ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL    OCTOBER 05, 2021  11:00 AM    MEMBERS PRESENT  Representative Sara Hannan, Chair  Senator Lora Reinbold, Vice Chair  Representative Matt Claman  Representative Bryce Edgmon  Representative Neal Foster  Representative Louise Stutes  Representative Cathy Tilton  Representative Chris Tuck  Senator Click Bishop  Senator Peter Micciche  Senator Mike Shower  Senator Bert Stedman  Senator Gary Stevens    MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Lyman Hoffman  Senator Shelley Hughes (alternate)    OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT  Representative Steve Thompson    AGENDA  CALL TO ORDER  APPROVAL OF AGENDA  RATIFICATION OF CHARITABLE EVENT  COMMITTEE BUSINESS  OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS  ADJOURN    SPEAKER REGISTER  Jessica Geary, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs  Agency (LAA)    11:03:48 AM    I. CALL TO ORDER    CHAIR HANNAN called the Legislative Council meeting to  order at 11:03 AM in the House Finance Committee Room.  Present at the call were: Representatives Claman, Edgmon,  Foster, Hannan, Stutes, Tilton; Senators Bishop, Reinbold,  Stedman, Stevens.    Representative Tuck joined at 11:05am; Senate President  Micciche joined at 11:13am; and Senator Shower joined at  11:25am.    Members absent were: Senators Hoffman and Hughes.    Thirteen members present.    II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA     11:05:17 AM  VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD moved and asked unanimous consent that  the Legislative Council approve the agenda as presented.    CHAIR HANNAN, noting no objection, said the agenda was  approved.    III. RATIFICATION OF CHARITABLE EVENT    11:05:38 AM  VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD moved and asked unanimous consent that  the Legislative Council ratify the Chairs sanctioning of  the following charitable event per AS 24.60.080(a)(2)(B):  Junior Achievement of Alaskas Business Hall of Fame Event   Thursday, January 20, 2022, Denaina Center, Anchorage.    CHAIR HANNAN objected for the purposes of discussion and  said she had already sanctioned this event after verifying  that it was a 501(c)(3) organization. She asked if there  were any questions or discussion surrounding that before  ratification. After noting neither of the above, she  removed her objection, and stated that the event was now  ratified.    IV. COMMITTEE BUSINESS    11:06:50 AM  VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD moved that Legislative Council adopt  the COVID-19 Mitigation Policy as amended.    CHAIR HANNAN noted that members had copies of the current  policy and that there were a couple options before the  Council. She gave the floor to the Legislative Affairs  Agencys Executive Director, Jessica Geary, to walk members  through proposed changes to COVID-19 policy and respond to  questions.    JESSICA GEARY stated her name and title for the record. She  described the proposed changes to clarify the masking  section of the policy, noting the current policy said N95  masks were not allowable. The intent, she said, was to  disallow masks with exhalation valves, but the new policy  would allow the use of N95 masks. She said the substantive  changes were under Section III, Cycle Testing and  Screening. Ms. Geary said the two options before members  were considered to offer flexibility to members during the  fourth special session and all the unknowns that would come  with it. She explained that she reached out to Beacon, the  Legislature's previous COVID mitigation contractor, and  learned they had a contract with the State of Alaska that  covered all State facilities. We explored this option and  while simple, it offered fewer servicesit would be  essentially staff time and testing (no screening, etc.).  The other option would be to create a separate contract,  hire screeners, and create clearance cards all of which  could use some funds left from Beacons January contract  with the Legislature. She said she was aware this might be  confusing and would be glad to take questions before  continuing.    SENATOR STEVENS thanked Ms. Geary for the options and asked  from a purely fiscal point of view which cost less.    MS. GEARY said the first option would not cost the  Legislature any additional funds.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON stated that the current policy  focused on personal responsibility which she preferred over  required testing, etc. She said she wanted to bring to  members attention that when the masking policy was created  during the last meeting, there was discussion about  following the lead of the city in which the meeting was  being held (Juneau) in both the Capitol as well as in LIOs  around the state. She thought that other cities' mask  policies should be honored by the Legislative Information  Offices within them. She then asked what, individuals must  test at least every four days meant.    MS. GEARY said that individuals in the policy referred to  those who were required to participate in cycle testing, so  was a continuation of the previous policy.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON confirmed that individuals then  referred to legislators and legislative staff, and  expressed she was concerned about members of the public  being asked to test, etc.    