The 24th
Alaska State Legislature
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 Hous ...
served during 2005 and 2006. 9 members of the
Alaska Senate were elected on November 5, 2002. The remaining senators and all members of the
Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per ...
were elected on November 2, 2004.
Sessions
*1st session: January 10, 2005 – May 10, 2005
*1st
special session: May 11, 2005 – May 25, 2005
*2nd session: January 9, 2006 – May 9, 2006
*2nd special session: May 10, 2006 – June 8, 2006
Alaska Senate
Make-up
Members
Leadership
*Senate President:
Ben Stevens
Benjamin Aavan Stevens (March 18, 1959 – October 13, 2022) was an American politician and political advisor who served as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy. He previously served as the President of the Alaska State S ...
(R-Anchorage)
*Senate Majority Leader:
Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak)
*Senate Minority Leader:
Johnny Ellis (D-Anchorage)
Committee assignments
*Committee on Committees
**Ben Stevens (chair), Cowdery, Gary Stevens, Ellis, Hoffman
*Community & Regional Affairs
**Gary Stevens (chair), Stedman, Wagoner, Ellis, Kookesh
*Finance
**Green (co-chair), Wilken (co-chair), Bunde (vice-chair), Dyson, Stedman, Hoffman, Olson
*Health, Education & Social Services
**Dyson (chair), Wilken (vice-chair), Green, Elton, Olson
*Judiciary
**Seekins (chair), Huggins (vice-chair), Therriault, French, Guess
*Labor & Commerce
**Bunde (chair), Seekins (vice-chair), Ben Stevens, Davis, Ellis
*Resources
**Wagoner (chair), Seekins (vice-chair), Dyson, Ben Stevens, Stedman, Elton, Guess
*Rules
**Cowdery (chair), Ben Stevens, Gary Stevens, Ellis, Kookesh
*State Affairs
**Therriault (chair), Wagoner (vice-chair), Huggins, Davis, Elton
*Transportation
**Huggins (chair), Cowdery (vice-chair), Therriault, French, Kookesh
Alaska House of Representatives
Make-up
Members
Leadership
*Speaker of the House: John Harris (R-Valdez)
*House Majority Leader: John Coghill, Jr. (R-North Pole)
*House Minority Leader: Ethan Berkowitz (D-Anchorage)
Committee assignments
*Committee on Committees
**Harris (chair), Chenault, Coghill, Meyer, Rokeberg, Berkowitz, Kerttula
*Community & Regional Affairs
**Olson (co-chair), Thomas (co-chair), LeDoux, Kott, Neuman, Cissna, Salmon
*Finance
**Chenault (co-chair), Meyer (co-chair), Stoltze (vice-chair), Foster, Hawker, Holm, Kelly, Weyrauch, Croft, Joule, Moses
*Health, Education & Social Services
**Wilson (chair), Seaton (vice-chair), Anderson, Kohring, McGuire, Cissna, Gardner
*Judiciary
**McGuire (chair), Anderson (vice-chair), Coghill, Dahlstrom, Kott, Gara, Gruenberg
*Labor & Commerce
**Anderson (chair), Kott (vice-chair), LeDoux, Lynn, Rokeberg, Crawford, Guttenberg
*Resources
**Ramras (co-chair), Samuels (co-chair), Elkins, Gatto, LeDoux, Olson, Seaton, Crawford, Kapsner
*Rules
**Rokeberg (chair), Coghill (vice-chair), Harris, Kohring, McGuire, Berkowitz, Kerttula
*State Affairs
**Seaton (chair), Gatto (vice-chair), Elkins, Lynn, Ramras, Gardner, Gruenberg
*Transportation
**Elkins (co-chair), Gatto (co-chair), Kohring, Neuman, Thomas, Kapsner, Salmon
See also
*
List of Alaska State Legislatures
The legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska has convened 32 times since History of Alaska#Statehood, statehood became effective on 1959 in the United States#January–March, January 3, 1959.
Legislatures
See also
* List of governors of Alaska ...
*
23rd Alaska State Legislature, the legislature preceding this one
*
25th Alaska State Legislature
The 25th Alaska State Legislature served for a term lasting from January 16, 2007, to January 19, 2009. All forty representatives and one-half of the senate (ten members) were elected to their terms on November 7, 2006. The remaining ten senat ...
, the legislature following this one
*
List of governors of Alaska
The governor of Alaska ( Iñupiaq: ''Alaaskam kavanaa'') is the head of government of Alaska. The governor is the chief executive of the state and is the holder of the highest office in the executive branch of the government as well as being the ...
*
List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
*
Alaska Legislature
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 Ho ...
*
Alaska Senate
Notes
External links
Alaska Legislature home page(current legislature, not archive)
Alaska Senate home page(current legislature, not archive)
Alaska House of Representatives home page(current legislature, not archive)
House and Senate Majority's website archive for the 24th Legislature
{{Alaska State Legislatures
2005 establishments in Alaska
Alaska
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2006 in Alaska
Alaska
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2007 disestablishments in Alaska
Alaska legislative sessions