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2025-03-14 House Journal

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2025-03-14                     House Journal                      Page 0464
HJR 6                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                                
    Urging the United States Congress to safeguard the Universal                                                                
    Service Fund to ensure continued funding for essential programs                                                             
    that support critical broadband and telecommunication                                                                       
    infrastructure and services for low-income rural residents of the                                                           
    state.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Stapp:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4, following "state"(title amendment):                                                                           
    Insert "; and urging the United States Congress to expand the                                                             
Universal Service Fund to ensure that providers of low Earth orbit                                                            
satellite services and all other types of Internet service providers                                                          
have equal support"                                                                                                           

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Page 2, following line 27:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new clause to read:                                                                                                
    "FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature                                                                       
respectfully urges that the Universal Service Fund be expanded to                                                               
ensure that all types of Internet service providers, including providers                                                        
of low Earth orbit satellite services, have equal support in order to                                                           
provide the lowest possible prices for Internet services; and be it"                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stapp moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representatives Elam and Bynum moved and asked unanimous                                                                        
consent to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest.                                                               
Objection was heard, and they were required to vote.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6                                                                                                                           
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe,                                                                
Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, 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                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Saddler                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 6                                                                
be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on                                                               
final passage.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6 will advance to third reading on the March 17 calendar.