00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 278                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to binding votes by or for a legislator under the Legislative Ethics                                   
02 Act."                                                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.60.030(j) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read:                                          
05                 (4)  "caucus" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.037(g);                                                 
06                 (5)  "legislative body" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.037(g).                                     
07    * Sec. 2. AS 24.60.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
08            (k)  A legislator may not commit or bind another legislator to commit, through                               
09       a vote in a caucus, to vote for or against a bill, appointment, veto, or other measure                            
10       that may come to a vote before a legislative body. Nothing in this subsection prohibits                           
11       a legislator from                                                                                                 
12                 (1)  voting in a caucus on a matter directly relating to the selection of                               
13       an officer of the caucus or a leader of a legislative body;                                                       
14                 (2)  conducting an informal poll, outside of a meeting of the majority of                               

01       the members of a legislative body, to determine how another legislator may vote on a                              
02       measure.