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2021-08-30 House Journal

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2021-08-30                     House Journal                      Page 1443
HB 3003                                                                                                                       
The following, was before the House in second reading with                                                                      
Amendment No. 2 moved and pending:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3003(FIN) am                                                                                         
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan                                                                   
     program expenses of state government and for certain programs;                                                             
     capitalizing funds; making capital appropriations and                                                                      
     supplemental appropriations; making an appropriation 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 to Amendment No. 2 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Carpenter:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 4-5:                                                                                                              
     Delete "or maintains a restrictive policy or requirement regarding"                                                        
     Insert "a policy mandating"                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  24   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Gillham, Kaufman, LeBon, McCabe,                                                                       
McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Rasmussen, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton,                                                                      
Tuck, Vance                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                       
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                              
Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes,                                                            
Tarr, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Johnson                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  10   NAYS:  29   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kurka, McCabe, McKay, Prax,                                                                     
Rauscher, Tilton, Vance                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon,                                                                     
McCarty, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage,                                                                  
Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck,                                                                   
Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Johnson                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representatives Eastman,                                                                         
Carpenter, Rauscher, and Kurka:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Page 5, before line 1:                                                                                                          
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature                                                            
that the appropriations made in this Act may not be disbursed to an                                                             
entity that establishes or maintains a restrictive policy requiring a                                                           
minor receive a COVID-19 vaccine."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 13:                                                                                                                
     Delete "5(2)"                                                                                                              
     Insert "6(2)"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 15:                                                                                                                
     Delete "secs. 4 and 5"                                                                                                     
     Insert "secs. 5 and 6"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tarr objected.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe,                                                                  
McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                    
Shaw, Tilton, Tuck, Vance                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                                     
Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Wool,                                                                
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Johnson                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        

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Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representatives Eastman, Kurka,                                                                  
and Rauscher:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, before line 1:                                                                                                          
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature                                                            
that the appropriations made in this Act may be disbursed only to                                                               
those entities that establish a policy stating that an individual's                                                             
COVID-19 vaccination status is considered confidential information                                                              
and that the entity will not solicit, collect, or maintain that                                                                 
information."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 13:                                                                                                                
     Delete "5(2)"                                                                                                              
     Insert "6(2)"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 15:                                                                                                                
     Delete "secs. 4 and 5"                                                                                                     
     Insert "secs. 5 and 6"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  21   NAYS:  19   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman,                                                                    
Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax,                                                                   
Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage,                                                                    
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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And so, Amendment No. 4 was adopted.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representatives Eastman, Prax, and                                                               
Kurka:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4 (title amendment):                                                                                               
     Delete "an appropriation"                                                                                                
     Insert "appropriations"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 1, following "FUND.":                                                                                              
     Insert "(a)"                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 6:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                           
     "(b)  An amount equal to the interest earned on the difference                                                             
between the amounts calculated under AS 37.13.145(b) and the                                                                    
amounts appropriated to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) during                                                              
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, June 30, 2018, June 30, 2019,                                                            
June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, estimated to be $1,591,000,000, is                                                            
appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the                                                            
dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund                                                               
dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal                                                            
year ending June 30, 2022."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Rasmussen:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 5-16:                                                                                                             
 Delete all material and insert:                                                                                                
 "Page 5, lines 1-6:                                                                                                            
 Delete all material and insert:                                                                                                
   "* Sec. 4. ALASKA PERMANANET FUND. The sum of                                                                              
$1,526,109,508 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS                                                            
37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of                                                            
permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs                                                            
for fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.""                                                                                         

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Representative Rasmussen moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Rasmussen moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                   
withdraw Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5. There being no                                                                     
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  24   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka,                                                              
McCabe, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton,                                                                  
Vance                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins,                                                                       
Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCarty, Merrick,                                                                    
Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr,                                                              
Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representatives Eastman and                                                                      
Kurka:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, following "fund;" (title amendment):                                                                          
     Insert "making an appropriation to the constitutional budget                                                             
reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska);"                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 11:                                                                                                      
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 6. FUND TRANSFER. The balance of the power cost                                                                       
equalization endowment fund (AS 42.45.070(a)) on June 30, 2022,                                                                 
after all other appropriations have been made from the fund, is                                                                 
appropriated to the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution                                                         
of the State of Alaska)."                                                                                                       

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Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 15:                                                                                                                
     Delete "secs. 4 and 5"                                                                                                     
     Insert "secs. 4 - 6"                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 6 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 6                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  2   NAYS:  38   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Eastman, Kurka                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields,                                                                      
Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman,                                                                  
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson,                                                                 
Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder,                                                              
Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool,                                                            
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was not offered.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 8 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 5 - 7 (title amendment):                                                                                          
     Delete "making an appropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c),                                                               
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget                                                           
reserve fund;"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 10 - 14:                                                                                                          
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            

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           "(2)  $60,000,000 from the power cost equalization                                                                   
endowment fund (AS 42.45.070(a))."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 8 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                     
withdraw Amendment No. 8. There being no objection, it was so                                                                   
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 9 was offered  by Representatives Eastman and                                                                      
Kurka:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4 (title amendment):                                                                                               
     Delete "an appropriation"                                                                                                
     Insert "appropriations"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 1, following "FUND.":                                                                                              
     Insert "(a)"                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 6:                                                                                                       
     Insert new subsections to read:                                                                                            
     "(b)  The sum of $1,226,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings                                                          
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund                                                                             
(AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2020 permanent fund                                                               
dividends to eligible individuals who received a 2020 permanent fund                                                            
dividend and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year                                                        
ending June 30, 2022.                                                                                                           
     (c)  The sum of $816,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings                                                             
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund                                                                             
(AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2019 permanent fund                                                               
dividends to eligible individuals who received a 2019 permanent fund                                                            
dividend and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year                                                        
ending June 30, 2022.                                                                                                           
     (d)  The sum of $884,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings                                                             
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund                                                                             

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(AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2018 permanent fund                                                               
dividends to eligible individuals who received a 2018 permanent fund                                                            
dividend and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year                                                        
ending June 30, 2022.                                                                                                           
     (e)  The sum of $826,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings                                                             
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund                                                                             
(AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2017 permanent fund                                                               
dividends to eligible individuals who received a 2017 permanent fund                                                            
dividend and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year                                                        
ending June 30, 2022.                                                                                                           
     (f)  The sum of $683,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings                                                             
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund                                                                             
(AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2016 permanent fund                                                               
dividends to eligible individuals who received a 2016 permanent fund                                                            
dividend and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year                                                        
ending June 30, 2022."                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 9 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 9                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  24   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka,                                                              
McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Tilton,                                                               
Vance                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Hannan, Hopkins,                                                                       
Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                                      
Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr,                                                               
Thompson, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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Amendment Nos. 10 and 11 were not offered.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 14 was offered  by Representative Rauscher:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 5 - 7 (title amendment):                                                                                          
     Delete "making an appropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c),                                                               
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget                                                           
reserve fund;"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 7 - 11:                                                                                                           
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
"* Sec. 5. OIL AND GAS TAX CREDIT FUND. The sum of                                                                            
$114,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and gas                                                           
tax credit fund (AS 43.55.028)."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, lines 12 - 14:                                                                                                          
     Delete all material.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 14 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wool objected.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 14 be adopted?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 3003(FIN) am                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 14                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman,                                                                    
Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax,                                                                   
Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz, Schrage,                                                                    
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

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And so, Amendment No. 14 was not adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to                                                           
6:30 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 5:36 p.m.