Legislature(2017 - 2018)BARNES 124
03/31/2018 01:00 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB262 | |
| HB374 | |
| HB384 | |
| HB401 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 262 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 374 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 384 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 401 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 401-INSURANCE; REINSURANCE;VALUATION; CREDITS
1:38:32 PM
CHAIR KITO announced that the final order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 401, "An Act relating to insurance; relating to
credit for reinsurance; insurance standard valuation; and
providing for an effective date."
1:40:41 PM
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to adopt the CS for HB 401 as a
working document.
CHAIR KITO objected for discussion.
1:40:55 PM
CAITLYN ELLIS, Staff, Representative Sam Kito, Alaska State
Legislature, presented the changes to the proposed bill on
behalf of Representative Kito, prime sponsor. She stated there
were a number of drafting issues that were being resolved. The
summary of changes [included in committee packet], with an
additional table of drafting changes, read as follows:
The CS for HB 401 makes drafting changes in accordance
with the legislative drafting manual. The original
legislation was drafted to repeal and reenact the
credit for reinsurance model act. The CS interlineates
revisions to model law in existing statute. No
substantive changes are made in the revision.
1:42:15 PM
CHAIR KITO commented that the bill was being examined for
drafting changes to conform to legislative drafting manuals. He
stated he would like to continue to move the bill forward as the
changes were being implemented.
1:43:01 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON asked about other committee referrals.
CHAIR KITO said the bill would be going to House Rules
Committee.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON asked whether the intent was to bring
the changes to the House floor.
CHAIR KITO answered the changes would be worked on while it
moved on through to the other body.
1:44:06 PM
CHAIR KITO removed his objection. There being no further
objection, Version D was adopted as the working document.
1:44:23 PM
LORI WING-HEIER, Director, Division of Insurance, Department of
Commerce, Community & Economic Development (DCCED), answered
questions in the hearing on HB 401. She clarified that the bill,
in its entirety, is based on NAIC model law. She said the
repeal and reenact approach was not in accordance with
legislative drafting manuals. She said that all parts of the
model law are in the CS and have been noted in the CS, but the
overall intent has not changed in the CS.
1:45:41 PM
CHAIR KITO announced that public testimony was still open from
the previous meeting.
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL asked about the issues with repeal and
reenact motions.
CHAIR KITO explained that the changes were ensuring that the
proposed CS conforms to Legislative Drafting manuals and the
repeal and replace" of a section of statute was still being
worked on. He indicated there was also a time issue.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON asked for an explanation of the urgency
of the adoption of the changes.
MS. WING-HEIER answered that first part of the bill credit for
reinsurance was for all states seeking accreditation and had
an effective date in 2019. The second part of the bill has a
2020 effective date. She stated the 2019 date was most urgent.
1:48:56 PM
CHAIR KITO closed public testimony on HB 401.
1:49:07 PM
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report HB 401 out of committee with
individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.
There being no objection, it was so ordered.