Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-05-11 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1036 HB 2 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 2 "An Act relating to contracts with public agencies; and relating to the State of Israel." with the: Journal Page STA RPT CS(STA) 4DP 1DNP 1NR 400 FN1: ZERO(ADM) 400 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(STA) (same title) Representative Eastman objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, CSHB 2(STA) was adopted. 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1037 Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 13, following the second occurrence of "business,": Insert "a boycott or divestment campaign," Page 2, line 16, following "boycott": Insert "or divestment campaign" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Vance objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 39 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 15, following "Israel": Insert "or in a territory under control of the Israeli government" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Vance objected. 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1038 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 39 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 1, following the second occurrence of "to" (title amendment): Insert "Taiwan and" Page 1, line 5, following "the": Insert "Taiwan and" Page 1, line 7, following "against": Insert "Taiwan and" Page 1, line 14, following the first occurrence of "with": Insert "Taiwan or" Page 1, line 15, following the first occurrence of "with": Insert "Taiwan or" Page 2, line 1, following "by": Insert "Taiwan or" Page 2, line 4, following "with": Insert "Taiwan or" 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1039 Page 2, line 16, following the second occurrence of "of": Insert "Taiwan or" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, Himschoot, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Foster, Groh, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Fields changed from "NAY" to "YEA" And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 2, lines 15 - 17: Delete all material. Reletter the following subsections accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Vance objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1040 CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Groh, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Patkotak, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 3, line 17: Insert a new subsection to read: "*Sec. 6. The Alaska Legislature recognizes Israel's fundamental right to exist as a democratic country with freedom of speech and an independent judiciary." Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 1, line 3 of the amendment: Delete "exist as a democratic country with freedom of speech and an independent judiciary." Insert "exist." Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1041 Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 3, line 17: Insert a new bill section to read: "*Sec. 6. No state agency may sign a contract for products or services with a company that does business with Russia. This provision ceases to take effect when Russia has withdrawn from Ukraine." Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative C. Johnson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 2(STA) Second Reading Amendment No. 6 2023-05-11 House Journal Page 1042 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 2(STA) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 2(STA) will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.