Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2024-04-10 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2186 HB 268 The following, which was held from the April 9 calendar (page 2176), was before the House in second reading: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; 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." Representative Ortiz moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 21 (page 2138). There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 21 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 1, following line 5 of the amendment insert: "Insert: "APPROPRIATION GENERAL ITEMS FUND Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute 26,800,000 5,000,000"" Page 1, line 9 of the amendment: Delete "31,800,000" Insert: "26,800,000" Page 1, line 10 of the amendment insert: "Insert new material to read: "APPROPRIATION GENERAL ITEMS FUND Tourism Marketing 5,000,000 5,000,000 Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. "" 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2187 Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 21 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent to divide the question. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 21 be divided?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Divide the Question Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 21 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Edgmon, Prax, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 21 was divided. Amendment No. 1, Part A to Amendment No. 21: Page 1, following line 5 of the amendment insert: "Insert: "APPROPRIATION GENERAL ITEMS FUND Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute 26,800,000 5,000,000"" Page 1, line 9 of the amendment: Delete "31,800,000" Insert: "26,800,000" Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1, Part A to Amendment No. 21 be adopted. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2188 Representative Stapp objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1, Part A to Amendment No. 21 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1A to Amendment No. 21 YEAS: 26 NAYS: 14 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carpenter, Carrick, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Baker, Coulombe, Eastman, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 1, Part A to Amendment No. 21 was adopted. Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21: Page 1, line 10 of the amendment insert: "Insert new material to read: "APPROPRIATION GENERAL ITEMS FUND Tourism Marketing 5,000,000 5,000,000 Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. "" Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21 be adopted. Representative McCabe objected and moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21. There was objection. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2189 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1B to Amendment No. 21/Table YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, C.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, D.Johnson, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Wright And so, the motion failed. Representatives Tomaszewski and Baker moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and they were required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1B to Amendment No. 21 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Wright Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McCormick, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance And so, Amendment No. 1, Part B to Amendment No. 21 was adopted. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2190 Representative Hannan moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and she was required to vote. Representative C. Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that all conflicts of interest be waived for CSHB 268(FIN) am. Representative Eastman objected. Representative C. Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw his previous motion. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 21 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 21 as amended YEAS: 26 NAYS: 14 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Vance, Wright Nays: Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 21 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 75 was offered by Representative Groh: Page 74, line 17: Delete "$3,657,263,378" Insert "$3,957,263,378" Page 74, following line 21: Insert a new paragraph to read: "(2) $300,000,000 to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2191 the payment of permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025;" Renumber the following paragraph accordingly. Page 98, line 27, following "(c)(1)": Insert "and (2)" Page 99, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) The appropriation made in sec. 27(c)(2) of this Act is contingent on passage by the Thirty-Third Alaska State Legislature and enactment into law of a bill or bills (1) raising the state oil and gas exploration, production, and pipeline transportation property tax mill rate (AS 43.56); and (2) enacting an income tax on entities engaged in the production or transportation of oil and gas in the state that do not currently pay corporate income taxes under the Alaska Net Income Tax Act (AS 43.20)." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Representative Groh moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 75 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Stapp rose to a point of order regarding confining remarks to the amendment before the body. The Speaker cautioned the member to proceed in order. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 was offered by Representative Carpenter: Page 1, line 13, through page 2, line 3 of the amendment: Delete all material. Representative Carpenter moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 be adopted. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2192 Representative Gray objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 75 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 75 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 75 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Foster, Gray, Groh, Himschoot, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Stutes Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Galvin, Hannan, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McKay, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 75 was not adopted. Amendment No. 76 was offered by Representative Gray: Page 78, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2193 "(l) The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.316 to the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Inc. for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025." Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 76 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 76 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 76 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, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, Foster, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 76 was not adopted. Amendment No. 77 was offered by Representative Gray: Page 78, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: "(l) The sum of $10,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.316 to the Alaska Community Foundation to operate Housing Alaskans: A Public- Private Partnership for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025." Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 77 be adopted. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2194 There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 77 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 77 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 77 was not adopted. Amendment No. 78 was offered by Representative Gray: Page 37, line 5: Delete "910,143,000" Insert "916,143,000" Delete "645,882,300" Insert "651,882,300" Page 37, line 11: Delete "248,635,000" Insert "254,635,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 78 be adopted. There was objection. 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2195 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 78 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 78 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman, Edgmon, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 78 was not adopted. Amendment No. 79 was not offered. Amendment No. 80 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 17, line 29, following "appropriation": Insert "or into the Medicaid Services For or Relating to Gender- Affirming Care for Minors appropriation" Page 17, following line 32: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that the appropriation for Medicaid Services not be used to perform a gender affirmation surgery or other gender-affirming care, including the prescription of puberty blockers, for a patient who is a minor." Page 21, line 9: Delete "Medicaid Services" Insert "Medicaid Services Except Services For or Relating to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors" Delete "2,735,018,200" Insert "2,734,973,200" Delete "633,354,700" Insert "633,309,700" 2024-04-10 House Journal Page 2196 Page 21, line 21: Delete "2,708,013,700" Insert "2,707,968,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 21, following line 26: Insert new material to read: "Medicaid Services For or Relating to 0 0 0" Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 80 be adopted. Representative McCormick objected and moved and asked unanimous consent to table Amendment No. 80. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 80 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 268(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 80/Table YEAS: 36 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Armstrong, Baker, 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, Tilton, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Eastman, Tomaszewski Absent: Sumner And so, Amendment No. 80 was tabled. Amendment Nos. 81, 82, and 83 were not offered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to a Call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 1:10 p.m.