Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2021-05-01 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0828 HB 69 The following was before the House in second reading with Amendment No. 69 as amended moved and pending: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and reappropriations; making appropriations 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 Nos. 2 and 3 to Amendment No. 69 were not offered. Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 69 as amended. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment Nos. 71, 24, and 25 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 26 was offered by Representative Vance: 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0829 Page 18, line 16: Delete "273,378,200" Insert "273,126,100" Delete "109,800,700" Insert "109,674,700" Delete "163,577,500" Insert "163,451,400" Page 18, line 28: Delete "53,354,500" Insert "53,102,400" Page 43, line 17: Delete "2,070,413,100" Insert "2,070,287,000" Page 43, line 18: Delete "748,056,400" Insert "747,930,400" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Vance moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 26 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 26 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 26 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0830 Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 26 was adopted. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 72, line 14, following "settlements": Insert "in the following amounts" Page 72, line 15: Delete "." Insert ": CASE AMOUNT Alaskans for Better Elections v. Meyer $ 47,198 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. v. SOA 32,217 ConocoPhillips et al. vs. SOA, DNR (consolidated), 55,033 ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips et al. vs. SOA, DNR (consolidated), 34,197 Anadarko Petroleum Recall Dunleavy v. SOA, DOE 197,659 Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share v. Meyer 78,130 Meyer v. Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share 45,779 The Alaska Landmine LLC et al. v. Dunleavy et al 65,776 Komet Being et al. v. Adam Crum et al., 180,076 Doe v. SOA; Disability Law Center of Alaska v. SOA, 75,720 DHSS Meyer v. Alaskans for Better Elections 48,048 Meyer v. Alaskans for Better Elections 53 Prins v. SOA, DHSS-DJJ 500,000" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0831 CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 14 was not offered. Amendment No. 15 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 27, following line 13: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Natural Resources sell gravel or fill extracted from state land at cost to any federal, state, or local agency or public corporation working on a public project not competing with private industry." Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 15 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 15 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0832 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 15 was adopted. Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 14, line 7: Delete "52,154,300" Insert "51,504,300" Delete "50,331,600" Insert "49,681,600" Page 14, line 8: Delete "46,286,800" Insert "45,636,800" Page 43, line 2: Delete "35,013,600" Insert "34,363,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. Representative Ortiz objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 16 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0833 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 16 was not adopted. Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 85, line 5, following "(a)": Insert "It is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Marine Highway System develop schedules that increase services and decrease costs, to the maximum extent possible considering the various collective bargaining agreements, by contracting with smaller and less expensive private ferry companies. (b)" Reletter the following subsections accordingly. Page 106, line 8: Delete "42(a)" Insert "42(b)" Page 106, line 21: Delete "42(c), (e), (g), (i), and (k)" Insert "42(d), (f), (h), (j), and (l)" Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative Hopkins objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0834 CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 17 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Absent: Rasmussen And so, Amendment No. 17 was not adopted. Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent to take up Amendment No. 69 as amended from the table. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 12: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The appropriations in sec. 33 to the permanent fund from the general fund to satisfy deposits described under AS 37.13.010(a)(2) during fiscal years prior to July 1, 2020, are contingent on the passage and enactment into law of appropriations to the general fund from the budget reserve fund of appropriations in the same amount." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0835 CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 16 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Absent: Edgmon, Fields, Spohnholz, Tarr And so, Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 was adopted. Representative Rasmussen moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 Rescind action YEAS: 22 NAYS: 18 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance And so, the motion passed. 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0836 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 69 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 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 to Amendment No. 69 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 69 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 69 as amended YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 69 as amended was not adopted. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to take up Amendment No. 71. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 71 was offered by Representative Eastman: 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0837 Page 79, following line 10: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) An amount equal to the interest earned on the difference between the amounts calculated under AS 37.13.145(b) and the amounts appropriated to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, June 30, 2018, June 30, 2019, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, estimated to be $1,358,000,000, 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, estimated to be $2,108 a person, and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 106, line 8: Delete the first occurrence of "and (d)" Insert "(d), and (e)" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 71 be adopted. Representative Rasmussen objected. Representative McCabe rose to a point of order, citing section 111 of Mason's Manual, regarding using the executive to influence the vote. The Speaker stated the point was well taken. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 71 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 71 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0838 Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 71 was not adopted. Amendment No. 18 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 106, following line 16: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 58. CONTINGENCY. The appropriations made to the legislature in sec. 1 of this Act are contingent on the capitol building being open to members of the public, as traditionally allowed, on or before May 19, 2021." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 106, line 22: Delete "secs. 58 - 60" Insert "secs. 59 - 61" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 18 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 18 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 18 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance 2021-05-01 House Journal Page 0839 Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 18 was adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 8:00 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 7:42 p.m.