Legislature(2023 - 2024)ANCH LIO DENALI Rm

12/02/2024 09:00 AM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT

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09:04:43 AM Start
09:06:20 AM Approval of Minutes
09:07:02 AM Executive Session
09:41:45 AM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ I. Approval of Minutes - October 24, 2024 TELECONFERENCED
+ II. Top Audit Issues Update Presentation TELECONFERENCED
<Above Item Removed from Agenda>
III. Executive Session
Final Audit Releases
a. Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives
b. State Board of Registration for Architects,
Engineers and Land Surveyors
c. Board of Veterinary Examiners
d. Board of Nursing
e. Board of Parole
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                                           
                       Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                        
                        December 2, 2024                                                                                        
                           9:04 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair                                                                                             
Representative Sarah Vance                                                                                                      
Representative Frank Tomaszewski (via teleconference)                                                                           
Representative Andy Josephson                                                                                                   
Senator Bill Wielechowski (via teleconference)                                                                                  
Senator Scott Kawasaki (via teleconference)                                                                                     
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)                                                                                           
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Representative DeLena Johnson                                                                                                   
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Senator James Kaufman                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson                                                                                                       
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                                                             
EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:04:43 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BEN  CARPENTER called  the  Legislative  Budget and  Audit                                                             
Committee meeting to  order at 9:04 a.m.   Representatives Vance,                                                               
Tomaszewski (via  teleconference), Josephson,  Cronk (alternate),                                                               
and  Carpenter and  Senators  Wielechowski (via  teleconference),                                                               
Kawasaki  (via  teleconference),   and  Bishop  (alternate)  were                                                               
present at  the call to  order.   Also present was  Senator Gray-                                                               
Jackson.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                                                            
                      APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
9:06:20 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be the approval of minutes.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:06:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VANCE moved that  the Legislative Budget and Audit                                                               
Committee approve the minutes for  the October 24, 2024, meeting,                                                               
as  presented.    There  being no  objection,  the  minutes  were                                                               
approved.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARPENTER  noted that the  Top Audit Presentation  that was                                                               
noticed for today's meeting would be heard at a future date.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
^EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                              
                       EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
9:07:02 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be executive session.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:07:10 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VANCE moved that  the Legislative Budget and Audit                                                               
Committee go  into executive session under  Uniform Rule 22(b)(3)                                                               
for the  discussion of matters that  may, by law, be  required to                                                               
be confidential.   He asked that the following  persons remain in                                                               
the  room  or online:    Kris  Curtis, legislative  auditor,  and                                                               
necessary staff; any  legislators not on the  committee; staff of                                                               
legislators on the  committee.  There being no  objection, it was                                                               
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:07:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee  took an at-ease  from 9:07  a.m. to 9:39  a.m. for                                                               
the purpose of executive session.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:39:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CARPENTER   called  the   Legislative  Budget   and  Audit                                                               
Committee meeting  back to  order at  9:39 a.m.   Representatives                                                               
Vance,   Tomaszewski  (via   teleconference),  Josephson,   Cronk                                                               
(alternate),  and   Carpenter  and  Senators   Wielechowski  (via                                                               
teleconference),  Kawasaki   (via  teleconference),   and  Bishop                                                               
(alternate)  were  present at  the  call  back  to order.    Also                                                               
present were Senators Gray-Jackson and Giessel.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:40:11 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CARPENTER  stated  that   during  executive  session,  the                                                               
committee  discussed the  final audit  release for  the Board  of                                                               
Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; the  State Board of Registration                                                               
for  Architects,  Engineers, and  Land  Surveyors;  the Board  of                                                               
Veterinary Examiners; the  Board of Nursing; and  the State Board                                                               
of Parole.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:41:09 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VANCE moved that  the Legislative Budget and Audit                                                               
Committee  release the  final audits  on the  Board of  Certified                                                               
Direct-Entry  Midwives;  the  State  Board  of  Registration  for                                                               
Architects,  Engineers,   and  Land   Surveyors;  the   Board  of                                                               
Veterinary Examiners; the  Board of Nursing; and  the State Board                                                               
of Parole.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:41:45 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  further  business  before  the  committee,  the                                                               
Legislative Budget  and Audit Committee meeting  was adjourned at                                                               
9:41 a.m.                                                                                                                       

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