HB 113-MILITARY FAMILY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:43:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE   BILL  NO.  113,   "An  Act  relating   to  employment                                                               
preferences  for  spouses  and  children  of  veterans,  disabled                                                               
veterans,  former  prisoners  of  war, members  of  the  national                                                               
guard, and deceased service members."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:44:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS  moved to  adopt Amendment 3,  [labeled 31-                                                               
LS0715\S.4, Wayne, 2/22/20], which read:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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          Insert "or"                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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          Insert "(i)"                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "(1)(A)(i) of subsection;"                                                                                 
          Insert "(1)(A) subsection;                                                                                        
               (ii)  a dependent child or the spouse of a                                                                   
     person under (1)(A) of this subsection;                                                                                
               (iii)  a dependent child or, unless the                                                                      
     surviving  spouse  has  remarried,  the  surviving  the                                                                
     spouse of a person under  (1)(B) of this subsection who                                                                
     died  within the  10-year period  immediately preceding                                                                
     the date of the assessment;"                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:44:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS  stated that the  intent of Amendment  3 is                                                               
to  ensure that  every  spouse and  dependent  of an  active-duty                                                               
service  member  receives consideration  or  an  interview for  a                                                               
state  job.   This  amendment  makes  that clear  while  deleting                                                               
confusing material about adding points.   It does, however, leave                                                               
the underlying  point system in  place for veterans  and disabled                                                               
veterans, so that  should the department and the  state choose to                                                               
return to a point-based system, they retain that authority.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:45:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SHARON  JACKSON, Alaska State  Legislator, thanked                                                               
the committee for working to make  HB 113 a comprehensive bill to                                                               
employ Alaska's military spouses.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:46:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STUTES   asked  if  the  bill   sponsor  has  any                                                               
objection to Amendment 3.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON answered no.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  removed her objection.   There being  no further                                                               
objection, Amendment 3 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:46:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STUTES  moved to  report  CSHB  113, Version  31-                                                               
LS0715\S,   as  amended,   out  if   committee  with   individual                                                               
recommendations  and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.    Without                                                               
objection,  CSHB 113(L&C)  was  moved from  the  House Labor  and                                                               
Commerce Standing Committee.