2016-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 2241
                "An Act eliminating the Alaska education grant                                                                 
                program and the Alaska performance scholarship                                                                 
          program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gardner moved to add an Education Committee referral to the                                                             
bill. Senator Coghill objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall an Education Committee referral be                                                                   
added?"                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SB 208                                                                                                                          
Shall an Education Committee Referral be Added?                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  13   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins,                                                                  
Kelly, Meyer, Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  MacKinnon, McGuire                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Bishop                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, the motion to add a referral failed.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB 209                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 209 BY THE SENATE FINANCE                                                                                       
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
            "An Act relating to increasing employer contributions                                                              
             to the defined benefit plan in the Public Employees'                                                              
          Retirement System of Alaska."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gardner moved to add a Community and Regional Affairs                                                                   
Committee referral to the bill. Senator Coghill objected.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall a Community and Regional Affairs                                                                     
Committee referral be added?"