Legislature(2009 - 2010)FAHRENKAMP 203

04/18/2010 10:00 AM Senate JUDICIARY


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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 36 INITIATIVES: CONTRIBUTIONS/ PROCEDURES TELECONFERENCED
Moved SCS CSSSHB 36(JUD) Out of Comte
+= HB 381 SELF DEFENSE TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 381(JUD) Out of Committee
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              SENATE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                         April 18, 2010                                                                                         
                           10:04 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Hollis French, Chair                                                                                                    
Senator Bill Wielechowski, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Senator Dennis Egan                                                                                                             
Senator John Coghill                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lesil McGuire                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 36(FIN) AM                                                                                         
"An Act  relating to ballot initiative  proposal applications, to                                                               
ballot  initiatives and  to those  who file  or organize  for the                                                               
purpose of filing  a ballot initiative proposal,  and to election                                                               
pamphlet information relating to certain propositions."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     -MOVED SCS CSSS 36(JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 381(JUD)                                                                                
"An Act relating to self defense in any place where a person has                                                                
a right to be."                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     -MOVED CSHB 381(JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB  36                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: INITIATIVES:  CONTRIBUTIONS/ PROCEDURES                                                                            
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) JOHANSEN, MILLETT, P.WILSON                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
01/20/09       (H)       PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/09                                                                                

