SB  46-BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:32:19 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR KAWASAKI announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 46                                                                
"An Act establishing the month of March as Brain Injury                                                                         
Awareness Month."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
He asked the sponsor to provide a summary of the bill.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:32:35 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR LÖKI  GALE TOBIN, District  I, Alaska  State Legislature,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska,  sponsor  of  SB  46,  deferred  to  her  staff,                                                               
Mackenzie Pope, to summarize the bill and answer questions.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:32:46 PM                                                                                                                    
MACKENZIE  POPE, Staff,  Senator  Löki Gale  Tobin, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, explained  that SB 46 designates the                                                               
month of  March as  Brain Injury Awareness  Month in  Alaska. The                                                               
designation will  attract public  attention to the  prevalence of                                                               
brain injuries and highlight methods of prevention.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KAWASAKI asked  the  committee for  queries  about SB  46;                                                               
finding none he moved to public testimony.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:33:15 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  KAWASAKI   opened  public   testimony  on  SB   46.  After                                                               
ascertaining  that  no  one  in  the room  or  online  wished  to                                                               
testify, he closed public testimony.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
He  asked  Senator Merrick  to  read  the  fiscal note  into  the                                                               
record.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:33:48 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MERRICK read the fiscal note analysis.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     This bill  establishes March as Brain  Injury Awareness                                                                    
     Month.  The  administration  does  not  anticipate  any                                                                    
     programmatic  effects to  departments  as  a result  of                                                                    
     this  legislation; therefore,  a zero  fiscal note  for                                                                    
     all agencies is submitted.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KAWASAKI reminded  the members that the  committee heard SB                                                               
46  on  March 14,  2023,  with  participating invited  testimony.                                                               
Finding no questions or comments, he solicited a motion.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:34:40 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MERRICK  moved to report  SB 46, work  order 33-LS0325\A,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KAWASAKI  found no  objection and SB  46 was  reported from                                                               
the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.