Legislature(2015 - 2016)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/14/2016 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
March 14, 2016
8:59 a.m.
8:59:34 AM
CALL TO ORDER
Co-Chair MacKinnon called the Senate Finance Committee
meeting to order at 8:59 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Anna MacKinnon, Co-Chair
Senator Pete Kelly, Co-Chair
Senator Peter Micciche, Vice-Chair
Senator Click Bishop
Senator Mike Dunleavy
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Donny Olson
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
ALSO PRESENT
Gene Terriault, Deputy Director, Alaska Energy Authority,
Juneau; Chuck Kopp, Staff, Senator Peter Micciche; Michael
Patterson, Self, Juneau; Angela Cernich, Self, Juneau;
Marquetta Andras, Self, Juneau; Joan Cahill, Self, Juneau;
Edy Rodewald, Self, Juneau; Kristin Cox, Self, Juneau.
PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
Zachary Stockton, Teens Against Tobacco, Kenai; Rachel
Todd, Teens Against Tobacco, Kenai; Jenny Olendorff, Self,
Soldotna; Pamela Howard, Self, Soldotna; Carmen Lunde,
Kodiak CHARR, Kodiak; Terrence Robbins, Self, Ketchikan;
Angela Carroll, Smoke-Free Alternative Trade Association,
Wasilla; Alex McDonald, Owner, IceBox Vapory, Fairbanks;
Jessie Walton, Self, Fairbanks; Lincoln Bean Sr., All
Healthcare, Kake; Robert Urata, Member, American Heart
Association, Juneau; Diana Redwood, Self, Anchorage;
Maureen Narus, Self, Anchorage; Bill Ross, Self, Anchorage;
Dale Fox, President, Alaska CHARR, Anchorage; K.T. McKee,
American Lung Association in Alaska, Mat-Su; Ashley
Peltier, Self, Mat-Su; Robin Minard, Mat-Su Health
Foundation, Mat-Su; Terry Snyder, Self, Matsu; Karen
Perdue, Self, Fairbanks; Larry Hackenmiller, Self,
Fairbanks; Steve Warren, Self, Sitka; Tammi Meissner, Self,
Wrangell; Steve Mapes, Self, Kenai; Chrystal Schoenrock,
Secretary, Kenai Peninsula CHARR, Nikiski; Robin Forsi,
Self, Soldotna; Johna Beach, Self, Kenai; Pete Burns, Self,
Anchorage; Stan Selman, Club Paris, Anchorage; Ken
Helander, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),
Anchorage; Julie Wrigley, Self, Anchorage; Beverly Wooley,
Self, Mat-Su; Gail Schiemann, Self, Anchorage; Katie
Steffens, Self, Anchorage; Wendie MacNaughton, American
Heart Association, Fairbanks; Kristen Luby, Self,
Anchorage; Carolyn Clift, Self, Anchorage; Barbara Doty,
Alaska Academy of Family Physicians, Wasilla; Emily Nenon,
American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network, Juneau.
SUMMARY
SB 1 REGULATION OF SMOKING
SB 1 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
SB 56 MUNI ENERGY IMPROVEMNT ASSESSMNTS/BONDS
SB 56 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
SENATE BILL NO. 56
"An Act adopting the Municipal Property Assessed Clean
Energy Act; authorizing municipalities to establish
programs to impose assessments for energy improvements
in regions designated by municipalities; imposing
fees; and providing for an effective date."
9:00:44 AM
Co-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the committee substitute for
SB 56, Work Draft 29-GS1021\H (Shutts, 4/15/15).
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for DISCUSSION.
GENE TERRIAULT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY,
JUNEAU, explained the committee substitute. He noted the
addition of the first four sections in the committee
substitute, which add the pace mechanism outlined in the
bill to the list of powers for first and second class
municipalities. He explained that it was determined that it
was left out of the original committee substitute when the
bill was heard in the other body.
Co-Chair MacKinnon WITHDREW her OBJECTION. There being NO
OBJECTION, the committee substitute was adopted.
9:03:56 AM
AT EASE
9:04:11 AM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair MacKinnon noted that the public hearing was
closed. She looked at the previous version, which may
include "extra-territorial jurisdiction." She stated that
the new committee substitute held that information, but did
not see the language. She queried more information
regarding that issue. She noted the elimination of
"coterminous." She queried a definition of "reporting
regarding assessment." She shared that she had not reviewed
the new committee substitute. She wondered if the types of
qualified projects should be described that were subject to
the contractual assessments. Mr. Terriault looked at page
11, line 8 for the definition of the qualified
improvements.
