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The Alaska House has returned to its debate over proposed budget amendments after a lunch break. Amendment 40, from Eastman, would say it's the Legislature's intent that state worker union members be told every year that they don't have to pay union fees. It fails, 12-27. #akleg
Reps. Gillham, LeBon, McCarty, Nelson, Rasmussen, Shaw & Thompson vote no. Eastman's Amendment 41 relates to having the permanent fund corporation prepare a report detailing state & corp. assets. It fails, 14-25, with LeBon, McCarty, Rasmussen, Shaw & Thompson vote no. #akleg
Eastman's Amendment 42 says state money shouldn't be used to maintain date compatible with facial recognition software. It fails, 18-21, with Merrick, Rasmussen and Tuck voting yes and LeBon, McCarty and Thompson voting no. #akleg
Eastman's Amendment 43 relates to not sending driver's license information to foreign-owned corporations or foreign governments. It passes, 25-14. Drummond, Hopkins, Josephson, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Snyder, Stutes and Tuck vote yes. LeBon and Thompson vote no. #akleg
Eastmant's Amendment 44 says the state shouldn't spend money budgeted for vacant positions for other purposes. It passes, 20-19, with Rep. Rasmussen and Speaker Stutes voting yes. #akleg
Amendment 45, from Rep. Johnson, R-Palmer, would cut $32 million from Medicaid related to federal funding. It fails, 18-21. Merrick & Rasmussen vote yes; LeBon & Thompson no. The Amendment 44 vote is rescinded. Now it fails, 18-21, with Rasmussen and Stutes voting no. #akleg
Johnson's Amendment 46 would move roughly $211,000 in economic development funds to the governor's office. It fails, 19-20, with Rasmussen voting yes. Johnson's Amendment 47 would say $1.25 million in nursing fund is a one-time item and won't recur. #akleg
Josephson notes the state's high ranking in sexually transmitted infections and says public health spending cuts must stop. Rep. Zulkosky, D-Bethel, notes tuberculosis outbreak in her district & importance of public health nurses to it. It fails, 19-20, w/ Rasmussen a yes. #akleg
Eastman's Amendment 51 completes a sentence saying a baseline assment of school districts should be sent to the Legislature. It passes, 31-8, with Claman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Josephson, Tuck & Zulkosky voting no. #akleg
Eastman's Amendment 52 would say it's the Legislature's intent that no state funds be spent on an entity that requires COVID-19 vaccines or discriminates against those who haven't. Rep. Wool, D-Fairbanks, notes schools require vaccines and deadlier strains could emerge. #akleg
It fails, 18-21, with Rasmussen and Tuck voting yes and Nelson and Prax voting no. Eastman's Amendment 53 says it's the Legislature's intent that residents of areas proposed to be added to borough approve of it. It passes, 20-19, with Merrick and Rasmussen voting yes. #akleg
