03/18/2013 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

         HB  69-EXEMPT FIREARMS FROM FEDERAL REGULATION                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:08:44 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL  announced the  consideration of  HB 69.  [SCS CSHB
, labeled 28-LS0290\R,  was before the committee.]  He asked if                                                               
there were questions for Lieutenant Dial.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI asked  for a  sectional walk-though  of the                                                               
Senate CS.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  COGHILL suggested  he meet  with  both his  staff and  the                                                               
sponsor's staff for a full sectional walk-through.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:10:07 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR DYSON asked Lieutenant Dial  if anything in the Senate CS                                                               
would  cause trouble  for public  safety  officers in  performing                                                               
their duty.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
RODNEY  DIAL, Lieutenant,  Alaska State  Troopers, Department  of                                                               
Public  Safety   (DPS),  Ketchikan,   Alaska,  stated   that  the                                                               
department reviewed the [Senate] CS  and had no concerns with the                                                               
changes.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI asked  if  DPS had  any  concerns with  the                                                               
version that came to the Senate.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
LIEUTENANT DIAL  acknowledged that  there was  initial discussion                                                               
about how  to address violations  by federal officers,  but those                                                               
concerns were  addressed. If  the version  that passed  the House                                                               
had  become law,  state law  enforcement would  have investigated                                                               
those  violations the  same as  any  other violation  of law  and                                                               
would have referred them to the  Department of Law for review and                                                               
prosecution.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL  stated his  intention to hold  HB 69  in committee                                                               
and take additional public testimony on Wednesday.