SB 185-ELIMINATE MINIMUM WAGE EXEMPTION                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:17:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  SPOHNHOLZ announced  that  the next  order of  business                                                               
would be  CS FOR SENATE  BILL NO.  185(L&C), "An Act  relating to                                                               
exemptions from minimum  wage."  [CSSB 185(L&C) was  moved out of                                                               
the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee on 4/25/22.]                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:17:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  moved  to rescind  the  committee's  action  in                                                               
moving  CSSB  185(L&C)   out  of  committee.     There  being  no                                                               
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:18:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  moved to  adopt  the  proposed House  committee                                                               
substitute (HCS)  for CSSB 185(L&C), Version  32-LS1443\N, Klein,                                                               
5/3/22, as the working document.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:18:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  SPOHNHOLZ objected  for  purposes of  discussion.   She                                                               
explained that  Version N addresses  an issue identified  by Girl                                                               
Scout and  Boy Scout  camps in  Alaska right  after the  bill was                                                               
moved from the committee [on 4/25/22].                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:18:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHELSEA WARD-WALLER, Staff,  Representative Ivy Spohnholz, Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  reviewed the change  made in Version N.   She                                                               
explained that  Version N adds  a tiny exemption  for individuals                                                               
employed  by  nonprofit  organizations  for no  more  than  three                                                               
months in a  calendar year at a residential summer  camp who also                                                               
received room and board in addition  to their wage as long as the                                                               
total  value  of the  room,  board,  and  wage meets  or  exceeds                                                               
minimum wage.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  SPOHNHOLZ   stated  that  the  committee   adopted  the                                                               
[proposed] CS, Version N.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:19:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  NELSON  noted  that  this was  an  oversight  for                                                               
several years as  an exemption had been received  previously.  He                                                               
said  summer camps  are  an opportunity  for  young and  emerging                                                               
leaders to grow  during the summer and [the bill]  is a great way                                                               
to ensure that the price is  not outrageous for individuals to go                                                               
to [camp].                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:19:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ agreed and said  that this compromise language                                                               
would allow these nonprofits to  continue operating camps without                                                               
putting them in  a risky financial position  while still ensuring                                                               
that Alaskans are being paid a respectable wage.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:20:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS  moved to report  HCS CSSB 185(L&C),  Version 32-                                                               
LS1443\N,  Klein,  5/3/22,  out   of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection,  HCS CSSB  185(L&C) was reported  out of  the House                                                               
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.