02/19/2015 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

        HB 93-PROBATION AND PAROLE: WORK, TRAVEL ACCOM.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:05:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN announced  that the first order of  business was HOUSE                                                               
BILL  NO.  93  "An  Act  relating  to  the  duties  of  probation                                                               
officers; and relating to conditions of parole."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:06:04 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to rescind  the committee's action on                                                               
2/17/15  to move  [HB 93,  Version-LS0404\W, as  amended] out  of                                                               
committee.   There being no  objection, HB  93, Version-LS0404\W,                                                               
as amended, was before the committee.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:06:55 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for HB 93, Version  20-LS0404\H, Gardner/Martin,                                                               
2/18/15, as the working document.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE STUTES objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:07:18 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HEATH HILYARD,  Staff, Representative Cathy Tilton,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, presented HB 93 on  behalf of Representative Tilton,                                                               
prime sponsor.  He explained  that Version H would incorporate [a                                                               
change offered on  2/17/15, as Amendment 1, to  the original bill                                                               
version], which was  to move the word "only"  [from the beginning                                                           
of paragraph  (12), found  on page  4, line  30, through  page 5,                                                               
line 1], so that the language read as follows:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
               (12) refrain from traveling in the state to                                                                  
     make  diligent efforts  to  secure  or maintain  steady                                                                
     employment only if the  travel violates other condition                                                                
     of parole.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN, after ascertaining no  one further wished to testify,                                                               
closed public testimony on HB 93.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STUTES  said  she  was  happy  to  see  the  bill                                                               
language "tidied up a little bit."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:08:25 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STUTES removed  her  objection to  the motion  to                                                               
adopt the proposed  committee substitute (CS) for  HB 93, Version                                                               
20-LS0404\H,  Gardner/Martin, 2/18/15,  as the  working document.                                                               
[There  being no  further  objection, Version  H  was before  the                                                               
committee.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER  remarked that  he had  offered [Conceptual                                                               
Amendment  2 to  the  original bill  version  during the  2/17/15                                                               
meeting], but  that Legislative Legal  and Research  Services had                                                               
advised  that the  language  did not  clarify  the situation  and                                                               
opined that Version H was a good change.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:08:45 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to  report CSHB  93,  Version  20-                                                               
LS0404\H,   Gardner/Martin,  2/18/15,   out  of   committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection, CSHB  93(STA) was  reported from  the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.