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2021-08-30 House Journal

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2021-08-30                     House Journal                      Page 1453
HB 3003                                                                                                                       
The following was before the House in second reading:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3003(FIN) am                                                                                         
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan                                                                   
     program expenses of state government and for certain programs;                                                             
     capitalizing funds; making capital appropriations and                                                                      
     supplemental appropriations; making an appropriation under art.                                                            
     IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the                                                              
     constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective                                                         
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 15 was offered  by Representative Rauscher:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 5 - 7 (title amendment):                                                                                          
     Delete "making an appropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c),                                                               
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget                                                           
reserve fund;"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 10 - 11:                                                                                                          
     Delete "budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the                                                         
State of Alaska)"                                                                                                               
     Insert "earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145)"                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 12 - 14:                                                                                                          
     Delete all material.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 15 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wool objected.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 15                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka, McCabe,                                                              
McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                    
Shaw, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick,                                                                    
Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson,                                                               
Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 15 was not adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 16 was offered  by Representative Rauscher:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 5 - 7 (title amendment):                                                                                          
     Delete "making an appropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c),                                                               
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget                                                           
reserve fund;"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 10 - 11:                                                                                                          
           Delete "(art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska)"                                                    
     Insert "(AS 37.05.540(a))"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 12 - 14:                                                                                                          
     Delete all material.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 16 be adopted.                                                                                                    

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Representative Wool objected.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 16 was not offered.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 16 was offered  by                                                                              
Representative McCarty:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7:                                                                                                                 
     Delete "(AS 37.05.540 (a)):                                                                                                
     Insert "$30,000,000 from (AS 37.05.540(a)) Statutory Budget                                                                
     Reserve and $30,000,000 from Earnings Reserve Account to a                                                                 
     combined total of $60,000,000"                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCarty moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 16 be adopted.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Claman objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCarty moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                     
withdraw Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 16.  There being no                                                                   
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                    
withdraw Amendment No. 16. There being no objection, it was so                                                                  
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 17 was not offered.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 18 was offered  by Representative Tarr:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 1, following "FUND.":                                                                                              
     Insert "(a)"                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 6:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                           
     "(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that an appropriation of                                                         
$1,526,109,508 for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for                                                              
administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30,                                                         
2022, is contingent on passage of the following measures by the                                                                 
Thirty-Second Alaska State Legislature:                                                                                         

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           (1)  House Bill 3006 or a similar broad-based revenue                                                                
measure;                                                                                                                        
           (2)  a constitutional amendment that                                                                                 
                (A)  establishes a spending limit;                                                                              
                (B)  guarantees an annual permanent fund dividend;                                                              
                (C)  limits the amount available for appropriation from                                                         
     the permanent fund to the general fund to not more than five                                                               
     percent of the average fiscal-year-end market value of the                                                                 
     permanent fund for the first five of the preceding six fiscal years,                                                       
     including the fiscal year just ended; and                                                                                  
                (D)  requires use of a percent-of-market-value method to                                                        
             calculate the amount of the annual permanent fund dividend."                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 15:                                                                                                                
     Delete "secs. 4 and 5"                                                                                                     
     Insert "secs. 4(a) and 5"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tarr moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 18 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 18 was offered  by                                                                              
Representatives Tarr, Rasmussen, McCabe, Patkotak, and Johnson:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 1-23:                                                                                                             
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
           "Page 5, lines 1-6:                                                                                                  
                Delete all material and insert:                                                                                 
           "* Sec 4. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. The amount                                                                        
           authorized under AS 37.13.145(b) for transfer by the Alaska                                                          
           Permanent Fund corporation on June 30, 2021, estimated to                                                            
           be $1,526,109,508, is appropriated from the earnings reserve                                                         
           account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045                                                            
           (a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for                                                             
           administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending                                                       
           June 30, 2022.""                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 18 be adopted.                                                                                 

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Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                      
withdraw Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 18. There being no                                                                    
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 18 was offered  by                                                                              
Representatives Tarr, Rasmussen, McCabe, and Patkotak:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 1-23:                                                                                                             
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
           "Page 5, lines 1-6:                                                                                                  
                Delete all material and insert:                                                                                 
           "* Sec 4. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. The sum of                                                                        
           $1,526,109,508 is appropriated from the earnings reserve                                                             
           account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045                                                            
           (a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for                                                             
           administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending                                                       
           June 30, 2022.""                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 18 be adopted.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Spohnholz objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 18                                                                 
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 18                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka, McCabe,                                                              
McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                    
Shaw, Tarr, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick,                                                                    
Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Thompson, Tuck,                                                               
Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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And so, Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 18 was not adopted.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 18 be adopted?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 18                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  26   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Gillham, Johnson, McCabe, McCarty,                                                                     
McKay, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Shaw, Snyder, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                       
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka,                                                                     
LeBon, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Schrage, Spohnholz,                                                              
Story, Stutes, Tilton, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 18 was not adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 18.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House rescind previous action in                                                                
failing to adopt Amendment No. 18?"  The roll was taken with the                                                                
following result:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 18                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  31   NAYS:  9   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Eastman, Gillham,                                                                    
Hopkins, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay,                                                                       
Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw,                                                              
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck,                                                                 
Vance, Zulkosky                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                               
LeBon, Schrage, Wool                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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Eastman changed from "NAY" to "YEA"                                                                                             
Hannan changed from "YEA" to "NAY"                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
And so, the motion passed.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 18 be adopted?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 18                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  7   NAYS:  33   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Cronk, Gillham, Patkotak, Snyder, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields,                                                                    
Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman,                                                                           
Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick,                                                                  
Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Spohnholz,                                                             
Story, Stutes, Tilton, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 18 was not adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 19 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 17:                                                                                                      
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 9. CONTINGENCY. The appropriation made to the                                                                         
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                    
community and regional affairs, in sec. 1 of this Act is contingent on                                                          
the passage by the Thirty-Second Alaska State Legislature and                                                                   
enactment into law of a bill increasing the security of statewide                                                               
elections."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 19 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                     
withdraw Amendment No. 19.  There being no objection, it was so                                                                 
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 20 was not offered.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Spohnholz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 4                                                                   
(page 1446).                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House rescind previous action in                                                                
adopting Amendment No. 4?"  The roll was taken with the following                                                               
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Rescind Previous Action in adopting Amendment No. 4                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  25   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick,                                                                    
Nelson, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes,                                                            
Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka,                                                                      
McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton,                                                                 
Vance                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
And so, the motion passed.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman,                                                                    
Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax,                                                                   
Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen,                                                                  
Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool,                                                                    
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
3003(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                            
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's                                                                   
calendar.