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HB 79                                                                                                                         
The following, which was held from the March 9 calendar (page                                                                   
2656), was read the third time:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(FIN)                                                                                               
    "An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second                                                           
    injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the                                                           
    workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program;                                                             
    relating to the liability of business entities and certain persons for                                                      
    payment of workers' compensation benefits and civil penalties;                                                              
    relating to civil penalties for underinsuring or failing to insure or                                                       
    provide security for workers' compensation liability; relating to                                                           
    preauthorization and timely payment for medical treatment and                                                               
    services provided to injured employees; relating to incorporation                                                           
    of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations;                                                                
    relating to proceedings before the Alaska Workers' Compensation                                                             
    Board; relating to the authorization of the workers' compensation                                                           
    benefits guaranty fund to claim a lien; excluding independent                                                               
    contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the                                                           
    circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive                                                                     
    corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may                                                           
    obtain workers' compensation coverage; relating to the duties of                                                            
    injured employees to report income or work; relating to                                                                     
    misclassification of employees and deceptive leasing; defining                                                              
    'employee'; relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board's                                                            
    approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement; and providing                                                          
    for an effective date."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                     
abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest.  Objection was                                                           
heard, and she was required to vote.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 79(FIN) pass the House?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 79(FIN)                                                                                                                    
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  25   NAYS:  14   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                    
Guttenberg, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                          
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Ortiz, Parish, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes,                                                               
Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Eastman, Johnson, Knopp, Millett, Neuman, Pruitt,                                                              
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton,                                                                
Wilson                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Lincoln                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 79(FIN) passed the House.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved the effective date clause.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?"  The                                                         
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 79(FIN)                                                                                                                    
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  29   NAYS:  10   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara,                                                                 
Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Knopp,                                                                  
Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Seaton,                                                                    
Spohnholz, Stutes, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Eastman, Johnson, Millett, Neuman, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                                   
Saddler, Sullivan-Leonard, Tilton, Wilson                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                

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Excused:  Lincoln                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, the effective date clause was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 79(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.