MS. GEARY said that it would be up to Legislative Council  to draft any policy extending testing to members of the  public, but as this policy was written, it was only  currently required that visitors to the Capitol self-screen  for symptoms and not enter if they had COVID-19 symptoms.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON said that Option 2 limited Capitol  access to just screening stations and asked if Option 1  would not limit access.    MS. GEARY said that was correct; that Option 1 could be  viewed as more of an honor system policy.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said that first, under Item 4, it said  that legislators and legislative staff must isolate as  directed by health authorities. She wanted to know who the  health authorities were and what was being directed with  the word isolate.    MS. GEARY said that language did not change from previous  policy and said what it meant was if one tested positive  they would be directed to quarantine as directed by public  health.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said she was concerned that, health  authorities was too broad of language.    MS. GEARY said the intent was the health authorities with  the State or Municipality, whoever was conducting contact  tracing for that area. Contact tracing was not part of the  contract being considered today, unlike last session where  contractors were providing contact tracing and quarantine  services.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said so this is basically on the honor  system?    MS. GEARY responded yes, in a sense, but it was her  understanding that if someone tested positive, public  health would contact them and let them know that they are  to be quarantining for whatever that time period is.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD asked if the PCR tests were still under  Emergency Use Authorization or if they had been FDA  approved.    MS. GEARY said she did not have that information.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said that it was her understanding they  were currently still under Emergency Use Authorization and  therefore could not be mandated and said she would vote no  because she believed it to be both illegal and  unconstitutional. She said she was concerned that she could  not know who the provider would be and what would be  required. She said for the record that if there was any  news about a contract with Beacon, she had not yet seen it  and would like to know everything there was to know about  that contract and expressed concerns about legislators  being leaders and representing their constituents but being  forced to do things against their will and against the  constitution. She described this as the most  unconstitutional thing she had ever seen.    CHAIR HANNAN clarified for the record that Representative  Tuck joined the Council at 11:05am and Senator Micciche  joined at 11:13am.    REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN asked scheduling questions about  Option 1, and detailed specific travel days to explain.    MS. GEARY said that with travel, this would be a concern  for many legislators. She said the current advice is that  when one traveled, they would test afterward. She continued  that this policy said one PCR test would be available and  following tests would be antigen rapid tests with results  available in thirty minutes.    REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN asked if these tests were related to  Capitol access, rather than LIOs and other Legislative  facilities.    MS. GEARY confirmed that was correct; this was specific to  the Capitol Complex.    REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN clarified that he would only need to  test upon returning to the Capitol.    MS. GEARY confirmed that was correct.    REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN reconfirmed that this policy only  applied to Capitol Complex and not to LIOs around the  state.    MS. GEARY confirmed he was correct and said that there was  not testing resources through the Legislature in those  facilities, but if this Council wanted to make testing  available in those communities, she could check into that.    REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN asked where in Juneau the testing  would be held.    MS. GEARY said it would be in the Assembly Building.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK detailed a resolution that had passed  the House and was being considered by the Senate that would  allow committee meetings to be held in the Anchorage LIO  with public participation. He asked if that passed, would  there be any concern about testing in Anchorage, or were  members only worried about COVID-19 spread in Juneau.    MS. GEARY said it was her understanding that there was  COVID-19 concern statewide, but that this policy only  contemplated the Capitol Complex, but if it was the intent  of the Legislature to have meetings in Anchorage, then this  committee could ask her to investigate testing options for  the Anchorage LIO.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK expressed that the Legislature was not  at present taking into consideration any meetings outside  of Juneau.    