Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session, 4/20/26, 11am

So will the Senate please come to order, and will members please signify your presence by voting.

The roll shows 18 members present. Senator Olson is excused from a call of the Senate today. Thank you. With 18 members shown as present, we have a quorum to conduct business. The invocation this morning will be given by Senior Pastor Tim Harrison from the Chapel by the Lake.

Members, please rise.

Mr. President and honored senators, today I offer a prayer given by the Reverend Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie, 61st Chaplain of the United States Senate from the 104th through the 108th Congresses. With great respect for the religious beliefs of each person here, I invite you to a time of prayer and reflect— reflection. Let us pray.

Almighty God, whose mercies are new every morning and whose presence sustains us through the day, we seek to glorify you in all we do and say. You provide us strength for the day, guidance in our decisions, vision for the way, courage in adversity, Help from above, unfailing empathy, and unlimited love. You never leave us nor forsake us, nor do You ask of us more than You will provide the resources to accomplish. Here are our minds; think Your thoughts in them. Here are our hearts; express Your love and encouragement through them.

Here are our voices. Speak your truth through them. We dedicate this day to discern and do your will. We trust in you, dear God, and ask you to continue to bless America and the great state of Alaska through the leadership of the men and women of this Senate. Help them as they grapple with the problems and grasp your potential for the crucial issues before them this day.

Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor Harrison. Senator Hoffman, would you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Senator Hoffman. Will the Secretary please certify the journals? I certify as to the correctness of the journals for the 87th through 90th legislative days. Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the journals be approved as certified by the Senate Secretary.

Thank you. Hearing no objection, the journals have been approved. Senator Hoffman. Good morning, Mr. President. I move and ask unanimous consent that the prayer be spread on the journal.

Thank you. Seeing no objection, the prayer has been spread upon the journal. Are there guests for introduction at this time? Guests for introduction? Senator Myers.

Thank you, Mr. President. So it's that time of year. Our interns are leaving us, or they left us over the weekend, I suppose, so to speak. So behind us, I have Aaron Raybuck coming. He's been the intern in my office this year.

Aaron came to Alaska over a decade ago and has built a life here through hard work, study, and a commitment to public service. Before returning to school, he spent many years in retail management. So those of you in the Anchorage area might have run into him at his former job.

And he learned there how to bring people together around a common goal and work with people from very different backgrounds and perspectives. He's completing his degree in political science at the University of Alaska Anchorage, but I don't hold that against him. And he will graduate in early May this year. His academic interests have centered on Alaska government, public policy, resource development, and the larger institutional questions that shape the state's future. When I was interviewing him last December for the position, I specifically asked him what he wanted to study and get out of the internship, and he told me he wanted to look into natural resource management and how that affects the state and Well, this was a good year for it, Mr. President.

During his internship in our office, Aaron has assisted with hearing preparation, committee materials, research projects, constituent communication, bill summaries, and a variety of the day-to-day work that keeps the office moving during session. He's also helped move two bills from drafting through committee hearing. He's brought thoughtfulness, professionalism, and steady judgment to the office. In his free time, he enjoys working on home projects, spending time with family, and reflecting on history, politics, in public life, often while out riding his bicycle, which now that he's getting out of here, he might have some more opportunity to do that with less snow on the streets. Um, after this internship, he hopes to continue building a future here in Alaska through legislative policy and public affairs work that contributes to the long-term future of this state.

I would not be surprised if we see him back in the building here in a year or two, maybe as staff, might be working for one of the other organizations that frequently haunts the halls around here. With that, Mr. President, please welcome Aaron Raybuck to the Senate.

Thank you, Senator Myers. Senator Tobin. Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning. Just like the member from North Pole, I too will be introducing my Ted Stevens legislative intern.

If Jason Ritter behind me can stand. Mr. Ritter is a resident of Fairview, so I was quite lucky to have him in my office this I met him through the USUAA Student Government Leadership, where he had participated in several advocacy fly-ins, and encouraged him to apply to the program. Well, we were excited to have him in our office helping develop policy, carry legislation. Of course, he has been a great addition to my office these last 89 days. Jason will be graduating this semester with his degree in accounting.

