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HB 244                                                                                            
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 244                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the Code of Criminal Procedure; relating to                                 
    defenses, affirmative defenses, and justifications to certain                                   
    criminal acts; relating to rights of prisoners after arrest; relating to                        
    discovery, immunity from prosecution, notice of defenses,                                       
    admissibility of certain evidence, and right to representation in                               
    criminal proceedings; relating to sentencing, probation, and                                    
    discretionary parole; amending Rule 16, Alaska Rules of Criminal                                
    Procedure, and Rules 404, 412, 609, and 803, Alaska Rules of                                    
    Evidence; and providing for an effective date."                                                 
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 244(JUD)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to the Code of Criminal Procedure; relating to                                 
    rights of prisoners after arrest; relating to discovery, immunity                               
    from prosecution, notice of defenses, admissibility of certain                                  

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    evidence, and right to representation in criminal proceedings;                                  
    relating to sentencing, probation, and discretionary parole;                                    
    amending Rule 16, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, and                                       
    Rules 412, 609, and 803, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing                                
    for an effective date."                                                                         
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative McGuire, Chair, with the                                    
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (1):  Samuels                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do not pass (1):  Gara                                                                              
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (4):  Holm, Ogg, Gruenberg, McGuire                                               
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 244(JUD):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                              
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Corrections                                                                    
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                 
                                                                                                    
HB 244 was referred to the Finance Committee.