2015-04-28                     House Journal                      Page 1154
     our day, let us remember that any problems we are facing are                                                               
     never too vast for you.  And please help us keep an attitude of                                                            
     hope in the midst of our problems, whether they are                                                                        
     professional or personal, because hope gives us the outlook                                                                
     that these times of adversity shall pass, and we will come out                                                             
     of them better individuals and a better state.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     In Jesus' name I pray.  Amen.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative Herron.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                         MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following Governor's proclamation dated April 27, 2015, was                                                                 
read:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
"Under the authority of Article II, Section 9, and Article III, Section                                                         
17, of the Alaska Constitution, and in the public interest, I call the                                                          
Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Alaska into its first special                                                          
session at Juneau, Alaska, in the legislative chambers, on April 28,                                                            
2015, at 10:00 a.m. to consider the passage of bills on the following                                                           
subjects:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     1. House Bill 44 - Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault Prevention                                                                
         Programs, previously under consideration by the Senate and                                                             
         the House of Representatives during the first regular session;                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     2. House Bill 148 - Medicaid Assistance Coverage; Reform,                                                                
         previously under consideration by the Senate and the House                                                             
         of Representatives during the first regular session;                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     3. An act making and amending appropriations for the operating                                                             
         and loan program expenses of State government, and for                                                                 
         certain programs, capitalizing funds, making capital                                                                   
         appropriations, and making appropriations under Article IX,                                                            
         Section 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the                                                           
         constitutional budget reserve sufficient to address the                                                                
         financial needs of the State for the remainder of fiscal year                                                          
         2015 and for fiscal year 2016.