Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-04-14 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0720 HB 53 The following, which was held in second reading from the April 11 calendar (page 674), was before the House: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date." Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 were not offered. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 38, line 13: Delete "132,942,500" Insert "134,038,965" Delete "130,901,400" Insert "131,997,865" Page 38, line 14: Delete "54,888,600" Insert "55,985,065" Page 52, line 11: Delete "206,097,400" Insert "207,193,865" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0721 Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 36 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood Nays: Allard, McCabe, Rauscher, Vance And so, Amendment No. 4 was adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 38, line 13: Delete "132,942,500" Insert "134,038,965" Delete "130,901,400" Insert "131,997,865" Page 38, line 21: Delete "21,986,800" Insert "23,083,265" Page 52, line 11: Delete "206,097,400" Insert "207,193,865" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0722 Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 34 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Underwood Nays: Allard, McCabe, Rauscher, Schwanke, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 5 was adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 38, line 13: Delete "132,942,500" Insert "134,038,965" Delete "130,901,400" Insert "131,997,865" Page 38, line 29: Delete "41,803,500" Insert "42,899,965" Page 52, line 11: Delete "206,097,400" Insert "207,193,865" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0723 Representative McCabe objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 35 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Underwood Nays: Allard, McCabe, Rauscher, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 6 was adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Schrage: Page 1, line 3, following "appropriations;" (title amendment): Insert "making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund;" Page 86, following line 31: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 35. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 2026 is insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2026, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). (b) The appropriation made from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) in (a) of this section is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0724 Page 87, line 10: Delete "30 - 35, and 37" Insert "30 - 36, and 38" Page 87, line 26: Delete "Section 36" Insert "Section 37" Page 87, line 28: Delete "secs. 38 and 39" Insert "secs. 39 and 40" Representative Schrage moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Costello objected. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be tabled. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be tabled?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7/Table YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, 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 And so, the motion failed. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0725 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes Nays: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance And so, Amendment No. 7 was adopted and the new title follows: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Carrick: Page 6, line 28: Delete "26,488,100" in both places Insert "21,488,100" in both places Page 6, line 33: Delete "26,488,100" Insert "21,488,100" Page 7, following line 3: Insert new material to read: 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0726 "APPROPRIATION OTHER ALLOCATIONS ITEMS FUNDS Tourism Marketing 5,000,000 5,000,000 Tourism Marketing 5,000,000" Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 8. Representative Stapp objected and withdrew the objection. Representative Elam objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 8 was withdrawn. HB 53 The following was before the House in second reading: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0727 Representative Schrage moved that the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 1 (page 674). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in adopting Amendment No. 1?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in Adopting Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Foster, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, the motion failed. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Mears: Page 59, following line 31: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) The sum of $12,500,000 is appropriated from the unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to the general fund." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 60, line 1: Delete "All" Insert "After the appropriation made in (b) of this section, all" Page 82, line 17: Delete "$6,315,507" Insert "$14,758,664" 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0728 Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Kopp objected. Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and he was required to vote. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 1, lines 1 through 11 of the amendment: Delete all material. Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carrick, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Story Nays: Allard, Burke, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Elam, Hall, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0729 Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representatives Vance, Johnson, Tilton, McCabe, Rauscher, Underwood, Tomaszewski, Schwanke, Allard, Nelson, Elam, Saddler, Ruffridge, Costello, Moore, Stapp, Bynum, and Prax: Page 24, following line 9: Insert new material to read: "No money appropriated in this appropriation may be expended for an abortion that is not a mandatory service required under AS 47.07.030(a). The money appropriated for the Department of Health may be expended only for mandatory services required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, unless a U.S. Supreme Court decision provides new precedent, and for optional services offered by the state under the state plan for medical assistance that has been approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services." Representative Vance moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, 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, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0730 Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 10. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 10?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in Failing to Adopt Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, 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, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, the motion failed. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 20, following line 4: Insert new material to read: "It is the intent of the legislature that, in preparing the fiscal year 2027 budget, the Office of Management and Budget use zero-based budgeting principles to prepare the budget of at least one but not more than five agencies. The director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report not later than December 20, 2025, to the Co-chairs of the Finance committee of each house of the legislature and to the Legislative Finance Division that provides a detailed explanation of each agency that was selected for zero-based budgeting and an analysis and justification for each expense of the agency." Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0731 Representative Holland objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 YEAS: 26 NAYS: 14 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Elam, Galvin, Himschoot, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Story And so, Amendment No. 11 was adopted.