2019-05-14                     Senate Journal                      Page 1165
                        House Bills in Second Reading                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 49                                                                                                                         
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 49(FIN) am S "An                                                                            
Act relating to criminal law and procedure; relating to marriage as a                                                           
defense to certain crimes of sexual assault; establishing the crime of                                                          
possession of motor vehicle theft tools; relating to controlled                                                                 
substances; relating to electronic monitoring; relating to probation and                                                        
parole; relating to sentencing; amending the definitions of 'most                                                               
serious felony,' 'sex offense,' and 'sex offender'; relating to registration                                                    
of sex offenders; relating to the automated victim notification system;                                                         
relating to reporting child abuse or neglect; relating to Alaska Native                                                         
organizations; relating to the village public safety officer program;                                                           
relating to cancellation of a driver's license; relating to driving while                                                       
license canceled; relating to operating under the influence; relating to                                                        
restoration of a driver's license; relating to refusal to submit to a                                                           
chemical test; relating to the use of headlights; relating to the powers                                                        
and duties of the commissioner of corrections; relating to pretrial                                                             
services; relating to the duties of a prosecuting attorney; relating to                                                         
testing of sexual assault examination kits; relating to reports of                                                              
involuntary commitment; amending Rules 6(r)(6), 38.2, and 45(d),                                                                
Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and providing for an effective                                                              
date" which had been returned to and held in second reading (page                                                               
1155) was before the Senate.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl offered Amendment No. 7 :                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 67, line 20, through page 68, line 10:                                                                                     
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
"* Sec. 104. AS 33.05.020(h) is amended to read:                                                                              
          (h)  The commissioner shall establish by regulation a program                                                         
     allowing probationers to earn credits for complying with the                                                               
     conditions of probation. The credits earned reduce the period of                                                           
     probation. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the department                                                             
     from recommending to the court the early discharge of the                                                                  
     probationer as provided in AS 33.30. At a minimum, the                                                                     
     regulations must                                                                                                           
              (1)  require that a probationer earn a credit of 10 [30]                                                      
     days for each 30-day period served in which the defendant                                                                  
     complied with the conditions of probation;