Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
04/24/2024 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB375 | |
| SB196 | |
| SB228 | |
| HB385 | |
| HB325 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 325 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HJR 27 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 385 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | SB 196 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 228 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 375 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 375-ENERGY SOURCES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
4:33:59 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the first order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 375, "An Act prohibiting certain restrictions
based on the energy source of a motor vehicle."
4:34:14 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease at 4:34 p.m.
4:34:47 PM
CHAIR SUMNER moved to adopt Amendment 1 to HB 375, labeled 33-
LS1381\A.1, C. Radford, 4/24/24, which read:
Page 1, line 11, following "hydrogen,":
Insert "nuclear power,"
CHAIR SUMNER announced that there being no objection, Amendment
1 was adopted.
4:35:05 PM
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN MCCABE, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf
of the House Transportation Standing Committee, sponsor by
request, chaired by Representative McCabe, stated that he had no
objection to Amendment 1, adding that it would make HB 375
stronger. He reminded the committee that the bill would
emphasize consumer choice in vehicles and prohibit local
governments and municipalities from limiting those choices.
4:36:26 PM
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 375. After
ascertaining that no one wished to testify, he closed public
testimony.
4:36:49 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 375, as amended, out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal notes.
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS objected and opined that restricting local
control is generally a bad idea. Furthermore, he shared his
belief that vehicle regulation would be legitimate public policy
should a locality desire to do so, as the negative health
impacts of diesel, gasoline, and fuel have been well documented
in the environmental health literature.
4:38:38 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease at 4:38 pm.
4:39:08 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Prax, Ruffridge,
Saddler, Wright, and Sumner voted in favor of reporting HB 375,
as amended, out of committee. Representatives Fields and
Carrick voted against it. Therefore, CSHB 375(L&C) was reported
out of the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee by a vote
of 5-2.