2005-05-05                     Senate Journal                      Page 1366
          Alaska, commending the interest and initiative of the                                     
          sponsors of that project, and encouraging the                                             
          appropriate state resource agencies to lend support to                                    
          those efforts.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
HB 148                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 148(JUD) BY THE HOUSE                                                         
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                      
                                                                                                    
             "An Act relating to human trafficking; and providing                                  
          for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
HB 279                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 279(FIN) BY THE HOUSE FINANCE                                                 
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
              "An Act relating to encroachments in the right-of-                                   
          way of a highway."                                                                        
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                      
                                                                                                    
HB 293                                                                                            
HOUSE BILL NO. 293 BY THE HOUSE COMMUNITY AND                                                       
REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                               
                                                                                                    
            "An Act relating to a borough sales tax exemption for                                  
          a source that is taxed by a city in that borough."                                        
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional                                  
Affairs Committee.