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 $6.50 per hour effective January 2, 2001, $6.75 per hour effective January 1, 2002, and thereafter, adjusted annually for inflation. Initiative Id: 99WAGE | AG File Number: 663-99-0259 State: Inactive Petition Status: Application denied Primary Sponsors Mano Frey, Julie Kitka, Jim Sampson Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Petition Details Not on ballot. Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on June 8, 1999. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on June 8, 1999. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on June 16, 1999. The application was certified on July 20, 1999. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on July 30, 1999. The one year filing deadline was July 29, 2000. The petition was submitted to the Division of Elections on January 10, 2000. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer determined that the petition for this initiative was improperly filed on March 9, 2000. The petition failed to meet the signature requirements of AS 15.45.160.