HOUSE
BENJAMIN NAGEAK
28th-29th Legislature (2013 -2016)
District: 40
Party: Democrat
2013-2016 Representative
Biography:
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kaktovik, Alaska
NAME OF SPOUSE: Violet M. Nageak (Bonnie)
CHILDREN’S NAMES: Eva Nageak, Robert
Nageak, and Perry
Nageak (deceased)
Occupation: Administrator
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN ALASKA: 64 years
ALASKAN COMMUNITIES LIVED IN:
Kaktovik, AK 1950-1956
Barrow, AK 1956-present
EDUCATION:
Mt. Edgecumbe High School 1965-1969 High School
Diploma
Military Service:
United States Army, two years 1970-1972, Acting
Sergeant E-4
POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT POSITIONS:
Alaska State House of Representatives; Co-Chair
House Community and Regional Affairs Committee;
Health and Social Services Committee; Sub Committee
for Finance on Education, Courts and Judges, and
University of Alaska System; Alaska Arctic Policy
Commission; Assemblyman and Mayor of the North
Slope Borough; Vice-Chair Alaska Board of Game;
Alaska Boundary Commission
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Board Member of Uqpiagvik Inupiat Corporation;
President RurAL CAP; Co-Owner B&B Associates
SERVICE ORGANIZATION(S) MEMBERSHIP:
Chairman Eskimo Walrus Commission; Founding Chair
of Indigenous Peoples Council on Marine Mammals;
Elder Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Rolling Stones Fan! Love to listen to music, reading,
fishing, and being with family and friends.
Legislative Service:
Bill | Short Title | Prime Sponsor(s) | Current Status | Status Date | |
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DISCRIMINATION: GENDER ID.;SEXUAL ORIENT. | REPRESENTATIVES MUNOZ, NAGEAK |
(H) STA | 01/21/2015 | ||
SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION GRANTS | REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK |
(H) EDC | 04/01/2015 | ||
OPPOSE ANWR WILDERNESS DESIGNATION | REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK |
LEGIS RESOLVE 1 | 09/01/2015 |
Cosponsored Bills
Bill | Short Title | Prime Sponsor(s) | Current Status | Status Date | |
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PERS CONTRIBUTIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES | REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER |
(H) RLS | 04/07/2016 | ||
AGDC SUPPORT OF NATURAL GAS PROJECTS | REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT |
VETOED BY GOVERNOR | 04/17/2015 | ||
FOOD PROGRAM DONATIONS; FISH AND GAME | REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS |
(H) RES | 04/08/2015 | ||
RESTRICTED OFF HWY DRIVER'S LICENSE | REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS |
(H) STA | 04/06/2016 | ||
WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE | REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER |
CHAPTER 48 SLA 16 | 07/28/2016 | ||
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TELEMEDICINE | REPRESENTATIVE VAZQUEZ |
CHAPTER 17 SLA 16 | 06/13/2016 | ||
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY;KATIE JOHN DAY | REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND |
(S) STA | 04/04/2016 | ||
REGULATION OF SMOKING | REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO |
(H) JUD | 04/01/2016 | ||
CONST. AM: ELECTED ATTORNEY GENERAL | REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON |
(H) JUD | 04/19/2015 | ||
MAX F. GRUENBERG JR. COMMITTEE ROOM | REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT |
HOUSE RESOLVE 6 | 08/26/2016 |