04/26/2022 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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| SB220 | |
| SB195 | |
| SB119 | |
| Adjourn |
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| *+ | SB 220 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 119 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 195 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
April 26, 2022
3:34 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Mike Shower, Chair
Senator Lora Reinbold, Vice Chair
Senator Roger Holland
Senator Scott Kawasaki
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Mia Costello
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 220
"An Act relating to a residency requirement for permanent full-
time state employees in the classified, exempt, or partially
exempt service; relating to allowable absences for permanent
fund dividend eligibility; and providing for an effective date."
- HEARD & HELD
SENATE BILL NO. 195
"An Act relating to the compensation of certain public
officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective
bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date."
- HEARD & HELD
SENATE BILL NO. 119
"An Act relating to oaths of office; and requiring public
officers to read the state constitution, the Declaration of
Independence, and the United States Constitution."
- MOVED CSSB 119(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 220
SHORT TITLE: STATE EMPLOYEES: STATE RESIDENCY
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) WIELECHOWSKI
02/22/22 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/22/22 (S) STA, FIN
04/14/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
04/14/22 (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/26/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
BILL: SB 195
SHORT TITLE: PAY INCREASES FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) KIEHL
02/15/22 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/15/22 (S) STA, FIN
03/29/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
03/29/22 (S) Heard & Held
03/29/22 (S) MINUTE(STA)
04/12/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
04/12/22 (S) Heard & Held
04/12/22 (S) MINUTE(STA)
04/14/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
04/14/22 (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/26/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
BILL: SB 119
SHORT TITLE: OATH OF OFFICE
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) REINBOLD
04/07/21 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/07/21 (S) EDC, JUD, STA, FIN
04/23/21 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
04/23/21 (S) Heard & Held
04/23/21 (S) MINUTE(EDC)
04/28/21 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
04/28/21 (S) Moved CSSB 119(EDC) Out of Committee
04/28/21 (S) MINUTE(EDC)
04/30/21 (S) EDC RPT CS 4DP 1NR SAME TITLE
04/30/21 (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, STEVENS, MICCICHE
04/30/21 (S) NR: BEGICH
04/30/21 (S) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
04/30/21 (S) CRA REFERRAL ADDED AFTER EDC
05/11/21 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
05/11/21 (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
05/13/21 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
05/13/21 (S) Moved CSSB 119(EDC) Out of Committee
05/13/21 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
05/14/21 (S) CRA RPT 1DP 1DNP 2NR
05/14/21 (S) DP: HUGHES
05/14/21 (S) DNP: GRAY-JACKSON
05/14/21 (S) NR: MYERS, WILSON
01/31/22 (S) JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
01/31/22 (S) Heard & Held
01/31/22 (S) MINUTE(JUD)
02/02/22 (S) JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
02/02/22 (S) Heard & Held
02/02/22 (S) MINUTE(JUD)
02/09/22 (S) JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
02/09/22 (S) <Bill Hearing Postponed to Feb 11>
02/11/22 (S) JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
02/11/22 (S) Moved CSSB 119(JUD) Out of Committee
02/11/22 (S) MINUTE(JUD)
02/15/22 (S) JUD RPT CS 3DP 1NR NEW TITLE
02/15/22 (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, SHOWER
02/15/22 (S) NR: KIEHL
04/12/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
04/12/22 (S) Heard & Held
04/12/22 (S) MINUTE(STA)
04/26/22 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
WITNESS REGISTER
SENATOR BILL WIELECHOWSKI
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of SB 220.
SONJA KAWASAKI, Staff
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented the sectional analysis for SB 220
on behalf of the sponsor.
SENATOR JESSEE KIEHL
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of SB 195.
PHILLIP MOSER, representing self
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of SB 119.
ACTION NARRATIVE
3:34:28 PM
CHAIR MIKE SHOWER called the Senate State Affairs Standing
Committee meeting to order at 3:34 p.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Holland, Reinbold, Kawasaki, and Chair
Shower.
SB 220-STATE EMPLOYEES: STATE RESIDENCY
3:35:07 PM
CHAIR SHOWER announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 220
"An Act relating to a residency requirement for permanent full-
time state employees in the classified, exempt, or partially
exempt service; relating to allowable absences for permanent
fund dividend eligibility; and providing for an effective date."
