Sen. Tom Begich

Primary SB 99

died · Alaska Senate · Lead sponsor

An Act relating to care of juveniles and to juvenile justice; relating to employment of juvenile probation officers by the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to terms used in juvenile justice; relating to mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect; relating to sexual assault in the third degree; relating to sexual assault in the fourth degree; repealing a requirement for administrative revocation of a minor's driver's license, permit, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license for consumption or possession of alcohol or drugs; and providing for an effective date.

died May 19, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 46

In committee · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; relating to municipal correctional officers and municipal correctional employees; making municipal police officers subject to police standards; establishing a statewide use-of-force database in the Department of Public Safety; requiring a municipality that employs a person as a municipal police officer or in a municipal correctional facility, the Department of Corrections, or the Department of Public Safety to report for inclusion in the database incidents of use of force by state and municipal police, probation, parole, and correctional officers and municipal correctional facility employees; and providing for an effective date.

In committee May 18, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 1

In committee · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

An Act prohibiting the use of chokeholds by peace officers; and relating to justification of use of force by peace officers.

In committee May 6, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 4

In committee · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

An Act relating to justification of use of force by a peace officer; and relating to shooting at a moving vehicle.

In committee May 6, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SJR 14

In committee · Alaska Senate · Lead sponsor

Urging the United States Congress to reintroduce and pass legislation to establish a national infrastructure bank as was provided by H.R. 6422 from the 116th United States Congress to help finance urgently needed infrastructure projects across the nation.

In committee May 4, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 17

In committee · Alaska Senate · Lead sponsor

An Act relating to the retrofitting of certain public facilities and community facilities; relating to the performance of energy audits on schools and community facilities; relating to the duties of the Alaska Energy Authority and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; creating a rapid economic recovery office in the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and relating to the state energy policy and energy source reporting by state agencies.

In committee May 3, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJR 9

Passed · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

Urging the United States Congress to exempt cruise ships from certain provisions of the Passenger Vessel Services Act and other applicable provisions of federal law for the period during which Canadian ports are closed to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people; and urging the President of the United States not to fine or take actions against cruise ships sailing to the state.

Passed Apr 14, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 114

In committee · Alaska Senate · Lead sponsor

An Act relating to parole eligibility for juvenile offenders sentenced as adults.

In committee Mar 29, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 3

In committee · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; requiring a peace officer to attempt to de-escalate a situation and use alternative non-lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm; and requiring a peace officer to provide an oral warning before discharging a firearm.

In committee Mar 25, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 2

In committee · Alaska Senate · Co-sponsor

An Act relating to reporting acts of misconduct by peace officers; relating to de-escalation procedures used by peace officers; relating to peace officer certificates; and relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council.

In committee Mar 25, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track