
Joyce Anderson
138:31 - 138:55
"the bill, it went to the governor's desk. Governor's office and the governor did not sign it. So it became effective on the day, the last day that he didn't, that he would have had to sign it, which was on Wednesday, June 24th. Section 28 of the bill says this act takes effect immediately. And so it became effective on June 24th, which is also exciting."
“the bill, it went to the governor's desk. Governor's office and the governor did not sign it. So it became effective on the day, the last day that he didn't, that he would have had to sign it, which was on Wednesday, June 24th. Section 28 of the bill says this act takes effect immediately. And so it became effective on June 24th, which is also exciting.”
And so I'm excited that the bill, it went to the governor's desk. Governor's office and the governor did not sign it. So it became effective on the day, the last day that he didn't, that he would have had to sign it, which was on Wednesday, June 24th. Section 28 of the bill says this act takes effect immediately. And so it became effective on June 24th, which is also exciting.
Alaska's overhauled Legislative Ethics Act took effect June 24 after Gov. Dunleavy declined to sign it, adding a hard statutory requirement that legislators document the legislative purpose behind any travel gifts they accept.

The Select Committee on Legislative Ethics disclosed Friday that a legislator and a legislative employee submitted only a travel itinerary for an Arctic Winter Games trip and declined to provide any further narrative of legislative purpose, exposing a gap that new state law now closes by making agenda submission a hard statutory requirement.

The Select Committee on Legislative Ethics voted unanimously Friday to direct staff to send a letter to the HR manager and Legislative Counsel seeking relief from conducting sexual harassment and civility training, arguing the assignment falls outside its statutory authority and crowds out substantive ethics instruction.
