Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act to increase Alaska’s minimum wage to $7.15 per hour effective January 1, 2003 and thereafter, adjusted annually for inflation Initiative Id: 01MNWG | AG File Number: 663-01-0147 State: Inactive Petition Status: Petition properly filed – did not appear on ballot Primary Sponsors Jim Sampson, Mano Frey, and Bruce Ludwig Date Petition Application Filed February 16, 2001 Application Certified March 12, 2001 Petitions Booklets Issued May 5, 2001 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections November 29, 2001 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Petition Details Not on ballot. The petition application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on February 15, 2001. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on February 16, 2001 for review and verification of signatures. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of signatures on February 27, 2001. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on March 9, 2001. The application was certified on March 12, 2001. Petition booklets were distributed to the initiative committee on April 5, 2001. The initiative petition was filed on November 29, 2001. The Division of Elections verified the signatures of 30,475 qualified voters. The petition was determined to be properly filed and was certified on January 3, 2002 for placement on the 2002 general election ballot. On May 24, 2002, Lieutenant Governor Ulmer determined, in concurrence with the Attorney General’s Office, that the Alaska Legislature passed a law, CS HB 56(FIN), which is substantially similar in nature to the initiative. Consequently, the initiative petition is void and will not appear on the ballot (AS 15.45.210). Under Alaska Statute 15.45.240, within 30 days of the date on which notice of this determination of similarity was given, any person “aggrieved by a determination made by the Lieutenant Governor” may bring action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed. The deadline for action is June 24, 2002. The deadline has passed for challenge of the Lieutenant Governor’s earlier actions on this initiative.