Senate Floor Session, 4/2/26, 10:30am

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Senate Floor Session, 4/2/26, 10:30am

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Senate Finance advances bill on PFDs for overturned convictions

The Alaska Senate Finance Committee moved forward legislation allowing people with overturned criminal convictions to receive Permanent Fund Dividends they were previously denied.

Senate Finance advances bill on PFDs for overturned convictions

The Alaska Senate Finance Committee moved forward legislation allowing people with overturned criminal convictions to receive Permanent Fund Dividends they were previously denied.

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4:26

Speaker A

Will the Senate please come to order?

4:29

Speaker A

Because we are in a technical session today,

4:31

Speaker A

the roll call will be waived. We will also forego the invocation,

4:36

Speaker A

Pledge of Allegiance, and certification of the journal.

4:40

Speaker A

I see no guests for introduction or members to introduce them.

4:45

Speaker A

Madam Secretary,

4:45

Speaker A

are there messages from the Governor?

4:47

Speaker B

There are no messages from the governor this morning,

4:49

Speaker B

Mr.

4:49

Speaker B

President.

4:50

Speaker A

Are there messages from the House?

4:51

Speaker B

There are no messages from the House to be read in a technical session.

4:54

Speaker A

Are there communications?

4:56

Speaker B

There are no communications this morning, Mr. President.

4:58

Speaker A

Reports of standing committees.

5:00

Speaker B

The Finance Committee considered Senate Bill Number 167,

5:04

Speaker B

Criminal Convictions Overturned Received Pass PFD and recommended it be replaced with a Finance Committee substitute.

5:10

Speaker B

New indeterminate fiscal note. Signing do pass.

5:14

Speaker B

Senators Olson,

5:15

Speaker B

Hoffman,

5:16

Speaker B

cochairs.

5:16

Speaker B

Signing no recommendation.

5:18

Speaker B

Senator Sedman,

5:19

Speaker B

cochair.

5:20

Speaker B

Signing no recommendation also,

5:22

Speaker B

Senators Kaufman,

5:23

Speaker B

Cronk, Merrick.

5:24

Speaker B

Signing amend,

5:25

Speaker B

Senator Keel.

5:26

Speaker B

The bill has no further referral.

5:28

Speaker B

It is in the Rules Committee.

5:29

Speaker B

The Judiciary Committee considered Senate Bill No.

5:32

Speaker B

252,

5:33

Speaker B

Uniform Commercial Code,

5:35

Speaker B

Electronic Transaction Records.

5:38

Speaker B

Previous zero fiscal note, signing due pass. Senator Klayman, chair.

5:42

Speaker B

Signing no recommendation,

5:44

Speaker B

Senators Tobin, Kiel. The bill has no further referral, it is in the Rules Committee.

5:48

Speaker B

Those are all the standing committee reports this morning, Mr President.

5:51

Speaker A

Are there reports of special committees?

5:53

Speaker B

There are no special committee reports this morning, Mr President.

5:56

Speaker A

Because we are in technical session,

5:58

Speaker A

there will be no Senate resolutions for introduction today,

6:01

Speaker A

no Senate bills for introduction today,

6:03

Speaker A

And there are no items on today's daily calendar.

6:06

Speaker A

Also no matters of unfinished business would be in order today.

6:10

Speaker A

Are there committee announcements?

6:12

Speaker A

There are no members to make them. There are also no other announcements,

6:16

Speaker A

because I don't have any.

6:18

Speaker A

As this is a technical session,

6:20

Speaker A

there will also be no special orders today.

6:22

Speaker A

The Senate will now stand in adjournment until Tuesday,

6:26

Speaker A

April 7th, at 2 o'clock p.m.