Legislature(2021 - 2022)
05/17/2022 01:00 PM Senate FINANCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB19 | |
| HB111 | |
| HB322 | |
| HB226 | |
| HB306 | |
| HB308 | |
| HB416 | |
| HB157 | |
| HB291 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 111 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 306 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 308 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 157 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 226 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 416 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 19 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 322 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 291 | TELECONFERENCED | |
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 291(STA)
"An Act relating to the Council on Domestic Violence
and Sexual Assault; extending the termination date of
the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;
and providing for an effective date."
5:51:45 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT proposed committee
substitute for CSHB 291(FIN), Work Draft 32-LS1425\N
(Radford, 5/16/22).
Co-Chair Bishop OBJECTED for discussion.
Ms. Shine discussed the Explanation of Changes (copy on
file):
New Section 3
Page 2 lines 25-28
AS 22.20.211. Staff and support for criminal justice
commission.
Amends AS 22.20 by adding a new section allowing the
Alaska Judicial Council to provide staff
and administrative support to the Alaska Criminal
Justice Data Analysis Commission.
New Section 4
Page 2, line 29 Page 4, line 8
AS 22.20.221. Prison inmate characteristics
information.
Amends AS 22.20 by adding a new section relating to
Alaska Judicial Council's duty to design
and implement a project for the purposes of studying
risk factors related to criminal activity
should the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis
Commission sunset on June 30, 2029 (see Sec.
22 for effective date of this provision). The Alaska
Judicial Council must prepare an annual
report summarizing the information collected.
New Section 5
Page 4 lines 9-11
AS 44.19.641. Creation of commission.
Amends AS 44.19.641 to add "Data Analysis" to the name
of the commission.
New Section 6
Page 4, line 12 Page 5, line 23
AS 44.19.642. Membership; staff.
Amends AS 44.19.642(a) to make changes to the
membership of the commission.
These changes include:
? Ensure representation of rural Alaska on the
commission;
? Make the Deputy Attorney General for the Criminal
Division of the Department of Law
or their designee a voting member (rather than the
Attorney General);
? Allow the public defender's designee to act as a
voting member in place of the public
defender;
? Place two peace officer representatives on the
commission (rather than one municipal law
enforcement representative)one representing a rural
community off the road system
and one representing an urban communityappointed by
the Alaska Chiefs of Police;
? Provide for the victims' rights advocate on the
commission to be appointed by the Alaska
Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault after
consultation with its member
and partner organizations;
? Make the Commissioner of the Department of Health
and Social Services a voting
member; and
? Create a new member seat for a formerly incarcerated
person who has completed his or
her sentence.
New Section 7
Page 5, line 24 Page 11, line 20
AS 44.19.645. Powers and duties of the commission.
Amends AS 44.19.645 to remove the duties of the former
Alaska Criminal Justice Commission
to be replaced by the new duties of the Alaska
Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission.
These new duties include:
? Data analysis, research, and reporting on all
aspects of Alaska's criminal justice system,
including state laws, public safety, rehabilitation,
crime and incarceration rates, the needs of
victims, and other factors set forth in the Alaska
Constitution;
? Receiving data related to the criminal justice
system from the Alaska Department of
Corrections, Department of Public Safety, Department
of Law, and the Alaska Court System;
? Identifying areas for improving the efficiency and
effectiveness of the criminal justice system;
? Making other recommendations and providing analysis
if requested by the Legislature, the
Executive, or the Judiciary; and
? Issuing an annual report.
New Section 8
Page 11, line 21 Page 12, line 12
AS 44.19.645. Powers and duties of the commission.
Amends AS 44.19.645 by adding a new subsection (i)
relating to the commission's duty to
design and implement a project for the purposes of
studying risk factors related to criminal
activity. This new subsection is substantially
identical to former subsection (h), which was
repealed on July 1, 2021, upon the sunset of the
former Alaska Criminal Justice Commission,
which is currently in its wind-up year. The Alaska
Judicial Council is currently performing these
functions pursuant to AS 22.20.220, which took effect
on July 1, 2021, pursuant to HCS CSSB
54(FIN) am H (2017).
