Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, speaks during a session of the Alaska House of Representatives on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Rauscher was the lead sponsor of House Bill 88. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have required the operators of large warehouses to provide their employees with a written work quota and would have forbidden them from instituting quotas that are so high that an employee would lack time to use the bathroom.
The Alaska Legislature passed House Bill 88 this year with bipartisan support.
Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, wrote the bill and said in April that it was a matter of fairness and transparency for workers. He had worked in a warehouse, he said, and the issue was personal to him.
Dunleavy vetoed the bill Aug. 29, but the veto message wasn’t published until this week.
In the message, Dunleavy said he vetoed HB 88 “because it creates excessive regulation of state businesses, thereby thwarting business development and economic opportunities in Alaska.”