Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-04-14 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0726 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. 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 0732 Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 26, line 12: Delete "29,497,400" Insert "28,844,500" Delete "4,860,600" Insert "4,656,900" Delete "24,636,800" Insert "24,187,600" Page 26, line 19: Delete "18,811,000" Insert "18,158,100" Page 49, line 4: Delete "92,620,400" Insert "92,171,200" Page 49, line 6: Delete "14,318,200" Insert "14,114,500" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. Representative Story moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and she was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 12 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 12 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0733 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, Amendment No. 12 was not adopted. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 11, line 22: Delete "4,202,000" Insert "3,299,400" Delete "913,500" Insert "10,900" Page 11, line 23: Delete "4,202,000" Insert "3,299,400" Page 46, line 27: Delete "1,346,800" Insert "444,200" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0734 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, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 70, line 25: Delete "(a)" Page 70, line 30, through page 71, line 4: Delete all material. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 14 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 14 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Jimmie, McCabe, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Tilton, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Ruffridge, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski And so, Amendment No. 14 was not adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0735 Amendment No. 15 was offered by Representative McCabe: Page 3, line 19: Delete "2,079,500" Insert "879,500" Delete "1,979,500" Insert "779,500" Page 3, line 20: Delete all material. Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 15 be adopted. Representative Carrick objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 15 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 15 was not adopted. Amendment No. 16 was not offered. Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative McCabe: 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0736 Page 60, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(d) It is the intent of the legislature that if the amount appropriated to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, is less than the amount authorized under AS 37.13.145(b) for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation on June 30, 2025, the Department of Revenue shall provide to each individual who is eligible to receive a dividend in fiscal year 2026 an itemized statement showing how the legislature appropriated the amount that was authorized under AS 37.13.145(b) for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation on June 30, 2025, but was not appropriated to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and for administrative and associated costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 87, line 2: Delete "(d)" Insert "(e)" Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 17 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0737 Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Saddler, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 17 was not adopted. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment Nos. 18 and 19 would be moved to the bottom of the amendments. Amendment No. 20 was offered by Representatives Vance, Allard, Tilton, McCabe, Moore, and Underwood: Page 24, following line 9: Insert new material to read: "No money appropriated in this appropriation may be expended for a service that may be related to gender dysphoria that is not a mandatory service required under AS 47.07.030(a) or a binding order of the court. 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. 20 be adopted. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 20 was not offered. Representative Kopp objected and offered Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 20: Page 1, line 5 of the amendment, following "a binding order of the court": Insert "; however, nothing in this section prohibits reimbursement for behavioral health services - such as psychologist services, clinical social worker services, marital and family therapy services, or professional counseling services - when provided to individuals under 18 years of age and determined to be medically necessary under the approved state Medicaid plan." Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 20 be adopted. 2025-04-14 House Journal Page 0738 Representatives Stutes and Prax objected and withdrew their objections. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 20 was adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 20 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 20 as amended YEAS: 21 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story And so, Amendment No. 20 as amended was adopted.