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HB 16                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 16                                                                                                           
    "An Act amending campaign contribution limits for state and local                                                           
    office; directing the Alaska Public Offices Commission to adjust                                                            
    campaign contribution limits for state and local office once each                                                           
    decade beginning in 2031; and relating to campaign contribution                                                             
    reporting requirements."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 16(STA)                                                                                               
    "An Act requiring a group supporting or opposing a candidate or                                                             
    ballot proposition in a state or local election to maintain an                                                              
    address in the state; amending campaign contribution limits for                                                             
    state and local office; directing the Alaska Public Offices                                                                 
    Commission to adjust campaign contribution limits for state and                                                             
    local office once each decade beginning in 2031; relating to                                                                
    campaign contribution reporting requirements; relating to                                                                   
    administrative complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices                                                              
    Commission; relating to state election expenditures and                                                                     
    contributions made by a foreign-influenced corporation or foreign                                                           
    national; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Saddler:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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    Insert "relating to write-in candidates for President and Vice-                                                           
President of the United States;"                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 4, following line 30:                                                                                                      
    Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                           
"* Sec. 13. AS 15.15.030 is amended to read:                                                                                  
         Sec. 15.15.030. Preparation of official ballot. The director                                                         
    shall prepare all official ballots to facilitate fairness, simplicity,                                                      
    and clarity in the voting procedure, to reflect most accurately the                                                         
    intent of the voter, and to expedite the administration of elections.                                                       
    The following directives shall be followed when applicable:                                                                 
             (1)  The director shall determine the size of the ballot, the                                                      
    type of print, necessary additional instruction notes to voters, and                                                        
    other similar matters of form not provided by law.                                                                          
             (2)  The director shall number ballots in series to ensure                                                         
    simplicity and secrecy and to prevent fraud.                                                                                
             (3)  The director shall contract for the preparation of                                                            
    ballots under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).                                                                            
             (4)  The director may not include on the ballot, as a part                                                         
    of a candidate's name, any honorary or assumed title or prefix but                                                          
    may include in the candidate's name any nickname or familiar                                                                
    form of a proper name of the candidate.                                                                                     
             (5)  The names of the candidates shall be placed in                                                                
    separate sections on the state general election ballot under the                                                            
    office designation to which they were nominated. If a candidate is                                                          
    registered as affiliated with a political party or political group, the                                                     
    party affiliation, if any, may be designated after the name of the                                                          
    candidate, upon request of the candidate. If a candidate has                                                                
    requested designation as nonpartisan or undeclared, that                                                                    
    designation shall be placed after the name of the candidate. If a                                                           
    candidate is not registered as affiliated with a political party or                                                         
    political group and has not requested to be designated as                                                                   
    nonpartisan or undeclared, the candidate shall be designated as                                                             
    undeclared. The lieutenant governor and the governor shall be                                                               
    included under the same section. Provision shall be made for                                                                
    voting for write-in candidates within each section. Paper ballots                                                           
     for the state general election shall be printed on white paper.                                                           
             (6)  The names of the candidates for each office shall be                                                          
    set out in the same order on ballots printed for use in each house                                                          
    district. The director shall randomly determine the order of the                                                            

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    names of the candidates for state representative for each house                                                             
    district. The director shall rotate the order of placement of the                                                           
    names of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, United                                                               
    States senator, United States representative, and state senator on                                                          
    the ballot for each house district.                                                                                         
             (7)  The general election ballot shall be designed with the                                                        
    names of candidates of each political party, and of any                                                                     
    independent candidates qualified under AS 15.30.026, for the                                                                
    office of President and Vice-President of the United States placed                                                          
    in the same section on the ballot rather than the names of electors                                                         
    of President and Vice-President. Provision shall be made for                                                            
    voting for write-in candidates for President and Vice-                                                                  
    President.                                                                                                              
             (8)  The general or special election ballot shall be                                                               
    designed with the title and proposition for any initiative,                                                                 
    referendum, or constitutional amendment formulated as prescribed                                                            
    by law and placed on the ballot in the manner prescribed by the                                                             
    director. When placed on the ballot, a state ballot proposition or                                                          
    ballot question shall carry the number that was assigned to the                                                             
    petition for the proposition or question. Provision shall be made                                                           
    for marking the proposition "Yes" or "No."                                                                                  
             (9)  The general or special election ballot shall be                                                               
    designed with the question of whether a constitutional convention                                                           
    shall be called placed on the ballot in the following manner: "Shall                                                        
    there be a constitutional convention?" Provision shall be made for                                                          
    marking the question "Yes" or "No."                                                                                         
             (10)  A nonpartisan ballot shall be designed for each                                                              
    judicial district in which a justice or judge is seeking retention in                                                       
    office. The ballot shall be divided into four parts. Each part must                                                         
    bear a heading indicating the court to which the candidate is                                                               
    seeking approval, and provision shall be made for marking each                                                              
    question "Yes" or "No." Within each part, the question of whether                                                           
    the justice or judge shall be approved or rejected shall be set out in                                                      
    substantially the following manner:                                                                                         
                  (A)  "Shall ..... be retained as justice of the supreme                                                       
         court for 10 years?";                                                                                                  
                  (B)  "Shall ...... be retained as judge of the court of                                                       
         appeals for eight years?";                                                                                             
                  (C)  "Shall ...... be retained as judge of the superior                                                       
         court for six years?"; or                                                                                              

