Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2024-04-09 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2118 HB 268 The following, which was held from the April 8 calendar (page 2106), was before the House in second reading: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2119 program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making 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." Representative C. Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that a deadline of noon, today be set for amendments to CSHB 268(FIN), in accordance with a memorandum dated April 5 by Speaker Tilton to members. Representative Eastman objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Cronk and Rauscher: Page 78, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: "(l) The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.316 to Arctic Winter Games Team Alaska for Arctic Winter Games events for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025." Representative Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 35 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2120 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Eastman, Prax, Ruffridge And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was not offered. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Story: Page 79, line 23: Delete "$6,640" Insert "$7,373" Representative Story 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 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2121 Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Galvin: Page 79, line 23: Delete "$6,640" Insert "$6,972" Representative Galvin moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Coulombe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representatives Dibert and Ortiz: Page 79, line 23: Delete "$6,640" Insert "$6,840" Representative Dibert moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2122 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Absent: D.Johnson And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Himschoot: Page 79, line 23: Delete "$6,640" Insert "$6,760" Representative Himschoot moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Allard objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2123 Nays: Allard, Baker, 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. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Groh: Page 25, line 9: Delete "53,799,000" Insert "53,928,000" Delete "17,452,600" Insert "17,581,600" Page 25, line 21: Delete "2,553,900" Insert "2,682,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Groh moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Mears, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2124 Allard changed from "YEA" to "NAY" And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 29, line 19: Delete "34,614,100" Insert "37,614,100" Delete "17,817,200" Insert "20,817,200" Page 29, line 23: Delete "30,447,900" Insert "33,447,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Coulombe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2125 Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 29, line 19: Delete "34,614,100" Insert "35,114,100" Delete "17,817,200" Insert "18,317,200" Page 29, line 23: Delete "30,447,900" Insert "30,947,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Mears: 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2126 Page 94, following line 5: Insert a new subsection to read: "(p) The sum of $20,000,000 is appropriated from the receipts of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to the power project fund (AS 42.45.010)." Page 98, line 27: Delete "(m) - (o)" Insert "(m) - (p)" Page 99, line 7: Delete "(f) - (o)" Insert "(f) - (p)" Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Mears: 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2127 Page 94, following line 5: Insert a new subsection to read: "(p) The sum of $3,500,000 is appropriated from the receipts of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to the power project fund (AS 42.45.010)." Page 98, line 27: Delete "(m) - (o)" Insert "(m) - (p)" Page 99, line 7: Delete "(f) - (o)" Insert "(f) - (p)" Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 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, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 11 was not adopted. Amendment No. 12 was not offered. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Carrick: 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2128 Page 37, line 5: Delete "910,143,000" Insert "910,883,000" Delete "645,882,300" Insert "646,622,300" Page 37, line 6: Delete "33,463,000" Insert "34,203,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 79, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(h) The sum of $7,305,900 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to be distributed as grants to school 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2129 districts that are proportional to the amount each school district receives from the state to operate the student transportation system under AS 14.09.010." Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 14 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 14 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 14 was not adopted. Amendment No. 15 was offered by Representative Hannan: Page 74, line 19: Delete "$1,100,000,000" Insert "$914,315,800" Page 74, line 22: Delete "$2,557,263,378" Insert "$2,742,947,578" Representative Hannan moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 15 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. 2024-04-09 House Journal Page 2130 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 15 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Hannan, Himschoot, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Sumner Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Gray, Groh, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Josephson changed from "YEA" to "NAY" Stutes changed from "YEA" to "NAY" And so, Amendment No. 15 was not adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to a Call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 12:50 p.m.