00                  HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17 am                                                                 
01 Suspending Rule 23(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, in response to the                                
02 COVID-19 pandemic.                                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the World Health Organization has declared the disease caused by the                                    
05 novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic; and                                                                            
06       WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the Governor declared a statewide public health                                   
07 disaster emergency to support the response to the COVID-19 disease outbreak; and                                        
08       WHEREAS the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature may be suspended by                                   
09 a two-thirds vote of the full membership of each house;                                                                 
10 BE IT RESOLVED that, under Rule 54, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                                                 
11 Legislature, the provisions of Rule 23(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature,                               
12 regarding the preceding-Thursday notice requirement and the five-day notice requirement for                             
13 a person who chairs a standing or special committee of the House of Representatives or the                              
14 Senate, are suspended during the Second Regular Session of the Thirty-First Alaska State                                
15 Legislature to allow committees to consider only legislative measures that substantially relate                         
16 to, and have as their primary purpose, appropriating, raising, or allocating state revenue,                             

01 confirming appointments, extending the termination date of a board, commission, or task                                 
02 force, and considering the public health disaster emergency declared by the Governor on                                 
03 March 11, 2020; a person who chairs a standing or special committee of the House of                                     
04 Representatives or the Senate shall post written notice of the time, place, and subject matter of                       
05 a meeting at least 24 hours before the meeting.