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SB 241                                                                                                                        
A message dated March 27 was read stating the Senate failed to                                                                  
concur in the House amendment to:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 241(RLS) am                                                                                          
    "An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of                                                             
    a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel                                                                 
    coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; relating to the                                                                    
    COVID-19 outbreak; relating to a financing plan; relating to                                                                
    standing orders of the chief medical officer; relating to                                                                   
    occupational and professional licensing; relating to telemedicine                                                           
    and telehealth; relating to fingerprinting requirements; relating to                                                        
    elections in calendar year 2020; relating to permanent fund                                                                 
    dividend applications; relating to automatic voter registration;                                                            
    relating to tax filings, payments, and penalties; relating to                                                               
    shareholder meetings; relating to the teachers' retirement system                                                           
    and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska;                                                                      
    providing for electronic and videoconference notification,                                                                  
    verification, and acknowledgment of documents; and providing                                                                
    for an effective date."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
namely:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
           HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 241(RLS) am H                                                                   
    "An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of                                                             
    a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel                                                                 

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    coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; relating to the                                                                    
    COVID-19 outbreak; relating to a financing plan; relating to                                                                
    standing orders of the chief medical officer; relating to                                                                   
    occupational and professional licensing; relating to telemedicine                                                           
    and telehealth; relating to fingerprinting requirements; relating to                                                        
    elections in calendar year 2020; relating to permanent fund                                                                 
    dividend applications; relating to automatic voter registration;                                                            
    relating to tax filings, payments, and penalties; relating to                                                               
    shareholder meetings; relating to corporations; relating to                                                                 
    municipal government deadlines; relating to the Alaska regional                                                             
    economic assistance program; establishing a conclusive                                                                      
    presumption that COVID-19 is an occupational disease for                                                                    
    firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, peace                                                              
    officers, and health care providers; relating to allowable absences                                                         
    for the permanent fund dividend; relating to the Department of                                                              
    Health and Social Services; relating to retail sellers; tolling                                                             
    deadlines for action by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;                                                                
    relating to disconnection of utility service for nonpayment;                                                                
    relating to power cost equalization; relating to regulatory assets of                                                       
    a utility; relating to evictions; and providing for an effective date."                                                     
                                                                                                                                
    (HCR 20 - title change resolution)                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and respectfully requests the House to recede from its amendment.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
In the event the House fails to recede, the President appointed the                                                             
following members to a Free Conference Committee (the Senate                                                                    
waived Uniform Rule 42(a)) to meet with a like committee from the                                                               
House to consider the bills:                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
 Senator Coghill, Chair                                                                                                         
 Senator Bishop                                                                                                                 
 Senator Begich