HB 77-DISABILITY:ID/LICENSE AND TRAINING RQMTS.  8:03:23 AM CHAIR LYNN announced that the first order of business was HOUSE BILL NO. 77, "An Act relating to training regarding disabilities for police officers, probation officers, parole officers, correctional officers, and village public safety officers; relating to guidelines for drivers when encountering or being stopped by a peace officer; relating to driver's license examinations; and relating to a voluntary disability designation on a state identification card and a driver's license." 8:03:59 AM REPRESENTATIVE STEVE THOMPSON, Alaska State Legislature, as prime sponsor, presented HB 77. He relayed that a committee substitute was available that would remove the provisions in Section 1 of the bill, which would instead be established in regulations. 8:04:35 AM REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 77, Version 29-LS0072\H, Martin, 3/26/15, as a work draft. There being no objection, Version H was before the committee. 8:04:55 AM REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON explained that the Alaska Police Standards Council was currently working on a training component, and the regulations should be adopted by July 1, 2015. The regulations would include a disability training component, which the sponsor said he believed would be better placed in regulation than in statute. 8:05:25 AM JANE PIERSON, Staff, Representative Steve Thompson, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of Representative Thompson, prime sponsor, said Section 1 of Version H would provide for a voluntary and discreet designation on a State of Alaska identification (ID) or driver's license indicating that the card holder had a disability. [Section 2] would require the manual be published by the Division of Motor Vehicles to include "the duties and responsibilities of drivers when encountering or being stopped by a peace officer." [Section 3] would require that the knowledge of those duties and responsibilities be tested as part of the driver examination. 8:06:21 AM REPRESENTATIVE VAZQUEZ opined that learning the proper protocol when stopped by a police officer was important for all people, disabled or not. MS. PIERSON remarked that while talking about the bill, the sponsor's office realized that "none of us really knew" that protocol. CHAIR LYNN noted there were people available on line to answer questions. 8:07:53 AM The committee took a brief at-ease at 8:08 a.m. 8:08:23 AM REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to report CSHB 77, Version 29- LS0072\H, Martin, 3/26/15, out of committee. There being no objection, CSHB 77(STA) was reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.