Co-Chair MacKinnon wondered whether the Fairbanks Natural
Gas Project qualify for the tax assessment proposal. Mr.
Terriault responded that, should the pace mechanism be
allowed for local governments to use, the Fairbanks
Northstar Borough was most likely the first to implement
and work with local lenders in the state. He had identified
federal fund sources that were targeted energy efficiency
improvements. He shared that the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Loan Program. The federal funds available for
that program were targeted at approximately $250 million.
The money came with a 2 percent interest rate, so it was a
low cost source of capital. He shared that the regulations
for the program specified that it could be used for
replacement of existing fuel consuming equipment, using a
particular fuel with a more efficient fuel consuming
equipment that used another fuel. He stated that switching
from fuel oil to natural gas would qualify.
Co-Chair MacKinnon shared that there would be discussions
regarding how the municipality would ask the general public
to assess their personal property to pay back the
expenditure. Mr. Terriault indicated in the affirmative.
Co-Chair MacKinnon asked whether revenue bonds would
qualify. Mr. Terriault replied in the affirmative. He
stated that general obligation bonds were prohibited.
Senator Dunleavy wondered if the bill was an enabling bill,
as opposed to a compulsory bill. Mr. Terriault replied in
the affirmative. He explained that bill allowed a tool for
local government that issued property tax to assist with
energy efficiency financing.
Senator Olson noted the efficiency of switching to natural
gas. He wondered what would occur should the natural gas
price drastically increase. He queried alternatives to the
program subscribers. Mr. Terriault replied that the person
could utilize funds, should the program still exist. He
shared that the tool was mostly related to energy
efficiency. He remarked that the financing was available
for any energy efficiency improvements to a commercial
building.
9:10:54 AM
Senator Olson noted that the recipient of the financing
would be "stuck" with the change, even with a change in the
commodity price. Mr. Terriault replied in the affirmative.
He shared that, once the improvements were made, the loan
must be paid back.
Co-Chair MacKinnon wondered if the program would access the
municipal bond bank or other areas of the state with debt
or obligation. Mr. Terriault replied that, should the local
governments chose to participate, they would provide low
cost capital to the local commercial property owners. The
local government could choose a revenue bond, but there
were other federal sources available. He did not believe
that the bond would default to a general obligation of the
state.
Co-Chair MacKinnon stressed that she was concerned whether
the Municipal Bond Bank would be used, and whether the debt
would be a moral obligation to the state. Mr. Terriault
agreed to provide that information.
Co-Chair MacKinnon remarked that she was trying to
understand the different types of debt in the state.
Senator Bishop asserted that a small business could use a
private lender to utilize the program. Mr. Terriault
agreed. He noted that the bill allowed for private lenders
to bring a source of money. The repayment was done by the
additional voluntary assessment that would attach to the
property. The local government would collect the money, and
was contractually obligated to take the money to pay back
the bank.
SB 56 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
SENATE BILL NO. 1
"An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places;
relating to education on the smoking prohibition; and
providing for an effective date."
9:16:05 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon introduced the legislation.
Vice-Chair Micciche announced that he did not normally
support legislation like SB 1. He felt that government
should be limited, but felt that the reduction of exposure
to second hand smoke was appropriate for governmental
regulation. He stressed that second hand smoke was a major
cause of needless preventable death. He stated that second
hand smoke killed four times as many people that were
killed annually from drunk driving. He stressed that
approximately one-half of Alaska's population was protected
by the law; and the other half did not have the capacity to
create this type of law. He stressed that the bill would
create a standard that would provide a level playing field
for second hand smoke in Alaska. He shared that the last
poll in 2015 showed that over 80 percent of Alaskans
supported smoke free laws protecting workers. He stressed
that it was not a "heavy handed enforcement issue." He
shared that the same law was in place in Anchorage since
2007, and there were zero citations issued in that time. He
shared that the bill would reduce the cost of Medicaid by
millions of dollars. He stated that Medicaid recipients
were 2.5 times more likely to smoke than non-recipients. He
shared that with the additives in vape juice such and
cannabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids, so workers should
not be exposed to these substances. He shared that the
fiscal notes in the bill added up to $14,000, which was for
sign replacement. He shared that there was a sponsor to
cover that cost. He stressed that there would be zero
fiscal impact to the state.
