RDC ADVOCACY TO THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE

2025 RDC State Legislative Policy Priorities: Link to PDF here.

2025 State Legislative Comment Letters and Testimony:

• Comment letter to SRES on SB 161, Prohibit Bottom Trawling, 5/7/25
• Comment letter to SRES on SB 112, Oil Production Tax Credit, 4/22/25
• Comment letter to HL&C on HB 161, Paid Sick Leave Exemption, 4/22/25 
• Support letter for SB 130 (Fisheries Product Development Tax Credit) to SRES, 4/9/25
  
• Support letter for Alaska Tourism Marketing Funding to HFIN, 4/3/25
  
• Support letter for Alaska Tourism Marketing Funding to SFIN, 4/3/25
  
• Support letter on Support for Section 404 Primacy funding to HFIN, 4/2/25
  
• Testimony, on SB 92 (Corp. Income Tax; Oil and Gas Entities) to SRES, 3/3/25

2024 State Legislative Comment Letters and Testimony:

• Testimony for HB 50 (Carbon Storage) to SFIN, 5/7/24
• Support Letter for Alaska Resource Education funding to SFIN, 4/24/24
• Support Letter for Manh Choh Project to SFIN, 4/23/24
• Support Letter for HB 50 (Carbon Storage) to House, 4/15/24
• Support Letter for Alaska Resource Education funding to HFIN, 3/14/24
• Support Letter for HB 177 (Critical Mineral Reports) to HRES, 1/30/24
  
• Support Letter for SB 118, (Critical Mineral Reports) to SRES, 1/30/24
• Support Letter for HJR 20 (Opposing Proposed BLM NPR-A Rule) to HRES, 2/16/24 
• Support Letter for HJR 20 (Opposing Proposed BLM NPR-A Rule) to SRES, 3/6/24
  
• Support Letter for SJR 14, (Support State Seafood Industry) to HFSH, 3/4/24
• Support Letter for SB 196, (Oral Fluid Drug and Alcohol Testing) to SL&C, 3/5/24

Past Legislative Advocacy:

2023 Comment Letters, Testimony and Alerts
2023 State Policy Priorities (pdf)

• Support Letter for SB 49 (Geological Storage of Carbon) to SRES, 5/11/23
• Support Letter for SB 92 (State Ownership of Submerged Lands) to HRES, 5/7/23
• Support Letter for HB 104 (Expedited Timber Sales), 4/23/23
• Support Letter for HB 124 (CDL Licensing Requirements) to HL&C, 4/20/24
• Support Letter for HB 124 (CDL Licensing Requirements) to HTRA, 4/18/23
• Support Letter for SB 123 (CDL Licensing Requirements) to SL&C, 4/18/24
• Support Letter for HB 104 (Expedited Timber Sales), 4/18/23
• Support Letter for 404 Primacy to HFIN, 03/21/23
• Support Letter for 404 Primacy to SFIN, 03/21/23
• Testimony in Support of HB 95, 03/23/23
• Support Letter, HB 103 (Alaska Minerals Commission), 03/20/23
• Testimony in Support of SB 72, 03/17/23
• Support Letter, SB 68 (Public Notice of Water Rights), 03/12/23
• Support Letter, SB 90 (Alaska Minerals Commission), 03/10/23
• Support Letter, SJR7 to SRES, 02/15/23
• Support Letter, HJR6 to HRES, 02/15/23

2022 Comment Letters, Testimony and Alerts
2022 Top Legislative Priorities (pdf)

• Support for State Primacy of RCRA and 404 Authority to SFIN, 03/28/22
• Support for State Primacy of RCRA and 404 Authority to HFIN, 03/21/22
• Support Letter, HJR 34 to HRES, 03/10/22
• Support Letter, HB98 to HFIN, 02/08/22
• Support Letter, SB23 to SJUD, 02/07/22
• Testimony in Support of SB85, 01/26/22
• Support Letter, SB85 to SRES, 01/26/22 

