SB 203-PURPLE HEART TRAIL                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:12:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HOPKINS  announced that the  final order of  business would                                                               
be SB 203,  "An Act designating the Alaska  marine highway system                                                               
and portions of  the Parks, Glenn, Seward,  and Sterling Highways                                                               
as  a part  of the  State's Purple  Heart Trail  and relating  to                                                               
signage and informational displays for the trail."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:13:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
EMMA  TORKELSON,   Staff,  Senator   Josh  Revak,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, introduced SB  203 on behalf of  Senator Josh Revak,                                                               
prime sponsor.  She  stated that the bill would be  a good way to                                                               
support the military community of  Alaska, particularly those who                                                               
have earned  the Purple Heart.   She added that if  the bill were                                                               
passed, Alaska would  have the longest Purple Heart  Trail in the                                                               
U.S.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:14:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MCCABE  asked  whether  the bill  has  any  other                                                               
committee referrals.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  HOPKINS answered  that  it  has a  referral  to the  House                                                               
Finance Committee due to its sizable fiscal note.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:14:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HANNAN  moved to  report SB  203 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  SB 203 was reported out of the                                                               
House Transportation Standing Committee.