Legislature(2011 - 2012)BUTROVICH 205
02/07/2012 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SCR20 | |
| SJR14 | |
| SJR11 | |
| SCR16 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | SCR 20 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SJR 14 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SJR 11 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SCR 16 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SCR 20-DECORATION OF HONOR
9:02:27 AM
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI announced that the first order of business
would be SCR 20, which would award the Decoration of Honor to 25
individuals that were killed in the line of duty while honorably
serving the United States in 2011.
KENDRA KLOSTER, staff, Senator Bill Wielechowski, sponsor,
introduced SCR 20. She explained that the resolution honors 25
individuals who were killed in the line of duty while honorably
serving our state and country in 2011. The Alaska Decoration of
Honor was established in 2007 to award military service members
from Alaska, or those who have been deployed while stationed in
Alaska, who were killed in action or in support of combat
action. The legislature must authorize the award by resolution
so the decoration can be presented to the recipients of the
survivors.
In 2008, the legislature awarded the medal to 171 individuals
dating back to statehood. From 2009 to 2010 an additional 36
were authorized. Passage of SCR 20 will allow the families of
these 25 individuals to receive the Alaska Decoration of Honor.
9:03:50 AM
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI requested information as to how the names
were compiled for accuracy purposes.
MS. KLOSTER replied that she worked with Military and Veteran
Affairs and Legislative Legal to do so.
SENATOR PASKVAN moved to report SCR 20 from committee with
individual recommendations. There being no objection, SCR 20
moved from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.