00         SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5                                                        
01 Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating                                    
02 to committee records; and providing for an effective date for the amendment.                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Rule 23(f), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                        
05            (f)  Each standing, special, and joint committee shall                                                       
06                 (1)  record its meetings electronically and prepare a log of the recording                              
07       adequate to locate specific testimony;                                                                            
08                 (2)  prepare minutes of each meeting of the committee on a standard                                     
09       form prescribed jointly by the Rules Committees of the house and the senate; the                                  
10       minutes shall include                                                                                             
11                      (A)  a list of the names of each member present during the                                         
12            meeting;                                                                                                     
13                      (B)  a list of the name and affiliation of each witness testifying                                 
14            before the committee;                                                                                        
15                      (C)  a brief statement of the position of the witness on the                                       
16            subject testified upon; and                                                                                  
01 (D)  each amendment formally considered by the committee,                                                               
02 the name of the member moving adoption of the amendment, the action taken                                               
03 on the amendment, and the yeas and nays if a committee member has                                                       
04            requested a roll call vote on adoption of an amendment;                                                      
05                 (3)  maintain a chronological file of minutes, copies of which shall be                                 
06       made available upon request;                                                                                      
07                 (4)  make available to the Legislative Affairs Agency a copy of all                                     
08       minutes of committee meetings during the session for entry of the minutes as a data                               
09       base on the legislative computer system;                                                                          
10 (5)  at the end of the second session of each legislature, deliver to the                                               
11       Legislative Affairs Agency [LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY]                                                    
12 (A)  an electronic record [A BINDER] that contains an index                                                         
13            and copies of all minutes filed by date;                                                                     
14 (B)  electronic recordings [TAPES] of committee meetings                                                            
15 and logs for those recordings [TAPES] prepared under (1) of this subsection;                                        
16            and                                                                                                          
17 (C)  an electronic record [A FILE] for each bill or subject                                                         
18 considered by the committee that includes written testimony submitted to the                                            
19 committee, state agency position papers and memoranda, bill drafts considered                                           
20 by the committee, letters of intent adopted by the committee, and other                                                 
21            materials of research value.                                                                                 
22    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution takes effect January 20, 2026.