Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
02/10/2023 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB29 | |
| HB51 | |
| HB13 | |
| HB46 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | HB 29 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 46 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 13 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 51 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 13-APPLICABILITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
3:50:35 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 13 HOUSE BILL NO. 13, "An Act relating to the
definition of 'employer' for the purposes of the State
Commission for Human Rights."
3:50:56 PM
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 13. After
ascertaining that nobody wished to testify, he closed public
testimony.
3:51:29 PM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX expressed his concern about the possible
"weaponization" of human rights cases in smaller businesses and
asked if it would be worth holding the bill for the purposes of
taking a deeper look at that conversation.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDY JOSEPHSON, Alaska State Representative, as
prime sponsor of HB 13, answered that he would not be in favor
of holding the bill and stated that a lawyer would not be
necessary in the beginning stages of a complaint. He said that
the Alaska State Commission on Human does a good job on vetting
complaints and filtering out ones without merit.
3:53:54 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 13 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal
notes.
3:54:13 PM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX objected.
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Ruffridge, Saddler,
Carrick, Fields, and Sumner voted in favor of moving HB 13 out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal notes. Representative Prax voted against
it. Therefore, HB 13 was reported out of the House Labor and
Commerce Standing Committee by a vote of 5-1.
3:55:13 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:55 p.m. to 3:58 p.m.