2025SB 24

Raising Taxes and Restrictions on Legal Products

2025 - Alaska Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill raises the minimum age for purchasing, possessing, or exchanging tobacco and nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, and imposes new taxes on electronic smoking products. It also allocates funds for government-led tobacco cessation programs. CPAC opposed this bill because it expands government overreach, infringes on personal freedoms, and imposes burdensome tax increases on consumers. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-12 by a vote of 15-5. The bill did not become law.

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Legislators · 20

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Jesse Bjorkman AK	Republican	27%	Leftist
Matt Claman AK	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Mike Cronk AK	Republican	33%	Conservative
Forrest Dunbar AK	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Catherine Giessel AK	Republican	18%	Leftist
Elvi Gray-Jackson AK	Democrat	18%	Leftist
Lyman Hoffman AK	Democrat	43%	Leftist
Shelley Hughes AK	Republican	78%	Conservative
James Kaufman AK	Republican	28%	Conservative
Scott Kawasaki AK	Democrat	27%	Leftist
Jesse Kiehl AK	Democrat	20%	Leftist
Kelly Merrick AK	Republican	19%	Leftist
Robert Myers AK	Republican	82%	Conservative
Donald Olson AK	Democrat	36%	Leftist
Mike Shower AK	Republican	87%	Conservative
Bert Stedman AK	Republican	47%	Leftist
Gary Stevens AK	Republican	45%	Leftist
Loki Tobin AK	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Bill Wielechowski AK	Democrat	28%	Leftist
Robert Yundt AK	Republican	33%	Leftist