Will Stapp
Representative · Alaska State House · District 5
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Same committee, same day, two close votes on Alaska LNG ratepayer protection — and they didn't go the same way
“I think the RCA already has, you know, enough due diligence and power to be able to ensure that they're not going to basically sign off on a gas contract that's, say, exorbitant to Alaskans.”
Alaska News2w ago
House Finance writes a $16 gas-price cap into Alaska LNG bill — even if Enstar's contract isn't signed
“this amendment basically mirrors what we know to be the contract that Instar already has with the developer based on Instar's testimony”
Alaska News2w ago
Alaska House passes tobacco age increase, vape tax, cigar lounge exemption
“the fundamental difference between the T21 federal law and this bill is the state, if you pass this, is now actively going to punish people who are 20 and 19 years old. Mr. Speaker, those kids are going to go to war someday, okay? That's why they joined the Army.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Alaska Legislature fails to override veto of pension bill
“Better benefits cost more money, Mr. President. And this bill is probably a better benefit than the current 401 for a lot of employees, but just know the reason it is is because it's going to cost more money.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House panel cuts youth tobacco fines, advances Tobacco 21 bill
“if you go on Fort Wainwright or JBear or Eielson or Elmendorf, you will find hundreds of people that are not age 21 that are actively using tobacco products.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance approves pharmacist prescription bill after rejecting nurse compact
“My only reservation— I have two reservations here. Number one, I don't want to do anything that effectively kills the underlying bill.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House panel hears gas line tax bill with 15-cent volumetric fee
“when I talked to the Glenfarm folks, they were here and testified Committee, obviously they have a rub at this 15 cents. They prefer 6 cents. I basically wanted the material difference between 6 and 15.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance advances fire station grant program after rejecting rural aid amendments
“if you go to 75% or 60%, I know we flipped the numbers backwards in the conceptual amendment. You are just going to have this program, if you do allocate money, it is just going to soak it all up to those ones.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance Advances Paid Parental Leave Bill
“if we do this and we enact this in law and we know that we're going to burn through all these funds, and jack that employer contribution rate to the UI fund and all this back up, but we're going to run out of benefit anyways. What do we tell people that maybe they had one kid in 2029 and then— or 2030— and then in 2040 they're going to have another kid and we say, oh, by the way, we don't have that program anymore.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance advances pharmacist prescribing bill with drug restrictions
“I was under the impression with the adoption of Amendment 3, we basically took care of that issue with the RU486, mifepristone, misoprostol kind of banning from prescribing prescriptions to assign them”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance Advances Education Funding Bill Despite Fiscal Concerns
“It basically defines administrative expense is strictly narrow to administrative employee salaries, administrative employee benefits, professional and technical services, supplies, communication, travels, dues and fees, and school board stipends.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House Finance advances education fund amendment, rejects gas pipeline revenue tie
“I can tell you that it is incredibly clear that the fathers of Alaska's constitution repeatedly rejected constitutional earmarks.”
Alaska News1mo ago2 attributions
House Finance cuts West Susitna road funding from capital budget
“This deletes a sizable chunk of that over and beyond what's necessary in the STIP. It's $94 million. And also, like, the West Zoo Access Project is one of the few things that we have in Alaska that is going toward positive steps for resource development.”
Alaska News1mo ago
House panel questions education fund proposal with no guaranteed revenue
“the framers of the Constitution were very pro-education advocates. And the real question is, why did they decide not to include a dedicated fund for education when they drafted the state's constitution when we had one basically in territorial times.”
Alaska News2mo ago