McDonald’s Hamburglar Commercial Asks If You Can Pay Child Support in Burgers

reviewed by Moody Jim Rathbone

Corporate profiteers continue to mock hard-working parents slaving to pay for state-mandated child support at any cost. Perhaps they could rob it in burgers implies the latest McDonald’s commercial. Corporate profiteers think that it’s time to crack jokes about what is hardship for many. Yes, I’m against harassment by a narcissistic wife without boundaries too. This Hamburglar needs some help, lame comedy at best. (See the commercial here)

McDonald’s recently changed the Hamburglar from an orange-faced cartoon character to a scruffy thirty-something dude. This particular incarnation of the sticky-fingered beef thief is married, although, based on a recent commercial featured on The Verge, he keeps his Hamburglar costume stashed in a box in the garage labeled “Yearbooks” so his wife won’t find it.

Because women be naggin’ and men be lyin’ to their significant others, the ad—which, in a reflection of McDonald’s recent revenue woes, looks like it was filmed for about $20. It features Mrs. Hamburglar interrupting her husband’s pitch for McDonald’s by calling him and asking him if he picked up supplies for what sounds like a child’s birthday party.

McD’s is after me (apparently, so is my wife)!

Tweet #RobbleRobble to keep them off my trail.

https://t.co/JBVThrmHir

— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) May 12, 2015

Can you pay child support in delicious McDonald’s Steakhouse Sirloin Third Pound Burgers?

The real tragedy is the fun that it pokes at already harassed men that are constantly harassed by wifes, ex-wifes and the like. It portrays men as liars and thieves (some exes will get off on the commercial, ala Hillary Clinton style). What’s worse, it implies that robbing to pay child support is a good idea. So, everybody head on down to McDonald’s to steal their monthly child support whenever you are running short. That is what Madison Avenue wants. Can advertising be wrong? Yep.

It’s a human rights and tyranny issue – and they’re in on it.

Walter Scott and the Need for Child Support Reform

by Joy Moses

Walter Scott’s death was striking because a police officer fired eight shots at him while his back was turned. When something so tragic occurs, observers tend to wonder why. The officer’s actions and utter disrespect for human life can never be justified. But recently, the New York Times published new information about Scott’s split second decision to run — his child support case. According to his brother, “Every job he has had, he has gotten fired from because he went to jail because he was locked up for child support.”

Elements of Scott’s story reflect existing concerns about the child support system. A debate over potential large-scale reform is more than a decade overdue. The seeming impossibility of change has always loomed ominously large, overshadowing calls for reform and pushing them into the dark corners of the policy world. However, at this current political moment, there are national conversations about policing, bipartisan criminal justice reforms and an existing White House initiative focused on men and boys of color — concepts that would have seemed laughable just a few short years ago.

child support can make a man indigent

There are some fathers who absolutely refuse to care for their children and they should be held accountable. However, the current system reaches well beyond that group, creating negative consequences for men who are rarely credited with being caring parents and are simply too poor to pay. The political explosiveness of the “deadbeat dad,” a figure that some researchers say sprang out of the same sources as his female counterpart (the “welfare queen”), helped distort the foundations of child support policy. The system seems to partially rest on underlying beliefs that low-income men, and especially those who are black, avoid work and financially providing for their children at all costs while also being permanently childlike and in need of both discipline and lessons on how to behave.

Over the years, the program has effectively served many families (transferring funds from one parent to another) for which it should be applauded. However, policies built on a foundation of stereotypes about numerous men who don’t want jobs stand in stark contrast to the reality of numerous jobs that don’t want the men. Researchers like William Julius Wilson (More Than Just Race), have documented decades long trends of disappearing job opportunities for low-skilled workers as well as increased criminal justice involvement which further leads to employment discrimination.

When entities spend significant time on activities that fail to help and that actually hurt parents and families, it’s often useful to redirect their energies elsewhere. Reforms should shift the program mission and values away from damaging racial stereotypes that hurt families of all races and towards efforts to accurately diagnose the needs of families and take ‘pro-social’ action to address them.

One useful primary goal would be to comprehensively address the family law needs of low and middle-income families, helping with a very real challenge — the increasing and extraordinarily large number of families who can’t afford an attorney or who don’t feel comfortable representing themselves in legal matters. In doing so, agencies should assume that parents of all racial and class groupings share in a desire to care for their children, suggesting that they be treated with respect and provided with quality customer service. This would build upon efforts to accurately identify bad dads whose non-payment is rooted in an adamant refusal rather than their economic circumstances.

With such a vision, services would start to look much different. No longer treated as enemies of the state, low-income fathers would be less likely to literally and figuratively run away from child support. The sole focus wouldn’t be on a father’s monetary value but on improving father-family relationships. Court decisions and unaddressed legal needs would be replaced by model practices like mediation that support mothers and fathers in making their own decisions for their families. Punishments like imprisonment would be replaced by employment assistance. And other proposed reforms designed to guarantee child support for women and children would avoid potential incentives to hound men for unaffordable reimbursements of funds states pay out to women and children.

Some states have already experimented with such reforms, finding positive results that have included increased child support payments by fathers and greater parental satisfaction with agency services. The Obama Administration has encouraged states to adopt these best practices while proposing helpful new rules. However, there are limits to the changes that can occur without Congress overhauling currently existing state requirements and incentives.

We need a fruitful, progressive conversation that abandons a focus on the status quo and reform efforts that toy around existing edges — instead choosing a new vision for the future that endeavors to do the hard work of changing the culture and functioning of a system that means so much to so many.

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Of course, there is no mention in this article about U.N. Treaty or the Bradley Amendment, which prohibits child support arrears from being changed or removed – but the article does pretend to care (and is much kinder than I am). Meanwhile, the welfare queens still have control over America at great cost to all Americans. – MJR

Walter Scott & the Immoral State

by Moody Jim Rathbone

Walter Scott owed $18,104 in child-support payments and had a bench warrant for his arrest when he was fatally shot by a South Carolina police officer.

Scott’s parents believe their son fled from the officer, Michael Slager, because he owed back child-support payments and did not want to be arrested again. “I believe he didn’t want to go to jail again. He just ran away.”

A bench warrant for his arrest had been active since a January 16, 2013, court hearing, when Scott reportedly owed $7,836.

Walter Scott

The plight of non-custodial parents in the United States remains bleak because few are willing to rise up to speak against the carnage in the lives that it directly touches. But the reality is that it touches every bank account record in the United States, whether support is owed or not. “Oh, if it was for child support, then his death was okay.” That sentiment is as immoral as the State that seeks to collect the debt. This is because the Bradley Amendment has made any perceived debt approved by the court as a debt to the State. It’s dead wrong. It flies in the face of due process. It is unconstitutional. Yet, nobody seems to care as “long as children are supported.” If you believe that, you are as immoral as the State, and brainwashed to boot.

Federal and State statute are simple corporate exploitation. That is because all the these entities are incorporated with a profit margin in mind. Throw away your old notion of government, as if it is a not-for-profit enterprise. Somebody is making money and reaping the rewards of this power.

The Practice of Indentured Servitude & Why It Matters

The practice of indentured servitude is based on common law, the original basis of this empire.

Reba McIntire found out that one of her ancestors in 1600’s was as 10-year old shipped to America as indentured servant. His mother died and his father had a hard time taking care of him by himself, so he “sold him off” This contract would pay the kid’s ticket from England to America, and would only last at most until the kid became an adult at 21 years. This well demonstrates that under common law, children were considered PROPERTY of their parents until they became adults, and the State had NO AUTHORITY to interfere with the rights of a father.

This wasn’t slavery in a formal sense, since the boy wasn’t sold, just the right to his work was. This shows that under common law, people are considered sovereign and the State has no authority to tell them what to do, unless there is an actual INJURED party, which includes a violation of one’s unalienable rights. Only in a “corporate democracy” that the United States has operated under since 1933, the government doesn’t recognize your natural rights, and can dictate what we can and can’t do, as if we were THEIR property. This is in clear evidence, throughout all property rights.

Here’s Wikipedia about indentured servitude.

“Indentured servitude refers to the historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture. Usually the father made the arrangements and signed the paperwork. They included men and women; most were under the age of 21, and most became helpers on farms or house servants. They were not paid cash. It was a system that provided jobs and—most important—transportation for poor young people from the overcrowded labor markets of Europe who wanted to come to labor-short America but had no money to pay for it. The great majority became farmers and farm wives.

In colonial North America, farmers, planters, and shopkeepers found it very difficult to hire free workers, primarily because cash was short and it was so easy for those workers to set up their own farm. Consequently, the more common solution was to pay the passage of a young worker from England or Germany, who would work for several years to pay off the travel costs debt. During that indenture period the servants were not paid wages, but they were provided food, room, clothing, and training. Most white immigrants arrived in Colonial America as indentured servants, usually as young men and women from Britain or Germany, under the age of 21.

Typically, the father of a teenager would sign the legal papers, and work out an arrangement with a ship captain, who would not charge the father any money. The captain would transport the indentured servants to the American colonies, and sell their legal papers to someone who needed workers. At the end of the indenture, the young person was given a new suit of clothes and was free to leave. Many immediately set out to begin their own farms, while others used their newly acquired skills to pursue a trade.

The Issue of Legal Consent

Men aren’t perfect. That’s for sure. Recent times have proved that women are no better. Goddesses of windfall have received a free ride on the legal gravy train in the USA for far too long. Now, this system of abusive law threatens all parents, male and female. Never mind that the sociopathic matriarch of the past has been coddled and fussed over for many decades because of “deadbeat dads.” This perceived situation has worked well to the mutual empowerment of corporate government, as the resources of non-custodial parents are repeatedly ransacked, whether they are capable of paying or not. Corporate government has been only to happy to reimburse itself with all the free money through endless financial authority. State governments are also notorious for withholding money from the very children they proclaim to help. In many cases, this is because the state has already helped to support the children and the mothers that bore them through government vehicles like welfare and medicaid programs. In the view of the state, they are simply recouping the corporate investment that has been mandated by the federal government.

The sins of the system are many. When income changes for any reason, in the good old USA the child support doesn’t. Impoverished and unemployed non-custodial parents must hire an attorney. Child support is never retroactive, except to the detriment of the oppressed. Most judges see to that. In the meantime, many matriarchal sociopaths are relentless in their pursuit for cold hard cash through legal oppression. Family attorneys are only to happy to oblige, as legal costs are “passed on” to the father, whether they can pay or even if payment is never received. Their former husbands and boyfriends will pay, never mind if the money ever exists or could be earned. These women have been taught that they bear no responsibility. They are free to act any way they please, including chasing the emasculated males out of their lives. The state will care for their children no matter what. When you live in the ‘United States,’ Uncle Sam is the sugar daddy, even if a terrible one. The children will be supported, whether right or wrong, now with men as the usual target for renumeration. This isn’t entirely the case because there are plenty of women that won’t be bothered with their children because they would rather have another kind of life. Now, the nation is full of ‘deadbeat moms.’ Never mind the ‘deadbeat moms’ that continually abuse and misdirect their children to make themselves look good and dad look bad. Meanwhile, during all the family drama, the federal government has deeded itself total control over all financial transactions. It has the power to undo every American citizen to fulfill the interests of politics. This power endangers every parent, even every person that works for a living in the nation.

Technically, parents have been emasculated in this age, through the power of the corporate state. In this new empire, the fascist state owns the children while pretending that you do. For when you refer to enacted law, emotions and idealism don’t apply. A heartless corporation executes these laws as morals, ethics, and values go out the window.

Courts do not offer judgment, only legal opinion. The justices of the Supreme Court offer nothing but opinion, which then becomes public policy. The BAR association copyrights these opinions which is misleadingly labeled as the ‘law.’ In the United States, the people have increasingly been victims of legal precedence for nearly 8 decades. Common law is increasingly the rarity rather than the norm. Old grandad used to gloat that possession is nine-tenths of the law. That idea has passed on, along with old granddad! In civil law, you are guilty before being proved innocent, even though the creators of Perry Mason would have you believe otherwise.

The side effect of being a consenting citizen of the United States corporation is that all statutes are applied to you with what the U.S. code calls Prima Facie law. This law derives its authority from assumed consent and more often than not, your ignorance. All branches of government operate under law, meaning that the consent of the governed is automatically assumed in all legal matters and decisions based on court opinion. This view impacts all contracts. After all, what in today’s age isn’t a contract of some nature?

Marriage is a civil contract to which there are three parties- the husband, the wife and the state. That is the perception of the law which you have agreed to through your marriage license. From that time, the state is continually involved in your relationship, a silent ‘partner’ in all of your affairs. This is very basis of the criminal racket known as the dreaded ‘Child Protective Services,’ which claims overarching authority from ‘Health And Human Services’ as it legally kidnaps your children in their ‘best interest’ as it sees fit.

Authority is delegated through ‘parens patriae,’ literally ‘parent of the country’ which refer to the role of the state as sovereign and guardian of persons under legal disability.

Pursuant to the parens patriae doctrine, ‘the primary control and custody of infants is with the government, to be delegated, as of course, to their natural guardians and protectors, so long as such guardians are suitable persons to exercise it.’ – Columbia University

“In other words, the state is the father and mother of the child and the natural parents are not entitled to custody, except upon the state’s beneficent recognition that natural parents presumably will be the best of its citizens to delegate its custodial powers… ‘The law devolves the custody of infant children upon their parents, not so much upon the ground of natural right in the latter, as because the interests of the children, and the good of the public, will, as a general rule, be thereby promoted.'” (Chandler v. Whatley, 238 Ala. 206, 208, 189 So. 751, 753 (1939) quoting Striplin v. Ware, 36 Ala. at 89; Ex parte Wright, 225 Ala. 220, 222, 142 So. 672, 674 (1932). See also Fletcher v. Preston, 226 Ala. 665, 148 So. 137 (1933); and Striplin v. Ware, 36 Ala. 87 (1860).

