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2010-04-12 Senate Journal

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                                SENATE JOURNAL                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                           ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                           TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                SECOND SESSION                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                     Monday                     April 12, 2010                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                              Eighty-fourth Day                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the Senate was called to order by President                                                             
Stevens at 11:33 a.m.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The roll showed nineteen members present. Senator Wielechowski                                                                  
was absent.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, The Reverend Murray                                                                     
Richmond. Senator Hoffman moved and asked unanimous consent                                                                     
that the prayer be spread. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
       O Lord our God,                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
       We take this time at the beginning of this floor session to                                                              
       acknowledge the things in this world that we can change,                                                                 
       and things we cannot change.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
       For those things we can change, we pray for guidance,                                                                    
       that the changes we make benefit our world. We have                                                                      
       families, loved ones, friends, and constituents, and we are                                                              
       here to do good work on their behalf. We live in a world                                                                 
       that has both great needs and great resources, and may                                                                   
       we direct the appropriate resources to the greatest needs.                                                               
       May all of us, at the end of our days, look back and say                                                                 
       that we made our world a better place.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
       But there are also things that are beyond our scope,                                                                     
       things we cannot change. We cannot change the skies                                                                      
       above our heads. We can only look up and give thanks                                                                     
       for the glories of the beautiful expanse that paints the                                                                 
       heavens. We cannot change the beauty of the mountains                                                                    
       that tower over us, but we can appreciate their grandeur.                                                                

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      We cannot change the acts of kindness that come to us                                                                     
      from others, kindness which we may or may not deserve.                                                                    
      But we can marvel at the intricacies of human nature, and                                                                 
      how we are a wonderfully and well wrought people.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
      Nor can we change some of the things in this world that we                                                                
      rightfully wish we could change. We cannot change the                                                                     
      acts of kindness that come our way, nor can we change the                                                                 
      acts of cruelty. We cannot change the grandeur of nature,                                                                 
      nor can we change its sometimes explosive and destructive                                                                 
      power.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
      There is much we cannot change, but we always have the                                                                    
      power to determine how we react to those things. Evil and                                                                 
      injustice in the world can lead to sorrow or despair, or can                                                              
      lead to a resolve to be good and just people ourselves. We                                                                
      can respond to Nature's fury with a sense of helplessness                                                                 
      and hopelessness, or we can respond with compassion and                                                                   
      kindness to its victims.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
      In short, we echo the famous prayer of Rheinhold Neibuhr                                                                  
      who said, Lord, grant me the courage to the change the                                                                    
      things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I                                                                  
      cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.                                                                     
                                    Amen.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator McGuire led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the journal for                                                            
the eighty-third legislative day be approved as certified by the                                                                
Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SJR 28                                                                                                                        
Message dated April 11 was read stating the House passed and                                                                    
returned:                                                                                                                       

