02/21/2023 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

          HB  48-HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:14:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  announced that  the next order  of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 48, "An  Act relating  to reports from  the State                                                               
Commission for Human Rights."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:14:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER  moved to  adopt the  proposed committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for HB  48, Version  32-LS0285\B, Marx/Bergerud,                                                               
2/1/23, as the working document.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
[There being  no objection, the  proposed CS for HB  48, "Version                                                               
B," was treated as adopted.]                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:15:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH  WALTON, Staff,  Representative  Laddie  Shaw, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  on  behalf  of  Representative  Shaw,  provided  an                                                               
explanation of changes  in the proposed CS for HB  48, Version B,                                                               
which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     The CS  for HB 48  makes minor changes to  AS 18.80.060                                                                    
     (6)  like  the  previous   version  of  the  bill.  The                                                                    
     original  version of  the bill  listed May  1st at  the                                                                    
     deadline on  the Three-Year Assessment; the  CS changes                                                                    
     it to  90 days after  the convening of  the legislative                                                                    
     session  in  which  the report  is  required.  It  also                                                                    
     allows for electronic  copies and requires notification                                                                    
     that the report is available.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Like  the  prior  version  of the  bill,  the  CS  also                                                                    
     changes Section2 of AS 18.80.150.  It allows the Annual                                                                    
     Report to be available within  90 days of the convening                                                                    
     of the legislative session. It  changes the form of the                                                                    
     report   to  electronic   with   notification  to   the                                                                    
     legislature  that the  report is  available and  allows                                                                    
     the  public  to  access   electronic  copies.  It  also                                                                    
     incorporates  changes by  the state  library to  remove                                                                    
     them from  the process  of distributing hard  copies of                                                                    
     the report.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     The  CS   achieves  the  intended  result   the  Alaska                                                                    
     Commission on  Human Rights requested and  contains the                                                                    
     feedback  from   the  committee  and   the  legislative                                                                    
     library.  Thank  you  for your  consideration  of  this                                                                    
     change that  will enable the Commission  to improve its                                                                    
     work.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  invited Mr. Walton  to speak  to the fiscal  note for                                                               
the proposed legislation.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. WALTON confirmed  that a zero fiscal note from  the Office of                                                               
the Governor accompanied the legislation.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:18:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:21:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CARPENTER noted  that  the  attached zero  fiscal                                                               
note  accompanied  the   original  version  of  the   bill.    He                                                               
anticipated that the fiscal note  would remain a zero fiscal note                                                               
once it had been updated to reflect Version B.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:22:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CARPENTER moved  to report  CSHB 48,  Version 32-                                                               
LS0285\B,   Marx/Bergerud,   2/1/23,   out  of   committee   with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection, CSHB  48(STA) was reported out  of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.