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2014-03-10 House Journal

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                             HOUSE JOURNAL                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                        ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
               TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                   Monday                March 10, 2014                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                            Forty-ninth Day                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker                                                                
Chenault at 11:03 a.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Roll call showed 38 members present.  Representatives Costello and                                                              
Drummond had been excused from a call of the House today.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The invocation was offered by the Chaplain, the Reverend Dr.                                                                    
Douglas Dye of Chapel by the Lake Presbyterian Church.                                                                          
Representative P. Wilson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the invocation be spread on the journal.  There being no objection, it                                                          
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
    Thank you, gracious God, for the gift of this day.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    We pause as we take up the work of guiding our beloved state                                                                
    of Alaska, to express our thanksgiving and gratitude for                                                                    
    giving us this day and all the blessings contained within it.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    We thank you for physical health and the ability to perform                                                                 
    the tasks you have given us.  We know, gracious God, that                                                                   
    many struggle with physical challenges and limits that prevent                                                              
    them from living full lives.  So help us to receive the gift of                                                             
    each day and good health as the true blessing it is.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
    We thank you, also, for the good work you have called us to                                                                 
    do.  We ask for wisdom and strength to do it well.  The tasks                                                               
    and legislative challenges before us are not easy, so we ask                                                                
    you to guide us as we do the good work you have given us.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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    Loving and gracious God, we thank you for our colleagues in                                                                 
    the House of Representatives.  We pray that your hand of                                                                    
    blessing and mercy would be on each of them.  We pray that                                                                  
    you grant us the grace to listen carefully to one another and                                                               
    the ability to work well with each other, even when we see                                                                  
    things differently.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    And dear Father in heaven, I pray for these men and women                                                                   
    who have dedicated themselves to serving the common good                                                                    
    of our state.  Watch over their families in this season when                                                                
    they are separated from loved ones.  Protect and bless them.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
    I pray these things in the name of my Lord, Jesus.  Amen.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative Kawasaki.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                      CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
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journal for the 45, 46, 47, and 48 legislative days be approved as                                                              
certified by the Chief Clerk.  There being no objection, it was so                                                              
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Isaacson introduced Daria and Sofia Wilcox, Guest                                                                
Pages, from Anchorage.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Olson introduced Savaya Bieber, Guest Page, from                                                                 
Soldotna.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                             COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The following was received:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Alaska Court System                                                                                                             
Annual Report FY 2013                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                

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                     REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 127                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 127                                                                                                          
    "An Act clarifying that the Alaska Bar Association is an agency                                                             
    for purposes of investigations by the ombudsman; relating to                                                                
    compensation of the ombudsman and to employment of staff by                                                                 
    the ombudsman under personal service contracts; providing that                                                              
    certain records of communications between the ombudsman and                                                                 
    an agency are not public records; relating to disclosure by an                                                              
    agency to the ombudsman of communications subject to attorney-                                                              
    client and attorney work-product privileges; relating to informal                                                           
    and formal reports of opinions and recommendations issued by the                                                            
    ombudsman; relating to the privilege of the ombudsman not to                                                                
    testify and creating a privilege under which the ombudsman is not                                                           
    required to disclose certain documents; relating to procedures for                                                          
    procurement by the ombudsman; relating to the definition of                                                                 
    'agency' for purposes of the Ombudsman Act and providing                                                                    
    jurisdiction of the ombudsman over persons providing certain                                                                
    services to the state by contract; and amending Rules 501 and 503,                                                          
    Alaska Rules of Evidence."                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 127(STA)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to compensation of the ombudsman and to                                                                    
    employment of staff by the ombudsman under personal service                                                                 
    contracts; relating to investigation by the ombudsman on the                                                                
    legislature's motion or by the ombudsman's motion; relating to                                                              
    notice by the ombudsman to a complainant; relating to disclosure                                                            
    by an agency to the ombudsman of communications subject to                                                                  
    attorney-client and attorney work-product privileges; relating to                                                           
    the privilege of the ombudsman not to testify and creating a                                                                
    privilege under which the ombudsman is not required to disclose                                                             
    certain documents; relating to procedures for procurement by the                                                            
    ombudsman; relating to the definition of 'agency' for purposes of                                                           
    the Ombudsman Act and providing jurisdiction of the ombudsman                                                               
    over persons providing certain services to the state by contract or                                                         

