Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution

Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

AK Scorecard 2021-2022

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Alaska State Legislature in 2021 and 2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

1. Expanding the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority

Good Vote: No

HB127 Expanding the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority (passed 16 to 1 on 5/17/2022). Permits the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority to issue up to $1 billion in loans to the University of Alaska and regional health organizations.

2. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Good Vote: No

SJR15 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (passed 17 to 0 on 3/18/2022). Recognizes the "importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" in providing the "framework for much of [the] bilateral trade" between the "integrated economies" of Canada and Alaska, as well as "important updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."

3. Prohibiting Medicaid-Covered Abortions

Good Vote: Yes

SA13 (HB69) Prohibiting Medicaid-Covered Abortions (failed 10 to 10 on 5/19/2021). Would amend HB69, Alaska’s 2021-22 budget bill, to prohibit Medicaid-covered abortions or services relating to abortion.

4. No State Funds for Employers Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines

Good Vote: Yes

SA11 (HB69) No State Funds for Employers Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines (failed 10 to 10 on 5/19/2021). Would amend HB69, Alaska’s 2021-22 budget bill, to ensure that no state funds be expended on an entity that mandates its employees to receive a vaccine approved under FDA Emergency Use Authorization.

5. Defunding Critical Race Theory

Good Vote: Yes

SA3 (HB69) Defunding Critical Race Theory (failed 9 to 11 on 5/19/2021). Would amend, HB69, Alaska’s 2021-22 budget bill, to prevent public funds from being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.

6. Limiting the Governor's Emergency Powers

Good Vote: Yes

SA39 (HB76) Limiting the Governor's Emergency Powers (failed 4 to 16 on 4/28/2021). Would amend HB76, which extends the COVID-19 public health disaster emergency, to include the provision that the Governor may not declare a disaster emergency unless authorized by a majority vote of the Legislature.

Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
Tom Begich D SD-J 0% ------
Click Bishop R SD-C 0% ------
Matt Claman D SD-H NA ......
Mia Costello R SD-K 50% --+++-
Elvi Gray-Jackson D SD-I 0% ------
Lyman Hoffman D SD-S 0% ------
Roger Holland R SD-N 67% --++++
Shelley Hughes R SD-F 60% -.+++-
James Kaufman R SD-F NA ......
Scott Kawasaki D SD-A 0% ------
Jesse Kiehl D SD-Q 0% ------
Kelly Merrick R SD-L NA ......
Peter Micciche R SD-O 50% --+++-
Robert Myers R SD-B 67% --++++
Donald Olson D SD-T 40% .-+--+
Lora Reinbold R SD-G 80% .-++++
Josh Revak R SD-M 60% -.+++-
Mike Shower R SD-E 67% +-+++-
Bert Stedman R SD-Q 0% .-----
Gary Stevens R SD-P 0% ------
Natasha von Imhof R SD-L 0% -.----
William Wielechowski D SD-H 17% ---+--
David Wilson R SD-D 50% --+++-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party Score
Democrat 8.1%
Republican 42.4%