Legislature(2021 - 2022)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/01/2022 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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SB151 | |
SJR12 | |
SB224 | |
Adjourn |
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+= | SB 151 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | SJR 12 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | SB 224 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12 Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset of the Social Security Act. 9:09:17 AM SENATOR BILL WIELECHOWSKI, SPONSOR, reintroduced the bill. He offered a truncated sponsor statement: SJR 12 urges Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) of the Social Security Act. The provisions reduce Social Security benefits for individuals or the dependents of individuals whose work histories include jobs for which they were entitled to a pension and were not subject to Social Security payroll taxes. In 2022, the WEP reduction could be as much as $498 a month. The WEP and the GPO affect nearly 16,000 Alaskans, and these provisions can have a substantial effect on benefits in those households. Senator Wielechowski relayed that there was no known opposition to the legislation. 9:09:52 AM Co-Chair Bishop expressed appreciation for the legislation. 9:10:15 AM Senator Wielechowski addressed the zero fiscal note. 9:10:35 AM Senator Wilson thanked the sponsor for addressing the issue. Senator Hoffman asked whether the bill sponsor planned to travel to Washington DC to present the resolution. Senator Wielechowski said as soon as the bill passed. 9:11:08 AM Senator Wielechowski MOVED to REPORT SJR 12 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. SJR 12 was REPORTED out of committee with six "do pass" recommendations and with and one previously published zero fiscal note: FIN 1 (S.STA). 9:11:38 AM AT EASE 9:13:13 AM RECONVENED
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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SB 224 ver A. Sectional Analysis 02.23.2022.pdf |
SFIN 3/1/2022 9:00:00 AM |
SB 224 |
SJR 12 Responses to SFIN Committee Questions.pdf |
SFIN 3/1/2022 9:00:00 AM |
SJR 12 |
SB 224 Opposition Asplund.pdf |
SFIN 3/1/2022 9:00:00 AM |
SB 224 |