New Section 9
Page 12, line 13 Page 13, line 23
AS 44.19.646. Methodology.
Amends AS 44.19.646 to remove the duty of the
commission to make recommendations, and
adds the duty of conducting research and adopting a
research agenda and priorities based on art.
I, secs. 7, 12, and 24, Constitution of the State of
Alaska (which relate to due process, criminal
administration, and the rights of crime victims), and
other issues of pressing concern to the
criminal justice system.
New Section 10
Page 13, line 24 Page 14, line 27
AS 44.19.647. Annual report and recommendations.
Amends AS 44.19.647(a) to remove the reporting
responsibilities of the former Alaska Criminal
Justice Commission to be replaced by the new reporting
responsibilities of the Alaska Criminal
Justice Data Analysis Commission. The commission's
reporting responsibilities are related to the
duties of the commission listed in Sec. 7.
New Section 11
Page 14, lines 28-31
AS 44.19.647. Annual report and recommendations.
Amends AS 44.19.647(b) to remove the reporting
responsibilities of the former Alaska Criminal
Justice Commission to be replaced by the new duties of
the Alaska Criminal Justice Data
Analysis Commission. Additionally, specifies what the
commission must include in their annual
report to the legislature.
New Section 12
Page 15, lines 1-18
AS 44.19.647. Annual report and recommendations.
Amends AS 44.19.647 adding a new subsection (d)
specifying that the commission must prepare
an annual report summarizing the information collected
in Sec. 8.
New Section 13
Page 15, lines 19-31
AS 44.19.649. Definition.
Amends AS 44.19.649 to update the definitions of
"commission," "recidivism," and "technical
violation."
New Section 15
Page 16, lines 4-6
AS 44.66.010. Expiration of state boards and
commissions.
Amends AS 44.66.010(a)(14) to add the Alaska Criminal
Justice Data Analysis Commission to
the list of boards and commissions set to expire.
New Section 16
Page 16, lines 7-20
AS 47.38.100. Recidivism reduction program.
Amends AS 47.38.100(b) to add "Data Analysis" to the
name of the commission.
New Section 17
Page 16, line 21
Repeals AS 22.20.220, AS 44.19.642(b), and AS
44.66.010(a)(12).
New Section 18
Page 16, line 22
Repeals AS 22.20.211, AS 44.19.645(i), and AS
44.19.647(d) on June 30, 2029.
New Section 19
Page 16, line 23-30
Uncodified law
A person who is a member of the former Alaska Criminal
Justice Commission on the day before
the effective date of this Act continues to serve on
the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis
Commission until the expiration of the member's term.
When making new appointments or
designations, makes Sec. 6 of the Act conditional on
the guidelines established under AS
44.19.642(a), as amended by Sec. 6, which relates to
membership of the commission.
HB 291 Explanation of Changes
32-LS1425\W to 32-LS1425\N
Page 4
New Section 20
Page 16, line1 Page 17, line 6
Uncodified law
Transition language regarding the Alaska Judicial
Council's duty to design and implement a
project for the purposes of studying risk factors
related to criminal activity.
New Section 21
Page 17, lines 7-11
Uncodified law
Exempts Sections 14 and 15 from the provisions of AS
44.66.505(e) that prohibits a bill from
continuing or reestablishing more than one board or
commission.
New Section 22
Page 17, line 12
Provides a July 1, 2028 effective date for Section 4.
Updated Section 23
Page 17, line 13
Amends the immediate effective date to apply to
Sections 1, 2 and 14.
New Section 24
Page 17, lines 14-15
Provides a July 1, 2022, effective date except as
provided in Sections 22 and 23.
Co-Chair Bishop WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
Co-Chair Bishop discussed FN 1 from the Department of
Public Safety, OMB Component 521.
6:00:34 PM
AT EASE
6:00:45 PM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to REPORT SCS CSHB 291(FIN) out of
Committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was
so ordered.
SCS CSHB 291(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with six
"do pass" recommendations and one no recommendation and
with one previously published fiscal note: FN 1(DPS).