Legislature(2023 - 2024)SENATE FINANCE 532
05/08/2024 04:30 PM House CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270
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33RD ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 and HB270
May 8, 2024
4:36 p.m.
4:36:56 PM
ALL TO ORDER
Chair Stedman called the Conference Committee meeting on
HB268 and HB270 to order at 3:29 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Senate:
Senator Bert Stedman, Chair
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Donny Olson
House:
Representative DeLena Johnson, Vice-Chair
Representative Bryce Edgmon
Representative Dan Ortiz
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
ALSO PRESENT:
Alexei Painter, Director, Legislative Finance Division;
fiscal analysts with the Office of Management and Budget
and Legislative Finance Division; and aides to committee
members and other members of the Legislature.
SUMMARY
HB 268 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET; CAP; SUPP; AM
HB 268 was HEARD and HELD in committee for
further consideration.
HB 270 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
HB 270 was HEARD and HELD in committee for
further consideration.
DEPARTMENTS:
ADMINISTRATION
COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORRECTIONS
EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
FISH AND GAME
GOVERNOR
HEALTH
LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
LAW
NATURAL RESOURCES
PUBLIC SAFETY
REVENUE
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
UNIVERSITY
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATURE
FUND CAPITALIZATION
FUND TRANSFERS
LANGUAGE AND OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
FY24 SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING ITEMS
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs; capitalizing funds; repealing
appropriations; amending appropriations; making
supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; and
providing for an effective date."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending
appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and
reappropriations; and providing for an effective
date."
and
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 270(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for
an effective date."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 270(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for
an effective date."
^ADMINISTRATION
4:38:21 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Administration (DOA):
Item 1 Senate, on both items
Items 2-8 Open
Item 9 Senate
Item 10 Senate
Item 11 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1, 9, 10, and 11 in the
Department of Administration's budget and left open items 2
through 8.
^COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4:38:32 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
(DCCED):
Items 1-6 Open
Item 7 Open
Item 8 Senate
Items 9-11 Open
Item 12 Senate
Item 13 Senate
Item 14 Open
Item 15 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 8, 12, 13, and 15 in the
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
budget and left open items 1 through 7, items 9 through 11,
and item 14.
^CORRECTIONS
4:40:00 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Corrections (DOC):
Item 1 House
Item 2 House
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Senate
Items 6-21 Open
Item 22 Senate
Item 23 Senate, plus $526.9 thousand UGF
Items 24-28 Open
Item 29 Senate
Items 30-32 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1 through 5, and items 22, 23,
and 29 in the Department of Corrections' budget and left
open items 6 through 21, items 24 through 28, and items 30
through 32.
^EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT
4:41:39 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Education and Early Development (DEED):
Items 1-2 Open
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5-10 Open
Item 11 Senate
Item 12 Senate, both items
Item 13 Open
Item 14 Senate
4:42:43 PM
AT EASE
4:42:53 PM
RECONVENED
Item 15 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 3, 4, 11, 12, 14, and 15 in
the Department of Education and Early Development's budget
and left open items 1 and 2, items 5 through 10, and item
13.
^ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
4:42:53 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC):
Item 1 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed the conference-able items in the Department of
Environmental Conservation's budget.
^FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
4:45:47 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Family and Community Services:
Item 1 House
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Open
Item 6 House
Item 7 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1 through 4 and items 6 and 7
in the Department of Family and Community Services' budget
and left open item 5.
^FISH AND GAME
4:45:47 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Fish and Game (DFG):
Items 1-14 Open
Item 15 House
Item 16 Senate
Items 17-21 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 15 and 16 in the Department of
Fish and Game's budget and left open items 1 through 14,
and items 17 through 21.
^GOVERNOR
4:45:47 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Office of the Governor:
Item 1 Open
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Senate
Item 6 Open
Item 7 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 2 through 5 and item 7 in the
Office of the Governor's budget and left open items 1 and
6.
^HEALTH
4:46:39 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Health (DOH):
Item 1 House
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Open
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Open
Item 6 House
Item 7 Open
Item 8 House
Item 9 House
Items 10-13 Open
Item 14 Senate
Items 15-22 Open
Item 23 Senate
Item 24 House
Item 25 Open
Item 26 Senate
Items 27-32 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 23, 24,
and 26 in the Department of Health's budget and left open
items 3, 5, 7, items 10 through 13, items 15 through 22,
item 25, and items 27 through 32.
^LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
4:48:22 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development:
Item 1 Open
Item 2 House
Item 3 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 2 and 3 in the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development's budget and left open item
1.
