Legislature(2023 - 2024)GRUENBERG 120

05/01/2024 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
-- Delayed to 5:15 PM --
+ Presentation: Reducing Criminal Recidivism in TELECONFERENCED
Alaska by SetFree Alaska
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 358 PROHIBIT AI-ALTERED REPRESENTATIONS TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 358(2D JUD) Out of Committee
+ SB 12 ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM TELECONFERENCED
Scheduled but Not Heard
+= HB 107 CRIMINAL LAW DEFINITIONS PERSON/LIFE TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 107(JUD) Out of Committee
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                          May 1, 2024                                                                                           
                           5:18 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Sarah Vance, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Jamie Allard, Vice Chair                                                                                         
Representative Ben Carpenter                                                                                                    
Representative Craig Johnson                                                                                                    
Representative Jesse Sumner                                                                                                     
Representative Andrew Gray                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Cliff Groh                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 358                                                                                                              
"An Act relating to use of artificial intelligence to create or                                                                 
alter a representation of the voice or likeness of an                                                                           
individual."                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED CSHB 358(JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 107                                                                                                              
"An Act relating to criminal law definitions."                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED CSHB 107(JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 12(JUD)                                                                                
"An Act relating to the duties of the Department of                                                                             
Administration; creating an address confidentiality program; and                                                                
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB 358                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: PROHIBIT AI-ALTERED REPRESENTATIONS                                                                                
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) CRONK                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
02/20/24       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/20/24       (H)       JUD                                                                                                    
03/13/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/13/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/13/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/15/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/15/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/15/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/20/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/20/24       (H)       <Bill Hearing Canceled>                                                                                
03/22/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/22/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/22/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/25/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/25/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/25/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/27/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/27/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/27/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/01/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
04/01/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/01/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/03/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
04/03/24       (H)       Moved CSHB 358(JUD) Out of Committee                                                                   
04/03/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/08/24       (H)       JUD RPT CS(JUD) NEW TITLE 6DP                                                                          
04/08/24       (H)       DP: GRAY, CARPENTER, GROH, SUMNER,                                                                     
                         ALLARD, VANCE                                                                                          
04/29/24       (H)       RETURNED TO JUD COMMITTEE                                                                              
05/01/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB 107                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: CRIMINAL LAW DEFINITIONS PERSON/LIFE                                                                               
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) MCCABE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
03/13/23       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
03/13/23       (H)       HSS, JUD                                                                                               
04/12/23       (H)       HSS REFERRAL REMOVED                                                                                   
04/12/23       (H)       BILL REPRINTED                                                                                         
02/21/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
02/21/24       (H)       -- MEETING CANCELED --                                                                                 
02/23/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:30 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
02/23/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
02/23/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
02/26/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:30 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
02/26/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
02/26/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/20/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/20/24       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/20/24       (H)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
03/22/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/22/24       (H)       <Bill Hearing Canceled>                                                                                
03/27/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
03/27/24       (H)       <Bill Hearing Canceled>                                                                                
04/26/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
04/26/24       (H)       <Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/29/24>                                                                 
04/29/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
04/29/24       (H)       -- MEETING CANCELED --                                                                                 
05/01/24       (H)       JUD AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:18:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  VANCE  called  the   House  Judiciary  Standing  Committee                                                             
meeting  to  order  at  5:18  p.m.    Representatives  Carpenter,                                                               
Sumner,  Gray, Allard,  and Vance  were  present at  the call  to                                                               
order.    Representative  Groh  arrived as  the  meeting  was  in                                                               
progress.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
           HB 358-PROHIBIT AI-ALTERED REPRESENTATIONS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
5:19:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR VANCE announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 358,  "An  Act  relating  to use  of  artificial                                                               
intelligence to create or alter  a representation of the voice or                                                               
likeness of  an individual."   [Before the committee,  adopted as                                                               
the  working  document on  3/22/24,  was  the proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS) for HB 358,  Version 33-LS1272\U, Walsh, 3/21/24,                                                               
("Version U").]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:19:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ALLARD moved  to  adopt Amendment  1  to HB  358,                                                               
labeled 33-LS1272\R.1, Walsh, 5/1/24, which read:                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, lines 1 - 3:                                                                                                       
          Delete "relating to generated obscene child                                                                         
     sexual abuse material; relating to child pornography;"                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 9, through page 8, line 7:                                                                                    
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Page 10, line 21, through page 12, line 10:                                                                                
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR VANCE explained that Amendment  1 would remove all language                                                               
related to obscene child sexual abuse material from the bill.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER  removed his objection.   There being no                                                               
further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:20:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ALLARD  moved  to  report  CSHB  358,  Version33-                                                               
LS1272\U,  Walsh,  3/21/24, as  amended,  out  of committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection, CSHB  358(JUD), was reported  from the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
          HB 107-CRIMINAL LAW DEFINITIONS PERSON/LIFE                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
5:21:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR VANCE announced  that the final order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL   NO.  107,   "An  Act   relating  to   criminal  law                                                               
definitions."   [Before  the committee,  adopted  as the  working                                                               
document on  3/20/24, was the proposed  committee substitute (CS)                                                               
for HB  107, Version 33-LS0482\U, C.  Radford, 3/19/24, ("Version                                                               
U").]                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
5:21:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER said  he would not be  offering Amendment 1                                                               
or Amendment 2.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRAY asked  whether the  fiscal note  for HB  107                                                               
would be applicable to Version U.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
5:22:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease at 5:22 p.m.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:22:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRAY asked  why the  fiscal  note for  HB 107  is                                                               
indeterminate.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR VANCE clarified  that a new fiscal note  would be generated                                                               
with the adoption of Version U.   She said based on conversations                                                               
with  the Department  of Law  (DOL),  the fiscal  note is  likely                                                               
indeterminate  because the  impacts  of the  legislation are  not                                                               
fully understood.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRAY  posited that the impacts  of the legislation                                                               
should be fully understood before moving it.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR VANCE stated  that with regard to criminal  law, the impact                                                               
can often be  anticipated based on past history.   She reiterated                                                               
that  the committee  had not  received any  further clarification                                                               
from DOL.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ALLARD  said she  understood  the  impact of  the                                                               
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
5:23:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ALLARD  moved to  report  CSHB  107, Version  33-                                                               
LS0482\U, C.  Radford, 3/19/24, out of  committee with individual                                                               
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRAY objected.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
5:24:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
A  roll call  vote was  taken.   Representatives Sumner,  Allard,                                                               
Carpenter,  and  Vance voted  in  favor  of reporting  CSHB  107,                                                               
Version U, from  committee.  Representatives Gray  and Groh voted                                                               
against it.   Therefore,  CSHB 107(JUD) was  reported out  of the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee by a vote of 4-2.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
5:25:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m.                                                                 

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
Set Free Alaska Judiciary Committee Presentation.pdf HJUD 5/1/2024 1:00:00 PM
Set Free Alaska - Reducing Criminal recidivism in Alaska, the Set Free Model.pdf HJUD 5/1/2024 1:00:00 PM
HB 358 - Amendment #1 (R.1) by Rep. Vance.pdf HJUD 5/1/2024 1:00:00 PM
HB 358