03/07/2022 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

             SB 189-CRIME OF SEX/HUMAN TRAFFICKING                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:01:23 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HOLLAND announced the consideration  of SENATE BILL NO. 189                                                               
"An Act  relating to sex  trafficking; establishing the  crime of                                                               
patron of a  victim of sex trafficking; relating to  the crime of                                                               
human  trafficking; relating  to sentencing  for sex  trafficking                                                               
and  patron of  a  victim of  sex  trafficking; establishing  the                                                               
process  for   a  vacatur  of   judgment  for  a   conviction  of                                                               
prostitution; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
[SB  189 was  previously heard  on 2/28/22,  3/2/22, and  3/4/22.                                                               
Public testimony was opened and closed on 3/4/22.]                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:01:36 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HOLLAND asked if members had any final questions.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:01:43 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR KIEHL directed  attention to Section 22 on page  17 of SB
, regarding sentencing someone for  purchasing sex, which is a                                                               
class  A misdemeanor.  He referred  to AS  12.55.135(q)(1), which                                                               
would impose  a mandatory 72-hour  minimum sentence. He  asked if                                                               
the  lookback period  would be  infinity if  the person  had been                                                               
previously convicted two or more times.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:02:51 PM                                                                                                                    
JOHN  SKIDMORE,  Deputy  Attorney  General,  Department  of  Law,                                                               
Anchorage, Alaska,  stated that  this subsection  did not  have a                                                               
lookback  period. He  offered  to review  the  statute, which  he                                                               
believed had a lookback period.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
2:03:27 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:03:59 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HOLLAND reconvened the meeting.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
2:04:11 PM                                                                                                                    
MR. SKIDMORE  explained that AS 12.55.145(a)(3)  relates to prior                                                               
convictions, referring  back to  AS 12.55.135(g),  which provides                                                               
five  years  for  previous  convictions, so  it  is  a  five-year                                                               
lookback period.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:05:09 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HOLLAND held SB 189 in committee.