He noted that this was the first hearing.
3:35:23 PM
SENATOR BILL WIELECHOWSKI, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau,
Alaska, sponsor of SB 220, introduced the legislation speaking
to the prepared sponsor statement.
There is no current law that requires State of Alaska
employees to be residents of Alaska. In the wake of
the Covid-19 pandemic, accessibility to important
technological resources accelerated rapidly, enabling
many members of the state work force the ability to
avoid the congregate office setting. But while the
"remote work" options appeared necessary at that time,
at least one negative consequence of those
advancements may be a shift toward state employees
moving to work from out-of-state, living away from the
locales their work affects and spending their state-
earned salaries Outside.
Senate Bill 220 would mandate that Alaska's permanent,
full-time state employees are residents of Alaska and
would establish procedures to ensure that residency is
maintained. Under this bill, employees who have
maintained residency with a clear showingto the
extent that they qualify for a Permanent Fund
Dividendmay continue state service. Using PFD
eligibility automatically incorporates allowable
absences that are already established in statute.
Nonresidents could still be hired for state positions
but would have to demonstrate residency through the
next full calendar year, at the first instance of
possible PFD eligibility.
The bill tasks the State Director of Personnel with
annually verifying that employees are in good standing
with the residency requirement by reviewing their PFD
eligibility status or otherwise confirming that an
employeedespite not applying for the Dividendwould
meet the same eligibility criteria. The personnel
director's duties should be relatively easy to carry
out; in most cases she can simply verify whether the
Department of Revenue, Permanent Fund Dividend
Division, approved the employee's Dividend
application.
If they live and work in the state they serve, our
public employees will experience higher morale, better
productivity, improved collaboration, and will have
more care for the tasks over which they are entrusted.
This bill in no way restricts the ability of
departments or agencies to offer work from-home
arrangements within the state.
This legislation provides necessary, reasonable, and
important safeguards against an exodus of our talented
and valuable state employees. I ask for your support
for this commonsense legislation ensuring that
Alaska's public employee services are performed by
Alaskans.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI relayed that the Senate Finance Committee
recently learned that nearly 10 percent of the Permanent Fund
Corporation employees had moved out-of-state in the last year.
They must fly back to Alaska for quarterly meetings and the
state is paying for that travel and per diem. He emphasized that
this practice does nothing to help the state's economy or its
unemployment rate.
He opined that allowing state employees to live and work outside
the state creates a host of problems and SB 220 offers a
reasonable solution.
3:37:42 PM
CHAIR SHOWER asked if he had explored the constitutionality of
telling State of Alaska employees they could not work for the
state if they didn't live in the state. He also asked if he was
aware of any other states that had a similar requirement and if
they had been challenged.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI said he asked his staff that question and
she directed him to a Legislative Legal Services memo that
opined that this would not be subject to a constitutional
challenge. He read the following quote and offered to provide
the full opinion to the committee.
Continuing residency requirements in order to maintain
government employment have generally survived
challenges alleging violations of various provisions
of and rights guaranteed by the United States
Constitution.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI clarified that the bill was confined to
state workers; it did not apply to private industry.
CHAIR SHOWER said he'd like the opinion and it would be posted
on BASIS.
SENATOR REINBOLD commented that she did not support most
telehealth because the provider sees more in a face-to-face
appointment with the patient. She added that she wasn't a big
fan of Zoom because there was much more value of meeting one-to-
one. She asked the sponsor if he thought that was a good
analysis of why he believes fulltime state employees should be
present.
3:39:58 PM
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI said he shared that concern, but the bill
does not address telework. SB 221 addresses [state employees]
who work out-of-state. He restated the premise that Alaskans are
better served when state employees work within the boundaries of
the state.
SENATOR REINBOLD offered her view that the bill did relate to
telemedicine because the point is to prevent undercutting the
workers in the state of Alaska. She noted that Legislative
Budget and Audit (LB&A) recently addressed this issue and
imposed tight parameters on auditors for the state. She opined
that any exceptions should be well justified.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI responded that he didn't disagree.
3:41:46 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND said he could see the use of telehealth if it is
a cost saving but it struck him as improper for state employees
to receive per diem to travel back to Alaska to do their work.
