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 prohibiting the baiting or intentional feeding of bears. Initiative Id: 03BEAR | AG File Number: 663-03-0188 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Lowell Thomas, Jr., George R. Pollard, John E. Erickson Contact Sponsors Paul Joslin, Citizens United Against Bear Baiting, 626 Cordova Street, Suite 105, Anchorage, AK 99501, 277-9816, www.cubb.org Date Petition Application Filed May 14, 2003 Application Certified June 18, 2003 Petitions Booklets Issued July 1, 2003 Petition Booklet Filing Deadline June 30, 2003 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections January 8, 2004 The initiative appeared on the November 2, 2004 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 130,648 NO – 171,338 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 03BEAR ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on May 14, 2003. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on May 14, 2003. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on May 19, 2003. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on June 11, 2003. The application was certified on June 18, 2003. Petition booklets were distributed to the initiative committee on July 1,2003. Petition must be filed by June 30, 2004. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on January 8, 2004. Lieutenant Governor Leman certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on March 8, 2004.