Rules Committee, Alaska State Senate

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The Rules 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 Health & Social Services Committee has jurisdiction over "[the] interpretation of the Uniform Rules, calendar, the internal administration of the house and matters pertaining to the management of the legislature as a whole."

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Rules Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)	Third-party members(0)
Bill Wielechowski Chair Lyman Hoffman	Gary Stevens Vice-Chair Bert Stedman Mike Shower

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Rules Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)	Third-party members(0)
Bill Wielechowski Chair Lyman Hoffman	Bert Stedman Vice Chair Gary Stevens Catherine Giessel

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Rules Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Tom Begich	Gary Stevens Chair Peter Micciche Vice chair Shelley Hughes Bert Stedman

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Rules Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Tom Begich	John B. Coghill Chair Catherine Giessel Vice chair Mia Costello Natasha A. Von Imhof

2017 legislative session

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

Rules Members, 2017
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (4)
• Berta Gardner	• Kevin Meyer, Chair
	• Pete Kelly
	• Peter Micciche
	• Anna MacKinnon

2015 legislative session

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

Rules Members, 2015
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (4)
• Berta Gardner	• Charlie Huggins, Chair
	• John B. Coghill, Vice chair
	• Pete Kelly
	• Kevin Meyer

2013-2014

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

Rules Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (4)
• Johnny Ellis	• Lesil McGuire, Chair
	• John Coghill, Vice chair
	• Charlie Huggins
	• Kevin Meyer

2011

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

Rules Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)
• Johnny Ellis, Chair	• Kevin Meyer
• Lyman Hoffman	• Bert Stedman
	• Gary Stevens

2010

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

Rules Members, 2010
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (3)
• Lyman Hoffman	• Charlie Huggins, Chair
	• Gary Stevens, Vice chair
	• Bert Stedman

External links

• Rules 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)