Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2023-04-19 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0774 HB 104 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 104 "An Act relating to expedited timber sales." with the: Journal Page RES RPT CS(RES) NEW TITLE 4DP 2NR 744 FN1: ZERO(DNR) 744 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. 104(RES) "An Act relating to salvage sales of timber, negotiated timber sales for local manufacture of wood products, and expedited timber sales; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 1, line 10, through page 6, line 4: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 7, line 1: Delete "AS 38.05.035(e) and" Page 7, line 2: Delete "may, without [, AFTER]" Insert ", after" 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0775 Page 7, line 3: Delete "[MAY]" Insert "may" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. Representative Josephson rose to a point of order regarding inappropriate remarks made in debate. The Speaker cautioned the member. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was not offered. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 7, lines 10 - 12: Delete "may negotiate sales of timber without advertisement and on the limitations, conditions, and terms that are considered to be in the best interests of the state" 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0776 Insert "(1) may not negotiate sales of timber without advertisement; (2) shall negotiate sales of timber under the limitations, conditions, and terms that are considered to be in the best interests of the state" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Cronk objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 17 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Vance Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 3 was adopted. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 3. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 3?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in adopting Amendment No. 3 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0777 YEAS: 34 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman, Groh, Himschoot, Josephson Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, the motion passed. Amendment No. 3 was before the House (page 775). Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 1, line 2 of the amendment: Delete "advertisement" Page 1, line 5: Insert "notice" Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 38 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: 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, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0778 Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3 was adopted. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, it was so ordered. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 3. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 1, line 5 of the amendment: Delete "advertisement" Insert "notice" Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Eastman objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 3 was adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 as amended YEAS: 36 NAYS: 2 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: 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, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0779 Nays: Prax, Stapp Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 8, line 14, following the first occurrence of "commissioner": Insert "that does not exceed 160 acres" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 6, line 20: Delete ", salvage sales under AS 38.05.117," Page 8, line 31, through page 9, line 5: Delete all material. 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0780 Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 5. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 6 was not offered. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 6, lines 20 - 21: Delete ", salvage sales under AS 38.05.117, and expedited timber sales under AS 38.05.124" Insert "and salvage sales under AS 38.05.117" Page 9, line 1: Delete "is not required to" Insert "shall" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Eastman, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0781 Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 1, following line 4: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prevent the Department of Natural Resources from leasing land for carbon management purposes or establishing a carbon offset program for state land, including the undertaking of carbon offset projects on land in legislatively designated state forests." Page 1, line 5: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Sec. 2" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Cronk objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0782 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Josephson: Page 8, line 22, following "area": Insert "repeatedly and consistently" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carrick, Galvin, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Eastman: 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0783 Page 1, line 8, Following "caused by fire": Insert "and" Following "insect infestation": Delete "and disease epidemics," Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 4 NAYS: 34 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, Galvin, Hannan, Himschoot Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gray, Groh, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 7, line 28: Delete "25" Insert "15" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. 2023-04-19 House Journal Page 0784 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 104(RES) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carrick, Eastman, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Armstrong, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Excused: Allard, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 11 was not adopted. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 104(RES) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 104(RES) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.