What about your Constitutional rights? They’ve already taken care of that:

“But, indeed, no private person has a right to complain, by suit in court, on the ground of a breach of the Constitution. The Constitution it is true, is a compact, but he is not a party to it.“ (Padelford, Fay & Co., vs. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah 14 Ga. 438, 520)

The Supreme Court has transliterated the word “supreme” to mean that these seven appointed justices that pass legal opinion on masses of ‘consenting’ citizens are more supreme than God in an indestructible government.  These justices are not voted into these positions of power in any way by the people, but are appointed by the President of the United States as the head of a government corporation. These self-imposed deities clearly state here that they are the law of the land, and that “the natural consequence of citizenship” is for the people to be under their supreme opinion.

Your only option is to disagree, which means you must NOT consent. This is not an easy road to take as you are boxed in on all sides. Learning how to NOT CONSENT is what the United States was originally built on, but this is no longer the case, since the Constitution is a dead document, rendered inoperative through the invention of legal precedence in the 1930’s. This ‘legal bullying’ may well be the case throughout the rest of the Roman Empire. As the national news is so fond of saying: “desperate times call for desperate measures.” The beginning? Just say no!

Governmental Megalomania

Welcome to the government that puts itself first. That’s the sad news for Americans because the land of freedom becomes more fascist every day. If the shoe fits, wear it. This fascist label includes the corporate judges and officials that think nothing of civil rights. Instead the Feds have invented a new special right for children, referenced as the right to be supported. This sounds good on the surface, but the draconian and offensive laws that this attitude perpetrates touches every American, especially in their privacy. Foreigners complain about this American attitude constantly, but we ignore them as foolish idiots. They may be more right than wrong. Check out this website for details on how your rights are declared “non compus mentis” in the name of innocent children, where a corporate government and corporate hacks create an office full of  underemployed data compilers for each court, where shareholders rake in the profits 2 to 1 for every dollar collected. A child has more rights than you do in the name of the USA, but for the benefit corporate business. The national megalomania is not new. The new video shows it. Even Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor winces a little at the boldness of this fantasy.

Megalomania is a psycho-pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence. Megalomania is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their powers and beliefs. The government steals from themselves without a second thought, but it is all supported by your work, sweat and tears. They steal from you with the same disregard. If they are so concerned about money, they should actually work to be fair. Imagine my saying that. Anyhow, I’d say the government is pretty close to megalomania, if not a classic case. (Consider the word: ‘psychopath’) Well, we are no longer at the top of the political power chain, so what does that tell you? They would happily put derogatory labels on you, but I know that in general, this is hardly the case. With this in mind, the Third Reich thought itself infallible, but anyone that knows history know that nations rise and fall. It’s been happening since the beginning of governance. So too, this glorious nation sees itself in the same light. I just thought you should know why the nation is where it is. Judges call it federalism. The sane call it federal megalomania. Money says, “In God We Trust.” Really now. How you choose to react is up to you.

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Can You Defend Yourself Against Civil Contempt & Non-Compliance?

Judges abuse their power daily and the use of civil contempt is one of their greatest weapons. This is not simply because this action is powerful in its own right, but because people do not know how to defend themselves against its limits. If you do not speak up and demand your rights, you lose them. Most people don’t know their rights and most lawyers will not “fight” what the judge wants. This is our legal system today, especially in the kangaroo family courts.

Civil contempt in law today is authorized to compel someone to obey a court order in present tense whether in direct view of the court or indirect view of the court. The difference in regard to child support is the remedy of incarceration. This is intended to compel compliance to the court order, however only if you have the ability to comply and are not doing so. You may be held until you no longer have the ability to pay . When that happens, it is grounds for immediate release. In a civil contempt per the view of U.S. law, the punishment is viewed as a remedy, and for the benefit of the complainant, which can be and often is the court. In the event of criminal contempt, the sentence is punitive, to vindicate the authority of the court. A contempt proceeding is considered to be criminal in nature, with possible penalties that include a jail sentence. Fear is the tool.

Civil contempt is for something that is current that you may purge yourself of, while criminal contempt is seen as a past wrong you have committed. Under the civil contempt you must be provided with the option to purge yourself of the contumacious act. With regard to child support enforcement, most states have built into the statutes that civil contempt  and incarceration is a specific remedy for violation of the court’s order. This is not for the civil debt, but for specifically for the act of “willfully disobeying an order of the court while having the capacity to comply.” Even when the order is unjust, you must comply unless a stay of enforcement is granted, while you are challenging the “unjust” order. (Child Support: A Case Against Arrest)

Proof of Contempt

While the court’s power to punish through contempt is broad, contempt is meant to be exercised rarely and is presumed not to exist in many states, such as Texas. Three elements must be satisfied to prove contempt:

1) a reasonably specific order,

2) a violation of the order, and

3) the willful intent to violate the order.

To be specific enough to support a constructive contempt finding, an order must spell out the details of compliance in clear, unambiguous terms so that a person knows exactly what she must do to comply with it. Some courts have held that an oral order is never sufficiently specific; thus, only a written court order may support a constructive contempt finding. An oral order may support a direct contempt finding, but it must still be clear what the court has ordered the person to do. Finally, the person must be able to comply with the order.

Noncompliance with an unambiguous order of which a person has notice raises the inference that the violation was willful. But a person is in contempt only if he has the ability to comply with the court’s order but chooses not to. A person may not, for example, be jailed for failing to turn over property not in his possession. But for this exception to apply, the inability to comply must be involuntary. If a person puts himself in a position where he is unable to comply with the order, then he may still be held in contempt. Disability and mental capacity can impact the ability to comply.

During the past twenty years, both state and federal courts have examined the issue of whether parents who are seriously delinquent on their child support payments may be jailed for their failure to support their children. Nearly half of the state supreme courts and at least ten of the 11 federal circuit courts of appeals have heard cases concerning criminal penalties for failure to pay child support. As legislators and other policymakers debate the value and appropriateness of criminal sanctions for nonsupport, a review of the court holdings from state supreme courts and high level federal courts offers a legal perspective to the policy discussions in this area. Below, we examine some of the most commonly asked questions and how the courts have answered them.

Q. Why are states and the federal government using criminal penalties for delinquent child support obligors?

A. State and federal laws aimed at criminally penalizing parents for not paying child support are gaining backing for several policy reasons. First, child support experts and state policymakers are detecting fundamental differences among parents who are delinquent in child support – dividing them into “can’t pay” and “won’t pay” parents. While millions of dollars nationwide are being invested into programs to help the very low-income “can’t pay” parents, states are developing more aggressive enforcement tools to pursue the “won’t pay” parents who simply refuse to acknowledge their child support obligation, despite having the financial resources to do so. The increasingly common use of criminal statutes and court contempt orders in child support cases reflects society’s growing frustration with “won’t pay” parents. A recent opinion by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals aptly captured the prevailing judicial sentiment toward parents who evade child support obligations:

“It is just as much a violation of the CSRA [Child Support Recovery Act] for a non-custodial parent to fail to pay child support where his refusal to work is motivated by sloth, a change of lifestyles or pursuit of new career objectives. For most people, bringing children into the world does limit life choices by imposing certain long-term financial obligations.” [U.S. v. Ballek, 1999 WL 125955 (9th Cir. (Alaska), Mar. 11, 1999) (NO. 97-30326)].

State and federal prosecutors are selectively using their state criminal nonsupport laws to target parents who purposely hide assets, avoid employment or otherwise contrive to shirk their child support responsibilities. Some states, such as Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia, have conducted high profile trials and “sting” operations to locate and prosecute parents with large child support debts – in some cases several hundreds of thousands of dollars. Federal prosecutions are also becoming more common as federal officials crack down on wealthy child support obligors in interstate cases. The Inspector General’s Office and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Justice, created Project Save Our Children (PSOC), “to create a nationwide comprehensive and coordinated health and human services and criminal justice response to unresolved child support enforcement cases.” PSOC investigates and prosecutes high-profile criminal nonsupport cases with interstate circumstances, typically under the Child Support Recovery Act of 1992. By focusing on high-profile cases, PSOC hopes to deliver a strong public message to delinquent obligors who consistently avoid paying child support. Most of the parents arrested and prosecuted by PSOC are wealthy individuals with substantial assets.

Q. Isn’t child support a matter of civil, not criminal, law?

A. Laws concerning child support guidelines and most child support enforcement mechanisms are civil in nature, but failure to pay child support may subject a parent to criminal sanctions in three situations: 1.) prosecution under a state criminal “failure to provide support” statute, 2.) prosecution under the federal Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 (CSRA), or 3.) a finding of contempt of court for failure to obey the court’s child support order.

All states have criminal laws setting felony or misdemeanor penalties for failure to support a child or family. Most of these laws were not specifically written with child support in mind, but were originally intended for parents who abandoned or neglected their children. Classifications of these statutes range from “desertion and nonsupport” (Michigan) to “nonsupport of a child or spouse” (Kansas) to “failure to meet an obligation to provide support to a minor”(West Virginia). Likewise, maximum penalties under these laws vary greatly, from 14 years in prison for a felony conviction in Idaho to six months in prison for a misdemeanor in Rhode Island.

Parents who willfully avoid child support payments for a child in another state and owe the greater of a year’s worth of child support or $5,000 may be prosecuted under the federal Child Support Recovery Act of 1992. When the statute originally was written, the crime was classified as a misdemeanor, and delinquent parents risked a maximum jail term of six months. With the passage of the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998, this federal crime was upgraded to a felony and now carries a maximum prison sentence of two years for parents who owe at least $10,000, or are at least two years behind in their child support obligation and possess two contempt citations for failure to obey their child support order. The original offense also was expanded to include delinquent parents who cross state lines to evade child support responsibilities, in addition to those living in different states from the children.

Because child support orders are official court orders – with the same weight as orders such as subpoenas to appear in court – a parent disobeying the terms of the child support order risks a finding of contempt of court. Based on this, a contempt of court order is probably the most common avenue for a delinquent child support obligor to find himself or herself behind bars.

Q. Is contempt of court a civil or criminal violation?

A. Contempt of court orders can be either criminal or civil in nature, and criminal and civil contempt proceedings differ in several regards. Although most states have many laws concerning contempt of court powers, courts do not need explicit statutory authorization for issuing a civil contempt of court order and subsequent penalty for violation of a child support order; this contempt power is typically inherent in the court’s basic authorization to enforce its orders. Civil contempt of court may be punishable by jail time, restitution, or fines. Under a civil contempt order, the person guilty of contempt of court “holds the jailhouse keys” in that he can cure the contempt and gain release from jail by abiding by the order, e.g. by paying the overdue child support. In a civil contempt of court proceeding, the violation of the order must be proven by clear and convincing evidence and the burden of proof may be shifted to the defendant in some circumstances.

Despite carrying a criminal penalty of incarceration, civil contempt of court orders are not classified as criminal actions; criminal contempt is a different matter in several respects. Unlike in a civil contempt situation, under a criminal contempt order, the contemnor does not “hold the keys to the jailhouse door” — he or she cannot shorten the imprisonment period simply by paying the fine or complying with the order. Criminal contempt, rather, is a form of punishment; a penalty imposed and required to be served to its completion. Because of the punitive nature of these orders, they generally are accompanied by many of the same due process requirements as a criminal trial (e.g. right to notice, right to counsel, right to a jury trial, etc.), and criminal contempt powers must be statutorily authorized by the legislature. Finally, in criminal contempt hearings, the government bears the burden of proving the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.

Courts differ in their characterization of contempt orders for failure to pay child support. The lines between civil and criminal contempt are often blurred in failure to pay child support cases, particularly if the court does not explicitly clarify the charge facing the delinquent parent. Michigan’s supreme court decided that even though child support contempt proceedings were statutorily intended to be civil in nature, the proceedings become criminal if the defendant does not have the present ability to pay, and the defendant is then entitled to representation by an attorney [Mead v. Batchlor, 435 Mich. 480, 460 N.W.2d 493 (Mich. 1990)]. New Mexico’s state supreme court ruled that a jail sentence, which is typically considered a criminal punishment, could be imposed in a civil contempt proceeding for failure to pay child support [Niemyjski v. Niemyjski, 98 N.M. 176, 646 P.2d 1240 (N.M. 1982)]. The Supreme Court of Tennessee, however, held that child support contempt was a criminal offense with a criminal penalty; therefore, the obligor could not be incarcerated without a jury trial and a conviction [Brown v. Latham, Walker v. Walker, 914 S.W.2d 887 (Tenn. 1996)].

The issue is further muddled by court decisions that not all child support contempt proceedings classified as criminal are entitled to a jury trial [see International Union, United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell, 512 U.S. 821 (1994) [jury trial not constitutionally required for criminal contempt proceedings]]. For example, in a criminal prosecution under the CSRA, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a jury trial was not necessary because the restitution penalty was not so severe as to convert the petty offense – a misdemeanor – into a serious one deserving of a jury trial [U.S. v. Ballek, 1999 WL 125955 (9th Cir. (Alaska), Mar. 11, 1999)(NO. 97-30326)].

State supreme court cases suggest that additional limits on the use of the contempt power in the child support context exist. At least one state supreme court has decided that if the delinquent parent proves he is financially unable to “cure” the contempt, the court may not continue the incarceration [Hughes v. Dept. of Human Resources, 269 GA. 587, 502 S.E.2d 233 (Ga. 1998)]. The California supreme court adopted a more narrow reading of this concept, holding that a delinquent parent’s incarceration may continue “when the parent’s financial inability to comply with the order is the result of the parent’s willful failure to seek and accept available employment that is commensurate with his or her skills and abilities” [Moss v. Superior Court, 17 Cal.4th 396, 950 P.2d 59 (Cal. 1998)]. Finally, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that the contempt order must consist of a written judgment of contempt or written order of commitment before a parent may be incarcerated [Ex parte Strickland, 723 S.W.2d 668 (Tex. 1987)].