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                  (D)  "Shall ..... be retained as judge of the district                                                        
         court for four years?"                                                                                                 
             (11)  When the legislature by law authorizes a state debt                                                          
    for capital improvements, the director shall place the question of                                                          
    whether the specific authorization shall be ratified by placing the                                                         
    ballot title and question on the next general election ballot, or on                                                        
    the special election ballot if a special election is held for the                                                           
    purpose of ratifying the state debt for capital improvements before                                                         
    the time of the next general election. Unless specifically provided                                                         
    otherwise in the Act authorizing the debt, the ballot title shall, by                                                       
    the use of a few words in a succinct manner, indicate the general                                                           
    subject of the Act. The question shall, by the use of a few                                                                 
    sentences in a succinct manner, give a true and impartial summary                                                           
    of the Act authorizing the state debt. The question of whether state                                                        
    debt shall be contracted shall be assigned a letter of the alphabet                                                         
    on the ballot. Provision shall be made for marking the question                                                             
    substantially as follows:                                                                                                   
    "Bonds....... Yes" or "Bonds....... No,"                                                                                    
    followed by an appropriate oval.                                                                                            
             (12)  The director may provide for the optical scanning of                                                         
    ballots where the requisite equipment is available.                                                                         
             (13)  The director may provide for voting by use of                                                                
    electronically generated ballots by a voter who requests to use a                                                           
    machine that produces electronically generated ballots.                                                                     
             (14)  The director shall include the following statement                                                           
    on the ballot:                                                                                                              
                  A candidate's designated affiliation does not                                                                 
                  imply that the candidate is nominated or                                                                      
                  endorsed by the political party or group or                                                                   
                  that the party or group approves of or                                                                        
                  associates with that candidate, but only that                                                                 
                  the candidate is registered as affiliated with                                                                
                 the political party or political group.                                                                       
             (15)  Instead of the statement provided by (14) of this                                                            
    section, when candidates for President and Vice-President of the                                                            
    United States appear on a general election ballot, the director shall                                                       
    include the following statement on the ballot:                                                                              
                  A candidate's designated affiliation does not                                                                 
                  imply that the candidate is nominated or                                                                      
                  endorsed by the political party or political                                                                  