CHAIR HANNAN said it was at her direction that Ms. Geary  was asked to investigate the possibilities of expanding the  Legislatures mitigation policy in the wake of a fourth  special session in the Capitol Complex. She said she did  not ask her to investigate trying to institute COVID-19  mitigation policies stronger than masking and self- screening at any other LIOs or locations across the state.  The impetus was a gathering of sixty Legislators coming  together from a variety of points around Alaska  concentrated together, so that is where the two options  originated as to what to do for this complex during this  special session, but it would retain self-screening, face- covering, and masking in all locations.    CHAIR HANNAN noted Senator Showers arrival to the meeting  at 11:25am.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said she wanted to make sure she  understood clearly that under cycle testing and screening,  both options required test participation of legislators and  staff to access the Capitol, but not of the public. She  asked if that was true.    CHAIR HANNAN confirmed that she was correct.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said that that legislators and staff  would not be allowed to access the Capitol if they did not  take a non-FDA approved test, meaning the policy would  block them from performing their fiduciary responsibility.  She said this policy made CDC guidance mandatory for  isolation and contact tracing even though federal law  stated EUA could not be mandated, state law said EUA was  opt-in, and the constitution required legislators and staff  to be in the Capitol. She stated again that this was the  most unconstitutional thing she had ever seen and that she  would vote an absolute and passionate no.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE acknowledged his lateness and  confirmed he had the correct paperwork in front of him and  then asked for more information about the types of approved  masks.    MS. GEARY said that updates included adding under approved  face shields with a droplet barrier, and under masking,  approved clear masks, gaiters made of tightly woven  material of multiple layers. She said that scarves were  added to the list of unacceptable face coverings and N95  masks were removed from that list.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE stated his question was how those  updates interacted with Options 1 and 2, or if that was a  separate document and may not be what was being discussed.    MS. GEARY said that in both Options, the masking policy was  identical. The only substantial changes, she said, were in  Section 3 under Cycle Testing & Screening, as well as a  Risk Level Notification requirement which stated that her  office would notify legislators and staff of whatever  protocols were going on at that particular facility. These,  she said, were the only differences, and then said Option 1  was more of an honor system and Option 2 had some  requirements for verification of negative COVID-19 test.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE asked if Option 1 included  individuals who had regular business in the Capitol or not.  MS. GEARY confirmed that those individuals were not  included.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE spoke about the compliance and  scheduling issues when cycle testing was every day and  asked if it was possible to do once-weekly testing like  members and staff had done at one point, citing the ease of  that method.    CHAIR HANNAN said she was not sure she was able to answer  that question and informed him of Representative Clamans  scheduling/travel question from earlier. She said that  Option 1, being an honor system, could allow for such a  scenario as weekly testing, but that she believed there was  a reason within the definition of cycle testing that led to  the policy being written as it was currently. She asked Ms.  Geary if she would confirm.    MS. GEARY said that she was correct, and to have a robust  testing program there had to be repetition of tests, and  the best way to catch positive cases is to test every four  days. That is more feasible if everyone was in Juneau,  which is common during regular session, but less likely for  special session.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE thanked them both and apologized  for being late and having to be filled in.    CHAIR HANNAN said it was no problem and let him know  members had not yet had a motion on one option over the  other but were currently discussing both options.    SENATOR STEVENS asked if the existing contract between the  State and Beacon would extend into next regular session.    MS. GEARY said that work was being done to extend that  contract, and that the current policy did not have an  expiration so it would be up to this committee to change or  end it.    SENATOR STEVENS asked the Chair if she recommended either  of the two options.    CHAIR HANNAN said that her understanding was the policy  exists until members amend it again, but that members were  not trying to anticipate all the needs that they would have  for regular session come January. She said she was of two  minds and seeking guidance from the committee. Option 1,  she said, served the Legislature in a low-traffic  environment due to its low fiscal cost, but was reliant on  members to follow policy, participating in cycle testing  without verification. She said that if sixty members and  their staff were concentrated for ten days, some from high- transmission communities, Option 2 would be the most  health-protective, but at substantial cost. The traffic  flow of the building for special session could guide this  decision; she thought it may be low traffic, but other  members have more accurate estimates.    