05/12/2007 01:00 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

         CSHJR 22(RLS) - DENOUNCE SALE OF "RAPIST" DOLL                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:26:02 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  MCGUIRE announced  consideration  of HJR  22. [Before  the                                                               
committee was CSHJR 22(RLS).]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  GREEN  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  Senate  committee                                                               
substitute (SCS) to HJR 22,  labeled 25-LS0891\C, Bullard, as the                                                               
working  document of  the committee.  There  being no  objection,                                                               
Version C was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ANNA FAIRCLOUGH,  Alaska State  Legislature, bill                                                               
sponsor, introduced the  HJR 22 to the  committee which denounces                                                               
the  National Entertainment  Collectibles Association  production                                                               
and sale of the  "Rapist No. 1" doll. She said  rape is a serious                                                               
crime  that destroys  families  and  individuals and  dehumanizes                                                               
victims.  Becoming a  rape victim  is  2.2 times  more likely  in                                                               
Alaska than in  other states and 25 percent more  likely than the                                                               
average in the  entire nation. She is not trying  to ban the sale                                                               
of a  product or  limit free  speech, but  is asking  Alaskans to                                                               
choose against purchasing this particularly inappropriate doll.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:28:56 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  MCGUIRE said  she personally  appreciates this  effort and                                                               
believes policy  makers must  be responsive  to messages  such as                                                               
this being  communicated, especially in  a state that has  such a                                                               
considerable  problem with  rape. Free  speech is  important, but                                                               
there is  a point  in a  child's life where  parents need  to pay                                                               
attention to the kind of toys available to their children.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE closed public testimony on HJR 22.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:30:35 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GREEN  moved to  report,  HJR  22, from  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  accompanying zero  fiscal notes.                                                               
Hearing no  objections, SCS CSHJR  22(STA) moved from  the Senate                                                               
State Affairs Committee.