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05/12/2022 03:30 PM Senate COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

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03:30:01 PM Start
03:30:32 PM HB298
03:32:33 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 298 ALASKA FOOD STRATEGY TASK FORCE TELECONFERENCED
Moved SCS CSHB 298(CRA) Out of Committee
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
    SENATE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                  
                          May 12, 2022                                                                                          
                           3:30 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shelley Hughes, Chair                                                                                                   
Senator Robert Myers, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Senator David Wilson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 298(CRA) AM                                                                             
"An Act establishing the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force; and                                                                   
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED SCS CSHB 298(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB 298                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: ALASKA FOOD STRATEGY TASK FORCE                                                                                    
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) SNYDER                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
02/04/22       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/04/22       (H)       CRA                                                                                                    
03/15/22       (H)       CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124                                                                              
03/15/22       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/15/22       (H)       MINUTE(CRA)                                                                                            
03/17/22       (H)       CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124                                                                              
03/17/22       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/17/22       (H)       MINUTE(CRA)                                                                                            
03/24/22       (H)       CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124                                                                              
03/24/22       (H)       Moved CSHB 298(CRA) Out of Committee                                                                   
03/24/22       (H)       MINUTE(CRA)                                                                                            
04/04/22       (H)       CRA RPT CS(CRA) 6DP 1NR                                                                                
04/04/22       (H)       DP: MCCARTY, DRUMMOND, MCCABE, PRAX,                                                                   
                        HANNAN, SCHRAGE                                                                                         
04/04/22       (H)       NR: PATKOTAK                                                                                           
04/14/22       (H)       BEFORE HOUSE IN THIRD READING                                                                          
04/14/22       (H)       CALL FOR THE QUESTION WITHDRAWN                                                                        
04/14/22       (H)       TRANSMITTED TO (S)                                                                                     
04/14/22       (H)       VERSION: CSHB 298(CRA) AM                                                                              
04/19/22       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/19/22       (S)       CRA                                                                                                    
04/28/22       (S)       CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
04/28/22       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/28/22       (S)       MINUTE(CRA)                                                                                            
05/05/22       (S)       CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
05/05/22       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
05/05/22       (S)       MINUTE(CRA)                                                                                            
05/12/22       (S)       CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LIZ SNYDER                                                                                                       
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 298.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:30:01 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  SHELLEY HUGHES  called the  Senate Community  and Regional                                                             
Affairs Standing Committee meeting to  order at 3:30 p.m. Present                                                               
at the  call to order  were Senators Hoffman, Myers,  Wilson, and                                                               
Chair Hughes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
              HB 298-ALASKA FOOD STRATEGY TASK FORCE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:30:32 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES  announced the  consideration of  CS FOR  HOUSE BILL                                                               
NO. 298(CRA)  am "An  Act establishing  the Alaska  Food Strategy                                                               
Task Force; and providing for an effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
[SCS   CSHB  298,   work  order   32-LS1398\I,  was   before  the                                                               
committee.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HUGHES asked the sponsor if  she had any closing remarks on                                                               
HB 298.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:30:52 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE LIZ  SNYDER, Alaska State  Legislature, Anchorage,                                                               
Alaska, sponsor of HB 298, thanked  the committee for its work on                                                               
the  bill  and  said  she  was  happy  to  answer  any  remaining                                                               
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:31:06 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  HUGHES commented  that HB  298 dovetails  nicely with  the                                                               
governor's work on  food security, picking up  where that project                                                               
left off. Boondoggles  and mega projects have failed  in the past                                                               
and the legislature  does not want that to happen  again. To that                                                               
end,  HB  298  makes  a  concerted  effort  to  include  industry                                                               
participation. She  noted her initial  concern about the  size of                                                               
the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force  but said she now believes it                                                               
will work because the executive committee has just nine members.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  HUGHES   found  no  further  questions   or  comments  and                                                               
solicited the will of the committee.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:31:48 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MYERS  moved to  report HB  298, work  order 32-LS1398\I,                                                               
from committee with individual  recommendations and attached zero                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:32:07 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  HUGHES  found  no  objection and  SCS  CSHB  298(CRA)  was                                                               
reported  from Senate  Community  and  Regional Affairs  Standing                                                               
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:32:33 PM                                                                                                                    
There being  no further  business to  come before  the committee,                                                               
Chair Hughes adjourned the Senate  Community and Regional Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee meeting at 3:32 p.m.                                                                                         

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