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HB 306                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 306                                                                                                          
    "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Pharmacy;                                                            
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
with the:                                                   Journal Page                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 L&C RPT 4DP 3NR 1972                                                                                                           
 FN1: (CED) 1972                                                                                                                
 FIN RPT 3DP 6NR 2262                                                                                                           
 FN1: (CED) 2262                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "Pharmacy;" (title amendment):                                                                      
    Insert "relating to disciplinary sanctions by the Board of                                                                
Pharmacy;"                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 5:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 2. AS 08.80.261 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                              
read:                                                                                                                           
         (c)  The board may not deny a license to an applicant or                                                               

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    impose disciplinary sanctions against a pharmacist for making a                                                             
    political statement, including criticism of a governmental agency                                                           
    or information disseminated by a governmental agency."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Story objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 306                                                                                                                          
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  19   EXCUSED:  8   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka,                                                                    
LeBon, McCarty, Prax, Tilton, Tuck, Vance                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Snyder,                                                             
Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cronk, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                  
Shaw, Thompson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Schrage                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
HB 306 be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                                  
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 306 will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.