02/28/2023 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

            SB  22-PROCLAIM JUNETEENTH DAY A HOLIDAY                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:41:26 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR   KAWASAKI   reconvened   the   meeting   and  announced   the                                                            
consideration   of  SENATE   BILL  NO.   22  "An   Act  establishing                                                            
Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:41:50 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ELVI GRAY-JACKSON,  District  G, Alaska State  Legislature,                                                            
Juneau,  Alaska, sponsor  of SB  22, stated  that just  one week ago                                                            
the  Anchorage  Assembly  approved   June  19 as  a  paid  municipal                                                            
holiday.  Other  communities  throughout   the state  are  following                                                            
suit  and  IBEW  Local  1547  employees  enjoy  June  19  as  a paid                                                            
holiday.  She said this  is about more  than having  a paid holiday;                                                            
it's  about the  significance  of  January  19, 1865.  She  said she                                                            
looks forward to the passage of SB 22.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:43:09 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MERRICK  asked for  an explanation  of  the  revised fiscal                                                            
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  GRAY-JACKSON  deferred  to  the  Office  of Management  and                                                            
Budget that drafted the fiscal note.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  MERRICK said she'd  get an  explanation when  she hears the                                                            
bill in a subsequent committee of referral.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:43:54 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  KAWASAKI  opened public  testimony  on SB  22;  finding none,                                                            
he closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KAWASAKI solicited the will of the committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:44:15 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MERRICK  moved to  report  SB 22,  work order  33-LS0229\A,                                                            
from  committee   with  individual   recommendations   and  attached                                                            
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:44:33 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  KAWASAKI  found no  objection  and  SB 22  was reported  from                                                            
the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.