Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-05-09 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-05-09 Senate Journal Page 1196 HJR 15 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(CRA) Urging the Governor, the Department of Natural Resources, division of forestry and fire protection, the Department of Public Safety, municipalities of the state and relevant wildfire planning and response agencies, and the Alaska delegation in Congress to prepare for the 2025 wildfire season, was read the third time. Senator Giessel moved the resolution be returned to second reading for the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 1. Without objection, the resolution was returned to second reading. Senator Giessel offered Amendment No. 1 : Page 3, line 31, following "Anchorage;": Insert "the Honorable Alvin Osterback, Mayor of the Aleutians East Borough; the Honorable David R. Lax, Mayor of the Bristol Bay Borough; the Honorable Christopher Noel, Mayor of the Denali Borough; the Honorable Grier Hopkins, Mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough; the Honorable Tom Morphet, Mayor of the Haines Borough; the Honorable Beth Weldon, Mayor of the City and Borough of Juneau; the Honorable Peter Micciche, Mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough; the Honorable Rodney Dial, Mayor of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough; the Honorable Scott Arndt, Mayor of the Kodiak Island Borough; the Honorable Glen Alsworth, Sr., Mayor of the Lake and Peninsula Borough; the Honorable Edna DeVries, Mayor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; the Honorable Josiah Patkotak, Mayor of the North Slope Borough; the Honorable Dickie Moto, Sr., Mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough; the Honorable Mark Jensen, Mayor of the Petersburg Borough; the Honorable Steven Eisenbeisz, Mayor of the City and Borough of Sitka; the Honorable Sam Bass, Mayor of the Municipality of Skagway; the Honorable Patty Gilbert, Mayor of the City and Borough of Wrangell; the Honorable Cindy L. Bremner, Mayor of the City and Borough of Yakutat" 2025-05-09 Senate Journal Page 1197 Page 4, line 3: Delete "Grier Hopkins, Mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough" Insert "Igor Zaremba, Mayor of the City of Delta Junction" Page 4, line 5: Delete "the Honorable Peter Micciche, Mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough;" Senator Giessel moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator Hughes objected, then withdrew her objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(CRA) am S was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(CRA) am S Urging the Governor, the Department of Natural Resources, division of forestry and fire protection, the Department of Public Safety, municipalities of the state and relevant wildfire planning and response agencies, and the Alaska delegation in Congress to prepare for the 2025 wildfire season, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHJR 15(CRA) am S Third Reading - Final Passage YEAS: 20 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers, Olson, Shower, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt and so, CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(CRA) am S passed the Senate and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.