05/15/2025 09:00 AM House LABOR & COMMERCE

             HB  20-PROHIBIT FEES FOR PAPER DOCUMENTS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:03:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE  BILL NO.  20,  "An  Act  relating  to fees  for  paper                                                               
documents; and relating to unfair trade practices."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:04:04 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DAN  SADDLER, Alaska  State Legislature,  as prime                                                               
sponsor, presented HB  20.  He explained that HB  20 would ensure                                                               
the charging of different rates  based on paper versus paperless.                                                               
He said that HB  20 would not raise a cost to  the state nor pose                                                               
a charges to business.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:05:58 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS opened public testimony on HB 20.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS,  after ascertaining  that there  was no  one who                                                               
wished to testify, closed public testimony on HB 20.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS set an amendment deadline for HB 20.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
[HB 20 was held over.]