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2022-03-14 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2090 HB 234 The following was before the House in second reading: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 234(STA) am "An Act relating to political contributions; relating to the location of offices for the Alaska Public Offices Commission and the locations at which certain statements and reports filed with the commission are made available; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 3, following line 7: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 8. AS 15.13.072(a)(2), 15.13.072(e), 15.13.072(f), and 15.13.072(h) are repealed." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2091 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. Representative Josephson placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Foster, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 2, line 22: Delete "10" Insert "two" Page 2, line 25: Delete "10-year" Insert "two-year" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2092 There was objection. Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Johnson be excused from a call of the House today. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Foster, Johnson, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Kurka: Page 1, line 1, following "contributions;" (title amendment): Insert "requiring the division of elections to make available to certain persons the electronic database that contains the results of an election;" Page 3, following line 7: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 8. AS 15.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 15.20.223. Provision of electronic database containing the results of a state election. Regardless of whether an election recount is requested under AS 15.20.430 or an election is contested under AS 15.20.540, upon the request of a candidate, a political party, or an organization or organized group that sponsors 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2093 or opposes an initiative, referendum, or recall at an election, the director shall provide without charge access to the unencrypted electronic database containing the ballot tabulations and vote totals for the election." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Kurka moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Hopkins objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Foster, Johnson, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 1 (title amendment): Following "Act": Insert "relating to elections;" Following "contributions;": Insert "relating to counting ballots;" Page 1, following line 2: Insert new bill sections to read: 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2094 "* Section 1. AS 15.07.060(a) is amended to read: (a) Each applicant who requests registration or reregistration shall supply the following information: (1) the applicant's name and sex; (2) if issued, the applicant's State of Alaska driver's license number or State of Alaska identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant's social security number; (3) the applicant's date of birth; (4) the applicant's Alaska residence address; (5) a statement of whether the applicant has previously been registered to vote in another jurisdiction, and, if so, the jurisdiction and the address of the previous registration; (6) a declaration that the applicant will be 18 years of age or older within 90 days after the date of registration; (7) a declaration that the applicant is a citizen of the United States; (8) the date of application; (9) the applicant's signature or mark; (10) any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote in the state; (11) an attestation that the information provided by the applicant in (1) - (10) of this subsection is true; [AND] (12) a certification that the applicant understands that a false statement on the application may make the applicant subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor under this title or AS 11; and (13) a declaration whether the applicant requests a hand count of the applicant's ballot. * Sec. 2. AS 15.07.070(f) is amended to read: (f) Incomplete or inaccurate registration forms may not be accepted. A person who submitted an incomplete or inaccurate registration form may register by reexecuting and resubmitting a registration form in person, by mail, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050. The requirements of (c) or (d) of this section apply to a registration form resubmitted under this subsection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application made under AS 43.23.015 that contains the information required by AS 15.07.060(a)(1) - (4), [AND] (7) - (9), and (13), and an attestation that such information is true, shall not be deemed an incomplete registration form and shall be accepted in accordance 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2095 with AS 15.07.070(i). * Sec. 3. AS 15.07.070(j) is amended to read: (j) The division shall cooperate with the Department of Revenue under AS 43.23.101 to ensure that the permanent fund dividend application form furnished by the Department of Revenue under AS 43.23.015 allows an applicant, a person who is designated in a power of attorney to act on behalf of an applicant, or a person acting on behalf of a physically disabled applicant to submit voter registration information required under AS 15.07.060(a)(1) - (4), [AND] (7) - (9), and (13), and an attestation that such information is true. The director may require proof of identification of the applicant, if not already in the Department of Revenue's possession, as required by regulations adopted by the director under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act)." Page 1, line 3: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Sec. 4" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 3, following line 7: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 11. AS 15.15.032(c) is amended to read: (c) The director shall provide for a paper record of each electronically generated ballot that can be (1) reviewed and corrected by the voter at the time the vote is cast; [AND] (2) used for a recount of the votes cast at an election in which electronically generated ballots were used; (3) used as the official ballot for a vote count in a hand-count district. * Sec. 12. AS 15.15 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 15.15.345. Hand-count districts. (a)When 25 percent or more of the voters in a house district, senate district, or the state request under AS 15.07.060(a) that the division count their ballots by hand, the division shall count the ballots in that house district, senate district, or the state, respectively, by