Alaska 30th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 23 — An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date.

Last action — EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2017. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

6 added · 6 removed

Plain-language change summary

The new version of HB 23 establishes a dedicated Peace Officer and Firefighter Survivors' Fund under the Department of Public Safety. This fund is designed to pay medical insurance premiums for surviving spouses and dependent children of peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty. The changes clarify how the fund will be managed, specifying separate accounts for state and municipal employee survivors, and outline the process for determining eligibility for premium payments. This is important because it provides financial support to families of fallen first responders during a difficult time, ensuring they can maintain access to medical care.

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Alaska State Legislature The Alaska State Legislature menu Home Senate Current Members Past Members By Session Alphabetical House Current Members Past Members By Session Alphabetical Bills & Laws Bills All Introduced Actions by Date Awaiting Actions Bills sent to Conf Committee Bills in Committee Governor's Vetoes Passed Legislation Prefile Bill Summary Requestor Summary Statistics Sponsor Summary Subject Summary Laws Constitution Constitutional Convention Files Statutes Executive Orders - Current Executive Orders - Historical Administrative Code Journals Session Laws & Resolves Session Laws & Resolves 2017 Session Laws & Resolves 2018 - Previous Year Session Law - Previous Year Legislative Resolves Tools Statute Information Retrieval System Bill Tracking Management Facility Past Legislatures (Archives) Committees Hearing Schedule Standing Committees Finance Committees Special Committees Joint Committees Conference Committees Other Committees Minutes Publications Get Started Information Offices Legislative Affairs Legislative Agencies Links Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch Alaska Delegation Home Bill & Laws Bills Enrolled HB 23 Detail FullText txt Enrolled HB 23:
"An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety;
Creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety;
and providing for an effective date." SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
and providing for an effective date.
23(FIN) 01 "An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety;
00Enrolled HB 23 01 Creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety;
providing for payment of 02 certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers 03 or firefighters who die in the line of duty;
providing for payment of certain medical 02 insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die 03 in the line of duty;
relating to contributions from permanent fund 04 dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund;
relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace 04 officer and firefighter survivors' fund;
and providing for an 05 effective date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
and providing for an effective date.
07 * Section 1.
05 _______________ 06 * Section 1.
08 Chapter 60.
07 Chapter 60.
09 Sec.
08 Sec.
(a) 10 The peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund is established in the general fund for 11 the purpose of paying medical insurance premiums for an eligible surviving spouse or 12 dependent child of a peace officer or a firefighter.
(a) 09 The peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund is established in the general fund for 10 the purpose of paying medical insurance premiums for an eligible surviving spouse or 11 dependent child of a peace officer or a firefighter.
The department may make premium 13 payments from the fund to the medical insurance provider for the former employer of the deceased peace officer or firefighter.
The department may make premium 12 payments from the fund to the medical insurance provider for the former employer of the deceased peace officer or firefighter.
13 (d) Money appropriated to the fund may be spent for purposes of the fund 14 without further appropriation.
13 (d) Money appropriated to the fund may be spent for the purposes of the fund 14 without further appropriation.
10 (b) A person who is a surviving dependent of an employee who was a peace 11 officer or firefighter is eligible for premium payments under (a) of this section if 12 (1) on the date of the employee's death, the employee was employed 13 by the state or a municipality that has elected to participate under AS 39.60.050, in a 14 permanent, full-time position for which the state or municipality paid or expected to 15 pay the employee for 12 months each year;
10 (b) A person who is a surviving dependent of an employee who was a peace 11 officer or firefighter is eligible for premium payments under (a) of this section if 12 (1) on the date of the employee's death, the employee was employed 13 by the state or a municipality that has elected to participate under AS 39.60.050 in a 14 permanent, full-time position for which the state or municipality paid or expected to 15 pay the employee for 12 months each year;
14 (2) "peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund" has the meaning 15 given in AS 39.60.010(a).
14 (2) "peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund" means the fund 15 established in AS 39.60.010(a).
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Action History

  1. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

  2. Signed into law 6/21 CHAPTER 14 SLA 17

  3. 8:33 AM 6/15/17 Transmitted to Governor

  4. MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  5. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  6. CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 N2

  7. CONCUR MESSAGE TAKEN UP

  8. Cosponsors added: TARR

  9. CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND HELD

  10. VERSION: SCS CSHB 23(FIN)

  11. TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED

  12. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  13. PASSED Y19 N- E1

  14. AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING

  15. AM NO 1 FAILED Y6 N13 E1

  16. RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 UC

  17. Read the third time SCS CSHB 23(FIN)

  18. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/19 CALENDAR

  19. FIN SCS ADOPTED UC

  20. Read the second time

  21. RULES TO CALENDAR 4/17/2017

  22. FN5: (GOV/FUND CAP)

  23. Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Administration)

  24. Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)

