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Chairmanships:
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Member:
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Finance Subcommittees:
• Labor & Workforce Devlopment Finance Subcommittee
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• Public Safety Finance Subcommittee
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Date/Place of Birth:
February 23, 1933 • Majority Members
East Los Angeles, California • Minority Members
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Family:
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Spouse - Marlene Wagner Lynn
Children - Debra, Bob Jr., Robyn, Mary, Marla, John • Communities
Seventeen grandchildren, one great grandchild • Zip Codes
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Education: • 25th Leg. Representatives
Garfield High School (East Los Angeles California)
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University of Arizona, B.A.
California State University Long Beach, M.A.
- Educational Administration
Air University, ''Education with Industry''
- (similar to MBA) relating to government procurement and contracts
University of California Riverside
University of Alaska
Military:
Major, USAF Retired
Vietnam Veteran
Bandsman (enlisted)
Fighter Pilot
Air Defense Operations (including Kotzebue, Alaska)
Radar Site Commander, Vietnam
Inspector general, contracts and procurement
Seventeen awards and decorations, including Bronze Star and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
Alaska State House of Representatives:
Chair, State Afffairs Committee: 2007 - 2008
Chair, Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: 2005 - 2006
Member, Armed Services Committee: 2003 - 2008
Member, Economic Development, International Trade and Tourism Committee: 2005 - 2008
Member, Education Committee: 2005 - 2006
Member, Judiciary Committe: 2007 - 2008
Member, Labor and Commerce Committee: 2003 - 2006
Member, Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: 2003 - 2004
Member, Resources Committee: 2003 - 2004
Member, State Affairs Committee: 2003 - 2006
Member, Majority Caucus 2003 - 2006
Other Political and Government Positions:
City Councilman
Mayor Pro-Tem, Moreno Valley, California
Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
Alaska Outdoor Council
MADD
Air Force Association
Vietnam Veterans of America
VFW
American Legion
National Breast Cancer Coalition
AMVET
Special Interests:
Church
Anchorage Community Concert Band
Family History
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• Lynn Pre-files Instant On-line Campaign Finance Reporting Bill Unsubscribe Terms/Privacy
2009-01-05: Rep. Bob Lynn
Representative Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, is pre-filing legislation to bring campaign finance
reporting into the 21st century. Rep. Lynn's bill (attached) creates a study group to determine
how best to implement an On-Line Campaign Banking and Reporting System for Alaska and
make recommendations ... Read More » • Staff & Committees
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• House Majority Welcomes Three New Members for 26th Legislature « Press Releases
Joule, Edgmon, Herron Bring New Perspective to Caucus • Opinion-Editorials
2008-12-15: House Majority Press • Personal Bills
Incoming State House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, today announced that three rural
legislators will join the House Majority Caucus for the 26th Legislature, which gavels in Jan. 20, • Co-Sponsor Bills
2009 in Juneau. Representatives Reggie Joule, D-Kotzebue, Bryce Edgmon, D-Unalaska, and • Photo Gallery
Bob ... Read More »
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• Majority Announces Leadership Posts
House Majority Organizes for 26th Legislature
2008-11-06: House Majority Press
Incoming House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, today announced Leadership positions and
chairmanships for the House Majority Caucus, as they organize in preparation for the 26th • Majority Members
Alaska Legislature. "I am proud to take over the mantle of Speaker of the House from John
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2009-01-12: by Rep. Bob Lynn
It's past time to bring political campaign disclosure into the 21st century. Instant transparency is
needed. That's why I'll be filing legislation in January to establish an On-Line Campaign
Banking and Reporting System that will make campaign contributions and expenditures visible
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• HB 3 : Requirements For Driver's License/I.D. Unsubscribe Terms/Privacy
Sponsored by Rep. Lynn, Rep. Hawker, Rep. Chenault, Rep. Stoltze, Rep. Ramras, Rep. Johnson
An Act relating to issuance of identification cards and to issuance of driver's licenses; and
providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) FIN : 2009-02-06 • Staff & Committees
• Biography
• HB 4 : False Caller Identification • Press Releases
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn, Rep. Berta Gardner • Opinion-Editorials
An Act relating to false caller identification. « Personal Bills
Status: (H) FIN : 2009-02-04 • Co-Sponsor Bills
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• HB 5 : Divest Investments In Sudan • Early Lynn Archives
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act relating to certain investments of the Alaska permanent fund, the state's retirement
systems, the State of Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan, and the deferred compensation
program for state employees in companies that do business in Sudan, and restricting those
investments. • Majority Members
Status: (H) STA : 2009-01-20 • Minority Members
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• HB 6 : Cruelty To Animals
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn • Communities
An Act relating to cruelty to animals. • Zip Codes
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Status: (H) JUD : 2009-01-20
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• HB 24 : Procurement Preference For Veterans
Sponsored by Rep. Anna Fairclough, Rep. Carl Gatto, Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act relating to a public procurement preference for Alaska veterans.