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    grant and over instrumentalities of the state; and amending Rules                                                           
    501 and 503, Alaska Rules of Evidence."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Lynn, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (1):  Lynn                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Gattis                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Amend (3):  Keller, Kreiss-Tomkins, Hughes                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 127(STA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Corrections                                                                                                  
2.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Administration                                                                                      
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 127 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 255                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 255                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to unmanned aircraft systems; and relating to                                                              
    images captured by an unmanned aircraft system."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 255(JUD)                                                                                              
    (same title)                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Keller, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Pruitt, Lynn, Gruenberg, Foster, Keller                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 255(JUD):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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1.  Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                          
2.  Zero, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                                
3.  Zero, University of Alaska                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 255 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 287                                                                                                                        
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 287                                                                                                          
    "An Act approving and ratifying the sale of royalty oil by the State                                                        
    of Alaska to Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Refining and                                                                     
      Marketing Company LLC; and providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Hawker, Acting Chair, with                                                              
the following individual recommendations:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (6):  Johnson, P. Wilson, Olson, Tarr, Seaton, Hawker                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 287 was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 297                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 297                                                                                                          
    "An Act recognizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation as                                                               
    the authorizing agency to approve home energy rating systems for                                                            
    the state; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 297(FIN)                                                                                              
    (same title)                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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The report was signed by Representative Stoltze, Co-chair, with the                                                             
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (7):  Guttenberg, Holmes, T. Wilson, Gara, Munoz, Neuman,                                                               
Stoltze                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 297(FIN):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 297 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                       INTRODUCTION OF CITATIONS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following citations were introduced and referred to the Rules                                                               
Committee for placement on the calendar:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Barbara Shew                                                                                                         
By Representatives Gattis, Keller, Neuman, Hughes, Stoltze; Senators                                                            
Huggins, Dunleavy, Dyson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - 2014 Iron Dog Champions, Todd Minnick & Nick Olstad                                                                  
By Representatives Gattis, Keller, Neuman, Hughes, Stoltze; Senators                                                            
Huggins, Dunleavy, Dyson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Woody's Thai Kitchen                                                                                                 
By Representative Chenault; Senator Giessel                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Joseph A. Masters                                                                                                    
By Senator Meyer                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
               INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, AND REFERENCE                                                                    
                             OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 371                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 371 by the House Transportation Committee by                                                                     
request, entitled:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act providing for the Department of Transportation and                                                                  
    Public Facilities to hold the surface estate of certain state land;                                                         

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    relating to the transfer of certain state land and materials from the                                                       
    Department of Natural Resources to the Department of                                                                        
    Transportation and Public Facilities for the construction or                                                                
    maintenance of the state highway system, state airports, and state                                                          
    public buildings and facilities; relating to the lease or sale of                                                           
    certain marine or harbor facilities; relating to the lease or disposal                                                      
    by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities of                                                                
    rights-of-way, property interests, or improvements that are no                                                              
    longer required; relating to the grant of certain easements over                                                            
    submerged state land to the federal government; relating to the                                                             
    transfer of certain maintenance stations on the James Dalton                                                                
    Highway to the Department of Transportation and Public                                                                      
    Facilities; relating to the conveyance of land for right-of-way                                                             
    purposes from the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the Department                                                             
    of Transportation and Public Facilities; and providing for an                                                               
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation and                                                                  
Resources Committees.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 372                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 372 by the House State Affairs Committee,                                                                        
entitled:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act extending the termination date of the emerging energy                                                               
    technology fund and grant program."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce and                                                                
Finance Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                  CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                     SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 19                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 19                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration; relating                                                          
    to the registration fee for noncommercial trailers and to the motor                                                         
    vehicle tax for trailers; and providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(RLS)                                                                                               
    "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration in the                                                             
    unorganized borough and in a municipality that has elected to                                                               
    allow permanent registration; relating to the registration fee for                                                          
    noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers;                                                           
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
19(RLS) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                                 
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 19(RLS) will advance to third reading on the March 12, 2014,                                                               
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 47                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 47                                                                                                           
    "An Act requiring a party seeking a restraining order, preliminary                                                          
    injunction, or order vacating or staying the operation of a permit                                                          
    affecting an industrial operation to give security in the amount the                                                        
    court considers proper for costs incurred and damages suffered if                                                           
    the industrial operation is wrongfully enjoined or restrained."                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 47(JUD)                                                                                               
    "An Act requiring a party seeking a restraining order, preliminary                                                          
    injunction, or order vacating or staying the operation of certain                                                           
    permits affecting an industrial operation to give security in the                                                           
    amount the court considers proper for costs incurred and damages                                                            
    suffered if the industrial operation is wrongfully enjoined or                                                              
    restrained."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
47(JUD) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                                 
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 47(JUD) will advance to third reading on the March 12, 2014,                                                               
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 199                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 199                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to Department of Public Safety regulations                                                                 
    allowing village public safety officers to carry firearms."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
HB 199 be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                                  
placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 199 was read the third time.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HB 199 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                               
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 199                                                                                                                          
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  38   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis,                                                                
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes,                                                                 
Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kito III,                                                                       
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman,                                                                   
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson,                                                              
Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Costello, Drummond                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, HB 199 passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk                                                             
for engrossment.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                      THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 135                                                                                                                        
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the March 6,                                                            
2014, calendar (page 1796), was read the third time:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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    HOUSE BILL NO. 135                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the reservation of certain mining claims from                                                           
    all uses incompatible with the purposes for establishing the                                                                
    Petersville Recreational Mining Area."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Herron moved and asked unanimous consent that he be                                                              
allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest.                                                               
Objection was heard, and Representative Herron was required to vote.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HB 135 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                               
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 135                                                                                                                          
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  33   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis,                                                                
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes,                                                                 
Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Kito III, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz,                                                              
Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze,                                                              
Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Josephson, Kawasaki, Kreiss-Tomkins, Tarr, Tuck                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Costello, Drummond                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, HB 135 passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk                                                             
for engrossment.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                  SECOND READING OF HOUSE RESOLUTIONS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HJR 22                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                                               
    Requesting the United States Congress to call a convention of the                                                           
    states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United                                                              
    States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government,                                                             
    limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and                                                             

