Legislature(2021 - 2022)GRUENBERG 120
04/21/2022 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB396 | |
| HB66 | |
| HB316 | |
| SB161 | |
| HB256 | |
| SB66 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 161 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 66 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 66 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 396 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 316 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 271 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 256 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 256-LAW ENFORCEMENT: REGISTRY; USE OF FORCE
4:15:25 PM
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS announced that the next order of business
would be HOUSE BILL NO. 256, "An Act relating to the Alaska
Police Standards Council; relating to municipal correctional
officers and municipal correctional employees; making municipal
police officers subject to police standards; requiring the
Department of Public Safety to submit a yearly use-of-force
report to the legislature; requiring a municipality that employs
a person as a municipal police officer or in a municipal
correctional facility, the Department of Corrections, or the
Department of Public Safety to report to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation incidents of use of force by state and municipal
police, probation, parole, and correctional officers and
municipal correctional facility employees; and providing for an
effective date." [Before the committee was CSHB 256(CRA).]
4:15:48 PM
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS opened public testimony on HB 256.
4:16:01 PM
PHILLIP MOSER stated his support for HB 256 and emphasized the
importance of creating a centralized database for the use of
force by police officers. He shared a lack of confidence in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) database, arguing that
the database should be publicly accessible. He called into
question one committee member's potential conflict of interest
over his membership [in the Oath Keepers]. He concluded by
urging the committee to pass the proposed legislation.
4:18:47 PM
HELEN MARIE MATESI stated her support for the bill and any steps
towards accountability that would protect Alaskan citizens. She
pointed out that the bill could prevent officers with a history
of violence from relocating and continuing that behavior.
4:19:44 PM
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS closed public testimony on HB 256.
4:20:07 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN shared his understanding that the bill
would codify existing practice.
4:20:29 PM
HELEN GOOD, Deputy Director, Department of Corrections (DOC),
confirmed that the bill would codify existing practice and bring
training practices under one umbrella.
REPRESENTATIVE STORY shared her appreciation and support for the
bill.
REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN said he was hesitant to pass a bill that
required additional reporting.
REPRESENTATIVE TARR agreed that she was not a fan of shuffling
paperwork around. She suggested revisiting that provision in
the future should the bill pass.
4:23:12 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN moved to report CSHB 256(CRA) out of
committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying
fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 256(CRA) was
reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.