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HB 193                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 193 "An Act relating to funding for Internet                                                                     
services for school districts; and providing for an effective date" was                                                         
read the second time.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         

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"* Sec. 2. AS 14.03.127 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                              
read:                                                                                                                           
          (d)  If the total cost to a school district for Internet services                                                     
     from an Internet services provider that provides more than 100                                                             
     megabits of download a second is equal to or less than the amount                                                          
     that would have been awarded to the school under (a) or (b) of this                                                        
     section, the school district is eligible to receive an amount equal to                                                     
     the actual cost for Internet services, up to the amount that the                                                           
     school district would have been awarded under (a) or (b) of this                                                           
     section."                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shower moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                                                                       
Objections were heard.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 193                                                                                                                          
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Myers, Shower                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                      
Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin,                                                              
Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Gray-Jackson                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 1 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the bill be                                                                   
advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Without                                                                  
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 193 was read the third time.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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The question being: "Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 193 "An Act relating to                                                               
funding for Internet services for school districts; and providing for an                                                        
effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                                         
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 193                                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date(s)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                      
Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers, Olson, Stedman,                                                               
Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Shower                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Gray-Jackson                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and so, HOUSE BILL NO. 193 passed the Senate.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the vote on the                                                               
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date                                                                
clause(s). Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was signed                                                         
by the President and Secretary and returned to the House.