Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-04-04 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0587 HB 39 The following was before the House in second reading: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0588 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; repealing appropriations; amending appropriations; making reappropriations; making supplemental appropriations; 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 No. 36 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 17, line 10, following "Health": Insert ", except that no transfer may be made into the Medicaid Services for or relating to Abortion appropriation" Page 20, line 9: Delete "Medicaid Services" Insert "Medicaid Services Except Services for or relating to Abortion" Delete "2,400,471,700" Insert "2,399,471,700" Delete "610,544,200" Insert "609,544,200" Page 20, line 16: Delete "2,373,467,200" Insert "2,372,467,200" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 20, following line 18: Insert new material to read: "Medicaid Services for or relating to Abortion 0 0 0" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0589 Representative McCormick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 36 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 36/Table YEAS: 23 NAYS: 17 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rauscher, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 36 was tabled. Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representatives McCabe and D. Johnson: Page 4, line 19: Delete "12,371,000" Insert "12,621,000" Delete "6,496,700" Insert "6,746,700" Page 4, line 20: Delete "10,203,600" Insert "10,453,600" Page 4, following line 21: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that, of the appropriation made to Community and Regional Affairs, $125,000 be appropriated to Palmer Emergency Food and Services Inc. (HD 25) as a grant under 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0590 AS 37.05.316 and $125,000 be appropriated to the Matsu Food Bank (HD 26-30) as a grant under AS 37.05.316." Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 37 be adopted. There was objection. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representative Hannan: Page 1, line 3: Delete "12,621,000" Insert "14,121,000" Page 1, line 5: Delete "6,746,700" Insert "8,246,700" Page 1, line 9: Delete "10,453,600" Insert "11,953,600" Page 1, line 16 following "AS 37.05.316": Insert "and $1,500,000 be appropriated to the Food Bank of Alaska, Inc. (HD 1-40) as a grant under AS 37.05.316" Representative Hannan moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0591 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 25 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 37 was adopted. Amendment No. 38 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 94, line 4: Delete "$7,500,000" Insert "$20,000,000" Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 38 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 38 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0592 CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 38 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 38 was not adopted. Amendment No. 39 was not offered. Amendment No. 40 was offered by Representative Cronk: Page 4, line 28: Delete "18,367,700" Insert "18,527,700" Delete "17,287,300" Insert "17,447,300" Page 4, line 32: Delete "18,367,700" Insert "18,527,700" Page 38, line 23: Delete "11,075,600" Insert "11,235,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 40 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0593 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 40 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 40 YEAS: 34 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, Groh, Hannan, Mears, Mina, Schrage And so, Amendment No. 40 was adopted. Amendment No. 41 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 3, lines 21 - 23: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 41 be adopted. Representative Story objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 41 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 41 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, 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 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0594 Absent: Carpenter And so, Amendment No. 41 was not adopted. Amendment No. 42 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 8, lines 26 - 32: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 42 be adopted. Representative Edgmon objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 42 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 42 YEAS: 0 NAYS: 40 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, 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. 42 was not adopted. Amendment No. 43 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 11, lines 21 - 26: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 43 be adopted. Representative Saddler objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0595 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 43. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 44 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 13, lines 4 - 6: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 44 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 44 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 44 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 35 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Sumner, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Allard, Armstrong, 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, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 44 was not adopted. Amendment Nos. 45, 46, and 47 were not offered. Amendment No. 48 was offered by Representative Prax: Page 91, line 12: Delete "$28,350,000" Insert "$55,700,000" 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0596 Representative Prax moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 48 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. Representative Galvin moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and she was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 48 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 48 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Josephson, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 48 was not adopted. Amendment No. 49 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 89, lines 18 - 21: Delete all material. Reletter the following subsections accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 49 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0597 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 49 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 49 YEAS: 4 NAYS: 36 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Vance 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, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 49 was not adopted. Amendment No. 50 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 86, line 14, following "purpose;": Insert "and" Page 86, line 19: Delete "; and" Insert "." Page 86, lines 20 - 23: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 50 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 50 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 50 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0598 YEAS: 2 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Tomaszewski 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, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 50 was not adopted. Amendment No. 51 was offered by Representatives Patkotak, Dibert, and Himschoot: Page 91, line 18: Delete "$30,000,000" Insert "$29,999,999" Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 51 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 51 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 51 YEAS: 28 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Eastman, D.Johnson, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 51 was adopted. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0599 Amendment No. 52 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 37, line 4: Delete "30,371,300" Insert "30,287,300" Delete "30,351,300" Insert "30,267,300" Page 37, line 5: Delete "6,579,700" Insert "6,495,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 37, following line 6: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the State Officers Compensation Commission submit a report to the co-chairs of the finance committee of each house of the legislature and the legislative finance division within the first 10 days of the Second Regular Session of the Thirty- Third Alaska State Legislature, evaluating the feasibility of matching the salary of legislators to the average salary of public school teachers in the state." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 52 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Sumner moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 52. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 52 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 52/Table 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0600 YEAS: 30 NAYS: 9 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, Groh, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Eastman, Galvin, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Prax, Stapp Absent: Coulombe And so, Amendment No. 52 was tabled. Amendment No. 53 was not offered. Amendment No. 54 was offered by Representative Allard: Page 22, line 26: Delete "46,476,500" Insert "46,512,400" Delete "41,069,100" Insert "41,105,000" Page 23, line 3: Delete "4,405,700" Insert "4,441,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 54 be adopted. Representative Stutes objected and withdrew the objection. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 54 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 54 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0601 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 54 was not adopted. Representative Armstrong moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4 (page 548). There was objection. Representative Schrage placed a call of the House. The Speaker stated that the call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so the motion failed. Amendment No. 55 was offered by Representative Allard: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0602 Page 4, line 19: Delete "12,371,000" Insert "10,203,600" Delete "6,496,700" Insert "4,329,300" Page 4, line 22: Delete all material. Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 55 be adopted. Representative Mina objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 55 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 55 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 55 was not adopted. Amendment No. 56 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 35, following line 4: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that state funds appropriated to the University of Alaska not be used to enforce a regulation or policy of the statewide university system that denies or infringes on the 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0603 individual right to keep and bear arms under art. I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of Alaska." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 56 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 56. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 56 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 56/Table YEAS: 24 NAYS: 16 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance And so, Amendment No. 56 was tabled. Amendment No. 57 was offered by Representative Tomaszewski: Page 69, following line 5: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The sum of $1,982,070 is appropriated from the general fund to the clean air protection fund (AS 46.14.260)." Page 99, line 23: Delete "and 16" Insert "16, and 18(d)" 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0604 Page 99, line 24: Delete "and 16" Insert "16, and 18(d)" Page 99, line 25: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Page 99, line 26: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Page 100, line 1, following "16,": Insert "18(d)," Page 100, line 3: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Representative Tomaszewski moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 57 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 57 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 57 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: 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, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, Ruffridge, Sumner 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0605 And so, Amendment No. 57 was adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 6:30 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 5:17 p.m.