Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2022-04-07 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2411 HB 281 The following, which was held in second reading from the April 6 calendar (page 2401) was before the House: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and reappropriations; 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. 59 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 2, line 12: Delete all material and insert: "Centralized 97,586,800 11,102,800 86,484,000 Administrative Services Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 3, line 9: Delete all material and insert: "Shared Services of 19,968,600 6,833,200 13,135,400 Alaska Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2412 Page 3, line 19: Delete all material and insert: "Administration State 506,200 506,200 Facilities Rent Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 3, line 22: Delete all material and insert: "Public Communications 2,379,500 2,279,500 100,000 Services Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 3, line 27: Delete all material and insert: "Office of Information 63,332,500 63,332,500 Technology Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 3, line 30: Delete all material and insert: "Risk Management 40,580,900 40,580,900 Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 4, line 4: Delete all material and insert: "Legal and Advocacy 59,837,800 57,774,800 2,063,000 Services Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 4, line 7: Delete all material and insert: "Alaska Public Offices 1,071,500 1,071,500 Commission Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2413 Page 4, line 10: Delete all material and insert: "Motor Vehicles 18,548,300 17,983,500 564,800 Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Page 4, following line 11: Insert new material to read: "Facilitation of the 1,000 1,000 Collection of Union Dues Facilitation of the 1,000 Collection of Union Dues" Page 4, line 12: Delete all material and insert: "Agency Unallocated 608,600 278,200 330,400 Except for Facilitation of the Collection of Union Dues" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 59 be adopted. There was objection. **The presence of Representative Tarr was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 59 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 59 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2414 Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak Absent: Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 59 was not adopted. Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Spohnholz be excused from a call of the House today. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 60 was not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 60 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 61 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 105, lines 25 - 29: Delete all material. Page 112, lines 12 - 13: Delete "not including the appropriation made in sec. 49(x) of this Act," Page 112, lines 14 - 15: Delete ", not including the appropriation made in sec. 49(x) of this Act," Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 61 be adopted. Representative Ortiz objected. Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and he was required to vote. 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2415 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 61 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 61 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Gillham, Kurka, McCarty, McKay, Prax, Shaw, Tilton Nays: Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 61 was not adopted. Amendment No. 62 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 18, following line 18: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that no appropriation in this Act be used to promote or market the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 62 be adopted. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 62 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 62 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 62/Table 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2416 YEAS: 34 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Eastman, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 62 was tabled. Amendment No. 63 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 18, following line 18: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that no appropriation in this Act be used to provide a benefit to an individual for consenting to the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves or another person." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 63 be adopted. Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 63 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 63 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 63/Table YEAS: 34 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2417 Nays: Eastman, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 63 was tabled. Amendment No. 64 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 4, line 18: Delete "6,534,700" Insert "6,284,700" Delete "1,577,300" Insert "1,327,300" Page 4, line 19: Delete "2,042,400" Insert "1,792,400" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 64 be adopted. Representative Hopkins objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 64 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 64 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 33 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Johnson, Kurka, McKay Nays: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2418 And so, Amendment No. 64 was not adopted. Amendment No. 65 was not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 65 would be rolled to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 66 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 85, line 24: Delete "$57,000,000" Insert "$50,000,000" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 66 be adopted. Representative Story objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 66 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 66 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 66 was not adopted. Amendment No. 67 was not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 67 would be rolled to the bottom of the amendments. 