Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
03/06/2023 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| HB29 | |
| Adjourn |
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HB 29-INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION
3:15:46 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the only order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 29, "An Act relating to insurance
discrimination."
3:16:03 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK moved to adopt Amendment 1 to HB 29,
labeled, 33-LS0272\B.1, Marx, 2/13/23, which read as follows:
Page 1, line 4:
Following "political":
Insert "party"
Following "or":
Insert "political"
Page 1, line 6:
Following "political":
Insert "party"
Following the first occurrence of "or":
Insert "political"
Page 2, following line 3:
Insert a new subsection to read:
"(c) In this section, "political party" has the
meaning given in AS 15.80.010."
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER objected.
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK stated that the amendment would change
the definition of "political party" in the proposed legislation
to be consistent with the current definition in statute.
3:16:53 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER asked for the opinion of the sponsor on
the amendment.
3:17:16 PM
BUDDY WHITT, Staff, Representative Kevin McCabe, Alaska State
Legislature, on behalf of Representative McCabe, prime sponsor,
reminded the committee that the new, current definition in
statute states that a political party must have 5,000 members to
be considered a political party.
3:18:23 PM
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN MCCABE, Alaska State Legislature, as prime
sponsor of HB 29, expressed concerns on the recent change with
the requirement that a political party have 5,000 members;
otherwise, he stated that he is "fine" with Amendment 1. In
response to a follow-up question, he stated that Amendment 1
would keep the original intent of the proposed legislation
intact, but it would replace the language "political
affiliation" with "political party".
3:19:30 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:19 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.
3:20:12 PM
REPRESENTATIVE MCCABE expressed concern that Amendment 1 would
not change line 4 of HB 29, which includes the language about
"political affiliation".
3:21:07 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK expressed the intent to remove any
language concerning political expression and affiliation
completely in favor of "political party".
3:22:02 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK moved to adopt Conceptual Amendment 1 to
Amendment 1, as follows:
On page 1, line 4:
Following "Discrimination based on political"
Delete "affiliation or expression"
Insert "party"
3:22:17 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER objected. He asked for clarification on
the exact wording that Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 1
would create.
3:22:51 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease.
3:22:53 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK clarified the changes proposed under
Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 1.
3:24:18 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER removed his objection. There being no
further objection, Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 1 was
adopted.
3:24:34 PM
CHAIR SUMNER asked Representative Saddler if he maintained his
objection to Amendment 1, as conceptually amended.
3:24:47 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER removed his objection. There being no
further objection, Amendment 1, as conceptually amended, was
adopted.
3:25:07 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER moved to adopt Amendment 2, to HB 29,
labelled 33-LS0272\B.2, Marx, 2/15/23, as amended, which read as
follows:
Page 1, line 5:
Delete "state"
Page 1, line 7:
Delete "state official as defined in AS 44.99.205"
Insert "official"
Page 2, following line 3:
Insert a new subsection to read:
"(c) In this section, "elected official" means a
member of the legislature, the governor, the
lieutenant governor, a constitutional convention
delegate, a borough or city mayor, or a member of a
borough or city assembly, council, or school board."
There being no objection, Amendment 2 was adopted.
3:25:23 PM
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 29. After
ascertaining there was no one who wished to testify, he closed
public testimony.
3:25:48 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 29, as amended, out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying zero fiscal note.
3:26:15 PM
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS objected. He expressed concerns that the
proposed legislation could be viewed as "self-serving" and
potentially cause other Alaskans to lose their ability to buy
umbrella insurance coverage.
3:26:58 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Prax, Ruffridge,
Saddler, Wright, Carrick and Sumner voted in favor of HB 29, as
amended. Representative Fields voted against it. Therefore,
CSHB 29 (L&C) was reported out of the House Labor and Commerce
Standing Committee by a vote of 6-1.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| ACEMS HB57 Support 20230224_12273860.pdf |
HL&C 3/6/2023 3:15:00 PM |
HB 57 |
| Support Letters HB57.pdf |
HL&C 3/6/2023 3:15:00 PM |
HB 57 |
| hb57 Contra Costa EMS QIPP.pdf |
HL&C 3/6/2023 3:15:00 PM |
HB 57 |
| HB57Washington Statewide Registry - Confidentialty Money Shot.pdf |
HL&C 3/6/2023 3:15:00 PM |
HB 57 |
| HB57 California Evidence Code 1157.7.pdf |
HL&C 3/6/2023 3:15:00 PM |
HB 57 |