Legislature(2021 - 2022)SENATE FINANCE 532
09/13/2021 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| SB53 | |
| Adjourn |
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+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 53 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB3003 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
September 13, 2021
9:02 a.m.
9:02:13 AM
CALL TO ORDER
Co-Chair Bishop called the Senate Finance Committee meeting
to order at 9:02 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Click Bishop, Co-Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Co-Chair
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator David Wilson
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator Donny Olson
PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
Barbara Tyndall, Self, North Pole; Michael Kramer, Self,
Pleasant Valley; Melissa Gudobba, Self, Wasilla; Antonia
Hagen, Self, Chugiak; Lynn Willis, Self, Eagle River;
Debbie Rathbun, Self, Fairbanks; Olivia Fellers, Self,
Wasilla; John Rathbun, none, Fairbanks.
SUMMARY
SB 53 PERM FUND; ADVISORY VOTE
SB 53 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
CSHB 3003(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld)
APPROP: OPERATING; PERM FUND; EDUCATION
CSHB 3003(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
Co-Chair Bishop discussed the agenda.
SENATE BILL NO. 53
"An Act relating to use of income of the Alaska
permanent fund; relating to the amount of the
permanent fund dividend; relating to the duties of the
commissioner of revenue; relating to an advisory vote
on the permanent fund; providing for an effective date
by repealing the effective date of sec. 8, ch. 16, SLA
2018; and providing for an effective date."
9:02:59 AM
Co-Chair Bishop relayed that the committee was hearing SB
53 for the third time. He discussed the process for giving
public testimony. He asked members of the public to
maintain respectful public decorum.
9:04:10 AM
Co-Chair Bishop OPENED public testimony.
9:04:31 AM
BARBARA TYNDALL, SELF, NORTH POLE (via teleconference),
expressed her support of a full Permanent Fund Dividend
(PFD). She thought the legislature owed the people for
previous dividends that were not paid according to the
statutory calculation. She believed it was time for the
legislature to follow the statutory PFD calculation.
9:05:51 AM
RECESSED
9:19:57 AM
RECONVENED
MICHAEL KRAMER, SELF, PLEASANT VALLEY (via teleconference),
spoke in opposition to the bill. He discussed his personal
income and the importance of the PFD. He supported the
statutory formula for PFD calculation. He was concerned
with honesty of politicians.
9:21:30 AM
MELISSA GUDOBBA, SELF, WASILLA (via teleconference), spoke
in opposition to the bill. She supported a full statutory
PFD. She had concerns about security and the future. She
mentioned vaccination mandates in the workplace and had
concerns about job loss because of vaccine mandates. She
mentioned Nazi Germany and science.
9:23:42 AM
RECESSED
9:35:25 AM
RECONVENED
ANTONIA HAGEN, SELF, CHUGIAK (via teleconference),
testified in opposition to the bill. She supported a full
statutory PFD. She supported a back payment of PFD's. She
expressed support for the governor. She expressed the
intention to run as a write-in candidate for governor.
9:37:24 AM
LYNN WILLIS, SELF, EAGLE RIVER (via teleconference), spoke
in opposition to the bill. He thought the ballot language
for an advisory vote was very important. He supported
holding PFDs for children in trust. He supported a full
statutory PFD.
9:38:30 AM
DEBBIE RATHBUN, SELF, FAIRBANKS (via teleconference),
testified in opposition to the bill. She supported a full
statutory PFD. She discussed her family's employment
situation and mentioned recent layoffs due to COVID-19.
9:39:20 AM
OLIVIA FELLERS, SELF, WASILLA (via teleconference), spoke
in opposition to the bill. She discussed the importance of
the PFD to seniors. She discussed seniors living on very
limited fixed incomes. She suggested there should have been
a vote by the people before any change to the PFD
calculation. She supported a full statutory PFD.
9:40:51 AM
JOHN RATHBUN, NONE, FAIRBANKS (via teleconference), spoke
in opposition to the bill. He supported a full statutory
PFD. He believed a smaller PFD was a regressive tax. He
believed the legislature was breaking the law by not
providing a full PFD.
9:42:25 AM
Co-Chair Bishop CLOSED public testimony.
9:42:29 AM
AT EASE
9:42:37 AM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair Bishop stated the committee would recess to the
call of the chair.
9:42:43 AM
RECESSED
SB 53 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
[The meeting was adjourned at 12:59 p.m.]
ADJOURNMENT
12:59:59 PM
The meeting was adjourned at 12:59 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 53 Public Testimony Packet 1.pdf |
SFIN 9/13/2021 9:00:00 AM |
SB 53 |