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2013-03-28 House Journal

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HB 73                                                                                                                         
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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    HOUSE BILL NO. 73                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to the commencement of actions for felony sex                                                              
    trafficking and felony human trafficking; relating to the crime of                                                          
    sexual assault; relating to the crime of unlawful contact; relating                                                         
    to forfeiture for certain crimes involving prostitution; relating to                                                        
    the time in which to commence certain prosecutions; relating to                                                             
    release for violation of a condition of release in connection with a                                                        
    crime involving domestic violence; relating to interception of                                                              
    private communications for certain sex trafficking or human                                                                 
    trafficking offenses; relating to use of evidence of sexual conduct                                                         
    concerning victims of certain crimes; relating to procedures for                                                            
    granting immunity to a witness in a criminal proceeding; relating                                                           
    to consideration at sentencing of the effect of a crime on the                                                              
    victim; relating to the time to make an application for credit for                                                          
    time served in detention in a treatment program or while in other                                                           
    custody; relating to suspending imposition of sentence for sex                                                              
    trafficking; relating to consecutive sentences for convictions of                                                           
    certain crimes involving child pornography or indecent materials                                                            
    to minors; relating to the referral of sexual felonies to a three-                                                          
    judge panel; relating to the definition of 'sexual felony' for                                                              
    sentencing and probation for conviction of certain crimes; relating                                                         
    to the definition of "sex offense" regarding sex offender                                                                   
    registration; relating to protective orders for stalking and sexual                                                         
    assault and for a crime involving domestic violence; relating to the                                                        
    definition of 'victim counseling centers' for disclosure of certain                                                         
    communications concerning sexual assault or domestic violence;                                                              
    relating to violent crimes compensation; relating to certain                                                                
    information in retention election of judges concerning sentencing                                                           
    of persons convicted of felonies; relating to remission of sentences                                                        
    for certain sexual felony offenders; relating to the subpoena power                                                         
    of the attorney general in cases involving the use of an Internet                                                           
    service account; relating to reasonable efforts in child-in-need-of-                                                        
    aid cases involving sexual abuse or sex offender registration;                                                              
    relating to mandatory reporting by athletic coaches of child abuse                                                          
    or neglect; making conforming amendments; amending Rules 16,                                                                
    32.1(b)(1), and 32.2(a), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule                                                           
    404(b), Alaska Rules of Evidence, and Rule 216, Alaska Rules of                                                             
    Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             

2013-03-28                     House Journal                      Page 0689
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 73(JUD)                                                                                               
    "An Act relating to the commencement of actions for felony sex                                                              
    trafficking and felony human trafficking; relating to the crime of                                                          
    sexual assault; relating to the crime of unlawful contact; relating                                                         
    to forfeiture for certain crimes involving prostitution; relating to                                                        
    the time in which to commence certain prosecutions; relating to                                                             
    release in a prosecution for stalking or a crime involving domestic                                                         
    violence or for violation of a condition of release in connection                                                           
    with a crime involving domestic violence; relating to interception                                                          
    of private communications for certain sex trafficking or human                                                              
    trafficking offenses; relating to use of evidence of sexual conduct                                                         
    concerning victims of certain crimes; relating to consideration at                                                          
    sentencing of the effect of a crime on the victim; relating to the                                                          
    time to make an application for credit for time served in a                                                                 
    treatment program or while in other custody; relating to                                                                    
    suspending imposition of sentence for sex trafficking; relating to                                                          
    consecutive sentences for convictions of certain crimes involving                                                           
    child pornography or indecent materials to minors; relating to the                                                          
    referral of sexual felonies to a three-judge panel; relating to the                                                         
    definition of 'sexual felony' for sentencing and probation for                                                              
    conviction of certain crimes; relating to the definition of 'sex                                                            
    offense' regarding sex offender registration; relating to the                                                               
    definition of 'victim counseling centers' for disclosure of certain                                                         
    communications concerning sexual assault or domestic violence;                                                              
    relating to violent crimes compensation; relating to certain                                                                
    information in retention election of judges concerning sentencing                                                           
    of persons convicted of felonies; relating to the rights of certain                                                         
    victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, or incest to                                                            
    obtain legal and equitable remedies for injuries arising from the                                                           
    conduct of a perpetrator; relating to the definition of 'sexual                                                             
    assault' for the purpose of adoption and the termination of parental                                                        
    rights in certain proceedings; relating to remission of sentences for                                                       
    certain sexual felony offenders; relating to forms for sexual                                                               
    assault, stalking, and domestic violence protective orders; relating                                                        
    to the subpoena power of the attorney general in cases involving                                                            
    the use of an Internet service account; relating to reasonable                                                              
    efforts in child-in-need-of-aid cases involving sexual abuse or sex                                                         
    offender registration; relating to mandatory reporting by athletic                                                          
    coaches of child abuse or neglect; making conforming                                                                        
    amendments; amending Rules 16, 32.1(b)(1), and 32.2(a), Alaska                                                              

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    Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rules 404(a) and (b), Alaska                                                               
    Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Keller, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (7):  Millett, Gruenberg, Pruitt, Foster, LeDoux, Lynn, Keller                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 73(JUD):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2. Zero, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                                 
5. Indeterminate, Dept. of Administration                                                                                       
6. Indeterminate, Dept. of Administration                                                                                       
7. Zero, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                                                      
8. Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                           
9. Zero, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                                 
10. Indeterminate, Dept. of Corrections                                                                                         
11. Indeterminate, Alaska Court System                                                                                          
12. Fiscal, Alaska Court System                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HB 73 was referred to the Finance Committee.