04/04/2016 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 91                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act relating  to  protective  orders; relating  to                                                                    
     conditions  of  release;  relating  to  community  work                                                                    
     service;  relating  to  credit  toward  a  sentence  of                                                                    
     imprisonment  for  certain   persons  under  electronic                                                                    
     monitoring; relating  to the restoration  under certain                                                                    
     circumstances of  an administratively  revoked driver's                                                                    
     license, privilege  to drive, or privilege  to obtain a                                                                    
     license;   allowing  a   reduction  of   penalties  for                                                                    
     offenders    successfully   completing    court-ordered                                                                    
     treatment  programs for  persons  convicted of  driving                                                                    
     under  the  influence;  relating to  termination  of  a                                                                    
     revocation   of  a   driver's   license;  relating   to                                                                    
     restoration of a driver's  license; relating to credits                                                                    
     toward  a  sentence  of   imprisonment,  to  good  time                                                                    
     deductions,  and  to  providing for  earned  good  time                                                                    
     deductions    for    prisoners;   relating    to    the                                                                    
     disqualification  of   persons  convicted   of  certain                                                                    
     felony  drug offenses  from participation  in the  food                                                                    
     stamp  and temporary  assistance programs;  relating to                                                                    
     probation; relating to  mitigating factors; relating to                                                                    
     treatment  programs  for  prisoners;  relating  to  the                                                                    
     duties  of the  commissioner  of corrections;  amending                                                                    
     Rules   32  and   35(b),  Alaska   Rules  of   Criminal                                                                    
     Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:08:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Kelly MOVED to  ADOPT proposed committee substitute                                                                    
(CS)  for SB  91,  Work  Draft 29-LS0541\F  (Martin/Gardner,                                                                    
4/3/16).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon  asked for  an  explanation  of the  CS,                                                                    
which  contained amendments  from the  meeting the  previous                                                                    
day.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
JORDAN  SHILLING, STAFF,  SENATOR JOHN  COGHILL, replied  he                                                                    
did not have  a comprehensive list on hand,  but he affirmed                                                                    
the CS contained  the amendments offered and  adopted by the                                                                    
committee the previous day.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon WITHDREW  her OJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon   explained  the  committee   was  still                                                                    
working   on  an   amendment  that   was  not   quite  right                                                                    
(previously  Amendment 1  that  had become  Amendment 26  or                                                                    
27). She  asked for verification the  amendment pertained to                                                                    
arrests.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Shilling agreed.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  relayed the committee was  still working                                                                    
with the Department of Law (DOL), Public Defender's Office.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:10:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  JOHN COGHILL,  thanked the  committee for  the work                                                                    
that had been completed  during its recent Saturday meeting.                                                                    
He noted there had been  many appropriate policy calls made.                                                                    
He  informed the  committee that  as the  commission [Alaska                                                                    
Criminal  Justice  Commission]  had helped  to  compile  the                                                                    
bill,  the  governor  and the  presiding  officers  of  both                                                                    
bodies had  considered how to  achieve the lowest  cost with                                                                    
the  highest public  safety. As  work had  been done  on the                                                                    
bill, it  had become clear  that public safety  trumped [the                                                                    
cost  savings].   He  believed  some  of   the  changes  and                                                                    
applicability  made by  the  committee  had been  completely                                                                    
appropriate.  He  relayed  he   had  watched  the  amendment                                                                    
process.  He believed  the fiscal  notes  related to  public                                                                    
safety would  probably come  in a bit  less than  they would                                                                    
have under the original bill.  On the other hand, he thought                                                                    
the people of Alaska  would know the accountability measures                                                                    
trumped  some of  the cost  savings, which  he was  grateful                                                                    
for. He believed the work was well done.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon relayed  the  committee  was waiting  on                                                                    
updated fiscal notes and the amendment.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SB  91  was   HEARD  and  HELD  in   committee  for  further                                                                    
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:12:40 AM