SENATOR STEVENS said he thought it was important to hear  her thoughts as she had spent more time on this issue than  others, and that he believed it made sense to continue with  Option 1 through special session and then reevaluate for  regular session. He thanked the Chair for her thoughts and  said he believed he supported Option 1.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said that she let her leadership know  she could not make this motion and now that Senate  President Micciche was here, she was going to withdraw her  motion of this policy based on the illegality and the  constitution.    SENATOR BISHOP requested that the Vice-Chair repeat  herself.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said that she notified Senate President  Micciche that she could not make this motion. Because he  was not here at the beginning of the meeting, she went  ahead and made the motion, however she was now withdrawing  it due to her belief that it is illegal on a federal and  state level as well as unconstitutional. If the Chair would  like someone else to make this motion, the Vice-Chair asked  that she do so.    11:39:29 AM  SPEAKER STUTES moved that the Legislative Council adopt the  COVID-19 mitigation policy Option 1.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD and REPRESENTATIVE TILTON objected.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON said she had spoken with Ms. Geary  about the policy and objected for two reasons: she believed  the masking policy within LIOs should follow that  communitys guidance and that she was a firm believer in  personal responsibility already outlined in the present  COVID-19 policy.    VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD said she had made it very clear that  she believed this PCR test could not be mandated and  therefore this policy violated federal law. She said Alaska  was an opt-in, not opt-out state and she had her own  providers in Juneau, Anchorage, and Eagle River, and she  wanted to have them taking care of her, not the policy. In  her mind it was not justified to challenge her  constitutional obligation to vote in the Capitol and she  did not want her staff or herself to be barred based on  what she believed was an illegitimate, illegal,  unconstitutional action, so she would be a no vote.    SENATOR SHOWER apologized for being late to the meeting and  said that the day before, he requested the latest COVID-19  data from a health official in Alaska who told him the  Delta variant was beginning to taper off and with much of  the Legislature vaccinated, he believed no policy was  necessary and certainly supported the lowest cost option if  one must be imposed. He said that this official had said  there were only five patients in Juneau's hospital due to  COVID-19 complications, that Anchorage hospitals were  performing elective surgeries, and that he did not believe  the data suggesting the healthcare system was stressed. He  said masking and self-testing were enough for the present  COVID-19 forecast in his view, and that he did not support  taking a step backward. The Senator said he did not think  the policy was necessary but would defer to the council.    CHAIR HANNAN asked the Senator, since he had requested his  comments to be put on the record, to share formally, in  writing, the guidance and numbers data he received as well  as the name of the health official he cited with Ms. Geary  and the Chair.    SENATOR SHOWER said he would.    CHAIR HANNAN said that since Senator Shower mentioned the  community of Juneaus vaccination rates, she wanted to make  it clear that this policy was not for the community, but  only to legislators and staff. It was her viewpoint that  although the community data would be relevant if the  committee was applying it to everyone who entered the  Capitol, that was not the case so the fact that legislators  were coming from sixty different locations, each of those  locations would have to be considered in the data to  estimate the risk factors for individuals entering the  building.    SENATOR SHOWER said he was not necessarily trying to sway  the discussion but was trying to point it out so there was  a broader base of information for members to consider and  would send the data he had received to her and Ms. Geary.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK asked if anyone had been keeping track  of visitor numbers to the Capitol since opening the  building to the public.    MS. GEARY said that we do not track every visitor who  enters the Capitol. There was a tour guide program during  the summer months that tracked visitor numbers on guided  tours, but there are no numbers on how many people visited  on their own.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK asked if there were any testing  requirements for these people to visit the Capitol.    MS. GEARY said there was no requirement aside from  individuals being made to mask and asked to keep six feet  from anyone working in the building.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK said that if members were going to be  testing and limiting public access to those being tested,  he believed reevaluation of masking requirements was due.  