1998-04-20                     Senate Journal                      Page 3383
HB 144                                                                       
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance              
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
HB 451                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 451(JUD) BY THE HOUSE                                    
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                 
                                                                               
An Act relating to assistive technology devices and mobility                  
aids for physically disabled persons.                                          
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce                 
Committee.                                                                     
                                                                               
HB 471                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 471(CRA) BY THE HOUSE                                    
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, entitled:                            
                                                                               
An Act relating to the boards of commissioners of regional                    
Native housing authorities; relating to the reinstatement of                   
Native corporations; and providing for an effective date.                      
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional             
Affairs Committee.                                                             
                                                                               
HB 2                                                                         
Message dated April 18 was read, stating the House failed to concur            
in the Senate amendments to CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(FIN)                       
An Act allowing, for the purposes of permanent fund dividend                   
eligibility, an individual to accompany, as the spouse or minor or             
disabled dependent, another eligible resident who is absent for any            
of the following reasons:  vocational, professional, or other specific         
education for which a comparable program is not reasonably                     
available in the state; secondary or postsecondary education; military         
service; medical treatment; service in the Congress or in the peace            
corps; to care for the individuals terminally ill parent, spouse,              
sibling, child, or stepchild; for up to 220 days to settle the estate of       
the individuals deceased parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild;         
to care for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild with a critical