He asked if that was actually happening.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI replied that is what the Senate Finance
Committee was told about permanent fund employees. He wasn't
aware of what other departments might do, but he was shocked to
learn that the state pays for travel, food, and lodging expenses
for state employees who choose to live out-of-state.
SENATOR HOLLAND asked if he had other examples of this practice.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI relayed that his office asked Legislative
Research Services to look at how widespread this might be. They
reported that the state personnel director was unresponsive to
their multiple requests for this information, which was a
concern. He noted that Legislative Research Services also
reached out to the Alaska Gasline Development Authority (AGDC),
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), Alaska Industrial
Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), Alaska Energy
Authority (AEA), and the Alaska Mental Health Trust (AMHT) and
each reported that none of their employees worked from outside
the state.
3:44:31 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND asked if there were qualifying standards other
than eligibility for the permanent fund dividend (PFD).
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI responded that there are any number of ways
to check residency, but using PFD eligibility seemed to be an
easy way to verify.
SENATOR HOLLAND shared that he didn't qualify for a dividend the
first year he was eligible because of a technicality, and he'd
hate to think that somebody's employment could be at risk due to
a technicality.
3:45:47 PM
SENATOR SHOWER asked the sponsor to send a request for the
employee information to the committee and he would forward it to
the Department of the Administration (DOA) personnel director as
a committee request.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI agreed to do so.
CHAIR SHOWER asked Ms. Kawasaki to present the sectional
analysis.
3:46:22 PM
SONJA KAWASAKI, Staff, Senator Bill Wielechowski, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, presented the sectional analysis
for SB 220 on behalf of the sponsor.
Section 1 State Employee State Residency Required;
Determination; Termination; Regulation Authority
Section 1 creates three new sections in law:
Sec. 39.25.025 establishes the requirement that a
full-time employee of the state in a classified,
exempt, or partially exempt position must be, or
become, a resident of the state, for continued state
employment.
Sec. 39.25.027 provides that the State Director of
Personnel must annually determine whether state
employees who are subject to the residency requirement
and who have been employed for the entire previous
calendar year are not eligible for a Permanent Fund
Dividend in the current year, which links an
employee's eligibility for continued state service to
the employee's right to receive a PFD.
An employee who would qualify for a PFD but who is
ineligible because the employee did not actually apply
for a PFD, or an employee who does not quality due to
certain criminal convictions that do not prevent state
employment but disqualifies the employee for a PFD,
may still be eligible for continued employment.
The director must notify affected departments of an
employee who is not eligible for a PFD and who is not
otherwise excepted from the requirement, and the
employee shall be terminated.
Sec. 39.25.029 authorizes the Commissioner of
Administration to adopt regulations to implement these
provisions.
3:48:10 PM
Section 2 Clarifying Language Added for Employees
Who Must Work Out-of-State
Current law provides limitations on the duration that
a PFD applicant may be absent from the state and still
be eligible for a PFD. An exception exists for state
employees who work in "a field office or other
location"; the bill adds clarifying language that the
employee's presence in the location that is out-of-
state must be necessary to fulfill the employee's job
duties.
3:48:39 PM
Section 3 Applicability to Collective Bargaining
Agreements
The new residency requirement does not apply to
collective bargaining agreements entered into before
the bill's effective date.
Section 4 Transition Provision for Applicability to
Current State Employees
A current state employee may continue state employment
until January 1, 2024, despite ineligibility for state
service under the new residency requirement.
Section 5 Effective Date
The Act is effective July 2, 2022.
SENATOR HOLLAND asked if any state corporation employees were
required to live outside the state, specifically AGDC positions
in Texas.
MS. KAWASAKI relayed that AGDC communicated to Legislative
Research Services that their employees are not considered
employees of the state but that they all live in Alaska.
SENATOR HOLLAND clarified that his question was whether any
state corporations might have a requirement that certain
employees live outside the state.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI said he was only aware of the congressional
delegation for which there is an exception in the PFD statute,
the individual the governor hires to work in Washington, DC, and
congressional staff.
SENATOR HOLLAND said he brought it up to ensure the bill would
provide "carve outs" to protect those employees.
MS. KAWASAKI relayed that the carve outs were in the permissible
absence statutes for the PFD and SB 221 would link to those
statutes. The bill clarifies that employment out-of-state must
be necessary for the performance of the job duties.