^LAW
4:48:55 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Law:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Open
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Open
Item 5 Senate
Item 6 Senate
Item 7 Senate
Item 8 Senate
Item 9 Senate
Item 10 Senate
Item 11 Senate
Item 12 Senate
Item 13 Senate
Item 14 Senate
Item 15 Senate
Item 16 Senate
Item 17 Senate
Item 18 Open
Item 19 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1 and 3, items 5 through 17,
and item 19 in the Law's budget and left open items 2, 4,
and 18.
4:50:21 PM
AT EASE
4:50:46 PM
RECONVENED
^NATURAL RESOURCES
4:50:50 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Natural Resources (DNR):
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 House
Item 5 Open
Item 6 Open
Item 7 House
Item 8 Open
Item 9 House
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1 through 4, and items 7 and 9
in the Department of Natural Resources' budget and left
open items 5, 6, and 8.
^PUBLIC SAFETY
4:51:51 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Public Safety (DPS):
Items 1-4 Open
Item 5 House
Items 6-12 Open
Item 13 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 5 and 13 in the Department of
Public Safety's budget and left open items 1 through 4, and
items 6 through 12.
^REVENUE
4:52:43 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Revenue (DOR):
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Items 5-14 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 1 through 4 in the Department
of Revenue's budget and left open items 5 through 14.
^TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
4:53:16 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT):
Items 1 and 2 Open
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Items 5-10 Open
Item 11 Senate
Item 12 Senate
Item 13 Open
Representative Ortiz asked for an explanation of Item 3.
4:54:04 PM
ALEXEI PAINTER, DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE FINANCE DIVISION,
explained that Items 3 and 4 had similar intent language,
so taking "Senate" on both took the Senate version of the
intent language for snow removal.
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 3, 4, 11, and 12 in the
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' budget
and left open items 1, 2, items 5 through 10, and item 13.
^UNIVERSITY
4:55:29 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
University:
Item 1 Senate
Items 2-5 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able item 1 in the University of Alaska's
budget and left open items 2 through 5.
^JUDICIARY
4:56:02 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Judiciary:
Items 1-3 Open
Item 4 Senate
Items 5 and 6 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able item 4 in the Judiciary's budget and
left open items 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6.
^LEGISLATURE
4:56:25 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Legislature:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Senate
Item 6 Senate
Item 7 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed the conference-able items in the Legislature's
budget.
^FUND CAPITALIZATION
4:57:02 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Fund
Capitalization:
Items 1-4 Open
Item 5 Senate, all items
Item 6 Senate, all items
Item 7 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 5 and 6 in Fund Capitalization
and left open items 1 through 4, and item 7.
^FUND TRANSFERS
4:57:36 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Fund
Transfers:
Items 1 and 2 Open
Item 3 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able item 3 in Fund Transfers and left
open items 1 and 2.
^LANGUAGE AND OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
4:58:10 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Language and Other Appropriations:
Items 1 and 2 Open
Item 3 House
Item 4 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This action
closed conference-able items 3 and 4 in Language and Other
Appropriations and left open items 1 and 2.
^FY24 SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING ITEMS
4:58:31 PM
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the FY
24 Supplemental Operating Items:
Item 1 Open
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Senate
Item 6 Senate
Item 7 Senate
Item 8 Open
Item 9 House
Item 10 House
Item 12 Open
Item 13 Senate
Item 14 Senate
Items 15 and 16 Open
Item 17 Senate
Item 18 Senate, both items
Item 19 Senate
Item 20 Senate
Item 21 Senate
Representative Ortiz OBJECTED for explanation on Items 20
and 21.
5:00:00 PM
AT EASE
5:00:08 PM
RECONVENED
5:00:14 PM
Chair Stedman stated that Item 11 was skipped.
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADOPT the following in the FY
24 Supplemental Operating Items:
Item 11 House
Representative Ortiz asked about the impact of adopting the
Senate version of Items 20 and 21.
Mr. Painter explained that the Item corrected an accounting
error, where funds were inadvertently transferred in
between the Ocean Ranger sub-fund and the Commercial Vessel
Passenger (CVP) Environmental Compliance sub-fund. He
stated that both sub-funds existed in the same statutory
fund, but had different revenue sources and different
restrictions. He stated that the governor amended that
prior accounting error by moving the money back to the
Ocean Ranger sub-fund from the CVP sub-fund.
Representative Ortiz wondered if it retroactively corrected
an error in accounting.
Mr. Painter stated that it would correct the error in the
current fiscal year, but the error was made over a decade
prior.
Representative Ortiz REMOVED his objection.
There being NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered. This
action closed conference-able items 2 through 7, 9 through
11, items 13, 14, items 17 through 21 in FY24 Supplemental
Operating Items and left open items 1, 8, 12, 15, and 16.
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADJOURN. There being NO
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
HB 281 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
HB 282 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
ADJOURNMENT
5:03:44 PM
The meeting was adjourned at 5:03 p.m.
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