Legislature(2015 - 2016)ANCH LIO AUDITORIUM
09/28/2015 10:00 AM House LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
10:04 AM
Approved December 4, 2015
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Representative Bob Herron, Vice Chair
Senator John Coghill
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Charlie Huggins
Senator Kevin Meyer
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Mike Hawker
Representative Craig Johnson
Representative Sam Kito
Representative Charisse Millett
Representative Mark Neuman
MEMBERS ON TELECONFERENCE
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Peter Micciche
Representative Steve Thompson, alternate
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lesil McGuire, alternate
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT OR ON TELECONFERENCE
Senator Dunleavy; Representatives Claman, Drummond, Gara,
Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hughes, Josephson, Keller,
Ortiz, Saddler, Vazquez and Wilson.
AGENDA
EXECUTIVE SESSION - LEGAL ISSUES ON MEDICAID EXPANSION
SPEAKER REGISTER
10:04:32 AM
I. CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Legislative Council meeting
to order at 10:04 a.m. in the Anchorage Legislative
Information Office Auditorium. Present at the call were
Senators Meyer, Coghill, Hoffman, Huggins, and Stevens;
Representatives Chenault, Hawker Johnson, Kito, Millett,
Neuman and Herron. Participating via teleconference was
Senators MacKinnon and Micciche, and Representative
Thompson, alternate member. Absent was Senator McGuire,
alternate member.
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION - LEGAL ISSUES ON MEDICAID EXPANSION
CHAIR STEVENS noted Legislative Council would be going into
executive session and that any Legislator not on Council
was welcome to participate and reiterated the invitation in
response to a question by Senator Dunleavy about
participation in executive session via teleconference; he
noted that anyone participating via teleconference should
be the only person in the room during the executive
session.
10:06:19 AM
VICE CHAIR HERRON moved that Legislative Council go into
executive session under Uniform Rule 22(b)(3) to discuss a
matter that may, by law, be required to be confidential, to
allow Council to receive legal advice in the form of
Attorney-Client communications from legal counsel. I would
ask that the following individuals remain in the room: Pam
Varni, Katrina Matheny, Doug Gardner, Kate Glover, Megan
Wallace, Suzanne Cunningham, Chad Hutchinson, Mark Higgins,
Tom Wright, Grace Abbott, Susan Wallen, Stacy Stone with
Holmes, Weddle & Barcott and any technical staff that are
needed. In addition, the following individuals can remain
on line via teleconference: Linda Hay, Erin Murphy and
Edmund LaCour with Bancroft, PLLC, and Tim McKeever with
Holmes, Weddle & Barcott. We also welcome any Legislators
that are not on Legislative Council to attend in person or
on line. Also added: Laura Pierre, Rex Shattuck, and Jane
Pierson.
10:08:59 AM
Legislative Council went into Executive Session.
12:38:16 PM
Legislative Council came out of Executive Session, at which
time and with no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Council meeting was adjourned at 12:38 p.m.
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