He did negotiate some graduate credits for this last course as he had completed his education experience and simply wanted to stay on for one more semester to join us here in Juneau. So please help me in welcoming and also saying goodbye to Mr. Ritter. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Thank you, Senator Tobin. Seeing no further guests for introduction, are there messages from the governor? A letter dated April 16th requesting legislative concurrence to increase the funding limitation for the 2025 Matanuska-Susitna windstorm disaster with an accompanying revised finance plan was received as required by AS 2623020.

The letter and revised finance plan have been copied to the Finance Committee co-chairs. Those are all the messages from the governor this morning, Mr. President. Thank you, Madam Secretary. Are there messages from the House? I have no messages from the House today.

Thank you. Are there communications? The following are on file: a report from the Attorney General dated April 17 stating the monetary terms for the collective bargaining agreement between the State of Alaska and the Public Employees Association representing state employees within the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Another report from the Attorney General dated April 20 received stating the monetary terms for the collective bargaining agreements between the State of Alaska and the Public Employees Association representing state employees within the Department of Public Safety, both in accordance with AS 2340215. Thank you.

These collective bargaining agreements are referred to the Finance Committee. Those are all the communications this morning, Mr. President. Thank you. Are there standing committee reports, Madam Secretary? Reports Dated April 15 and April 17, stating in accordance with AS3905080, the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the following appointees.

A signature on this report does not reflect an intent by any of the members to vote for or against the confirmation of the individuals during any further sessions. Commission on Judicial Conduct: Aldine Kilbourne, Donald McClintock III, Jane Moores. Signing the report: Senator Clayman, Chair, Senators Tilton, Steven Tobin. State Commission for Human Rights. Mary Salazar.

Signing this report: Senator Clayman, Chair, Senators Tilton, Keel. Report dated April 16 stating in accordance with AS3905080, the Health and Social Services Committee held a hearing on the following appointees. A signature on this report does not reflect intent by any of the members to vote for or against the confirmation of the individuals during any further Board of Certified Direct Entry Midwives, Stasha Miller. Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Edward Barrington, Walter Campbell. Board of Dental Examiners, Travis Perkins, Michael Sanders.

Board of Examiners in Optometry, Charles Rudstrom. Board of Pharmacy, Rebecca Balms. Board of Professional Counselors, Crystal Herring. Signing the report, Senator Dunbar, Chair, Senators Clinton, Dunbar, Klayman, Tobin, Giesel. The Resources Committee considered Senate Bill 174, invasive species management, new fiscal note.

Signing do pass, Senator Giesel, Chair, Senators Klayman, Dunbar. Signing no recommendation, Senators Kawasaki, Myers. The bill has a further referral to the Finance Committee. The Resources Committee considered Senate Bill 192, evacuation designation levels, and recommended the adoption of the previous Community and Regional Affairs Committee substitute. Previous zero fiscal note.

Signing do pass: Senator Giesel, Chair, Senators Myers, Clayman. Signing no recommendation: Senator Dunbar. Signing amend: Senator Kawasaki. The bill has no further referral. It is in the Rules Committee.

The Resources Committee considered Senate Bill 208, Agricultural Land Use, and recommended it be replaced with a Resources Committee substitute. Institute, new title, new zero fiscal note. Signing do pass, Senator Giesel. Chair, Senator Myers. Signing no recommendation, Senators Dunbar, Clayman.

Signing amend, Senator Kawasaki. The bill has a further referral to the Finance Committee. Those are all the standing committee reports this morning, Mr. President. Thank you, Madam Secretary. Are there reports of special committees?

I have no special committee reports today. Are there Senate resolutions for introduction? There are no Senate resolutions for introduction today. And are there Senate bills for introduction? I have no Senate bills for introduction today.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Please read the first item on today's calendar.

Senate Bill 214 by the Senate Rules Committee by request of the Governor, an act making appropriations including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and reappropriations Making appropriations to capitalize funds and providing for an effective date. The Finance Committee considered the bill and recommended it be replaced with a Finance Committee substitute. New title. Signing do pass: Senators Olson, Hoffman, Steadman. Co-chairs: Senators Merrick, Keel.

Signing no recommendation: Senator Cronk. Signing amend: Senator Kaufman. There is a Finance Committee substitute. Senator Steadman. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the Finance Committee substitute be used in lieu of the original bill.

Thank you. Would you explain the changes?

We're going to have a brief at ease. A brief at ease.

