03/23/2017 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

           HB 3-NATL GUARD LEAVE/REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:44:24 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY called the committee back to order and announced                                                                 
the consideration of HB 3. [CSHB 3(MLV) was before the                                                                          
committee.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:44:38 PM                                                                                                                    
He opened and closed public testimony on HB 3.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
He announced that there is an amendment to the bill.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
5:44:55 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:45:21 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY called the committee back to order. He moved                                                                     
Amendment 1 for HB 3.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                      30-LS0073\D.1                                                             
                                                              Wayne                                                             
                                                            3/20/17                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                          AMENDMENT 1                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
OFFERED IN THE SENATE                                                                                                           
     TO:  HB 3(MLV)                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, lines 2-3:                                                                                                              
     Delete "active state service or National Guard service in                                                              
          another state                                                                                                     
     Insert "that active [STATE] service"                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 5, following "or":                                                                                             
     Insert "active"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR GIESSEL objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
5:45:39 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS TUCK, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau,                                                                    
Alaska, explained that amendment 1 is a clean-up amendment and                                                                  
noted that his staff member would explain the changes.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
5:45:51 PM                                                                                                                    
KENDRA KLOSTER, Staff, Representative Chris Tuck, Alaska State                                                                  
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, provided a detailed overview of                                                                    
Amendment 1 as follows:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     In the  last hearing,  Senator Wilson  pointed out  that                                                                   
     we were  missing a  word on page  2, the word  "active."                                                                   
     So, as I  talked with Dan Wayne with  Legislative Legal,                                                                   
     he agreed  that that language  needed to be  cleaned up.                                                                   
     So, this  is what amendment 1  does is it cleans  up the                                                                   
     language  to make  sure it's  consistent on  page 1  and                                                                   
     page 2 saying the same thing.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:46:20 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL removed her objection.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TUCK commented on HB 3 as follows:                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     I  want to  thank this  committee  for taking  up HB  3.                                                                   
     This is  something that  I think  is very important,  we                                                                   
     want to  make sure that  our Alaskan residents  have the                                                                   
     same  reappointment  act that  they  are called  by  the                                                                   
     governor  to duty  as  they would  be  the president.  I                                                                   
     just  want to  make a note  that this  does not  include                                                                   
     people  who are  non-Alaska  residents, so  this is  one                                                                   
     that  I think  that puts  priority  on Alaska  residents                                                                   
     who might  be serving in  the National Guard  in another                                                                   
     state  that  are  also being  protected  as  they  serve                                                                   
     their state.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
5:47:10 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL moved to report the [Senate] CS for HB 3, work                                                                  
order 30-LS0073\D, as amended, from committee with individual                                                                   
recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
5:47:20 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY announced that seeing no objection, SCS CSHB
(STA) moved out of the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.