version of HB 381, a multibillion-dollar tax break for the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline that also taxed certain oil and gas companies. It failed in the House on a 19-19 tie.

    July 16, 2026

    Source: akleg.gov

    Also on this bill

    • July 16, 2026 · Served on the House-Senate conference committee on HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill, and signed its compromise report on 2026-07-16. (General)
    • June 20, 2026 · Voted no on 2026-06-20 on accepting the Senate's changes to HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The changes included an income tax on certain oil and gas companies. The House rejected them 12-28, sending the bill to a conference committee. (General)
    • June 12, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-06-12 on the House version of HB 381. The bill swapped the property tax on the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline for a lower tax on gas shipped through it. It passed the House 34-5. (General)
  • Served on the House-Senate conference committee on HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill, and signed its compromise report on 2026-07-16.

    July 16, 2026

    Source: akleg.gov

    Also on this bill

    • July 16, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-07-16 on the final compromise version of HB 381, a multibillion-dollar tax break for the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline that also taxed certain oil and gas companies. It failed in the House on a 19-19 tie. (General)
    • June 20, 2026 · Voted no on 2026-06-20 on accepting the Senate's changes to HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The changes included an income tax on certain oil and gas companies. The House rejected them 12-28, sending the bill to a conference committee. (General)
    • June 12, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-06-12 on the House version of HB 381. The bill swapped the property tax on the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline for a lower tax on gas shipped through it. It passed the House 34-5. (General)
  • Voted no on 2026-06-20 on accepting the Senate's changes to HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The changes included an income tax on certain oil and gas companies. The House rejected them 12-28, sending the bill to a conference committee.

    June 20, 2026

    Source: akleg.gov

    Also on this bill

    • July 16, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-07-16 on the final compromise version of HB 381, a multibillion-dollar tax break for the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline that also taxed certain oil and gas companies. It failed in the House on a 19-19 tie. (General)
    • July 16, 2026 · Served on the House-Senate conference committee on HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill, and signed its compromise report on 2026-07-16. (General)
    • June 12, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-06-12 on the House version of HB 381. The bill swapped the property tax on the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline for a lower tax on gas shipped through it. It passed the House 34-5. (General)
  • Voted Yea in the June 19, 2026 joint session on overriding Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB 314, which addressed registration of architects, engineers, land surveyors and interior designers. The House divided 29-11 and the joint total was 45-15; the veto was overridden.

    June 19, 2026

    Source: akleg.gov

  • Voted yes on 2026-06-12 on the House version of HB 381. The bill swapped the property tax on the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline for a lower tax on gas shipped through it. It passed the House 34-5.

    June 12, 2026

    Source: akleg.gov

    Also on this bill

    • July 16, 2026 · Voted yes on 2026-07-16 on the final compromise version of HB 381, a multibillion-dollar tax break for the planned Alaska LNG gas pipeline that also taxed certain oil and gas companies. It failed in the House on a 19-19 tie. (General)
    • July 16, 2026 · Served on the House-Senate conference committee on HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill, and signed its compromise report on 2026-07-16. (General)
    • June 20, 2026 · Voted no on 2026-06-20 on accepting the Senate's changes to HB 381, the gas pipeline tax bill. The changes included an income tax on certain oil and gas companies. The House rejected them 12-28, sending the bill to a conference committee. (General)
  • Voted Yea on August 2, 2025 to override Governor Dunleavy's line-item vetoes at page 104 of HB 53, the FY2026 operating and capital budget. The House divided 28-12 and the joint total was 45-14; the budget bill stands as Chapter 10 SLA 25.

    August 2, 2025

    Source: akleg.gov

  • Was elected Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives on January 21, 2025 at the organization of the 34th Legislature, returning to the chair he previously held from 2017 to 2020.

    January 21, 2025

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 182 (32nd Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on June 9, 2021 as Chapter 7 SLA 21, extending the fishery resource landing tax credit.

    June 9, 2021

    Source: akleg.gov

  • As Speaker and prime sponsor of HR 5 (31st Legislature), carried the House resolution establishing the House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs; the House adopted it on May 6, 2019 as House Resolve 5.

    May 6, 2019

    Source: akleg.gov

  • Was elected Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives on February 14, 2019, ending a 31-day organizational deadlock in the 31st Legislature after two Republicans joined the coalition that put him in the chair.

    February 14, 2019

    Source: ktoo.org

  • Was selected as Speaker-designate of the Alaska House of Representatives on November 9, 2016 by a newly formed bipartisan majority caucus of Democrats, independents and Republicans, becoming the first Alaska Native to hold the post.

    November 9, 2016

    Source: ktoo.org

  • As prime sponsor, carried HB 128 (29th Legislature) to enactment; it was signed into law on May 7, 2016 as Chapter 6 SLA 16, establishing Alaska Wild Salmon Day.

    May 7, 2016

    Source: akleg.gov

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