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2024-05-01 Senate Journal

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HB 268                                                                                                                        
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN) "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                                                                       
supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; and providing for                                                             
an effective date" which had been held in third reading (page 2376)                                                             
was before the Senate.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower moved the bill be returned to second reading for all                                                             
amendments offered today. Without objection, the bill was returned to                                                           
second reading.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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"If the legislature establishes a joint legislative seafood industry task                                                       
force, it is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Seafood                                                              
Marketing Institute (ASMI) provide to the task force, on January 1 and                                                          
July 1 of each year, a report on the progress of ASMI's domestic                                                                
marketing endeavors."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator                                                               
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Gray-Jackson, Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                      
Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin,                                                              
Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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and so, Amendment No. 1 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes offered Amendment No. 2 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.                                                                       
Objections were heard.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 2 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Myers offered Amendment No. 3 :                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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"It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Natural                                                             
Resources establish marked access and signage along the easements to                                                            
Campbell Lake."                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Myers moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Senator                                                                
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Gray-Jackson, Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                      
Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin,                                                              
Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 3 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was not offered at this time.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes offered Amendment No. 5 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 5.                                                                       
Objections were heard.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 5 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Myers offered Amendment No. 6 :                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Myers moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 6. Senator                                                                
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 6?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 6 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower offered Amendment No. 7 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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      "(j)  After the appropriations made in secs. 59(c) - (e), ch. 1,                                                          
FSSLA 2023, and sec. 20(b) of this Act, the unexpended and                                                                      
unobligated balance of any appropriation enacted to finance the                                                                 
payment of employee salaries and benefits that is determined to be                                                              
available for lapse at the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024,                                                         
not to exceed $45,000,000, is appropriated to the Department of                                                                 
Education and Early Development to be distributed as grants to school                                                           
districts according to the average daily membership for each district                                                           
adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D) for the fiscal year ending                                                           
June 30, 2025."                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Shower moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 7. Senator                                                               
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 7?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 7 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Hughes offered Amendment No. 8 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 8. Senator                                                               
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 8?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  5   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Hughes, Myers, Shower, Wilson                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman,                                                                  
Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin,                                                              
Wielechowski                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 8 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Myers offered Amendment No. 9 :                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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      "It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Education                                                     
and Early Development shall establish a charter school coordinator                                                              
position to support parents and educators with charter school                                                                   
applications. The Department of Education and Early Development                                                                 
shall also facilitate the development of charter school development                                                             
grants and charter school facility rental support grants."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Myers moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 9. Senator                                                                
Stedman objected.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 9?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 9 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Shower offered Amendment No. 10 :                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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"A school district that receives a broadband assistance grant shall use                                                         
price as the primary factor to select the most cost-effective eligible                                                          
Internet services."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 10.                                                                      
Senator Stedman objected.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll                                                               
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 10?                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                 
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman,                                                                     
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 10 failed.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hughes offered Amendment No. 11 :                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Hughes moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 11.                                                                      
Senator Stedman objected.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll                                                               
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 268(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 11?                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  6   NAYS:  14   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Hughes, Kaufman, Myers, Shower, Wilson                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman,                                                                  
Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin,                                                                       
Wielechowski                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 11 failed.