Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2021-02-19 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0265 SENATE JOURNAL ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE FIRST SESSION Juneau, Alaska Friday February 19, 2021 Thirty-second Day Pursuant to adjournment the Senate was called to order by President pro tempore Hughes at 10:32 a.m. The Senate was convened for the purpose of a technical session. Senator Stevens, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked unanimous consent the roll call of the Senate be waived. Without objection, it was so ordered. Communications The following report is on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate: Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Impact Mitigation Grant Program Report to the First Session of the Thirty-Second Alaska Legislature January 2021 in accordance with AS 37.05.530 Standing Committee Reports Reports dated February 17 were read stating: In accordance with AS 39.05.080, the Resources Committee held a hearing on the following appointee(s). A signature on this report does not reflect an intent by any of the members to vote for or against the confirmation of the individual(s) during any further sessions. 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0266 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Jeremy Price Signing the report: Senator Revak, Chair; Senators Kiehl, von Imhof, Bishop, Kawasaki, Stevens, Micciche. Big Game Commercial Services Board Michael Flores Peter Buist Aaron Bloomquist Signing the report: Senator Revak, Chair; Senators Kiehl, Bishop, Kawasaki, Stevens, Micciche. SB 65 The Health and Social Services Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 65 "An Act relating to immunity for consulting physicians, podiatrists, osteopaths, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, dentists, optometrists, and pharmacists" and recommended it be replaced with CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 65(HSS) "An Act relating to immunity for consulting physicians, podiatrists, osteopaths, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, chiropractors, dentists, optometrists, and pharmacists." Signing do pass: Senator Wilson, Chair; Senators Begich, Hughes. Signing no recommendation: Senator Reinbold. The following fiscal information was published today: Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Law The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee. 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0267 SB 70 The Health and Social Services Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 70 "An Act relating to opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced with CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 70(HSS) Signing do pass: Senator Wilson, Chair; Senators Begich, Hughes. The following fiscal information was published today: Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Health and Social Services The bill was referred to the Rules Committee. SJR 9 The Transportation Committee considered SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9 Urging the United States Congress to exempt cruise ships from certain provisions of the Passenger Vessel Services Act and other applicable provisions of federal law for the period during which Canadian ports are closed to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people; and urging the President of the United States not to fine or take actions against cruise ships sailing to the state. Signing do pass: Senator Myers, Chair: Senator Kiehl. Signing no recommendation: Senator Shower. The following fiscal information was published today: Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Senate Transportation Committee The resolution was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee. Announcements Announcements are at the end of the journal. 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0268 Adjournment Senator Stevens, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked unanimous consent the Senate stand in adjournment until 11:00 a.m., February 22, 2021. Without objection, the Senate adjourned at 10:36 a.m. Liz Clark Secretary of the Senate 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0269 Announcements Americans with Disabilities Act Notice - Persons with disabilities who require special accommodation or alternative communication formats to access committee meetings may contact the appropriate committee office or the Legislative Information Office in their community. Reasonable advance notice is needed to accommodate the request. For further information, call the ADA Coordinator at 465-3854 Voice/465-4980 TDD. STANDING COMMITTEES + indicates teleconference = indicates bill previously heard/scheduled COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS Feb 23 Tuesday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 3:30 PM No Meeting Scheduled Feb 25 Thursday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 3:30 PM + SB 15 OPEN MEETINGS ACT; PENALTY -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + SB 13 OIL AND GAS PROPERTY TAX -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + SB 17 ENERGY EFFICIENCY & POLICY: PUB. BLDGS -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- EDUCATION Feb 19 Friday Butrovich 205 9:00 AM + Presentation: "National Landscape and Policy Trends in Early Literacy" by Tom Keily, Senior Policy Analyst with Education Commission of the States and Ben Erwin, Policy Researcher. += SB 8 PRE-K/ELEM ED PROGRAMS/FUNDING; READING -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- += SB 