Several good bills just did not make it to the finish line this session. You can say the 90-day limit is too quick to get all the deliberation needed for new legislation. The Fairbanks News Miner analyzes what happened to three of these bills: Senate Bill 30 for Marijuana Criminalization, Erin’s Law, and the Agrium Credits bill.
When legislators gaveled in for the 29th Legislature in January, there were plenty of bills that had high hopes to be passed before this Sunday. But nearly 90 days later, many of those bills have either had false starts or stumbled just before the finish line.
Those bills include a wide array of marijuana bills, four bills all attempting to implement sexual abuse awareness programs in schools, and tax credits for a Nikiski fertilizer plant. Here’s a few of the notable bills that aren’t likely to make it to the governor’s desk this session.
Senate Bill 30
What had been intended as a relatively simple bill to define a public place, create crimes for providing marijuana to minors and other issues quickly spun out of control.
Erin’s Law
Originally a Democrat-backed measure, this year four versions of the bill were introduced. Two in the House by a Republican and a Democrat, and two in the Senate also by a Republican and Democrat.
Agrium tax credits
For the second year in a row, Chenault has made a bid to create tax credits to help restart the Agrium fertilizer plant in his Kenai Peninsula district. Last session, the credits were added to a bill that aimed to keep in-state oil refiners afloat but were stripped before those credits were passed into law.
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