2026-05-18                     House Journal                      Page 2795
Page 24, line 14 of the amendment:                                                                                              
     Delete "secs. 29 and 30"                                                                                                   
     Insert "secs. 28 and 29"                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment                                                                  
No. 2 was adopted.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 2 as amended was offered by                                                                    
Representative Kopp:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 14, lines 20 - 21 of the amendment:                                                                                        
     Delete "increase by one percent on January 1 of each year"                                                                 
     Insert "be adjusted on January 1 of each year for inflation, using                                                         
100 percent of the average of the annual change over the preceding                                                              
five calendar years in the Consumer Price Index for all urban                                                                   
consumers for urban Alaska, as determined by the United States                                                                  
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the annual                                                            
adjustment under this subsection must increase the rates by at least one                                                        
percent and not more than two percent."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 2 as amended be adopted.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Frier objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Galvin moved and asked unanimous consent to abstain                                                              
from voting because of a conflict of interest.  Objection was heard, and                                                        
she was required to vote.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 2 as                                                               
amended be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 180(L&C)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 2 as amended                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  29   NAYS:  11   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0