The only U.S. Supreme Court case to examine the issue of contempt for failure to pay child support pivoted on this very question of whether the contempt was criminal or civil in nature [Hicks v. Fieock, 485 U.S. 624 (1988)]. The Court held that the California statute in question, which had a legal presumption that the obligated parent was able to pay the required child support, was an unconstitutional violation of the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution if the proceeding was a criminal contempt proceeding. The statute’s legal presumption reduced the burden of proof on the government and transferred that burden to the delinquent parent, which is not permissible in a criminal trial. On the other hand, the Court reasoned, if the statute were being applied in a civil proceeding, the transfer of the burden of proof would be constitutionally valid. Therefore, the Court remanded the case back to the lower court to determine whether the contempt proceedings were civil or criminal in nature. The Supreme Court also offered guidance to the lower court by more clearly delineating some of the characteristics distinguishing civil and criminal contempt orders and outlining examples of both.

Q. Does the child support obligor always have the right to an attorney during contempt proceedings?

A. State courts have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the question of the delinquent obligor’s right to counsel in child support contempt proceedings. Several state supreme courts, including Delaware, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas, and Vermont, have ruled that noncustodial parents facing incarceration for contempt of a child support order have the right to be represented by a lawyer during the contempt proceeding [Black v. Division of Child Support Enforcement, 686 A.2d 164 (Del. 1996)[civil contempt]; Mead v. Batchlor, 435 Mich. 480, 460 N.S.2d 493 (Mich. 1990) [civil contempt]; State v. Gruchalla, 467 N.W.2d 451 (N.D. 1991) [civil contempt]; Ex parte Gunther, 758 S.W.2d 226 (Tex. 1988) [unclear whether civil or criminal]; Choiniere v. Brooks, 163 Vt. 625, 660 A.2d 289 (Vt. 1995) [civil contempt]. The Delaware supreme court specifically found that “the presumption that an indigent defendant has the right to appointed counsel applies when, if he loses, he may be deprived of his personal liberty,” but did not apply if the state sought punishment of something less than incarceration.

Other state supreme courts, including Florida, Missouri, New Mexico and North Carolina, have decided that parents subject to child support civil contempt sanctions are not entitled to legal representation [Andrews v. Walton, 428 So.2d 663 (Fla. 1983); State ex rel. Sterling, 719 S.W.2d 455 (Mo. 1986); State ex rel. Dept. of Human Services v. Rael, 97 N.M. 640, 642 P.2d 1099 (N.M. 1982); Jolly v. Wright, 300 N.C. 83, 265 S.E.2d 135 (N.C. 1980)]. The Florida Supreme Court found that in a situation where the father had the ability to pay the child support but willfully refused to do so, and thus was not indigent, the father’s due process rights were not violated when the trial court ordered incarceration without appointing counsel for him in the civil contempt proceeding.

Even indigent obligors are not necessarily entitled to a lawyer. The North Carolina court ruled that “since the nature of nonsupport civil contempt cases usually is not complex, due process does not require that counsel be automatically appointed for indigents in such cases” and that counsel would only need to be appointed in cases where it was “necessary for an adequate presentation of the merits [of the case], or to otherwise ensure fundamental fairness” [Jolly v. Wright, 300 N.C. 83, 265 S.E.2d 135 (N.C. 1980)].

Proving indigency in order to obtain court-appointed counsel can place the delinquent parent in a potentially self-incriminating position if the he or she is not found to be indigent. If the court rules that the parent is not indigent, that ruling could lend credibility to a charge that the parent had the resources to pay the child support and chose not to. Recognizing this, the Supreme Court of North Dakota required that a father found in contempt for failure to pay child support should have had the opportunity to prove his indigence for purposes of appointment of counsel in private meetings with the judge and lawyers, rather than in open court, since the disclosure of facts relative to proof of his indigence could have been used against him in the contempt proceedings [State v. Gruchalla, 467 N.W.2d 451 (N.D. 1991)].

Even if the defendant is entitled to counsel, he may not be entitled to have the state pay for it. Missouri’s Supreme Court held that the trial court in a civil child support contempt proceeding “could not compel the state to expend public funds by appointment of a public defender to represent the alleged indigent father” [State ex rel. Sterling v. Long, 719 S.W.2d 455 (Mo. 1986)]. Similarly, the Delaware supreme court ruled that the Office of the Public Defender could not be appointed to represent an indigent defendant in criminal contempt proceedings arising out of child support orders [Black v. Division of Child Support Enforcement, 686 A.2d 164 (Del. 1996)].

Q. What if the child support obligor claims that he or she doesn’t have the resources to pay the required child support?

A. Many parents delinquent in their child support payments and subject to contempt citations claim that they are unable to financially meet their support obligations. At least three state supreme courts – California, Oregon, and Texas – have ruled that it is the obligor’s responsibility to raise an inability to pay as a defense, and to prove that inability by a preponderance of the evidence [Moss v. Superior Court, 17 Cal.4th 396, 950 P.2d 59 (Cal. 1998); State ex rel. Mikkelsen v. Hill, 315 Or. 452, 847 P.2d 402 (Or. 1993); Ex parte Roosth, 881 S.W.2d 300 (Tex. 1994)]. It is not, according to the courts, the responsibility of the custodial parent or the state to prove that the noncustodial parent has the financial resources to meet his or her child support obligation. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Fieock, also found that allocating the burden of proof in this manner was constitutional and reasonable in child support contempt proceedings.

Whether or not a parent has the financial ability to comply with the child support order is particularly important in prosecutions under the CSRA, which requires that the parent’s failure to pay support must be “willful” in order to warrant a conviction. In other words, in order to obtain a conviction under this federal law, the government must prove that the parent has the resources to comply and simply chose not to do so. See U.S. v. Mathes, 151 F.3d 251 (5th Cir. 1998); U.S. v. Brand, 163 F.3d 1268 (11th Cir. 1998). The Ballek court examined the CRSA and Congressional legislative history in order to clarify the willfullness requirement and determined that “a noncustodial parent who does not have the funds to satisfy the child support award, and who does not obtain a reduction or remission of the award because of inability to pay, will almost certainly be engaged in willful defiance of the state court’s child support order” [U.S. v. Ballek, 1999 WL 125955, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2325 (9th Cir. (Alaska), Mar. 11, 1999)(NO. 97-30326)].

Noncustodial parents who truly lack the ability to meet their child support obligations have the right in every state to request a downward modification of their child support order based on a change in circumstances. Also, many states offer parents who cannot meet their obligations and have amassed arrearages the opportunity to negotiate a payment plan and avoid severe sanctions, such as prosecution, revocation of certain licenses, or liens on their property. With these alternatives available, many courts and state agencies are adopting a tougher stance against parents who ignore their child support obligations.

Q. Isn’t it unconstitutional for the court to order a person to work just to pay off a child support debt?

A. Some delinquent parents have argued that requiring an obligor to meet a court-ordered child support obligation, without consideration of his or her current employment status, is unconstitutional because it violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude or because it creates a criminal penalty for a civil debt. In a recent case, the California state supreme court examined this argument in detail and ruled that enforcement of a child support order did not run afoul of the Thirteenth Amendment’s slavery and involuntary servitude prohibition [Moss v. Superior Court, 17 Cal. 4th 396, 950 P.2d 59 (Cal. 1998)]. Specifically, the court found that “there is no constitutional impediment to imposition of contempt sanctions on a parent for violation of a judicial child support order when the parent’s financial inability to comply with the order is the result of the parent’s willful failure to seek and accept available employment that is commensurate with his or her skills and ability.” In reaching this conclusion, the court distinguished child support from other types of family support and narrowed 100 years of the state’s common law in this area. California’s highest court also reviewed U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases, Congressional legislative history, the state constitution, and analogous areas of common law in order to reach its holding. Based on this review, the court determined that the crucial element in slavery or involuntary servitude is the requirement that the oppressed person be bound to one employer or one form of employment. Since child support orders do not require the obligor to work for a specific person or in a particular line of work, the court held that enforcement of such orders does not rise to the level or slavery or involuntary servitude. The court also noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has outlined exceptions for the performance of other civil duties, such as jury service, military service, road work, and enforced labor as punishment for a crime, such as work camps.

In March 1999, the Supreme Court for the State of Colorado likewise ruled against a father’s claim that a criminal contempt sanction for failure to pay child support violated the state constitution’s prohibition against imprisonment for debt [In re Marriage of Nussbeck, 1999 WL 112188 (Colo., Mar 01, 1999) (NO. 97SC540)]. In this case, the father argued that because his child support arrearage was converted automatically to a judgment against him under Colorado child support law, he was being imprisoned for a standing debt. The court rejected this argument, holding that the father may be imprisoned for failure to pay child support because the contempt order was predicated on his failure to comply with the order, not on the existence of a judgment against him. The fact that the arrearage converted to a judgment against him, the court stated, was immaterial to the contempt order for noncompliance.

At least one federal circuit court of appeals has also ruled that enforcement of a child support order is not akin to slavery [U.S. v. Ballek, 1999 WL 125955, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2325 (9th Cir. (Alaska), Mar. 11, 1999)(NO. 97-30326)]. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cited three reasons for distinguishing child support enforcement from involuntary servitude and slavery: 1.) “the relationship between parent and child is much more than the ordinary relationship between debtor and creditor”; 2.) “the state’s strong concern for the welfare of minor children is…manifested by the fact that parental obligations at the dissolution of marriage are not left to private agreement”; and 3.) “the state has an interest in protecting the public [funds] by ensuring that the children not become wards of the state.” Furthermore, the court declined to “interpret the Thirteenth Amendment in a way that would so drastically interfere with one of the most important and sensitive exercises of the police power – ensuring that persons too young to take care of themselves can count on both their parents for material support.” This holding illustrates courts’ reluctance to create a constitutional loophole in child support enforcement.

Q. Did Congress have the constitutional authority to enact the Child Support Recovery Act of 1992?

A. Many parents with delinquent child support obligations have challenged Congressional authority to enact the CSRA in the first place, but none have been successful. At least ten of the 11 federal circuit courts of appeal have heard cases of this kind. The most common claim is that Congress exceeded its Constitutional authority when it enacted the CSRA, violating the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in the process. All ten U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal rejected this argument and further found that passage of the CSRA was a proper exercise of Congress’ broad authority under the Commerce Clause [U.S. v. Bongiorno, 106 F.3d 1027 (1st Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Sage, 92 F.3d 101 (2nd Cir. 1996); U.S. v. Parker, 108 F.3d 28 (3rd Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Johnson, 114 F.3d 476 (4th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Bailey, 115 F.3d 1222 (5th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Black, 125 F.3d 454 (7th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Crawford, 115 F.3d 1397 (8th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Mussari, 95 F.3d 787 (9th Cir. 1996); U.S. v. Hampshire, 95 F.3d 999 (10th Cir. 1996); U.S. v. Williams, 121 F.3d 615 (11th Cir. 1997)].

Q. Can parents be prosecuted under the Child Support Recovery Act for any arrearage that accrued before the federal law was enacted in 1992?

A. A few obligor parents have argued that prosecutions under the CSRA for child support arrearages that accrued prior to enactment of the federal law violate the U.S. Constitution’s protection that a person not be found criminally liable for an action that was not criminal when it was committed. These challenges to an ex post facto application of the CSRA have generated limited success in the courts. In at least five of the cases at the federal court of appeals level, the courts ruled that the prosecutions did not violate the ex post facto clause of the U.S. Constitution [U.S. v. Rose, 153 F.3d 208 (5th Cir. 1998); U.S. v. Black, 125 F.3d 454 (7th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Crawford, 115 F.3d 1397 (8th Cir. 1997); U.S. v. Hampshire, 95 F.3d 999 (10th Cir. 1996); U.S. v. Muench, 153 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 1998)] Only the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the defendant that the retroactive application of the CSRA, which subjected the defendant to federal criminal penalties for failure to pay support without differentiating between delinquencies alleged to have occurred before and after the CSRA’s date of enactment, was an unconstitutional ex post facto enforcement of the CSRA [U.S. v. Mussari, 152 F.3d 1156 (9th Cir. 1998). Ex post facto challenges are examined in the context of the circumstances giving rise to the case; therefore, any of these courts, given different circumstances, could rule differently.

Notice: This article is not legal counsel. You will need an attorney and your own wits to supply you with the details of your case.

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Who Is Corrupt in Child Support & Politics

As your Constitutional and Constitutional Amendment rights are being revoked as “privileges,” the corruption of politics continues unabated. Here’s a list of multinational corporations/businesses (including energy providers) which pay off politicians through direct donations, perks, awards, and all kinds of favors.

American Legislative Exchange Council  or ALEC is not a lobby group, nor is it a front group in the traditional sense. Behind closed doors, through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line. Along with legislators, corporations have membership in ALEC. Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve “model” bills. They have their own corporate governing board which meets jointly with the legislative board. While ALEC claims that corporations do not vote on the board, corporations fund almost all of ALEC’s operations. Participating legislators, mostly conservative and moderate Republicans, bring those proposals home and introduce them to each respective state across the land as their own brilliant ideas and important public policy innovations—without disclosing that corporations crafted and voted on the bills. ALEC boasts that it has over 1,000 of these bills introduced by legislative members every year, with one in every five of them enacted into law. ALEC describes itself as a “unique,” “unparalleled” and “unmatched” organization. Because of corporate interests, it is as if each state legislature had been reconstituted in a fashion that not in the best interests of the people.

