SB 46-BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:46:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW announced that the next  order of business would be SB                                                               
46, SENATE BILL  NO. 46, "An Act establishing the  month of March                                                               
as Brain Injury Awareness Month."   [Before the committee was the                                                               
proposed House Committee Substitute (HCS)  for SB 64, Version 33-                                                               
LS0325\B, A.  Radford/Bergerud, 1/17/24,  adopted as  the working                                                               
document on 2/1/24.]                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:46:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MACKENZIE  POPE,   Staff,  Senator   Loki  Tobin,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, introduced SB  46 on behalf of  Senator Tobin, prime                                                               
sponsor.   She said  SB 26  would make  every March  Brain Injury                                                               
Awareness Month.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE C. JOHNSON asked for  an explanation of the fiscal                                                               
note and observed that the format appeared incorrect.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:49:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:49:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  C.  JOHNSON  again  made note  of  the  irregular                                                               
fiscal note.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:49:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT moved  to report  HCS SB  46, Version  33-                                                               
LS0325\B,  A.  Radford/Bergerud,  1/17/24,  from  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection, HCS  SB 46(STA) was reported  from the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.