Senate action Īfter final passage in the Alaska House of Representatives, a bill is engrossed and sent to the Alaska Senate to go through the same process of introduction, committee referral and three readings. Third Reading is where the motion is made to vote on the bill. Amendments can also be offered and voted on. A motion is made on the floor to adopt any committee substitutes. The bill is again read by number, sponsor or sponsors, and title along with the standing committee reports. Once a bill is scheduled on the floor, it appears on the calendar in Second Reading. Once bills or substitutes are approved, the legislation is referred to the next committee of assignment or to the Rules Committee, which can further amend the bill or assign it to the daily floor calendar. Committee chairs can choose whether or not hear a bill and committees can vote to approve a bill in its original form or make modifications through a committee substitute. īills are introduced and read the first time with the number, sponsor or sponsors, and the title of the bill and then referred to a committee(s). The chief clerk will then assign bills a number. The first step of the legislative process is filing a bill by giving it to the chief clerk of the Alaska House of Representatives. Members of the Alaska House of Representatives are responsible for a portion of the process of making and amending state law.
The House convenes at the State Capitol in Juneau. With 40 representatives, the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower chamber in the United States.
Members serve two-year terms without term limits. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 Census figures. The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S.
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