Forrest Dunbar
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RESIDENCY: LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN ALASKA: Lifelong ALASKAN COMMUNITIES LIVED IN: Eagle, Cordova, Anchorage EDUCATION: Cordova High School, American University, Harvard Kennedy School, Yale Law School, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School MILITARY SERVICE: Army Guard - Major POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT POSITIONS: State Senator, Anchorage Assembly, two-time Chair; formerly Vice President of Scenic Foothills Community Council, Attorney at Office of Public Advocacy, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Kazakhstan), Wildland Firefighter with Northstars BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: Former Attorney at Chugach Government Solutions; briefly Stoel Rives LLP, before full-time military service; commercial fisherman, canneries, Fred Meyer in my youth SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERSHIPS: Former board member at Park Foundation, founding board member of Muldoon Farmers Market; interned at Alaska Legal Services; Congregation Beth Sholom SPECIAL INTERESTS: Basketball, Football, using our beautiful trails, reading, film OTHER: I grew up in Rural Alaska, but came to Anchorage for judo, basketball, etc. I settled here after school, passed the Bar Exam, and met my wife, who's from Chugiak. I…
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- VerifiedCo-sponsored: An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; relating to unfair trade or deceptive acts or practices; and providing for an effective date.
- VerifiedCo-sponsored: An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design; relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior design; relating to the scope of the certification requirements for architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and registered interior designers; relating to immunity for design professionals; relating to the cost of construction for recreation centers; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; relating to the procurement of landscape architectural and interior design services; relating to the cost of construction of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages; and providing for an effective date.
- VerifiedCo-sponsored: Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices.
- VerifiedCo-sponsored: An Act relating to notice of new fees and fee increases from the University of Alaska; relating to billing statements from the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
- VerifiedCo-sponsored: An Act relating to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
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Bills & Legislative Work
2026-07-16: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/1/26
2026-08-18: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
2026-09-30: (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/22 LEGIS RESOLVE 68
2026-07-27: (H) DUE BACK FROM GOVERNOR 8/10/26
2026-09-01: (H) VETOED BY GOVERNOR 8/31/26
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