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2026-05-16 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2643 HB 193 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 193 "An Act establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; and relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development." with the: Journal Page L&C RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 4DP 2AM 1037 FN1: ZERO(ADM) 1037 FN2: (LWF) 1037 FN3: (LWF) 1037 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2644 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 2DP 9AM 2525 FN4: ZERO(ADM) 2525 FN5: (LWF) 2525 FN6: (LWF) 2525 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. 193(FIN) "An Act establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to employer surcharges; relating to the employment assistance and training program account; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; relating to employee unemployment tax credits; relating to employer contributions to unemployment; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date." Representative Johnson objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, CSHB 193(FIN) was adopted. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Fields: Page 3, line 31, through page 4, line 1: Delete ", and the employee is working for an employer of 25 or more employees at the time a paid parental leave claim is made" Representative Fields moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Ruffridge objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 23 NAYS: 17 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2645 Yeas: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, McCabe, Mears, Mina, Moore, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski Nays: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Hannan, Johnson, Kopp, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Underwood, Vance And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 1, line 1, following "Act" (title amendment): Insert "relating to the use of paid sick leave;" Page 1, following line 7: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Section 1. AS 23.10.067 is amended to read: Sec. 23.10.067. Utilization of paid sick leave benefit. The paid sick leave benefit required under AS 23.10.066 may be utilized as follows: (1) employees shall be permitted to use paid sick leave for [:] (A) an employee's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; the employee's need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment; or the employee's need for preventative medical care; (B) care or assistance to the employee's family member relating to the needs described in (A) of this paragraph; "family member" means an immediate family member as defined in [PURSUANT TO] AS 39.52.960(11); a domestic partner; a foster child, legal ward, or person to whom the employee stands in loco parentis; a foster parent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child; or any other individual related by blood or whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship; [OR] (C) absences necessary due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, provided the leave is to allow the employee to obtain for the employee or a family member [:] medical or psychological attention; services from a victim's 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2646 aid organization; relocation or steps to secure an existing home; or legal services, including participation in any investigation or civil or criminal proceeding; or (D) a purpose that qualifies for paid parental leave under AS 23.10.715, and as required by AS 23.10.735(d); (2) when the need for paid sick leave is foreseeable, the employee shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to the employer in advance of the use of paid sick leave and make a reasonable effort to schedule use of paid sick leave in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations; (3) for paid sick leave of more than three consecutive workdays, an employer may require reasonable documentation that the paid sick leave has been used for a purpose covered by (1) of this section; documentation signed by a health care professional indicating that paid sick leave is or was necessary shall be considered reasonable documentation for (1)(A) or (B) of this section purposes, but an employer may not require that the documentation explain the nature or details of the illness or underlying health needs [;] (A) in cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, under (1)(C) of this section, one of the following types of documentation selected by the employee shall be considered reasonable documentation: a police report; a written statement from a witness advocate affirming services from a victim's aid organization; a court document indicating relevant legal action; or a written, non-notarized statement from the employee affirming that paid sick leave was taken for a qualifying purpose of (1)(C) of this section; (B) unless otherwise required by law, an employer may not require disclosure of the details of an employee's or an employee's family member's health or safety information as a condition of providing paid sick leave under AS 23.10.066 and must treat any health or safety information regarding an employee or employee's family member as confidential medical records; (4) paid sick leave under AS 23.10.066 may be used in the smaller of hourly increments or the smallest increment that the employer's payroll system uses to account for absences or use of other time; 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2647 (5) an employer may not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, the right to paid sick leave under AS 23.10.066; an employer may not [:] (A) engage in retaliation or discrimination, or take any other adverse action, against an employee who utilizes, or attempts to utilize, their paid sick leave; (B) require, as a condition of an employee's taking paid sick leave under this section and AS 23.10.066, that the employee search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours during which the employee is using paid sick leave; or (C) use an absence control policy that counts paid sick leave taken under AS 23.10.066 and this section as an absence that may lead to or result in retaliation or any other adverse action." Page 1, line 8: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Sec. 2" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 