05/18/2022 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 306                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of                                                                     
     Pharmacy; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
10:25:46 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop relayed  that it was the  second hearing for                                                                    
HB 306 and  the committee had heard public  testimony on May                                                                    
17. It  was the committee's  intent to consider  a Committee                                                                    
Substitute (CS),  discuss the fiscal  note, and look  to the                                                                    
will of the committee.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator  von   Imhof  MOVED  to  ADOPT   proposed  committee                                                                    
substitute    for   HB    306,   Work    Draft   32-LS1434\G                                                                    
(Ambrose,5/18/22).                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop OBJECTED or discussion.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
ERIN SHINE,  STAFF, SENATOR CLICK  BISHOP, relayed  that the                                                                    
proposed CS  had a new  title and a  new section on  page 1,                                                                    
line 6  through line 8,  which amended AS 44.66.010  (a) (1)                                                                    
to extend  the sunset date  of the Alcohol  Beverage Control                                                                    
Board to  June 30, 2027. The  CS also added a  new Section 3                                                                    
on page  1, line 9  through line 13 that  amended uncodified                                                                    
law  to exempt  Sections 1  and  2 from  the provision  that                                                                    
prohibited  a bill  from continuing  or reestablishing  more                                                                    
than one board or commission.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  WITHDREW  his OBJECTION.  There  being  NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  discussed  a previously  published  fiscal                                                                    
impact note  from the Department of  Commerce, Community and                                                                    
Economic  Development, with  appropriation for  the Division                                                                    
of   Corporations,  Business   and  Professional   Licensing                                                                    
(CBPL), OMB  Component 2360. There  was $21,700 per  year in                                                                    
costs under Receipt Supported Services.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator von  Imhof MOVED  to report SCS  HB 306(FIN)  out of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SCS HB 306(FIN)  was REPORTED out of committee  with six "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendations  and  with  one  "no  recommendation"                                                                    
recommendation,  and with  one  previously published  fiscal                                                                    
impact note: FN 1(CED).                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop  thanked the Senate Finance  Committee staff                                                                    
and the committee member's staff.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop complimented Senator von Imhof on her work.