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2419 Amendment No. 68 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 105, lines 18 -19: Delete "The amount necessary to purchase transferrable tax credit certificates presented for purchase, estimated to be $472,000,000," Insert "The sum of $349,000,000" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 68 be adopted. Representative Rasmussen objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 68 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 68 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz Claman changed from "NAY" to "YEA" And so, Amendment No. 68 was not adopted. Amendment No. 69 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 85, line 24: Delete "$57,000,000" Insert "$55,000,000" Page 92, line 3: Delete "$2,000,000" Insert "$4,000,000" 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2420 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 69 be adopted. Representative Hopkins objected. Representative Carpenter moved the previous question. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the question be called?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 69/Call for the Question YEAS: 34 NAYS: 2 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Eastman, Kurka Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz Absent: Cronk, Kaufman And so, the motion passed. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 69 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 69 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCarty, McKay, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton, Vance 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2421 Nays: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 69 was not adopted. Amendment No. 70 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 113, line 14: Delete "CONTINGENCY." Insert "CONTINGENCIES. (a)" Page 113, following line 17: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) The amount appropriated to the Department of Education and Early Development, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, WWAMI Medical Education allocation, in sec. 1 of this Act, and the appropriation made in sec. 36(e) of this Act, are contingent on the passage by the Thirty-Second Alaska State Legislature during the Second Regular Session and enactment into law of a bill prohibiting an expenditure of state money for the purpose of student participation in an educational program that requires a student to participate in the killing of a child through abortion." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 70 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 70 be tabled. There was objection. Representative Kurka placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2422 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 70 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 70/Table YEAS: 20 NAYS: 18 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Prax, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 70 was tabled. Amendment No. 71 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 75, line 19, following "settlements": Insert "in the following amounts" Page 75, line 20: Delete "." Insert ": CASE AMOUNT SOA-DOE vs. Recall Dunleavy $ 143,570 ACLU et al. vs. Dunleavy 89,331 Arctic Village Council et al. vs. Meyer et al.; 182,612 State vs. Arctic Village Council et al. Eric Forrer vs. SOA 157,689 John Doe vs. SOA 41,300 Blanford vs. Dunleavy 495,000" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 71 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2423 Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 71 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 71 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 71/Table YEAS: 12 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tuck Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz And so, Amendment No. 71 was not tabled. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 71 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 71 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Rauscher, Tarr, Vance Nays: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz Rauscher changed from "NAY" to "YEA" 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2424 And so, Amendment No. 71 was not adopted. Amendment No. 72 was offered by Representative Hopkins: Page 28, line 11: Delete "93,416,300" Insert "93,678,300" Delete "70,797,900" Insert "71,059,900" Page 28, line 21: Delete "11,805,000" Insert "12,067,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Hopkins moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 72 be adopted. Representative Kurka objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 72 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 72 YEAS: 32 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Eastman, Kurka, Rauscher, Vance Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz Absent: Shaw And so, Amendment No. 72 was adopted. 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2425 Amendment No. 73 was offered by Representatives Tarr and Drummond: Page 40, line 3: Delete "115,060,500" Insert "117,060,500" Delete "112,679,200" Insert "114,679,200" Page 40, line 5: Delete "95,514,200" Insert "97,514,200" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Tarr moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 73 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. Representative Kaufman moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and he was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 73 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 281(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 73 YEAS: 22 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Tilton, Vance Excused: Patkotak, Spohnholz 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2426 Absent: Shaw And so, Amendment No. 73 was adopted. Amendment No. 74 was not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 74 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 75 was offered by Representatives Claman, Snyder, Foster, Schrage, Tuck, Spohnholz, Hopkins, Edgmon, Ortiz, Josephson, and Drummond: Page 75, line 17: Delete "$1,109,502" Insert "$614,502" Page 75, line 20, following "2022.": Insert "The appropriation made in this section does not include an appropriation for the settlement in Bellville v. Dunleavy, Case No. 3:19-cv-00036-JWS and 21-35926, and the Department of Law may not use the appropriation made in this section for that purpose." Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 75 be adopted. Representative Johnson objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, following line 8 of the amendment: Insert new material to read: "Page 76, line 18: Delete "4,300,000" Insert "4,285,000" Page 76, following line 21: Insert "It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be used to pay dues to renew State of Alaska membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)."" 2022-04-07 House Journal Page 2427 The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 2:00 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 12:39 p.m.