HB 50 - ACCESS TO LICENSED PREMISES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:06:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 50, "An Act  relating to the purchase of alcoholic                                                               
beverages at  a club and  to access  by certain persons  under 21                                                               
years  of  age  to  a club's  licensed  premises  when  alcoholic                                                               
beverages are present."                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:06:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DAN SADDLER, Alaska  State Legislature, sponsor of                                                               
HB  50,  offered  his understanding  that  members'  packets  now                                                               
contain  two proposed  amendments,  and relayed  that  he has  no                                                               
objections  to   the  change  proposed  by   [what  would  become                                                               
Amendment  1],  referring to  it  as  a  solid extension  of  the                                                               
benefits  of   patriotic  clubs   to  the  spouses   of  military                                                               
personnel.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:07:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG made  a  motion to  adopt Amendment  1,                                                               
labeled 27-LS0254\A.1, Gardner, 3/15/12, which read:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 9:                                                                                                            
          Following "duty":                                                                                                     
          Insert ", and their accompanying spouses,"                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT  [although no formal objection  was stated]                                                               
removed his objection.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GATTO,  after  ascertaining  that there  were  no  further                                                               
objections, announced that Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:08:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG made  a  motion to  adopt Amendment  2,                                                               
labeled 27-LS0254\A.2, Gardner, 3/16/12, which read:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 5, following "club":                                                                                      
          Insert "or the spouse of a guest or member of the                                                                 
     club"                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER, in  response to a question,  said that he                                                               
has no  objection to the change  proposed by Amendment 2  as long                                                               
as it  wouldn't require  the spouse  of the  active-duty military                                                               
member to  also have a  military identification (ID)  card issued                                                               
by the  U.S. Department of  Defense (DOD) or the  U.S. Department                                                               
of Homeland Security.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG confirmed that it wouldn't.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO,  after ascertaining  that there were  no objections,                                                               
announced that Amendment 2 was adopted.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:09:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT moved  to report HB 50, as  amended, out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
[zero fiscal note].   There being no objection,  CSHB 50(JUD) was                                                               
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.