You know that this is NOT how politicians should operate.  They know it’s dishonest or they’d be shouting about their “cooperation” with corporations.  Both dominant political parties are heavily involved in corrupt politics.  Both parties’ members LIE, they tell the public what ever is currently popular.  You’ve seen it for yourself, at least when your look closely. Once in office, they do what their corporate donors desire rather than their constituents. The fact is that one of the reasons Americans have such a problem with getting effective legislation that favors Americans is that corporations are buying the leaders of this nation and other nations as well. This kind of influence peddling not only affects all Americans, but may well be one of the reasons that the people have such trouble with either repealing bad law or have trouble opposing it. The Bradley Amendment and successive legislation are just one example of poor decisions that are being made daily. ALEC has specifically pushed for the privatization (corporatization) of child support. Since all facets of government, including the courts, are corporate, this push fattens the wallets of corporations at the expense of the public on a vast scale. U.S. lawmakers have become corporate lapdogs. This is a list of politicians and officials that need to be removed from office. It’s huge. [see document, see politician list]

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ALEC Award-Winners

President Ronald Reagan
President George Herbert Walker Bush
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Governor Bobby Jindal (Louisiana)
Governor Rick Perry (Texas)
Former Governor Tommy Thompson (Wisconsin)
Former Governor John Engler (Michigan)
Governor Mary Fallin (Oklahoma)
Secretary William J. Bennett
Senator Jack Kemp
Congressman Tom Feeney
Congressman Mark Foley

(In addition to these politicians, ALEC has given awards to such corporate CEOs as Richard DeVos and Jay VanAndel of Amway. both in 1993, and Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch of Koch Industries, both in 1994.)

Featured Speakers

President George W. Bush
Vice President Dick Cheney (1994, then Former Defense Secretary)
Vice President Dan Quayle
Attorney General John Ashcroft
Congressman Newt Gingrich
Senator Trent Lott
Chief Domestic Policy Advisor Gary Bauer (Family Research Council)
Governor George Allen
Senator Jon Kyl
Governor George Pataki
Senator Bob Dole
Economist Milton Friedman

Alumni

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (1995 Chair of ALEC Business Policy Board)
Speaker Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card (for George W. Bush’s Administration)
Senator Don Nickles (Oklahoma)
Representative Dan Burton (Indiana)
Congressman Billy Tauzin (Louisiana)
Representative Katherine Harris (Florida)
Senator Jim Inhofe (Oklahoma)

ALEC Alumni Governors

(as of 2011)

Jan Brewer (Arizona)
Scott Walker (Wisconsin)
Terry Branstad (Iowa)
John Kasich (Ohio), identified by ALEC as involved in its formative years
Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating
Former Michigan Governor John Engler
Former Colorado Governor Bill Owens
Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson

Alabama Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Former Rep. Greg Canfield (R-58; resigned July 11, 2011 to accept an appointment to Governor Robert Bentley’s administration)
Rep. Victor Gaston (R-100)
Rep. Richard Laird (D-37)
Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R-43), State Chairman
Rep. Howard Sanderford (R-20); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Jack Williams (R-47); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Greg Wren (R-75)

Senate

Sen. Steve French (R-15)
Sen. Cam Ward (R-14)
Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-16)

Alaska Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Wes Keller (R-14), ALEC State Chairman, Education Task Force member and attendee at 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Anna I. Fairclough (R-27); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Cathy E. Munoz (R-4); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Bob Lynn (R-31); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Mia Costello (R-27); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Carl J. Gatto (R-13), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member, cited ALEC’s “Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act,” when he introduced his “Alaska Health Freedom Act” in 2011

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/08/21/2025190/legislators-run-up-the-bills-during.html

Senate

Sen. Catherine A. Giessel (R-P); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Lesil McGuire (R-N); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Fred Dyson (R-I), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. John B. Coghill, Jr. (R-F); International Relations Task Force

Arizona Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Kirk D. Adams (R-19, vacated seat 4-28-2011); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Cecil P. Ash (R-18); Health and Human Services Task Force
Former Rep. Nancy Barto (R-7; now Sen., R-7), Health and Human Services Task Force member and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. Brenda Barton (R-5); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Judy M. Burges (R-4)
Rep. Steve Court (R-18, Majority Leader); Education Task Force
Rep. Chester Crandell (R-5); Education Task Force
Rep. Jeff Dial (R-20); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Karen Fann (R-1)
Rep. Eddie Farnsworth (R-22); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. John Fillmore (R-23); Education Task Force
Rep. Thomas Forese (R-21); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Doris Goodale (R-3); Education Task Force
Rep. David M. Gowan, Sr. (R-30); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Rick Gray (R-9); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Jack W. Harper (R-4)[16]; International Relations Task Force
Rep. Russell L. Jones (R-24)
Rep. Peggy Judd (R-25); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. John Kavanagh (R-8)[16]; Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-9, Majority Whip)[16], ALEC State Chairman and International Relations Task Force member
Rep. Kate Brophy McGee (R-11)
Rep. Nancy McLain (R-3)
Rep. Javan “J.D.” Mesnard (R-21)
Rep. Richard Miranda (D-13), membership exp. 12-31-2010; Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Justin D. Olson (R-19); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Frank Pratt (R-23)
Rep. Rep. Terri Proud (R-26)); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Amanda A. Reeve (R-6); Education Task Force
Rep. Bob Robson (R-20); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. David Burnell Smith (R-7); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. David W. Stevens (R-25); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Andy M. Tobin (R-1, Speaker of the House); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Steve R. Urie (R-22); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. J. Ted Vogt (R-30); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. James P. Weiers (R-12)
Rep. Kimberly Yee (R-10); Health and Human Services Task Force

Senate

Sen. Sylvia Tenney Allen (R-5, President Pro Tempore), membership exp. 12-31-2010; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Nancy Barton (R-7), Health and Human Services Task Force
Majority Leader Andy Biggs (R-22, Majority Leader), membership exp. 12-31-2010; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Scott Bundgaard (R-4); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Rich Crandall (R-19), ALEC Education Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member
Sen. Adam Driggs (R-11), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Gail Griffin (R-25); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Lori Klein (R-6); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. John McComish (R-20); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Albert Anthony Melvin (R-26), membership exp. 12-31-2010; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Rick Murphy (R-9); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Former Sen. Russell Pearce (R-18, Senate President), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Executive Committee member (lost his seat in a recall election 11/8/11 )
Sen. Steve Pierce (R-1, Majority Whip), membership exp. 12-31-2010; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Michele Reagan (R-8)
Sen. Don Shooter (R-24); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Steve M. Smith (R-23), Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Steven B. Yarbrough (R-21) ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force

Former Legislators

Sen. Robert L. Burns (R-9), former State Chairman, former Board member, ALEC Legislator Emeritus, membership exp. 12-31-2999 and International Relations Task Force member
Sen. Pamela Gorman (R-6, former Majority Whip)

Arkansas Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Les Carnine (R-94)
Rep. Ann Clemmer (R-29); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Linda Collins-Smith (R-80), State Chairman
Rep. Jane English (R-42); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Roy Ragland (R-90), former State Chairman
Rep. Bill Sample (R-19); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Allen W. Kerr (R-32); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Barry Hyde (D-40); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Debra M. Hobbs (R-96); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Robert E. Dale (R-70); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Terry W. Rice (R-62); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Bryan King (R-91); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Robert Moore (D-12); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Jerry Nathan Bell (R-22); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Jonathan D. Barnett (R-97); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Justin T. Harris (R-87); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Andrea Dean Lea (R-68); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Mary Lou Slinkard (R-100); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Ed Garner (R-41); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Mary P. Hickerson (R-1); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Ann V. Clemmer (R-29); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Duncan Baird (R-95); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Jon S. Eubanks (R-84); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Russell David Carter (R-48); Civil Justice Task Force
Former Rep. Mark Martin (R-87); Current Arkansas Secretary of State
Rep. Tim Summers (R-99)

Senate

Sen. Michael Lamoureux (R-4), State Chairman; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Barbara Horn (D-21) , former State Chairman
Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-28); Education Task Force
Sen. Jimmy L. Jeffress (D-24); Education Task Force
Sen. Denny Altes (R-13); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R-8)[16]; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Melissa Irvin (R-10); Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Jake Carter Files (R-13); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Gilbert R. Baker (R-30); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jeremy Young Hutchinson (R-22); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Johnny Key (R-1)
Sen. Jerry Taylor (D-23)

Former Legislators

Rep. Dan Greenberg (R-36)

California Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Dan Logue (R-3)

Senate

Sen. Joel Anderson (R-36),  State Chairman, Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year

Former Legislators

John Benoit (R-37)
Sen. Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

Colorado Legislators with ALEC Ties

State Representative Laura Bradford (R-55)

House of Representatives

Rep. B J Nikkel (R-49), State Chairman
Rep. Larry G. Liston (R-16); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Robert S. Gardner (R-21); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Mark Waller (R-15); Civil Justice Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Cindy Acree (R-40) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Kenneth Summers (R-22); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Carole R. Murray (R-45); Education Task Force
Rep. Frank McNulty (R-43); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Cheri Gerou (R-25); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Kent Lambert (R-14)

Senate

Sen. Bill Cadman (R-10), State Chairman ; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Nancy Spence (R-27), former co-chair, Education Task Force ; Education Task Force
Sen. Steve King (R-7)
Sen. Keith C. King (R-12); Education Task Force
Sen. Scott W. Renfroe (R-13); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Mike Kopp (R-22); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Kevin Lundberg (R-15); Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Greg Brophy (R-1); Public Safety and Elections Task Force

Connecticut Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. DebraLee Hovey (R-112), State Chairman ; Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. John Piscopo (R-76), Second Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors[19][47] and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and International Relations Task Force member
Rep. Al Adinolfi (R-103); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Jason Perillo (R-113); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Whit Bett (R-78); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Penny Bacchiochi (R-52); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Themis Klarides (R-114); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Bill Aman (R-14); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Vincent J. Candelora (R-86); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Rosa C. Rebimbas (R-70); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Christie Carpino (R-32); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. David K. Labriola (R-131); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. John T. Shaban (R-135); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Christopher Davis (R-57); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Christopher Coutu (R-47); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Dan Carter (R-2); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Fred Camillo, Jr. (R-151) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Gail Lavielle (R-143); Education Task Force
Rep. Michael Molgano (R-125); Education Task Force
Rep. Timothy LeGeyt (R-17); Education Task Force
Rep. Lawrence Miller (R-122) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

Senate

Sen. Kevin Witkos (R-17), State Chairman
Sen. Michael McLachlan (R-24); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

Former Legislators

Rep. Bill Hamzy (R-78)
Rep. John Harkins (R-120)

Delaware Legislators with ALEC Ties

Delaware of Representatives

Rep. E. Bradford Bennett (D-32); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Deborah Hudson (R-12)
Rep. Daniel Short (R-39), ALEC State Chairman

Florida Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Larry Ahern (R-51), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Ben Albritton (R-66), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Dennis Baxley (R-Ocala), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, sponsored 2005 SB 436 “Castle Doctrine Act” based on ALEC model
Rep. Michael Bileca (R-117), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jeff Brandes (R-52), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jason Brodeur (R-33), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Rachel Burgin (R-56), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Matt Caldwell (R-73), ALEC member who has “attended one conference to date, having paid for the membership and any conference costs with my excess campaign account”
Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-45), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Fred Costello (R-26), “could not afford the time out of my business to attend” the 2011 ALEC Annual meeting but looks “forward to attending ALEC in the future”
Rep. Steve Crisafulli (R-32), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting  but “not a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council”
Rep. Daniel Davis (R-13), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jose Diaz (R-115), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Chris Dorworth (R-34), dues-paying ALEC member as of 2011 , registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Brad Drake (R -5)
Rep. Clay Ford (R-3) , ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Rich Glorioso (R-Longwood), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Matt Hudson (R-101), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Clay Ingram (R-2), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Ana Rivas Logan (R-114), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Debbie Mayfield (R-80), ALEC member
Rep. Peter Nehr (R-48), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Bryan Nelson (R-38), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jeanette Nunez (R-Miami), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jimmy T. Patronis, Jr. (R-6), ALEC State Chairman , registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Ray Pilon (R-69); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Scott Plakon (R-37), ALEC International Relations Task Force member, worked with ALEC in 2011 on “a proposed constitutional amendment that prohibits laws that would force people to join health care plans, an attack on federal health care changes”
Rep. Stephen L. Precourt (R-41), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Lake Ray (R-17), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Kelli Stargel (R-64), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. John Tobia (R-31), attended 2009 ALEC Annual Meeting at a taxpayer cost of $1,150;  in August 2011 claimed he has not attended another ALEC meeting and is not a member
Rep. Carlos Trujillo (R-116), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Will Weatherford (R-61), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. John Wood (R-65), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member who calls himself “proud to be a member of ALEC and has attended two annual conferences – Atlanta in 2009 and most recently New Orleans in 2011”
Rep. Dana Young (R-Tampa), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Former Rep. Bill Posey (now Congressman, R-Rockledge), ALEC Alumni in Congress[62] and 1999 recipient of ALEC “Legislator of the Year” Award

Senate

Sen. Anitere Flores (R-38); Education Task Force
Sen. Lee Constantine (R-22); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Alan Hays (R-25)
Sen. Evelyn Lynn (R-7), attended an ALEC Conference “about 15 years ago, but I did not find the meetings informative or helpful”

Georgia Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Calvin Hill, Jr. (R-21), ALEC State Chairman,  Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force and International Relations Task Force member[27] and recipient of ALEC’s 2011 State Chair of the Year Award
Rep. Don L. Parsons (R-42); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. David S. Casas (R-103); Education Task Force
Rep. Doug Collins (R-27); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Edward H. Lindsey, Jr. (R-54); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Ed Setzler (R-35); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Larry E. O’Neal (R-146); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-41)[ ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Ben L. Harbin (R-118); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Gerald E. Greene (R-149); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Josh S. Clark (R-98); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Jack Murphy (R-27); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Mark D. Hamilton (R-23); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Tom R. Rice (R-51) ; Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Donna Sheldon (R-105) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Judy Manning (R-32); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Lynn Smith (R-70); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Michael Harden (R-28); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-20) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Howard R. Maxwell (R-17); Education Task Force
Rep. Jan Jones (R-46); Education Task Force
Rep. Charles E. Martin, Jr. (R-47); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Kip Smith (R-129); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. James W. Mills (R-25) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Mike Dudgeon (R-24); Education Task Force
Rep. Carl Rogers (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Terry England (R-108); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Paulette Rakestraw-Braddock (R-19); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Billy S. Horne (R-71); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Kevin Cooke (R-18); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Lynne Riley (R-50); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-101); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Barry D. Loudermilk (R-14); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Amos Amerson (R-9)
Rep. John Meadows (R-5)
Rep. James Mills (R-25)

