Legislature(2015 - 2016)CAPITOL 106
04/07/2015 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB77 | |
| HB173 | |
| HB55 | |
| HJR19 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 77 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HJR 19 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 173 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 55 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
HB 77-DISABILITY:ID/LICENSE AND TRAINING RQMTS.
8:03:23 AM
CHAIR LYNN announced that the first order of business was HOUSE
BILL NO. 77, "An Act relating to training regarding disabilities
for police officers, probation officers, parole officers,
correctional officers, and village public safety officers;
relating to guidelines for drivers when encountering or being
stopped by a peace officer; relating to driver's license
examinations; and relating to a voluntary disability designation
on a state identification card and a driver's license."
8:03:59 AM
REPRESENTATIVE STEVE THOMPSON, Alaska State Legislature, as
prime sponsor, presented HB 77. He relayed that a committee
substitute was available that would remove the provisions in
Section 1 of the bill, which would instead be established in
regulations.
8:04:35 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to adopt the proposed committee
substitute (CS) for HB 77, Version 29-LS0072\H, Martin, 3/26/15,
as a work draft. There being no objection, Version H was before
the committee.
8:04:55 AM
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON explained that the Alaska Police
Standards Council was currently working on a training component,
and the regulations should be adopted by July 1, 2015. The
regulations would include a disability training component, which
the sponsor said he believed would be better placed in
regulation than in statute.
8:05:25 AM
JANE PIERSON, Staff, Representative Steve Thompson, Alaska State
Legislature, on behalf of Representative Thompson, prime
sponsor, said Section 1 of Version H would provide for a
voluntary and discreet designation on a State of Alaska
identification (ID) or driver's license indicating that the card
holder had a disability. [Section 2] would require the manual
be published by the Division of Motor Vehicles to include "the
duties and responsibilities of drivers when encountering or
being stopped by a peace officer." [Section 3] would require
that the knowledge of those duties and responsibilities be
tested as part of the driver examination.
8:06:21 AM
REPRESENTATIVE VAZQUEZ opined that learning the proper protocol
when stopped by a police officer was important for all people,
disabled or not.
MS. PIERSON remarked that while talking about the bill, the
sponsor's office realized that "none of us really knew" that
protocol.
CHAIR LYNN noted there were people available on line to answer
questions.
8:07:53 AM
The committee took a brief at-ease at 8:08 a.m.
8:08:23 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to report CSHB 77, Version 29-
LS0072\H, Martin, 3/26/15, out of committee. There being no
objection, CSHB 77(STA) was reported out of the House State
Affairs Standing Committee.