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SB 174                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 174 "An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive                                                                    
Species Council in the Department of Fish and Game; relating to                                                                 
management of invasive species; and providing for an effective date"                                                            
was read the third time.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senators Wielechowski, Bjorkman, Tobin, Kawasaki, Cronk, Merrick,                                                               
Claman, Tilton, Rauscher, Gray-Jackson, Kaufman, Stedman, Stevens                                                               
moved and asked unanimous consent to be shown as cosponsors on                                                                  
the bill. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE BILL NO. 174 "An Act                                                                          
establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of                                                           
Fish and Game; relating to management of invasive species; and                                                                  
providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken                                                           
with the following result:                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SB 174                                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
Effective Date(s)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                  
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers, Rauscher,                                                                    
Stedman, Stevens, Tilton, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Olson                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE BILL NO. 174 passed the Senate.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the vote on the                                                               
passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause.                                                        
Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the                                                           
Secretary for engrossment.