42 VIRTUAL AND EARLY EDUCATION, READING -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0270 EDUCATION (continued) Feb 22 Monday Butrovich 205 9:00 AM -- MEETING CANCELED -- += SB 8 PRE-K/ELEM ED PROGRAMS/FUNDING; READING -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- += SB 42 VIRTUAL AND EARLY EDUCATION, READING -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 24 Wednesday Butrovich 205 9:00 AM + Consideration of Governor's Appointees to the Professional Teaching Practices Commission: - Jennifer Stafford - Lem Wheeles - Adam Reid - Jamie Burgess + Consideration of Governor's Appointees to the University of Alaska Board of Regents: - Dale Anderson - Ralph Seekins + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 26 Friday Davis 106 9:00 AM -- Location Change -- + Joint Senate-House Education Committee Meeting Presentation: Status Update from District and K-12 Building Leaders by Dr. Lisa Parady, Executive Director of Alaska Council of School Administrators -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- FINANCE Feb 19 Friday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + Governor's FY22 Budget Amendments + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0271 FINANCE (continued) Feb 22 Monday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + School Major Maintenance and Construction Update - Department of Education & Early Development + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 23 Tuesday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + Deferred Maintenance Update - Office of Management and Budget - Department of Transportation and Public Facilities - University of Alaska + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 24 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority - Update and FY22 Proposed Budget - Mike Abbott, Chief Executive Officer + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 25 Thursday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + AIDEA - Update on Projects, Investments and Cash Flow Alaska Energy Authority - Update on Assets, Projects, Grants & Loans + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 26 Friday Senate Finance 532 9:00 AM + Village Safe Water Program - Funding History, Projected Need, and FY22 Proposal + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled ---------------------------------------- HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES Feb 23 Tuesday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM + SB 67 NURSING: LICENSURE; MULTISTATE COMPACT -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- Feb 25 Thursday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM += SB 67 NURSING: LICENSURE; MULTISTATE COMPACT -- Public Testimony -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0272 JUDICIARY Feb 19 Friday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM -- MEETING CANCELED -- Concerns Government's COVID Response "The Stand" Simone Gold, JD MD University of Alaska Anchorage COVID Projection Model, Epidemiologist Tom Hennessey TBA Consideration of Governor's Appointees: TBA Feb 22 Monday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 24 Wednesday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM + "History of Pandemics" Dave Barton, Historian Wall Builders + "COVID-19 and Court Cases" Phil Kline, Thomas More Society + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 26 Friday Butrovich 205 1:30 PM + Public Hearing Impacts of the Disaster + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled ---------------------------------------- LABOR & COMMERCE Feb 19 Friday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM + SB 45 AGE FOR NICOTINE/E-CIG; TAX E-CIG. -- Invited & Public Testimony -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 22 Monday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM + Consideration of Governor's Appointees Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: - Dana Walukiewicz - Diane Thompson - John Cox -- Invited & Public Testimony -- + SB 55 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERS -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0273 LABOR & COMMERCE (continued) Feb 24 Wednesday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM + SB 54 AHFC WATER & SEWER BONDS/TRANSPORTATION -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + SB 86 TEMPORARY PERMITS & LICENSES -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 26 Friday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- RESOURCES Feb 19 Friday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM -- MEETING CANCELED -- + Consideration of Governor's Appointees: Board of Game -Stanley Hoffman Jr. -Jacob Fletcher -Lynn Keogh Jr. Regulatory Commission of Alaska -Robert Pickett -- Invited & Public Testimony -- + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 22 Monday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- + SB 33 SEAFOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT + SB 64 SHELLFISH PROJECTS; HATCHERIES; FEES + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0274 RESOURCES (continued) Feb 24 Wednesday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM -- Teleconference <Listen Only> -- Presentation of Department of Law-Federal Issues and Conflicts by: - Cori Mills, DOL CIV-Deputy Attorney General - Jessie Alloway, DOL CIV - Assistant Attorney General - Mary Gramling, DOL CIV - Attorney for Natural Resources - Ron Opsahl, DOL CIV - Attorney for Natural Resources + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled Feb 26 