  25. FIN Amend: OLSON

  26. FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, HUGHES, MICCICHE

  27. FIN RPT SCS 6DP 1AM SAME TITLE

  28. CROSS SPONSOR: COGHILL BEFORE MICCICHE

  29. VON IMHOF, DUNLEAVY, MACKINNON, STEDMAN

  30. BISHOP, EGAN, HUGHES, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, WILSON, MEYER, KELLY,

  31. CROSS SPONSOR(S): MICCICHE, COGHILL, COSTELLO, GIESSEL, STEVENS, GARDNER,

  32. Referred to Finance

  33. Read the first time - REFERRALS

  34. VERSION: CSHB 23(FIN) AM

  35. TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  36. Cosponsors added: PARISH, SPOHNHOLZ, RAUSCHER, FANSLER

  37. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  38. PASSED Y40

  39. Read the third time CSHB 23(FIN) AM

  40. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  41. ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION

  42. AM NO 7 ADOPTED UC

  43. AM NO 6 FAILED Y8 N32

  44. AM NO 5 FAILED Y12 N28

  45. AM NO 4 FAILED Y15 N25

  46. AM NO 3 FAILED Y11 N29

  47. AM NO 2 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN

  48. AM NO 1 FAILED Y10 N30

  49. FIN CS ADOPTED UC

  50. Read the second time

  51. Cosponsors added: DRUMMOND

  52. HELD TO 3/13 CALENDAR

  53. RULES TO CALENDAR 3/10/2017

  54. Cosponsors added: GARA, GUTTENBERG, MILLETT

  55. FN3: (GOV/FUND CAP)

  56. Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)

  57. Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)

  58. FIN Amend: TILTON, WILSON, PRUITT

  59. FIN Do Pass: GRENN, GUTTENBERG, GARA, KAWASAKI, ORTIZ, SEATON, FOSTER

  60. FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 7DP 3AM

  61. Cosponsors added: KOPP

  62. Cosponsors added: WESTLAKE

  63. Cosponsors added: GRENN

  64. Referred to Finance

  65. Read the first time - REFERRALS

  66. Prefile released

Sponsors

  • Drummond · Cosponsor
  • Fansler · Cosponsor
  • Gara · Cosponsor
  • Grenn · Cosponsor
  • Guttenberg · Cosponsor
  • Scott Kawasaki · Cosponsor
  • Kito · Cosponsor
  • Chuck Kopp · Cosponsor
  • LeDoux · Cosponsor
  • Millett · Cosponsor
  • Parish · Cosponsor
  • George Rauscher · Cosponsor
  • Spohnholz · Cosponsor
  • Tarr · Cosponsor
  • Tuck · Cosponsor
  • Westlake · Cosponsor
  • Wool · Cosponsor
  • Andy Josephson · Primary

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 47 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (47)

47 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 23(FIN) "An Act creating a fund in the Department of Public Safety; providing for payment of certain medical insurance premiums for surviving dependents of certain peace officers or firefighters who die in the line of duty; relating to contributions from permanent fund dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
R 3001
D 3000
Total 19001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Begich — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Coghill — Yea
Dunleavy — Yea
Egan — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Kelly — Yea
MacKinnon — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Micciche — Yea
Wilson — Yea
von Imhof — Yea
Bill Wielechowski D Yea
Donald Olson D Yea
Lyman Hoffman D Yea
Bert Stedman R Yea
Cathy Giessel R Yea
Gary Stevens R Not Voting
Mia Costello R Yea

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Shall CSHB 23(FIN) am pass the House?

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29000
D 4000
N 1000
R 6000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Birch — Yea
Chenault — Yea
Drummond — Yea
Eastman — Yea
Fansler — Yea
Gara — Yea
Grenn — Yea
Guttenberg — Yea
Johnston — Yea
Kito — Yea
Knopp — Yea
Kreiss-Tomkins — Yea
LeDoux — Yea
Millett — Yea
Neuman — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Parish — Yea
Pruitt — Yea
Reinbold — Yea
Seaton — Yea
Spohnholz — Yea
Sullivan-Leonard — Yea
Talerico — Yea
Tarr — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Tuck — Yea
Westlake — Yea
Wool — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Andy Josephson D Yea
Matt Claman D Yea
Neal Foster D Yea
Scott Kawasaki D Yea
Bryce Edgmon N Yea
Cathy Tilton R Yea
Chuck Kopp R Yea
Dan Saddler R Yea
DeLena Johnson R Yea
George Rauscher R Yea
Louise Stutes R Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 23?
HB 23 is sponsored by Drummond, Fansler, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Scott Kawasaki (D), Kito, Chuck Kopp (R), LeDoux, Millett, Parish, George Rauscher (R), Spohnholz, Tarr, Tuck, Westlake, Wool, and Andy Josephson (D).
What is the current status of HB 23?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2017. Enacted.
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