Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-04-03 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0545 HB 39 The following was before the House with Amendment No. 3 moved and pending: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 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. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Groh: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0546 Page 1, lines 1 - 7 of the amendment: Delete all material and insert: "Page 73, lines 24 - 30: Delete all material and insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The sum of $1,763,043,926 is appropriated to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, from the following sources: (1) $881,521,963 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145); (2) $881,521,963 from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). (d) The sum of $2,644,565,889 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Renumber subsections accordingly. Page 99, line 12, following "in": Insert "sec. 26(c)(2) of this Act and in" Page 99, lines 15-16: Delete "26(a), (b), (c)(1), and (d)" Insert "(a) - (c) and (e)"" Representative Groh moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, D.Johnson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0547 Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Gray, Groh, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent to rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 1 (page 544). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 1?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0548 Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so the motion failed. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 27, line 33: Delete "29,683,000" Insert "29,983,000" Delete "15,110,100" Insert "15,410,100" Page 28, line 4: Delete "29,683,000" Insert "29,983,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 28, following line 5: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the $3,000,000 increment funding for Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault allocation, remain in the base of the operating budget and not be made a one-time increment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative D. Johnson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0549 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. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Dibert: Page 10, line 3: Delete "307,004,700" Insert "307,324,700" Delete "56,215,400" Insert "56,535,400" Page 10, line 15: Delete "13,628,000" Insert "13,948,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Dibert moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0550 Ruffridge, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representatives Groh and Fields: Page 19, line 9: Delete "57,602,000" Insert "58,327,000" Delete "32,007,000" Insert "32,732,000" Page 19, line 10: Delete "20,289,100" Insert "21,014,100" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Groh moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Saddler 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. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0551 Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representatives Armstrong and Fields: Page 18, line 4: Delete "273,798,000" Insert "281,298,000" Delete "106,871,200" Insert "114,371,200" Page 18, line 8: Delete "42,652,000" Insert "50,152,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Armstrong moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0552 Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Armstrong: Page 19, line 9: Delete "57,602,000" Insert "61,268,600" Delete "32,007,000" Insert "35,673,600" Page 19, line 12: Delete "1,859,100" Insert "5,525,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Armstrong moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0553 And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. The Speaker announced that the deadline for amendments to CSHB 39(FIN) is noon, April 4 to the Chief Clerk's Office. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Galvin: Page 10, line 3: Delete "307,004,700" Insert "316,004,700" Delete "56,215,400" Insert "65,215,400" Page 10, line 16: Delete "8,699,900" Insert "17,699,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Galvin moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0554 And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Himschoot: Page 79, following line 3: Insert a new subsection to read: "(e) The sum of $20,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, to be distributed as grants to school districts that are proportional to the amount each school district receives from the state to operate the student transportation system under AS 14.09.010." Representative Himschoot moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. Representative McKay objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Fields: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0555 Page 18, line 25: Delete "132,749,500" Insert "133,279,500" Delete "68,949,800" Insert "69,479,800" Page 18, line 27: Delete "13,235,900" Insert "13,765,900" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 11 was not adopted. Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative Ortiz: Page 35, line 5: Delete "875,461,000" Insert "876,096,900" Delete "613,717,100" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0556 Insert "614,353,000" Page 35, line 8: Delete "32,782,400" Insert "33,418,300" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ortiz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 12 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 12 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. 12 was not adopted. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 20, line 9: Delete "2,400,471,700" Insert "2,415,471,700" Delete "610,544,200" Insert "625,544,200" Page 20, line 16: Delete "2,373,467,200" Insert "2,388,467,200" 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0557 Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 20, following line 16: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the employer entities receiving the increased reimbursement rate for providing services under the following programs provide a 10% increase to employee wages: home and community-based waiver services, personal care services, community first choice services, and long-term services and supports targeted case management." Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Saddler 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. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative Mina: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0558 Page 19, line 9: Delete "57,602,000" Insert "64,046,900" Delete "32,007,000" Insert "38,451,900" Page 19, line 16: Delete "9,654,700" Insert "16,099,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 19, following line 17: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Health increase the daily rate for the General Relief/Temporary Assisted Living Home Care program from $104.30 to $169.48 to reflect the real costs of providing general relief and temporary assisted living home care in assisted living homes." Representative Mina moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 14 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 14 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0559 And so, Amendment No. 14 was not adopted. Amendment No. 15 was offered by Representative Gray: Page 20, line 9: Delete "2,400,471,700" Insert "2,407,761,700" Delete "610,544,200" Insert "617,834,200" Page 20, line 16: Delete "2,373,467,200" Insert "2,380,757,200" Page 41, line 23: Delete "758,549,100" Insert "765,839,100" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 15 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. Representative Saddler 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. 15 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 15 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Shaw, 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0560 Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 15 was not adopted. Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 35, line 5: Delete "875,461,000" Insert "880,661,000" Delete "613,717,100" Insert "618,917,100" Page 35, line 6: Delete "1,000" Insert "5,201,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. There was objection. Representative McCabe rose to a point of order regarding the relevance of debate. The Speaker cautioned the member to confine remarks to the amendment before the body. 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. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0561 CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 16 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. 16 was not adopted. Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 10, line 3: Delete "307,004,700" Insert "307,374,700" Delete "56,215,400" Insert "56,585,400" Page 10, line 9: Delete "196,921,100" Insert "197,291,100" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0562 Amendment No. 17 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. 17 was not adopted. Amendment No. 18 was offered by Representative Gray: Page 23, line 31: Delete "51,832,700" Insert "50,882,700" Delete "16,887,300" Insert "15,937,300" Page 24, line 14: Delete "1,250,000" Insert "300,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 18 be adopted. There was objection. Representative McKay moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 18 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 18 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading 2023-04-03 House Journal Page 0563 Table Amendment No. 18 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Foster, Groh, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Wright Absent: Patkotak And so, Amendment No. 18 was tabled. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 6:30 pm; and so, the House recessed at 5:30 p.m. 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.