CHAIR SHOWER conveyed information from his staff that the eight
PCNs for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) that were
in Seattle had all moved back to Alaska.
SENATOR REINBOLD said she would like to see proof that no AGDC
employees work out-of-state. She added that the bill was
intriguing because she also recalled that US Senator Dan
Sullivan talked about the number of federal employees who work
on behalf of Alaska but reside in Washington state.
3:53:00 PM
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI restated that his office requested the
information from Legislative Legal Research Services and the
response from AGDC president Frank Richards was:
We are not State of Alaska employees. All our
employees work in Alaska.
CHAIR SHOWER said he would be curious to hear whether the
Department of Law agreed with Legislative Research Services or
had a different opinion.
3:54:09 PM
CHAIR SHOWER held SB 220 in committee.
SB 195-PAY INCREASES FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES
3:54:16 PM
CHAIR SHOWER announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 195
"An Act relating to the compensation of certain public
officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective
bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date."
CHAIR SHOWER asked the sponsor to give the committee a high
level summary of the bill.
3:54:37 PM
SENATOR JESSEE KIEHL, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau, Alaska,
sponsor of SB 195, stated that this is a catchup bill for state
workers who are not represented by a union. It provides a five
percent pay increase spread equally over two years. This brings
the pay for these state workers up to the last round of general
government employee pay increases. This will be the first
adjustment these employees have received since 2015. He noted
that during a previous hearing he incorrectly stated that the
bill affects all Department of Law (DOL) employees. The bill
would cover all the attorneys at the Department of Law; the non-
attorneys in that department are mostly represented by a union.
SENATOR REINBOLD recalled a similar bill in 2014 and the average
cost was $10 million. She relayed her concern was that the
private sector was struggling and their voice wasn't being
heard. She said she was reserving judgment pending a review of
the fiscal note.
3:57:23 PM
SENATOR KIEHL responded that there are just over 2,800 exempt
and partially exempt employees statewide. The fiscal note shows
an $8.6 million cost the first year, $5.78 million of which is
unrestricted general fund (UGF). The total cost the second year
is $8.8 million. These costs reflect a modest, total five
percent, increase for workers who have not had a pay adjustment
since 2015.
SENATOR KIEHL said he was pleased to see that wages in the
private sector were increasing because it was past due. He was
also pleased to see that the economy was beginning to recover.
He agreed that private sector business have been struggling and
they deserve empathy. He said it's noteworthy that even as they
struggle, many are raising wages for their employees, and for
more than what is proposed in SB 195. He reiterated that the
bill is a catch up, but not on par with the increases in the
private sector.
SENATOR REINBOLD spoke about the disparity between a 37.5 hour
week job with benefits and the relentless hours and huge
responsibilities for the owner of a private sector business. She
recalled hearing that about 75,000 jobs were lost over the last
two years due to COVID-19, and noted that she wasn't aware of
even one "bureaucratic job" that was lost. She questioned the
timing of the proposal.
4:01:36 PM
SENATOR KIEHL said he didn't disagree that the private sector
had struggled, but he did not agree with the point that these
exempt and partially exempt state employees work just 37.5 hours
a week. These employees are not represented by a union, a large
majority are not overtime eligible, many of them work
significantly more than the 37.5 hour state contract work week,
and that additional time is not compensated.
SENATOR KIEHL clarified that he was not trying to draw an
equivalence. SB 195 is about how the legislature, as the board
of directors for the State of Alaska, addresses an inequity in
the pay of legislative and some executive and judicial branch
employees.
SENATOR REINBOLD responded that her point was that union and
non-union workers were getting raises while small businesses in
the state were getting wiped out. She agreed that many state
employees work more than 37.5 hours per week, but that wasn't
her point. The point was that private sector businesses don't
have anybody looking out for them and it's not wise to ignore
their needs.
SENATOR KIEHL restated that Senator Reinbold was not wrong about
the suffering in the private sector. He expressed appreciation
for the legislative efforts to reopen tourism and opined that
everyone in the room was focused on and committed to work
together on economic recovery.
4:04:13 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND noted that the fiscal note reflected the $8.6
million cost for the first 2.5 percent increase in FY2023 and
$8.8 million for the second 2.5 percent increase in FY2024. He
asked whether the reason that FY2024 didn't show the cumulative
cost of $17.4 million was that the first year cost would be in
the base budget in the second year.
