2014-03-03                     Senate Journal                      Page 1836
          O Lord of hosts: bless our Senators and grant that                                                                    
          your love may be present in this session so that what                                                                 
          is said and what is done may encourage the people to                                                                  
          honor one another. Let them lead us so we may be a                                                                    
          people at peace among ourselves and so bless Alaska                                                                   
          that all may give thanks for the work that is done                                                                    
                             here.          Amen.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the journals                                                             
for the thirty-ninth through forty-first legislative days be approved as                                                        
certified by the Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Message dated February 28 was read stating the House passed and                                                                 
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                        First Reading and Reference of                                                                       
                              House Resolutions                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HJR 24                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 24(STA) BY THE                                                                                
HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
          Urging the United States Department of State to                                                                       
          consider the priorities of the state while it holds the                                                               
          position of chair of the Arctic Council; requesting                                                                   
          that the United States Department of State work in                                                                    
          partnership with state officials to appoint a chair of                                                                
          the Arctic Council; and supporting the strategic                                                                      
          recommendation of the January 30, 2014, preliminary                                                                   
          report of the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs Committee.