SENATE BILL NO. 1                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act prohibiting smoking in certain places;                                                                             
     relating to education on the smoking prohibition; and                                                                      
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:05:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche  MOVED   to  ADOPT  proposed  committee                                                                    
substitute  for   CSSSSB  1(FIN),  Work   Draft  29-LS0003\U                                                                    
(Martin, 3/18/16).                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:06:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ERIN SHINE,  STAFF, SENATOR  ANNA MACKINNON,  explained that                                                                    
the  current version  incorporated the  two amendments  that                                                                    
had passed  during the hearing on  version V of the  bill on                                                                    
3/18/16. She  relayed that the incorporation  of Amendment 1                                                                    
could be  found on Page 4,  lines 7 through 16,  and on Page                                                                    
5, lines  9 and  11. She  stated that  Amendment 2  had been                                                                    
incorporated on Page 5, lines  23 through 31. She noted that                                                                    
when she walked  through version V at  the previous hearing,                                                                    
she  had failed  to note  that the  effective date  had been                                                                    
changed from 2015 to 2016.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:07:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon REMOVED  her OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:07:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche  pointed out  that all the  fiscal notes                                                                    
attached to the  bill were zero notes.  He briefly discussed                                                                    
the notes attached to the legislation.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:10:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon welcomed Senator Hoffman to the table.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:11:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche expressed  appreciation to the committee                                                                    
for hearing  the legislation. He  expounded on the  point of                                                                    
the  non-smoker's  right  to   breathe  smoke-free  air.  He                                                                    
believed that  the bill would minimally  affect commerce. He                                                                    
added that fines would be kept at a minimal level.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:12:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dunleavy stated that he  would be voting "no" on the                                                                    
bill.  He  expressed that  avoided  cigarette  smoke in  his                                                                    
personal life,  and understood  the intent  of the  bill. He                                                                    
supported smoke-free  public areas. He  expressed discomfort                                                                    
with regulating smoking for  private businesses and believed                                                                    
that  the legislation  crossed over  the line  of government                                                                    
overreach.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:15:20 PM                                                                                                                    
Vice-Chair Micciche divulged that  he was initially hesitant                                                                    
to sponsor the  legislation, for all of  the reasons pointed                                                                    
out  by  Senator  Dunleavy.  He  contended  that  the  state                                                                    
regularly regulated private business for safety.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche MOVED  to report  CSSSSB 1(FIN)  out of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal notes. There  being NO OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSSSB  1(FIN) was  REPORTED  out of  committee  with a  "do                                                                    
pass" recommendation  and with one  new zero fiscal  note by                                                                    
the Department  of Administration, one new  zero fiscal note                                                                    
by  the  Department  of  Commerce,  Community  and  Economic                                                                    
Development;  one  new  zero   fiscal  note  by  the  Alaska                                                                    
Judicial System; one  new zero fiscal note  by Department of                                                                    
Environmental Conservation; one new  zero fiscal note by the                                                                    
Department of Health  and Social Services; and  six new zero                                                                    
fiscal notes by the  Department of Transportation and Public                                                                    
Facilities.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:17:12 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:19:13 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon discussed housekeeping.