SENATOR KIEHL replied that his analysis was correct. When fully
implemented, the total cost of the five percent increase was
about $17 million.
4:05:47 PM
CHAIR SHOWER stated he would hold SB 195 in committee to ensure
all the committee member's questions were answered.
SENATOR KIEHL said he would be happy to answer any questions the
members may have either in the office or during the next
hearing.
4:06:57 PM
At ease
SB 119-OATH OF OFFICE
4:07:36 PM
CHAIR SHOWER reconvened the meeting and announced the
consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 119 "An Act relating to oaths
of office; and requiring public officers to read the state
constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the United
States Constitution."
[CSSB 119(JUD) was before the committee.]
4:08:33 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD, speaking as sponsor, summarized that SB 119
will require elected officials to sign a statement, before they
take the oath of office, attesting that they have read the
Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the
State of Alaska.
SENATOR HOLLAND said he heard the bill in a previous committee
of referral and would hold his questions until the amendment
process.
CHAIR SHOWER asked the sponsor to offer the first amendment.
4:10:11 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD moved Amendment 1, work order 32-LS0163\W.1
32-LS0163\W.1
Marx
4/13/22
AMENDMENT 1
OFFERED IN THE SENATE BY SENATOR REINBOLD
TO: CSSB 119(JUD)
Page 1, line 2, following "constitution":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 1, line 6, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 1, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 5, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 11, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 16, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 22, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 2, line 31, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 3, line 6, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 3, line 13, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
Page 3, line 19, following "Alaska":
Insert ", the Declaration of Independence,"
CHAIR SHOWER objected for discussion purposes.
SENATOR REINBOLD explained that Amendment 1 adds the Declaration
of Independence to the documents that elected officials would be
required to read before taking the oath of office. This is in
keeping with the original intent of the legislation because the
documents are inseparable. This document is the charter and the
constitution lays out the bylaws.
CHAIR SHOWER advised that the amendment did not have a fiscal
impact.
4:11:25 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND observed that the sponsor did not mention the
Declaration of Independence in her opening remarks. As important
as that document is, he didn't believe that elected officials
were required to take an oath to it like they do to the
Constitution of the State of Alaska and the United States
Constitution. He asked if that was correct.
SENATOR REINBOLD responded that the only reason that she didn't
mention the Declaration of Independence in her opening remarks
was because that requirement was removed in a previous committee
and she was speaking to the current version.
4:12:24 PM
At ease
4:13:24 PM
CHAIR SHOWER reconvened the meeting. He asked if there were
additional questions on Amendment 1.
SENATOR HOLLAND advised that he would not support the amendment
because he had voted to remove that requirement when he heard
the bill in an earlier committee.
SENATOR REINBOLD shared that when she reads the Declaration of
Independence she thinks about the conditions in the Colonies
because of King George' actions and is reminded of reasons that
the rights outlined in the constitution are so valuable.
SENATOR HOLLAND said he was trying to find an analogy between
King George as an unresponsive dictator and this requirement.
There is no law that requires anybody to read the Declaration of
Independence and for that reason he had trouble supporting the
amendment.
4:15:12 PM
CHAIR SHOWER removed his objection.
4:15:23 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND objected.
4:15:39 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Senators Reinbold Kawasaki, and
Shower voted in favor of Amendment 1 to SB 119 and Senator
Holland, voted against it. Therefore, Amendment 1 passed on a
3:1 vote.
CHAIR SHOWER announced that Amendment 1 passed with three yeas
and 1 nay.
SENATOR REINBOLD moved Amendment 2 to SB 119, work order 32-
LS0163\W.2.
