02/13/2018 03:15 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

           HJR 21-FEDS RESPECT STATE REG OF MARIJUANA                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
4:31:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that the final  order of business                                                               
would  be  HOUSE JOINT  RESOLUTION  NO.  21, Urging  the  federal                                                               
government  to respect  previous  federal  guidance on  marijuana                                                               
policy; and  urging the  federal government  not to  interfere in                                                               
state marijuana policy.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:31:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LELANEA  FULTON, Staff,  Representative David  Guttenberg, Alaska                                                               
State Legislature, on behalf  of Representative Guttenberg, prime                                                               
sponsor of HJR 21, relayed that  HJR 21 would request the federal                                                               
government to leave the legalization  and regulation of marijuana                                                               
to the State of Alaska.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:32:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL  moved to adopt  the sponsor  substitute (SS)                                                               
for HJR 21,  Version 30-LS0820\D as the working  document.  There                                                               
being no objection, Version D was before the committee.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:32:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS opened public testimony on HJR 21.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:33:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SHAUN TACKE,  Good Titration,  testified that  he is  a marijuana                                                               
(indisc.) manufacturing business owner  and supports the proposed                                                               
resolution.   He  stated  that  he is  in  favor  of keeping  the                                                               
federal government approach to marijuana  consistent with that of                                                               
the previous  federal administration.   He said that  many states                                                               
have moved  toward legalization of  marijuana either  for medical                                                               
use  or  recreational  use;  the tide  is  changing;  and  people                                                               
understand  that  marijuana  is   not  as  harmful  as  initially                                                               
believed.  He asserted that the federal government should expend                                                                
its efforts on pursuing true crime.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:34:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS closed public testimony on HJR 21.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:34:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS announced that HJR 21 would be held over.