Senator Steadman. Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. I think I'll save some of the more detailed stuff possibly for tomorrow, but I can give some highlights. So the concentration of this CS, we didn't make any changes with the Governor's submission per se, but we did do some alterations with a heavy, heavy concentration on deferred maintenance for our schools across the board from the university to K-12, um, and, uh, the judiciary. Those entities all, uh, give us lists of their deferred maintenance and prioritized order.

We— when we kept to those lists, we don't have, uh, discretionary funds for, uh, districts around the state, we concentrated trying to catch up on deferred maintenance and state issues. So we've got— you'll see there's roughly 15 projects down the deferred maintenance list for schools. There's been additive issues. I can go into more detail tomorrow, but for Mount Edgecomb, Mount Edgecomb High School, we've worked trying to improve the living conditions of the students at our boarding school. So in this bill, we're concentrating on dealing with the dining hall and kitchen renovations, along with some dormitory windows and some furniture and so on and so forth.

The university, we touched on the top projects in the universities for maintenance, and that list is recommended by the Board of Regents, commonly called the Red Book. The judiciary, we concentrated on 4 projects given to us by the judiciary, all of which were in Anchorage. There is some money in the capital budget to purchase a building owned by DEED, Department of Education, in Sitka, the old Stratton Library from Sheldon Jackson College, to be converted eventually to a courthouse. And that is just a kind of almost an interdepartmental exchange, so the funds would go from the courts to Department of Education.

We did a concentration on education funding along with that, with workforce development. So there's some funds in here for a commercial driving range located in Wasilla. We've got the need to have licensed truck drivers, basically, even if we don't get this in-state gas line, just for the expansion on the North Slope and if we have a big gas line, we're going to need lots of drivers. There's some funds in here for the Alaska Vocational Technical Education Center in Seward to try to also help our younger Alaskans into the workforce. The Pipeline Training Center in Fairbanks, because we have not not only major pipelines, but we have all the feeder lines.

And then down in Kenai Development District and Instructional Service Center, there's some funds for that. We allocated out the cruise ship passenger vessel head tax. That is controlled by federal requirements to go to the ports of call. And so we took the last 3-year average ports and how many visitors those ports had and allocated the funds. We added a little extra in Fairbanks and there was— excuse me, in Anchorage, because it's a growing market.

And there was a little adjustment in one of the other Senate districts to assist with a big boulder over a dock in Skagway.

There's some funds for the Renewable Energy Fund, top 3 projects. That's been an ongoing challenge across the state for a couple of decades, energy. There's some funds for the Seafood Marketing Institute and the Alaska travel industry to continue to market the state, to push the state forward so we can have commerce, and hopefully they'll buy more fish. And the governor had a total in his budget of $88.7 million of unrestricted general funds. For the governor's submission was $247.7 million.

We did not alter that.

And we're using $73 a barrel for our target on our revenue. And I think that's very important. So we're not falling into a budgetary trap of assuming that we're going to have $100 a barrel oil or $120 a barrel oil with issues that are, are, are that the country is dealing with in the Middle East. We're trying to be conservative. But the overall message, Mr. Chairman, on this committee substitute is to have a concentration on our maintenance because we're getting behind the curve on it.

At, you know, the other body will continue to work on this and add more. So there's, in K-12, there's $401 million on their list. We'll make a dent in it, but we will nowhere near get anywhere close to even half of that list. In the end, hopefully we're about a quarter of it. We'll see how that all shakes out.

And I would expect that quarter, roughly, or third, whatever we end up retiring on that list, will be, you know, added back to, or from other districts districts that will be applying for those funds assistance because it should be pretty evident now to the school districts that we're taking their deferred maintenance very seriously. And if we're going to have a good education system, we need good physically structured schools and a good environment for our young Alaskans. That is a high level, and I'll go into substantially more detail tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Steadman.

Hearing no objection, the Senate Finance Committee substitute has been adopted, and this bill will advance to third reading on our next legislative calendar tomorrow.

Madam Secretary, please read the next item on today's calendar.

Si es for Senate Bill— pardon me— Senate Bill 258, an act relating to contracts for the licensing of software applications, before the Senate in third reading on final passage. Thank you, Senator Keel, to carry the bill. Thank you, Mr. President, and good morning. Good morning. Senate Bill 258 is a software licensing procurement Bill.

