Legislature(2023 - 2024)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/14/2024 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
March 14, 2024
3:31 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Scott Kawasaki, Chair
Senator Matt Claman, Vice Chair
Senator Jesse Bjorkman
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator Kelly Merrick
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 151
"An Act establishing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons
Review Commission; relating to missing and murdered indigenous
persons; relating to the duties of the Department of Public
Safety; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CSSB 151(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 151
SHORT TITLE: MISSING/MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;REPORT
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) OLSON
05/13/23 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
05/13/23 (S) STA, FIN
02/06/24 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/06/24 (S) Heard & Held
02/06/24 (S) MINUTE(STA)
03/14/24 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
WITNESS REGISTER
JOE HAYES, Staff
Senator Scott Kawasaki
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented the summary of changes to SB 151.
ALMERIA ALCANTRA, Staff
Senator Donald Olsen
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Spoke to SB 151 on behalf of Senator Olsen.
ACTION NARRATIVE
3:31:17 PM
CHAIR SCOTT KAWASAKI called the Senate State Affairs Standing
Committee meeting to order at 3:31 p.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Merrick, Bjorkman, and Chair Kawasaki.
Senators Wielechowski and Claman arrived thereafter.
SB 151-MISSING/MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;REPORT
3:31:43 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO.
151 "An Act establishing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Persons Review Commission; relating to missing and murdered
indigenous persons; relating to the duties of the Department of
Public Safety; and providing for an effective date."
3:32:01 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI solicited a motion.
3:32:03 PM
SENATOR MERRICK moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS) for
SB 151, work order 33-LS0052\R, as the working document.
3:32:17 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI objected for purposes of discussion.
3:32:31 PM
JOE HAYES, Staff, Senator Scott Kawasaki, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, presented the summary of changes to
SB 151:
[Original punctuation provided.]
Summary of Changes from U to R
Page 1: Title Change Adds "relating to police officer
training" to the title to reflect the addition of the
cultural training section.
Page 1: line 6, inserts new bill section AS.
18.65.240(a) to incorporate cultural training to the
standards of police officer training under the Alaska
Police Standard Council. This training must be
supervised by an Indigenous coordinator or Indigenous
entity and completed for an individual to be appointed
as a police officer.
Page 2: Line 5 amends AS 44.41.020 by adding a new
subsection requesting the Department of Public safety
to submit names and information relating to missing
persons to the National Missing and Unidentified
Persons System (NamUs) database.
Page 4: Following line 10, a new subsection is added
requesting DPS to collaborate with the MMIP Review
Commission for public outreach purposes.
Page 5 following Line 1, adds Sec.6 The uncodified law
of Alaska Transition Training which adds a person
holding a certificate under AS 18.65.240 on or before
the effective date of section 1 of this act has two
years from the effective of section 1 of this act to
comply with the requirements of AS 18.65.240(a), as
amended by sec. 1 of this act.
The following Sections are changed are renumbering the
bill accordingly.
o Section 1 becomes Sec. 3, police training becomes
new Section 1
o Page 5, line 7: change section 3 to section 5
o Page 5, line 8: change section 2 to section 4
Dates are changed to reflect the current legislative
session.
o Page 3, line 19: change 2026 to 2027
o Page 4, line 28: change 2025 to 2026
o Page 4, line 7: change 2025 to 2026
o Page 4, line 8: change 2026 to 2027
o Page 4, line 9: change 2024 to 2025
3:32:57 PM
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI joined the meeting.
3:33:11 PM
SENATOR CLAMAN joined the meeting.
3:34:47 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI removed his objection; finding no further
objection, CSSB 151 was adopted.
3:35:18 PM
ALMERIA ALCANTRA, Staff, Senator Donald Olsen, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said Senator Olsen is in support of
the changes brought forward in the committee substitute for SB
151.
3:35:48 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI solicited a motion.
3:35:52 PM
SENATOR MERRICK moved to report CSSB 151, work order 33-
LS0052\R, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s).
3:36:06 PM
CHAIR KAWASAKI found no objection and CSSB 151(STA) was reported
from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.
3:37:00 PM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Kawasaki adjourned the Senate State Affairs Standing
Committee meeting at 3:37 p.m.
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