# Bill Elam

Bill Elam is a Republican member of the Alaska House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska House, district 8
- Serving since: 2025-01-21
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/354dc869-cbaf-4298-89cd-c691c0f52a1e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/354dc869-cbaf-4298-89cd-c691c0f52a1e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of the 9 bills Elam sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Alaska House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.06), from 45 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 22. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska House 22.1%; rank 32 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 359: An Act reserving to the state the authority to regulate pesticides; restricting the authority of local governments to regulate pesticides; and providing for… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB359/
- HB 358: An Act establishing the career and technical education mobility grant program; relating to pre-apprenticeship and work-based learning opportunities for… (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB358/
- HB 320: An Act relating to voter registration and application for a permanent fund dividend. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB320/
- HB 319: An Act relating to municipal educational service areas; relating to municipal bonds; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB319/
- HB 318: An Act relating to use of social media platforms by minors; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB318/
- HB 286: An Act relating to an optional municipal tax exemption for the homes of volunteer firefighters and volunteer providers of emergency medical services or mobile… (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB286/
- HJR 26: Requesting that the United States Congress appropriate authorized federal workforce development funds to train state residents for the development,… (in committee, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HJR26/
- HB 177: An Act relating to meetings of the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB177/
- HB 171: An Act relating to interchange fees on tax and gratuity; and relating to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB171/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,717 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/34?code=ELA
- X: https://x.com/billelam_ak
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rep-Bill-Elam/61572476595509/#

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/354dc869-cbaf-4298-89cd-c691c0f52a1e