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2026-04-10 House Journal

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2026-04-10                     House Journal                      Page 2114
HB 263                                                                                                                        
The following was before the House in second reading with                                                                       
Amendment No. 70 as amended moved and pending:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 263(FIN) am                                                                                           
    "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan                                                                    
    program expenses of state government and for certain programs;                                                              
    capitalizing funds; 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."                                                                                           

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Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 70 as amended was offered by                                                                   
Representative Allard:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 8 of the amendment, following "HB 333":                                                                            
    Insert ", Arctic Winter Games,"                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 17 of the amendment, following "HB 333":                                                                           
    Insert ", Arctic Winter Games, 3.5 million,"                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 70 as amended be adopted.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes, citing Section 402.1 of Mason's Manual, rose to                                                          
a point of order regarding the germaneness of the amendment.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker ruled the amendment out of order.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson appealed the ruling of the chair and withdrew                                                            
the appeal.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker withdrew the ruling.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes withdrew the point of order.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                      
withdraw Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 70 as amended. There                                                                  
being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 70 as amended was before the House.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes, citing Section 101.1 of Mason's Manual, rose to                                                          
a point of order regarding confining remarks to the amendment.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that the point was well taken and cautioned the                                                              
member to confine remarks to the amendment.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 70 as amended be                                                                      
adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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CSHB 263(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 70 as amended                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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. 70 as amended was not adopted.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to                                                           
a call of the chair; and so, the House recessed at 1:28 p.m.