Senate

Sen. Chip Pearson (R-51)
Sen. Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-21),  ALEC State Chairman,  and recipient of ALEC’s 2011 State Chair of the Year Award
Former Sen. John Wiles (R-37), former State Chairman
Sen. Jesse Stone (R-23); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. William Hamrick (R-30); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Renee Unterman (R-45) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Judson Hill (R-32)[16]; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Ross Tolleson (R-20); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Fran R. Millar (R-79); Education Task Force
Sen. John E. Albers (R-56); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Nan G. Orrock (D-36); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Bill Heath (R-31); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Jack Hill (R-4); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Steve Gooch (R-51); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Greg Goggans (R-7); Education Task Force
Sen. Cecil P. Staton (R-18) ; International Relations Task Force
Sen. Ronnie W. Chance (R-16); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Johnny Grant (R-25); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Lee Hawkins (R-49)

Former Legislators

Rep. Tom Graves (R-9) ; currently U.S. Rep. for Georgia

Hawaii Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Gene R. Ward (R-17) ; International Relations Task Force

Idaho Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Eric Anderson (R-1), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Scott C. Bedke (R-27A), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Darrell Bolz (R-10B), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Frank Henderson (R-5B)
Rep. Bob P. Nonini (R-5), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Jim Patrick (R-23), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Ken A. Roberts (R-8), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. John Stevenson (R-26), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Jeffrey D. Thompson (R-33) , ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. JoAn E. Wood (R-35), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Former Rep. Jim Clark (R-3) , former State Chairman

Senate

Sen. Dean L. Cameron (R-26), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. James C. Hammond (R-5), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Patti Anne Lodge (R-13)[16], ALEC State Chairman  and Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. John T. McGee (R-10), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Dean M. Mortimer (R-32), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate

Illinois Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Patricia Bellock (R-47), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Franco Coladipetrio (R-45), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Sandy Cole (R-62), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Tom Cross (R-84), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Roger L. Eddy (R-109), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Mary Flowers (D-31), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Mike Fortner (R-95), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Renee Kosel (R-81), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Jerry Lee Mitchell (R-90), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. JoAnn Osmond (R-61), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-118), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Sandra M. Pihos (R-42), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti (R-46), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. David B. Reis (R-108), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Chapin Rose (R-110), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Darlene J. Senger (R-96), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Jil W. Tracy (R-93), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. David Forrest Winters (R-68), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Pamela J. Althoff (R-32), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. William E. Brady, Jr. (R-44), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Kirk W. Dillard (R-24), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Chris Lauzen (R-25), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. David Luechtefeld (R-58), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Matt Murphy (R-27), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Christine Radogno (R-41), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. David Syverson (R-34), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi (D-43), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Dale Risinger (R-37)

Indiana Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Brian Bosma (R-88) , ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member and Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Timothy Brown (R-41) , ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. C. Woody Burton (R-58), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Bill J. Davis (R-33) , ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Richard A. Dodge (R-51), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. William C. Friend (R-23), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. David Frizzell (R-93) , ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Douglas L. Gutwein (R-16), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Eric Koch (R-65)[16], Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Richard McClain (R-24), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member & International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Cindy J. Noe (R-87) , ALEC Education Task Force Member, spoke on “Enacting a Comprehensive K-12 Education Reform Agenda” at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting on August 3, 2011
Rep. Phyllis J. Pond (R-85), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Former Rep. William Ruppell ( R-22)
Rep. Thomas E. Saunders (R-54), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. P. Eric Turner (R-32) , ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. David Wolkins (R-18) , State Chairman,  Co-Chair of Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[19] and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. David Yarde, II (R-52), ALEC Education Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Jim Buck (R-21), ALEC State Chairman, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Co-Chair  and Member of the Board of Directors
Sen. Brandt Hershman (R-7), Majority Whip, ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Jean Leising (R-42), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Frank Mrvan, Jr. (D-1), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Carlin J. Yoder (R-12), ALEC Education Task Force Member

Iowa Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Richard T. Anderson (R-97), International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Richard Arnold (R-72), Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Betty De Boef (R-76) , Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dave Deyoe (R-10), Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Greg Forristall (R-98) , Education Task Force Member
Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa (R-99), Education Task Force Member
Rep. David Heaton (R-91), Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Stewart E. Iverson, Jr. (R-5), International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Mark S. Lofgren (R-80), Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Linda Miller (R-82) , ALEC State Chairman  and Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Steven Olson (R-83), Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Dawn E. Pettengill (R-39) , Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Charles Soderberg (R-3), Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-12) , Health and Human Services Task Force Member and former co-chair
Rep. Ralph Watts (R-47)
Former Rep. Dolores Mertz (D), 2011 ALEC William J. Raggio Excellence in Leadership and Outstanding Service Award winner

Senate

Sen. Sandra H. Greiner (R-45), Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Tim L. Kapucian (R-20), Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Kim Pearson (R-42), Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Brian J. Quirk (D-15), Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Thomas R. Sands (R-87), Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. James A. Seymour (R-28) , Civil Justice Task Force Member

Kansas Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Steve Brunk (R-85) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Pete DeGraff (R-81) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Carl Holmes (R-125) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Lance Kinzer (R-14),  ALEC Civil Justice Task Force and International Relations Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Forrest Knox (R-13,)  ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Peggy Mast (R-76),  ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and International Relations Task Foce member
Rep. Marc Rhoades (R-72) ; International Relations Task Force
Rep. Sharon Schwartz (R-106)
Rep. Scott Schwab (R-49),  attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Susan Wagle (R-30), former National Chairman, member of Board of Directors as of 2011
Former Rep. John Faber (R-120) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Amanda Grosserode (R-Lenexa), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Former Rep. Deena Horst (R-69)
Rep. Joe McLeland (R-94); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Terri Lois Gregory (R-10), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, including health-related panels
Rep. Susan Mosier (R-Manhattan), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, including health-related panels
Rep. Larry Powell (R-117), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Roy Fund; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. John James Rubin (R-18), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Mario Goico (R-100); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Daniel J. Kerschen (R-93); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Joe Seiwert (R-101); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Phil Hermanson (R-96); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Gene Suellentrop (R-105); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Pete J. DeGraaf (R-81); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Steve Huebert (R-90) , Education Task Force
Rep. Terry Calloway (R-3), ALEC Education Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R-91); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Kelly Meigs (R-17), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Gary K. Hayzlett (R-122); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Marvin G. Kleeb (R-48),  ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Richard Carlson (R-61) , Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. Joe Patton (R-54) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Rob Bruchman (R-20), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Mitch Holmes (R-114)
Rep. Ronald Ryckman (R-Meade), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Scott Schwab (R-49)
Rep. Don Schroeder (R-74)

Senate

Sen. Karin Brownlee (R-23)
Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook (R-10) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Ty Masterson (R-16) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Ray Merrick (R-37), ALEC State Chairman,  “Legislator of the Year” 2010,  Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, ALEC Board of Directors member[81] and attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer (R-40),[16][78] ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Dennis Pyle (R-1) ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Garrett Love (R-38), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Julia Lynn (R-Olathe), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Bob Marshall (R-13); Education Task Force
Sen. Chris Steineger (D-6), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Terry Bruce (R-34), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Mike Petersen (R-28); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Dick Kelsey (R-26)

Kentucky Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Mike Harmon (R-54)[16], State Chairman
Rep. Sal Santoro (R-60); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Joseph M. Fischer (R-68); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Ruth Palumbo (D-76); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. David Osborne (R-59); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. John D. Westwood (R-23); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Jill York (R-96); Education Task Force
Rep. Addia K. Wuchner (R-66) ; Education Task Force and International Relations Task Force
Rep. Jim DeCesare (R-21); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Brad Montell (R-58); Education Task Force
Rep. Ron Crimm (R-33); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Robert R. Damron (D-39); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force; quoted in an August 2011 Bloomberg interview as saying he no longer attends ALEC meetings because ALEC has “become, in the last few years, so partisan. . . The last meeting I went to, they spent all their time bashing Democrats. I don’t particularly care for an organization that’s so partisan.”
Rep. Dorsey Ridley (D-4); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-76); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Brent Housman (R-3); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force

Senate

Sen. Tom Buford (R-22) , State Chairman
Sen. Brandon Smith (R-30); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Carroll Gibson (R-5); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Jimmy Higdon (R-14); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Kathy W. Stein (D-13); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Ray S. Jones, II (D-31); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Robert Stivers (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Julian M. Carroll (D-7); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. John Schickel (R-11); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Kenneth W. Winters (R-1); Education Task Force
Sen. Ernie Harris (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Tom Jensen (R-21), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, spoke on “Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy” at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Joey Pendleton (D-3); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Alice Kerr (R-12); Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Julie Denton (R-36) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Tim Shaughnessy (D-19); Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr (D-27).; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Gerald A. Neal (D-33); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Denise Harper Angel (D-35); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. David P. Givens (R-9); Education Task Force
Sen. Vernie D. McGaha (R-15); Education Task Force
Sen. Daniel Seum (R-38); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Jack Westwood (R-23)

Louisiana Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. John Anders (D-21); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Jeff Arnold (D-102:New Orleans), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Elton Aubert (D-58), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Damon J. Baldone; (D-53), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Timothy G. Burns (R-89); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. George “Greg” Cromer (R-90), State Chairman , Civil Justice Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Jean Doerge (D-10); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Hollis Downs (R-12); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Noble Ellington, National Chairman and former State Chairman
Rep. Dale Erdey (R-13); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. James R. Fannin (D-13), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Franklin J. Foil (R-70); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Brett F. Geymann (R-35), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[86]
Rep. Johnny Guinn (R-37), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Joe Harrison (R-51), ALEC State Chairman,  Member of Education Task Force , attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Chris C. Hazel (R-27); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Cameron Henry, Jr. (R-82), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Bob Hensgens (R-47), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Frank Hoffmann (R-15)[16]< ALEC Education Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Nita Hutter (R-104), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Girod Jackson (D-87), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. John LaBruzzo (R-81), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Harvey LeBas (D-38), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Walter Leger, III (D-91), ALEC Education Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Anthony Ligi (R-79), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Joe Lopinto (R-80), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting,  where he spoke on “Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy”
Rep. Nicholas J. Lorusso (R-94); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Fred H. Mills, Jr. (R-22); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Nickie J. Monica (R-57); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Rick Nowlin (R-23), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Erich Ponti (R-69), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Christopher J. Roy, Jr. (D-25); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. John M. Schroder, Sr. (R-77); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R-5), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Scott Simon (R-74)[16], ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting ]
Rep. Gary L. Smith, Jr. (R-77)); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Speaker Jim W. Tucker (R-86), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Mack A. White, Jr. (R-64); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Thomas Willmott (R-92), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting

Senate

Sen. John A. Alario, Jr.(R-8); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Jack L. Donahue, Jr. (R-11); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Robert W. Kostelka (R-35); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Daniel R. Martiny (R-10); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Willie Mount (D-27); Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Ben Wayne Nevers, Sr. (D-12); Education Task Force
Sen. Neil Riser (R-32); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Francis Thompson (D-34)

Maine Legislators with ALEC Ties

Senate

Sen. Richard Rosen (R-31), State Chairman ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Doug Smith (R-27) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Former Sen. Carol Weston (R-23) , former State Chairman
Sen. Debra Plowman (R-33), Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Brian D. Langley (R-28); Education Task Force
Sen. Christopher W. Rector (R-22); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Michael D. Thibodeau (R-23); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force

House of Representatives

Rep. R. Ryan Harmon (R-45); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. James M. Hamper (R-100); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force

Maryland Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Delegates

Del. Michael Hough (R-3B), State Chairman
Del. Susan Krebs (R-9B)
Former Del. Richard Sossi (R-36)
Del. Nancy Stocksdale (R-5A)[16], former State Chairman
Del. Neil Conrad Parrott (R-2B); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Del. Susan K. McComas (R-35B); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Del. Andrew Serafini (R-2A); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Del. Gail H. Bates (R-9A) ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Del. Mark N. Fisher (R-27B); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Del. Kelly Schulz (R-4A); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Del. Kathy Afzali (R-4A); Education Task Force
Del. Tanya Shewell (R-5A) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Del. Adelaide Eckardt (R-37B) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Del. Nicholaus Kipke (R-31); Health and Human Services Task Force
Del. William Frank (R-42); Health and Human Services Task Force
Del. Donald H. Dwyer, Jr. (R-31); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Del. Ron A. George (R-30) ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Del. Susan M. Aumann (R-42); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force

Senate

Former Sen. Alex Mooney (R-3) , former State Chairman
Sen. Christopher Shank (R-2) , State Chairman ; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Joseph M. Getty (R-5); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Richard Colburn (R-37); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Edward R. Reilly (R-33); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force

Massachusetts Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Nicholas A. Boldyga (R-3), ALEC State Chairman
Rep. Harriett L. Stanley (D-2), ALEC State Chairman

Michigan Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Former Rep. Frank Accavitti, Jr. (D-42), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2008
Majority Caucus Chair Dave Agema (R-74), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2008
Former Rep. Fran Amos (R-43), registered for ALEC annual meeting in 2005 and paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2006 and 2007
Former Rep. Richard A. Bandstra (R-Grand Rapids, 1985-1994, Michigan 3rd Court of Appeals through January 2003), Former “Public Sector Chairman,” Civil Justice Task Force
Former Rep. Bill Caul (R-99), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007
Former House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-38), paid ALEC membership dues in 2006 and sent three staffers to ALEC annual meeting in 2006 (for $1,200) with taxpayer funds
Former Rep. Leon Drolet (R-33), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Former Rep. David Farhat (R-91), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Former Rep. Edward Gaffney (R-1), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007
Rep. Judson Gilbert (R-81), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 while a state senator
Rep. Gail Haines (R-43); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Ken Horn (R-94), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2011 , Civil Justice Task Force member
Former Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-90, now Michigan Congressman R-2), ALEC Alumni in Congress,  paid ALEC membership with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007 while a state representative
Former Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-75), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-44), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2011
Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R-58), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Matthew Lori, (R-59), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Peter J. Lund (R-36); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Tom McMillin (R-45), sponsored 2011 HB 4050. Compare to ALEC’s “Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act”
Former Rep. Kimberley Meltzer (R-33), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2009
Former Rep. Tim Moore (R-97), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2007
Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-80); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Former Rep. Tom Pearce (R-73), registered for 2006 ALEC annual meeting and paid 2009 ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds
Rep. Amanda Price (R-89); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Former Rep. Rick Shaffer (R-59), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007
Former Rep. Fulton Sheen (R-88), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005, 2006 and 2007
Rep. Mike Shirkey (R-65), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2011
Former Rep. John Stahl (R-82), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2008
Former Rep. John Stakoe (R-44), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007
Former Rep. Glenn Steil, Jr. (R-72), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007
Former Rep. William Van Regenmorter (R-74), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005

