2006-02-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 2207
CSSB 209(JUD)                                                                                       
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green,                                   
Guess, Huggins, Kookesh, Olson, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B,                                        
Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                              
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Hoffman                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 209(JUD) passed the Senate and                                       
was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.                                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                         Third Reading of Senate Bills                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 218                                                                                            
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 218(FIN) "An Act relating to sex                                             
offenders and child kidnappers; relating to reporting of sex offenders                              
and child kidnappers; relating to periodic polygraph examinations for                               
sex offenders released on probation or parole; relating to sexual abuse                             
of a minor; relating to the definitions of 'aggravated sex offense' and                             
'child kidnapping'; relating to penalties for failure to report child abuse                         
or neglect; relating to sentencing for sex offenders and habitual                                   
criminals; and providing for an effective date" was read the third time.                            
                                                                                                    
Senators Bunde, Guess offered the following Letter of Intent:                                       
                                                                                                    
                                Letter of Intent                                                   
                                                                                                    
             The Purposes And Rationale Underlying The Increase In                                 
     Sentencing Ranges For Felony Sex Crimes In Alaska                                              
                                                                                                    
            Senate Bill 218 adopts longer sentences for, and closer                                
          supervision of, convicted sex offenders.  These changes are                              
     appropriate in light of the following:                                                         
       (1) Statistical studies about sexual assault and abuse in America,                          
     and more specifically, in Alaska;                                                              
          (2) The growing body of knowledge about the actual number of                             
        victims per sex offender and the resistance of sex offenders to                            
     rehabilitative treatment;