Legislature(2025 - 2026)SENATE FINANCE 532

05/17/2025 09:00 AM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT

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09:02:01 AM Start
09:02:54 AM Approval of the Agenda
09:03:11 AM Approval of the Minutes
09:03:27 AM Executive Session
09:50:54 AM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ I. Approval of the Agenda TELECONFERENCED
+ II. Approval of the Minutes TELECONFERENCED
a. April 9, 2025
b. April 23, 2025
III. Executive Session
a. Preliminary Release of the FY24 State of
Alaska Single Audit
**Streamed live on AKL.tv**
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                                           
                          May 17, 2025                                                                                          
                           9:02 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson, Chair                                                                                                
Representative Zack Fields, Vice Chair                                                                                          
Senator Bert Stedman                                                                                                            
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
Senator Bill Wielechowski                                                                                                       
Representative Neal Foster                                                                                                      
Representative Andy Josephson                                                                                                   
Representative Chuck Kopp                                                                                                       
Representative Cathy Tilton                                                                                                     
Senator Scott Kawasaki (alternate)                                                                                              
Representative Bryce Edgmon (alternate)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Jeremy Bynum                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA                                                                                                          
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES                                                                                                         
EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:02:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON called the Legislative Budget and Audit                                                                      
Committee meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.  Representatives                                                                        
Josephson,  Kopp,  Tilton,  and   Fields  and  Senators  Stedman,                                                               
Wielechowski,  Giessel,  Kawasaki (alternate),  and  Gray-Jackson                                                               
were present  at the call  to order.  Representatives  Foster and                                                               
Edgmon (alternate) arrived as the  meeting was in progress.  Also                                                               
present was Representative Bynum.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
^APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA                                                                                                         
                     APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
9:02:54 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GRAY-JACKSON announced  that the  first order  of business                                                               
would be the approval of the agenda.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:03:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  FIELDS moved  that the  Legislative Budget  and Audit                                                               
Committee  approve the  agenda.   There being  no objection,  the                                                               
agenda was approved.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
^APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES                                                                                                        
                    APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
9:03:11 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GRAY-JACKSON announced  that  the next  order of  business                                                               
would be the approval of minutes.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:03:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR FIELDS  moved to approve the minutes for  the April 9,                                                               
2025, and  April 23, 2025,  meetings.  There being  no objection,                                                               
the minutes were approved.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
^EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                              
                       EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
9:03:27 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GRAY-JACKSON announced  that  the next  order of  business                                                               
would be executive session.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:03:39 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  FIELDS 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; and staff                                                               
of legislators  on the committee.   There being no  objection, it                                                               
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:04:22 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee  took an at-ease  from 9:04  a.m. to 9:49  a.m. for                                                               
the purpose of executive session.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:49:19 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GRAY-JACKSON  called  the  Legislative  Budget  and  Audit                                                               
Committee meeting  back to  order at  9:49 a.m.   Representatives                                                               
Foster, Josephson,  Kopp, Tilton, Edgmon (alternate),  and Fields                                                               
and   Senators    Stedman,   Wielechowski,    Giessel,   Kawasaki                                                               
(alternate), and  Gray-Jackson were present  at the call  back to                                                               
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:49:46 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  FIELDS moved  that the  Legislative Budget  and Audit                                                               
Committee release the  FY 24 State of Alaska Single  Audit to the                                                               
agencies  for response.   There  being  no objection,  it was  so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:50:54 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  further  business  before  the  committee,  the                                                               
Legislative Budget  and Audit Committee meeting  was adjourned at                                                               
9:50 a.m.                                                                                                                       

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
LBAC Agenda 05.17.25 FINAL.pdf JBUD 5/17/2025 9:00:00 AM