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                  group or that the political party or political                                                                
                  group approves of or associates with that                                                                     
                  candidate, but only that the candidate is                                                                     
                  registered as affiliated with the party or                                                                    
                  group. The election for President and Vice-                                                                   
                  President of the United States is different.                                                                  
                  Some candidates for President and Vice-                                                                       
                  President are the official nominees of their                                                                  
                  political party.                                                                                              
             (16)  The director shall design the general election ballots                                                       
    so that the candidates are selected by ranked-choice voting.                                                                
             (17)  The director shall design the general election ballot                                                        
    to direct the voter to mark candidates in order of preference and to                                                        
    mark as many choices as the voter wishes, but not to assign the                                                             
      same ranking to more than one candidate for the same office.                                                             
   * Sec. 14. AS 15.15.360(d) is amended to read:                                                                             
         (d)  Write-in votes shall be counted according to the following                                                        
    rules:                                                                                                                      
             (1)  writing in the name of a candidate whose name is                                                              
    printed on the ballot does not invalidate a write-in vote unless the                                                        
    director determines, on the basis of other evidence, that the ballot                                                        
    was so marked for the purpose of identifying the ballot;                                                                    
             (2)  in order to vote for a write-in candidate, the voter                                                          
    must write in the candidate's name in the space provided and fill in                                                        
    the oval opposite the candidate's name in accordance with (a)(1)                                                            
    of this section;                                                                                                            
             (3)  a vote for a write-in candidate, other than a write-in                                                        
    vote for governor and lieutenant governor or for President and                                                          
    Vice-President of the United States, shall be counted if the oval                                                       
    is filled in for that candidate and if the name of the candidate, as it                                                     
    appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, or the last name                                                          
    of the candidate is written in the space provided;                                                                          
             (4)  if the write-in vote is for governor and lieutenant                                                           
    governor, the vote shall be counted if the oval is filled in and the                                                        
    names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, as                                                            
    they appear on the write-in declaration of candidacy, or the last                                                           
    names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, or                                                            
    the name of the candidate for governor, as it appears on the write-                                                         
    in declaration of candidacy, or the last name of the candidate for                                                          
    governor is written in the space provided;                                                                                  

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             (5)  if the write-in vote is for President and Vice-                                                           
    President of the United States, the vote shall be counted if the                                                        
    oval is filled in and the names of the candidates for President                                                         
    and Vice-President, as they appear on the write-in declaration                                                          
    of candidacy, or the last names of the candidates for President                                                         
    and Vice-President, or the name of the candidate for                                                                    
    President, as it appears on the write-in declaration of                                                                 
    candidacy, or the last name of the candidate for President is                                                           
    written in the space provided;                                                                                          
             (6)  in counting votes for a write-in candidate, the director                                                  
    shall disregard any abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor                                                               
    variation in the form of the name of a candidate if the intention of                                                        
    the voter can be ascertained.                                                                                               
   * Sec. 15. AS 15.25.105 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                           
read:                                                                                                                           
         (d)  A write-in candidate running for the office of President of                                                       
    the United States must file a letter with the director certifying the                                                       
    information required under AS 15.30.026(b)."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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    Delete "This Act does"                                                                                                      
    Insert "Sections 1 - 12 and 16 of this Act do"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carrick objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, McCabe, Moore, Nelson,                                                                  
Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton,                                                                    
Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance                                                                                                   

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Nays:  Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster,                                                                
Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson,                                                              
Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Johnson                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe placed a call of the House.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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    Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                           
"* Sec. 2. AS 15.13.040(g) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (g)  The provisions of (a), (b), and (l) of this section do not                                                    
    apply to a                                                                                                                  
             (1)  delegate to a constitutional convention, a judge                                                          
    seeking judicial retention, or a candidate for election to a                                                                
    municipal office under AS 15.13.010, if that delegate, judge, or                                                            
    candidate                                                                                                                   
                  (A) [(1)]  indicates, on a form prescribed by the                                                         
         commission, an intent not to raise and not to expend more                                                              
         than $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the                                                          
         primary and general elections;                                                                                         
                  (B) [(2)]  accepts contributions totaling not more than                                                   
         $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the                                                               
         primary and general elections; and                                                                                     
                  (C) [(3)]  makes expenditures totaling not more than                                                      
         $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the                                                               
         primary and general elections;                                                                                     
             (2)  group, if the group                                                                                       
                  (A)  indicates, on a form prescribed by the                                                               
         commission, an intent not to raise and not to expend more                                                          
         than $5,000 in a calendar year;                                                                                    
                  (B)  accepts contributions totaling not more than                                                         
         $5,000 in a calendar year; and                                                                                     
                  (C)  makes expenditures totaling not more than                                                            
         $5,000 in a calendar year.                                                                                         

