Legislature(2021 - 2022)BARNES 124
05/04/2022 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB402 | |
| SB185 | |
| SB190 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 408 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 402 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| + | SB 233 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | SB 185 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 190 | TELECONFERENCED | |
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE
May 4, 2022
3:15 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Zack Fields, Co-Chair
Representative Ivy Spohnholz, Co-Chair
Representative Calvin Schrage
Representative David Nelson
Representative James Kaufman
Representative Ken McCarty
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Liz Snyder
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 402
"An Act relating to identification requirements for contractors
and home inspectors."
- MOVED HB 402 OUT OF COMMITTEE
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 185(L&C)
"An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage."
- MOVED HCS CSSB 185(L&C) OUT OF COMMITTEE
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 190(FIN)
"An Act extending the termination date of the Regulatory
Commission of Alaska; relating to Regulatory Commission of
Alaska regulations regarding refuse utilities; relating to the
powers and duties of the legislative audit division; and
providing for an effective date."
- HEARD & HELD
HOUSE BILL NO. 408
"An Act relating to the business of money transmission; relating
to money transmission licenses, licensure requirements, and
registration through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System;
relating to the use of virtual currency for money transmission;
relating to authorized delegates of a licensee; relating to
acquisition of control of a license; relating to record
retention and reporting requirements; authorizing the Department
of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to cooperate
with other states in the regulation of money transmission;
relating to permissible investments; relating to violations and
enforcement of money transmission laws; relating to money
transmission license exemptions; relating to payroll processing
services; repealing currency exchange licenses; and providing
for an effective date."
- BILL HEARING CANCELED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 233(L&C) AM
"An Act relating to allowable absences for permanent fund
dividend qualification; and providing for an effective date."
- BILL HEARING CANCELED
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 402
SHORT TITLE: IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR IN ADS
SPONSOR(s): COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
03/18/22 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/18/22 (H) CRA, L&C
03/29/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
03/29/22 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/05/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/05/22 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/07/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/07/22 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/12/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/12/22 (H) Heard & Held
04/12/22 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
04/14/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/14/22 (H) Heard & Held
04/14/22 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
04/21/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/21/22 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/26/22 (H) CRA RPT 5DP
04/26/22 (H) DP: DRUMMOND, MCCARTY, MCCABE, SCHRAGE,
HANNAN
04/26/22 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
04/26/22 (H) Moved HB 402 Out of Committee
04/26/22 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
04/29/22 (H) L&C AT 9:00 AM BARNES 124
04/29/22 (H) Heard & Held
04/29/22 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
05/04/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
BILL: SB 185
SHORT TITLE: ELIMINATE MINIMUM WAGE EXEMPTION
SPONSOR(s): MICCICHE
02/08/22 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/08/22 (S) L&C
02/28/22 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/28/22 (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
03/14/22 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/14/22 (S) Heard & Held
03/14/22 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
03/16/22 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/16/22 (S) Moved CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee
03/16/22 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
03/18/22 (S) L&C RPT CS 4DP SAME TITLE
03/18/22 (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS,
MICCICHE
03/21/22 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
03/21/22 (S) VERSION: CSSB 185(L&C)
03/22/22 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/22/22 (H) L&C
04/25/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
04/25/22 (H) Moved CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee
04/25/22 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
04/29/22 (H) L&C AT 9:00 AM BARNES 124
04/29/22 (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
05/04/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
BILL: SB 190
SHORT TITLE: REGULATORY COMMISSION AK/REFUSE UTILITIES
SPONSOR(s): MYERS
02/15/22 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/15/22 (S) L&C, FIN
02/28/22 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/28/22 (S) Heard & Held
02/28/22 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
03/14/22 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/14/22 (S) Moved CSSB 190(L&C) Out of Committee
03/14/22 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
03/15/22 (S) L&C RPT CS 5DP SAME TITLE
03/15/22 (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS,
MICCICHE, REVAK
03/21/22 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/21/22 (S) Heard & Held
03/21/22 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
03/23/22 (S) FIN AT 1:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/23/22 (S) Heard & Held
03/23/22 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
03/28/22 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/28/22 (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
03/30/22 (S) FIN RPT CS 3NR 3DP NEW TITLE
03/30/22 (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI
03/30/22 (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON, OLSON
03/30/22 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/30/22 (S) Moved CSSB 190(FIN) Out of Committee
03/30/22 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
04/08/22 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
04/08/22 (S) VERSION: CSSB 190(FIN)
04/09/22 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/09/22 (H) L&C, FIN
04/25/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
04/25/22 (H) <Bill Hearing Postponed to 4/27/22>
04/27/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
04/27/22 (H) Heard & Held
04/27/22 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
04/29/22 (H) L&C AT 9:00 AM BARNES 124
04/29/22 (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
05/02/22 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM ADAMS 519
05/02/22 (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
05/02/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
05/02/22 (H) Heard & Held
05/02/22 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
05/04/22 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
WITNESS REGISTER
CHELSEA WARD-WALLER, Staff
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: During the hearing on CSSB 185(L&C),
reviewed the change made in Version N, the proposed committee
substitute.
ACTION NARRATIVE
3:15:09 PM
CO-CHAIR IVY SPOHNHOLZ called the House Labor and Commerce
Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.
