Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-04-03 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0563 HB 39 The following was before the House in second reading: CS FOR HOUSE BILL 39(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; repealing appropriations; amending appropriations; making reappropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making appropriations 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. 19 was offered by Representative Mears: Page 94, following line 9: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 43. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. The sum of $185,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0564 Legislative Budget and Audit Committee for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, to contract for a study on school district cost factors used to determine public education funding under AS 14.17.460. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee shall submit a report summarizing the study to the chief clerk of the house of representatives and senate secretary not later than December 31, 2024, and notify the legislature that the report is available. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee (1) shall base the study on the cost of providing education in each school district, including the cost of classroom instruction and administrative support, the cost of a school lunch program, the cost of school materials and supplies, the cost of transportation, and other costs that relate directly or indirectly to the operation of a school; (2) shall use Anchorage as a base value for comparing costs among school districts; and (3) may consider information from state, federal, or private sources to document cost differentials among school districts." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 99, line 16: Delete "43(a) - (c)" Insert "44(a) - (c)" Page 99, line 25: Delete "49" Insert "50" Page 99, line 26: Delete "49" Insert "50" Page 99, line 29: Delete "43 - 48, and 50" Insert "43 - 49, and 51" Page 99, line 31: Delete "43 - 48, and 50" Insert "43 - 49, and 51" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0565 Page 100, line 1: Delete "51" Insert "52" Page 100, line 3: Delete "49" Insert "50" Page 100, line 6: Delete "secs. 52 - 54" Insert "secs. 53 - 55" Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 19 be adopted. Representative Carpenter objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 19 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 19 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Galvin, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 19 was not adopted. Amendment No. 20 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 35, line 5: Delete "875,461,000" Insert "880,281,000" Delete "613,717,100" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0566 Insert "618,537,100" Page 35, line 6: Delete "1,000" Insert "4,821,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 20 be adopted. Representative Allard objected. Representative Armstrong moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and she was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 20 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 20 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Stapp, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 20 was not adopted. Amendment No. 21 was not offered. Amendment No. 22 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 10, line 3: Delete "307,004,700" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0567 Insert "306,504,700" Delete "56,215,400" Insert "55,715,400" Page 10, line 9: Delete "196,921,100" Insert "196,421,100" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 22 be adopted. Representative Cronk objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 22 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 22 YEAS: 22 NAYS: 18 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Eastman, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Vance Nays: Cronk, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Wright And so, Amendment No. 22 was adopted. Amendment No. 23 was offered by Representative Saddler: Page 10, line 3: Delete "307,004,700" Insert "302,039,400" Delete "56,215,400" Insert "51,250,100" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0568 Page 10, line 15: Delete "13,628,000" Insert "8,662,700" Page 12, following line 31: Insert new material to read: "APPROPRIATION GENERAL ALLOCATIONS ITEMS FUND Assumption of 404 Program 4,965,300 4,965,300 Assumption of 404 Program 4,965,300" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 23 be adopted. There was objection. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 23 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 1, lines 1 - 10 of the amendment: Delete all material. Page 1, following line 18 of the amendment: Insert "Page 91, line 18: Delete "$30,000,000" Insert "$25,000,000"" Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 23 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. Representative Sumner moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and he was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 23 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0569 CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 23 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 23 was adopted. Representative McCabe moved the previous question. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the question be called?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 as amended Call for the question YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so the motion failed. Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 23 was offered by Representative Fields: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0570 Page 1, following line 16 of the amendment: Insert "Page 18, line 4: Delete "273,798,000" Insert "278,298,000" Page 18, line 8: Delete "42,652,000" Insert "47,652,000" It is the intent of the legislature that this increment be built into the base budget for childcare assistance." Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 23 be adopted. Representative Prax objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 23 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 23 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 23 was not adopted. Representative Schrage moved and asked unanimous consent to divide the question. There was objection. 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0571 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 23 as amended be divided?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 as amended Divide the Question YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so the motion failed. Representative Saddler moved the previous question and moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw the motion. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 23 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 as amended YEAS: 22 NAYS: 18 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0572 And so, Amendment No. 23 as amended was adopted. Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent to rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 23 as amended. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 23 as amended?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in adopting Amendment No. 23 as amended YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Edgmon, Fields, Gray, Groh, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Foster, Galvin, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so the motion failed. The Speaker stated that, without objection, CSHB 39(FIN) am would be held in second reading to tomorrow's calendar.