1997-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1058
HB 65                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 65 am An Act relating to partial-birth abortions                
was read the second time.                                                      
                                                                               
Senator Ellis offered Amendment No. 1 :                                         
Page 1, line 1:                                                                
	Delete "partial-birth abortions"                                            
	Insert "dilation and extraction procedures"                                 
                                                                               
Page 1, lines 4 - 14:                                                          
	Delete all material and insert:                                               
	"Sec. 18.16.050.  Dilation and extraction                                 
procedures.  (a)  Notwithstanding compliance with AS                          
18.16.010, a person may not knowingly perform a dilation                       
and extraction procedure after a fetus is viable unless the                    
dilation and extraction procedure is necessary to save the life                
or preserve the health of the pregnant woman.  Violation of                    
this subsection is a class C felony.                                           
	(b)  A woman on whom a dilation and extraction                               
procedure is performed may not be prosecuted under this                        
section or under any other law if the prosecution is based on                  
this section."                                                                
                                                                               

1997-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1059
HB 65                                                                        
Senator Ellis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. President             
Miller ruled the amendment out of order.                                       
                                                                               
Senator Ellis offered Amendment No. 2 :                                         
                                                                               
Page 1, lines 4 - 14:                                                          
	Delete all material and insert:                                               
	"Sec. 18.16.050.  Dilation and extraction                                 
procedures.  (a)  Notwithstanding compliance with AS                          
18.16.010, a person may not knowingly perform a dilation                       
and extraction procedure after a fetus is viable unless the                    
dilation and extraction procedure is necessary to save the life                
or preserve the health of the pregnant woman.  Violation of                    
this subsection is a class C felony.                                           
	(b)  A woman on whom a dilation and extraction                               
procedure is performed may not be prosecuted under this                        
section or under any other law if the prosecution is based on                  
this section."                                                                 
                                                                               
Senator Ellis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.                       
Objections were heard.                                                         
                                                                               
Senator Lincoln offered the following amendment to Amendment No.               
2:                                                                             
                                                                               
In Amendment No. 2:                                                            
After Sec. 18.16.050.,                                                       
	Insert: Intact                                                              
In Section (a), after may not knowingly perform                                
	Delete a                                                                      
	Insert an intact                                                              
In Section (a), after fetus is viable unless the                               
	Insert intact                                                                 
In Section (b), after A woman on whom                                          
	Delete a                                                                      
	Insert an intact                                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               

1997-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1060
HB 65                                                                        
Senator Lincoln moved for the adoption of the amendment to                     
Amendment No. 2.  Objections were heard, then withdrawn.  There                
being no further objections, amendment to Amendment No. 2 was                  
adopted.                                                                       
                                                                               
The question being: Shall Amendment No. 2 as amended be                        
adopted?  The roll was taken with the following result:                        
                                                                               
HB 65 am                                                                       
Second Reading                                                                 
Amendment No. 2                                                                
                                                                               
YEAS:  6   NAYS:  13   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Duncan, Ellis, Hoffman, Lincoln, Mackie                          
                                                                               
Nays:  Donley, Green, Halford, Kelly, Leman, Miller, Parnell,                  
Pearce, Phillips, Sharp, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                               
                                                                               
Absent:  Taylor                                                                
                                                                               
and so, Amendment No. 2 failed.                                                
                                                                               
Senator Ellis offered Amendment No. 3 :                                         
                                                                               
Page 1, line 6, following "life":                                              
	Insert "or preserve the health"                                               
                                                                               
Page 1, lines 6 - 8:                                                           
	Delete "whose life is endangered by a physical disorder,                      
illness, or injury and no other medical procedure would suffice for            
that purpose"                                                                  
                                                                               
Senator Ellis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 3.                       
Objections were heard.