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    limit the terms of office of federal government officials; and                                                              
    urging the legislatures of the other 49 states to request the United                                                        
    States Congress to call a convention of the states.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
HJR 22 be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                                  
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HJR 22 will advance to third reading on the March 12, 2014, calendar.                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                   THIRD READING OF HOUSE RESOLUTIONS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HJR 25                                                                                                                        
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the March 5,                                                            
2014, calendar (page 1786), was read the third time:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25(MLV)                                                                                   
    Urging the United States Congress to restore the presumption of a                                                           
    service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United States                                                               
    Veterans who served in the waters defined by and in the airspace                                                            
    over the combat zone in Vietnam.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representatives Gruenberg, T. Wilson, Herron, Hughes, and P. Wilson                                                             
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 CSHJR 25(MLV) pass the House?"  The                                                                 
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                

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CSHJR 25(MLV)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  38   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis,                                                                
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes,                                                                 
Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kito III,                                                                       
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman,                                                                   
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson,                                                              
Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Costello, Drummond                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHJR 25(MLV) passed the House and was referred to the                                                                  
Chief Clerk for engrossment.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                         LEGISLATIVE CITATIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
House approve the citations on the calendar.  There being no                                                                    
objection, the following citations were approved and sent to enrolling:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Bill English, Alaska Aviation Museum Hall of Fame                                                                    
By Representatives Hawker, Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon,                                                                
Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Higgins,                                                            
Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller,                                                                 
Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                 
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr,                                                                
Thompson, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - F. Atlee Dodge, Alaska Aviation Museum Hall of Fame                                                                  
By Representatives Hawker, Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon,                                                                
Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Higgins,                                                            
Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller,                                                                 
Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                 
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr,                                                                
Thompson, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Jack Peck, Alaska Aviation Museum Hall of Fame                                                                       
By Representatives Hawker, Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon,                                                                
Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Higgins,                                                            

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Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller,                                                                 
Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                 
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr,                                                                
Thompson, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Kenai Peninsula College, 50th Anniversary                                                                            
By Representatives Olson, Chenault, Austerman, Costello,                                                                        
Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg,                                                                       
Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson,                                                                  
Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                 
LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Pruitt, Reinbold,                                                                 
Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                          UNFINISHED BUSINESS                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
following members be excused from a call of the House.  There being                                                             
no objection, the members were excused as noted:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Drummond - extended to 10:30 a.m., March 24                                                                      
(amended from page 1647)                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Herron - from 7:00 a.m., March 15 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                 
March 17                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HCR 8                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8                                                                                           
    Urging the governor to expand Medicaid coverage under the                                                                   
    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HCR 17                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17                                                                                          
    Requesting the Governor to enter into good-faith negotiations with                                                          
    the United States Secretary of the Interior to secure a permanent                                                           
    wildlife buffer conservation easement east of Denali National Park                                                          
    and Preserve, the creation of which may include the exchange of a                                                           