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   * Sec. 3. AS 15.13.040(m) is amended to read:                                                                              
         (m)  Information required under this chapter shall be                                                                  
    submitted to the commission electronically, except that the                                                                 
    following information may be submitted in clear and legible black                                                           
    typeface or hand-printed in dark ink on paper in a format approved                                                          
        by the commission or on forms provided by the commission:                                                              
             (1)  information submitted by [(A)] a candidate for                                                                
    election to a borough or city office of mayor, membership on a                                                              
    borough assembly, city council, or school board, or any state                                                               
    office, who                                                                                                                 
                  (A) [(i)]  meets the requirements of (g)(1) [(g)(1) -                                                 
         (3)] of this section;                                                                                                  
                  (B)  [OR (ii)] does not have reasonable access to the                                                     
         technology necessary to file electronically; in this                                                                   
         subparagraph [SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH], a candidate is                                                                    
         considered not to have reasonable access to the technology                                                             
         necessary to file electronically if the candidate does not own a                                                       
         personal computer or does not have broadband Internet access                                                           
         at the candidate's residence; in this subparagraph [SUB-                                                           
         SUBPARAGRAPH], "broadband Internet access" means                                                                       
         high-speed Internet access that is always on and that is faster                                                        
         than traditional dial-up access; or                                                                                    
                  (C) [(B)]  a candidate for municipal office for a                                                         
         municipality with a population of less than 15,000; in this                                                            
         subparagraph, "municipal office" means the office of an                                                                
         elected borough or city                                                                                                
                      (i)  mayor; or                                                                                            
                      (ii)  assembly, council, or school board member;                                                          
             (2)  information submitted by a group that meets the                                                           
    requirements of (g)(2) of this section; or                                                                              
             (3)  any information if the commission determines that                                                         
    circumstances warrant an exception to the electronic submission                                                             
    requirement."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                

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**The presence of Representative Johnson was noted.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The call was satisfied.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore,                                                                 
Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton,                                                            
Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster,                                                                
Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson,                                                              
Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe lifted the call.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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"* Sec. 2. AS 15.13.040(e) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (e)  Each person required to report under (d) of this section                                                          
    shall file a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.110(h) on a                                                            
       form prescribed by the commission. The report must contain                                                              
             (1)  the name, address, principal occupation, and                                                                  
    employer of the individual filing the report;                                                                               
             (2)  an itemized list of all expenditures made, incurred, or                                                       
    authorized by the person;                                                                                                   
             (3)  the name of the candidate or the title of the ballot                                                          
    proposition or question supported or opposed by each expenditure                                                            
    and whether the expenditure is made to support or oppose the                                                                
    candidate or ballot proposition or question;                                                                                

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             (4)  the name and address of each officer and director,                                                            
    when applicable;                                                                                                            
             (5)  the aggregate amount of all contributions made to the                                                         
    person, if any, for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an                                                            
    election; for all contributions, the date of the contribution and                                                           
     amount contributed by each contributor; and, for a contributor                                                            
                  (A)  who is an individual, the name and address of                                                            
         the contributor and, for contributions in excess of $50 in the                                                         
         aggregate during a calendar year, the name, address, principal                                                         
         occupation, and employer of the contributor; or                                                                        
                  (B)  that is not an individual,                                                                               
                      (i)  the name and address of the contributor;                                                     
                      (ii)  [AND] the name and address of each officer                                                      
             and director of the contributor; and                                                                           
                      (iii)  when applicable, the address of the                                                            
             contributor's agent registered under AS 15.13.050(d)."                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 10. AS 15.13.110(h) is amended to read:                                                                               
         (h)  An independent expenditure report required under                                                                  
    AS 15.13.040(e) shall be filed with the commission not later than                                                           
    10 days after an independent expenditure has been made.                                                                     
    However, a person making an independent expenditure shall                                                               
        report to the commission within 24 hours after the person                                                          
             (1)  makes an independent expenditure if the                                                               
    expenditure [THAT] exceeds $250 and [THAT] is made within                                                               
    nine days of an election [SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE                                                                          
    COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE                                                                                
    EXPENDITURE IS MADE];                                                                                                   
             (2)  receives a contribution that exceeds $1,000 if the                                                        
    person uses or intends to use the contribution to make an                                                               
    independent expenditure."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     

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Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore,                                                                 
Nelson, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton,                                                                  
Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster,                                                                
Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson,                                                              
Kopp, Mears, Mina, Prax, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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    Delete all material and insert:                                                                                             
         "(h)  An individual, group, or nongroup entity may contribute                                                          
    not more than $3,000 each year to a group or nongroup entity that                                                           
    makes only independent expenditures."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 9. AS 15.13.110(h) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (h)  An independent expenditure report required under                                                                  
    AS 15.13.040(e) shall be filed with the commission not later than                                                           
    10 days after an independent expenditure has been made.                                                                     
    However, a person making an independent expenditure shall                                                               
        report to the commission within 24 hours after the person                                                          
             (1)  makes an independent expenditure if the                                                               
    expenditure [THAT] exceeds $250 and [THAT] is made within                                                               
    nine days of an election [SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE                                                                          
    COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE                                                                                