Representatives Schrage, McCarty, Nelson, and Spohnholz were
present at the call to order. Representatives Kaufman and
Fields arrived as the meeting was in progress.
HB 402-IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR IN ADS
3:16:13 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that the first order of business
would be HOUSE BILL NO. 402, "An Act relating to identification
requirements for contractors and home inspectors."
3:16:33 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ opened public testimony on HB 402, then
closed it after ascertaining that no one wished to testify.
3:16:53 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to report HB 402 out of committee with
individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.
There being no objection, HB 402 was reported out of the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.
3:17:13 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease.
SB 185-ELIMINATE MINIMUM WAGE EXEMPTION
3:17:27 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that the next order of business
would be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 185(L&C), "An Act relating to
exemptions from minimum wage." [CSSB 185(L&C) was moved out of
the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee on 4/25/22.]
3:17:53 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to rescind the committee's action in
moving CSSB 185(L&C) out of committee. There being no
objection, it was so ordered.
3:18:13 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to adopt the proposed House committee
substitute (HCS) for CSSB 185(L&C), Version 32-LS1443\N, Klein,
5/3/22, as the working document.
3:18:20 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ objected for purposes of discussion. She
explained that Version N addresses an issue identified by Girl
Scout and Boy Scout camps in Alaska right after the bill was
moved from the committee [on 4/25/22].
3:18:43 PM
CHELSEA WARD-WALLER, Staff, Representative Ivy Spohnholz, Alaska
State Legislature, reviewed the change made in Version N. She
explained that Version N adds a tiny exemption for individuals
employed by nonprofit organizations for no more than three
months in a calendar year at a residential summer camp who also
received room and board in addition to their wage as long as the
total value of the room, board, and wage meets or exceeds
minimum wage.
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ stated that the committee adopted the
[proposed] CS, Version N.
3:19:22 PM
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON noted that this was an oversight for
several years as an exemption had been received previously. He
said summer camps are an opportunity for young and emerging
leaders to grow during the summer and [the bill] is a great way
to ensure that the price is not outrageous for individuals to go
to [camp].
3:19:58 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ agreed and said that this compromise language
would allow these nonprofits to continue operating camps without
putting them in a risky financial position while still ensuring
that Alaskans are being paid a respectable wage.
3:20:28 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to report HCS CSSB 185(L&C), Version 32-
LS1443\N, Klein, 5/3/22, out of committee with individual
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being
no objection, HCS CSSB 185(L&C) was reported out of the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.
3:20:55 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:20 p.m. to 3:22 p.m.
SB 190-REGULATORY COMMISSION AK/REFUSE UTILITIES
3:22:14 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that the final order of business
would be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 190(FIN), "An Act extending the
termination date of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
relating to Regulatory Commission of Alaska regulations
regarding refuse utilities; relating to the powers and duties of
the legislative audit division; and providing for an effective
date."
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ reminded committee members that at the bills
last hearing [on 5/2/22] the committee had rejected Amendment 1.
3:22:38 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to rescind the committees action on
Amendment 1.
3:22:44 PM
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON objected.
3:22:53 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:22 p.m. to 3:23 p.m.
3:23:24 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that Representative Nelson retained
his objection to rescinding action on Amendment 1.
3:23:34 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Schrage, Fields,
and Spohnholz voted in favor of rescinding action on Amendment 1
to CSSB 190(FIN). Representatives McCarty and Nelson voted
against it. Therefore, action on Amendment 1 was rescinded by a
vote of 3-2.
3:24:12 PM
CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to adopt Amendment 1, labeled 32-
LS1525\W.2, Radford/Ambrose, 4/28/22, which read:
Page 1, line 3, following "division;":
Insert "relating to the privatization of refuse
utilities;"
Page 2, following line 8:
Insert a new bill section to read:
"* Sec. 3. AS 42.05.641 is amended by adding a new
subsection to read:
(b) A municipality that seeks to privatize a
municipal refuse utility that is subject to the
provisions of this chapter shall submit a proposal to
the commission for review. The commission may approve
the proposal if the commission finds that
privatization will not result in higher rates for
consumers and that privatization is in the public
interest. A privatization proposal must include
(1) a business plan that lists the
prospective vendors;
(2) the projected cost of private operation
compared to continued municipal operation for a ten-
year period;
(3) disclosure of any potential conflicts
of interest on the part of municipal officials; and
(4) proposed methods
(A) for periodically evaluating the
utility's performance to avoid diminished service
quality, interruption, or stoppage of work by the
contractor;
(B) to encourage competition and
productivity;
(C) for monitoring a contract in order to
detect any contractor defaults, monitor penalties, and
prepare for contract renewals or renegotiations and
inflation; and
(D) to address municipal employee
displacement."
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
3:24:18 PM
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON objected.
3:24:23 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:24 p.m. to 3:26 p.m.
3:26:26 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that CSSB 190(FIN) was held over.
[The motion to adopt Amendment 1 was left pending, with
objection.]
3:27:27 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at
3:27 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| CS SB 185 (L&C)_5.4.22.pdf |
HL&C 5/4/2022 3:15:00 PM |
SB 185 |