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    state conservation easement in return for a transfer from the                                                               
    federal government of equal value in the form of an easement,                                                               
    other federal land, other interests in federal land, or compensation;                                                       
    and requesting the Governor to report the status of the                                                                     
    negotiations to the public by July 1, 2014.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HCR 21                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                                                                          
    Proclaiming April 2014 as Child Abuse Prevention Month.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HJR 10                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10                                                                                               
    Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska                                                             
    creating a transportation infrastructure fund.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HJR 22                                                                                                                        
Representative Lynn added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                                               
    Requesting the United States Congress to call a convention of the                                                           
    states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United                                                              
    States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government,                                                             
    limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and                                                             
    limit the terms of office of federal government officials; and                                                              
    urging the legislatures of the other 49 states to request the United                                                        
    States Congress to call a convention of the states.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HJR 25                                                                                                                        
Representatives Isaacson, Millett, and Stoltze added their names as                                                             
cosponsors to:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25(MLV)                                                                                   
    Urging the United States Congress to restore the presumption of a                                                           
    service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United States                                                               
    Veterans who served in the waters defined by and in the airspace                                                            
    over the combat zone in Vietnam.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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HJR 28                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28                                                                                               
    Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska                                                             
    relating to the membership of the Redistricting Board.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 13                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III his added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 13                                                                                                           
    "An Act establishing a top two nonpartisan blanket primary                                                                  
    election system for elective state executive and state and national                                                         
    legislative offices; changing appointment procedures relating to                                                            
    precinct watchers and members of precinct election boards,                                                                  
    election district absentee and questioned ballot counting boards,                                                           
    and the Alaska Public Offices Commission; requiring certain                                                                 
    written notices to appear in election pamphlets and polling places;                                                         
    relating to declarations of candidacy and letters of intent; and                                                            
    amending the definition of 'political party.'"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 17                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 17                                                                                                           
    "An Act providing for a reduction of the principal of                                                                       
    postsecondary education loans for residents."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HB 39                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 39                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to the power cost equalization program."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 43                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 43                                                                                                           
    "An Act authorizing the establishment of institutes of medicine                                                             
    and law at the University of Alaska."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                

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HB 44                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 44                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to a registry for advance health care directives."                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 45                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 45                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to harassment, intimidation, or bullying by                                                                
    students attending a public school in the state."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 47                                                                                                                         
Representative Isaacson added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 47(JUD)                                                                                               
    "An Act requiring a party seeking a restraining order, preliminary                                                          
    injunction, or order vacating or staying the operation of certain                                                           
    permits affecting an industrial operation to give security in the                                                           
    amount the court considers proper for costs incurred and damages                                                            
    suffered if the industrial operation is wrongfully enjoined or                                                              
    restrained."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 54                                                                                                                         
Representative Hughes added her name as cosponsor to:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 54                                                                                    
    "An Act relating to the identification, location, and notification of                                                       
    specified family members and family friends of a child who is in                                                            
    state custody."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 60                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 60                                                                                                           
    "An Act adopting and relating to the Uniform Real Property                                                                  
    Transfer on Death Act."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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HB 61                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 61                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to joint ownership of real property."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 86                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 86                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to voter registration and questioned ballots, and                                                          
  permitting a voter to register up to or on the day of an election."                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 89                                                                                                                         
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 89                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to the rapid response to, and control of, aquatic                                                          
    invasive species and establishing the aquatic invasive species                                                              
    response fund."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 124                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 124                                                                                                          
    "An Act establishing as a standard for the procurement of group                                                             
    life and health insurance for retirement systems for certain public                                                         
    employees a requirement that dependent coverage medical                                                                     
    benefits provided to the systems' retiree members may not be less                                                           
    than dependent coverage medical benefits provided to the systems'                                                           
    active members."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 126                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 126                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to new defined benefit tiers in the public                                                                 
    employees' retirement system and the teachers' retirement system;                                                           
    providing certain employees an opportunity to choose between the                                                            
    defined benefit and defined contribution plans of the public                                                                