Software improves the efficiency of just about everything we do in state government these days— state and local government. We use it across the enterprise to deliver more and better services at lower cost and higher speed. In recent years, Mr. President, some software licensing agreements, when state or local government goes to buy programs, have started adding terms that require the government to move their existing applications, existing licenses they have to the vendor's preferred cloud environment, or limiting that software from operating outside the vendor's preferred cloud environment in the future. Mr. President, a buyer should decide that for themselves, weighing the cost, security considerations, Operational readiness, sustainability, lifecycle— these are things that should go into any government procurement of anything at all, especially software. Whatever the government buys, it should buy based on the merits.

So protecting Alaska, the state government, and Alaska's local governments from artificial vendor lock-in is just fiscally responsible. Competition, after all, lowers costs over time. So, Senate Bill 258 is the fix to this problem that started cropping up. Under the bill, software licenses can't restrict where the state or political subdivision of the state choose to run their applications. Now, the bill doesn't stop an agency from going all with one if they choose.

If a software license provider offers great terms and a great deal to run everything in their cloud environment, And on the merits, that's what a local government or the state of Alaska decides to do. No problem here. But the key is who chooses. The government entity accountable to the citizens and to the Treasury should be the one to make that choice, not the vendor, Mr. President. So in passing this bill, we'll join a variety of states— red states, blue states.

I think the Council on State Governments model legislation legislation points to New Hampshire, but there's also model language from the American Legislative Exchange Council on the other side of the political spectrum supporting this. This is one of those instances where good government, good fiscal management, and free enterprise all line up neatly. I'll ask the members to support the bill and vote yes. Thank you, Senator Keele. And is there discussion?

If not, are you ready for the question? The question being, shall Senate Bill 258 pass the Senate? Senators may proceed to vote.

The secretary will lock the roll. Do any senators wish to change their vote? The secretary will announce the vote. 19 Yeas, 0 nays. And so by a vote of 19 yeas to 0 nays, Senate Bill 258 has passed the Senate.

Madam Secretary, the next item on our calendar today. See us for Senate Bill 187, Education, an act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals and providing for an effective date, before the Senate in third reading on final passage. Thank you. Senator Malachowski. Thank you, Mr. President, and good morning.

This bill would prohibit synthetic food dyes from school breakfast and lunch programs. There are 7 various food dyes that this bill would ban. The first is Red Number 3, which is a synthetic petroleum-derived dye. It is produced by the chemical iodination of fluorescein, which is specifically, uh, done through the process of raw materials like resorcinol and pthalic anhydride. Resorcinol, according to the studies, is an endocrine disruptor.

Animal studies and in vitro studies demonstrate that resorcinol disrupts thyroid function, that it can manifest in hyperthyroidism, enlargement of thyroid glands. It causes other sorts of health problems.

This bill would ban Red Number 40, also known as Alora Red AC. That's a synthetic azo dye primarily derived from petroleum. It's manufactured through a chemical process involving the reaction of specific aromatic hydrocarbons found in crude oil. This bill would ban Yellow Number 5, also known as Tartrazine. It is a synthetic lemon yellow azo dye primarily derived from petroleum products.

This bill would ban in schools yellow number 6, which is primarily derived from petroleum byproducts or coal tar. This bill would ban green number 3, which is a synthetic sea green or turquoise dye derived from petroleum. Blue number 1, which is a synthetic triaryl— triaryl methane dye is primarily derived from petroleum. While it was historically called a coal tar dye because it was originally synthesized from coal, modern innovation production techniques now use crude oil to produce this food dye. And lastly, Blue Number 2, which is, is not petroleum-based but is rather developed in laboratories using sulfuric acid.

To concentrate the indigo color. Mr. President, we like to sell our petroleum to fuel our cars and generate our power plants, not to feed our kids, I would submit. These products have— food dyes have no nutritional value at all. They are, according to numerous studies, not healthy for humans, particularly kids. The studies show that they're linked to hyperactivity, inattentiveness, allergic reactions, reproductive issues, and even cancer.

The studies have shown that these dyes particularly impact children. They exacerbate symptoms of ADHD, and we know that according to Studies, roughly 1 in 9 kids in America have ADHD, and that means that in a class of 30 students, teachers are dealing with an average of 3 children that have ADHD whose symptoms are very likely exacerbated, according to the research, by synthetic food dyes. The FDA has known that a number of these food dyes are, are unhealthy, particularly Red Number 3, for 37 years. In fact, they banned Red Number 3 37 years ago and from makeup products. They banned it from makeup, but they didn't ban it from food.

