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2022-04-14 House Journal

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HB 149                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 149                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to allowing certain child day care providers to                                                            
    organize for the purpose of collective bargaining."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
with the:                                                   Journal Page                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 L&C RPT 3DP 3DNP 1NR 776                                                                                                       
 FN1: (LWF) 776                                                                                                                 
 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 3DP 5NR 2185                                                                                         
 FN2: (LWF) 2185                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         

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    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 149(FIN)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to allowing certain child day care providers to                                                            
    organize for the purpose of collective bargaining; and establishing                                                         
    the child day care provider fund."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tilton objected and withdrew the objection.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 149(FIN) be adopted in lieu of the                                                             
original bill?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 149                                                                                                                          
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Adopt Finance CS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  29   NAYS:  3   EXCUSED:  8   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman,                                                                          
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCarty, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Schrage,                                                                
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool,                                                              
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Eastman, Kurka, Prax                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cronk, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                  
Shaw, Thompson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 149(FIN) was adopted.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Tarr and Fields:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 9, lines 10 - 12:                                                                                                          
    Delete all material and insert:                                                                                             
         "(b)  For a year in which an agreement applicable to child day                                                         
    care providers has not been entered into under AS 23.40.070 -                                                               
    23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act), the Department of                                                              
    Family and Community Services shall convene a child care                                                                    
    stakeholder group to recommend disbursements from the child                                                                 
    day care provider fund. The department shall appoint to the                                                                 
    stakeholder group members including child care providers, parents                                                           
    or guardians receiving state child care assistance, parents or                                                              

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    guardians providing in-home child care, early education                                                                     
    specialists, and parents or guardians from families that speak                                                              
    English as a second language. The stakeholder group must include                                                            
    members representing communities from across the state, and                                                                 
    membership must be evenly distributed between communities that                                                              
    are connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks and those                                                           
    that are not.                                                                                                               
         (c)  The legislature may annually appropriate money from the                                                           
    fund to implement                                                                                                           
             (1)  the monetary terms of an agreement applicable to                                                              
    child day care providers entered into under AS 23.40.070 -                                                                  
    23.40.260; or                                                                                                               
             (2)  disbursement recommendations made by a                                                                        
    stakeholder group convened under (b) of this section."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Reletter the following subsection accordingly.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tarr moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 149(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  22   NAYS:  10   EXCUSED:  8   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, McCarty, Merrick, Nelson,                                                                   
Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool,                                                             
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka,                                                                    
LeBon, Prax, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cronk, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                  
Shaw, Thompson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                                                                            

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Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 4, line 23:                                                                                                                
    Delete "or child day care provider"                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 5:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 7. AS 23.40.110 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                              
read:                                                                                                                           
         (d)  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a child day care                                                             
    provider may not condition employment on membership in an                                                                   
    organization that represents child day care providers."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 21, through page 6, line 15:                                                                                       
    Delete all material.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman 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 149(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  11   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  8   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka,                                                                    
LeBon, McCarty, Prax, Tilton, Vance                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Snyder,                                                             
Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cronk, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                  
Shaw, Thompson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Schrage                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 2, following "bargaining;" (title amendment):                                                                    
    Insert "relating to employment of children;"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 3:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Section 1. AS 23.10.330(a) is amended to read:                                                                             
         (a)  AS 23.10.325 - 23.10.370 do not prohibit employment of                                                            
    a child under the direct supervision of a parent in a business                                                              
    owned and operated by the parent, voluntary employment of a                                                             
    child as a child care provider, or the work of a child on a boat                                                        
    owned and operated by the parent of the child."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4:                                                                                                                 
    Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                        
    Insert "Sec. 2"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 149(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  10   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  8   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon,                                                                        
McCarty, Prax, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz,                                                             
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

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Excused:  Cronk, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                  
Shaw, Thompson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Schrage                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
CSHB 149(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third                                                                     
reading, and placed on final passage.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 149(FIN) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's                                                                    
calendar.