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    employees' retirement system and the teachers' retirement system;                                                           
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
HB 128                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 128                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to prekindergarten programs within a school                                                                
    district; relating to pre-elementary students and pre-elementary                                                            
    schools; providing for the establishment of a statewide early                                                               
    childhood education plan; and providing for an effective date."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 139                                                                                                                        
Representatives Gara and Kito III added their names as cosponsors to:                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 139                                                                                                          
    "An Act adding to the powers and duties of the State Commission                                                             
    for Human Rights; and relating to and prohibiting discrimination                                                            
     based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 165                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 165                                                                                                          
    "An Act creating the Alaska Arctic Port and Development                                                                     
    Authority as a public corporation of the state with the power to                                                            
    receive and administer funds in order to plan, develop, construct,                                                          
    own, improve, and operate ports, including deepwater ports, and                                                             
    related infrastructure in the state's Arctic coastal region; defining                                                       
    the purposes and powers of the authority; establishing the Alaska                                                           
    Arctic Port and Development Authority revolving fund; and                                                                   
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 177                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 177                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to interest rates on loans from the commercial                                                             
    fishing revolving loan fund and the community quota entity                                                                  
    revolving loan fund; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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HB 179                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 179                                                                                                          
    "An Act providing for public school funding for                                                                             
    telecommunications or Internet services."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 189                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 189                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to hazing."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 199                                                                                                                        
Representatives Kito III, Holmes, and Johnson added their names as                                                              
cosponsors to:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 199                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to Department of Public Safety regulations                                                                 
    allowing village public safety officers to carry firearms."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HB 201                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 201                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the application of non-aerial pesticides and                                                            
    broadcast chemicals near fish habitat or water for human                                                                    
    consumption, and in public places."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 215                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 215                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the labeling of food; relating to the                                                                   
    misbranding of food; requiring labeling of food produced with                                                               
    genetic engineering; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 216                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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    HOUSE BILL NO. 216                                                                                                          
    "An Act adding the Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan                                                                 
    Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk,                                                                  
    Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Tanana, Upper Tanana,                                                                   
    Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian                                                                  
    languages as official languages of the state."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 217                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 217                                                                                                          
    "An Act establishing November 14 each year as Dr. Walter                                                                    
    Soboleff Day."                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 230                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 230                                                                                                          
    "An Act allowing the Alaska Industrial Development and Export                                                               
    Authority to issue bonds for an oil or gas processing facility; and                                                         
    creating the oil and gas infrastructure fund to finance construction                                                        
    or improvement of an oil or gas processing facility."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 233                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 233                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and                                                           
    prevention efforts in public schools."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 255                                                                                                                        
Representative Millett added her name as cosponsor to:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 255                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to unmanned aircraft systems; and relating to                                                              
    images captured by an unmanned aircraft system."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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HB 288                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 288                                                                                                          
    "An Act creating the Arctic infrastructure development program                                                              
    and fund in the Alaska Industrial Development and Export                                                                    
    Authority."                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 289                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 289                                                                                                          
      "An Act establishing May 31 of each year as Katie John Day."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 300                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 300                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to air ambulance service providers, air                                                                    
    ambulance membership agreements, and regulation of air                                                                      
    ambulance service providers and air ambulance membership                                                                    
    agreements by the division of insurance; and providing for an                                                               
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 321                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 321                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the funding of charter schools; and relating to                                                         
     the conversion of existing public schools to charter schools."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 325                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 325                                                                                                          
    "An Act increasing the balance of the oil and hazardous substance                                                           
    release prevention and response fund required to suspend the                                                                

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    surcharge levied on oil produced in the state; increasing the                                                               
    amount of the surcharge levied on oil produced in the state that                                                            
    may be appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release                                                              
    prevention account; and providing for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 345                                                                                                                        
Representative Kito III added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 345                                                                                                          
    "An Act establishing Alaska Mothers Day."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 351                                                                                                                        
Representative Millett added her name as cosponsor to:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 351                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to uses that are not incompatible with the                                                                 
    purposes of the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                              ENGROSSMENT                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HJR 25                                                                                                                        
CSHJR 25(MLV) was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief                                                                    
Clerk, and transmitted to the Senate for consideration.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 135                                                                                                                        
HB 135 was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, and                                                                
transmitted to the Senate for consideration.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 199                                                                                                                        
HB 199 was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, and                                                                
transmitted to the Senate for consideration.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                             ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
House committee schedules are published under separate cover.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2014 Legislative Financial Disclosure Statements                                                                                
(as required by AS 24.60.210) due to APOC:               5:00 p.m., 3/17                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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                              ADJOURNMENT                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
House adjourn until 10:30 a.m., March 12, 2014.  There being no                                                                 
objection, the House adjourned at 12:08 p.m.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                            Suzi Lowell                                                                         
                                            Chief Clerk