hand. The director shall, 60 days before the day of the election, 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2096 (1) determine whether a house district, senate district, or the state is a hand-count district; and (2) provide public notice identifying each hand-count district for the election. (b) The division shall count ballots voted in a hand-count district by hand. When counting a ballot generated electronically under AS 15.15.032 or an absentee ballot voted by electronic transmission under AS 15.20.066, an election official counting ballots voted in a hand-count district shall count the official paper record. An election official may not scan a ballot voted for a hand- count district before the conclusion of the statewide ballot count. If an election official scans a ballot in a hand-count district, the division shall publish the ballot on the division's Internet website not later than 24 hours after the election official scanned the ballot. * Sec. 13. AS 15.15.350(a) is amended to read: (a) The director may adopt regulations prescribing the manner in which the precinct ballot count is accomplished so as to ensure accuracy in the count and to expedite the process. The election board shall account for all ballots by completing a ballot statement containing (1) the number of official ballots received; (2) the number of official ballots voted; (3) the number of official ballots spoiled; (4) the number of official ballots unused and either destroyed or returned for destruction to the elections supervisor or the election supervisor's designee. The board shall count the number of questioned ballots and compare that number to the number of questioned voters in the register. Discrepancies shall be noted and the numbers included in the certificate prescribed by AS 15.15.370. The election board, in a hand-count precinct or a hand-count district [PRECINCTS], shall count the ballots in a manner that allows watchers to see the ballots when opened and read. A person handling the ballot after it has been taken from the ballot box and before it is placed in the envelope for mailing may not have a marking device in hand or remove a ballot from the immediate vicinity of the polls. In this subsection, "hand-count precinct" means a precinct within a machine-count district where the election board counts ballots by hand. * Sec. 14. AS 15.15.350(b) is amended to read: (b) In a machine-count district, ballots [BALLOTS] may not be counted before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2097 election. In a hand-count district, ballot counting may begin 14 days before an election. When counting ballots before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election, election officials shall count ballots in groups of 25 or more. An election official may not release the result of a ballot count or scanned image of a ballot before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election. * Sec. 15. AS 15.15.470 is amended to read: Sec. 15.15.470. Preservation of election ballots, papers, and materials. The director shall preserve all precinct election certificates, tallies, and registers for four years after the election. All ballots, images of scanned ballots, and stubs for elections other than national elections may be destroyed 30 days after the certification of the state ballot counting review unless an application for recount has been filed and not completed, or unless their destruction is stayed by an order of the court. All ballots for national elections may be destroyed in accordance with federal law. The director may permit the inspection of election materials upon call by the Congress, the state legislature, or a court of competent jurisdiction. * Sec. 16. AS 15.15.480 is amended to read: Sec. 15.15.480. Security of ballots. All official ballots and scanned images of ballots in the possession of election officials, whether voted or not voted, shall be kept in a secure manner until destroyed in accordance with law. The director shall provide for the security of ballots during transportation and storage under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). * Sec. 17. AS 15.20.066 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (c) Before counting an absentee ballot of a voter who resides in a hand-count district that is completed and returned by the voter by electronic transmission, an election official shall print an official paper record of the ballot. The official paper record is the counted ballot. * Sec. 18. AS 15.20.201(a) is amended to read: (a) In a machine-count district, not [NO] less than seven days preceding the day of election, the election supervisor, in the presence and with the assistance of the district absentee ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of absentee ballots received by that date. In a hand-count district, not less 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2098 than 21 days preceding the day of election, the election supervisor, in the presence and with the assistance of the district absentee ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of absentee ballots received by that date. The review of absentee ballots shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until completed. * Sec. 19. AS 15.20.201(b) is amended to read: (b) In a machine-count district, counting [COUNTING] of absentee ballots that have been reviewed shall begin at 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election at places designated by each election supervisor and shall continue until all absentee ballots reviewed and eligible for counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count of absentee ballots to the district absentee ballot counting board. An election supervisor or an election official may not count absentee ballots before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election. In a hand-count district, counting of absentee ballots that have been reviewed shall begin 14 days before the day of the election at places designated by each election supervisor and shall continue until all absentee ballots reviewed and eligible for counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count of absentee ballots to the district absentee ballot counting board. An election supervisor or an election official may not count absentee ballots earlier than 14 days before the day of the election. Counting of the absentee ballots shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until all absentee ballots are counted. * Sec. 20. AS 15.20.480 is amended to read: Sec. 15.20.480. Procedure for recount. In conducting the recount, the director shall review all ballots, whether the ballots were counted at the precinct or by computer or by the district absentee counting board or the questioned