HB 256-LAW ENFORCEMENT: REGISTRY; USE OF FORCE  4:15:25 PM CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 256, "An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; relating to municipal correctional officers and municipal correctional employees; making municipal police officers subject to police standards; requiring the Department of Public Safety to submit a yearly use-of-force report to the legislature; requiring a municipality that employs a person as a municipal police officer or in a municipal correctional facility, the Department of Corrections, or the Department of Public Safety to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation incidents of use of force by state and municipal police, probation, parole, and correctional officers and municipal correctional facility employees; and providing for an effective date." [Before the committee was CSHB 256(CRA).] 4:15:48 PM CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS opened public testimony on HB 256. 4:16:01 PM PHILLIP MOSER stated his support for HB 256 and emphasized the importance of creating a centralized database for the use of force by police officers. He shared a lack of confidence in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) database, arguing that the database should be publicly accessible. He called into question one committee member's potential conflict of interest over his membership [in the Oath Keepers]. He concluded by urging the committee to pass the proposed legislation. 4:18:47 PM HELEN MARIE MATESI stated her support for the bill and any steps towards accountability that would protect Alaskan citizens. She pointed out that the bill could prevent officers with a history of violence from relocating and continuing that behavior. 4:19:44 PM CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS closed public testimony on HB 256. 4:20:07 PM REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN shared his understanding that the bill would codify existing practice. 4:20:29 PM HELEN GOOD, Deputy Director, Department of Corrections (DOC), confirmed that the bill would codify existing practice and bring training practices under one umbrella. REPRESENTATIVE STORY shared her appreciation and support for the bill. REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN said he was hesitant to pass a bill that required additional reporting. REPRESENTATIVE TARR agreed that she was not a fan of shuffling paperwork around. She suggested revisiting that provision in the future should the bill pass. 4:23:12 PM REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN moved to report CSHB 256(CRA) out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 256(CRA) was reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.