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          SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28 Relating to                                                                            
          the Ecumenical Patriarchate and religious rights.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The resolution was referred to the Secretary for enrollment.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB 215                                                                                                                        
Message dated April 11 was read stating the House passed and                                                                    
returned:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
          SENATE BILL NO. 215 "An Act requiring the                                                                             
          Department of Health and Social Services to accept                                                                    
          federal prescription drug benefits or to provide                                                                      
          comparable benefits for residents of the Alaska                                                                       
          Pioneers' Home."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Message dated April 11 was read stating the House passed and                                                                    
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HB 36                                                                                                                         
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                                    
36(FIN) am BY THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to ballot initiative proposal                                                                        
          applications, to ballot initiatives and to those who file                                                             
          or organize for the purpose of filing a ballot initiative                                                             
          proposal, and to election pamphlet information                                                                        
          relating to certain propositions."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                                               
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 296                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 296(ENE) BY THE HOUSE SPECIAL                                                                             
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, entitled:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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          "An Act authorizing and relating to the issuance of                                                                   
          bonds by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;                                                                      
          establishing the Alaska energy efficiency revolving                                                                   
          loan fund and relating to the fund; authorizing                                                                       
          regional educational attendance areas, municipalities,                                                                
          and the State of Alaska to borrow money from the                                                                      
          Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for the                                                                            
          purposes of the Alaska energy efficiency revolving                                                                    
          loan fund; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                          Standing Committee Reports                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SB 174                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 174 "An Act                                                                    
relating to professional student exchange program availability and                                                              
conditions for loan forgiveness" and recommended it be replaced with                                                            
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 174(FIN) "An Act                                                                               
          relating to the Alaska scholars program administered                                                                  
          by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska                                                                   
          and to scholarship information; repealing provisions                                                                  
          related to University of Alaska scholarships; relating                                                                
          to the AlaskAdvantage Education Grant Program;                                                                        
          and relating to professional student exchange                                                                         
          program availability; and relating to exemptions from                                                                 
          the conditions for loan repayment under the medical                                                                   
          education program."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Hoffman, Cochair; Senator Ellis. Signing no                                                            
recommendation: Senator Stedman, Cochair; Senators Huggins, Egan,                                                               
Olson. Signing amend: Senator Thomas.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Education and Early                                                                           
      Development                                                                                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 3, University of Alaska                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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SB 303                                                                                                                        
The Rules Committee considered CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                                           
303(JUD) "An Act relating to a subcontractor's, contractor's, and                                                               
project owner's liability for workers' compensation, to workers'                                                                
compensation for independent contractors without employees, and                                                                 
excluding certain persons from liability for securing the payment of                                                            
workers' compensation benefits to employees; and providing for an                                                               
effective date" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
          2d CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(RLS) "An Act                                                                            
          relating to a subcontractor's, contractor's, and project                                                              
          owner's liability for workers' compensation and                                                                       
          excluding certain persons from liability for securing                                                                 
          the payment of workers' compensation benefits to                                                                      
          employees; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senator Huggins, Chair; Senators                                                                     
Stedman, Stevens. Signing do pass: Senator Ellis.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                                     
      Development                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The bill is on today's calendar.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        Introduction and Reference of                                                                        
                              Senate Resolutions                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SR 12                                                                                                                         
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12 BY THE SENATE RULES                                                                                    
COMMITTEE,                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          Urging the United States Department of Energy to                                                                      
          expeditiously approve a two-year extension of the                                                                     
          export license for the Kenai liquid natural gas plant.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and held on the Secretary's desk.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The presence of Senator Wielechowski was noted.                                                                                 

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                        Consideration of the Calendar                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                        Second Reading of Senate Bills                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 139                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 139 "An Act establishing a loan repayment                                                                       
program and employment incentive program for certain health care                                                                
professionals employed in the state; and providing for an effective                                                             
date" was read the second time.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stedman, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for                                                                 
the adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page                                                                
2247. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(FIN) "An                                                                    
Act establishing an employment incentive program for certain health                                                             
care professionals employed in the state; and providing for an effective                                                        
date" was adopted.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(FIN) was read the third time.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(FIN)                                                                      
"An Act establishing an employment incentive program for certain                                                                
health care professionals employed in the state; and providing for an                                                           
effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                                         
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 139(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman,                                                              
Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan,                                                                       
Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(FIN) passed the Senate.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the                                                            
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause.                                                        
Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the                                                           
Secretary for engrossment.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SB 184                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 184 "An Act relating to public access to                                                                        
legislative committee meetings during regular legislative sessions by                                                           
Internet broadcast" was read the second time.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 184 was read the third time.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE BILL NO. 184 "An Act relating                                                                 
to public access to legislative committee meetings during regular                                                               
legislative sessions by Internet broadcast" pass the Senate?" The roll                                                          
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SB 184                                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Huggins,                                                              
Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan, Stedman,                                                                       
Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Hoffman                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE BILL NO. 184 passed the Senate and was referred to                                                               
the Secretary for engrossment.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SB 234                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 234 "An Act extending the termination date of                                                                   
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; and providing for an effective                                                            
date" was read the second time.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Stedman, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for                                                                 
the adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page                                                                
2248. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 234(FIN) "An                                                                    
Act relating to the voting procedures of the Alcoholic Beverage                                                                 
Control Board; allowing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to                                                                 
release information contained in the statewide database of alcohol                                                              
purchases and shipments to the person who purchased the alcohol or to                                                           
whom the alcohol was shipped; relating to the access of persons under                                                           
21 to premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or                                                                   
consumed; extending the termination date of the Alcoholic Beverage                                                              
Control Board; and providing for an effective date" was adopted.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 234(FIN) was read the third time.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 234(FIN)                                                                      
"An Act relating to the voting procedures of the Alcoholic Beverage                                                             
Control Board; allowing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to                                                                 
release information contained in the statewide database of alcohol                                                              
purchases and shipments to the person who purchased the alcohol or to                                                           
whom the alcohol was shipped; relating to the access of persons under                                                           
21 to premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or                                                                   
consumed; extending the termination date of the Alcoholic Beverage                                                              
Control Board; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?"                                                           
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 234(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, French, Huggins, Kookesh,                                                                   
McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan, Stedman, Stevens,                                                                       
Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bunde, Ellis                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Hoffman                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 234(FIN) passed the Senate.                                                                      

