1999-04-01                     Senate Journal                      Page 0772
HJR 28                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28(RES) Requesting                           
that the National Marine Fisheries Service and the United States               
Congress act immediately to reverse the decline of the Cook Inlet              
beluga whale population and to regulate the harvest of the beluga              
whales in Cook Inlet until the beluga whale population has                     
recovered, which had been held in second reading (page 755) was                
before the Senate.                                                             
                                                                               
Senator Leman, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked unanimous               
consent that the resolution be advanced to third reading and placed            
on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                        
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28(RES) was read the                         
third time.                                                                    
                                                                               
The question being: Shall CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION                        
NO. 28(RES) Requesting that the National Marine Fisheries Service              
and the United States Congress act immediately to reverse the                  
decline of the Cook Inlet beluga whale population and to regulate              
the harvest of the beluga whales in Cook Inlet until the beluga whale          
population has recovered, pass the Senate? The roll was taken with             
the following result:                                                          
                                                                               
CSHJR 28(RES)                                                                  
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Donley, Ellis, Elton, Green, Halford, Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim,            
Leman, Lincoln, Miller, Parnell, Pearce, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward,              
Wilken                                                                         
                                                                               
Excused:  Adams, Hoffman, Mackie, Phillips                                     
                                                                               
and so, CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28(RES)                              
passed the Senate, was signed by the President and Secretary and               
returned to the House.