05/01/2025 03:15 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

        HB  64-SURRENDER OF INFANTS; INF. SAFETY DEVICE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:27:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MINA  announced that  the next order  of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 64, "An Act  relating to the surrender of infants;                                                               
and providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:28:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FRANK  TOMASZEWSKI,   Alaska  State  Legislature,                                                               
thanked the committee for the opportunity to present HB 164.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:28:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRAY expressed  interest in  expanding HB  164 to                                                               
include anonymous births.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MINA  asked which would  be the next committee  of referral                                                               
for HB 164.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TOMASZEWSKI  said  that  the  next  committee  of                                                               
referral would be the House Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:29:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MINA  emphasized that HB  164 is about ensuring  the safety                                                               
of  surrendered  babies  and  she  is  interested  in  discussing                                                               
maternal safety also in the future.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:30:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEARS  moved to report  HB 64, as amended,  out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSHB  64(HSS)  was                                                               
reported out  of the  House Health  and Social  Services Standing                                                               
Committee.                                                                                                                      
        HB  64-SURRENDER OF INFANTS; INF. SAFETY DEVICE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:24:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MINA  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 64, "An Act  relating to the surrender of infants;                                                               
and providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
5:25:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEARS made  a motion  to rescind  the committee's                                                               
action  in  reporting HB  64  from  committee.   There  being  no                                                               
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
5:25:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEARS moved to report  HB 64 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection, HB  64 was  reported out of  the House                                                               
Health and Social Services Standing Committee.