2004-04-29                     House Journal                      Page 3624
HB 468                                                                                            
The following, which had been on the April 28, 2004, calendar and not                               
taken up (page 3605), was read the second time:                                                     
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 468                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the amount of the bond required to stay                                     
    execution of a judgment in civil litigation involving a signatory, a                            
    successor of a signatory, or an affiliate of a signatory to the                                 
    tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement during an appeal;                                   
    amending Rules 204 and 205, Alaska Rules of Appellate                                           
    Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                
                                                                                                    
with the:                                                   Journal Page                            
                                                                                                    
 JUD RPT CS(JUD) 1DP 2DNP 4NR                                        2981                           
 FN1: ZERO(CRT)                                                      2982                           
 FN2: ZERO(LAW)                                                      2982                           
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 468(JUD)                                                                  
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Gara:                                                 
                                                                                                    
Page 2, line 1:                                                                                     
 Delete "total"                                                                                     
 Insert "portion of the"                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Page 2, line 2, following "collectively":                                                           
 Insert "that is attributable to the amount of the judgment for                                     
punitive damages"                                                                                   
                                                                                                    

2004-04-29                     House Journal                      Page 3625
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                          
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Anderson objected.                                                                   
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                  
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 468(JUD)                                                                                       
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 1                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  3                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg,                                    
Joule, Kerttula, Kookesh, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Samuels                                             
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto,                                 
Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, Ogg,                                      
Rokeberg, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Williams, Wilson, Wolf                                        
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Kapsner                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Croft, McGuire, Weyhrauch                                                                  
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
CSHB 468(JUD) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                   
and placed on final passage.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Objection was heard.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 468(JUD) will advance to third reading on tomorrow's                                           
calendar.