Status: (H) MLV : 2009-01-20
• HB 42 : Leg Study Group: Online Campaign Reporting
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act establishing the Legislative Study Group on the Establishment of an Immediate Online
Political Campaign Reporting System; and directing the study group to prepare a report on the
possibility of creating an immediate online state political campaign reporting system.
Status: (H) STA : 2009-01-20
2009-01-05 : Lynn Pre-files Instant On-line Campaign Finance Reporting Bill
• HB 50 : Limit Overtime For Registered Nurses
Sponsored by Rep. Wilson, Rep. Gara, Rep. Tuck, Rep. Lynn, Rep. Seaton, Rep. Gatto, Rep. Cissna,
Rep. Muñoz, Rep. Gardner
An Act relating to limitations on mandatory overtime for registered nurses and licensed practical
nurses in health care facilities; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) HSS : 2009-01-20
Contact: Rebecca Rooney, 465-3824, Committee Aide
Nurses are working excessive amounts of hours without adequate rest. This creates an unsafe
work environment for patients and nurses. Mandatory overtime is one of the main reasons
nurses leave nursing. Recent studies indicate that one in five nurses is considering leaving the
profession. ... Sponsor Statement »
• HB 65 : PFD Allowable Absence: Miltary Contractors
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act relating to an allowable absence for certain military civilian employees and civilian
contractors for purposes of determining eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing
for an effective date.
Status: (H) MLV : 2009-01-20
• HB 67 : Executive Branch Employee Nepotism
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn by Request
An Act changing certain limitations set out in the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act applicable
to employment relationships between state employees who are related to each other as
immediate family members.
Status: (H) STA : 2009-01-20
• HB 73 : Honorary Consul License Plates
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn
An Act relating to honorary foreign consul license plates; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) STA : 2009-01-20
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• HB 1 : Amend Amount Of Base Student Allocation Unsubscribe Terms/Privacy
Sponsored by Rep. Carl Gatto
An Act relating to the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public
education; providing for an effective date by amending the effective dates of secs. 9 and 10, ch.
9, SLA 2008; and providing for an effective date.
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Status: (H) EDC : 2009-01-20
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• HB 2 : Birth Certificate For Stillbirth • Opinion-Editorials
Sponsored by Rep. Carl Gatto • Personal Bills
An Act relating to the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth. « Co-Sponsor Bills
Status: (H) HSS : 2009-01-20 • Photo Gallery
Contact: Sandra Wilson, 465-3163, Legislative Assistant
• 25th Leg. Archive
HB 2 brings closure to parents who have suffered the loss of a stillborn child by giving them a • Early Lynn Archives
Birth Certificate reflecting that they had a child who was stillborn. To paraphrase one parent of a
stillborn child: being able to receive a Birth Certificate for my daughter would make ... Sponsor
Statement »
• HB 10 : Municipal Taxes: Costs/Exemptions • Majority Members
Sponsored by Rep. Gruenberg, Rep. Chenault, Rep. Thomas, Rep. Gara, Rep. Harris, Rep. Kawasaki • Minority Members
An Act authorizing a borough to charge a city for costs of collecting certain taxes; relating to a • Photo Table
mandatory exemption from municipal property taxes for residences of certain widows or • Districts
widowers, and to optional exemptions from municipal property taxes for property of certain
fraternal organizations, for certain college property, and for certain residential property; and • Communities
providing for an effective date. • Zip Codes
Status: (H) CRA : 2009-01-20 • Info Offices
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• HB 30 : Repeal Defined Contrib Retirement Plans
Sponsored by Rep. John Harris, Rep. Mike Hawker, Rep. Cathy Muñoz
An Act repealing the defined contribution retirement plans for teachers and for public
employees; providing a defined benefit retirement plan for teachers and public employees;
making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) L&C : 2009-01-20
Contact: John Bitney, 465-3721
HB 30 repeals the defined contribution retirement plan for teachers and public employees –
and replaces it with a defined benefit retirement plan. In 2005, the Legislature and the
Administration enacted a defined contribution retirement plan for public employees hired after
... Sponsor Statement »
• HB 87 : Med Benefits Of Disabled Peace Officers
Sponsored by Rep. Charisse Millett
An Act waiving payment of premiums for major medical insurance under the defined benefit
retirement plan for public employees for disabled peace officers who have at least 20 years of
credited service as peace officers.
