JUNEAU — A Homer legislator has proposed delaying regulations for marijuana concentrates to allow officials to focus this year on rules for the sale and growth of legalized pot and licensing of marijuana businesses.
Republican Rep. Paul Seaton, the incoming chair of the House Health and Social Services Committee, said Friday that he wants regulations taken up in manageable units so there can be adequate time for consideration.
The bill was part of a second group of bills filed ahead of the start of the legislative session and released on Friday. The scheduled 90-day session begins Tuesday.
Other bills include:
- HB 57, from Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, calling for voters to provide photo identification or two forms of ID that do not have photos, such as a certified copy of a birth certificate. Lynn was a sponsor of a similar bill in 2013 that failed to gain traction.
- HB 60, from House Democratic Leader Chris Tuck of Anchorage, related to the reporting and handling of sexual assault cases in the Alaska National Guard.
- SB 12, from Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, calling for minimum paid sick days for employees of businesses with at least 15 workers.
- SB 17, also from Wielechowski, would require signed, written responses and rationales for denials of requests for public records. He said this is a response to requests that he and others made under the prior administration that he said were not responded to by the state.