Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2004-04-14 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2004-04-14 House Journal Page 3316 SB 301 The following was read the second time: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 301(FIN) "An Act relating to the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home; relating to eligibility for admission to the Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home; relating to the eligibility of residents for the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home for general relief assistance; relating to state veterans' home facilities; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page MLV REFERRAL WAIVED 3266 HES REFERRAL WAIVED 3266 FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 8DP 3309 SENATE LETTER OF INTENT WITH FIN REPORT 3310 FN1: (HSS) 3310 Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 301(FIN) (same title) There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Gruenberg, Berkowitz, Weyhrauch, and Seaton: Page 3, line 3, following "only": Delete "by the voter's [VOTER] notifying" Insert "if [BY] the voter notifies [NOTIFYING]" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. 2004-04-14 House Journal Page 3317 Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 8, line 24: Delete "$100" Insert "$250" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Stepovich objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Rokeberg: Delete "$250" Insert "$150" Representative Rokeberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representatives Kerttula and Harris moved and asked unanimous consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and the members were required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 2 as amended YEAS: 24 NAYS: 8 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 7 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Lynn, Masek, Morgan, Rokeberg, Samuels, Stoltze, Williams, Wolf Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Foster, Harris, Meyer, Seaton, Stepovich, Weyhrauch 2004-04-14 House Journal Page 3318 Excused: Wilson Absent: Anderson, Fate, Heinze, Holm, McGuire, Moses, Ogg And so, Amendment No. 2 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Lynn and Gara: Page 8, following line 11: Insert a new subsection to read: "(f) The department shall conduct, at least annually, an unannounced inspection of each site of the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home to determine compliance of the facilities with all applicable laws and regulations." Representative Lynn moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Stepovich objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 35 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wolf Nays: Foster, Kohring, Stepovich Excused: Wilson Absent: Anderson And so, Amendment No. 3 was adopted. 2004-04-14 House Journal Page 3319 Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Rokeberg and Gruenberg: Page 10, line 5: Delete "$5,000" Insert "up to $10,000" Representative Rokeberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Page 9, line 14: Delete "$100" Insert "$150" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H was read the third time. The question being: "Shall HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 38 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 2004-04-14 House Journal Page 3320 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wolf Nays: Kohring Excused: Wilson And so, HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H passed the House. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The following letter of intent for HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H was offered by Representatives Gara, Crawford, Kerttula, Stoltze, and Guttenberg: "It is the intent of the legislature that this bill shall not reduce the number of non-veteran Pioneers' Home residents living in the Pioneers' Homes statewide." Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that the House adopt the letter of intent. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the House adopt the Senate letter of intent (Senate Journal page 2364). There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Harris gave notice of reconsideration of the vote on HCS CSSB 301(FIN) am H.