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report to prove the existence of prior convictions when prior                                                                   
convictions are an element of an offense. For example, if a person has                                                          
two prior convictions for assault, the third assault will be a felony.                                                          
This will require proof of the existence of the prior convictions.                                                              
Allowing the use of a rap sheet at the indictment phase of the case,                                                            
instead of requiring certified judgments, which may take days to                                                                
obtain, will expedite the process and protect the public by keeping                                                             
dangerous offenders in State custody while awaiting trial.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The bill proposes to allow the court system to give the Department of                                                           
Public Safety information about those who have been involuntarily                                                               
committed and, therefore, cannot possess firearms. Under current law,                                                           
the court system may only provide information from 2014 forward.                                                                
The bill will allow the court system to provide information prior to                                                            
2014 so that the Department of Public Safety may have a more                                                                    
complete record of who these prohibited individuals are and better                                                              
protect the public.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Michael J. Dunleavy                                                                                                             
Governor"                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
HB 50                                                                                                                         
HOUSE BILL NO. 50 by the House Rules Committee by request of                                                                    
the Governor, entitled:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to pretrial release; relating to sentencing; relating                                                     
     to treatment program credit toward service of a sentence of                                                                
     imprisonment; relating to electronic monitoring; amending Rules                                                            
     38.2 and 45(d), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and                                                                    
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary, and                                                       
Finance Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply: