SENATE BILL NO. 259                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the basic salary schedule for                                                                          
     compensation of state employees; and providing for an                                                                      
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:12:25 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  relayed that the bill  had been originally                                                                    
heard  on March  25, 2024.  He  announced that  there was  a                                                                    
committee substitute.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl  MOVED to ADOPT proposed  committee substitute                                                                    
for SB 259, Work Draft 33-LS1475\U (Klein, 4/15/24).                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:13:10 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KEN ALPER, STAFF TO SENATOR  DONNY OLSON, explained that the                                                                    
bill  was intended  to  resolve legal  short  coming due  to                                                                    
legislation passed  previously. He discussed the  changes in                                                                    
the CS and  noted that a new fiscal note  that reflected the                                                                    
changes in the CS was forthcoming.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman asked for Mr. Alper for                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Mr.  Alper explained  that  the bill  was  about pay  tables                                                                    
currently in  statute. He shared  that the bill  would allow                                                                    
for updates to  the exempt employee pay  table, currently in                                                                    
statute, to be periodically  updated to be commensurate with                                                                    
the supervisory union contract  pay table, without requiring                                                                    
an act of the legislature.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:16:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OPENED public testimony.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:16:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman CLOSED public testimony.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:16:55 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl  MOVED to  ADOPT Amendment  1, Work  Draft 33-                                                                    
LS1475\U (Klein, 4/15/24).                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:17:15 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JEFF STEPP,  STAFF TO  SENATOR ELVI  GRAY-JACKSON, explained                                                                    
that certain  employees of the Executive,  Judicial, and the                                                                    
University  of Alaska  were not  included  in codified  law,                                                                    
which  required  the amending  on  uncodified  law so  those                                                                    
employees could receive parallel salary increases.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  asked  Mr. Stepp  to  define  "uncodified                                                                    
law."                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Alper summarized that uncodified  law indicated that the                                                                    
provision did not have a statue number attached to it.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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NOAH  KLEIN,  ATTORNEY,   LEGISLATIVE  LEGAL  SERVICES  (via                                                                    
teleconference),  explained  that   the  difference  between                                                                    
codified and  uncodified law was that  codified law appeared                                                                    
in statute  books and was permanent,  whereas provisions and                                                                    
uncodified law were temporary and not in the statute books.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman WITHDREW  his  objection.  There being  no                                                                    
further objection Amendment 1 was ADOPTED.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SB  259  was  heard  and   HELD  in  Committee  for  further                                                                    
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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