Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2022-03-09 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2022-03-09 House Journal Page 2044 HB 62 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 62 "An Act relating to solemnization of marriage." with the: Journal Page STA RPT 4DP 2DNP 1AM 320 FN1: ZERO(DHS) 320 JUD RPT CS(JUD) NEW TITLE 4DP 3DNP 520 FN1: ZERO(DHS) 520 2022-03-09 House Journal Page 2045 The Rules Committee submitted the following fiscal note: 2. Zero, Dept. of Health & Social Services Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 62(JUD) "An Act relating to the Legislative Ethics Act; and relating to solemnization of marriage." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Snyder: Page 4, lines 27 - 28: Delete "[AND THE TWO ATTENDING WITNESSES]" Insert "and the person verifying the marriage [TWO ATTENDING WITNESSES]" Page 4, line 29, following "copies.": Insert "The person verifying the marriage must be 18 years of age or older. The person verifying the marriage shall communicate with both parties before or after the ceremony, but before signing the original marriage certificate and the necessary copies, and confirm that each party intends to marry the other party. The person verifying the marriage is not required to witness the ceremony." Page 5, line 2: Delete "has [AND THE TWO WITNESSES HAVE]" Insert "and the person verifying the marriage [TWO WITNESSES] have" Page 5, following line 9: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 4. AS 25.05.321 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (b) The person solemnizing the marriage and the person verifying the marriage shall provide their printed names, 2022-03-09 House Journal Page 2046 addresses, and telephone numbers on the forms provided by the bureau or by a church or congregation." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Snyder moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Vance and Claman: Page 1, line 20 of the amendment, following "names,": Insert "mailing and electronic mail" Representative Vance moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 1 be adopted. There being no objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 1 was adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 62(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 as amended YEAS: 33 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tilton, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Eastman, Johnson, Kurka Excused: Carpenter, Prax, Thompson, Tuck And so, Amendment No. 1 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was not offered. 2022-03-09 House Journal Page 2047 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Eastman and Rauscher: Page 5, line 22: Delete "$500" Insert "$4,500" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Claman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 62(JUD) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Gillham, Kurka, McCarty, Rauscher, Vance Nays: Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tilton, Wool, Zulkosky Excused: Carpenter, Prax, Thompson, Tuck And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 2, lines 1 - 3: Delete all material and insert: "(D) a legislator from accepting a benefit in exchange for solemnizing a marriage under AS 25.05.261(a)(4);" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. 2022-03-09 House Journal Page 2048 Representative Claman objected.