Resources Committee, Alaska State Senate

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The Resources Committee is a standing committee of the Alaska State Senate.

Per the Uniform Rules, committees of the Alaska State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Committees. The Committee on Committees is appointed and chaired by the presiding officer and has five members. Committees are assigned after each election. What constitutes a quorum for committees is not defined.

See rules: Uniform Rules

Function

According to Uniform Rule 20-a, the Resources Committee has jurisdiction over "the programs and activities of the Departments of Fish and Game, Natural Resources, and Environmental Conservation."

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Resources Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (3)	Third-party members(0)
Bill Wielechowski Vice-Chair Matt Claman Forrest Dunbar Scott Kawasaki	Catherine Giessel Chair Shelley Hughes Robert Myers Jr.

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Resources Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (3)	Third-party members(0)
Bill Wielechowski Scott Kawasaki Forrest Dunbar Matt Claman	Click Bishop Chair Catherine Giessel Vice Chair James Kaufman

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Resources Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
Jesse Kiehl Scott Kawasaki	Josh Revak Chair Peter Micciche Vice chair Click Bishop Gary Stevens Natasha A. Von Imhof

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Resources Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
Scott Kawasaki Jesse Kiehl	John B. Coghill Vice chair Chris Birch Chair Lora Reinbold Click Bishop Catherine Giessel

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Resources Members, 2017
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (6)
• Bill Wielechowski	• Catherine A. Giessel, Chair
	• John B. Coghill, Vice chair
	• Natasha A. Von Imhof
	• Bert K. Stedman
	• Shelley Hughes
	• Kevin Meyer

2015 legislative session

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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Resources Members, 2015
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (6)
• Bill Wielechowski	• Catherine A. Giessel, Chair
	• Mia Costello, Vice chair
	• John B. Coghill
	• Peter Micciche
	• Bert Stedman
	• Bill Stoltze

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Resources Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (6)
• Hollis French	• Cathy Giessel, Chair
	• Fred Dyson, Vice chair
	• Peter Micciche
	• Click Bishop
	• Lesil McGuire
	• Anna Fairclough

2011

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Resources Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Joe Paskvan, Co-Chair	• Thomas Wagoner, Co-chair
• Bill Wielechowski, Vice chair	• Lesil McGuire, Vice chair
• Hollis French	• Bert Stedman
	• Gary Stevens

2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2010 legislative session.

Resources Members, 2010
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)
• Bill Wielechowski, Chair	• Lesil McGuire, Chair
• Hollis French, II	• Charlie Huggins, Vice chair
	• Bert Stedman
	• Thomas Wagoner
	• Gary Stevens

External links

• Resources Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Alaska State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Gary Stevens

Majority Leader:Catherine Giessel

Senators

District A

Bert Stedman (R)

District B

Jesse Kiehl (D)

District C

Gary Stevens (R)

District D

Jesse Bjorkman (R)

District E

Catherine Giessel (R)

District F

James Kaufman (R)

District G

Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)

District H

Matt Claman (D)

District I

Loki Tobin (D)

District J

Forrest Dunbar (D)

District K

Bill Wielechowski (D)

District L

Kelly Merrick (R)

District M

Shelley Hughes (R)

District N

Robert Yundt (R)

District O

Mike Shower (R)

District P

Scott Kawasaki (D)

District Q

Robert Myers (R)

District R

Mike Cronk (R)

District S

Lyman Hoffman (D)

District T

Donald Olson (D)

Republican Party (11)

Democratic Party (9)