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SB 35                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 35 BY SENATOR EGAN, entitled:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act authorizing employers and employees to                                                                        
          mediate disputed workers' compensation claims and                                                                     
          to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that                                                                   
          offers mediation and mandates arbitration of disputed                                                                 

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          workers' compensation claims by a hearing officer or                                                                  
          other classified employee of the division of workers'                                                                 
          compensation and allowing collective bargaining                                                                       
          agreements to supersede certain provisions of the                                                                     
          Alaska Workers' Compensation Act; and providing                                                                       
          for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                                              
Finance Committees.