2021-03-25                     House Journal                      Page 0439
Yeas:  Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon,                                                                 
McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw,                                                                           
Thompson, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Patkotak,                                                                   
Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck,                                                               
Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Carpenter                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was not offered.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 11, following "COVID-19;" (title amendment):                                                                     
     Insert "relating to the civil liability of employers;"                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Page 11, following line 17:                                                                                                     
     Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 14. AS 09.65 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                              
         Sec. 09.65.355. Liability of employers who encourage                                                                 
     health-related actions. Notwithstanding AS 09.50.250 and AS                                                              
     09.65.070, an employer who incentivizes, induces, or encourages                                                            
     an employee to receive a medical intervention, or penalizes an                                                             
     employee for not receiving a medical intervention, is civilly liable                                                       
     for any damages incurred by the employee as the result of an                                                               
     adverse reaction to the medical intervention. In this section,                                                             
     "medical intervention" includes a treatment, procedure,                                                                    
     vaccination, countermeasure, or other action taken to prevent or                                                           
     treat disease or improve health.                                                                                           
   * Sec. 15. AS 23.30.055 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                           
read:                                                                                                                           
         (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section or AS 23.30.045, this                                                         
      chapter does not apply to a claim arising under AS 09.65.355."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.