05/12/2021 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                          May 12, 2021                                                                                          
                           2:54 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Matt Claman, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Liz Snyder, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Harriet Drummond                                                                                                 
Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins                                                                                          
Representative David Eastman                                                                                                    
Representative Christopher Kurka                                                                                                
Representative Sarah Vance                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 122                                                                                                             
"An Act relating to the definition of 'victim.'"                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD & HELD                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 122                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: VICTIM DEFINITION                                                                                                  
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) REINBOLD                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
04/07/21       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/07/21       (S)       JUD                                                                                                    
04/14/21       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/14/21       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/14/21       (S)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/19/21       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/19/21       (S)       Scheduled but Not Heard                                                                                
04/21/21       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/21/21       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/21/21       (S)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/23/21       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/23/21       (S)       <Bill Hearing Canceled>                                                                                
04/26/21       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/26/21       (S)       Moved SB 122 Out of Committee                                                                          
04/26/21       (S)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/28/21       (S)       JUD RPT 5DP                                                                                            
04/28/21       (S)       DP:  HOLLAND,   MYERS,  HUGHES,  SHOWER,                                                               
                         KIEHL                                                                                                  
05/05/21       (S)       TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                     
05/05/21       (S)       VERSION: SB 122                                                                                        
05/06/21       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
05/06/21       (H)       JUD                                                                                                    
05/10/21       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
05/10/21       (H)       -- MEETING CANCELED --                                                                                 
05/12/21       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:54:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MATT  CLAMAN called the House  Judiciary Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to order at 2:54  p.m.  Representatives Drummond, Snyder,                                                               
Kreiss-Tompkins, and  Claman were present  at the call  to order.                                                               
Representatives Kurka, Vance, and  Eastman arrived as the meeting                                                               
was in progress.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                    SB 122-VICTIM DEFINITION                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:54:51 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
SENATE  BILL NO.  122,  "An  Act relating  to  the definition  of                                                               
'victim.'"                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:55:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
}SENATOR  LORA   REINBOLD*  Alaska  State   Legislature*  Juneau,                                                               
Alaska* As  prime sponsor, presented  SB 122.{ as  prime sponsor,                                                               
presented SB 122.  She explained  that her office had reached out                                                               
to the Office  of Victims' Rights and had learned  that a defense                                                               
attorney [successfully]  argued in court that  two teenagers were                                                               
not  victims of  the crime  during  which their  mother had  been                                                               
slain  by her  husband  and  that the  children  had been  denied                                                               
[court] proceedings.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:56:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN opened public testimony on SB122 and after                                                                         
ascertaining that no one wished to testify, he closed public                                                                    
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS stated his support for SB 122.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced that SB 122 was held over.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
2:57:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the *                                                                     
meeting was adjourned at 2:57 p.m.