2017-07-27                     Senate Journal                      Page 1577
Message dated July 27 was received stating the House voted                                                                      
affirmatively to call itself into the Third Special Session on                                                                  
July 27, 2017, to consider SB 23-APPROP: CAPITAL BUDGET by a                                                                    
vote of 38 yeas and 2 nays.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Communications                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SB 23                                                                                                                         
A memo dated July 27 from President Kelly and Speaker Edgmon was                                                                
read stating:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to Article II, Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of                                                          
Alaska and AS 24.05.100(a)(2), the presiding officers of the House of                                                           
Representatives and the Senate announce that between July 19 and                                                                
July 21, they polled the membership of each house as to whether a                                                               
special session of the Thirtieth Alaska State Legislature should be held                                                        
in Juneau on July 27, 2017 to consider the capital budget. More than                                                            
two-thirds of the membership responded in the affirmative. The                                                                  
question asked of members follows:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                Alaska State Legislature Special Session Poll                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
"Shall the legislature, pursuant to AS 24.05.100 (a)(2) and Article II,                                                         
Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska call itself into a                                                        
special session to convene at 11:00 a.m. on July 27, 2017 in the                                                                
Capitol in a Special Session to consider Senate Bill 23: the Capital                                                            
Budget?"                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATE                                                                                                                        
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Yeas: Begich, Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Egan, Gardner,                                                               
Giessel, Hoffman, Hughes, Kelly, MacKinnon, Meyer, Micciche,                                                                    
Olson, Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof, Wielechowski, Wilson