04/14/2011 08:30 AM Senate JUDICIARY

                   HB 127-OMNIBUS CRIME BILL                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:29:33 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR FRENCH announced the consideration  of HB 127 and asked for                                                               
a motion to adopt version T committee substitute (CS).                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
8:29:47 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI moved  to  adopt Senate  CS  for CSHB  127,                                                               
labeled 27-GH1840\T, as the working document.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR FRENCH objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:30:26 AM                                                                                                                    
CINDY SMITH, Staff  to Senator French, pointed  out the placement                                                               
of the previously  adopted amendments into the  current version T                                                               
committee substitute as follows:                                                                                                
- Page  4, lines 6-7,  amends AS 11.41.452(d).  Online enticement                                                               
is increased from a class C felony to a class B felony.                                                                         
- Section  9 on pages  4-5, amends AS 11.46.740(a).  This relates                                                               
to keystroke logging.                                                                                                           
- Section 17  on pages 8-9, inserts a new  subparagraph (D) in AS                                                               
12.55.100(e)(2). This  gives discretion to judges  with regard to                                                               
area restriction  of sex  offenders residing  within 500  feet of                                                               
school grounds.                                                                                                                 
-  Page  14,  lines  28-31, inserts  language  requested  by  the                                                               
Department  of  Law  stating  that   the  annual  report  to  the                                                               
Legislature shall be restricted to  cases prosecuted by the State                                                               
of Alaska. It  further states that the  Department of Corrections                                                               
and  the  Alaska  Court  System   shall  cooperate  with  DOL  in                                                               
preparing the report.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:31:39 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR FRENCH added that the report  will say how many people were                                                               
arraigned  within 24  hours after  an  arrest and  how many  were                                                               
arraigned within  48 hours after an  arrest. This is to  give the                                                               
Legislature a feel for how the  new standard is working. He noted                                                               
that Sergeant  DeGraaf, and  representatives from  the Department                                                               
of  Public Safety  and the  Department of  Law were  available to                                                               
answer questions.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  FRENCH removed  his objection  to adoption  of the  CS and                                                               
therefore,  version  T was  before  the  committee. He  found  no                                                               
questions and asked for a motion.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:32:09 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved  to report Senate CS for  CS for House                                                               
bill   127,   Version   T,   from   committee   with   individual                                                               
recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR FRENCH announced that without  objection, SCS CSHB 127(JUD)                                                               
moved from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI  moved  to report  the  accompanying  title                                                               
change Senate  Concurrent Resolution 27-LS0822\A from  the Senate                                                               
Judiciary Standing  Committee. There  being no objection,  it was                                                               
so ordered.