9:19:11 AM
CHUCK KOPP, STAFF, SENATOR PETER MICCICHE, explained the
Sectional Analysis (copy on file):
Section 1 - AS 18.35 is amended by adding new sections
to read:
18.35.301 Prohibition of Smoking
Page 1, lines 5 -14 and page 2, lines 1-2: (a)
prohibits smoking in enclosed areas in public
places, including enclosed areas at an
entertainment venue or sports arena; in vehicles
used for public transportation; at public
transportation facilities and depots; at a retail
store or shopping center; at places of public
assembly on property owned by the state or other
unit of local government.
Page 2, lines 3 - 16: (b) prohibits smoking in
certain enclosed areas: office buildings, hotels,
motels, restaurants, bars, retail stores or
common areas in apartment and multiple family
dwellings, a place of employment, a building or
residence used to provide paid childcare, at
healthcare facilities, in a vehicle that is a
place of employment, at a public or private
educational facility; at a residence where paid
adult care is provided; at a residence in a
healthcare facility, hotel, or motel; and on a
marine vessel operating as a shore-based
fisheries business under AS 43.75.
Page 2, lines 17 - 30: (c) prohibits smoking
outdoors in certain areas: at public or private
schools; state or municipal parks primarily
designated as a place for children to play; in
seating areas for outdoor arenas, stadiums and
amphitheaters; within 50 feet of an entrance to a
healthcare facility, 20 feet of an entrance, open
window, or heating or ventilation system air
intake vent at a place where smoking is
prohibited under this section; or within a
reasonable distance of an entrance, open window,
or heating or ventilation air intake on a marine
vessel as determined by the vessel operator in
charge.
Page 2, line 31 - p. 3, lines 1 - 23: (d) allows
smoking at a retail tobacco or e-cigarette store
unless the owner or operator prohibits it, and
defines "retail tobacco or e-cigarette store".
Page 3, lines 24-29: (e) permits an enclosed
smoking area at Alaska International Airport
System airports for international passengers who
are in-transit and restricted by federal law from
leaving the airport and establishes ventilation
requirements.
Page 3, lines 30-31 and Page 4, lines 1-4: (f)
allows smoking in a vehicle that is a place of
employment used exclusively by one person; and on
a marine vessel when it is engaged in commercial
fishing or sport charter fishing or is otherwise
used as a place of employment.
Page 4, lines 5-6: (g) allows smoking in a
private residence that is not used for paid
childcare, adult care, and as a healthcare
facility.
Page 4, lines 7-14: (h) makes it optional for the
department (DEC) to adopt regulations authorizing
smoking in stand-alone shelters.
9:25:21 AM
Mr. Kopp continued to discuss the sectional analysis:
18.35.306 Notice of Prohibition
Page 4, lines 15-28: describes the obligations of
employers, owners and operators of places and
vehicles where smoking is prohibited to post "no
smoking" signs within those places or vehicles
and at or near the entrances; and establishing a
Maximum $50 fine for failure to comply. This
section also requires the Department of
Environmental Conservation to furnish signs upon
request.
18.35.311 Duty of employers and building managers
Page 4, lines 29-31 and Page 5, line 1: (a) an
employer may not permit an employee, customer or
other person to smoke inside an enclosed area at
a place of employment;
Page 5, lines 1-3: (b) an owner, operator, or
manager of a building or other place where
smoking is prohibited may not provide ashtrays or
other smoking accessories for use in that
building or place.
18.35.321 Public Education
Page 5, lines 4-13: requires the commissioner of
environmental conservation to provide a program
of education regarding AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399
to employers, other affected parties and members
of the public; and that this program may be
provided in combination with the current
comprehensive smoking education program
established in Health and Social Services at AS
44.29.020(a)(14) which seeks in part to "prevent
youth initiation of tobacco use, promote
cessation among tobacco users, and educate the
public about the lethal effects of exposure to
secondhand smoke", and also includes "an
enforcement component" in AS 44.29.020(a)(14)(E).
18.35.326 Nonretaliation
Page 5, lines 14-20: prohibits employers from
discriminating against an employee because the
employee cooperated with or initiated enforcement
of a requirement in AS 18.35.301-18.35.399; and
similarly prohibits owners or operators of
vehicles or other places subject to AS 18.35.301
- 18.35.399 from retaliating against customers or
other members of the public due to their
cooperation with or initiation of enforcement of
the requirements in AS 18.35.301-18.35.399.
