HOUSE BILL NO. 150                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to pay, allowances, and benefits for                                                                      
     members of the organized militia."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:36:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Foster  conveyed that the  last time  the committee                                                                    
had heard  the bill  was on  April 19,  2017. There  were no                                                                    
amendments offered by members.  He invited Kendra Kloster to                                                                    
the table to refresh the committee about HB 150.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
KENDRA  KLOSTER, STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS  TUCK, relayed                                                                    
that  HB 150  was a  committee  bill from  the Military  and                                                                    
Veterans  Affairs committee.  It was  part of  the Title  26                                                                    
reforms, the state's military code,  which had been outdated                                                                    
since 1955.  The committee  had been  working on  doing some                                                                    
clean  up. House  Bill 150  would streamline  the accounting                                                                    
system  for the  organized  militia and  the pay  structure.                                                                    
Currently, the  state had an  outdated system.  For example,                                                                    
if a  militia member was  doing multiple duties in  one day,                                                                    
they had  to arrange their pay  based on the duty  they were                                                                    
performing. The  accounting system was long  and cumbersome.                                                                    
The bill would  streamline the system on what  the state did                                                                    
for the federal system (based on  grade and rank for the pay                                                                    
structure).                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster relayed  the list  of available  testifiers                                                                    
online.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Gara reviewed the fiscal notes:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     [FN1 - Indeterminant Fiscal Note]                                                                                          
     Department: Department of Military and Veterans                                                                            
     Affairs                                                                                                                    
     Appropriation: Military and Veterans Affairs                                                                               
     Allocation: Office of the Commissioner                                                                                     
     OMB Component Number: 414                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Gara   explained  that   the  fiscal   note  was                                                                    
indeterminant  because it  was not  known under  the formula                                                                    
used in  the new bill what  the changes in pay  would be for                                                                    
state militia members.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Wilson  relayed   that   the  fiscal   note                                                                    
indicated  and indeterminate  amount  for FY  18. There  was                                                                    
nothing included in the governor's budget.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Seaton MOVED  to report  HB 150  out of  Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB  150 was  REPORTED  out  of committee  with  a "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation and  with a previous  published indeterminate                                                                    
fiscal note: FN1(MVA).                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster recognized  that Representative  Chris Tuck                                                                    
had joined the meeting.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS TUCK, SPONSOR,  thanked the members for                                                                    
their consideration of the legislation.  He relayed that the                                                                    
bill had come  from the Department of  Military and Veterans                                                                    
Affairs as  a fix to make  things more efficient and  to run                                                                    
smoother  within their  administration.  It  would make  pay                                                                    
more certain.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wilson asked if  the representative was aware                                                                    
that  his   bill  had  been   reported  out   of  committee.                                                                    
Representative Tuck received  a whisper in the  ear that the                                                                    
bill  had passed.  He thanked  members for  allowing him  to                                                                    
make some final comments.