03/22/2012 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                        
                         March 22, 2012                                                                                         
                           1:36 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dennis Egan, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator Joe Paskvan, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Linda Menard                                                                                                            
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 224                                                                                                             
"An Act making privileged certain communications between                                                                        
employees and employee union representatives; and amending Rule                                                                 
402 and Rule 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED SB 224 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 224                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: EVIDENCE RULES: UNION/EMPLOYEE PRIVILEGE                                                                           
SPONSOR(s): LABOR & COMMERCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
03/05/12       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
03/05/12       (S)       L&C, JUD                                                                                               
03/20/12       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
03/20/12       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/20/12       (S)       MINUTE(L&C)                                                                                            
03/22/12       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
JOHN PTACIN, Attorney                                                                                                           
Civil Division                                                                                                                  
Labor and State Affairs Section                                                                                                 
Department of Law                                                                                                               
Anchorage, AK                                                                                                                   
POSITION STATEMENT: Was available to testify on SB 224.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:36:04 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DENNIS EGAN  called the Senate Labor  and Commerce Standing                                                             
Committee meeting  to order at 1:36  p.m. Present at the  call to                                                               
order were Senators Davis, Menard, Paskvan and Chair Egan.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
        SB 224-EVIDENCE RULES: UNION/EMPLOYEE PRIVILEGE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:36:26 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN announced consideration of  SB 224 and that the Senate                                                               
Labor and Commerce Committee was the sponsor.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JOHN PTACIN,  Attorney, Civil Division,  Labor and  State Affairs                                                               
Section, Department of  Law, said he had signed up  to testify on                                                               
SB 224,  but he  could do that  now or at  the next  committee of                                                               
referral.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  EGAN  said  he  could  talk to  the  attorneys  on  Senate                                                               
Judiciary, the next committee of referral.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR. PTACIN responded that would be fine.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PASKVAN  moved to  report  SB  224 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached fiscal note.  There were                                                               
no objections, and it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:38:25 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease from 1:38 to 1:39 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:39:38 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  EGAN  called  the  Senate  Labor  and  Commerce  Committee                                                               
meeting back  to order  at 1:39 and  finding no  further business                                                               
adjourned the meeting.