05/01/1998 01:20 PM House JUD

SB 244 - POLYGRAPHS FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS                                  
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN GREEN announced the final item of business would be SB
, "An Act relating to polygraph or other lie-detecting testing              
for certain correctional officers."                                            
                                                                               
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CRAIG JOHNSON, Legislative Administrative Assistant to Senator                 
Jerry Ward, Alaska State Legislature, came forward on behalf of the            
sponsor to present the bill.                                                   
                                                                               
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES announced, as chair of the House State Affairs            
Standing Committee, that she had heard SB 244 and would be                     
perfectly happy to move it.                                                    
                                                                               
MR. JOHNSON explained that the bill adds correctional officers to              
the group of people that can take a lie-detector test for pre-                 
employment screening; right now, only policemen and transportation             
officers can do that.  It has been endorsed by the Alaska Peace                
Officers Association, and he knows of no opposition.                           
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN GREEN said it seems like a good idea.                                 
                                                                               
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REPRESENTATIVE ROKEBERG made a motion to move SB 244 with                      
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s), if any.                
                                                                               
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER commented that as a police officer who was               
required to take polygraph tests, he thinks it is only fair that               
correctional officers, who are now in the Alaska Police Standards              
Council, will do the same thing.                                               
                                                                               
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CHAIRMAN GREEN asked whether there was any objection.  There being             
none, SB 244 moved from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.