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• <01:44:45.040> conference committee of conference conference committee of conference conference
• conference report of House Bill 377? conference report of House Bill 377?
• conference report on House Bill 377? conference report on House Bill 377?
• conference report. At a time when this conference report.
• of conference. of conference.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• As a conference committee on House Bill 1454, 1448, and 1524.
• I'm going to oppose the conference committee report.
• The conference committee has been reported.
• The conference committee report has been adopted.
• Madam President, the conference committee on Senate Bill 2020, Madam President, the Conference Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened and handled several House messages and conference committee appointments before taking up a series of bills. It appointed conference committees on Senate Bill 2265 and House Bills 1454, 1448, and 1524. The chamber also adopted a Senate amendment to House Bill 1216, delaying its effective date for the copay accumulator prescription drug bill to January 1, 2026, with later renewal timing for non-PERS plans. House Bill 1216 then came up for final passage. Senators debated whether allowing copay accumulator programs to count manufacturer coupons toward deductibles would help patients with expensive drugs or unfairly shift costs to insurers and other policyholders. Supporters said it would help people afford life-saving medications and that the coupon payments go to pharmacies, not insurers; opponents argued it could raise premiums and create perverse incentives for drug pricing. The bill passed 29-18. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 2160, which changes health insurance benefits under the Uniform Group Insurance Program to move from a grandfathered to a non-grandfathered plan, with supporters emphasizing added benefits and flexibility and opponents warning of higher costs and irreversible changes. That bill passed concurrence 33-14 and final passage 39-8. The Senate next concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 2339, the wildfire mitigation bill, which requires utility mitigation plans to be updated every two years, incorporate national electric standards, and creates a rebuttable presumption of reasonable care if the plan is followed. The bill then passed final passage 46-1. The chamber also adopted conference committee reports and passed House Bill 1460 on adult foster care and monitoring devices, House Bill 1440 on cigar lounge tobacco use, and Senate Bill 2374 on insurance-related provisions including property insurance arbitration, managed repair programs, and surplus lines issues; SB 2374 also added a study on towing and recovery coverage. The session ended with announcements of upcoming conference committee meetings and adjournment until April 22, 2025.

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• Chair, I believe we have conferred on a conference draft and made a request to the money committees for
• We are still at work on a conference draft.
• Conference Room 224. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Okay.
• We are reconvening conference committees And right now we are at Conference Room 224.
• , in Conference Room 224.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• But this is a conference seated in law with a number of other conferences.
• of the conference.
• It's up to the conference to make that decision.
• recent conference that we just had.
• The conference we just had is I would say that vast improvement over the prior conferences we've had.

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• c> room at 1:30 p.m. here in conference room at 1:30 p.m. here in conference room 325?
• Um I proposal for uh conference draft.
• We have a conference draft on this.
• for the conference draft purposes. for the conference draft purposes.
• That would be conference room 325.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Fall in conference. The Clerk will read the confirmation. House Conference.
• And your request for a conference committee.
• So you haven't thought about it in your conference?
• Nobody wants to be on a conference tour. I'm a good conference tour leader. I just signed.
• the chair of each conference committee.

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• Uh we're in conference room 16. 10:01. Uh we're in conference room 16.
• Conference room for tomorrow 10:01 a.m. Conference room 16?
• Conference room 16. Uh 24th, 10:00 a.m. Conference room 16.
• Uh for conference house programs.
• Conference room 16. Great. agenda. Okay. Conference room 16. Great. Thank<00:34:02.960> you.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• So, all conference committee reports.
• is in the jobs and labor conference is in the jobs and labor conference committee.<00:08:33.760>
• But right now, conference committee.
• away from open and public conference away from open and public conference committees.<00:08:54.240
• lot of room for those conference lot of room for those conference committees<00:18:29.200> to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• All conference draft on CD1. Yes.
• conference room 224. Sounds good. Okay. conference room 224. Sounds good. Okay.
• We are convening this afternoon's conference, Tuesday, April 22nd, at 1:40 p.m. in Conference Room 224
• Conference room 224. 23rd 2:30 p.m. Conference room 224. Thank<00:18:01.120> you. Thank you.
• At this moment we have confer 224.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• , and certain Powers of free conference for House Bill 381 as requested, and certainly the conference
• A report dated July 16 states the conference committee, with limited powers of free conference, considering
• A report dated July 16, stating the conference committee with limited powers of free conference, considering
• Speaker, I move that the House adopt the conference committee with limited powers of free conference
• The question being, shall the House adopt the conference committee with limited powers of free conference

