Legislature(2007 - 2008)BELTZ 211
02/22/2007 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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SB43 | |
SB7 | |
SB35 | |
SB36 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
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+= | SB 7 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | SB 35 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | SB 36 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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SB 36-SENTENCING FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED CRIMES 10:23:34 AM SENATOR McGUIRE announced the consideration of SB 36. 10:24:05 AM SENATOR FRENCH made a motion to adopt a committee substitute (CS) labeled, 25-LS0282\C, Luckhaupt, as a work draft. Hearing no objection, version C was before the committee. SENATOR THERRIAULT explained that Chair McGuire had supported including therapeutic courts if the space was available. DAVE STANCLIFF, staff to Senator Therriault, said the new language begins on pages 3, line 30. It "allows that option to be considered in lieu of an alcohol ban based on the idea that therapy, when it's available, certainly should be considered before something as serious as a ban, perhaps." He said prosecutors and judges would have to agree. 10:25:42 AM CHAIR McGUIRE said her inclination toward the bill is negative, because alcoholism is a disease. When it is an underlying part of a serious crime, society must respond, "but my concern is adding on another felony, another felony, another felony…and where does that take us as a society? Do we ever break the cycle or not?" She will accept this compromise, she stated. A compelling argument was the type of individual in a village who displays Jeckel and Hyde characteristics with very serious offenses under the influence of alcohol, that the law might be a tool to have a trooper intervene before the alcohol influence occurred. In a town like Anchorage, she worries about abuse. What she doesn't want to see is a police officer with a vendetta following around an individual in an attempt to get him or her back in jail on a felony. Alcoholism is terrible, but charging people with more felonies might not be the answer. "The more we can do in terms of therapeutic courts and trying to get these folks to get off the alcohol, I think the better off we're going to be as a society." 10:28:31 AM SENATOR FRENCH moved to report the CS for SB 36, labeled 25- LS0282\C, from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). Hearing no objection, CSSB 36(STA) moved from committee. He made a motion for a letter of intent to be moved to the next committee as well, without objection.
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