HOUSE BILL NO. 84 "An Act relating to applying military education, training, and service credit to occupational licensing and certain postsecondary education and employment training requirements; providing for a temporary occupational license for qualified military service members; and providing for an effective date." 1:55:37 PM DANIEL GEORGE, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL STOLTZE, explained the changes in the CS for HB 84. The language "during regularly scheduled meetings that are" was inserted on page 5, lines 28 through 31 of the legislation. The CS also changed the effective date on page 5, line 31 to 2014. Representative Costello MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee substitute for HB 84, Work Draft 28-LS0357\U (Mischel, 3/21/13). Co-Chair Austerman OBJECTED for discussion. REPRESENTATIVE DAN SADDLER, SPONSOR, pointed to a concern that had been raised in the previous meeting. He clarified that the bill would not give military servicepersons the right to a temporary license unless the training they received leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate met the standards for an equivalent license or certificate of technical training. He referred to testimony from the prior meeting that the issue was not a problem. He detailed that the Alaska Nurses Association had testified that military nurses were licensed Registered Nurses. Military trained Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) qualified for equivalent temporary civilian LPN licenses and military medics received certification as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). 1:58:09 PM Representative Costello asked for clarification that the CS would allow for a zero fiscal note because it moved the effective date to a future date when all boards and commissions that were required to have two meetings to write regulations would happen on a regularly scheduled timeframe as opposed to a quicker timeframe under the original bill. Representative Saddler replied in the affirmative. He added that language on page 5 of the legislation directed the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development to do what it could to write regulations when it could (or to lay the groundwork). Representative Gara asked for the difference between the two classifications of nurses. Representative Saddler replied that RNs were highly trained and that LPN requirements were slightly less stringent. Representative Gara asked if the certificates were completed in four years and two years for RNs and LPNs respectively. Representative Saddler was unsure about the time required for certification. Representative Costello discussed the four zero fiscal notes from the Departments of Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Department of Education and Early Development, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the University of Alaska. Co-Chair Austerman WITHDREW his OBJECTION to the adoption of the CS. There being NO OBJECTION, Work Draft 28-LS0357\U was ADOPTED. Representative Costello MOVED to REPORT CSHB 84(FIN) out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. CSHB 84(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation and with one new zero fiscal note from the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development and three previously published zero fiscal notes: FN1 (EED), FN2 (LWF), and FN3 (UA). Co-Chair Austerman discussed the schedule for the following week. Representative Wilson clarified that HB 74 (the companion bill to SB 23) had been changed to address Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, (AIDEA) powers; whereas SB 23 continued to address a liquid natural gas trucking project.