He didnt want to close the Capitol to the public, however,  if that must happen and just legislators and staff were  able to access the building, masking policies must be  reevaluated. He said he had both options in writing before  him but was not sure which was which and asked to have the  current option being considered identified for him.    MS. GEARY said that the committee was discussing Option 1,  that there was no prohibition of visitors to the Capitol  because the initial State contract did not extend to all  visitors to the Capitol complex as it only covered  legislators and staff. She said visitors were expected to  self-screen. The reason Option 2 includes individuals  outside of legislators and staff is because this option  contemplates the Legislature having a separate contract  directly with Beacon.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK asked again to have help identifying  which piece of paper was which option, as neither of them  were labeled as such. He read the differences between the  two.    CHAIR HANNAN let him know that the first one he read was  Option 1.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK thanked her and said he thought it was  a bit premature to consider a policy as members did not yet  know how often they would be in the Capitol during special  session.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON said she believed there was some  misunderstanding about Option 1; the wording made it seem  like members of the public would be asked to test and  recommended rephrasing the paragraph for clarity.    CHAIR HANNAN asked if the Representative would like to make  a motion to amend the phrasing of the policy.    11:52:19 AM  REPRESENTATIVE TILTON proposed that under item three,  Cycle Testing & Screening, that at the end of the first  paragraph, the word Those be inserted before  individuals.    CHAIR HANNAN asked if there were any objections.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE said he did not understand and  asked if Representative Tilton would repeat herself.    CHAIR HANNAN offered to repeat it and said at the end of  the first sentence under bullet point three, add those  and add the following paragraph to read those individuals  must be tested every four days....    SENATOR SHOWER asked for clarification.    CHAIR HANNAN said she was trying to clarify that the people  who would be testing would be legislators and staff, the  lead noun of the first sentence.    SENATOR SHOWER asked, just to be clear, if that would  affect the status of the Capitol being open to the public.    CHAIR HANNAN said it would not affect the public and that  it was Representative Tiltons intent that this policy of  cycle testing would only apply to legislators and  legislative staff.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK clarified to make sure that the public  would just have to self-screen, not test.    CHAIR HANNAN said he was correct.    11:54:19 AM  REPRESENTATIVE TUCK said he did not understand why they  impose such rules for themselves when they wouldnt hold  people walking in off the street to the same restriction,  and repeated that this policy enactment seemed premature.  He said he would like to make a motion to table this policy  until Friday, October 8, 2021.    CHAIR HANNAN said she currently had a motion to amend and  wanted to resolve that before taking up the motion to  table.    SENATOR STEVENS said that a motion to table took  precedence, has no discussion, and members need to vote on  that motion.    CHAIR HANNAN noted that there is a motion to table the  mitigation policy until Friday, October 8, 2021, and  requested a roll call vote.     11:55:54 AM   A roll call vote was taken.    YEAS: Representatives Tilton, Tuck; Senators Micciche,  Shower, Reinbold.    NAYS: Representatives Claman, Edgmon, Foster, Hannan,  Stutes; Senators Bishop, Stedman, Stevens.    With 5 yeas and 8 nays, the motion failed.    CHAIR HANNAN asked again if there was any objection to  Representative Tilton's earlier motion to amend. Upon  noting no objections, the policy was amended.    She said, that brings us back to the main motion of the  policy of Option 1 before us. As Chair, she appreciated the  fortitude of committee members to go back and forth on  scheduling, and because of that she asserted that this was  not premature and having a policy that could be acted on  and planned around was beneficial to all members staff,  support staff, and legislators themselves. By adopting  Option 1, she said, if the Council chose to, they would be  continuing to use an existing State contract and if on  Friday, policy needed to be amended, members would benefit  from the flexibility with no additional cost. If, she said,  special session ended up lasting 30 days, members could  decide to increase mitigations as necessary. At this point,  she said, Option 1 gave the Council the most options with  the smallest cost and allowed them to proceed with tighter  or looser mitigation efforts as needed. She recommended a  yes vote on the motion to adopt Option 1.    REPRESENTATIVE EDGMON said that Representative Tucks  comments had merit and perhaps he could have supported the  motion to table, but on the other hand (inaudible) he felt  that at this stage, it was better to have more protections  than fewer. With that in mind, he said he would be  supporting Option 1 and would like to keep a close eye  going forward if mitigation efforts could be decreased.