Status: (H) L&C : 2009-01-26
Contact: Ryan Makinster, 465-3879
Everyday Alaska's public safety employees risk their lives and health to protect the lives and
property of our citizens. Gratefully the state recognizes this and makes public safety employees
eligible for retirement at 20 years of service instead of 25 as is the standard. This discrepancy ...
Sponsor Statement »
• HB 123 : Extend Suicide Prevention Council
Sponsored by Rep. Anna Fairclough
An Act extending the termination date of the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council; and
providing for an effective date.
Status: (H) STA : 2009-02-11
• HCR 7 : Decoration Of Honor
Sponsored by Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom
Relating to awarding the Alaska Decoration of Honor to certain members of the military.
Status: (H) MLV : 2009-02-11
• HJR 3 : Constitutional Am.: No Gaming Without Voter Approval
Sponsored by Rep. Harry Crawford, Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring an affirmative
vote of the people before any form of gambling for profit may be authorized in Alaska and
setting other requirements.
Status: (H) STA : 2009-01-20
• HJR 7 : Endorsing ANWR Leasing
Sponsored by Rep. Charisse Millett
Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, development, and production.
Status: (H) RES : 2009-01-22
Contact: Jeff Turner, 465-3879
House Joint Resolution 7 urges the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the
coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration and production.
ANWR remains a key component of our nation's effort to achieve energy independence.
Combining ... Sponsor Statement »
• News Article: Alaska Lawmakers Support Opening ANWR
2009-02-11 : Millett Intro's 2nd ANWR Resolution
HJR 18 Aims to Keep Area 1002 Open
• HJR 12 : Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System
Sponsored by Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom
Relating to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System.
Status: (H) Calendar 2/18 : 2009-02-17
Next Hearing: (H) STA : 2009-02-19 8:00 am, Room 106
Contact: Laura Pierre, 465-3783
The Ground-based Midcourse Defense System makes up a significant piece of the United States'
defense against foreign ballistic missile threats. Urging Congress to support the Ground-based
Midcourse Defense System is crucial, because the program serves as the nation's only deployed
... Sponsor Statement »
• HJR 17 : Oppose H.R. 45 In Congress
Sponsored by Rep. John Harris
Urging the United States Congress to reject H.R. 45, the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and
Record of Sale Act of 2009.
Status: (H) Await Next Com. : 2009-02-17
Contact: John Bitney, 465-3721
• HJR 18 : Opposing ANWR Wilderness Designation
Sponsored by Rep. Charisse Millett
Urging the United States Congress to refrain from passing legislation that designates land in
Area 1002 of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
Status: (H) RES : 2009-02-11
Contact: Jeff Turner, 465-3879
House Joint Resolution 18 urges the United States Congress to reject any legislation seeking a
wilderness designation for the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Legislation has
been introduced in Congress to do just that. The 1002 Area could be the largest untapped ...
Sponsor Statement »
2009-02-11 : Millett Intro's 2nd ANWR Resolution
HJR 18 Aims to Keep Area 1002 Open
• HR 6 : Develop Mental Health Trust Land
Sponsored by Rep. Bill Stoltze
Encouraging the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority to develop its land and resources to the
fullest extent possible consistent with its legal and moral responsibility to provide jobs and
protect and enhance the lives of those who benefit from the mental health trust.
Status: (H) FIN : 2009-02-13
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