Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-03-22 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-03-22 House Journal Page 0450 HB 79 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 79 "An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 6DP 2NR 1AM 444 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(FIN) "An Act making supplemental appropriations and other 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." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 2, following line 14: Insert new material to read: "* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * APPROPRIATION GENERAL ALLOCATIONS ITEMS FUND Criminal Division 1,249,800 1,249,800 Criminal Justice Litigation 1,249,800" 2023-03-22 House Journal Page 0451 Page 3, following line 6: Insert new material to read: "SOURCE AMOUNT Department of Law 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 1,249,800" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 79(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Patkotak And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Carpenter and Eastman: Page 5, line 14, through page 6, line 3: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. 2023-03-22 House Journal Page 0452 There was objection. Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 2. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 79(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 79(FIN) was read the third time. Representative Fields, citing Section 101.4 of Mason's Manual, rose to a point of order regarding confining remarks to the bill before the body. The Speaker cautioned the member to confine remarks to the bill. The question being: "Shall CSHB 79(FIN) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 79(FIN) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 38 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 1 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, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman Excused: Patkotak And so, CSHB 79(FIN) passed the House. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. 2023-03-22 House Journal Page 0453 There was objection. The question being: "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 79(FIN) Third Reading Effective Date YEAS: 39 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: 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, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Patkotak And so, the effective date clause was adopted. Representative Saddler moved that the appropriations from the constitutional budget reserve fund (Article IX, Section 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska) be adopted. The question being: "Shall the House adopt the constitutional budget reserve fund appropriations?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 79(FIN) Third Reading Constitutional Budget Reserve Appropriations YEAS: 35 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Wright Nays: Allard, Carpenter, Eastman, Vance Excused: Patkotak 2023-03-22 House Journal Page 0454 And so, the constitutional budget reserve fund appropriations were adopted. CSHB 79(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.