2021 Comment Letters, Testimony and Alerts
2021 Top Legislative Priorities (pdf)

• Coalition Letter on Budget (pdf), 06/22/21
• Support Letter, HB188 to HFSH, 05/05/21
• Support Letter, SB101 to SFIN, 04/26/21
• Fiscal Letter to House Ways and Means, 04/26/21
• Testimony in Support of SB23, 04/13/21
• Support Letter, SB101 to SRES, 04/12/21
• Support Letter, SB33 to SRES, 04/05/21
• Testimony in Support of HJR12, 03/24/21
• Support Letter, SB24 to HL&C, 03/12/21
• Support Letter, SB23 to SSTA, 03/08/21
• Testimony in Support of HJR12, 03/08/21
• Support Letter, SB56, 02/11/21

2020 Comment Letters, Testimony and Alerts
2020 Top Legislative Priorities (pdf)

2019 Comment Letters, Testimony and Alerts
2019 State Policy Positions (pdf)

• Coalition Letter supporting HB138, 04/28/19
• Testimony, support SB80, 04/11/19
•  Letter, support SB80, 04/11/19
•  Testimony supporting SB51, 03/20/19
•  Coalition Letter supporting SB51, 03/19/19
•  Testimony supporting SJR7, 03/6/19
•  Testimony supporting SJR7, 02/25/19
•  Letter, support SJR7, 02/22/19

2018 State Policy Positions (pdf)

• Testimony supporting HB331
• Oppose HB288
• Testimony opposing HB288
• Testimony opposing HB411
• Coalition letter Oppose HB199
• Testimony opposing HB199
• Oppose HB399
• Testimony opposing HB272
• Oppose HB272

2017 Comment Letters, Testimony, and Alerts
2017 State Policy Positions (pdf)

• Support for HJR 22
• Support for SJR 5 
• Testimony: HB 111 (SFIN)
• Action Alert: HB 111 (SFIN) Oil Tax Bill
• Testimony Opposing HB 14
• Testimony: HB 111 (SRES) Oil Tax Bill
• Testimony Opposing CS HB 199
• Coalition Letter Opposing HB 199
• Testimony: HB 111 (HFIN) Oil Tax Bill
• Support for HB 155
• Support for CS SB 26
• Testimony: Support for SB 70
• Support for HJR10
• Testimony: HB 111 Oil Tax Bill
• Action Alert: Oppose HB 111
• Policy Positions Letter to Legislators
• Support for HJR5

2016 Comment Letters, Testimony, and Alerts 
2016 State Policy Positions (pdf)

• Opposition Letter - Relating to Industry-specific taxes
• Testimony on HB 4005 and 4006: Mining and fishing taxes
• Support of H.R. 3650
• Testimony: HB 249: Motor fuel, mining and fishing taxes
• Testimony Oppose SB130 Oil Tax Bill
• Testimony: CS HB 247 Oil Tax Bill
• Support of CSSB 32, State Timber Sales
• Testimony: CS HB 247 Oil Tax Bill
• Support Sturgeon v NPS
• Oppose HB 247 - Relating to Oil & Gas Tax Policy Proposal
• Updated Fiscal Letter
• Oppose HB 253 - Relating to Increasing of Alaska Mining License Tax

• Support of SB 57 - An Act relating Federal Clean Air Act Plan Implementation
• Oppose HB 119 - An Act relating to the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve
• Support of HJR 4 - Urging the U.S. Congress to provide equitability sharing from OCS production
• Support of SB 32 - An Act relating to the sale of timber on state land
• Support of HB 87 - An Act relating to the sale of timber on state land
• Support of HJR 7 - Opposing the proposed designation of an Aleutian Islands National Marine Sanctuary

2014 Comment Letters, Testimony, and Alerts
2014 State Policy Positions (pdf)

• Support of CS SB 28 - Susitna State Forest
• Support of CS SB 99 - An act relating to AIDEA
• Testimony in support of CS HB 77 - March 12, 2014 (Senate RES)
• Support of SJR 5 - Offshore development revenue sharing
• Support of HJR 26 - Offshore development revenue sharing
• Support of HB 79 - Susitna State Forest (House RES)
• Support of SCR 16 - Requesting a study for a coal plant and energy grid
• Testimony in support of SJR 15 - Relating to Federal land designations (House RES)
• Testimony in support of SB 138 - Relating to a natural gas pipeline
• Support of HB 47 - Injunctive Security: Industrial Operations
• Testimony in support of SJR 16 - Relating to Federal funding of NGOs
• Testimony in support of SJR 15 - Relating to Federal land designations
• Support of SJR 16 - Relating to Federal funding of NGOs
• Support of SJR 15 - Relating to Federal land designations

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