HB 148-MARRIAGE WITNESSES                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
3:03:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE BILL  NO. 148,  "An  Act relating  to solemnization  of                                                               
marriage."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:04:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS moved  to report HB 148  out of committee                                                               
with individual recommendations and  the accompanying zero fiscal                                                               
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  VANCE objected.   She  acknowledged the  value of                                                               
the  proposed  legislation  for  the  marriage  industry  serving                                                               
people coming  to Alaska; however,  she stated that she  does not                                                               
support easing  the two-witness  requirement under  HB 148.   She                                                               
expressed  her hope  that the  license application  could be  re-                                                               
worked to  make the process  clearer for applicants,  which would                                                               
be another way of helping the industry.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
A roll call  vote was taken.   Representatives Thompson, Hopkins,                                                               
Story,  Fields, and  Kreiss-Tomkins  voted in  favor  of HB  148.                                                               
Representative Vance  voted against  it.   Therefore, HB  148 was                                                               
reported from  the House  State Affairs  Standing Committee  by a                                                               
vote of 5-1.