Senate

Sen. Jason Allen (R-37), former ALEC State Chairman[105], paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2006
Former Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R-24), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005, 2007 and 2009 while a state representative
Former Sen. Cameran Brown (R-16), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-16), Health and Human Services Task Force
Former Sen. Valde Garcia (R-22), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Sen. Mike Green (R-31), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2011
Sen. Goeff Hansen (R-34), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005, 2007 and 2009 (twice) while a state representative,  Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member
Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R-29), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005, 2007 and 2009 while a state representative,  and in 2011 while a state senator
Sen. Rick Jones (R-24), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 while a state representative
Sen. Mike Kowall (R-15), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2009 while a state representative, and in 2011
Former Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-30), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Sen. Arlan B. Meekhoff (R-30), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2009 while a state representative
Sen. John Moolenar (R-36), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005 and 2007 while a state representative
Sen. Mike Nofs (R-19), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2008 while a state representative
Former Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-7), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2009
Sen. David B. Robertson (R-26), paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2005
Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-20), State Chairman ; Civil Justice Task Force

Minnesota Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Bruce D. Anderson (R-19A), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Paul Anderson (R-13A), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. King Banaian (R – 15B), ALEC Member
Rep. Michael L. Beard (R-35A), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Mike Benson (R-30B), ALEC member
Rep. Matt Dean (R-52B)[16], ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Connie Doepke (R-33B), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-28B) , ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Sondra L. Erickson (R), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-36B), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer (R – 16B), ALEC State Chairman,  International Relations Task Force Member,  attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Carol McFarlane (R-53B), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Pam Myhra (R-40A), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Joyce Peppin (R-32A), ALEC member
Rep. Linda Runbeck (R-52A), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Ron Shimanski (R-18A), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member, ] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. Dean Urdahl (R-18B), denies ALEC membership but says he offers ALEC bills
House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R-32B), ALEC member but says he’s inactive

Senate

Sen. Roger C. Chamberlain (R-53), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Ted Daley (R-38), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Chris Gerlach (R-37), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Gretchen Hoffman (R-10), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. John Howe (R-28), ALEC member
Sen. Gen Olson (R – 33), ALEC Education Task Force Member,[107] former State Chair
Former Sen. Patricia Pariseau (R-36), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Mike Parry (R-26), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member

Mississippi Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Jim Ellington (R-73), State Chairman, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. Tommy Woods (R-52) ; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Harvey A. Fillingane (R-101); Education Task Force
Rep. Noal Akins (R-12); Education Task Force
Rep. Henry Zuber (R-113); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Joey E. Fillingane (R-41); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. William C. Denny, Jr. (R-64); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Kevin McGee (R-59); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Margaret Ellis Rogers (R-14); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Jeffrey S. Guice (R-114) ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Roger G. Ishee (R-118); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Lester Carpenter (R-1); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Gary A. Chism (R-37); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Mark S. Formby (R-108); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Herbert D. Frierson (R-106); Education Task Force
Rep. Scott Bounds (R-44); Education Task Force
Rep. Jessica Upshaw (R-95); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Lee Yancey (R-20); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Mac Huddleston (R-15); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Michael Watson (R-51); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Sidney Bondurant (R-24) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Rita R. Martinson (R-58); International Relations Task Force
Rep. William Gardner Hewes, III (R-49); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Becky Currie (R-92) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Charles Jim Beckett (R-23); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Mark Baker (R-74); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Bobby B. Howell (R-46); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Elton Gregory Snowden (R-83); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Gary V. Staples (R-88); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Philip A. Gunn (R-56); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Former Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-116)

Senate

Sen. Perry Lee (R-35) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Former Sen. Alan Nunnelee (R-1) (member of the US House of Representatives as of 2011), former State Chairman
Sen. Doug E. Davis (R-1); Education Task Force
Sen. Thomas Gollott (R-50); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Merle G. Flowers (R-19); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Walter Michel (R-25); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Fredie Videt Carmichael (R-46); Education Task Force
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-39); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Tommy Moffatt (R-52); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Eugene Clarke (R-22) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Lydia Chassaniol (R-14); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Dean Kirby (R-30); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Terry W. Brown (R-17); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Giles Ward (R-18), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force and International Relations Task Force member
Sen. Briggs Hopson, III (R-23); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jerry R. Turner (R-18); Civil Justice Task Force

Missouri Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Walt Bivins (R-97) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Stanley Cox (R-118) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Ed Emery (R-126) , former State Chairman ]
House Majority Leader Timothy Jones (R-89),  ALEC State Chairman , Education Task Force member and recipient of about $4,000 from ALEC in 2010 to attend meetings in San Diego and Washington
Rep. Rodney Schad (R-115) ; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Jason Smith (R-150), ALEC State Chairman  and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member
Rep. Vicki Schneider (R-17); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Steven Tilley (R-106); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Andrew Koenig (R-88); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Cole McNary (R-86) ; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Darrell L. Pollock (R-146); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Shelley Keeney (R-156); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-157); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Ellen Brandom (R-160); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-136); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Keith Frederick (R-149); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Sue Allen (R-92), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and International Relations Task Force member
Rep. William White (R-129); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Jerry Nolte (R-33); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Scott D. Dieckhaus (R-109); Education Task Force
Rep. Bill Lant (R-131); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Sandy Crawford (R-119); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Mike Kelley (R-126); Education Task Force
Rep. Barney Fisher (R-125); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Dave Hinson (R-98); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Sue Entlicher (R-133); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Tony Dugger (R-144); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Noel Torpey (R-55); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Paul R. Curtman (R-105); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. John J. Diehl, Jr. (R-87); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Zachary Wyatt (R-2); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Former Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-19)
Rep. Therese Sander (R-22)
Rep. Doug Ervin (R-35)
Former Rep. Ted Hoskins (D-Berkeley), ALEC “State Legislator of the Year” in 2009
Former Rep. Rodney Hubbard (D-St. Louis), ALEC “State Legislator of the Year” in 2007
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis), has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues
Rep. Michele Kratky, has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues

Senate

Sen. Jack Goodman (R-29) (Assistant Majority Floor Leader), spoke on “Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy” at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Brian D. Nieves (R-98) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Robert Mayer (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jim Lembke (R-1); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Mike L. Parson (R-28); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. John Griesheimer (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Jane D. Cunningham (R-7); Education Task Force
Sen. Ron Richard (R-129); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force

Montana Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Dennis Himmelberger (R-47) , former State Chairman
Rep. David Howard (R-60) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Gary MacLaren (R-89) , State Chairman; Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Ken Peterson (R-46) ; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Scott Reichner (R-9), State Chairman ; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Cary Smith (R-55),  ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member and guest at the December 2010 meeting of the International Relations Task Force
Rep. Wendy Warburton (R-34) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Roy Hollandsworth (R-28); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Bill James Beck, Sr. (R-6) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Elsie M. Arntzen (R-53) ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Jesse A. O’Hara (R-18); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Dan D Skattum (R-62); Education Task Force
Rep. Mark W. Blasdel (R-10); Education Task Force
Rep. Gordon Hendrick (R-14); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Lee Randall (R-39); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. John Esp (R-61); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Liz Bangerter (R-80); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Steve Lavin (R-8); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Tom McGillvray (R-50); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Dee Brown (R-3)
Rep. Michael More (R-70)
Rep. Mike Miller (R-84)
Former Rep. Fran Wendelboe (R-1)

Senate

Sen. Jeff Essmann (R-28)
Sen. Bob Lake (R-44); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Llewelyn C. Jones (R-14); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Former Sen. Roy Brown (R-25)

Nebraska Legislators with ALEC Ties

Sen. Heath M. Mello; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. John N. Harms; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Pete Pirsch ; Education Task Force
Sen. Merton Dierks ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Dennis Utter ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Tony Fulton ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Charlie Janssen ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Rich Pahls ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Scott Price ; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. John M. Wightman ; Education Task Force
Sen. Chris Langemeier ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Danielle Conrad ; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Dave Pankonin; Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Mark R. Christensen ; International Relations Task Force
Sen. Tanya Cook ; International Relations Task Force
Sen. Abbie Cornett , ALEC State Chairman and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Lavon L. Heidemann ; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Deb Strobel Fischer ); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Jeremy J. Nordquist ; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. Ken Haar; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Sen. LeRoy Louden ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

Nevada Legislators with ALEC Ties

Senate

Sen. Barbara Cegavske (R-8), ALEC State Chairman and Education Task Force Member
Sen. Dennis Nolan (R-9), State Chairman
Sen. William (Bill) Raggio (R-3) , ALEC Board Member
Sen. Don G. Gustavson (R-2), ALEC Education Task Force and Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. James Arnold Settelmeyer (R-Capital) , ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Joseph Hardy (R-12), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Dean A. Rhoads (R-Rural Nevada), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member

New Hampshire Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Gary Daniels (R-6) , ALEC State Chairman  and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member ]
Rep. Warren J. Groen (R-1)
Rep. Stephen Palmer (R-6) , ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Andrew Renzullo (R-27)
Rep. Jordan Ulery (R-27) , ALEC State Chairman  and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Mark Warden (R-7)
Rep. Ken Weyler (R-8), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Carole McGuire (R-8), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Elaine B. Swinford (R-5), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Joseph Thomas (R-19), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Maurice Villeneuve (R-18), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. John Hikel (R-7), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Marilinda J. Garcia (R-4), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Mary M. Allen (R-11), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Norman L. Major (R-8), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Jennifer Coffey (R-6) , ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Pamela Z. Tucker (R-17) , ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Dan McGuire (R-8), ALEC Education Task Force
Rep. Kris Edward Roberts (D-3), ALEC Education Task Force
Rep. Will Smith (R-18) , ALEC Education Task Force
Rep. Betsy McKinney (R-3), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. J. Gail Barry (R-16), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. John Reagan (R-1), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Susan Emerson (R-7), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Robert L. Theberge (D-4), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Beverly T. Rodeschin (R-2) , ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Robert E. Introne (R-3), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Amy Stasia Perkins (R-14), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Lawrence B. Perkins, Jr. (R-14), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Former Rep. Laurie Boyce (R-5)[16]

Senate

Sen. Sharon M. Carson (R-14), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Former Sen. Robert Letourneau (R-19)

New Jersey Legislators with ALEC Ties

General Assembly

Rep. Caroline Casagrande (R-12)
Hon. Amy Handlin (R-13)
Hon. Declan O’Scanlon (R-12)
Hon. Scott Rumana (R-4)
Hon. Jay Webber (R-26), ALEC State Chair

Senate

Sen Joseph Kyrillos (R-13)
Sen. Steve Oroho (R-24), ALEC State Chair

New Mexico Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Paul Bandy (R-3), ALEC State Chairman and Guest at the December 2010 International Relations Task Force meeting
Rep. Jimmie Hall (R-28)  and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. William Gray (R-54), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Nathaniel Quentin Gentry (R-30), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Rick L. Little (R-53), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Alonzo Baldonado (R-8), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Dennis Roch (R-67), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Paul Bandy (R-3), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Nora Espinoza (R-59), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Larry A. Larranaga (R-27), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. William R. Rehm (R-31), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Anna M. Crook (R-64)[16], ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. James R.J. Strickler (R-2), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Thomas A. Anderson (R-29), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Dennis J. Kintigh (R-57), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Kent L. Cravens (R-21)
, ALEC State Chairman, Public Safety and Elections Task Force member
Sen. Sander Rue (R-23), Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. George K. Munoz (D-4), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. William E. Sharer (R-1) , ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Mark L. Boitano (R-18), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Vernon Asbill (R-34), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Sue Beffort (R-19), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. William H. Payne (R-20), ALEC International Relations Task Force and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Rod Adair (R-33), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

New York Legislators with ALEC Ties

Assembly

Assembly Member Brian Kolb (R,I,C-129), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Owen Johnson (R, C, IP-4), State Chairman
Sen. Greg Ball (R-40)
Sen. Owen Johnson (R-4)

North Carolina Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Harold Brubaker (R-78), member of ALEC Board of Directors[47], Public Sector Chair of the International Relations Task Force and attended the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Rep. George Cleveland (R-14)
Rep. Fred Steen (R-76), ALEC State Chairman and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Bryan R. Holloway (R-91), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Jerry C. Dockham (R-80), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Stephen A. LaRoque (R-10), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Linda P. Johnson (R-83), ALEC Education Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Former Rep. Curtis Blackwood (R-68), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Ric Killian (R-105), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Ruth Samuelson (R-104), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Jeff Barnhart (R-82), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Julia Howard (R-79), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Tom Murry (R-41), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. William Current (R-109), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Speaker Thom Tillis (R-98), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member, 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Justin P. Burr (R-67), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Tim K. Moore (R-111), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Dale Robbins Folwell (R-74), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Daniel F. McComas (R-19), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Tim Moffitt (R-116), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[27] and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Hugh Allen Blackwell (R-86), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Paul B. Stam, Jr. (R-37), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member, attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Marilyn Avila (R-40), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Jamie Boles (R-52), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. William Brawley (R-103), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Bill Brisson (D-22), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Rayne Brown (R-81), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Bill Cook (R-6), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Kelly Hastings (R-110), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Mike Hager (R-112), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Craig Horn (R-68), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. David Lewis (R-53), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Darrell McCormick (R-92), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Chuck McGrady (R-117), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Bill Owens (D-1), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Mike Stone (R-51), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Sarah Stevens (R-90), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. John Torbett (R-108), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting
Rep. Harry Warren (R-77), attended ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting

