ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE  January 16, 2019 8:30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator John Coghill, Chair Senator Cathy Giessel Senator Mia Costello Senator Natasha von Imhof Senator Tom Begich MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING   PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses ACTION NARRATIVE 8:30:35 AM CHAIR JOHN COGHILL called the Senate Rules Standing Committee meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Von Imhof, Begich, Costello, Giessel, and Chair Coghill. ^Organizational Meeting ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING    8:31:17 AM CHAIR COGHILL announced that the first order of business is to elect a Vice Chair. He solicited a motion from Senator Costello. 8:31:23 AM SENATOR COSTELLO moved to elect Senator Giessel as Vice Chair of the Senate Rules Committee. 8:31:31 AM CHAIR COGHILL found no objection and stated that Senator Giessel would serve as Vice Chair of the Senate Rules Committee. 8:31:40 AM VICE CHAIR GIESSEL moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate Rules Committee delegate the rules and responsibilities to prepare the daily calendar as set out in Uniform Rule 18, including the scheduling of bills for the floor, to the chair of the committee for both regular and any and all special sessions of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature. 8:32:05 AM CHAIR COGHILL found no objection and it was so ordered. He clarified that the delegation of calendaring authority does not eliminate the requirement to hold properly noticed meetings of the committee for any action the chair may wish to take up outside the preparation of the calendaring and scheduling of bills for the floor. 8:32:32 AM There being no further business to come before the committee, Chair Coghill adjourned the Senate Rules Standing Committee meeting at 8:32 a.m.