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK said he would also vote to support  Option 1, but did not understand, unless it was a cost  issue, why the Legislature would not test the general  public accessing the Capitol if members efforts were  intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. He said it  seemed irrational to him to not test all sectors of people  entering the Capitol. He said he would almost rather test  the public and have legislators test only upon travel or  initial re-entry to the Capitol. He said it seemed  irrational to him, but as far as a step towards protection,  he supported Option 1.    CHAIR HANNAN said that one of the things contemplated  regarding his concerns was that on-site, rapid testing was  required if the Legislature was going to grant access only  upon proof of a negative test. The contract in Option 1 did  not allow for rapid tests, she said, which would not work  for a casual visitor. She said Option 1 was not the  tightest mitigation plan members could create to prevent  the transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant, but it was  a step in the right direction and contemplated the movement  of people who were regularly coming in and out of the  building.    REPRESENTATIVE TUCK said he did not like to cut out the  public and that it seemed like the State was paying a high  cost to test legislators and staff to not mitigate very  effectively by not testing the public. He said that was his  point, but that he would still support the proposal.    SENATE PRESIDENT MICCICHE said he would prefer the proposal  be written as advised to rather than must; he said he  could not have supported Option 2 but could support  Option 1 as that largely left choices up to the individual  even though it included the word must. He said the people  who would test, would test, and the people who were not  going to would not, so this eliminated the need to force  compliance on something that people either believe in or  they do not. He said he would support Option 1 and it would  be up to the individual to be in compliance or not. He  appreciated the two options and that other face covering  options had been added to give some flexibility to some who  were uncomfortable with certain kinds of face masks.    SENATOR STEVENS said he thought members needed to recognize  the remarkably good job done over the course of the  pandemic, under Chair Hannans leadership, with Ms. Gearys  support, in protecting legislators and staff. He said he  was glad to hear some folks thought things were getting  better; he hoped they were right but did not know that it  was true. He said six hundred thousand deaths in the United  States were becoming likely to approach a million, and that  Alaskas rates were the worst in the entire nation. He said  that members job here was to take care of their people for  the next three months, and that adjustment of the  mitigation plan was always an option in the future. He  appreciated Representative Tucks comments about the public  coming to the Capitol and said he would be supporting  Option 1.    12:05:16 PM  A roll call vote was taken.    YEAS: Representatives Claman, Edgmon, Foster, Hannan,  Stutes, Tuck; Senators Bishop, Micciche, Stedman, Stevens.    NAYS: Representative Tilton; Senators Shower, Reinbold.    The motion was adopted 10-3.    V. OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS    CHAIR HANNAN introduced the last piece of committee  business, a late travel reimbursement request from  Representative DeLena Johnson dated March of 2021.    12:06:43 PM  VICE-CHAIR REINBOLD moved that the Legislative Council  approve Representative Johnsons late travel reimbursement  request for which took place from March 26 to March 28 of  2021.    CHAIR HANNAN objected for the purposes of discussion and  said that Representative Johnson was present if anyone had  questions for her and that Ms. Geary was prepared to answer  questions about the late travel policy if there were any.    SPEAKER STUTES said she was happy to support it, saying  that Representative Johnson had experienced a tough year  with family deaths, and she could see how this could very  easily have slipped by. She said she was in full support of  a late reimbursement to Representative Johnson.    REPRESENTATIVE TILTON said she had had a discussion with  Representative Johnson the day before and would be  supporting this motion. She then detailed the variety of  reasons, none of which at the fault of the Representative,  that this travel reimbursement was submitted late.    CHAIR HANNAN recommended that members vote yes and said  that at sixty-one days Accounting asks that Legislative  Council approve travel. She then removed her objection and  requested a roll call vote.    12:09:49 PM  A roll call vote was taken.    YEAS: Representatives Claman, Edgmon, Foster, Hannan,  Stutes, Tilton, Tuck; Senators Micciche, Reinbold, Shower,  Stedman, Stevens.    NAYS: None.    The motion passed 12-0.    SENATOR STEDMAN commented that the Legislature had been  very timely and there had been very few late travel  reimbursement requests. He said this was the first one the  Council had received in a while, and it was good that  members kept a tight ship; he appreciated it.    VI. ADJOURN    12:11:27 PM  CHAIR HANNAN, seeing nothing further on the agenda and no  further comments, adjourned.