HB 25-PFD ELIGIBILITY UNIFORMED SERVICES  3:25:45 PM CHAIR SHAW announced that the final order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 25, "An Act relating to eligibility for the permanent fund dividend; and providing for an effective date." 3:26:03 PM REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER moved to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 25, Version 32-LS0265\S, Nauman, 2/20/23, as the working document. [There being no objection, the proposed CS for HB 25, "Version S," was treated as adopted.] 3:26:25 PM JOSH WALTON, Staff, Representative Laddie Shaw, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of Representative Shaw, provided an explanation of changes in the proposed CS for HB 25, Version S, which read as follows [original punctuation provided]: The House State Affairs Committee Substitute for House Bill 25 retains the provisions of the original introduced version, while including the following additional provisions: • To AS 43.23.008(a), on page 2, lines 12-19: Adds an allowable absence for an eligible individual if they are absent from the state during the qualifying year for the purposes of attending a vocational program approved by the US Coast Guard that trains students for a career in the US merchant marine. • To AS 43.23.011, on page 4, lines 5-12: Adds a hardship extension to the permanent fund dividend filing deadline for an eligible individual if that individual's parent, guardian, or other authorized representative was unable to file on their behalf due to a medical emergency. CHAIR SHAW inquired about the fiscal note for the proposed legislation. MR. WALTON confirmed that a zero fiscal note from the Department of Revenue (DOR) accompanied Version S. 3:29:28 PM REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER pointed out that the proposed legislation would increase the number of eligible Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) recipients. He inquired about the impact on the state dividend program and asked why that was not expressed in the fiscal note. MR. WALTON explained that the zero fiscal note reflected the minimal IT [information technology] coding impact to the division. He suspected that the impact on the dividend program, due to the change in eligibility requirements, was indeterminate. REPRESENTATIVE C. JOHNSON concluded that the figures requested by Representative Carpenter would be reflected in a hypothetical "public fiscal note," should one exist. He acknowledged that more recipients of the dividend would result in less money for each individual; however, the changes proposed in Version S could be implemented at zero cost to the state, which was reflected in the fiscal note from DOR. 3:31:20 PM SETH WHITTEN, Staff, Representative Andi Story, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of Representative Story, prime sponsor of CSHB 25(STA), estimated that, should the bill pass, the difference in individual dividend payments would amount to $6. 3:32:42 PM REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER moved to report CSHB 25, Version 32- LS0265\S, Nauman, 2/20/23, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 25(STA) was reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.