03/28/2022 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                         March 28, 2022                                                                                         
                           1:23 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Matt Claman, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Liz Snyder, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Harriet Drummond                                                                                                 
Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins                                                                                          
Representative David Eastman                                                                                                    
Representative Christopher Kurka                                                                                                
Representative Sarah Vance                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 17                                                                                                               
"An Act adding to the powers and duties of the State Commission                                                                 
for Human Rights; and relating to and prohibiting discrimination                                                                
based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED HB 17 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB  17                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: DISCRIMINATION: GENDER ID.;SEXUAL ORIENT.                                                                          
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) JOSEPHSON                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02/18/21       (H)       PREFILE RELEASED 1/8/21                                                                                
02/18/21       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/18/21       (H)       STA, JUD                                                                                               
05/05/21       (H)       STA REFERRAL MOVED TO AFTER JUD                                                                        
05/05/21       (H)       BILL REPRINTED                                                                                         
02/09/22       (H)       JUD AT 1:30 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
02/09/22       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
02/09/22       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/14/22       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/14/22       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/14/22       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/28/22       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:23:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MATT  CLAMAN called the House  Judiciary Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to order  at 1:23 p.m.   Representatives Eastman, Kreiss-                                                               
Tomkins, Drummond,  Snyder, and Claman  were present at  the call                                                               
to  order.    Representatives  Vance and  Kurka  arrived  as  the                                                               
meeting was in progress.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
        HB  17-DISCRIMINATION: GENDER ID.;SEXUAL ORIENT.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:24:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 17, "An  Act adding to  the powers and  duties of                                                               
the  State  Commission for  Human  Rights;  and relating  to  and                                                               
prohibiting discrimination based on  sexual orientation or gender                                                               
identity or expression."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND shared  that she was honored  to move the                                                               
bill  from committee.   She  noted that  the Anchorage  Municipal                                                               
Assembly  had   considered  a  similar   policy  in   2009  which                                                               
eventually became  law.  She  noted that 600 people  offered over                                                               
30 hours of emotional testimony.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN  expressed his  appreciation of  the input                                                               
from the public.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:26:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SNYDER moved  to report  HB 17  out of  committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no  objection, HB  17 was reported  from the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:26:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:26 p.m.