02/16/2017 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

              HB 3-NATL GUARD LEAVE/REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:08:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  announced   that the  first  order  of business                                                          
would  be  HOUSE  BILL NO.  3,  "An  Act relating   to the  employment                                                          
rights  of employees  in  the state  who are  members of  the National                                                          
Guard  of  another  state,   territory,  or  district   of the  United                                                          
States."    [Before  the  committee   was  committee  substitute   (CS)                                                         
for HB 3 (MLV).]                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:08:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   WOOL  asked   for  clarification   that  HB   3  would                                                         
apply  to  Alaskan  residents  who  are  also  members  of  a National                                                          
Guard in another state.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:09:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KENDRA  KLOSTER,  Staff,   Representative  Chris  Tuck,  Alaska   State                                                         
Legislature,  on  behalf  of Representative   Tuck,  prime  sponsor  of                                                         
HB  3,  referred  to  page  1  of  HB  3, beginning   on  line  8,  and                                                         
paraphrased,   "a  resident   of  the  state   and  a  member   of  the                                                         
National  Guard  of another  state  to perform  active  National  Guard                                                         
service  under  that  state law."    She explained   that HB  3 refers                                                          
to  a  resident   of  Alaska   who  is  serving   in  another  state's                                                          
National   Guard   and  gets   called  to   service.     The  proposed                                                          
legislation  would  bestow  reemployment   rights  to that  individual                                                          
upon his/her return to Alaska.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:10:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE    KNOPP   moved   to  report   CSHB   3(MLV)   out   of                                                         
committee  with  individual   recommendations   and  the  accompanying                                                          
fiscal   notes.     There  being   no  objection,   CSHB   3(MLV)   was                                                         
reported from the House State Affairs Standing Committee.