18.35.331 Conflicts with local requirements
Page 5, lines 21-26: a municipality is not
prohibited from adopting and enforcing local laws
with additional prohibitions on smoking or
additional duties for employers, owners,
operators, and other persons subject to
requirements of 18.35.306 and 18.35.311.
Section 2 - Page 5, lines 27 - 30: Existing AS
18.35.340(a) Civil complaints; penalties is reinstated
and amended to incorporate the new language of
18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311 and 18.35.326 and
requires the commissioner of environmental
conservation to develop and maintain a procedure for
processing reports of violations.
Section 3 - Page 6, lines 1 - 9: Existing AS
18.35.340(b) is reinstated, adds conforming changes
and establishes how the commissioner or his employee
designee may enforce the provisions of Section 1.
Section 4 - Page 6, lines 10 -18: Existing AS
18.35.340(c) is reinstated, and adds conforming
changes. This Section establishes a fine of $10 - $50
for violations of 18.35.301, 18.35.311, and 18.35.326,
and a fine of $20 - $300 for a violation of 18.35.306.
Section 5 - Page 6, lines 19 - 23: Existing AS
18.35.341 (a) Citations; penalties is reinstated, adds
conforming changes, and establishes what violations
must be committed in a peace officer's presence before
the peace officer may issue a citation, and the
uniform citation format and procedure that must be
used.
9:30:22 AM
Mr. Kopp continued to discuss the sectional analysis.
Section 6 - Page 6, lines 24 - 31, and Page 7, lines
1-2: Existing AS 18.35.341(b) is reinstated; adds
conforming changes; establishes how designated
employees of DEC may issue citations for violations of
Section 1; that they will be processed in the same
manner as citations issued by peace officers in
18.35.341(a); and that an employee of DEC may not
arrest a person for a violation of Section 1.
Section 7 - Page 7, lines 3 - 11: Existing AS
18.35.341(c) is reinstated; adds conforming changes;
establishes that violations of 18.35.301, 18.35.306,
18.35.311 and 18.35.326 are non-criminal offenses;
sets fines for violations of 18.35.301, 18.35.311, and
18.35.326 at $10 - $50, and a fine of $20 - $300 for a
violation of 18.35.306; and establishes that each day
a violation of 18.35.306 continues after a citation
has been issued constitutes a separate violation.
Section 8 - Page 7, lines 12 - 17: Existing AS
18.35.341(d) is reinstated; adds conforming changes;
establishes that the supreme court will establish a
bail schedule for violations of 18.35.301, 18.35.306,
18.35.311 and 18.35.326; that bail amounts may not
exceed those listed in 18.35.341(c); and that the bail
amount must appear on the citation.
Section 9 - Page 7, lines 18 - 21: Existing AS
18.35.342 Multiple fines prohibited is reinstated, and
adds conforming changes. Establishes that a person may
not be fined more than once for each violation of
18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311 and 18.35.326.
Section 10 - Page 7, lines 22 - 25: Existing AS
18.35.343 Injunctions is reinstated, and adds
conforming changes. Establishes that the DEC
commissioner or any affected party may institute an
action in the superior court to enjoin repeated
violations of 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311 and
18.35.326.
Section 11 - Page 7, lines 26 - 30: Existing AS
18.35.350 Enforcement authority is reinstated, and
adds conforming changes. Establishes that the DEC
commissioner or designee is responsible to enforce the
provisions of 18.35.301 - 18.35.399, and that this
section does not limit the authority of peace
officers.
Section 12 - Page 7, line 31, page 8, lines 1 - 31,
and page 9, lines 1 -13: Adds a new Definitions
section, specifically amending definitions of
"commissioner" from Health and Social Services to
Environmental Conservation; and "department" from
Health and Social Services to Environmental
Conservation.
Section 13 - Page 9, lines 14 - 15: Repealing
language.
Section 14 - Page 9, lines 16 - 23: Applicability
clause.
Section 15 - Page 9, lines 24 - 29: Transition of
regulations clause.
Section 16 - Page 9, line 30: Immediate effective date
for Section 15.
Section 17 - Page 9, line 31: Establishes October 1,
2015 effective date, excluding Section 16.
9:32:40 AM
Mr. Kopp explained that there was a rigorous discussion in
the State Affairs Committee. He stressed that it was a
policy call to determine where the program should be
housed. He shared that it was preferred that the program be
held in the Department of Health and Social Services
(DHSS).
