HB 93-PROBATION AND PAROLE: WORK, TRAVEL ACCOM.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:14:00 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced  the consideration of HB 93. She named the                                                              
individuals available  to answer  questions and asked  the sponsor                                                              
if she wanted to comment.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:14:50 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE  CATHY TILTON,  Alaska  State Legislature,  Juneau,                                                              
Alaska, sponsor of  HB 93, stated that a committee  substitute was                                                              
prepared with  the recommendations  from Senator Wielechowski  and                                                              
she is satisfied with the bill.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE asked for an explanation of the changes.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:15:20 PM                                                                                                                    
CHRISTOPHER  CLARK, Staff,  Representative  Cathy Tilton,  related                                                              
that Senator  Wielechowski recommended adding  educational courses                                                              
and  training programs  as  something  a probation  officer  would                                                              
take  into   account  when  considering   a  travel  pass   for  a                                                              
probationer. That  was inserted in the  bill on page 2,  lines 10,                                                              
14 and 31,  and page 5, line  3. This addresses the ability  for a                                                              
probationer to  get or keep  a job or  take an educational  course                                                              
or training program.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCGUIRE  noted  that  page  4,  lines  12-13,  provide  the                                                              
ability for individuals  to get mental health and  substance abuse                                                              
treatment.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:17:32 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:17:51 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR MCGUIRE  reconvened the  meeting and asked  for a  motion to                                                              
adopt the committee substitute.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
2:18:05 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COGHILL  motioned to  adopt the work  draft Senate  CS for                                                              
CSHB 93, labeled 29-LS0404\N, as the working document.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCGUIRE  announced  that without  objection  version  N  is                                                              
before the committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
2:18:22 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COGHILL  moved to report  the Senate  CS for CSHB  93 from                                                              
committee  with  individual recommendations  and  attached  fiscal                                                              
note(s).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced  that without objection,  SCS CSHB 93(JUD)                                                              
is reported from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:18:51 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MICCICHE said he hadn't seen the fiscal notes.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCGUIRE reviewed  the  zero fiscal  notes  from the  Public                                                              
Defender Agency and the Department of Corrections.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MICCICHE  asked if the accommodation from  parole officers                                                              
to obtain steady employment or training would add to the cost.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL added that previous testimony indicated that                                                                    
officers were doing this already and this simply places it in                                                                   
statute.