Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-04-15 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0782 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." Amendment No. 61 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 11, line 5: Delete "319,617,600" Insert "318,367,600" Delete "72,101,400" Insert "70,851,400" 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0783 Page 11, line 14: Delete "8,574,700" Insert "7,324,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 61 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 61 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 61 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, McCabe, Moore, 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, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Nelson, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 61 was not adopted. Amendment No. 62 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 27, line 14: Delete "63,717,800" Insert "63,437,900" Delete "31,854,900" Insert "31,575,000" Page 27, line 23: Delete "8,688,700" Insert "8,408,800" 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0784 Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 62 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 62 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 62 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, Amendment No. 62 was not adopted. Amendment No. 63 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 27, line 3: Delete "57,977,500" Insert "57,590,200" Delete "52,016,300" Insert "51,629,000" Page 27, line 12: Delete "12,982,300" Insert "12,595,000" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 63 be adopted. 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0785 Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 63 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 63 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Allard, 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. 63 was not adopted. Amendment No. 64 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 27, line 3: Delete "57,977,500" Insert "57,697,600" Delete "52,016,300" Insert "51,736,400" Page 27, line 11: Delete "5,898,600" Insert "5,618,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 64 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 64 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0786 CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 64 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, Amendment No. 64 was not adopted. Amendment No. 65 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 27, line 3: Delete "57,977,500" Insert "56,783,400" Delete "52,016,300" Insert "50,822,200" Page 27, line 4: Delete "4,083,300" Insert "3,670,100" Page 27, line 6: Delete "11,607,400" Insert "11,217,000" Page 27, line 8: Delete "10,078,800" Insert "9,688,300" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 65 be adopted. Representative Kopp objected. 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0787 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 65 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 65 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, Amendment No. 65 was not adopted. Amendment No. 66 was not offered. Amendment No. 67 was offered by Representative Rauscher: Page 4, line 7: Delete "1,272,500" in both places Insert "1,247,500" in both places Page 4, line 8: Delete "1,272,500" Insert "1,247,500" Page 4, line 21: Delete "20,460,400" Insert "20,435,400" Delete "9,842,500" Insert "9,817,500" Page 4, line 29: Delete "6,209,000" Insert "6,184,000" 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0788 Page 14, line 5: Delete "30,859,000" Insert "32,309,000" Delete "8,538,000" Insert "9,988,000" Page 14, line 6: Delete "30,859,000" Insert "32,309,000" Page 36, line 7: Delete "31,211,900" in both places Insert "29,811,900" in both places Page 36, line 9: Delete "30,596,900" Insert "29,196,900" Page 45, line 7: Delete "92,369,500" Insert "92,344,500" Page 45, line 22: Delete "16,970,300" Insert "16,945,300" Page 47, line 10: Delete "15,863,200" Insert "17,313,200" Page 51, line 29: Delete "230,557,700" Insert "229,157,700" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Rauscher moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 67 be adopted. Representative Mears objected. 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0789 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 67 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 67 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. 67 was not adopted. Amendment No. 68 was not offered. Amendment No. 69 was offered by Representative Vance: Page 8, line 10: Delete "330,894,700" Insert "316,306,900" Delete "322,513,200" Insert "307,925,400" Page 8, line 13: Delete "721,800" Insert "707,600" Page 8, line 14: Delete "1,973,400" Insert "1,907,200" Page 8, line 19: Delete "3,233,500" Insert "3,037,900" 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0790 Page 8, line 21: Delete "43,543,100" Insert "41,372,800" Page 8, line 26: Delete "9,675,500" Insert "9,140,500" Page 8, line 28: Delete "20,818,000" Insert "19,664,800" Page 8, line 30: Delete "16,818,500" Insert "15,890,500" Page 8, line 32: Delete "54,912,400" Insert "52,028,600" Page 9, line 3: Delete "6,493,900" Insert "6,148,900" Page 9, line 5: Delete "15,430,200" Insert "14,796,500" Page 9, line 7: Delete "8,939,200" Insert "8,417,900" Page 9, line 9: Delete "21,308,300" Insert "20,324,000" Page 9, line 10: Delete "30,856,700" Insert "29,330,600" 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0791 Page 9, line 12: Delete "20,276,300" Insert "19,193,500" Page 9, line 14: Delete "12,908,400" Insert "12,190,700" Page 9, line 16: Delete "6,093,300" Insert "5,830,200" Page 9, line 23: Delete "10,001,900" Insert "9,434,400" Page 10, line 3: Delete "19,530,100" in both places Insert "14,651,300" in both places Page 10, line 4: Delete "19,530,100" Insert "14,651,300" Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Representative Vance moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 69 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. Representative Vance moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 69. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 67 (page 789). There was objection. 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0792 The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 67?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in Failing to Adopt Amendment No. 67 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. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent to rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 51 (page 776). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 51?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in Failing to Adopt Amendment No. 51 YEAS: 28 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Himschoot, Jimmie, Johnson, McCabe, Mears, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Edgmon, Eischeid, Hall, Hannan, Holland, Josephson, Kopp, Mina, Story, Stutes 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0793 And so, the motion passed. Amendment No. 51 was before the House (page 775). Representative Costello placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 51 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 51 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carrick, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story Nays: Allard, Burke, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Elam, Hall, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Stutes, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance And so, Amendment No. 51 was not adopted. Amendment Nos. 70 and 71 were not offered. Amendment No. 72 was offered by Representative Saddler: Amendment No. 72 was published in House Journal Supplement No. 5. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 72 be adopted. Representative Schrage objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 72 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 53(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 72 2025-04-15 House Journal Page 0794 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, Amendment No. 72 was not adopted. Amendment No. 73 was offered by Representative Saddler: Amendment No. 73 was published in House Journal Supplement No. 6. Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 73 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Stutes rose to a point of order regarding the germaneness of debate. Representative Costello rose to a point of order regarding how the body might determine the germaneness of debate. The Speaker cautioned members to observe proper decorum. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to a call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 7:14 p.m.