ballot counting board, to determine which ballots, or part of ballots, were properly marked and which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall check the accuracy of the original count, the precinct certificate, and the review. The director shall count absentee ballots received before the completion of the recount. For administrative purposes, the director may join and include two or more applications in a single review and count of votes. The rules in AS 15.15.360 governing the counting of ballots shall be 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2099 followed in the recount when a ballot is challenged on the basis of a question regarding the voter's intent to vote for the candidate, proposition, or question. The ballots and other election material must remain in the custody of the director during the recount, and the highest degree of care shall be exercised to protect the ballots against alteration or mutilation. In a hand-count district, a recount shall be conducted by hand count. The recount shall be completed within 10 days. The director may employ additional personnel necessary to assist in the recount. * Sec. 21. AS 15.20.900(a) is amended to read: (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the director may adopt regulations for machine-count districts that provide procedures for the tabulation of electronically generated ballots or optically scanned ballots, including procedures for (1) tests of the counting programs developed for each precinct tabulator to ensure that the system is functioning properly; (2) security for the voting and tabulation of ballots; (3) the transmission and accumulation of vote totals to assure the integrity of the vote counting process; (4) observation by the public of the counting process in the regional offices; and (5) the disposition of ballots. * Sec. 22. AS 15.80.010 is amended by adding new paragraphs to read: (47) "hand-count district" means a house district, senate district, or the entire state when the division is required under AS 15.15.345(a) to count the voters' ballots by hand; (48) "machine-count district" means a house district, senate district, or the entire state where the division is not required to count the voters' ballots by hand under AS 15.15.345(a). * Sec. 23. AS 43.23.015(b) is amended to read: (b) The department shall prescribe and furnish an application form for claiming a permanent fund dividend. The application must include (1) notice of the penalties provided for under AS 43.23.270; (2) a statement of eligibility and a certification of residency; (3) the means for an applicant eligible to vote under 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2100 AS 15.05, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the applicant, to furnish information required by AS 15.07.060(a)(1) - (4), [AND] (7) - (9), and (13), and an attestation that such information is true. * Sec. 24. AS 43.23.101 is amended to read: Sec. 43.23.101. Voter registration. The commissioner shall establish by rule a schedule by which the commissioner will provide, and shall provide as soon as is practicable the director of elections with (1) electronic records from the permanent fund dividend applications of the information required by AS 15.07.060(a)(1) - (4), [AND] (7) - (9), and (13), and the attestation that such information is true, for each permanent fund dividend applicant who (A) is a citizen of the United States; and (B) is at least 18 years of age or will be within 90 days of the date of the application; and (2) the mailing addresses for all permanent fund dividend applicants." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Schrage objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCarty, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2101 Excused: Foster, Johnson, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 1, following "to" (title amendment): Insert "the conduct of elections of regional school board members; relating to" Page 1, following line 2: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Section 1. AS 14.08.071 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (f) An election under this section shall be held regardless of whether an individual has filed a declaration of candidacy for an office scheduled to be on the ballot at that election. An individual may file as a write-in candidate for an office on the ballot at that election not later than five days before the election." Page 1, line 3: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Sec. 2" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Tuck, citing sections 402 and 616 of Mason's Manual, rose to a point of order stating that Amendment No. 9 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the amendment out of order. Representative Kurka rose to a point of order stating that the amendment was germane to the bill according to the single subject rule. 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2102 The Speaker maintained the ruling. Representative Eastman appealed the ruling of the Chair. The question being: "Shall the Ruling of the Chair be sustained?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Sustain Ruling of the Chair - Amendment No. 9 Not Germane YEAS: 22 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Eastman, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Excused: Foster, Johnson, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 9 was ruled out of order. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 1, following "contributions;" (title amendment): Insert "relating to election ballots;" Page 3, following line 7: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 8. AS 15.15.030 is amended to read: Sec. 15.15.030. Preparation of official ballot. The director shall prepare all official ballots to facilitate fairness, simplicity, and clarity in the voting procedure, to reflect most accurately the intent of the voter, and to expedite the administration of elections. The following directives shall be followed when applicable: (1) The director shall determine the size of the ballot, the type of print, necessary additional instruction notes to voters, and other similar matters of form not provided by law. (2) The director shall number ballots in series to ensure 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2103 simplicity and secrecy and to prevent fraud. (3) The director shall contract for the preparation of ballots under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). (4) The director may not include on the ballot, as a part of a candidate's name, any honorary or assumed title or prefix but may include in the candidate's name any nickname or familiar form of a proper name of the candidate. (5) The names of the candidates shall