Important Dates
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*Note: The legislative hearings posted below are not a comprehensive listing, but just those likely to be of greatest interest to the university community.
| JANUARY 2009 | ||||||
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| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 Governor Palin’s State of the State Address (Journal Supplement) |
23 3:00 pm House Labor & Commerce: UA workforce development issues (audio/minutes/documents) |
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27 3:00 pm House Energy Committee: Overview, State Energy Plan (audio/minutes/documents) |
28 3:30 pm Senate Resources: Overview, State Energy Plan & Fire Island Update (Minutes) (Audio) |
29 10:00 am Senate Energy Committee: Overview, Geothermal Energy (Minutes) (Audio) 3:00 pm House Health & Social Services: UA Healthcare Workforce Development (audio/minutes/documents) |
30 8:00 am House Education Committee: Workforce Development and AVTEC (audio/minutes/documents) |
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| FEBRUARY 2009 | ||||||
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2 8:00 am House Education: DEED overview, including ACPE (audio/minutes/documents) 1:30 pm Senate Judiciary: ISER presentation: The Cost of Crime (Audio/minutes/documents) |
3 10:30 am House Finance University Subcommittee: Budget Overview 1:30 pm House Finance: Budget Overviews, including the University (audio/minutes/documents) |
4 9:00 am Senate Finance: FY 10 and FY 09 supplemental Budget Overviews (Audio/minutes/documents) |
5 9:00 am Senate Finance: Revenue Forecast, Dept of Revenue (Audio/minutes/documents) 10:30 am Senate Energy: Biomass energy in Alaska (audio/minutes) 1:30 pm House Finance PERS/TRS Update (audio/minutes/documents) |
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9 8:00 am House Education: UA Board of Regents Confirmation Hearing, Hughes & Fisher; HB 109 (Audio/documents) 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 33 ; Overview, Conference of Young Alaskans (Audio/minutes/documents); |
10 10:30 am House Finance University Subcommittee |
11 8:00 am House Education: HB 109 (Audio/documents) 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 33 (Audio/documents) 11:00 am Chief Justice Fabe's State of the Judiciary Address (Journal Supplement) |
12 10:30 am House Finance University Subcommittee 11:00 am Senate Special Committee on Energy: SB 31 (Audio/Documents)
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16 8:00 am House Education: HB 94 (Audio/Documents) |
17 Board of Regents meeting in Juneau 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 74 10:30 am House Finance University Subcommittee 3:00 pm House Special Committee on Energy: HB 44 (Audio/Documents) 5:00 pm Legislative Budget & Audit: Renewable Energy Projects |
18 Board of Regents meeting in Juneau 8:00 am House & Senate Education Joint Hearing: UA Report: "Alaska's University for Alaska's Schools" (Audio/Documents) 1:00 pm House Resources: HB 12 3:30 pm Senate Resources: Energy Efficiency Programs (Audio/Documnents) 5:15 Senate World Trade, Tech, & Innovations: Workforce Development in Alaska (Audio/Documents) |
19 8:00 am Senate Finance University Subcommittee Capital Budget Overview (SB 75) 8:30 am University Board of Regents/University Foundation meeting at Glacier View Room, UAS Campus 11:00 am Senator Murkowski's Annual Address to the Legislature (Journal Supplement) 1:30 pm House Finance Overview, HB 81 4:00 pm House Finance DCCED Subcommittee: AIDEA, AEA, AADC, RCA |
20 3:30 pm Bush Caucus: Rural Broadband briefing by Steve Smith (link to info) |
21 Coalition of Student Leaders Juneau Fly-in |
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22 Coalition of Student Leaders Juneau Fly-in |
23 Coalition of Student Leaders Juneau Fly-in 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 33 (Audio/documents) |
24 Coalition of Student Leaders Fly-in ***Postponed*** 10:30 am House Finance UA Subcmte: HB 81 Closeout 3:00 pm House Health & Social Svcs: Telemedicine (Audio) 3:00 pm House Energy: RCA Energy Source Regulation (Audio/documents) 5:15 pm House Econ. Dev., Trade & Tourism: Discussion - future partnerships for workforce development (Audio) |
25 Staff Alliance Fly-in 8:00 am House Education: University Overview, President Hamilton; HB 126 (Audio/documents) 1:30 pm House Finance: HB 109 3:00 pm Joint House & Senate Resources Hearing: Alaska Mining Industry Overview (Audio/documents) 3:30 pm House Finance UA Subcmte: HB 81 Closeout |
26 Staff Alliance Fly-in 8:00 am Senate World Trade, Tech & Innovations: Alt. Energy, Arctic Research Commission 3:00 pm Joint House & Senate Energy Work Session: Comprehensive Energy Plan
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27 8:00 am Senate Education SB 18 11:00 am Senate Energy: SB 31 |
28 12:00 pm House Energy: AEA Statewide Energy Report |
| MARCH 2009 | ||||||
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1 1:00 pm House Energy: AEA Statewide Energy Report |
2 8:00 am House Education: HB 58, HB 126 1:30 pm House Finance: Adopt budget subcommittee reports, Operating (HB 81) & Mental Health (HB 83) |
3 1:30 pm House Finance: Public testimony on Budgets, Operating (HB 81) & Mental Health (HB 83), 1:30 pm- Juneau; 3:00 pm- Bethel, Kotzebue, Barrow, Nome, Delta Junction, Offnets; 4:00 pm- Fairbanks
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4 8:00 am House Education: University of Alaska Community Campus Overviews 1:30 pm House Finance: Public testimony on Budgets, Operating (HB 81) & Mental Health (HB 83), 1:30 pm- Anchorage; 3:30 pm- Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Homer, Dillingham, Cordova; 4:15 pm- Kenai, Valdez, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Seward, Matsu, Glennallen, Tok |
