Alaska · Current officeholder
Donna Mears
Democratic Alaska House, District 21
Record last updated:
Sponsored legislation
24 bills in the current data (9 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 39 | Urging the federal government to waive the new H-1B Visa fees for teachers in the state. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | September 30, 2026 |
| HJR 38 | Urging the United States Congress to recognize public safety telecommunicators as first responders; and urging the United States Congress to pass the Enhancing First Response Act. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | September 30, 2026 |
| SB 249 | An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; relating to unfair trade or deceptive acts or practices; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 16 | An Act requiring a group supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot proposition in a state or local election to maintain an address in the state; amending campaign contribution limits for state and local office; directing the Alaska Public Offices Commission to adjust campaign contribution limits for state and local office once each decade beginning in 2031; relating to campaign contribution reporting requirements; relating to administrative complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission; and relating to state election expenditures and contributions made by a foreign-influenced corporation or foreign national. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | July 16, 2026 |
| HB 36 | An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 3, 2026 |
| HB 133 | An Act establishing deadlines for the payment of contracts under the State Procurement Code; establishing deadlines for the payment of grants, contracts, and reimbursement agreements to nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and Alaska Native organizations; relating to reports from state agencies to the legislature detailing late payments made during 2026; relating to the state financial transactions Internet website; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | July 3, 2026 |
| SB 174 | An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of Fish and Game; relating to management of invasive species; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | July 1, 2026 |
| SB 24 | An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retail cigar stores; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | June 19, 2026 |
| SB 21 | An Act establishing the Alaska Work and Save Program in the Department of Revenue; relating to depositing permanent fund dividends into investment accounts; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | June 19, 2026 |
| HB 26 | An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | May 21, 2026 |
| HB 301 | An Act relating to and prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 104 | An Act creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2026 |
| HB 296 | An Act relating to leases of state land for agricultural purposes; and providing for an effective date. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2026 |
| HB 189 | An Act relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 10, 2026 |
| HB 208 | An Act relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2026 |
| HB 259 | An Act relating to large energy use facilities; relating to electric and gas utilities; relating to community benefit agreements with municipalities; and relating to the duties of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SJR 17 | Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of The Energy Council. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | July 30, 2025 |
| HJR 5 | Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and make the funding mechanism in the Act permanent. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | July 30, 2025 |
| HJR 15 | Urging the Governor, the Department of Natural Resources, division of forestry and fire protection, the Department of Public Safety, municipalities of the state and relevant wildfire planning and response agencies, and the Alaska delegation in Congress to prepare for the 2025 wildfire season. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | July 30, 2025 |
| HB 206 | An Act relating to disclosure of oil and gas production tax information. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HCR 2 | Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HCR 5 | Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to committee records; and providing for an effective date for the amendment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 25, 2025 |
| HB 154 | An Act relating to the summer electronic benefits transfer program for children. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 25, 2025 |
| HB 69 | An Act relating to the base student allocation; and providing for an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | April 22, 2025 |