04/12/1994 01:40 PM Senate L&C

 SENATOR KELLY announced  HB  54  (TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION) to           
 be up for consideration.                                                      
                                                                               
 DAN AUSTIN, Legislative Aide to Representative Kay Brown, said HB
 provides if a telephone utility offers the feature known as                
 caller I.D. to its Alaska customers, it shall also offer the                  
 customers the choice of not having their number or other                      
 identification revealed by that feature.  This is known as                    
 "blocking."  The issue involved is that of privacy and its impact             
 on facilities such as domestic violence shelters.                             
                                                                               
 MR. FINK explained the change in the proposed CS was a simple                 
 prohibition against the telephone company for charging a fee for              
 caller blocking for the first time, but not for subsequent                    
 services.                                                                     
 SENATOR RIEGER moved to adopt the Senate CS to CSHB 54.  There were           
 no objections and it was so ordered.                                          
                                                                               
 SENATOR RIEGER moved to pass SCSCSHB 54 with individual                       
 recommendations.  There were no objections and it was so ordered.