Co-Chair MacKinnon announced that public testimony be
limited to two minutes.
Senator Bishop asked for restatement of a statistic related
to DUI and smoking. Mr. Kopp replied that the Center for
Disease Control, in the 50th Anniversary Report on Smoking
in America in 2010, identified that between 2005 and 2009
480,000 people per year in America died of smoking related
deaths. He explained that DUI had approximately 10,000
deaths per year.
Senator Dunleavy wondered how the exceptions in closed
commercial fishing vessels were determined. Mr. Kopp
responded that the sport charter boats and commercial
fishing boats could be unsafe. He remarked that people were
outside 99 percent of the time.
9:36:36 AM
Senator Dunleavy remarked that there had been a similar
discussion the year prior related to marijuana. Mr. Kopp
responded that the marijuana discussion was not a part of
the creating of the legislation.
^PUBLIC TESTIMONY
9:38:28 AM
ZACHARY STOCKTON, TEENS AGAINST TOBACCO, KENAI (via
teleconference), testified in support of SB 1. He shared
that future generations should not be required to worry
about this issue. He stressed that second hand smoke had
proved to cause heart disease and cancer.
9:39:59 AM
RACHEL TODD, TEENS AGAINST TOBACCO, KENAI (via
teleconference), spoke in support of SB 1.
9:40:53 AM
JENNY OLENDORFF, SELF, SOLDOTNA (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1. She stressed that employees
and business owners did not have the right to expose their
employees to toxic chemicals.
9:42:11 AM
PAMELA HOWARD, SELF, SOLDOTNA (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
9:43:44 AM
CARMEN LUNDE, KODIAK CHARR, KODIAK (via teleconference),
spoke against SB 1. She felt that business owners had the
right to determine what occurred in their businesses. She
felt that punishing smokers for their own good went against
their rights. She remarked that smoking bans violated
private property laws. She stated that Kodiak had six
smoke-free bars, and six smoking bars.
9:45:48 AM
TERRENCE ROBBINS, SELF, KETCHIKAN (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1. He shared that he had seen
his grandfather and aunts die from cancer caused by
smoking. He stressed that protecting Alaska from second
hand smoke would enhance public health.
9:47:00 AM
ANGELA CARROLL, SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVE TRADE ASSOCIATION,
WASILLA (via teleconference), spoke against SB 1. She felt
that the legislation would hurt the vape industry in
Alaska.
9:48:19 AM
ALEX MCDONALD, OWNER, ICEBOX VAPORY, FAIRBANKS (via
teleconference), testified against SB 1. He felt that the
legislation would limit the personal rights of individuals,
privacy, and freedom of choice.
9:52:00 AM
JESSIE WALTON, SELF, FAIRBANKS (via teleconference),
opposed SB 1.
9:53:45 AM
LINCOLN BEAN SR., ALL HEALTHCARE, KAKE (via
teleconference), spoke in support of SB 1.
9:55:28 AM
ROBERT URATA, MEMBER, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, JUNEAU
(via teleconference), testified in support of SB 1.
9:57:16 AM
DIANA REDWOOD, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1. She stated that she had
frequented bars that allowed smoking in her twenties. She
was grateful that Anchorage was smoke-free, and pitied the
communities that did not have a ban.
9:58:15 AM
MAUREEN NARUS, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), spoke
in support of SB 1.
9:59:44 AM
BILL ROSS, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), testified
in support of SB 1. He stated that his wife had died as a
result of the effects of second hand smoke.
10:01:44 AM
DALE FOX, PRESIDENT, ALASKA CHARR, ANCHORAGE (via
teleconference), testified against SB 1. He shared that
Alaska CHARR believed in the right of freedom of choice.
10:04:07 AM
MICHAEL PATTERSON, SELF, JUNEAU, testified in support SB 1.
10:06:41 AM
ANGELA CERNICH, SELF, JUNEAU, spoke in support of SB 1. She
shared that she had a disease as a result of second hand
smoke.
10:09:02 AM
MARQUETTA ANDRAS, SELF, JUNEAU, spoke in support of SB 1.
She explained that her father was a heavy smoker. She
stated that she almost died at 2 weeks old, because she had
pneumonia as a result of second hand smoke.
10:11:35 AM
JOAN CAHILL, SELF, JUNEAU, spoke in support of SB 1. She
stated that she had grown up in a home exposed to second
hand smoke.