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Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the                                                            
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause.                                                        
Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the                                                           
Secretary for engrossment.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SB 300                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 300 "An Act relating to loan participations and                                                                 
development finance projects of the Alaska Industrial Development                                                               
and Export Authority; and relating to loans from the rural development                                                          
initiative fund" was read the second time.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stedman, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for                                                                 
the adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page                                                                
2227. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 300(FIN) "An                                                                    
Act relating to loan participations and development finance projects of                                                         
the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, to the                                                                  
powers of the authority, and to loans from the rural development                                                                
initiative fund" was adopted.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 300(FIN) was read the third time.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 300(FIN)                                                                      
"An Act relating to loan participations and development finance                                                                 
projects of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority,                                                             
to the powers of the authority, and to loans from the rural development                                                         
initiative fund" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the                                                                  
following result:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 300(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman,                                                              
Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan,                                                                       
Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                

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and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 300(FIN) passed the Senate and                                                                   
was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        Second Reading of House Bills                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 210                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 210(RES) "An Act designating Kinzarof                                                                     
Lagoon as part of the Izembek State Game Refuge; authorizing a land                                                             
exchange with the federal government in which state land adjacent to                                                            
the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and within the Alaska                                                                      
Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge is exchanged for federal land to                                                             
serve as a road corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge                                                           
and federal land located on Sitkinak Island; and providing for an                                                               
effective date" was read the second time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent                                                                
for the adoption of the Resources Senate Committee Substitute offered                                                           
on page 2230. Without objection, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE                                                                     
BILL NO. 210(RES) was adopted.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 210(RES) was read                                                                           
the third time.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                      
NO. 210(RES) "An Act designating Kinzarof Lagoon as part of the                                                                 
Izembek State Game Refuge; authorizing a land exchange with the                                                                 
federal government in which state land adjacent to the Izembek                                                                  
National Wildlife Refuge and within the Alaska Peninsula National                                                               
Wildlife Refuge is exchanged for federal land to serve as a road                                                                
corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and federal                                                               
land located on Sitkinak Island; and providing for an effective date"                                                           
pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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SCS CSHB 210(RES)                                                                                                               
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Dates                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman,                                                              
Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan,                                                                       
Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 210(RES)                                                                            
passed the Senate.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the                                                            
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clauses.                                                       
Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the                                                           
Secretary for engrossment.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 245                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 245 "An Act relating to licensure as an                                                                          
optometrist; establishing a retired status optometrist license; and                                                             
providing for an effective date" was read the second time.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Without                                                                  
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 245 was read the third time.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senators Menard, Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent to be                                                                  
shown as cross sponsors on the bill. Without objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 245 "An Act relating to                                                               
licensure as an optometrist; establishing a retired status optometrist                                                          
license; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll                                                        
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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HB 245                                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman,                                                              
Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan,                                                                       
Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, HOUSE BILL NO. 245 passed the Senate.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the                                                            
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause.                                                        
Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was signed by the                                                             
President and Secretary and returned to the House.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        Third Reading of Senate Bills                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SB 230                                                                                                                        
President Stevens stated CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 230(FIN) "An                                                                    
Act making and amending appropriations, including capital                                                                       
appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and other appropriations;                                                          
making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an                                                                 
effective date" would be advanced to third reading on the April 13                                                              
calendar. There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SB 303                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(JUD) "An Act relating to a                                                                           
subcontractor's, contractor's, and project owner's liability for workers'                                                       
compensation, to workers' compensation for independent contractors                                                              
without employees, and excluding certain persons from liability for                                                             
securing the payment of workers' compensation benefits to employees;                                                            
and providing for an effective date" which had been returned to the                                                             
Rules Committee (page 2239) was read the third time.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                                 
return to second reading for the purpose of rescinding its previous                                                             
action in adopting the Judiciary Committee Substitute. Without                                                                  
objection, the bill was returned to second reading.                                                                             

