HB 253-FEDERALLY DESIGNATED REFRIGERANTS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:40:12 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BJORKMAN   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration  of  HOUSE  BILL  NO.   253  "An  Act  relating  to                                                               
refrigerants  designated  as  acceptable for  use  under  federal                                                               
law."                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:40:48 PM                                                                                                                    
JOSIPHIAH  MASON, Staff,  Representative  Stanley Wright,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  Juneau, Alaska,  explained that HB  253 would                                                               
ensure  the   heating,  ventilation  and  air   conditioning  and                                                               
construction (HVAC)  industries in  Alaska can  easily transition                                                               
to the  use of new  refrigerants and technologies which  are less                                                               
pollutant than  the currently used hydrofluorocarbons  (HFCs). HB                                                               
253 is  necessary so  that Alaska may  participate in  the larger                                                               
federal   push   to   transition   away   from   HFC   containing                                                               
refrigerants,  which  was  initiated  as  part  of  the  American                                                               
Innovation and  Manufacturing Act signed into  law December 2020.                                                               
He noted that  HB 253 does not contain any  mandates. He said the                                                               
bill would  allow Alaskans to  move forward with  this transition                                                               
by ensuring  that our  building codes cannot  prevent the  use of                                                               
HFC alternatives if all safety installation standards are met.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:41:56 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN opened  public testimony on HB  253; finding none,                                                               
he closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:42:28 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN solicited the will of the committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:42:31 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GRAY-JACKSON moved  to  report HB  253,  work order  33-                                                               
LS0983\A,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:42:43 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  found no objection  and HB 253 was  reported from                                                               
the SL&C.