3, line 31, through page 4, line 1: Delete ", and the employee is working for an employer of 25 or more employees at the time a paid parental leave claim is made" Page 6, lines 4 - 6: Delete "An employee may not be required to use or exhaust any accrued vacation leave, sick leave, or other paid time off before or while receiving paid parental leave benefits under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. However, the" Insert "An employee is required to use half of any available vacation leave, sick leave, or other paid time off the employee has accrued at the time of the qualifying event, not to exceed 40 hours, before receiving paid parental leave benefits under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. The" Page 11, lines 1 - 3: Delete "who is subject to payment of contributions, or whose employer has elected to make reimbursement payments, under AS 23.20" 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2648 Page 11, line 6, following the second occurrence of "employer": Insert "(A) of 25 or more employees" Page 11, line 8, following "AS 23.20.277": Insert "; or (B) that has opted into the paid parental leave program" Page 11, line 9: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 2" Page 11, line 16: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 2" Page 11, line 30: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 2" Page 25, line 6: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 2" Page 25, line 12: Delete "secs. 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "secs. 3, 4, 6 - 13, and 16" Page 25, line 15: Delete "Sections 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "Sections 3, 4, 6 - 13, and 16" Page 25, line 20: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 5" Page 25, line 21: Delete "sec. 15" Insert "sec. 16" 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2649 Page 25, line 26: Delete "secs. 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "secs. 3, 4, 6 - 13, and 16" Page 25, line 29: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 5" Page 25, line 30: Delete "sec. 15" Insert "sec. 16" Page 26, line 1: Delete "Section 18" Insert "Section 19" Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2650 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 3, line 31: Delete "and" Page 4, line 1, following "made": Insert ", and the employee has been working for that employer for at least 13 weeks" Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 3 was adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Coulombe: Page 2, lines 25 - 26: Delete ", adoption of that child by, or placement of that child with" Insert "or adoption of that child by" Page 2, lines 29 - 30: Delete ", or legal guardianship, or foster placement" Insert "or legal guardianship" Page 3, lines 20 - 22: Delete all material. Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly. Representative Coulombe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 4 was adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Coulombe: Page 1, line 1, following "Act" (title amendment): Insert "relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements;" 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2651 Page 1, following line 7: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Section 1. AS 23.10.066 is amended to read: Sec. 23.10.066. Minimum paid sick leave benefit. Employers in the state with 10 or more employees are required to provide their employees paid sick leave as follows: (1) [EMPLOYERS WITH 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES SHALL ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO ACCRUE] a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave shall accrue for every 30 hours worked, but employees are not entitled to accrue or use more than 56 hours of paid sick leave a [PER] year, unless their employer sets a higher limit; (2) [EMPLOYERS WITH FEWER THAN 15 EMPLOYEES SHALL ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO ACCRUE A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR OF PAID SICK LEAVE FOR EVERY 30 HOURS WORKED, BUT EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCRUE OR USE MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF PAID SICK LEAVE PER YEAR, UNLESS THEIR EMPLOYER SETS A HIGHER LIMIT; (3)] employees who are exempt from overtime requirements under 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1) shall be assumed to work 40 hours in each work week for purposes of paid sick leave accrual unless their normal work week is less than 40 hours, in which case paid sick leave accrues based on [UPON] that normal work week; (3) [(4)] paid sick leave shall carry over to the following year, but an employer is not required to allow an employee to use more than the applicable amounts of paid sick leave described in (1) [AND (2)] of this section a [PER] year; (4) [(5)] paid sick leave as provided in this section shall begin to accrue at the commencement of employment or July 1, 2025, whichever is later; an employee shall be entitled to use paid sick leave as it is accrued; (5) [(6)] any employer with a paid leave or paid time off policy [,] who makes available an amount of paid leave that is sufficient to meet the requirements of this section and that may be used for the same purposes and under the same conditions as paid sick leave under this section [,] is not required to provide additional paid sick leave; (6) [(7)] an employee who is transferred to a separate 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2652 entity or location, but remains employed by the same employer, is entitled to all paid sick leave accrued at the former [PRIOR] entity or location; when there is a separation from employment, but the employee is rehired within six months after [OF] separation by the same employer, previously accrued and unused paid sick leave shall be immediately reinstated; when a different employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing employer, all employees of the original employer who remain employed by the successor employer are entitled to all accrued and unused paid sick leave; (7) an employer may, at the employee's request, allow an employee to exchange accrued sick leave for the cash value of the accrued sick leave. * Sec. 2. AS 23.10.067 is amended to read: Sec. 23.10.067. Use [UTILIZATION] of paid sick leave benefit. The paid sick leave benefit required under AS 23.10.066 may be used [UTILIZED] as follows: (1) employees shall be permitted