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2021-05-12 House Journal

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2021-05-12                     House Journal                      Page 1029
HJR 19                                                                                                                        
The following was before the house with Amendment No. 3 moved                                                                   
and pending:                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 19(L&C) am                                                                                
    Supporting widespread infrastructure investment in the state.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Rauscher:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Following second occurrence of "Port":                                                                                          
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Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Edgmon objected.                                                                                                 

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The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  25   NAYS:  11   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  4                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Eastman, Fields, Gillham, Hopkins, Johnson, Kurka,                                                               
LeBon, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Prax, Rasmussen,                                                                 
Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Thompson,                                                                    
Tilton, Vance, Wool                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Hannan, Josephson, Kaufman,                                                                    
Kreiss-Tomkins, Snyder, Tarr, Tuck, Zulkosky                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Carpenter, Cronk, McCabe, Patkotak                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be                                                                       
adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3 as amended                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  4                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Eastman, Gillham, Hopkins, Johnson, Kurka, LeBon, McCarty,                                                               
Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance, Wool                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, McKay, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                                      
Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck,                                                               
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Carpenter, Cronk, McCabe, Patkotak                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was not adopted.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Page 2, line 18:                                                                                                                
 Insert "WHEREAS Port Mackenzie is the only port in Alaska that                                                               
can boast 9,033 acres, 14 square miles dedicated to commercial and                                                              
industrial development; and"                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka, LeBon,                                                               
McCabe, McCarty, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton,                                                                
Tuck                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, McKay, Merrick,                                                                    
Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr,                                                              
Vance, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Patkotak                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  28   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe,                                                                  
McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Thompson, Tilton                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, McCarty,                                                                   
Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder,                                                             
Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representative Kaufman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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 Insert "WHEREAS other ports in Alaska need significant                                                                       
investment to improve, expand, and thereby provide increased                                                                    
resilience to the state; and"                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Renumber accordingly.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kaufman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 6 be adopted.  There being no objection, Amendment                                                                
No. 6 was adopted.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Kaufman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Page 2, line 20, following "Alaska"                                                                                             
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Representative Kaufman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 7 be adopted.                                                                                                     

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Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection                                                            
Amendment No. 7 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 8 was offered  by Representatives Thompson and                                                                     
Cronk:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "state" (title amendment):                                                                          
    Insert "; and requesting that the Alaska Energy Authority                                                                 
develop a 10-year infrastructure plan to reduce power costs in                                                              
areas of the state that endure high electric and heating costs"                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, line 5, following "state":                                                                                              
    Insert "; and be it                                                                                                         
    FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature                                                                        
requests that the Alaska Energy Authority, in coordination with                                                                 
utilities throughout the state, develop a 10-year infrastructure plan to                                                        
reduce power costs in areas of the state that endure extremely high                                                             
electric and heating costs"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, line 11:                                                                                                                
    Delete "and"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, line 13, following "Congress":                                                                                          
    Insert "; and Curtis Thayer, Executive Director, Alaska Energy                                                              
Authority"                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson 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:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 8                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon,                                                                 
McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher,                                                                      
Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance, Wool                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                                     
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                                     
Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck,                                                                
Zulkosky                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHJR
19(L&C) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                              
placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am was read the third time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHJR 19(L&C) am pass the House?"                                                                   
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 19(L&C) am                                                                                                                
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  30   NAYS:  9   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan,                                                                        
Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCarty, McKay,                                                                      
Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Schrage, Shaw,                                                               
Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Vance,                                                                  
Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Kaufman, Kurka,                                                                      
McCabe, Rauscher, Tilton                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Johnson                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHJR 19(L&C) am passed the House and was referred to the                                                               
Chief Clerk for engrossment.