And that's because the ultra-processed food industry lobbied against their removal. And you see a letter, you probably all received a letter from one of those groups, an outside Washington, D.C. group The International Association of Color Manufacturers, which urged in a February 23rd, 26th letter where they said that this legislation is a misguided approach that will not improve health but will increase strains on Iowa schools. Apparently they cut and pasted their opposition, which, because these bills are spreading all across the nation. Because states are realizing that it's not healthy and it's not productive to be feeding our kids petroleum and sulfuric acid.

These food dyes are found in roughly 19% of food products in grocery stores. We're not banning them from grocery stores, we're just simply doing it from school meals. Other countries around the world heavily regulate food dyes. In fact, you can go to countries in other places and you will find that maybe Skittles or Starburst, they're not made with Red Dye Number 3 or yellow food dye, but rather they'll use turmeric or they'll use beet root to color the foods. That has dramatically reduced the amount of artificial food dyes in those countries.

The bill has a zero fiscal note, and my office has spoken with, with 10 school districts: Sitka, Petersburg, Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Mat-Su, Lower Kuskokwim, Bethel, Delta Greeley, Nome. All of these school districts said that this legislation will not be hard to implement. They can implement this. It will not be costly. And the reason is because So many other states are doing this.

States that include roughly a third of the United States population have already passed similar legislation, and that has forced the food industry to respond and produce healthier alternatives. Texas— these are politically diverse states. Texas, California, Tennessee, Utah, Arizona, Delaware, Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia have all enacted similar types of legislation. Protecting their kids. This legislation is an easy step forward towards providing more nutritious meals.

It's not, not the silver bullet, but it's a step forward. These synthetic dyes have no nutritional value, and I would urge the body's support. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Wilkowski. Is there discussion?

Seeing none, if you are ready for the question, the question being, shall CS for Senate Bill 187 Education pass the Senate? Senators may proceed to vote. The secretary will lock the roll. Do any senators wish to change their vote? The secretary will announce the vote.

19 Yeas, 0 nays. And so by a vote of 19 yeas to 0 nays, CS for Senate Bill 187, Education, has passed the Senate. Madam Majority Leader. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the vote on the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause. Hearing no objection, the effective date clause has been adopted.

Abracadabra.

Will the Senate come back to order, please? Senator Tilton. Thank you, Mr. President. I move and ask unanimous consent to roll the calendar back up to introduction of guests. Without objection, so ordered.

We are back at introduction of guests. Senator Tilton. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I hope the body will join me in welcoming the AP Government and Politics class from Mat-Su Career and Technical High School in Wasilla. It is probably represented by myself and other members here on the floor from the Mat-Su.

Behind me in the grow gallery, there is a dedicated cohort of students. Please stand when I call your names. Kai Beck, Sam Evans, Allie Hensley, Tristan Twitoo, sorry about that, and Seth Wargo, and Rachel Nachu. Under the guidance of Miss Christy Shea, these bright young Alaskans are diving into the complexities of the American political system, exploring the foundations of democracy, the intricacies of the three branches of government, and the evolving landscape of civil liberties and public policy. As importantly, they are learning more about Alaska state government in preparation to be our future leaders.

Please help me welcome them to the Alaska State Senate this morning.

Thank you, Senator Tilton. Senator Cronk. Thank you, Mr. President. I have 4 guests in the Ziegler Gallery with me today. So if—.

Let's start with Shannon Earhart, if she could stand. If you could all stay standing. So Shannon is here today with the Tanana TFC Emerging Leaders. Hannah Akata, originally from New Lato but currently living in Tok. She's here with the TCC Emerging Leaders Council in the Yukon-Koyukuk subregion.

Her trip here is for advocacy with the Emerging Leaders. She's lived in 3 different subregions across across Alaska. Also currently attends the University of Hawaii at Mānoa pursuing a major in marine biology and a minor in political science. Um, Mackenzie English Shoe, and I'm hoping I don't butcher this too much, Mackenzie, from Gwich'in Yaaseh, currently living in Fairbanks, attending UAF to learn her language. She's an emerging leader with the Youth Advisory Council and Tanana Chiefs.

