ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE  February 3, 2015 8:00 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Charlie Huggins, Chair Senator John Coghill, Vice Chair Senator Pete Kelly Senator Kevin Meyer Senator Berta Gardner MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - HEARD PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses ACTION NARRATIVE 8:00:27 AM CHAIR CHARLIE HUGGINS called the Senate Rules Standing Committee meeting to order at 8: a.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Gardner, Coghill, Kelly, Meyer, and Chair Huggins. ^Organizational Meeting Organizational Meeting    8:01:04 AM  CHAIR HUGGINS announced the first order of business would be procedural, to elect the vice chairman. SENATOR MEYER moved to elect Senator Coghill as vice chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. There were no objections and it was so ordered. SENATOR COGHILL moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate Rules Committee delegate the rules set out in Uniform Rule 18 for the preparation of the daily calendar including the scheduling of bills for the floor to the chair of the committee for both regular and special sessions of the 29th Legislature. There were no objections and it was so ordered. CHAIR HUGGINS clarified that: This delegation of calendaring authority does not obviate the requirement to hold properly noticed meetings of the committee or any action we may wish to take up outside the preparation of the calendaring and scheduling of bills on the floor. In short terms, he said this is procedural and customary. It is the tradition of the Senate and he appreciated everyone's cooperation. 8:03:05 AM CHAIR HUGGINS thanked everyone for joining them today and adjourned the Senate Rules Committee meeting at 8:03 a.m.