Legislature(2019 - 2020)
2019-04-09 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0514 HB 39 The following, which was held in second reading from the April 8 calendar (page 496), was before the House: 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0515 CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that a department may not expend funds in excess of the funds appropriated in this budget. A department whose expenditures exceed budgeted amounts at the end of the fiscal year, except those funds spent in the furtherance of public safety or pursuant to declared emergencies, should expect those expenses to be drawn from the department's budget for the next fiscal year." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0516 Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that any money appropriated for the purpose of paying salaries and benefits for state employees that is not expended for that purpose lapse into the general fund at the end of the fiscal year." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0517 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that no state funds be used to promote the creation or expansion of a borough where one does not already exist unless the residents in the affected jurisdiction have expressed the desire to reside in a borough through a public vote on the matter." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Wilson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Neuman, Rauscher, Revak Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that an employment contract that requires legislative approval be presented to the legislature at least one week before the approval is requested." 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0518 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that no state funds be used to collect union dues." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Knopp objected. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and he was required to vote. 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0519 The Speaker stated that many members may have a conflict of interest and ruled that all members were required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was not offered. Amendment No. 7 was not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 8 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Rasmussen: Page 25, line 31: Delete "23,448,700" Insert "23,341,700" Delete "15,578,600" Insert "15,471,600" Page 26, line 14: Delete "3,629,700" Insert "3,522,700" 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0520 Page 44, line 18: Delete "22,890,900" Insert "22,783,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Rasmussen moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Knopp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Shaw, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Ortiz, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. HB 39 CSSSHB 39(FIN) was before the House. 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0521 The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment Nos. 10 and 11 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the state begin moving toward parity between the salary of legislators and the average salary of K-12 teachers in this state." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 12. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 10, following line 20: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that funding appropriated in support of Head Start and Early Head Start programs not be used for sex education." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Ortiz objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0522 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Johnson, Kopp, LeDoux, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Shaw, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Ortiz, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln, Merrick Absent: Tuck And so, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was not offered. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative Rasmussen: Page 12, line 12: Delete "20,997,900" Insert "20,964,700" Delete "9,105,100" Insert "9,071,100" Page 12, line 14: Delete "17,901,500" Insert "17,868,300" Page 41, line 11: Delete "22,429,900" Insert "22,396,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Rasmussen moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 14 was adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 15 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0523 Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 52, following line 6: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) It is the intent of the legislature that a department that has submitted a fiscal note to the legislature immediately notify the legislature if it appears more likely than not that the department's fiscal note is in error and that actual expenditures will exceed the amount reported in the department's fiscal note." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. Representative Foster objected. **The presence of Representative Merrick, who was excused (page 504), was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 16 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Revak, Talerico, Tilton Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Merrick, Ortiz, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Vance, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln And so, Amendment No. 16 was not adopted. Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 37, following line 14: Insert new material to read: 2019-04-09 House Journal Page 0524 "It is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Court System provide comprehensive public online access to previous and current sentencing information not later than May 31, 2021." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 17 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Jackson, Neuman, Pruitt, Rauscher, Revak, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wilson, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Lincoln And so, Amendment No. 17 was not adopted.