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Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                                 
rescind its previous action in adopting the Judiciary Committee                                                                 
Substitute. Without objection, the Judiciary Committee Substitute was                                                           
before the Senate.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw the                                                                 
motion to adopt the Judiciary Committee Substitute and for the                                                                  
adoption of the Rules Committee Substitute offered on page 2267.                                                                
Without objection, 2d CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(RLS) "An                                                                       
Act relating to a subcontractor's, contractor's, and project owner's                                                            
liability for workers' compensation and excluding certain persons from                                                          
liability for securing the payment of workers' compensation benefits to                                                         
employees; and providing for an effective date" was adopted.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2d CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(RLS) was automatically in third                                                                   
reading.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall 2d CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(RLS)                                                                   
"An Act relating to a subcontractor's, contractor's, and project owner's                                                        
liability for workers' compensation and excluding certain persons from                                                          
liability for securing the payment of workers' compensation benefits to                                                         
employees; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?" The                                                           
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2d CSSB 303(RLS)                                                                                                                
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman, Huggins,                                                            
Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan, Stedman,                                                                       
Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bunde                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, 2d CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(RLS) passed the Senate.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the                                                            
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause.                                                        
Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bunde gave notice of reconsideration.                                                                                   

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                                  Citations                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Nancy Graff 4-H Salute to Excellence Volunteer of the                                                                
Year                                                                                                                            
Representative(s) T. Wilson                                                                                                     
Senator(s) Coghill, Stevens, Bunde, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis,                                                                  
Hoffman, Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson,                                                                       
Paskvan, Stedman, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the citation be                                                            
adopted. Without objection, the citation was adopted and referred to                                                            
the Secretary for transmittal.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                             Unfinished Business                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 210                                                                                                                        
Senators Hoffman, Wagoner, Dyson, Menard, Olson, Kookesh moved                                                                  
and asked unanimous consent to be shown as cross sponsors on                                                                    
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 210(RES) "An Act                                                                            
designating Kinzarof Lagoon as part of the Izembek State Game                                                                   
Refuge; authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in                                                              
which state land adjacent to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and                                                           
within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge is exchanged                                                               
for federal land to serve as a road corridor through the Izembek                                                                
National Wildlife Refuge and federal land located on Sitkinak Island;                                                           
and providing for an effective date." Without objection, it was so                                                              
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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                                 Engrossment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 139                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(FIN) "An Act establishing an                                                                         
employment incentive program for certain health care professionals                                                              
employed in the state; and providing for an effective date" was                                                                 
engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary and transmitted to                                                             
the House for consideration.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB 184                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 184 "An Act relating to public access to                                                                        
legislative committee meetings during regular legislative sessions by                                                           
Internet broadcast" was engrossed, signed by the President and                                                                  
Secretary and transmitted to the House for consideration.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 234                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 234(FIN) "An Act relating to the voting                                                                  
procedures of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; allowing the                                                                
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to release information contained in                                                            
the statewide database of alcohol purchases and shipments to the                                                                
person who purchased the alcohol or to whom the alcohol was                                                                     
shipped; relating to the access of persons under 21 to premises where                                                           
alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or consumed; extending the                                                                
termination date of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; and                                                                   
providing for an effective date" was engrossed, signed by the President                                                         
and Secretary and transmitted to the House for consideration.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SB 300                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 300(FIN) "An Act relating to loan                                                                        
participations and development finance projects of the Alaska                                                                   
Industrial Development and Export Authority, to the powers of the                                                               
authority, and to loans from the rural development initiative fund" was                                                         
engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary and transmitted to                                                             
the House for consideration.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 210                                                                                                                        
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 210(RES) "An Act                                                                            
designating Kinzarof Lagoon as part of the Izembek State Game                                                                   
Refuge; authorizing a land exchange with the federal government in                                                              
which state land adjacent to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and                                                           