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    EXPENDITURE IS MADE];                                                                                                   
             (2)  receives a contribution that exceeds $1,000 if the                                                        
    person uses or intends to use the contribution to make an                                                               
    independent expenditure."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson,                                                                
Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski,                                                             
Underwood, Vance                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields,                                                                 
Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie,                                                                 
Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Prax, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, following "requirements;"(title amendment):                                                                   
    Insert "requiring certain groups and nongroup entities to                                                                 
register with the Alaska Public Offices Commission as out-of-                                                                 
state-funded entities;"                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, following line 28:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 9. AS 15.13 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                               

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         Sec. 15.13.073. Group or nongroup entity required to                                                                 
    register as out-of-state-funded entity. A group or nongroup                                                               
    entity that accepts more than 30 percent of its total contributions                                                         
    during a calendar year from individuals who are not residents of                                                            
    the state, and groups and nongroup entities that are not                                                                    
    incorporated in the state, shall register with the commission, on                                                           
    forms provided by the commission, as an out-of-state-funded                                                                 
    entity."                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 4, following line 5:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 11. AS 15.13.110 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                             
read:                                                                                                                           
         (l)  A group or nongroup entity registered as an out-of-state-                                                         
    funded entity under AS 15.13.073 that receives a contribution                                                               
    exceeding $500 shall, within 24 hours, report to the commission                                                             
    the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the                                                                
    contributor and the date and amount of the contribution."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carrick objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore,                                                                 
Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton,                                                            
Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster,                                                                
Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson,                                                              
Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, following "2031;"(title amendment):                                                                           
    Insert "requiring certain disclosures in communications funded                                                            
by independent expenditures;"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, following line 28:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 9. AS 15.13.090 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                              
read:                                                                                                                           
         (h)  In addition to other applicable disclosures of this section,                                                      
    if, during a calendar year, more than 30 percent of the                                                                     
    contributions accepted by a person making an independent                                                                    
    expenditure for a communication described in (a) of this section                                                            
    are from individuals who are not residents of the state and groups                                                          
    and nongroup entities that are not incorporated in the state, the                                                           
    person shall ensure that a communication paid for by the person                                                             
    that                                                                                                                        
             (1)  includes a print or video component has the following                                                         
    statement placed in the communication so as to be easily                                                                    
    discernible and, for a broadcast, cable, satellite, or Internet or                                                          
    other digital communication, that the statement remains onscreen                                                            
    throughout the entirety of the communication: "MORE THAN 30                                                                 
    PERCENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO (PERSON'S NAME)                                                                                 
    CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ALASKA"; and                                                                                 
             (2)  is transmitted through radio or other audio media or                                                          
    that has an audio component includes the following statement read                                                           
    in a manner that is easily heard: "More than 30 percent of                                                                  
    contributions to (person's name) came from outside the State of                                                             
    Alaska.""                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 6 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Representative Tomaszewski be excused from a call of the House                                                                  
today.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 6                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore,                                                                 
Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton,                                                                       
Underwood, Vance                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster,                                                                
Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson,                                                              
Kopp, Mears, Mina, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard, Tomaszewski                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment Nos. 7 and 8 were not offered.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 9 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 2, following "state;"(title amendment):                                                                          
    Insert "limiting contributions and independent expenditures                                                               
from nonresident persons that are intended to influence the                                                                   
outcome of a ballot proposition election;"                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, following line 19:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 4. AS 15.13.065(c) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (c)  Except for reports required by AS 15.13.040 and                                                                   