01/20/09 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

01/20/09 (H) STA, JUD 03/25/09 (H) SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED 03/25/09 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 03/25/09 (H) JUD, FIN 04/06/09 (H) JUD AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 120 04/06/09 (H) Heard & Held 04/06/09 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 04/06/09 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120 04/06/09 (H) Heard & Held 04/06/09 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 04/13/09 (H) JUD AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 120 04/13/09 (H) Heard & Held 04/13/09 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 04/15/09 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120 04/15/09 (H) Moved CSSSHB 36(JUD) Out of Committee 04/15/09 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 04/16/09 (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) 1DP 3DNP 1NR 1AM 04/16/09 (H) DP: COGHILL 04/16/09 (H) DNP: HOLMES, GRUENBERG, RAMRAS 04/16/09 (H) NR: DAHLSTROM 04/16/09 (H) AM: LYNN 04/18/09 (H) FIN AT 8:30 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519 04/18/09 (H) Heard & Held 04/18/09 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 02/08/10 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519 02/08/10 (H) Heard & Held 02/08/10 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 03/15/10 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519 03/15/10 (H) Heard & Held 03/15/10 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 03/16/10 (H) FIN AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519 03/16/10 (H) Heard & Held 03/16/10 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 03/16/10 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519 03/16/10 (H) Moved CSHB 36(FIN) Out of Committee 03/16/10 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 03/19/10 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 6DP 4AM 03/19/10 (H) DP: THOMAS, AUSTERMAN, KELLY, FAIRCLOUGH, STOLTZE, HAWKER 03/19/10 (H) AM: GARA, DOOGAN, JOULE, N.FOSTER 04/11/10 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 04/11/10 (H) VERSION: CSSSHB 36(FIN) AM 04/12/10 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/12/10 (S) JUD, FIN 04/13/10 (S) JUD AT 9:15 AM BUTROVICH 205 04/13/10 (S) Heard & Held 04/13/10 (S) MINUTE(JUD) 04/14/10 (S) JUD AT 8:30 AM BUTROVICH 205 04/14/10 (S) Heard & Held 04/14/10 (S) MINUTE(JUD) 04/15/10 (S) JUD AT 8:30 AM BUTROVICH 205 04/15/10 (S) Scheduled But Not Heard 04/17/10 (S) FIN AT 1:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532 04/17/10 (S) <Pending Referral> 04/18/10 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 BILL: HB 381 SHORT TITLE: SELF DEFENSE SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) NEUMAN 02/23/10 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 02/23/10 (H) JUD, FIN 03/15/10 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120 03/15/10 (H) Heard & Held 03/15/10 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 03/29/10 (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 3DP 1DNP 2NR 03/29/10 (H) DP: LYNN, GATTO, RAMRAS 03/29/10 (H) DNP: HOLMES 03/29/10 (H) NR: GRUENBERG, HERRON 03/29/10 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120 03/29/10 (H) Moved CSHB 381(JUD) Out of Committee 03/29/10 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 04/08/10 (H) FIN AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519 04/08/10 (H) Moved CSHB 381(JUD) Out of Committee 04/08/10 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 04/09/10 (H) FIN RPT CS(JUD) NT 6DP 1DNP 2NR 04/09/10 (H) DP: THOMAS, N.FOSTER, KELLY, SALMON, STOLTZE, HAWKER 04/09/10 (H) DNP: DOOGAN 04/09/10 (H) NR: GARA, JOULE 04/12/10 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 04/12/10 (H) VERSION: CSHB 381(JUD) 04/13/10 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/13/10 (S) JUD, FIN 04/15/10 (S) JUD AT 8:30 AM BUTROVICH 205 04/15/10 (S) Heard & Held 04/15/10 (S) MINUTE(JUD) 04/16/10 (S) JUD AT 9:15 AM BUTROVICH 205 04/16/10 (S) Heard & Held 04/16/10 (S) MINUTE(JUD) 04/17/10 (S) JUD AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205 WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses ACTION NARRATIVE 10:04:25 AM CHAIR HOLLIS FRENCH called the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Coghill, Egan, and French. Senator Wielechowski arrived soon thereafter. HB 36-INITIATIVES: CONTRIBUTIONS/ PROCEDURES 10:04:33 AM CHAIR FRENCH announced the consideration of HB 36. [CSSSHB 36(FIN) AM was before the committee.] The bill was heard previously and public testimony was taken. At ease from 10:05 a.m. to 10:06 a.m. 10:06:09 AM SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI joined the committee. CHAIR FRENCH asked for a motion to adopt \T version committee substitute (CS) as the working document. SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved to adopt SCS for CS for SS for HB 36, labeled 26-LS0197\T as the working document. There being no objection, version T was before the committee. CHAIR FRENCH summarized that the SCS incorporates the three small changes that were made at the previous hearing. It allows the presiding officers to select the standing committee to hear the bill if necessary during the session; it clarifies that the lieutenant governor can stream the public hearings; and it changes the word "review" to "hearing." 10:07:16 AM SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved to report the Senate CS for CS for SS for HB 36(JUD), \T, from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, SCS CSSSHB 36(JUD) moved from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee. At ease from 10:07 a.m. to 10:08 a.m. HB 381-SELF DEFENSE 10:08:40 AM CHAIR FRENCH announced the consideration of HB 381 and asked for a motion to rescind the committee action to report the [Senate] committee substitute from committee. SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved to rescind action to report the [Senate] committee substitute for HB 381 from committee. There being no objection, the motion carried. 10:09:13 AM CHAIR FRENCH asked for a motion to rescind the committee action to adopt the conceptual amendment [1]. SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved to rescind the committee action to adopt conceptual Amendment [1]. There being no objection, the motion carried. CHAIR FRENCH announced that CSHB 381(JUD) is before the committee and asked for a motion to move the bill from committee. 10:09:43 AM SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved to report CS for HB 381 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, CSHB 381(JUD) moved from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee. 10:09:56 AM SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI thanked Senator French for his hard work and leadership the last four years as Chair of the judiciary committee. CHAIR FRENCH thanked Senator Wielechowski for the kind words and then expressed appreciation to Senator Coghill for the many times he made a quorum despite being a minority member. SENATOR EGAN thanked Senator French and his staff for providing a congenial work environment. SENATOR COGHILL thanked Senator French and for being generous with his staff and for creating a respectful working relationship. "It's been good working with you; I will note however, that the only time we had to rescind an action is when I was not here," he said. 10:11:41 AM There being no further business to come before the committee, Chair French adjourned the meeting at 10:11 p.m.

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