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9 8:00 am House Education: HB 126, Overview, Alaska Native Teacher Initiative & Education Alignment Study, by Avant-Garde Learning Foundation |
10 ***Time Change*** 2:30 pm House Finance: amendments for HB 81 & HB 83 |
11 8:00 am House Education: HB 126, 8:30 am House Finance: amendments for HB 81 & HB 83 1:30 pm Senate Health & Social Services: SB 27 |
12 8:00 am Senate Finance University Subcommittee 8:30 am House Finance: HB 44 9:00 am Senate State Affairs: SB 130 11:00 am Senate Energy: Presentations on coal-to-liquids, nuclear, and tidal energy |
13 8:00 am House Education: Roundtable Discussion: Needs-based scholarship program 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 18 |
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16 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75 1:30 pm Senate Finance: SB 75 3:15 pm House Labor & Commerce: HB 105 |
17 1:30 pm House Finance: HB 172 2:30 pm Senate Finance: SB 75 |
18 8:00 am House Education: CANCELLED: HB 58 8:00 am Senate Finance University Subcommittee Operating Budget Closeouts (SB 74) 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75, Including UA 1:00 pm House Resources: HB 70 1:30 pm Senate Health & Social Svcs: SB 27 1:30 pm Senate Finance: SB 75 |
19 8:00 am House State Affairs: HJR 22 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75 1:00 pm House Transportation: HB 132 1:30 pm House Finance: HB 113 2:30 pm Senate Finance: SB 75 5:00 pm Senate Finance: PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON SB 75 |
20 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 134 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75 1:30 pm Senate Finance: SB 75 |
21 10:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75 |
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23 8:00 am House Education: HB 184 8:00 am Senate Education: HB 109 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB *** - American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (legislation pending introduction and referral) |
24 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 81 & HB 83 Close-out Reports 12:00 pm House & Senate Children's Caucus: SIDS presentation by Michael Harris |
25 8:00 am House Education: Federal Stimulus funds for education 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 105 9:00 am House Education: HB 94 & Discussion on Postsecondary Scholarships & Loans 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 81 & HB 83 Public Testimony 1:30 pm Senate Health & Social Svcs: SB 139
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26 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 81 & HB 83 11:00 am Senate Energy: SB 150 |
27 8:00 am House Education: pending intro: Career assesment & postsecondary classes for high school students 1:15 pm Senate Health & Social Svcs: SB 27, SB 133 3:15 pm House Labor & Commerce: HB 105 |
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30 8:00 am House Education: HB 204, HB 58 3:30 pm Senate Resources: SJR 13 5:00 pm Budget & Audit: ARRA Report |
31 1:30 pm House Finance: HB 184 3:00 pm House Energy: HB 166, HB 66, HB 196
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| APRIL 2009 | ||||||
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1 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 109, HB 172 1:30 pm House Finance: HB 199 3:30 pm Senate Resources: SB 150 |
2 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 161
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3 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 105 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 161
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4 10:00 am House Energy: Roundtable: Energy Governance in Alaska |
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6 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 105 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 161 - PUBLIC TESTIMONY 1:30 pm Senate Health &
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7 8:30 am House Finance: HB 199, HB 113 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 133 11:00 am Annual Address to the Legislature, Senator Begich |
8 8:00 am Senate Education: SB 174 9:00 am Senate Finance (POSTPONED UNTIL 2:00 PM) : HB 172
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9 8:00 am Conference Committee HB 81 & HB 83 1:00 pm Senate Labor & Commerce: POSTPONED - SB 175 3:00 pm House Energy: HB 148 |
10 8:00 am House Education: Confirmation Hearing, UA Board of Regents 8:00 am Senate Education: SJR 2
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11 9:00 am House Finance: HB 105 11:00 am Senate Finance: SB 75 |
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13 CANCELLED: 8:00 am Conference Committee HB 81 & HB 83 9:00 am Senate Finance: SB 133 1:30 pm House Finance: SB 75 1:30 pm Senate Health & Social Svcs: SB 105 3:30 pm Senate Resources: HJR 22 |
14 8:00 am Conference Committee HB 81 & HB 83 8:30 am House Finance: HB 204 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 199 1:30 pm House Finance: SB 75 - PUBLIC TESTIMONY 3:00 pm House Health & Social Svcs: HB 126
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15 8:00 am House Education: HB 206, Discussion on needs- & merit-based scholarships 8:30 am House Finance: SB 75 - PUBLIC TESTIMONY 9:00 am Senate Finance: HB 113, HB 199 1:30 pm House Finance: SB 75 |
16 11:00 am Joint Session: Confirmation of Governor's Appointees |
17 1:30 pm Senate Health & Social Svcs: SB 172
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19 Last day of Session |
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