ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE  May 17, 2025 9:02 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson, Chair Representative Zack Fields, Vice Chair Senator Bert Stedman Senator Cathy Giessel Senator Bill Wielechowski Representative Neal Foster Representative Andy Josephson Representative Chuck Kopp Representative Cathy Tilton Senator Scott Kawasaki (alternate) Representative Bryce Edgmon (alternate) MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Lyman Hoffman OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT  Representative Jeremy Bynum COMMITTEE CALENDAR  APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE 9:02:01 AM CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. Representatives Josephson, Kopp, Tilton, and Fields and Senators Stedman, Wielechowski, Giessel, Kawasaki (alternate), and Gray-Jackson were present at the call to order. Representatives Foster and Edgmon (alternate) arrived as the meeting was in progress. Also present was Representative Bynum. ^APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA    9:02:54 AM CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON announced that the first order of business would be the approval of the agenda. 9:03:01 AM VICE CHAIR FIELDS moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection, the agenda was approved. ^APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES    9:03:11 AM CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON announced that the next order of business would be the approval of minutes. 9:03:16 AM VICE CHAIR FIELDS moved to approve the minutes for the April 9, 2025, and April 23, 2025, meetings. There being no objection, the minutes were approved. ^EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE SESSION    9:03:27 AM CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON announced that the next order of business would be executive session. 9:03:39 AM VICE CHAIR FIELDS moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule 22(b)(3) for the discussion of matters that may, by law, be required to be confidential. He asked that the following persons remain in the room or online: Kris Curtis, legislative auditor, and necessary staff; any legislators not on the committee; and staff of legislators on the committee. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 9:04:22 AM The committee took an at-ease from 9:04 a.m. to 9:49 a.m. for the purpose of executive session. 9:49:19 AM CHAIR GRAY-JACKSON called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting back to order at 9:49 a.m. Representatives Foster, Josephson, Kopp, Tilton, Edgmon (alternate), and Fields and Senators Stedman, Wielechowski, Giessel, Kawasaki (alternate), and Gray-Jackson were present at the call back to order. 9:49:46 AM VICE CHAIR FIELDS moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee release the FY 24 State of Alaska Single Audit to the agencies for response. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 9:50:54 AM ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m.