Friday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM + Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled ---------------------------------------- STATE AFFAIRS Feb 23 Tuesday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM += SB 53 PERM FUND; ADVISORY VOTE += SJR 6 CONST. AM: PERM FUND & PFDS += SJR 5 CONST. AM: APPROP LIMIT; BUDGET RESERVE += SJR 7 CONST. AM: STATE TAX; VOTER APPROVAL -- Public Testimony -- **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 25 Thursday Butrovich 205 3:30 PM += SB 25 STATE GOV'T FINANCES: WEBSITE -- Invited & Public Testimony -- Department of Administration - Kelly Tshibaka, Commissioner - Hans Zigman += SB 39 BALLOT CUSTODY/TAMPERING; VOTER REG; MAIL -- Testimony <Invitation Only><TBA> -- **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0275 TRANSPORTATION Feb 23 Tuesday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM Overview of the Alaska Marine Highway System by: - Rob Carpenter, Deputy Commissioner DOT & PF - Matt McLaren, AMHS Business Enterprise & Development Manager + **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Feb 25 Thursday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 1:30 PM + SB 74 G.O. BONDS: STATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEES ADMINISTRATION Feb 23 Tuesday Senate Finance 532 12:30 PM + Senate Budget Subcommittee Overview ---------------------------------------- COMMERCE, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEV Feb 22 Monday Senate Finance 532 5:30 PM + Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development Budget Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- CORRECTIONS Feb 23 Tuesday Senate Finance 532 5:30 PM + Department of Corrections Budget Overview - Division of Health & Rehabilitative Services -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0276 EDUCATION & EARLY DEVELOPMENT Feb 25 Thursday Senate Finance 532 1:00 PM FY22 Department of Education & Early Development Budget ---------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Feb 25 Thursday Senate Finance 532 5:30 PM + Department of Environmental Conservation Budget Overview Continuation & Budget Amendments -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- FISH & GAME Feb 25 Thursday Senate Finance 532 12:30 PM + Senate Budget Subcommittee Overview ---------------------------------------- HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES Feb 19 Friday Senate Finance 532 7:45 AM -- MEETING CANCELED -- -- Agenda to be Announced -- Feb 22 Monday Senate Finance 532 7:45 AM -- Agenda to be Announced -- Feb 26 Friday Senate Finance 532 7:45 AM -- Agenda to be Announced -- Mar 01 Monday Senate Finance 532 7:45 AM -- Agenda to be Announced -- Mar 05 Friday Senate Finance 532 7:45 AM -- Agenda to be Announced -- ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0277 JUDICIARY Feb 23 Tuesday Butrovich 205 5:15 PM Alaska Judiciary Overview Presentations: Operations of the Alaska Court System, the Alaska Judicial Council, and the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -Doug Wooliver, Deputy Administrative Director Rhonda McLeod, Chief Financial Officer, Alaska Court System ---------------------------------------- LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Feb 23 Tuesday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM FY22 Agency Budget **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Mar 02 Tuesday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM FY22 Agency Budget **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- LAW Feb 23 Tuesday Butrovich 205 7:30 AM + FY 2022 Budget- Civil Division; Criminal Division -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- Feb 25 Thursday Butrovich 205 5:30 PM + FY 2022 Budget- Civil Division; Criminal Division -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- NATURAL RESOURCES Feb 25 Thursday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM FY22 Agency Budget **Streamed live on AKL.tv** Mar 04 Thursday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM FY22 Agency Budget **Streamed live on AKL.tv** ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0278 PUBLIC SAFETY Feb 22 Monday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 4:00 PM + FY 2022 Budget - Village Public Safety Officer Program; Violent Crimes Compensation Board; Statewide Support / Criminal Justice Information Systems -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- Feb 24 Wednesday Beltz 105 (tsbldg) 4:00 PM + FY 2022 Budget -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- REVENUE Feb 24 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 5:30 PM + Department of Revenue Budget Overview Continuation & Budget Amendments -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- ---------------------------------------- TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES Feb 24 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM + - Highways, Aviation & Rural Airports Mar 03 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM + - Alaska Marine Highway System + - State Equipment Fleet Mar 10 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 7:30 AM + - Subcommittee Budget Closeout ---------------------------------------- 2021-02-19 Senate Journal Page 0279 JOINT COMMITTEES LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT Feb 24 Wednesday Senate Finance 532 12:00 PM -- Teleconference <Listen Only> -- + Committee Organization / Election of Chair and Vice-Chair Approval of Minutes (1/18/2021) Overview of Committee Process -Kris Curtis, Legislative Auditor -Alexei Painter, Legislative Fiscal Analyst