01/28/2013 11:30 AM Senate RULES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                SENATE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                               
                        January 28, 2013                                                                                        
                           11:37 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lesil McGuire, Chair                                                                                                    
Senator Charlie Huggins                                                                                                         
Senator Kevin Meyer                                                                                                             
Senator John Coghill                                                                                                            
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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No previous action to consider                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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11:37:28 AM                                                                                                                   
CHAIR LESIL  MCGUIRE called the  Senate Rules  Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to order at 11:37 a.m.  Present at the call to order were                                                               
Senators Ellis,  Meyer, Huggins,  Coghill and Chair  McGuire. She                                                               
introduced her staff, Brett Huber and Genevieve Wojtusik.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                    ^Organizational Meeting                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced the first order of business was to elect                                                                
a vice chairman.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HUGGINS moved to make Senator Coghill vice chairman of                                                                  
the Rules Committee. There were no objections, and it was so                                                                    
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COGHILL  moved  and asked  unanimous  consent  that  the                                                               
Senate  Rules Committee  delegate the  Rules' responsibility  set                                                               
out in Uniform Rule 18 for  the preparation of the daily calendar                                                               
including scheduling of bills for  the floor through the chair of                                                               
the committee for both regular  sessions and all special sessions                                                               
of the 28th Legislature. There were  no objections, and it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE  clarified that this delegation  of the calendaring                                                               
authority does  not obviate  the requirement  to hold  a properly                                                               
noticed meeting  of the committee for  any action it may  wish to                                                               
take up outside of preparation  of the calendar and scheduling of                                                               
bills on the floor.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
11:39:03 AM                                                                                                                   
CHAIR  MCGUIRE announced  that concluded  the business  for today                                                               
and adjourned the Senate Rules Committee meeting at 11:39 a.m.