2026-04-22                     Senate Journal                      Page 2325
SJR 20                                                                                                                        
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 Supporting federal, state,                                                                       
and local efforts to clean up and remove marine debris from the state;                                                          
urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the                                                              
Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional funding for                                                               
those efforts and to remove barriers faced by tribes and rural                                                                  
communities in accessing those funds; and urging the Alaska                                                                     
Congressional delegation to advocate for increased federal funding                                                              
and support for marine debris prevention, clean up, removal, backhaul,                                                          
and education, was read the third time.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20                                                                       
Supporting federal, state, and local efforts to clean up and remove                                                             
marine debris from the state; urging the National Oceanic and                                                                   
Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection                                                                     
Agency to provide additional funding for those efforts and to remove                                                            
barriers faced by tribes and rural communities in accessing those                                                               
funds; and urging the Alaska Congressional delegation to advocate for                                                           
increased federal funding and support for marine debris prevention,                                                             
clean up, removal, backhaul, and education, pass the Senate?" The roll                                                          
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SJR 20                                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                  
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers, Rauscher,                                                                    
Stedman, Stevens, Tilton, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Olson                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 passed the Senate                                                                        
and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.