32-LS0163\W.2
Marx
4/13/22
AMENDMENT 2
OFFERED IN THE SENATE BY SENATOR REINBOLD
TO: CSSB 119(JUD)
Page 1, line 7:
Delete "take and sign"
Insert "shall take, [AND] sign, and file with the
applicable school board"
Page 2, line 1, following "take":
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and
museums"
Page 2, line 6:
Delete "and subscribe to"
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and museums
[AND SUBSCRIBE TO]"
Page 2, line 12:
Delete "and subscribe to"
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and museums
[AND SUBSCRIBE TO]"
Page 2, line 17:
Delete "and subscribe to"
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and museums
[AND SUBSCRIBE TO]"
Page 2, line 23:
Delete "and subscribe to"
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and museums
[AND SUBSCRIBE TO]"
Page 3, line 1, following "take":
Insert ", sign, and file with the division in the
Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and
museums"
Page 3, line 14, following "file":
Insert "with the division in the Department of
Education and Early Development responsible for state
libraries, archives, and museums"
Page 3, line 19:
Delete "and sign"
Insert ", [AND] sign, and file with the division
in the Department of Education and Early Development
responsible for state libraries, archives, and
museums"
CHAIR SHOWER objected for discussion purposes.
4:16:22 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD explained that Amendment 2 establishes where
the signed oaths will be housed. Oaths of school board members
will be filed with the appropriate school board and the oaths
for all other elected officials, judges, and magistrates will be
filed with the division in the Department of Education and Early
Development (DEED) responsible for state libraries, archives,
and museums.
4:17:54 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND noted that he was surprised that this direction
was missing in the original legislation and he did support the
addition.
SENATOR REINBOLD offered her belief that the amendment would
have no fiscal impact.
CHAIR SHOWER thanked her for the clarification.
4:19:18 PM
SENATOR KAWASAKI asked if she knew where the lieutenant governor
files the oaths that legislators sign when they are sworn into
office.
SENATOR REINBOLD answered no.
SENATOR KAWASAKI asked if she had spoken to any school boards or
districts about filing these oaths for school board members and
whether it would be easy to do.
SENATOR REINBOLD answered no but her belief was that the details
about where oaths for school board members would be filed could
be addressed through regulation. She highlighted that she had
received no opposition to the bill.
SENATOR KAWASAKI asked if DEED would be responsible for filing
the oaths from a Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA)
since they have no school board.
SENATOR REINBOLD surmised that would be the case.
4:21:30 PM
SENATOR KAWASAKI asked if her office had contacted the State
Libraries, Archives, and Museums (SLAM) to ask whether or not
filing and storing these oaths would have a fiscal impact.
SENATOR REINBOLD acknowledged that she couldn't answer the
question with certainty but her personal opinion was that these
few filings would not result in a fiscal note.
CHAIR SHOWER offered his recollection that the bill initially
had a finance referral that was subsequently removed. He didn't
recall the details.
4:23:15 PM
SENATOR REINBOLD offered her understanding that the referral to
finance was removed because the bill doesnt have a fiscal note.
CHAIR SHOWER recalled that there were five zero fiscal notes on
BASIS initially.
4:24:08 PM
CHAIR SHOWER removed his objection to Amendment 2; finding no
further objection, Amendment 2 passed.
4:24:29 PM
CHAIR SHOWER opened public testimony on SB 119.
4:24:49 PM
PHILLIP MOSER, representing self, Juneau, Alaska, stated support
for SB 119. He opined the Declaration of Independence helps
bring up some of the hard issues related to the creation of the
United States. This document lists grievances with the King of
England, the issues the founding of America had with slavery,
and the extermination of native American people. He restated
that he fully supports requiring everyone who takes public
office to read and thus be aware of these things.
4:27:17 PM
CHAIR SHOWER closed public testimony on SB 119.
SENATOR REINBOLD thanked the committee and stated that it was an
honor to have the opportunity to present the bill.
CHAIR SHOWER commented that he agreed with the foundation.
Finding no further questions or comments, he solicited the will
of the committee.
4:28:41 PM
At ease
4:28:59 PM
CHAIR SHOWER reconvened the meeting.
4:29:03 PM
SENATOR HOLLAND moved to report SB 119, work order 32-LS0163\W,
as amended, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s).
CHAIR SHOWER found no objection and CSSB 119(STA) was reported
from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.
4:29:52 PM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Shower adjourned the Senate State Affairs Standing
Committee meeting at 4:29 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 220 Version I (SB0220A).PDF |
SSTA 4/26/2022 3:30:00 PM |
SB 220 |
| SB 220 Sponsor Statement - SSTA 4.26.22.pdf |
SSTA 4/26/2022 3:30:00 PM |
SB 220 |
| SB 220 Sectional Analysis - SSTA 4.26.22.pdf |
SSTA 4/26/2022 3:30:00 PM |
SB 220 |