to use paid sick leave for [:] (A) an employee's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; the employee's need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment; or the employee's need for preventative medical care; (B) care or assistance to the employee's family member relating to the needs described in (A) of this paragraph; in this subparagraph, "family member" means an immediate family member as defined in AS 39.52.960 [PURSUANT TO AS 39.52.960(11)]; a domestic partner; a foster child, legal ward, or person to whom the employee stands in loco parentis; a foster parent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or [A] person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child; or any other individual related by blood or whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship; or (C) absences necessary due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if [PROVIDED] the leave is to allow the employee to obtain, for the employee or a family member, [:] medical or psychological attention; services from a victim's aid organization; relocation or steps to secure an existing home; or legal services, including participation in any 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2653 investigation or civil or criminal proceeding; (2) when the need for paid sick leave is foreseeable, an [THE] employee who is not incapacitated shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to the employer in advance of the use of paid sick leave and before the beginning of the employee's workday for which the sick leave is used and make a reasonable effort to schedule use of paid sick leave in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations; (3) for paid sick leave of more than three consecutive workdays, an employer may require reasonable documentation as follows, showing that the paid sick leave has been used for a purpose covered by (1) of this section: (A) [;] documentation signed by a health care professional indicating that paid sick leave is or was necessary shall be considered reasonable documentation for the purposes of (1)(A) or (B) of this section [PURPOSES], but an employer may not require that the documentation explain the nature or details of the illness or underlying health needs; (B) [(A)] in cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking [,] under (1)(C) of this section, one of the following types of documentation selected by the employee shall be considered reasonable documentation: a police report; a written statement from a witness advocate affirming services from a victim's aid organization; a court document indicating relevant legal action; or a written, non-notarized statement from the employee affirming that paid sick leave was taken for a qualifying purpose of (1)(C) of this section; (C) [(B)] unless otherwise required by law, an employer may not require disclosure of the details of an employee's or an employee's family member's health or safety information as a condition of providing paid sick leave under AS 23.10.066 and must treat any health or safety information regarding an employee or employee's family member as confidential medical records; (4) paid sick leave under AS 23.10.066 may be used in the smaller of hourly increments or the smallest increment that the employer's payroll system uses to account for absences or use of other time; (5) an employer may not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, the right to paid sick 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2654 leave under AS 23.10.066; an employer may not [:] (A) engage in retaliation or discrimination [,] or take any other adverse action, against an employee who uses [UTILIZES], or attempts to use [UTILIZE], their paid sick leave; (B) require, as a condition of an employee's taking paid sick leave under this section and AS 23.10.066, that the employee search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours during which the employee is using paid sick leave; or (C) use an absence control policy that counts paid sick leave taken under AS 23.10.066 and this section as an absence that may lead to or result in retaliation or any other adverse action. * Sec. 3. AS 23.10.068(c) is amended to read: (c) Employers shall give employees who are entitled to paid sick leave written notice of the following at the commencement of employment or within 30 days after [OF] this section's effective date, whichever is later: that beginning July 1, 2025, employees are entitled to paid sick leave and the amount of paid sick leave, the terms of its use guaranteed under AS 23.10.066 and 23.10.067, and that retaliation against employees who request or use paid sick leave is prohibited. * Sec. 4. AS 23.10.069 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (d) Employment of seasonal workers is exempt from the requirements of AS 23.10.066 - 23.10.068. In this subsection, "seasonal worker" means an employee who is hired for a specific period related to peak business need, not to exceed six months in each calendar year." Page 1, line 8: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Sec. 5" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 11, line 9: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 5" 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2655 Page 11, line 16: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 5" Page 11, line 30: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 5" Page 25, line 6: Delete "sec. 1" Insert "sec. 5" Page 25, line 12: Delete "secs. 