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2023-05-15 House Journal

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HB 135                                                                                                                        
The following, which was read the second time and returned to the                                                               
Rules Committee (page 573), was before the House in second reading:                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 135                                                                                                         
     "An Act disapproving recommendations of the State Officers                                                                 
     Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          

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Page 1, line 1, following "Act"(title amendment):                                                                             
     Insert "relating to and"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 3:                                                                                                       
     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:                                                                                                
     FINDINGS. The legislature finds that the State Officers                                                                    
Compensation Commission may not waive the public notice                                                                         
requirement for meetings under AS 39.23.500(c)."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                       
     Insert "Sec. 2"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 135                                                                                                                          
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  25   NAYS:  14   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Eastman, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan,                                                                 
Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, Mina, Ortiz,                                                                
Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner,                                                               
Tilton, Tomaszewski, Wright                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                              
McCormick, McKay, Mears, Patkotak, Prax, Schrage, Vance                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted and the new title follows:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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     HOUSE BILL NO. 135 am                                                                                                      
     "An Act relating to and disapproving recommendations of the                                                                
     State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an                                                               
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "Act"(title amendment):                                                                             
     Insert "relating to the State Officers Compensation                                                                      
Commission;"                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 3:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Section 1. AS 39.23.540(e) is amended to read:                                                                             
         (e)  The commission may prepare amendments to the report                                                               
     submitted under (d) of this section and notify the legislature that                                                        
     the amendments are available. An amendment under this                                                                  
     subsection must be submitted before either the senate or house                                                         
     of representatives takes action on the report and not later than                                                       
     45 days after the report is submitted."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                       
     Insert "Sec. 2"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative C. Johnson objected.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 135 am                                                                                                                       
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  9   NAYS:  30   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Eastman, Groh, Hannan, Josephson, Mina,                                                              
Stapp, Sumner                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster,                                                              
Galvin, Gray, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe,                                                                          
McCormick, McKay, Mears, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher,                                                                       
Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Tilton,                                                                       
Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Fields:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert "relating to employee compensation;"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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"* Section 1. AS 24.10.210 is amended to read:                                                                                
         Sec. 24.10.210. Employees of legislative agencies. Except as                                                       
     provided in (b) of this section, employees [EMPLOYEES] of                                                              
     agencies governed by permanent interim committees of the                                                                   
     legislature under AS 24.20 and employees of the committees                                                                 
     themselves are compensated under AS 39.27.011, the general state                                                           
     salary schedule, at levels budgeted and approved by the governing                                                          
     committees in accordance with law. The governing committees                                                                
     shall coordinate with each other on position levels and salary-                                                            
     related policies to every extent possible consistent with the                                                              
     statutory duties and powers of each permanent committee and its                                                            
     agency.                                                                                                                    
   * Sec. 2. AS 24.10.210 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                            
read:                                                                                                                           
         (b)  Commissioned police officers and security officers                                                                
     employed by the legislature shall be compensated at levels                                                                 
     comparable with local and state law enforcement officers in                                                                
     similar positions. The executive director of the Legislative Affairs                                                       
     Agency shall determine the compensation for legislative                                                                    
     commissioned police officers and security officers under this                                                              
     subsection."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                       
     Insert "Sec. 3"                                                                                                          

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Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                      
withdraw Amendment No. 3. There being no objection, it was so                                                                   
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
HB 135 am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                               
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 135 am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.