SB 15 - SEX OFFENDER/UNDERAGE ALCOHOL OFFENSE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:52:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
CS FOR  SENATE BILL  NO. 15(JUD), "An  Act relating  to penalties                                                               
for certain alcohol offenses involving  persons under 21 years of                                                               
age committed by certain sex offenders or child kidnappers."                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:52:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHRISTINE  MARASIGAN, Staff,  Senator Kevin  Meyer, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, on  behalf of the  sponsor, Senator  Meyer, recapped                                                               
that SB  15 would  increase the penalties  for certain  crimes of                                                               
providing alcohol to  a minor when the offense is  committed by a                                                               
person who is  required to register as a sex  offender or a child                                                               
kidnapper.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO closed public testimony on SB 15.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO,  in response to  a query, offered  his understanding                                                               
that a sufficient standard of mens  rea has been provided for via                                                               
the  bill's references  to  other  provisions of  AS  04.16.   In                                                               
response to comments,  he mentioned that the  initial fiscal note                                                               
from the Department  of Corrections (DOC) has  been replaced with                                                               
an indeterminate fiscal note.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:57:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  THOMPSON  moved to  report  CSSB  15(JUD) out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSSB  15(JUD)  was                                                               
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.