2001-04-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 1219
So with this legislation my administration will be taking further steps                             
to teach tolerance. We will encourage school districts to create                                    
standards and guidelines for protecting students from hate crimes. We                               
will train our public safety officers to recognize and adequately                                   
address these crimes. And I will create a statewide commission on                                   
tolerance that will recommend further actions we Alaskans may take                                  
together to build a just society.                                                                   
                                                                                                    
I encourage the Legislature to stand with me in sending this message                                
of tolerance and respect. I look forward to working together on                                     
passage of this legislation and our other efforts to make this Hate                                 
Crime Act one that will some day be a forgotten legacy of an                                        
intolerant past.                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
       Sincerely,                                                                                   
       /s/                                                                                          
       Tony Knowles                                                                                 
       Governor                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 201                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 201 BY THE SENATE LABOR AND                                                         
COMMERCE COMMITTEE BY REQUEST, entitled:                                                            
                                                                                                    
             "An Act providing an exemption from licensure                                          
             under the nurse licensure statutes; and providing for                                  
             an effective date."                                                                    
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                  
Health, Education and Social Services Committees.                                                   
                                                                                                    
SB 202                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 202 BY THE SENATE LABOR AND                                                         
COMMERCE COMMITTEE BY REQUEST, entitled:                                                            
                                                                                                    
             "An Act relating to the employment of persons 14                                       
             years of age or older and under 21 years of age on                                     
             licensed premises, including hotels, restaurants, or                                   
             eating places; relating to possession, control, or                                     
             consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person                                         
             under 21 years of age; and relating to hours of work                                   
             of minors under 16 years of age."