be placed in separate sections on the state general election ballot under the office designation to which they were nominated. If a candidate is registered as affiliated with a political party or political group, the party affiliation, if any, may be designated after the name of the candidate, upon request of the candidate. If a candidate has requested designation as nonpartisan or undeclared, that designation shall be placed after the name of the candidate. If a candidate is not registered as affiliated with a political party or political group and has not requested to be designated as nonpartisan or undeclared, the candidate shall be designated as undeclared. The lieutenant governor and the governor shall be included under the same section. The director shall provide space to rank four [PROVISION SHALL BE MADE FOR VOTING FOR] write-in candidates within each section. Paper ballots for the state general election shall be printed on white paper. (6) The names of the candidates for each office shall be set out in the same order on ballots printed for use in each house district. The director shall randomly determine the order of the names of the candidates for state representative for each house district. The director shall rotate the order of placement of the names of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, United States senator, United States representative, and state senator on the ballot for each house district. (7) The general election ballot shall be designed with the names of candidates of each political party, and of any independent candidates qualified under AS 15.30.026, for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States placed in the same section on the ballot rather than the names of electors of President and Vice-President. (8) The general or special election ballot shall be designed with the title and proposition for any initiative, 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2104 referendum, or constitutional amendment formulated as prescribed by law and placed on the ballot in the manner prescribed by the director. When placed on the ballot, a state ballot proposition or ballot question shall carry the number that was assigned to the petition for the proposition or question. Provision shall be made for marking the proposition "Yes" or "No." (9) The general or special election ballot shall be designed with the question of whether a constitutional convention shall be called placed on the ballot in the following manner: "Shall there be a constitutional convention?" Provision shall be made for marking the question "Yes" or "No." (10) A nonpartisan ballot shall be designed for each judicial district in which a justice or judge is seeking retention in office. The ballot shall be divided into four parts. Each part must bear a heading indicating the court to which the candidate is seeking approval, and provision shall be made for marking each question "Yes" or "No." Within each part, the question of whether the justice or judge shall be approved or rejected shall be set out in substantially the following manner: (A) "Shall . . . . . . . be retained as justice of the supreme court for 10 years?"; (B) "Shall . . . . . . . be retained as judge of the court of appeals for eight years?"; (C) "Shall . . . . . . . be retained as judge of the superior court for six years?"; or (D) "Shall . . . . . . . be retained as judge of the district court for four years?" (11) When the legislature by law authorizes a state debt for capital improvements, the director shall place the question of whether the specific authorization shall be ratified by placing the ballot title and question on the next general election ballot, or on the special election ballot if a special election is held for the purpose of ratifying the state debt for capital improvements before the time of the next general election. Unless specifically provided otherwise in the Act authorizing the debt, the ballot title shall, by the use of a few words in a succinct manner, indicate the general subject of the Act. The question shall, by the use of a few sentences in a succinct manner, give a true and impartial summary of the Act authorizing the state debt. The question of whether state debt shall be contracted shall be assigned a letter of the alphabet 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2105 on the ballot. Provision shall be made for marking the question substantially as follows: "Bonds . . . . . . . Yes" or "Bonds . . . . . . . No," followed by an appropriate oval. (12) The director may provide for the optical scanning of ballots where the requisite equipment is available. (13) The director may provide for voting by use of electronically generated ballots by a voter who requests to use a machine that produces electronically generated ballots. (14) The director shall include the following statement on the ballot: A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the political party or political group. (15) Instead of the statement provided by (14) of this section, when candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States appear on a general election ballot, the director shall include the following statement on the ballot: A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or political group or that the political party or political group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the party or group. The election for President and Vice- President of the United States is different. Some candidates for President and Vice- President are the official nominees of their political party. (16) The director shall design the general election ballots so that the candidates are selected by ranked-choice voting. (17) The director shall design the general election ballot to direct the voter to mark candidates in order of preference and to mark as many choices as the voter wishes, but not to assign the same ranking to more than one candidate for the same office." 2022-03-14 House Journal Page 2106 Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Tuck, citing sections 402 and 616 of Mason's Manual, rose to a point of order stating that Amendment No. 10 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the amendment out of order. Representative Eastman appealed the ruling of the chair. The question being: "Shall the Ruling of the Chair be sustained?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 234(STA) am Second Reading Sustain Ruling of the Chair - Amendment No. 10 Not Germane YEAS: 21 NAYS: 16 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Excused: Foster, Johnson, Thompson And so, Amendment No. 10 was ruled out of order. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 7:00 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 4:54 p.m.