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was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Finance                               
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
SJR 40                                                                                            
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40 BY SENATOR HALFORD,                                                  
                                                                                                    
          Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the                                           
          State of Alaska permitting certain bills dealing with                                     
          appropriations or taxes to take effect only if approved                                   
          by the voters.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 163                                                                                            
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 163 BY                                                       
SENATORS LINCOLN, Davis, Ellis, Hoffman, Elton, entitled:                                           
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to the commission of an offense or a                                     
          juvenile delinquency act involving the victim's race,                                     
          sex, color, creed, physical or mental disability, sexual                                  
          orientation, ancestry, or national origin; relating to                                    
          sentencing, informal adjustment, and adjudication for                                     
          those offenses and acts; relating to a diversity                                          
          tolerance program for certain juvenile delinquency                                        
          acts; relating to a civil cause of action for certain acts                                
          involving discriminatory harassment; and providing                                        
          for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary and                            
Finance Committees.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
SB 297                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 297 BY SENATOR WILKEN, entitled:                                                    
                                                                                                    
          "An Act moving employees of the Alaska mental                                             
          health trust land unit of the Department of Natural                                       
          Resources from the partially exempt service to the                                        
          exempt service."