Moving Alaska Forward
SB54 is an important piece of legislation that will revise some sections of SB91–criminal justice reform. However, I voted against an amendment to SB 54 that would result in a nearly full repeal of SB91 because there are many critically important parts of that legislation that are designed to prevent people from becoming repeat offenders.
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Greetings from Juneau on this the 14th day of the 4th special session. The House Finance committee spent last week listening to testimony on SB 54, – Crime and Sentencing. The committee listened to invited testimony from multiple departments and state agencies, as well as 10 hours of public testimony. We have been debating this bill on the floor all weekend, and the debate continues today with multiple amendments being offered.
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The House Finance Committee will be meeting today at 5pm for public testimony on SB54. Since this Committee meeting will be teleconferenced, you can call in, or send written testimony to housefinance@akleg.gov.
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On October 24th, I sent out notice for public testimony on Senate Bill 54, Crime and Sentencing. Thank you to those who were able to testify. There is another chance to testify today, Monday, October 30, from 5-9 PM this time in the House Finance Committee.
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Greetings from Juneau on this the 7th day of the 4th special session. The governor called the legislature to Juneau to consider his revenue proposal of a 1.5% payroll tax and SB 54, which makes adjustments to the 2016 criminal justice reform effort.
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I’m proud to say that Senate Bill 54 has passed out of the Judiciary committee. Thankyou for all those who called in and tuned last week in House Judiciary. If you missed the opportunity to testify there is one last chance to be heard.
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Things are moving quickly during this special session, and I want to keep you, my constituents, up to date. I will be sending out my regular Monday newsletters during the special session but I will also alert you to public testimony opportunities or major schedule changes that occur during the week.
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The House Finance Committee will meet on Saturday and Monday to accept public testimony on Senate Bill 54, making additional reforms to Alaska’s criminal justice system. The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee late Thursday night and has been referred to the House Finance Committee.
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