04/01/2025 08:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

         SB  50-MUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS: HOUSING                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:06:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MEARS announced  that the first order  of business would                                                               
be  CS FOR  SENATE  BILL NO.  50(L&C), "An  Act  relating to  the                                                               
comprehensive plans of first and second class boroughs."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:06:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ARIELLE  WIGGIN,  Staff,  Senator Forrest  Dunbar,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  on behalf  of Senator  Dunbar, prime  sponsor, said                                                               
CSSB  50(L&C)  adds the  phrase  "housing  development plans"  to                                                               
Title  29  to  encourage  local municipalities  to  turn  an  eye                                                               
towards  the  serious  lack  of   adequate  housing  in  Alaska's                                                               
communities and include that in their comprehensive plans.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:07:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  HIMSCHOOT  opened  public  testimony on  SB  50.  After                                                               
ascertaining that  no one  wished to  testify, she  closed public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:08:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HIMSCHOOT moved to report  CSSB 50(L&C) out of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no  objection, CSSB 50(L&C) was reported from                                                               
the House Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.