02/02/2012 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

              SCR 17-GIRL SCOUTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI announced  that  the next  bill before  the                                                               
committee was  SCR 17, which  proclaims 2012  as the Year  of the                                                               
Girl and  celebrates the  100th anniversary  of the  Girl Scouts.                                                               
The bill  was introduced by  Senator Bettye Davis.  The committee                                                               
will take up version M of SCR 17.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PASKVAN moved [to adopt the  CS for SCR 17, version M, as                                                               
the working document before the committee.]                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI objected for discussion purposes.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
KATYA  WASSILLIE, intern,  Senator Bettye  Davis, sponsor  of SCR
, introduced the  resolution. She related that  the Girl Scouts                                                               
of  America, founded  by Juliette  Gordon Low  in 1912,  now have                                                               
about  2.3   million  members  and  890,000   adults  working  as                                                               
volunteers.  Fifty  million  women  are Girl  Scout  alumnae.  In                                                               
Alaska there  are about  6,000 Girl  Scouts and  1,500 volunteers                                                               
today. The  experience of being  a Girl Scout produces  growth on                                                               
many levels. She  described the advantages of being  a Girl Scout                                                               
and  the  difference  it  makes   in  girls'  lives.  She  shared                                                               
statistics  about  the  numbers   in  the  organization.  SJR  17                                                               
recognizes   the  positive   impact  of   the  Girl   Scouts  and                                                               
commemorates them by proclaiming 2012 the Year of the Girl.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR KOOKESH asked if Ms. Wassillie was a Girl Scout.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MS. WASSILLIE replied that she was not.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:13:18 AM                                                                                                                    
JANE  ANGVIK, Chair,  Girl Scouts  of Alaska,  Anchorage, Alaska,                                                               
testified  in support  of SCR  17. She  shared statistics  of the                                                               
organization  and  advantages  of  belonging to  the  group.  She                                                               
shared types of badges available to Girl Scouts.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:15:48 AM                                                                                                                    
OLIVIA  LARSON,  Girl  Scout,  Anchorage,  Alaska,  testified  in                                                               
support of SCR 17. She shared  her experience as a Girl Scout and                                                               
urged support of the resolution.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI closed  public  testimony.  He requested  a                                                               
motion to move the bill.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:17:11 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR PASKVAN  moved [to report the  CS for SCR 17,  version M,                                                               
from committee, with individual  recommendations and the attached                                                               
zero fiscal note.]                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced  that without  objection,  CSSCR
(STA) moved from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.