Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2024-05-15 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2024-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2759 HB 129 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(JUD) "An Act relating to voter registration; and providing for an effective date" was read the second time. Senator Olson, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption of the Finance Senate Committee Substitute offered on page 2467. Senator Shower objected. The question being: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 129(JUD) Second Reading Adopt Finance Senate Committee Substitute? YEAS: 18 NAYS: 2 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson Nays: Myers, Shower and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) was adopted. Senator Wielechowski offered Amendment No. 1 : Page 1, line 7, following "defamation": Insert "of a candidate" 2024-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2760 Page 1, line 8, following "defamation": Insert "brought by a candidate" Page 1, line 9, following "section,": Insert "(1) "candidate" has the meaning given in AS 15.13.400; (2)" Senator Wielechowski moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator Shower objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: SCS CSHB 129(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1? YEAS: 17 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson Nays: Myers Absent: Olson, Shower and so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Senator Wielechowski offered Amendment No. 2 : Page 12, line 23, following "person.": Insert "For purposes of this section, a developer of the technology used to create synthetic media that is in an electioneering communication is not the creator of the electioneering communication." Senator Wielechowski moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Objections were heard. 2024-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2761 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: SCS CSHB 129(FIN) am S Second Reading Amendment No. 2? YEAS: 19 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Shower, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson Nays: Myers and so, Amendment No. 2 was adopted. Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the bill be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Senator Shower objected. The question being: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) am S advance from Second to Third Reading?" The roll was taken with the following result: SCS CSHB 129(FIN) am S Advance from Second to Third Reading? YEAS: 17 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bishop, Bjorkman, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Wilson Nays: Hughes, Myers, Shower and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) am S advanced to third reading. SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) am S was read the third time. 2024-05-15 Senate Journal Page 2762 The question being: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) am S "An Act relating to elections; relating to voter registration; relating to candidate legal funds; relating to voting; relating to special needs voting; relating to absentee voting; relating to defamation claims based on the use of synthetic media; relating to the use of synthetic media in electioneering communications; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result: SCS CSHB 129(FIN) am S Third Reading - Final Passage Effective Date(s) YEAS: 14 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bishop, Claman, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski Nays: Bjorkman, Hughes, Kaufman, Myers, Shower, Wilson and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN) am S passed the Senate. Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the vote on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause(s). Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.