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "secs. 6, 7, 9 - 16, and 19" Page 25, line 15: Delete "Sections 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "Sections 6, 7, 9 - 16, and 19" Page 25, line 20: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 8" Page 25, line 21: Delete "sec. 15" Insert "sec. 19" Page 25, line 26: Delete "secs. 2, 3, 5 - 12, and 15" Insert "secs. 6, 7, 9 - 16, and 19" Page 25, line 29: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 8" Page 25, line 30: Delete "sec. 15" Insert "sec. 19" 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2656 Page 26, line 1: Delete "Section 18" Insert "Section 22" Page 26, following line 1: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 27. Sections 1 - 4 of this Act take effect July 1, 2025." Representative Coulombe moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. Representative Kopp moved the previous question. Representative Johnson objected and withdrew the objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 22 NAYS: 18 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Edgmon, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story And so, Amendment No. 5 was adopted and the new title follows: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193(FIN) am "An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to employer surcharges; relating to the employment assistance and training program account; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; relating to employee 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2657 unemployment tax credits; relating to employer contributions to unemployment; relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 4, line 26: Delete "eight and 12" Insert "four and eight" Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 10, line 29, following "governor": Insert ", the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate" Page 10, line 30, following "AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795.": Insert "The commissioner shall deliver the study to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2658 the legislature that the study is available." Page 25, line 5, following "governor": Insert ", the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate" Page 25, line 6, following "2026.": Insert "The commissioner shall deliver the study to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the study is available." Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 7 was adopted. Representative McCabe moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind its previous action in adopting Amendment No. 1. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind its previous action in adopting Amendment No. 1?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in adopting Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, the motion failed. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2659 Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 22, line 25, following "amount.": Insert "However, the department may reduce the allowance for dependents to $24 a week for each dependent, with a total allowance for dependents paid to an individual not to exceed $72 for each week of unemployment, if (1) an employer state training and employment program surcharge implemented under AS 23.15.630(d) goes to zero; and (2) the department determines that reducing the allowance for dependents will help maintain fund solvency." Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent to set an amendment deadline of 3:30 p.m. today. Representative Johnson objected. Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent to amend the motion to set an amendment deadline to 4:30 p.m., today. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the motion be amended to 4:30 p.m., today?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amend Amendment deadline to 4:30 pm, today YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2660 And so, the motion failed. The question being: "Shall an amendment deadline of 3:30 p.m., today be set for CSHB 193(FIN) am?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment Deadline 3:30 pm, today YEAS: 20 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Stutes Nays: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Absent: Story And so, the motion passed. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes Absent: St. Clair And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2661 Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 24, line 31: Delete "2029" Insert "2030" Page 25, line 1: Delete "2029" Insert "2030" Page 25, line 6: Delete "2026" Insert "2027" Page 25, line 16: Delete "2027" Insert "2028" Page 25, line 27: Delete "2027" Insert "2028" Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Stapp objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Stapp: Page 1, lines 13-19 of the amendment: Delete all material. Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9 be adopted. There being no objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 9 was adopted. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2662 Representative Stapp withdrew his objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 9 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 10 was not offered. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 3, line 27 through Page 4, line 3: Delete all material and insert: "Sec. 23.10.725. Eligibility; benefit amount; duration. (a) An employee who has earned wages during the employee's base period for employment covered by AS 23.20.700 - 23.20.795 equal to the minimum wage established under AS 23.10.065 multiplied by 32 hours per week for 26 weeks is eligible to receive paid parental leave under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the employee's base period, and the employee is working for an employer of 25 or more employees at the time a paid parental leave claim is made. Paid parental leave begins the first day of absence from work for a qualifying purpose under AS 23.10.715." Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 11. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 4, line 26: Delete "eight" Insert "six" Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. Representative Fields objected. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2663 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 12 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 12 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, D.Nelson, G.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, St. Clair, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 12 was not adopted. Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 193(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 193(FIN) am was read the third time. The question being: "Shall CSHB 193(FIN) am pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 193(FIN) am Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 36 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Frier, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, McCabe, Mears, Mina, Moore, D.Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, St. Clair, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Allard, G.Nelson, Schwanke, Stapp And so, CSHB 193(FIN) am passed the House. 2026-05-16 House Journal Page 2664 Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 193(FIN) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.