Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-04-04 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0587 HB 39 The following was before the House in second reading: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0588 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. 36 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 17, line 10, following "Health": Insert ", except that no transfer may be made into the Medicaid Services for or relating to Abortion appropriation" Page 20, line 9: Delete "Medicaid Services" Insert "Medicaid Services Except Services for or relating to Abortion" Delete "2,400,471,700" Insert "2,399,471,700" Delete "610,544,200" Insert "609,544,200" Page 20, line 16: Delete "2,373,467,200" Insert "2,372,467,200" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 20, following line 18: Insert new material to read: "Medicaid Services for or relating to Abortion 0 0 0" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0589 Representative McCormick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 36 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 36/Table YEAS: 23 NAYS: 17 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Rauscher, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 36 was tabled. Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representatives McCabe and D. Johnson: Page 4, line 19: Delete "12,371,000" Insert "12,621,000" Delete "6,496,700" Insert "6,746,700" Page 4, line 20: Delete "10,203,600" Insert "10,453,600" Page 4, following line 21: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that, of the appropriation made to Community and Regional Affairs, $125,000 be appropriated to Palmer Emergency Food and Services Inc. (HD 25) as a grant under 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0590 AS 37.05.316 and $125,000 be appropriated to the Matsu Food Bank (HD 26-30) as a grant under AS 37.05.316." Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 37 be adopted. There was objection. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representative Hannan: Page 1, line 3: Delete "12,621,000" Insert "14,121,000" Page 1, line 5: Delete "6,746,700" Insert "8,246,700" Page 1, line 9: Delete "10,453,600" Insert "11,953,600" Page 1, line 16 following "AS 37.05.316": Insert "and $1,500,000 be appropriated to the Food Bank of Alaska, Inc. (HD 1-40) as a grant under AS 37.05.316" Representative Hannan moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0591 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 37 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 25 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 37 was adopted. Amendment No. 38 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 94, line 4: Delete "$7,500,000" Insert "$20,000,000" Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 38 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 38 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0592 CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 38 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 38 was not adopted. Amendment No. 39 was not offered. Amendment No. 40 was offered by Representative Cronk: Page 4, line 28: Delete "18,367,700" Insert "18,527,700" Delete "17,287,300" Insert "17,447,300" Page 4, line 32: Delete "18,367,700" Insert "18,527,700" Page 38, line 23: Delete "11,075,600" Insert "11,235,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 40 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0593 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 40 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 40 YEAS: 34 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, Groh, Hannan, Mears, Mina, Schrage And so, Amendment No. 40 was adopted. Amendment No. 41 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 3, lines 21 - 23: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 41 be adopted. Representative Story objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 41 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 41 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0594 Absent: Carpenter And so, Amendment No. 41 was not adopted. Amendment No. 42 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 8, lines 26 - 32: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 42 be adopted. Representative Edgmon objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 42 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 42 YEAS: 0 NAYS: 40 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 42 was not adopted. Amendment No. 43 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 11, lines 21 - 26: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 43 be adopted. Representative Saddler objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0595 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 43. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 44 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 13, lines 4 - 6: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 44 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 44 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 44 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 35 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Sumner, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 44 was not adopted. Amendment Nos. 45, 46, and 47 were not offered. Amendment No. 48 was offered by Representative Prax: Page 91, line 12: Delete "$28,350,000" Insert "$55,700,000" 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0596 Representative Prax moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 48 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. Representative Galvin 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. 48 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 48 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Josephson, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 48 was not adopted. Amendment No. 49 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 89, lines 18 - 21: Delete all material. Reletter the following subsections accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 49 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0597 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 49 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 49 YEAS: 4 NAYS: 36 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 49 was not adopted. Amendment No. 50 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 86, line 14, following "purpose;": Insert "and" Page 86, line 19: Delete "; and" Insert "." Page 86, lines 20 - 23: Delete all material. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 50 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 50 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 50 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0598 YEAS: 2 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Tomaszewski Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 50 was not adopted. Amendment No. 51 was offered by Representatives Patkotak, Dibert, and Himschoot: Page 91, line 18: Delete "$30,000,000" Insert "$29,999,999" Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 51 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 51 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 51 YEAS: 28 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Eastman, D.Johnson, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 51 was adopted. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0599 Amendment No. 52 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 37, line 4: Delete "30,371,300" Insert "30,287,300" Delete "30,351,300" Insert "30,267,300" Page 37, line 5: Delete "6,579,700" Insert "6,495,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 37, following line 6: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the State Officers Compensation Commission submit a report to the co-chairs of the finance committee of each house of the legislature and the legislative finance division within the first 10 days of the Second Regular Session of the Thirty- Third Alaska State Legislature, evaluating the feasibility of matching the salary of legislators to the average salary of public school teachers in the state." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 52 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Sumner moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 52. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 52 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 52/Table 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0600 YEAS: 30 NAYS: 9 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, Groh, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Eastman, Galvin, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Prax, Stapp Absent: Coulombe And so, Amendment No. 52 was tabled. Amendment No. 53 was not offered. Amendment No. 54 was offered by Representative Allard: Page 22, line 26: Delete "46,476,500" Insert "46,512,400" Delete "41,069,100" Insert "41,105,000" Page 23, line 3: Delete "4,405,700" Insert "4,441,600" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 54 be adopted. Representative Stutes objected and withdrew the objection. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 54 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 54 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0601 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 54 was not adopted. Representative Armstrong moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4 (page 548). There was objection. Representative Schrage placed a call of the House. The Speaker stated that the call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so the motion failed. Amendment No. 55 was offered by Representative Allard: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0602 Page 4, line 19: Delete "12,371,000" Insert "10,203,600" Delete "6,496,700" Insert "4,329,300" Page 4, line 22: Delete all material. Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 55 be adopted. Representative Mina objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 55 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 55 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, 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, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 55 was not adopted. Amendment No. 56 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 35, following line 4: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that state funds appropriated to the University of Alaska not be used to enforce a regulation or policy of the statewide university system that denies or infringes on the 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0603 individual right to keep and bear arms under art. I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of Alaska." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 56 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 56. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 56 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 56/Table YEAS: 24 NAYS: 16 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance And so, Amendment No. 56 was tabled. Amendment No. 57 was offered by Representative Tomaszewski: Page 69, following line 5: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The sum of $1,982,070 is appropriated from the general fund to the clean air protection fund (AS 46.14.260)." Page 99, line 23: Delete "and 16" Insert "16, and 18(d)" 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0604 Page 99, line 24: Delete "and 16" Insert "16, and 18(d)" Page 99, line 25: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Page 99, line 26: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Page 100, line 1, following "16,": Insert "18(d)," Page 100, line 3: Delete "17 - 21" Insert "17, 18(a) - (c), 19 - 21" Representative Tomaszewski moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 57 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 57 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 57 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, Ruffridge, Sumner 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0605 And so, Amendment No. 57 was adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 6:30 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 5:17 p.m. HB 39 The following was before the House in second reading: 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. 58 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, following line 30: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The sum of $6,757,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2016 - 2022 permanent fund dividends for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 99, line 16: Delete "and (d)" Insert "(d), and (e)" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 58 be adopted. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0606 There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 58 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 58 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, D.Johnson, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton And so, Amendment No. 58 was not adopted. Amendment No. 59 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, following line 30: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The sum of $683,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2016 permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 99, line 16: Delete "and (d)" Insert "(d), and (e)" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 59 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0607 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 59 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 59 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, D.Johnson, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton And so, Amendment No. 59 was not adopted. Amendment Nos. 60, 61, 62, 63, and 64 were not offered. Amendment No. 65 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, following line 30: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) The sum of $550,000,000 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for payment of supplemental 2022 permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 99, line 16: Delete "and (d)" Insert "(d), and (e)" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 65 be adopted. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0608 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 65 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 65 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton And so, Amendment No. 65 was not adopted. Amendment No. 66 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, line 24: Delete "$3,526,087,852" Insert "$4,477,087,852" Page 73, line 26: Delete "$1,763,043,926" Insert "$2,714,043,926" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 66 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 66 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 66 YEAS: 4 NAYS: 36 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0609 Yeas: Eastman, Foster, Prax, Tomaszewski Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Galvin changed from "YEA" to "NAY" And so, Amendment No. 66 was not adopted. Amendment No. 67 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, line 24: Delete "$3,526,087,852" Insert "4,009,143,926" Page 73, line 26: Delete "$1,763,043,926" Insert "$2,246,100,000" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 67 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 67. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 67 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 67/Table YEAS: 25 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0610 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, Gray, D.Johnson, McCabe, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance D.Johnson changed from "YEA" to "NAY" And so, Amendment No. 67 was tabled. Amendment No. 68 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 73, lines 24 - 30: Delete all material and insert: "(c) The sum of $1,791,393,926 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) $1,763,043,926 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145); (2) $28,350,000 from the general fund. (d) The sum of $1,763,043,926 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 91, lines 12 - 13: Delete all material. Reletter the following subsections accordingly. Page 99, lines 15 - 16: Delete "26(a), (b), (c)(1), and (d)" Insert "26(a) - (c) and (e)" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 68 be adopted. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0611 There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 68 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 68 YEAS: 4 NAYS: 36 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Foster, McCabe, Tomaszewski Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 68 was not adopted. Amendment No. 69 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 4, following line 8: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Administration provide to the Legislative Finance Division and the Co-Chairs of the Finance Committees, not later than December 20, 2023, a plan to acquire the equipment necessary to produce an Alaska driver's license that does not require sending the personal information of Alaska residents to a foreign-owned corporation or foreign government." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 69 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Fields rose to a point of order citing Art. II, Sec. 13 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska. The Speaker ruled the amendment not germane. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0612 Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 69. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 69 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 69/Table YEAS: 36 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, D.Johnson, Rauscher, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 69 was tabled. Amendments Nos. 70 and 71 were not offered. Amendment No. 72 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 17, line 4: Delete "5,500,900" Insert "5,484,484" Delete "5,156,500" Insert "5,140,084" Page 17, line 5: Delete "5,500,900" Insert "5,484,484" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 17, following line 5: Insert new material to read: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0613 "It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be used to pay dues to renew the state's membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 72 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 72 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 72 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, McCabe, Patkotak, Rauscher, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 72 was not adopted. Amendment No. 73 was offered by Representative Tomaszewski: Page 98, following line 17: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 47. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR ENERGY RELIEF. In addition to the appropriation made in sec. 26(c)(1) of this Act, the sum of $440,760,982 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) to pay a one-time energy relief payment as part of the permanent fund dividend for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0614 Page 98, line 30: Delete "sec. 47" Insert "sec. 48" Page 99, line 16: Delete "and 43(a) - (c)" Insert "43(a) - (c), and 47" 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" 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 Tomaszewski moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 73 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0615 Representative Edgmon moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 73. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 73 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 73/Table YEAS: 35 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Eastman, Foster, McCabe, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 73 was tabled. Amendment No. 74 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 91, line 18: Delete "30,000,000" Insert "35,000,000" Page 91, line 19, following "(AS 29.60.850).": Insert "It is the intent of the legislature that the $5,000,000 increment funding to the community assistance fund (AS 29.60.850) be used for funding municipal police departments and village police officers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 74 be adopted. Representative Cronk objected. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0616 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 74 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 74 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. 74 was not adopted. Amendment No. 75 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 35, following line 4: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that state funds appropriated to the University of Alaska not be used to enforce a regulation or policy of the statewide university system that denies or infringes on the individual right to keep and bear arms under art. I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of Alaska." Page 35, line 5: Delete "875,461,000" Insert "874,461,000" Delete "613,717,100" Insert "612,717,100" Page 35, line 8: Delete "32,782,400" Insert "31,782,400" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0617 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 75 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 75. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 75 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 75/Table YEAS: 28 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 75 was tabled. Amendment No. 76 was not offered. Amendment No. 77 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 68, line 7: Delete "$3,717,356" Insert "$3,717,355" Page 68, line 9: Delete "for the purpose of paying judgments and settlements against the state" Page 68, line 10, following "2023": Insert ", for the purpose of paying the following judgments and settlements against the state in the following amounts: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0618 JUDGMENT OR SETTLEMENT AMOUNT Wilkerson v. State of Alaska $1,517,899 Juneau I Counsel in Trust v. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 586,316 Juneau I Counsel in Trust v. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 213,684 Estate of Aaron Thomas Smith v. State of Alaska 323,610 Amaroq Resources, LLC v. AOGCC 15,702 Thompson, et al. v. Hebdon, et al. 617,397 Thompson, et al. v. Hebdon, et al. 442,747" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 77 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 77 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 77 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman, Gray, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 77 was not adopted. Representative Edgmon moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment Nos. 78 - 93. Representative Eastman objected. Representative Eastman rose to a point of order citing Art. II, Sec. 12 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0619 The Speaker ruled the point of order out of order. The Speaker, citing Uniform Rule 34, stated that members are required to vote when present in the Chamber. Representative Edgmon moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw his motion to table Amendment Nos. 78 - 93. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 78 was not offered. Amendment No. 79 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 4, following line 8: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be used to implement or maintain the collection of biometric data compatible with facial recognition software without consent." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 79 be adopted. There was objection. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 79. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 79 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 79/Table YEAS: 36 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0620 Nays: Coulombe, Eastman, Tomaszewski Absent: C.Johnson And so, Amendment No. 79 was tabled. Amendment No. 80 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 30, following line 23: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation provide to the Legislative Finance Division and the Co-Chairs of the Finance Committees, not later than June 30, 2024, a report listing the financial and investment assets of the state, a political subdivision, a public enterprise, or a public corporation of the state whose management by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation would be in the public interest." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 80 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 80. There was objection. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 80. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 81 was not offered. Amendment No. 82 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0621 Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that a department may not expend funds in excess of the funds appropriated in this budget. A department whose expenditures exceed budgeted amounts at the end of the fiscal year, except those funds spent in the furtherance of public safety or pursuant to declared emergencies, should expect those expenses to be drawn from the department's budget for the next fiscal year." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 82 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 82. There was objection. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 82. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 83 was not offered. Amendment No. 84 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the complete monetary and nonmonetary terms of an employment contract that requires legislative approval be submitted to the legislature and read across on the floor at least one week before the approval is to be voted on by either house of the legislature." 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0622 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 84 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 84. There was objection. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 84. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 85 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that an appropriation for the purpose of paying salary and benefits for a state position may not be expended for any other purpose if the position has been continuously vacant for longer than 18 months." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 85 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 85. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 85 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0623 CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 85/Table YEAS: 34 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 85 was tabled. Amendment No. 86 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that no state funds be used to promote the creation or expansion of a municipality or borough where one does not already exist unless the residents in the affected jurisdiction have first expressed the desire to reside in a municipality or borough through a public vote on the matter." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 86 be adopted. There was objection. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 86. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0624 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 86 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 86/Table YEAS: 31 NAYS: 9 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Schrage, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 86 was tabled. Amendment No. 87 was not offered. Amendment No. 88 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that a department that has submitted a fiscal note to the legislature promptly notify the legislative finance division if it appears that an expenditure by the department is likely to exceed the amount previously reported to the legislature." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 88 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Shaw moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 88. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0625 There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 88 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 88/Table YEAS: 32 NAYS: 8 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Galvin, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 88 was tabled. Amendment No. 89 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 71, line 24: Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS." Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)" Page 71, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) It is the intent of the legislature that departments continue to identify additional means of reducing spending so that per capita state spending is reduced to not more than twice the national average by the end of fiscal year 2025." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 89 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Patkotak moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 89. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0626 There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 89 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 89/Table YEAS: 33 NAYS: 7 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 89 was tabled. Amendment Nos. 90 and 91 were not offered. Amendment No. 92 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 17, following line 10: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that no appropriation in this Act be used to promote or market the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 92 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Cronk moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 92. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0627 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 92 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 92/Table YEAS: 33 NAYS: 7 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Coulombe, Eastman, Ruffridge, Schrage, Stapp, Tomaszewski Rauscher changed from "NAY" to "YEA" And so, Amendment No. 92 was tabled. Amendment No. 93 was not offered. Representative D. Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 59 (page 606). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 59?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 59 YEAS: 25 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Galvin, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0628 Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Fields, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Ruffridge, Sumner And so, the motion passed. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 59 pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 59 YEAS: 7 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Allard, Eastman, Foster, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Wright Absent: Ruffridge And so, Amendment No. 59 was not adopted. Representative D. Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 58 (page 605). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 58?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 58 YEAS: 35 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0629 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Coulombe, Gray, Josephson, Ruffridge, Sumner And so, the motion passed. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 58 pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 58 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Cronk, Eastman, Foster, Prax, Rauscher, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Wright And so, Amendment No. 58 was not adopted. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 39(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw his motion. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Ortiz: Page 73, lines 24 - 30: Delete all material and insert: 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0630 "(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." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 79, following line 3: Insert a new subsection to read: "(e) The sum of $174,886,400 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education and Early Development to be distributed as grants to school districts according to the average daily membership for each district adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024." 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 Ortiz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 2. There was objection. 2023-04-04 House Journal Page 0631 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 39(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2/Table YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCabe, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 2 was not tabled. The House adjourned. CSHB 39(FIN) am will be in second reading on tomorrow's calendar with Amendment No. 2 moved and pending.