01/16/2019 08:30 AM Senate RULES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                SENATE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                               
                        January 16, 2019                                                                                        
                           8:30 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator John Coghill, Chair                                                                                                     
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
Senator Mia Costello                                                                                                            
Senator Natasha von Imhof                                                                                                       
Senator Tom Begich                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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8:30:35 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  JOHN COGHILL  called the  Senate  Rules Standing  Committee                                                            
meeting to  order at 8:30 a.m. Present  at the call to  order were                                                              
Senators  Von   Imhof,  Begich,   Costello,  Giessel,   and  Chair                                                              
Coghill.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
^Organizational Meeting                                                                                                         
                     ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
8:31:17 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL announced that the first order of business is to                                                                  
elect a Vice Chair. He solicited a motion from Senator Costello.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:31:23 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COSTELLO moved  to elect Senator Giessel as  Vice Chair of                                                              
the Senate Rules Committee.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:31:31 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL found  no objection and stated that  Senator Giessel                                                              
would serve as Vice Chair of the Senate Rules Committee.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:31:40 AM                                                                                                                    
VICE  CHAIR GIESSEL  moved and  asked unanimous  consent that  the                                                              
Senate  Rules Committee  delegate the  rules and  responsibilities                                                              
to  prepare the  daily calendar  as set  out in  Uniform Rule  18,                                                              
including the scheduling  of bills for the floor, to  the chair of                                                              
the committee  for both regular  and any and all  special sessions                                                              
of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:32:05 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  COGHILL  found no  objection  and  it  was so  ordered.  He                                                              
clarified that  the delegation of  calendaring authority  does not                                                              
eliminate  the requirement  to hold properly  noticed meetings  of                                                              
the  committee  for any  action  the chair  may  wish  to take  up                                                              
outside  the preparation  of  the  calendaring and  scheduling  of                                                              
bills for the floor.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:32:32 AM                                                                                                                    
There  being no  further business  to come  before the  committee,                                                              
Chair  Coghill  adjourned  the  Senate  Rules  Standing  Committee                                                              
meeting at 8:32 a.m.