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within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge is exchanged                                                               
for federal land to serve as a road corridor through the Izembek                                                                
National Wildlife Refuge and federal land located on Sitkinak Island;                                                           
and providing for an effective date" was engrossed, signed by the                                                               
President and Secretary and returned to the House for consideration.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                 Adjournment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                                 
stand in adjournment until 11:00 a.m., April 13, 2010. Without                                                                  
objection, the Senate adjourned at 12:44 p.m.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                Kirsten Waid                                                    
                                                     Secretary of the Senate                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                             STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                             
+ indicates teleconference                                                                                                      
= indicates bill previously heard/scheduled                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                         COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Apr 13        Tuesday                     Beltz 105 (tsbldg)          3:30 PM                                                 
              Arctic Industrial Activity & Prevention Systems                                                                   
              Informational Hearing                                                                                             
              -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --                                                                                 
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                                   FINANCE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                    Senate Finance 532            9:00 AM                                                 
              -- Postponed to a Call of the Chair --                                                                            
+= SB 174 PROF STUDENT EXCHANGE LOAN FORGIVENESS                                                                                
+ HB  20 FISHERIES LOANS:ENERGY EFFICIENCY/AMOUNT                                                                               
+ HB 344 SALMON  PRODUCT DEVELOP. TAX CREDIT                                                                                    
+ HB  52 POST-TRIAL JUROR COUNSELING                                                                                            
+ HB 354 AK CAPSTONE AVIONICS REVOLVING LOAN FUND                                                                               
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                    Senate Finance 532            1:30 PM                                                 
              -- MEETING CANCELED --                                                                                            
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 13        Tuesday                   Senate Finance 532            9:00 AM                                                 
+= HB  20 FISHERIES LOANS:ENERGY EFFICIENCY/AMOUNT                                                                              
+= HB 344 SALMON  PRODUCT DEVELOP. TAX CREDIT                                                                                   
+= HB  52 POST-TRIAL JUROR COUNSELING                                                                                           
+= HB 354 AK CAPSTONE AVIONICS REVOLVING LOAN FUND                                                                              
+ HB 168 TRAUMA CARE CENTERS/FUND                                                                                               

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                             FINANCE (continued)                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Apr 13 Tuesday 9:00 a.m. meeting (continued)                                                                                  
+ HB 306 STATE ENERGY POLICY                                                                                                    
+ HB 114 USE STATE TRANS FACILITY FOR DISASTER AID                                                                              
+ HB 186 AK FIREARMS EXEMPT FROM FED. REGULATION                                                                                
+ HB 319 FIREARMS                                                                                                               
+ HB 315 PUBLIC ACCOUNTING                                                                                                      
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 13        Tuesday                   Senate Finance 532            1:30 PM                                                 
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                   ----------------------------------------                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                           HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                          Butrovich 205           1:30 PM                                                 
+= HB 277 EMERGENCY USE OF EPINEPHRINE                                                                                          
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 14        Wednesday                       Butrovich 205           1:30 PM                                                 
              No Meeting Scheduled                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Apr 16        Friday                          Butrovich 205           1:30 PM                                                 
              No Meeting Scheduled                                                                                              
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                                  JUDICIARY                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                          Butrovich 205           8:30 AM                                                 
+ HB 408 MISCONDUCT INVOLVING WEAPONS                                                                                           
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                      Beltz 105 (tsbldg)          1:30 PM                                                 
+= SB  46 CHILD SUPPORT AWARDS                                                                                                  
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 14        Wednesday                   Beltz 105 (tsbldg)          1:30 PM                                                 
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
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                                  RESOURCES                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                          Butrovich 205           3:30 PM                                                 
+= HB 369 IN-STATE PIPELINE/ MANAGER/TEAM                                                                                       
+ HJR 45 OPPOSE FEDERAL CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION                                                                               
+= HJR 49 OPPOSING EPA CLEAN AIR ACT REGULATIONS                                                                                
+             Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
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                                TRANSPORTATION                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Apr 13        Tuesday                         Butrovich 205           1:00 PM                                                 
+ HB 357 AK RAILROAD CORP. LAND SALES                                                                                           
     HJR 42 CONST. AM: TRANSPORTATION FUND                                                                                      
              <Pending Referral>                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Apr 15        Thursday                        Butrovich 205           1:00 PM                                                 
              Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled                                                                                  
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                            CONFERENCE COMMITTEES                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                   CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 300 & HB 302                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Apr 12        Monday                    Senate Finance 532            3:30 PM                                                 
              -- Time Change --                                                                                                 
     HB 300 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS                                                                                
     HB 302 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET                                                                                        
              Departments to be announced.