10:14:20 AM
K.T. MCKEE, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN ALASKA, MAT-SU
(via teleconference), testified in support of SB 1. She
stressed that second hand smoke was the major source of
preventable disease. She shared that the bill had the
support of nearly 1000 Alaska businesses.
10:16:28 AM
ASHLEY PELTIER, SELF, MAT-SU (via teleconference), spoke in
support of SB 1. She felt that everyone had the right to
breathe clean air. She also encouraged the inclusion of e-
cigarettes.
10:17:14 AM
ROBIN MINARD, MAT-SU HEALTH FOUNDATION, MAT-SU (via
teleconference), testified in support of SB 1. She stated
that Mat-Su did not have the capability to create its own
smoke-free work place regulations.
10:18:09 AM
TERRY SNYDER, SELF, MATSU (via teleconference), testified
in support of SB 1. She stressed that the supporters of
smoke-free workplace regulations had not financial
incentives behind their personal support of the
legislation. She stressed that clean safe work environments
were a right for all Alaskans.
10:20:18 AM
KAREN PERDUE, SELF, FAIRBANKS (via teleconference), spoke
in support of SB 1. She stated that she had been involved
in tobacco regulations.
10:22:07 AM
LARRY HACKENMILLER, SELF, FAIRBANKS (via teleconference),
spoke against SB 1. He felt that second hand smoke did not
cause a hazardous work place.
10:24:45 AM
STEVE WARREN, SELF, SITKA (via teleconference), spoke in
support of SB 1.
10:25:58 AM
TAMMI MEISSNER, SELF, WRANGELL (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:27:24 AM
STEVE MAPES, SELF, KENAI (via teleconference), spoke in
opposition of SB 1. He stated that his father had died of
lung cancer as a result of smoking. He stated that his
mother had also died of lung cancer. He shared that he had
been able to quit smoking as a result of e cigarettes. He
stressed that vaping was not smoking.
10:29:40 AM
CHRYSTAL SCHOENROCK, SECRETARY, KENAI PENINSULA CHARR,
NIKISKI (via teleconference), spoke in opposition to SB 1.
10:32:10 AM
ROBIN FORSI, SELF, SOLDOTNA (via teleconference), testified
in support of SB 1. She shared some comments from a student
from Soldotna, Jackson Blackwell. She read a prepared
statement from Mr. Blackwell.
10:34:57 AM
JOHNA BEACH, SELF, KENAI (via teleconference), testified in
support of SB 1. She remarked that she had worked as a
waitress in a nonsmoking restaurant with a smoking room in
the establishment. She stressed that the bill was directed
at employee safety.
10:37:02 AM
PETE BURNS, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), testified
in support of SB 1.
10:39:04 AM
STAN SELMAN, CLUB PARIS, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:40:30 AM
KEN HELANDER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS
(AARP), ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), testified in
support of SB 1. He stressed that healthy young people
would become healthy adults.
10:41:28 AM
JULIE WRIGLEY, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1. She stated that her children
were Alaska's future work force. She stressed that second
hand smoke contributed to many cancer risks. She felt that
everyone had the right to breathe smoke-free air.
10:43:05 AM
BEVERLY WOOLEY, SELF, MAT-SU (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:46:13 AM
GAIL SCHIEMANN, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:47:04 AM
KATIE STEFFENS, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:49:02 AM
WENDIE MACNAUGHTON, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, FAIRBANKS
(via teleconference), testified in support of SB 1.
10:49:56 AM
KRISTEN LUBY, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference),
testified in support of SB 1.
10:50:32 AM
EDY RODEWALD, SELF, JUNEAU, testified in support of SB 1.
10:52:23 AM
KRISTIN COX, SELF, JUNEAU, testified in support of SB 1.
10:54:55 AM
CAROLYN CLIFT, SELF, ANCHORAGE (via teleconference), spoke
against SB 1.
10:56:59 AM
BARBARA DOTY, ALASKA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS, WASILLA
(via teleconference), testified in support of SB 1.
10:59:26 AM
AT EASE
10:59:50 AM
RECONVENED
11:00:25 AM
EMILY NENON, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, CANCER ACTION
NETWORK, JUNEAU (via teleconference), testified in support
of SB 1.
Co-Chair MacKinnon CLOSED public testimony.
SB 1 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
ADJOURNMENT
11:03:36 AM
The meeting was adjourned at 11:03 a.m.