Legislature(2013 - 2014)CAPITOL 106
03/18/2014 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
March 18, 2014
8:04 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Bob Lynn, Chair
Representative Wes Keller, Vice Chair
Representative Lynn Gattis
Representative Shelley Hughes
Representative Doug Isaacson
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Charisse Millett
Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 310
"An Act relating to the selection and duties of delegates to a
United States constitutional convention."
- MOVED CSHB 310(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 310
SHORT TITLE: U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) T.WILSON
02/17/14 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/17/14 (H) STA
03/13/14 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/13/14 (H) Heard & Held
03/13/14 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/18/14 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
WITNESS REGISTER
REPRESENTATIVE TAMMIE WILSON
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: As prime sponsor, presented HB 310.
ACTION NARRATIVE
8:05:14 AM
CHAIR BOB LYNN called the House State Affairs Standing Committee
meeting to order at 8:05 a.m. Representatives Hughes, Isaacson,
Keller, Gattis, and Lynn were present at the call to order.
HB 310-U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES
[Contains discussion of HJR 22]
8:05:33 AM
CHAIR LYNN announced the only order of business was HOUSE BILL
NO. 310, "An Act relating to the selection and duties of
delegates to a United States constitutional convention."
8:06:01 AM
CHAIR LYNN noted that there was a committee substitute (CS) to
HB 310, labeled 28-LS0991\N, Gardner, 3/14/14, and he asked the
sponsor what changes to the original bill were made in the CS,
Version N.
8:06:09 AM
REPRESENTATIVE TAMMIE WILSON, Alaska State Legislature, as prime
sponsor, presented HB 310. In response to Chair Lynn, she noted
that three changes were proposed in Version N. The first would
replace "United States constitutional convention" with
"convention of the states" [where it appears in the title and
body of the proposed legislation]. She explained that the
change was made in order to match [HJR 22]. The second proposed
change would amend language regarding delegates so that there
would be two delegates and two alternates. The third change was
the deletion of the language on page 2, line 15, of the original
bill, which read as follows: "(e) Delegates and alternate
delegates serve without compensation." She explained that she
had spoken with Legislative Legal and Research Services and was
told that as long as there was no language in the bill
[addressing the issue of compensation], then "it would require
them to speak about it at that time and make that determination
on compensation."
8:06:56 AM
REPRESENTATIVE ISAACSON asked what the rationale was for
proposing two delegates.
8:07:24 AM
REPRESENTATIVE T. WILSON reviewed that the committee [at the
last hearing of HB 310, on 3/13/14] expressed concern about
which delegate would take the punishment, which could be a
[Class C] felony, for not voting as directed by the State of
Alaska, if there were multiple delegates sent to the convention.
She indicated that between that hearing and today's hearing, she
asked several people in the capitol how many delegates they
thought should be appointed, and the consensus seemed to be two.
She said other states have written similar bills, in which they
have decided upon two delegates as the appropriate number.
REPRESENTATIVE ISAACSON noted that two Founding Fathers,
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, had gone together to
France. He ventured that two probably is a good number, but
said he would be concerned if the number was dropped to one,
because "one doesn't really have anything to sharpen ones wits
with."
8:08:39 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to adopt the proposed committee
substitute (CS) for HB 310, Version 28-LS0991/N, Gardner,
3/14/14, as a work draft. There being no objection, Version N
was before the committee.
8:08:53 AM
CHAIR LYNN reopened public testimony [which had been closed on
3/13/14]. He ascertained that there was no one else who wished
to testify.
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to report (CS) for HB 310, Version
28-LS0991/N, Gardner, 3/14/14, out of committee with individual
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being
no objection, CSHB 310(STA) was reported out of the House State
Affairs Standing Committee.
8:09:43 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
State Affairs Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 8:10
a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 01a CS for HB 310 v.N.pdf |
HSTA 3/18/2014 8:00:00 AM |
HB 310 |