Bert K. Stedman

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 195, which expanded pharmacist collaborative practice and prescribing authority and renamed physician assistants; the override carried and the veto fell.

June 19, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 159 as prime sponsor; the bill placed air ambulance service providers and air ambulance membership agreements under Division of Insurance regulation, and it became law as Chapter 13, Session Laws of Alaska 2014.

April 23, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted no in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 64, the omnibus elections administration and campaign contribution bill; the veto was sustained 38-22.

May 4, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 183, which strengthened the powers of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and the legislative audit division; the override carried 43-16.

August 2, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced a bill barring Alaska's state investment funds from putting money into DigitalBridge, after a review faulted the due diligence behind a $75 million investment in the firm (Senate Bill 221).

January 21, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: alaskasenate.org · researched July 31, 2026

Voted no in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 78, which offered public employees and teachers a choice of a defined benefit retirement plan; the veto was sustained 33-27.

May 19, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session to override the governor's line-item veto of public school funding in the state operating budget; the override passed 45-14 (House Bill 53).

August 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Crafted the FY2025 state operating budget as Senate Finance co-chair; the Senate passed the $6.25 billion budget 17-3, leaving $196 million in surplus revenue and taking nothing from state savings.

May 1, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: alaskasenate.org · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's line-item vetoes to the FY2020 operating budget (HB 39); the joint session fell short of the votes needed and the vetoes stood.

July 10, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 201 as prime sponsor; the bill rewrote the criminal trespass statute governing notice against trespass, and it became law as Chapter 48, Session Laws of Alaska 2014.

June 20, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 21, which established the Alaska Work and Save retirement program in the Department of Revenue; the veto was sustained.

June 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's line-item vetoes to the FY2020 mental health budget (HB 40); the joint session fell short of the votes needed and the vetoes stood.

July 10, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 41, which required mental health education in public schools; the veto was sustained.

June 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 57, the school funding, class size and classroom cell phone bill; the override carried 46-14 and the bill became law as Chapter 5, Session Laws of Alaska 2025.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted no in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 69, which raised the base student allocation; the veto was sustained 33-27.

April 22, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 140, the education package raising the base student allocation and funding school internet service; the veto was sustained 39-20.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's line-item vetoes to HB 2001, the supplemental appropriations bill restoring university and social service funding; the veto was sustained 37-20.

January 24, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted no in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 64, the omnibus elections administration and campaign contribution bill; the veto was sustained 38-22.

May 4, 2026Opposes Election Integrity

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 52, which set rights and seclusion and restraint limits for minors in psychiatric hospitals; the veto was sustained 36-24.

June 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of SB 113, which applied Alaska's corporate income tax apportionment rules to highly digitized businesses; the veto was sustained 35-25.

January 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 265 as prime sponsor; the bill raised the ceiling on bonds and notes the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority may carry outstanding, and it became law as Chapter 75, Session Laws of Alaska 2006.

June 16, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 291 as prime sponsor; the bill created the municipal harbor facility grant program that funds repair of locally owned harbors, and it became law as Chapter 62, Session Laws of Alaska 2006.

June 14, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Senate Resolution 2 as prime sponsor; the Senate adopted it as Senate Resolve 2, backing state transportation work on the East Lynn Canal Highway between Juneau and the road system.

May 17, 2005Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Chaired the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee during the 23rd Alaska Legislature (2003-2004), his first term in the Senate.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Served as an assemblyman for the City and Borough of Sitka before his election to the Alaska Senate.

July 31, 2026

Source: ballotpedia.org · researched July 31, 2026

Chaired the Senate Health and Social Services Committee during the 28th Alaska Legislature (2013-2014).

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Chaired the joint Legislative Budget and Audit Committee during the 30th Alaska Legislature (2017-2018), the committee that directs legislative audits of state agencies.

July 31, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Named co-chair of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee for the 34th Legislature when the bipartisan Senate Majority announced its committee chairs, taking responsibility for the state operating budget.

November 26, 2024

Source: alaskasenate.org · researched July 31, 2026

Served as Chairman of The Energy Council, the U.S.-Canada association of energy-producing states and provinces, presiding over its 2024 State and Provincial Trends in Energy and the Environment Conference.

September 5, 2024

Source: theenergycouncil.org · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's line-item veto of the page 148 appropriation in the FY2024 operating budget (HB 39); the veto was sustained 33-26.

January 18, 2024

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Named co-chair of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee for the 33rd Legislature when the bipartisan Senate Majority announced its committee chairs.

January 11, 2023

Source: alaskasenate.org · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 28 as prime sponsor; the bill set the general grant land entitlement for the Petersburg Borough, and it became law as Chapter 26, Session Laws of Alaska 2017.

November 16, 2017

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 3 as prime sponsor; the bill exempted small commercial passenger vessels from certain wastewater discharge rules in state waters, and it became law as Chapter 21, Session Laws of Alaska 2017.

August 10, 2017

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 88 as prime sponsor; the bill authorized the Alaska Mental Health Trust land exchange with the federal government for national forest land, and it became law as Chapter 22, Session Laws of Alaska 2017.

August 10, 2017

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SCR 2 as prime sponsor; the Legislature adopted it as Legislative Resolve 48, urging Congress to act on the state's request to acquire additional Tongass National Forest land.

June 16, 2014

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 24 as prime sponsor; the bill named the Hammer Slough bridge on Nordic Drive in Petersburg the Louis Miller Bridge, and it became law as Chapter 105, Session Laws of Alaska 2010.

June 25, 2010

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 25 as prime sponsor; the bill named the South Mitkof Island ferry terminal the Richard "Dewey" Duvall Ferry Terminal, and it became law as Chapter 106, Session Laws of Alaska 2010.

June 25, 2010

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted in the August 2009 joint session to override Governor Palin's veto of about $28.6 million in federal stimulus money for home and building energy efficiency. The override passed 45-14 (House Bill 199).

August 10, 2009

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 164 as prime sponsor; the bill extended the salmon product development tax credit for Alaska processors, and it became law as Chapter 3, Session Laws of Alaska 2006.

March 2, 2006

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Prime-sponsored a law strengthening a lawyer's legal claim to unpaid fees, barring the parties from wiping out that claim by settling the case. It became law as Chapter 149, Session Laws of Alaska 2004 (Senate Bill 300).

July 3, 2004

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted yes in joint session on overriding the governor's veto of HB 314, which extended the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors and regulated registered interior design; the override carried 45-15.

June 19, 2026

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 29 as prime sponsor; the bill extended the termination date of the Board of Marine Pilots, and it became law as Chapter 23, Session Laws of Alaska 2019.

August 16, 2019

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 59 as prime sponsor; the bill set the rules for operating low-speed motor vehicles on Alaska roads, and it became law as Chapter 1, Session Laws of Alaska 2010.

February 16, 2010

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored SB 328 as prime sponsor; the bill restructured the national forest income program administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development, and it became law as Chapter 150, Session Laws of Alaska 2004.

July 3, 2004

Source: akleg.gov · researched July 31, 2026