Senate

Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-48), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Alberta Darling (R), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R -13), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Pam Galloway (R-29), ALEC International Relations Task Force/Federal Relations Working Group Education Task Force Member
Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-20), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Randy Hopper (R), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-32), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Sen. Frank Lasee (R-1), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Mary Lazich (R-28), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Terry Moulton (R-23), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. David Rouzer (R-12), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Donald Ray Vaughan (D-27), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-14), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Chair
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-21), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Rich Zipperer (R-33), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

North Dakota Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Wesley Belter (R-62), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Alan Carlson (R-41), ALEC State Chairman and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Jim Kasper (R-46)
Speaker David Monson (R-10), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Blair Thoreson (R-44), State Chairman
Rep. Dave Weiler (R-30), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dan J. Ruby (R-38), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Lisa M. Meier (R-32), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Darrell Nottestad (R-43), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Don Vigesaa (R-23), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Alon Wieland (R-13), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Chet Pollert (R-29), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Jeff Delzer (R-8), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Mike R. Nathe (R-30), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Patrick R. Hatlestad (R-1), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Lawrence R. Klemin (R-47), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Craig Headland (R-29), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Scott Louser (R-5), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Dwight W. Wrangham (R-8), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Kim Koppelman (R-13), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Randy G. Boehning (R-27), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Ken Svedjan (R-17)

Senate

Sen. Dave Nething (R-12), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Jerry Klein (R-14), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Karen K. Krebsbach (R-40), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Sen. Rich P. Wardner (R-37), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Gerald Uglem (R-19), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Judy Lee (R-13), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Dick Dever (R-32), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Robert Stenehjem (R-30, deceased July 18, 2011), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. John M. Andrist (R-2), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member

Ohio Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. John P. Adams (R-78), State Chairman and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-3), Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Marlene Anielski (R-17), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Peter A. Beck (R-67), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Louis Blessing (R-29)
Rep. Terry R. Boose (R-58), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Danny Bubp (R-88)
Rep. James Butler (R-37), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. John A. Carey, Jr. (R-87), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Timothy Derickson (R-53)
Rep. Anne Gonzales (R-19), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Bruce Goodwin (R-74), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Cheryl L. Grossman (R-23), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Matt Huffman (R-4), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Kris Jordan (R-19)
Rep. Casey Kozlowski (R-99), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Ronald Maag (R-35), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Jarrod B. Martin (R-70), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Former Rep. Robert Mecklenborg (R-30), ALEC Member
Rep. Kristina D. Roegner (R-42), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-86), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Barbara Sears (R-46), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Todd Snitchler (former Republican State Representative; Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio as of 2011)
Rep. Gerald L. Stebelton (R-5), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Michael Stinziano (D-25), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Andrew M. Thompson (R-93), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Joseph W. Uecker (R-66), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Lynn Wachtmann (R-75), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[19]
Rep. Ron Young (R-63), ALEC Member

Senate

Sen. David Burke (R-26), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. William P. Coley, II (R-4), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Bob Gibbs (former Republican State Senator; U.S. Representative (R-18) as of 2011)
Sen. Kris Jordan (R-19), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Tom Niehaus (R-14), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Frank LaRose (R-27), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. William Seitz (R-8), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Co-Chair, spoke on “Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy” at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting

Oklahoma Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Gary Banz (R-101), State Chairman
Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-47)
Rep. Marty Quinn (R-9), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Skye D. McNiel (R-29), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Jabar Shumate (D-73), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Sally R. Kern (R-84), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Former Rep. Michael Thompson (R-2, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives 2010), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Mike Sanders (R-59), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. G. Harold Wright, Jr. (R-57), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Pat Ownbey (R-48), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Scott Martin (R-46), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dan Kirby (R-75), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Tom Newell (R-28), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-47), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Randy McDaniel (R-83), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Ann Coody (R-64), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Lee R. Denney (R-33), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Marian Cooksey (R-39), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Phillip Richardson (R-56), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Doug Cox (R-5), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Pam Peterson (R-67), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Ronald Peters (R-70), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Glen W. Mulready (R-68), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Steve C. Martin (R-10), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Sue Tibbs (R-23), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. David Dank (R-85), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Charles D. Key (R-90), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Weldon L. Watson (R-79), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Colby Schwartz (R-43), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Gus R. Blackwell (R-61), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Lisa Johnson-Billy (R-42), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Mark E. McCullough (R-30), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Former Rep. Don Myers (R-82)

Senate

Sen. John W. Ford (R-29)
, State Chairman and Education Task Force Member
Sen. Bill L. Brown (R-36), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Ron Justice (R-23), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Sen. David F. Myers (R-20), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Cliff A. Aldridge (R-42), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Brian Bingman (R-12), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Brian Crain (R-39), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Ron G. Justice (R-23), ALEC [[International Relations Task Force ]] Member
Sen. Clark Jolley (R-41), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Gary Stanislawski (R-35), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Cliff Branan (R-40), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Jonathan Nichols (R-15), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

Oregon Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. John Huffman (R-59)
Rep. C. Gene Whisnant (R-53), ALEC State Chairman,[152] International Relations Task Force memberand 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. Matt Wingard (R-26)
Rep. Tim Freeman (R-2), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Katerina E. Brewer (R-29), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Shawn Lindsay (R-30), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Michael R. McLane (R-55), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Jason Conger (R-54), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Matthew Wand (R-49), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Wally Hicks (R-3), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Sal Esquivel (R-6)
Rep. Bill Kennemer (R-39)
Rep. Bruce Hanna (R-7)
Rep. Kim Thatcher (R-25)

Pennsylvania Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Matthew Baker (R-68), paid ALEC membership dues in 2001, 2005 and 2008 using campaign account and “used an ALEC Model Bill to challenge federal health care reform” but later threatened citizen activist group for exposing his ties to ALEC
Rep. John Evans (R-5), ALEC State Chairman and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Matthew Gabler (R-75)
Rep. Kate Harper (R-61)
Rep. Dick Hess (R-78)
Rep. Sandra Major (R-111)
Rep. Ron Marsico (R-105) ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-12), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Ronald Miller (R-93)
Rep. Harry Readhsaw (D-36)
Rep. Stan Saylor (R-95), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Richard Stevenson (R-Butler, Mercer)
House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-28) (a spokesman says he is no longer involved with ALEC as of August 2011)
Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-160), ALEC Committee on Election Reforms
Rep. Paul Clymer (R-145)
Rep. Jim Cox (R-129), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Robert Godshall (R-53)
Rep. Seth Grove (R-196), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Nick Kotik (D-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Thomas H. Killion (R-168), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-65), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-64), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Marcia Hahn (R-138), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Glen R. Grell (R-87), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Stewart Greenleaf (R-12) , Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. Jeffrey Piccola (R-15)
Sen. Charles McIlhinney (R-10)
Sen. John Pippy (R-37), former State Chairman
Sen. Robert Robbins (R-50), ALEC’s Thomas Jefferson Award-winner

Rhode Island Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Laurence Ehrhardt (R-32), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Leo Blais (R-21), ALEC State Chairman
Sen. Jon D. Brien (D-50), ALEC State Chairman
Sen. Francis Maher (R-34), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Former Sen. Leonidas Raptakis (D-33 until 2010; ran unsuccessfully for election in 2010 in the Democratic primary for Secretary of State), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski (D-37), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Sen. Paul Fogarty (D-23), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Walter Felag (D-10), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member

South Carolina Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Liston Barfield (R-58), ALEC State Chairman and International Relations Task Force Member
Speaker Pro Tempore Harry Cato (R-17), former State Chairman
Rep. William E. Sandifer, III (R-2), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. James H. Harrison (R-75), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Joan B. Brady (R-78), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Alan D. Clemmons (R-107), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. James A. Battle, Jr. (D-57), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Ted M. Vick (D-53), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Phillip D. Owens (R-5), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Dwight Loftis (R-19), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Former Rep. Jeffrey Duncan (R; elected U.S. Representative of SC’s 3rd Congressional District in 2010), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. W. Brian White (R-6), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Bruce W. Bannister (R-24), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. George M. Hearn (R-105), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Jimmy C. Bales (D-80), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Thad T . Viers (R-68), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Garry Smith (R-27)

Senate

Sen. Raymond E. Cleary III (R-34), ALEC State Chairman[182] and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. James H. Ritchie, Jr. (R-13), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Thomas Alexander (R-1), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Daniel B. Verdin, III (R-9), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. George E. Campsen, III (R-43), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Mike T. Rose (R-38), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Kent M. Williams (D-30), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Chip Campsen (R-43)

South Dakota Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Valentine Rausch (R-4), ALEC State Chairman[137] and International Relations Task Force member
Rep. Justin Davis (R-23), guest at December 2010 meeting of the ALEC International Relations Task Foce meeting
Rep. Lora Hubbel (R-11), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Betty Olson (R-28B), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Charles Hoffman (R-23), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Val B. Rausch (R-4), ALEC International Relations Task Force Alternate
Rep. Mark K. Willadsen (R-11), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Charles M. Turbiville (R-31), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Kristin A. Conzet (R-32), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Jacqueline Sly (R-33), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Tad Perry (R-24), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Kim Vanneman (R-26B) , ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Former Rep. Kristi Noem (R-6; elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 2010), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Jamie Boomgarden (R-17), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Manny Steele (R-12), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Phil Jensen (R-33)[16], ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Fred W. Romkema (R-31), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Bob Deelstra (R-9), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. David Novstrup (R-3), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Hal Wick, (R-12) ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Justin Cronin (R-23), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Roger D. Solum (R-5), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Brian Gosch (R-32), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Jon Hansen (R-25), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Roger W. Hunt (R-10), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Stacey V. Nelson (R-25), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

Senate

Sen. Deb Peters (R-9), ALEC State Chairman[183] and International Relations Task Force member
Sen. Corey Brown (R-23), ALEC International Relations Task Force Alternate
Sen. Jeffrey K. Haverly (R-35), ALEC International Relations Task Force Alternate
Sen. Al R. Novstrup (R-3), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Todd J. Schlekeway (R-11), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Elizabeth Kraus (R-33), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Tim Rave (R-25), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Deb Peters (R-9), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Tom Hansen (R-22), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member

Tennessee Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Curry Todd (R-95), ALEC State Chairman,[184] Member of ALEC Board of Directors  and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Former Rep. Susan Lynn (R-57)
Former Rep. Joe McCard (R-Maryville; chief clerk of the state House as of 2011)
Rep. John D. Ragan (R-33), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Kevin D. Brooks (R-24), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. David Hawk (R-5), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Bob Ramsey, (R-20) ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Tony Shipley (R-2), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Vince Dean (R-30), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Curtis G. Johnson (R-68), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Gerald McCormick (R-26), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Charles Michael Sargent, Jr. (R-61), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Debra Young Maggart (R-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Stephen McManus (R-96), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Harry R. Brooks, Jr. (R-19), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Frank Niceley (R-17), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Joe McCord (R-8), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. David Shepard (D-69), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Jimmy Eldridge (R-73), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Joseph Armstrong (D-15), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Julia Hurley (R-32), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Mark White (R-83), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Phillip Max Johnson (R-78), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Ryan A. Haynes (R-14), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Joe Carr (R-48), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Jon C. Lundberg (R-1), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Joshua G. Evans (R-66), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Mike T. Harrison (R-9), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Johnny Richard Montgomery (R-12), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Steve K. McDaniel (R-72), ALEC [[Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force ]] Member
Rep. Barrett W. Rich (R-94), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-38), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Vance Dennis (R-71), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Dale Ford (R-6)

Senate

Sen. Reginald Tate (D-33), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Ken Yager (R-12), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Dolores R. Gresham (R-26), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Sen. Steve Southerland (R-1), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Jim Tracy (R-16), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Bill Ketron (R-13), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
Sen. Mike Bell (R-9), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Brian K. Kelsey (R-31), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Mark S. Norris (R-32), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Ophelia Ford (D-29)

Texas Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Tom Craddick (R-82), Immediate Past Chairman, ALEC Board of Directors, received $878,000 in campaign contributions from ALEC corporate members from 2004-2011
Rep. Charlie Howard (R-26), State Chairman
Rep. Jim Jackson (R-115) (retirement announced July 13, 2011), State Chairman
Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford), received $163,000 in campaign contributions from ALEC corporate members from 2004-2011
Rep. Jerry Madden (R-67), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Co-Chair and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year
Rep. John Otto (R-18), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Randy Weber (R-29)
Former Rep. Rick Perry (D-64), now Republican Governor (2000-current), received more than $2 million in campaign contributions from ALEC corporate members from 2004-2011
Rep. Todd Smith (R-92), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Todd Hunter (R-32), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Mike W. Hamilton (R-19), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Larry Phillips (R-62), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Byron Cook (R-8), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Charles F. Howard (R-26), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Aaron Pena (R-40), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Harvey Hilderbran (R-53), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Larry W. Taylor (R-24), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Tracy O. King (D-80), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Ryan Guillen (D-31), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Randy Weber (R-29), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Susan King (R-71), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Ralph Sheffield (R-55), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Mark Shelton (R-97), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Jose Menendez (D-124), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep Bryan Hughes (R-5), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Warren Chisum (R-88), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Bill Callegari (R-132), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Rob Eissler (R-15), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Daniel H. Branch (R-108), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. John T. Smithee (R-86), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. John E. Davis (R-129), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Vicki Truitt (R-98), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Patricia Harless (R-126), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Ken W. Paxton (R-70), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Rep. Phil King (R-61), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Gary W. Eikins (R-135), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dawnna M. Dukes (D-46), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Wayne Smith (R-128), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Eric Johnson (D-100), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Allen Fletcher (R-130), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Tracy King (D-80), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Rick Hardcastle (R-68), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Brandon Creighton (R-16), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Geanie W. Morrison (R-30), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Diane Patrick (R-94), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Rob Orr (R-58)
Rep. Ken Legler (R-144), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Kelly G. Hancock (R-91), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Former Rep. Betty Brown (R-4)
Rep. Wayne Christian (R-9)
Rep. Dan Flynn (R-2)
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-89)
Rep. David Swinford (R-87)