She's looking at Senate Bill 210, Indigenous cultural education, stable funding and support for Alaska Native Language Center. She is the chair of the Emerging Leader Youth Advisory Council, who represents the 42 communities of the Tanana Chiefs Region and also serves as the elected youth advisor of the TCC board, and the great-granddaughter of Scully James, who was the first Alaska Native electrician, and Miriam James and Chief Stanley and Madeline Jonas. She has been in advocacy for indigenous rights Traditional knowledge and learning land, water, and animal protection since she was 15 years old. She was also raised at camp and at Chandler Lake. And the fourth is Natalie Norman.

She's here with the Emerging Leaders Youth Advisory Council. She's pushing forth awareness on thoughts and opinions of Tanana Chiefs Conference youth. She works as a health aide in her home community and has been in youth leadership since she was 14, and she is from Rampart. She is currently the vice chair of the Emerging Leaders. So if you could all join me and welcome them to the Senate today.

Thank you, Senator Cronk. Further guests for introduction. Moving back down the calendar to today's calendar, Madam Secretary, please read the next item on our calendar. CS for Senate Joint Resolution number 28, Labor and Commerce. Recognizing the vital role of workers serving the state under the J-1 exchange visitor program, the H-1B program for specialty occupations, and the H-2B program for temporary non-agricultural workers in supporting the state's economic security and continuity of critical services.

Before the Senate in third reading on final passage. Thank you, Senator Tobin, to carry the bill. Thank you, Mr. President. Will Senate Joint Resolution 28 recognizes the importance of international workers to Alaska's economy, including the great work being done by our international teachers in Alaska's public schools. These international workers have, uh, participate in primarily 3 visa programs.

That is the J-1 exchange visitors program, the H-1B visa program for highly skilled workers, and the H-2B visas, which are for temporary non-agricultural workers. Now, unfortunately, Mr. President, these programs are under threat. Earlier this year, there was a change in federal practice where the lottery process for H-1B visas was exchanged for a system that prioritizes highly paid, highly skilled workers. And this was following a presidential proclamation that was issued in September, which instituted a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa provisions. The fee was previously $5,000.

This effectively ended most employers' ability to use the program, which has impacted Alaskan employers and their ability to recruit through these well-vetted and proven foreign worker visa programs. Specifically, the $100,000 payment requirement is nearly impossible for for Alaska's public schools to utilize the H-1B visa program to hire international teachers. And Mr. President, I have heard you speak very highly of many of these international workers in your school district. They are doing exemplary work to educate Alaska's youth. Senate Joint Resolution 28 puts Alaska on the record in support of these programs to fill jobs here in our state.

The resolution urges our congressional delegation to work with federal policymakers to preserve and strengthen the J-1, H-1B, and H-2B pathways to support Alaska's unique labor force. I thank the body for hearing this resolution, and I'm here to answer any questions. Thank you, Senator Tobin. Is there a discussion?

If you are ready for the question, question being, shall CS for Senate Joint Senate Joint Resolution 29, Labor and Commerce, passed the Senate. Senators may proceed to vote.

The Secretary will lock the roll. Do any Senators wish to change their vote? The Secretary will announce the vote. 19 Yeas, 0 nays. And so by a vote of 19 yeas to 0 nays, CS, or Senate Joint Resolution 28, Labor and Commerce, has passed the Senate.

Madam Secretary, please read the next item on today's calendar. There is a special order of business citation calendar on members' desks. Madam Majority Leader. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the Senate take up the special order of business citation calendar. Hearing no objection, the special order of business citation calendar is before the Senate.

Madam Majority Leader. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the special order of business citation citation calendar be approved. They are hearing no objection. The special order of business citation calendar is approved. Madam Secretary, there are no further items for consideration on today's daily calendar.

Thank you. Is there unfinished business at this time? Unfinished business? Uh, Senator Dunbar. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent to be shown as a cross-sponsor on House Bill 125 regarding Board of Commissioner's membership.

Without objection, so ordered. Additional unfinished business at this time? Senator Cronk. Um, thank you, Mr. President. I move and ask unanimous consent to be shown as a cross-sponsor on House Bill 39, Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Thank you. Without objection, so ordered. Additional unfinished business? I'm moving on to committee announcements.

Are there other announcements?

Moving on then to special orders. Are there special orders?

Seeing none, Madam Majority Leader. Mr. President, I move and ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in adjournment until 11:00 AM tomorrow, Tuesday, April 21st, 2026. Thank you. Hearing no objection, the Senate is adjourned.