1996-04-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 3124
SB 52                                                                        
Senator Lincoln moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be             
returned to second reading for the purpose of a specific amendment,            
that being Amendment No. 1.  Senator Taylor objected.                          
                                                                               
The question being: Shall the bill be returned to second reading for           
the purpose of a specific amendment?  The roll was taken with the              
following result:                                                              
                                                                               
CS SSSB 52(JUD)                                                                
Return to Second for Specific Amendment                                        
                                                                               
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Duncan, Ellis, Frank, Hoffman, Lincoln,                  
Pearce, R.Phillips, Rieger, Salo, Sharp, Torgerson, Zharoff                    
                                                                               
Nays:  Green, Halford, Kelly, Leman, Miller, Taylor                            
                                                                               
and so, the bill was returned to second reading.                               
                                                                               
Senator Lincoln offered Amendment No. 1 :                                       
                                                                               
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	Delete "capital punishment"                                                 
	Insert "punishment for murder"                                              
                                                                               
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	Delete "whether the legislature should enact a law providing                  
for capital punishment for"                                                    
	Insert "what punishment the legislature should provide by                     
law for the crime of"                                                          
                                                                               
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	Delete all material and insert:                                               
	"Of the two alternatives listed                                             
below, indicate which punishment the                                           
Alaska State Legislature  should provide for                                   
murder in the first degree.  Select only one                                   
of the alternatives.