Senate

Sen. Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay), received $315,000 in campaign contributions from ALEC corporate members from 2004-2011
Sen. Kel Seliger (R-31), ALEC State Chairman, received $124,000 in campaign contributions from ALEC corporate members from 2004-2011 and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Former Sen. Todd Staples (R), former State Chairman
Sen. Chris J. Harris (R-9), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Tommy Williams (R-4), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Glenn Hegar, Jr. (R-18), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Jane Nelson (R-12), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Florence D. Shapiro (R-18), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Mike Jackson (R-11), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member

Utah Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Todd E. Kiser (R-41), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Ryan Wilcox (R-7), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Brad L. Dee (R-11), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Gage Froerer (R-8), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Paul Ray (R-13), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Jennifer M. Seelig (D-23), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Carl Wimmer (R-52), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Chris N. Herrod (R-62), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Dean Sanpei (R-63), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. David Clark (R-74), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Bradley Daw (R-60), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Roger Barrus (R-18), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Rebecca Lockhart (R-64), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Keith Grover (R-61), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Michael T. Morley (R-66), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Eric K. Hutchings (R-38), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member and guest at the December 2010 meeting of the International Relations Task Force
Rep. Ken Ivory (R-47), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. R. Curt Webb (R-5), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Julie Fisher (R-17), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate

Senate

Sen. Curt Bramble (R-16), ALEC State Chairman[194] and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Wayne Niederhauser (R-9), ALEC State Chairman and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Ralph Okerlund (R-24)
Sen. Stephen H. Urquhart (R-29), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Michael G. Waddoups (R-6), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Mark B. Madsen (R-13), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Peter Knudson (R-17), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Daniel Liljenquist (R-23), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Ralph Okerlund (R-24), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Margaret Dayton (R-15), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Howard A. Stephenson (R-11), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Stuart C. Reid (R-18), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. J. Stuart Adams (R-22), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Scott K. Jenkins (R-20)

Vermont Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Gregory Clark (R-3)
Former Rep. Patricia O’Donnell (former R-1, did not run for reelection in 2010), former ALEC State Chairman
Rep. Robert Helm (R/D-2), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. James McNeil (R/D-1), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member

Senate

Assistant Minority Leader Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland), ALEC State Chairman[196]
Sen. Margaret (Peg) Flory (R-3), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member

Virginia Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Delegates

Del. John Cosgrove (R-78), ALEC State Chairman
Speaker William (Bill) Howell (R-28), ALEC Board of Directors, Civil Justice Task Force and International Relations Task Force Member
Del. William R. Janis (R-56), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[27]
Del. Lacey E. Putney (I-19), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Del. Terry G. Kilgore (R-1), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Del. Kathy J. Byron (R-22), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Del. Johnny S. Joannou (D-79), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Del. Harry R. Purkey (R-82), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Del. David B. Albo (R-42), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Del. Beverly J. Sherwood (R-29), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Del. Benjamin L. Cline (R-24), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Del. S. Chris Jones (R-76), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Del. John O’Bannon (R-73), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Del. Jimmie Massie (R-72), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Del. Christopher Peace (R-97), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Del. Lee Ware (R-65), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Del. Robert Tata (R-85)[16], ALEC Education Task Force
Del. Marvin Kirkland Cox (R-66), ALEC Education Task Force
Del. Mark L. Cole (R-88), ALEC Education Task Force
Del. Riley E. Ingram (R-62), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Del. John A. Cosgrove, Jr. (R-78), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Del. Timothy D. Hugo (R-40), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Del. Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. (I-59), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Del. Barbara J. Comstock (R-34), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-31), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Del. R. Steven Landes (R-25), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Del. Glenn Oder (R-94), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Del. Daniel W. Marshall, III (R-14), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Del. Edward Scott (R-30)

Senate

Sen. Stephen Martin (R-11), ALEC State Chairman and Health and Human Services Task Force and International Relations Task Force member
Sen. Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-3), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Ryan T. McDougle (R-4), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Frank Wagner (R-7), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Stephen D. Newman (R-23), ALEC Education Task Force
Sen. Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (R-15), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Sen. Fred Quayle (R-13)

Washington Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Jan Angel (R-26), ALEC State Chairman and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Matt Shea (R-4)[16], ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Gary C. Alexander (R-20), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Troy Kelley (D-28), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Charles R. Ross (R-14), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Barbara Bailey (R-10), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Joe Schmick (R-9), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Kevin W. Van De Wege (D-24), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Kevin Parker (R-6), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Mike Armstrong (R-12), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Bill Hinkle (R-13)

Senate

Sen. Don Benton (R-17), ALEC State Chairman[200] and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Val Stevens (R-39), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Linda Evans Parlette (R-12), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Joseph Zarelli (R-18), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Michael Carrell (R-28), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Pamela Jean Roach (R-31), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-42), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Janea Holmquist (R-13), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Brian Hatfield (D-19), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Randi Becker (R-2), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Mike D. Hewitt (R-16), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Jerome Delvin(R-8)

West Virginia Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Delegates

Del. Eric Householder (R-56), ALEC State Chairman[201] and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Del. Jonathan Miller (R-53)
Del. Larry Douglas Kump (R-52), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Del. Carol Miller (R-15), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Del. John Overington (R-55), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Del. Ron Walters (R-32)

Senate

Former Sen. Mike Oliverio (D-13), former State Chairman

Wisconsin Legislators with ALEC Ties

Assembly

Rep. Tyler August (R-32), ALEC International Relations Task Force/Federal Relations Working Group Task Force Member
Rep. Joan Ballweg (R-41), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Kathy Bernier (R-68), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Mike Endsley (R-26), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Paul Farrow (R-98), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald (R-39), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Mark Honadel (R-21)
Former Rep. Michael Huebsch (R), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member and former State Chairman
Rep. Andre Jacque (R-2), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Former Speaker Scott Jensen (R), ALEC Member
Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-33), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Alternate
Rep. John Klenke (R-88), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Joseph Knilans (R-44), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dan Knodl (R-24), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Alternate
Rep. Dean Knudson (R-30), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Bill Kramer (R-97), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Scott Krug (R-72), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, ALEC International Relations Task Force/Federal Relations Working Group Task Force Member
Rep. Tom Larson (R-67), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Daniel LeMahieu (R-59), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Michelle Litjens (R-56), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Alternate
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Rep. Howard Marklein (R-51), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Former Rep. Phil Montgomery (R) (head of the Wisconsin Public Services Commission as of 2011)
Rep. Stephen Nass (R-31), Education Task Force Member
Rep. John Nygren (R-88), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Warren Petryk (R-93), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Roger Rivard (R-750, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Erik Severson (R-28), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Jim Steineke (R-5), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Patricia Strachota (R-58), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Scott Suder (R-69), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member and Co-chair of the Homeland Security Committee in 2007
Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-52), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
Rep. Travis Tranel (R-49), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
Rep. Karl Van Roy (R-90), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[19]
Rep. Robin Vos (R-63), ALEC State Chairman, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member, and attended 2011 ALEC annual meeting
Rep. Chad Weininger (R-4), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate
Rep. Evan Wynn (R-43), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate

Senate

Sen. Alberta Darling (R-8)[16], ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-13), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member and former State Chairman
Sen. Pam Galloway (R-29), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-20), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-10)
Sen. Randy Hopper (legislator)|Randy B. Hopper]] (R-18), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-32), ALEC Member
Sen. Frank Lasee (R-1), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
Sen. Mary Lazich (R-28), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Terry Moulton (R-23), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Luther Olsen (R-14)
Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-5), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Co-chair
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-21), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Sen. Rich Zipperer (R-33), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member

Wisconsin Legislators With ALEC References in Blue Books

Sen. Donald K. Stitt (R) – State Chairman of ALEC (1987-1988), Member (1991-1992 and 1993-1994) (also State Chairman in 1986)
Rep. Susan B. Vergeront (R) – WI Chairperson (1989-1990 and maybe 1991-1992)
Task Force on Empowerment, Family and Urban Planning
ALEC Legislator of the year (1991)
Rep. Marc C. Duff (R) – (1991 – 1998)
Rep. Annette P. Williams (D) – America’s Outstanding State Legislator Award (1990)
Mary Lazich (R) – Member (1993 – 1998)
Timothy T. Hoven (R) – Member (1995-1998)
Task Force Commerce and Economic Development (1997-1998)
Michael D. Huebsch (R) – Member (1995-1996)* Huebsch was the state co-chairman in at least 2010 if not before, until he became an appointee of Governor Scott Walker in 2011
Mark A. Green (R) – State Chairman (1995-1998)
Jeffrey T. Plale (D) – Member (1997-2010)
Tommy Thompson (R) – Thomas Jefferson Award Winner (1991)
Neal J. Kedzie (R) – Member (1999-2010)
Jeff Fitzgerald (R) – Member (2001-2011)
Bonnie L. Ladwig (R) – Member (2001-2002)
Steve Wieckert (R) – Member (2003-2004)
Scott Walker (R) – Member (1995 – 1998)
Judith Klusman (R) – Member, Task Force on Telecommunications and Agriculture
David A. Zien (R) – Member (1995 – 1996)
Scott Suder (R) – Criminal Justice Task Force Co-Chair (2002-2004), Member (2002-2010)
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine)

Wisconsin Legislators Mentioning ALEC in their Statements of Economic Interest

2011 Senate

Scott Fitgerald (R) – Received $1,529.93

2011 Assembly

Jeff Fitzgerald (R) – Received $1,329
Dan Knodl (R) – Received $2,000
Patricia Strachota (R) – Received $1,404
Robin Vos (R) – Received $? (No specific amount)

2010 Senate

Scott Fitzgerald (R) – Received $1,466.93

2010 Assembly

Scott Suder (R) – Received $1,200 from ALEC and $1,400 from the Heartland Institute
Michael Huebsch (R) – Received $2,000

2009 Assembly

Kitty Rhoades (R) – Received $575
Jeffery Stone (R) – Received $1,200
Scott Suder (R) – Received $2,200

Wisconsin Legislators Paying ALEC Membership Fees with Tax Dollars

Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse): $100 – 2/1/2011
Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin): $100 – 2/1/2011
Terry Moulton (R-Chippewa Falls): $100 – 2/1/2011
Van Wanggard (R-Racine): $100 – 2/1/2011
Rich Zipperer (R-Pewaukee): $100- 2/1/2011
Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau): $100 – 1/1/2011
Pam Galloway (R-Wausau): $100 – 1/1/2011
Glenn Grotham (R-West Bend): $100 – 1/1/2011
Frank Lasee (R): $200 – 1/1/2011
Alberta Darling (R-River Hills): $200 – 1/1/2009
Mike Ellis (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2009
Neal Kedzie (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2007
Mike Ellis (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2007
Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau): $200 – 1/1/2007

References to Wisconsin ALEC Members in the Cap Times

From the Capital Times (2011):

“These days, a lot of it is health-related. ALEC, a strong believer in state’s rights, federalism, and the free-market, is fighting federal health care reform tooth and nail. (It also opposes various state efforts to crack down on the health insurance industry and expand coverage.) Since 2005, 38 states have passed legislation crafted by its Health and Human Services Task Force, according to the ALEC guide. Wisconsin promises to soon be one of the star performers. ‘There have been boilerplate bills that have similar characteristics to what has been passed here in Wisconsin,’ Fitzgerald says. In December, he says, he and 20 to 30 other Wisconsin GOP lawmakers attended ALEC’s national meeting Washington D.C. (emphasis added), where a key topic of study and conversation was federal health care reform. The ‘State Legislators’ Guide to Repealing Obamacare’ was handed out at this meeting, and its model legislation discussed. ‘A good example of that is a bill Joe Leibham is working on right now,’ Fitzgerald says. “Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, introduced the bill Fitzgerald is talking about on Thursday. The ‘Health Care Freedom Amendment’ would change the Wisconsin constitution to prohibit the government from forcing anyone to participate in any public or private health care or insurance program. The amendment is meant to block the implementation of federal health care reform.”

Wyoming Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Peter Illoway (R-42), State Chairman
Rep. Allen Jaggi (R-18)
Rep. Lorraine Quarberg (R-28)
Rep. Richard L. Cannady (R-06), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Lisa A. Shepperson (R-58), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Carl R. Loucks (R-59), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-43), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Rep. Rosie M. Berger (R-51), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Charles P. Childers (R-50), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Bryan K. Pedersen (R-07), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
Rep. Tim Stubson (R-56), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Lorraine K. Quarberg (R-28), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Rep. Thomas E. Lubnau, II (R-31), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member
Rep. Kathy Davison (R-20), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Rep. Thomas Lockhart (R-57), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Rep. Matt Teeters (R-05), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate and Education Task Force Member
Rep. John Eklund, Jr. (R-10), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Allen M. Jaggi (R-18), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Rep. Pete S. Illoway (R-42), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Jon A. Botten (R-30), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Clarence J. Vranish (R-49), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
Rep. Sue Wallis (R-52), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Amy L. Edmonds (R-12), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
Rep. Pat Childers (R-50), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate

Senate

Sen. Grant Larson (R-17), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
Sen. Bruce Burns (R-21), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member
Sen. Stan Cooper (R-14), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. Curt E. Meier (R-03), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Member
Sen. John M. Hastert (D-13), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member
Sen. Eli D. Bebout (R-26), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Leslie Nutting (R-07), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. Dan Dockstader (R-16), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
Sen. James Anderson (R-02), ALEC Education Task Force Member
Sen. Cale Case (R-25), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate and International Relations Task Force Member
Sen. Henry H. Coe (R-18), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate

A large group of foreign politicians and power mongers are members of this organization as well that are not listed here.

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