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    15.13.110, [AND EXCEPT FOR] the requirements of                                                                         
    AS 15.13.050, 15.13.060, and 15.13.112 - 15.13.114, and the                                                             
    limit in AS 15.13.072(i), the provisions of AS 15.13.010 -                                                              
    15.13.116 do not apply to limit the authority of a person to make                                                           
    contributions to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition. In                                                          
    this subsection, in addition to its meaning in AS 15.80.010,                                                                
    "proposition" includes                                                                                                      
             (1)  an issue placed on a ballot to determine whether                                                              
                  (A)  a constitutional convention shall be called;                                                             
                  (B)  a debt shall be contracted;                                                                              
                  (C)  an advisory question shall be approved or                                                                
         rejected; or                                                                                                           
                  (D)  a municipality shall be incorporated;                                                                    
             (2)  an initiative proposal application filed with the                                                             
    lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, following line 28:                                                                                                      
    Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                           
"* Sec. 10. AS 15.13.072 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                             
read:                                                                                                                           
         (i)  A group or nongroup entity making independent                                                                     
    expenditures for or against a ballot proposition may not solicit or                                                         
    accept more than $500 each year in contributions from an                                                                    
             (1)  individual who is not a resident of the state at the                                                          
    time the contribution is made; or                                                                                           
             (2)  entity organized under the laws of another state.                                                             
   * Sec. 11. AS 15.13.074 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                           
read:                                                                                                                           
         (j)  A person who is not a resident of the state may not                                                               
    contribute more than $500 each year in total to all groups and                                                              
    nongroup entities for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an                                                          
    election concerning a ballot proposition.                                                                                   
   * Sec. 12. AS 15.13.084 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                           
read:                                                                                                                           
         (b)  A person who is not a resident of the state may not make                                                          
    independent expenditures of more than $500 each year for or                                                                 
    against a ballot proposition."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 9 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Schrage objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 16(STA)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 9                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson,                                                                
Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Underwood, Vance                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields,                                                                 
Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie,                                                                 
Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Allard, Tomaszewski                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Ruffridge                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Representative Ruffridge be excused from a call of the House today.                                                             
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 10 was offered  by Representative McCabe:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "Act"(title amendment):                                                                             
    Insert "requiring the disclosure of certain persons who                                                                   
coordinate and aggregate individual campaign contributions;"                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, following line 3:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 2. AS 15.13 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                               
         Sec. 15.13.042. Bundled contribution disclosures. (a)Each                                                            

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    candidate shall make a full report, on a form prescribed by the                                                             
    commission,                                                                                                                 
             (1)  listing                                                                                                       
                  (A)  the name, address, and employer of each person                                                           
         reasonably known by the candidate to be a person who                                                                   
         provided bundled contributions to the candidate in an                                                                  
         aggregate amount greater than $10,000 during an election                                                               
         cycle; and                                                                                                             
                  (B)  the aggregate amount of bundled contributions                                                            
         provided by each person who provided bundled contributions                                                             
         to the candidate during the election cycle;                                                                            
             (2)  filed in accordance with AS 15.13.110 and certified                                                           
    correct by the candidate or campaign treasurer.                                                                             
         (b)  In this section, '"bundled contribution"' means a                                                                 
    contribution                                                                                                                
             (1)  forwarded from a contributor or contributors to a                                                             
    candidate by a person; or                                                                                                   
             (2)  received by a candidate from a contributor or                                                                 
    contributors but credited by the candidate to a person through a                                                            
    record, designation, or other recognition that the person was                                                               
    responsible for raising the contribution."                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, following line 28:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 10. AS 15.13.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                               
         (a)  Each candidate, group, and nongroup entity shall make a                                                           
    full report in accordance with AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.042 for the                                                       
    period ending three days before the due date of the report and                                                              
    beginning on the last day covered by the most recent previous                                                               
    report. If the report is a first report, it must cover the period from                                                      
    the beginning of the campaign to the date three days before the                                                             
    due date of the report. If the report is a report due February 15, it                                                       
    must cover the period beginning on the last day covered by the                                                              
    most recent previous report or on the day that the campaign                                                                 
    started, whichever is later, and ending on February 1 of that year.                                                         
    The report shall be filed                                                                                                   
             (1)  30 days before the election; however, this report is                                                          
    not required if the deadline for filing a nominating petition or                                                            

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    declaration of candidacy is within 30 days of the election;                                                                 
             (2)  one week before the election;                                                                                 
             (3)  105 days after a special election; and                                                                        
             (4)  February 15 for expenditures made and contributions                                                           
    received that were not reported previously, including, if                                                                   
    applicable, all amounts expended from a public office expense                                                               
    term account established under AS 15.13.116(a)(8) and all                                                                   
    amounts expended from a municipal office account under                                                                      
    AS 15.13.116(a)(9), or when expenditures were not made or                                                                   
    contributions were not received during the previous year."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 10 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carrick objected.