HB 156-DISCLOSURE OF WAGE INFORMATION  4:22:59 PM CO-CHAIR HALL announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 156, "An Act relating to disclosure of information regarding employee compensation by employers, employees, and applicants for employment." 4:23:21 PM REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE indicated that she would not be offering Amendment 1 to HB 156. 4:23:36 PM REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE moved to adopt Amendment [2] to HB 156, labeled 34-LS0752\A.2, A. Radford, 5/5/25, which read as follows: Page 2, line 30: Delete "three years" Insert "one year" CO-CHAIR HALL objected. REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE explained that Amendment [2] would decrease the time an employee can file a grievance under HB 156 from three years to one year. CO-CHAIR HALL maintained her objection. A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Saddler and Coulombe voted in favor of the motion to adopt Amendment [2] to HB 156. Representatives Burke, Carrick, Fields, and Hall voted against it. Therefore, Amendment [2] failed to be adopted by a vote of 2-4. 4:25:01 PM REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE indicated that she would not be offering Amendment [3]. 4:25:14 PM REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE moved to adopt Amendment [4] to HB 156, labeled 34-LS0752\A.5, A. Radford, 5/7/25, which read as follows: Page 1, line 7: Delete "publishes" Insert "recruits for a position by publishing" Page 3, line 4, following "violation": Insert "of AS 23.10.700(b), 23.10.705, or 23.10.710" Page 3, line 5, following "commissioner.": Insert "Each recruitment for a position in violation of AS 23.10.700(a) is a single violation, regardless of the number of notices, advertisements, or other solicitations for the position that are published." CO-CHAIR HALL objected. REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE explained that the amendment would apply a penalty per position, not per advertisement under HB 156. CO-CHAIR HALL maintained her objection. A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Coulombe and Saddler voted in favor of the motion to adopt Amendment [4] to HB 156. Representatives Carrick, Burke, Fields, and Hall voted against it. Therefore, Amendment [4] failed to be adopted by a vote of 2-4. 4:26:29 PM REPRESENTATIVE BURKE moved to adopt Amendment [5] to HB 156, labeled 34-LS0752\A.6, A. Radford, 5/8/25, which read as follows: Page 2, line 13, following "employment": Insert "; (4) requires an employer to disclose the compensation of any individual employee, unless otherwise required by law" CO-CHAIR FIELDS objected for the purpose of discussion. REPRESENTATIVE BURKE explained that Amendment [5] would "[add] language stating that nothing in this section requires an employer to disclose the compensation of any individual employee unless otherwise required by law." She noted that it was a recommendation made during testimony. CO-CHAIR FIELDS removed his objection. There being no further objection, Amendment [5] was adopted. 4:27:20 PM CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to adopt Amendment [6] to HB 156, as amended, labeled 34-LS0752\A.7, A. Radford, 5/9/25, which read as follows: Page 2, lines 27 - 28: Delete ", separate from and in addition to a fine recoverable by the state under AS 23.10.725" Page 2, line 31, through page 3, line 8: Delete all material. Page 3, line 9: Delete "23.10.730" Insert "23.10.725" 4:27:32 PM The committee took an at-ease from 4:27 p.m. to 4:29 p.m. 4:29:15 PM CO-CHAIR HALL objected for the purpose of discussion. CO-CHAIR FIELDS explained that the amendment would eliminate fines and new positions under HB 156, as amended. He stated that the Department of Labor & Workforce Development (DLWD) confirmed that, with this amendment, there would be no new position control numbers (PCNs). He suggested that the amendment would allow for the implementation of HB 156 without costs. REPRESENTATIVE COULOMBE offered her support for the amendment. 4:30:50 PM REPRESENTATIVE GENEVIEVE MINA, Alaska State Legislature, as prime sponsor, offered her support for Amendment 6. She requested (DLWD) to speak to how positions might be impacted by the proposed amendment. 4:31:28 PM JEREMY APPLEGATE, Chief of Wage & Hour, Division of Labor Standards & Safety, Department of Labor & Workforce Development, confirmed that with the removal of the investigative component of the proposed legislation, there would be no need for investigators. He noted that one PCN would definitely be removed under Amendment [6]. 4:32:27 PM CO-CHAIR HALL removed her objection to the motion to adopt Amendment [6] to HB 156, as amended. There being no further objection, it was so ordered. 4:32:38 PM CO-CHAIR FIELDS moved to report HB 156, as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. 4:32:50 PM REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER objected. A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Burke, Carrick, Fields, and Hall voted in favor of the motion to report HB 156, as amended, out of committee. Representatives Coulombe and Saddler voted against it. Therefore, CSHB 156(L&C) was reported out of the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee by a vote of 4-2.