Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
02/22/2023 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE
February 22, 2023
3:17 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Jesse Sumner, Chair
Representative Justin Ruffridge, Vice Chair
Representative Mike Prax
Representative Ashley Carrick
Representative Zack Fields
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Dan Saddler
Representative Stanley Wright
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
Steven Heidemann - Anchorage
Marc Stemp - Anchorage
- CONFIRMATION(S) ADVANCED
Real Estate Commission
Devon Thomas Durand - Wasilla
- CONFIRMATION(S) ADVANCED
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
STEVEN HEIDEMANN, Appointee
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as appointee to the Alaska
Workers' Compensation Board.
MARC STEMP, Appointee
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as appointee to the Alaska
Workers' Compensation Board.
DEVON DURAND, Appointee
Real Estate Commission
Wasilla, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as appointee to the Real Estate
Commission.
ACTION NARRATIVE
3:17:34 PM
CHAIR JESSE SUMNER called the House Labor and Commerce Standing
Committee meeting to order at 3:17 p.m. Representatives
Ruffridge, Carrick, Prax, and Sumner were present at the call to
order. Representative Fields arrived as the meeting was in
progress.
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):
^Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
^Real Estate Commission
Real Estate Commission
3:18:05 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the only order of business would be
the confirmation hearings on the governor's appointees to the
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board and the Real Estate
Commission.
3:18:39 PM
STEVEN HEIDEMANN, Appointee, Alaska Workers' Compensation Board,
stated that his interest in the position stemmed from being a
blue collar worker that wants to see other workers treated
fairly in the workers' compensation system.
3:19:18 PM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX asked Mr. Heidemann where he works.
MR. HEIDEMANN answered that he works for Alaska Airlines at
Prudhoe Bay in a two weeks on, two weeks off schedule.
3:20:06 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE asked Mr. Heidemann how he learned
about the opening for the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board,
and why he wanted to serve on the board.
MR. HEIDEMANN answered that his brother-in-law had suggested
that he apply for the board while he was recovering from surgery
the previous year. In response to a follow-up question, he said
that he has both good and bad experiences with workers'
compensation.
3:23:27 PM
MARC STEMP, Appointee, Alaska Workers' Compensation Board,
stated that he had previously served on the board during the
1990s and on the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission in
2005.
3:25:16 PM
DEVON DURAND, Appointee, Real Estate Commission, stated that she
has served on the commission since 2021 and is now up for
reappointment. She said that she has served in leadership
positions with the Alaska Association of Realtors and the Valley
Board of Realtors. She is the only member of the commission
that is licensed as a real estate instructor. She added that
she participated in creating education guidelines for real
estate license renewal. She has been responsible for auditing
education requirements for license renewal and reviewing realtor
complaints.
3:28:36 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE stated that the House Labor and
Commerce Standing Committee has reviewed the qualifications of
the governor's appointees and recommends that the following
names be forwarded to a joint session for consideration: Steven
Heidemann and Marc Stemp, Alaska Workers' Compensation Board and
Devon Durand, Real Estate Commission. He said that signing the
report regarding appointments to boards and commissions in no
way reflects an individual member's approval or disapproval of
the appointee, and the nomination is merely forwarded to the
full legislature for confirmation or rejection.
3:29:26 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at
3:29 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 1.31.23 Marc Stemp WCB application_Redacted.pdf |
HL&C 2/22/2023 3:15:00 PM |
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| 1.31.23 Steven Paul Heidemann WCB App_Redacted.pdf |
HL&C 2/22/2023 3:15:00 PM |
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| 1.31.23 Devon Thomas Real Estate Resume_Redacted.pdf |
HL&C 2/22/2023 3:15:00 PM |