01/21/2013 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                        January 21, 2013                                                                                        
                           1:06 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wes Keller, Chair                                                                                                
Representative Neal Foster                                                                                                      
Representative Gabrielle LeDoux                                                                                                 
Representative Bob Lynn                                                                                                         
Representative Max Gruenberg                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Charisse Millett                                                                                                 
Representative Lance Pruitt                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW(S):  MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMITTEE OVERVIEW                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:06:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WES  KELLER called the  House Judiciary  Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to  order at 1:06  p.m.  Representatives  Keller, Foster,                                                               
LeDoux, Lynn,  and Gruenberg were  present at the call  to order.                                                               
Representatives Millett and Pruitt were excused.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
^Overview(s):  Member Introductions and Committee Overview                                                                      
   Overview(s):  Member Introductions and Committee Overview                                                                
                                                                                                                              
1:06:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
member introductions and committee overview.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KELLER provided  staff with  an  opportunity to  introduce                                                               
themselves.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
[Staff did so.]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:08:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER  announced that Representative  Lynn would  serve as                                                               
vice chair.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KELLER then  briefly outlined  the anticipated  agenda for                                                               
the  next two  upcoming meetings,  and provided  members with  an                                                               
opportunity to introduce themselves and make a few comments.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[Members did so.]                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:15:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KELLER referred  to the  January  2013 legislative  report                                                               
prepared by Legislative  Legal and Research Services  - "A REPORT                                                               
TO THE  TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE  LEGISLATURE Listing  Alaska Statutes                                                               
with Delayed  Repeals or Delayed  Amendments and  Examining Court                                                               
Decisions and Opinions of the  Attorney General Construing Alaska                                                               
Statutes" -  and recommended that members  familiarize themselves                                                               
with its contents.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KELLER then  indicated that  the committee  might at  some                                                               
point  become  the  sponsor  of a  bill  currently  sponsored  by                                                               
Representative Gruenberg, that being HB 60.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG,  in  response to  a  request,  briefly                                                               
provided some information about that bill.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER  outlined his preferences  with regard  to committee                                                               
protocol.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:29:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:29 p.m.