2018-03-20                     House Journal                      Page 2767
Representative Reinbold moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Guttenberg objected.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 286(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  27   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Eastman, Johnston, Millett, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                           
Saddler, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Wilson                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                 
Guttenberg, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Knopp, Kopp,                                                                    
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lincoln, Ortiz, Parish, Seaton, Spohnholz,                                                              
Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Neuman                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker ruled Amendment No. 6 out of order citing Article II,                                                               
Section 13 of the Constitution of Alaska.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representatives Birch, Millett,                                                                  
Rauscher, Wilson, Kopp, Johnston, Tilton, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                                     
Thompson, Johnson, Reinbold, Saddler, Pruitt, and Eastman:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Page 53, following line 6:                                                                                                      
     Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                           
     "(c)  It is the intent of the legislature to freeze wages for                                                              
unrepresented state employees by eliminating general pay increases,                                                             
merit step increases, and pay increments for unrepresented employees                                                            
in the executive branch, legislative branch, and University of Alaska                                                           
during fiscal years 2019 and 2020 in order to reduce expenditures                                                               
while maintaining stable workforce levels necessary to provide                                                                  
essential services to the public."