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2021-03-19 Senate Journal

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2021-03-19                     Senate Journal                      Page 0491
SB 40                                                                                                                         
The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 40 "An                                                                   
Act relating to veterans' benefits services and veterans' benefits appeal                                                       
services." Signing do pass: Senator Shower, Chair; Senators Holland,                                                            
Costello, Reinbold.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Military and                                                                        
          Veterans’ Affairs                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator Begich objected, questioning the process by which SENATE                                                                
BILL NO. 40 was reported out of the State Affairs Committee.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens, Acting Majority Leader, moved to postpone the                                                                  
question regarding the State Affairs Committee report on SENATE                                                                 
BILL NO. 40 to March 24, 2021.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall the Senate postpone the question on the                                                              
State Affairs Committee report on SENATE BILL NO. 40 until                                                                      
March 24, 2021?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Postpone Question on State Affairs Committee Report                                                                             
on SB 40 to March 24, 2021?                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Begich, Bishop, Costello, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Holland,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kiehl, Micciche, Myers, Olson, Revak, Stedman, Stevens                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Reinbold, Shower                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Hughes, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  von Imhof                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
and so, the Senate postponed the question regarding the State Affairs                                                           
Committee report on SENATE BILL NO. 40 to March 24, 2021.