Legislature(2019 - 2020)
2019-04-08 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2019-04-08 House Journal Page 0496 HB 48 The following, which was held in second reading from the April 5 calendar (page 472), was before the House: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 48(FIN) "An Act removing from the exempt service of the state persons who are employed in a professional capacity to make a temporary 2019-04-08 House Journal Page 0497 or special inquiry, study, or examination as authorized by the governor and including those persons in the partially exempt service of the state; repealing the authority of the governor or a designee of the governor to authorize higher pay than is otherwise allowable for certain partially exempt employees in the executive branch; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Wilson, Josephson, Johnston, and Fields: Page 1, line 6, following "branch;" (title amendment): Insert "requiring the commissioner of administration to submit a report to the legislature;" Page 2, following line 3: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: TRANSITION. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of administration shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report that includes a list of all positions in the exempt service of the state under AS 39.25.110 and the partially exempt service of the state under AS 39.25.120 and the salary and proposed salary schedule for each of those positions. The commissioner of administration shall deliver the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Wilson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Eastman: Under "TRANSITION": Delete "30" Insert "60" 2019-04-08 House Journal Page 0498 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Wilson objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 was adopted, Representative Eastman withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 2 as amended was adopted and the new title follows: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 48(FIN) am "An Act removing from the exempt service of the state persons who are employed in a professional capacity to make a temporary or special inquiry, study, or examination as authorized by the governor and including those persons in the partially exempt service of the state; repealing the authority of the governor or a designee of the governor to authorize higher pay than is otherwise allowable for certain partially exempt employees in the executive branch; requiring the commissioner of administration to submit a report to the legislature; and providing for an effective date." Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be taken up from the table. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be taken from the table? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 48(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 Take from the table YEAS: 14 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Shaw, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, 2019-04-08 House Journal Page 0499 LeDoux, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick, Ortiz Eastman changed from "Nay" to "Yea". Story changed from "Yea" to "Nay". Tuck changed from "Yea" to "Nay". And so, the motion failed. Representative Thompson moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 48(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 48(FIN) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.