Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2022-05-11 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2022-05-11 House Journal Page 2860 HB 226 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 226 "An Act relating to the compensation of certain public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements; increasing the salaries of certain attorneys employed by the state; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page STA RPT CS(STA) NEW TITLE 4DP 3AM 2576 FN1: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS) 2576 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 3DP 3NR 2831 FN2: (GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS) 2831 Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 226(FIN) "An Act relating to the compensation of certain employees of the executive branch, judicial branch, and University of Alaska; relating to the compensation of certain employees of the legislative branch; increasing the salaries of certain attorneys and administrative law judges employed by the state; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. **The presence of Representatives Patkotak and Tarr was noted. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Claman and Josephson: Page 3, line 4: Delete "Effective July 1, 2023, the" Insert "The" 2022-05-11 House Journal Page 2861 Page 3, line 31: Delete "Effective July 1, 2023, the" Insert "The" Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. Representative McCabe rose to a point of order regarding confining remarks to the amendment. The Speaker ruled that the member was in order. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 226(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 25 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives LeBon and Josephson: Page 3, lines 5 - 6: Delete "attorneys under AS 39.25.120(c)(3), attorneys" Insert "positions within the Department of Law, the public defender agency, and the office of public advocacy that require admission to the practice of law in this state as a condition of employment, positions" 2022-05-11 House Journal Page 2862 Page 3, line 7, following "Agency": Insert "that require admission to the practice of law in this state as a condition of employment" Representative LeBon moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 226(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 35 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka, LeBon, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Gillham, Johnson, McCabe Absent: Cronk And so, Amendment No. 2 was adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 4, lines 9-14: Delete all material. Renumber following bill sections accordingly. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. 2022-05-11 House Journal Page 2863 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 226(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 3, following line 11: Insert "(n) The employees of the University of Alaska who are not members of a collective bargaining unit are entitled to receive salary increases in accordance with the compensation policy of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska." Page 4, lines 9-14: Delete all material. Renumber the following sections accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2022-05-11 House Journal Page 2864 CSHB 226(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 226(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 226(FIN) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.