02/13/2024 01:00 PM House MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS

           HB 158-MILITARY; UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:02:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WRIGHT announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 158, "An Act  relating to the Joint Armed Services                                                               
Committee;  relating to  judge  advocates;  relating to  military                                                               
facility zones; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:03:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  WRIGHT  opened   public  testimony  on  HB   158.    After                                                               
ascertaining  that no  one wished  to testify,  he closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:04:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER  asked how prevalent the  addition of U.S.                                                               
Space Forces to the Air Force Association is.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:04:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAMMIE  PERREAULT,  Northwest  Regional  Liaison,  Defense  State                                                               
Liaison  Office,   Department  of  Defense  (DoD),   offered  her                                                               
understanding that the Space Force  Association is established as                                                               
a  separate  group,  like  the Air  Force  Association  and  Army                                                               
Association.   She  said these  groups are  currently working  to                                                               
establish such associations in each state.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SADDLER said  that language  on page  2, line  1,                                                               
implies  that  the  Air  and   Space  Force  Association  is  one                                                               
organization.   He suggested  that language  could be  changed by                                                               
splitting up Section 1(3)(B).                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:06:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER moved to  adopt Conceptual Amendment 1, on                                                               
page  2,  line 1  to  divide  subparagraph  (B) to  two  separate                                                               
subparagraphs with  one reading  "the Air Force  Association" and                                                               
the other "the Space Force Association".                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER  said that  the Air Force  Association and                                                               
the Army  Association are support organizations  and are similar.                                                               
He suggested that  since the integration of the  Space Force into                                                               
the Department  of Defense (DoD)  is happening now,  there should                                                               
be separate lines for each different military association.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER  asked Ms.  Perreault for her  opinion of                                                               
Conceptual Amendment 1.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:07:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. PERREAULY deferred the question to the State of Alaska.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER asked if there  is someone from the state                                                               
who could answer.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:08:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 1:08 p.m. to 1:11 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:11:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER [moved to] withdraw Conceptual Amendment                                                                 
1.  [There being no objection, it was so ordered.]                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:11:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WRIGHT announced that HB 158 was held over.