Keywords: 905, all

Summary: The House met with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice that the governor vetoed CSHB 16 and allowed HB 14 to become law without signature. The chamber then took up the conference committee report on HB 381, a major Alaska LNG-related bill that revises the project’s tax and regulatory structure. The conference report was explained as a compromise package that, among other things, changes required local contribution language, expands disclosure and notice requirements, adjusts foreign ownership reporting, extends the Phase 1 construction deadline, adds a $10 million workforce development/community impact fund, modifies project labor agreement provisions, and exempts the Alaska LNG project from the new pass-through entity tax while still requiring an informational tax return in 2027. The Speaker also announced the governor had issued a proclamation calling the legislature back into session on July 27, 2026, and said sine die would be moved after debate. Debate on HB 381 was sharply divided. Supporters argued the bill is necessary enabling legislation to improve the project’s financial viability, protect Alaska’s interests, and move the North Slope gas line toward final investment decision, while also adding transparency, foreign ownership safeguards, and labor and workforce provisions. Several members said the conference committee process was collaborative and that the bill reflects hard-fought compromise with the developer, AGDC, labor, and the administration. Opponents focused on the addition of the pass-through entity/S-corp income tax and related reporting requirements, arguing it is a separate tax policy issue that should have been considered in its own bill, creates uncertainty and litigation risk, could harm existing oil and gas and Cook Inlet production, and may discourage investment. Multiple members also criticized the process as rushed and insufficiently transparent, especially the limited opportunity for the minority and the absence of Department of Revenue testimony during conference. No final vote on the conference committee report is shown in the transcript excerpt. The debate continued with members alternating between support for the gas line project itself and opposition to the tax provisions and process used to advance HB 381.

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• committee of conference. committee of conference. >> Thank<01:36:09.679> you.
• conference report on house bill 1300. conference report on house bill 1300.
• oppose the conference report. oppose the conference report.
• conference report, that's for sure. conference report, that's for sure.
• conference report on Senate Bill 481. conference report on Senate Bill 481.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• conference report, I would recommend not to adopt the conference report.
• not to adopt the conference report. not to adopt the conference report.
• <01:17:30.080> committee conference committee conference committee report?
• Senator Green. conference committee? Senator Pratt, to conference committee?
• conference committees. Mr. Chair or Mr. conference committees. Mr. Chair or Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• conference committee on the part of the Senate to act with a like conference committee to be appointed
• Senate to act with a like conference Senate to act with a like conference committee<00:19:29.040
• purpose of appointing conference purpose of appointing conference committee<00:20:04.120> members
• conference committee members. conference committee members.
• hereby are appointed as a conference hereby are appointed as a conference committee<00:21:50.080

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• > report<00:01:40.240> on the conference uh committee report on the conference uh committee
• reading as amended by conference. reading as amended by conference.
• amended by conference. amended by conference.
• Third reading as amended by conference. Third reading as amended by conference.
• Further discussion to the conference Further discussion to the conference committee<00:04:32.840

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House considered and adopted the conference committee report on House File 2115, a human services bill. Representative Schumacher, the House author, said the conference agreement preserved most of the House position while resolving differences with the Senate. Representative Noor described the report as bipartisan and bicameral, thanked conferees and staff, and said the bill includes provisions affecting personal care attendants, nursing home services, behavioral health, and substance use disorder. Representative Frederick also praised the collaborative process and said the bill contains important substance use disorder provisions and other policy changes. Members repeatedly thanked legislative staff, revisers, and agency staff for helping negotiate the final agreement. Schumacher said the conference process opened new opportunities to continue work in the health and human services area, and Noor noted that some provisions came from the Senate Health and Human Services work and from policy items previously in the budget bill. After discussion, the motion to adopt the conference committee report prevailed, the bill was given its third reading as amended by conference, and a roll call vote was taken. The bill was repassed as amended by conference by a vote of 124 ayes and 10 nays, and its title was agreed to.

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• It is 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025, in Conference Room 16, convening the conference committee
• /c> reconvening our conference committee reconvening our conference committee meeting.<00:04:43.360><
• Uh it is 10:10 uh in conference 2025. Uh it is 10:10 uh in conference room<00:04:49.600> 16.
• Confer myself as chair. Uh much, S. Confer myself as chair.
• Conference room 16. Is that all a.m. Conference room 16.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• conference report? conference report?
• committee conference report in 1565. committee conference report in 1565.
• Conference report? Conference report?
• conference report. Thank you, Mr. conference report. Thank you, Mr.
• of conference report. Merci, Mr. of conference report. Merci, Mr.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• of conference.
• <00:06:49.800> and support the committee of conference and support the committee of conference
• <00:06:55.720> Thank H.944 committee of conference. Thank H.944 committee of conference.
• Are you ready conference on its part?
• Uh so just of conference is adopted.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House took up the Committee of Conference report on House Bill 944, the fiscal year 2027 transportation program and related transportation law changes. The Speaker first suspended the rules to consider the report immediately. A member from Swanton then outlined the conference committee’s main agreements, saying the House Transportation Committee was pleased with the result. The report’s major provisions included a mileage-based user fee for battery electric vehicles beginning January 1, 2027, at 1.4 cents per mile, with multiple payment options and a directive for the Agency of Transportation to return with recommendations on eventually adding plug-in hybrid vehicles. The member also highlighted shifting $1.7 million from town highway aid to state paving, an additional $300,000 from the general fund for volunteer driver and mobility programs, a recommendation to study bonding as a way to advance transportation projects, consumer-protection style rules for EV charging price transparency, and changes to dates related to the Caledonia airport sale. The member noted the conference committee accepted the Senate’s position on making obsolete Connecticut River log-drive rules obsolete. After brief remarks, the House voted on the conference report. The chair called for a voice vote, the ayes appeared to have it, and the report of the committee of conference was adopted. The House then noted that additional Senate bills might come over later and recessed until 4:00 p.m.

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• Because we are being efficient in our time today, ...in budget conference.
• Conference committees can meet with one hour's notice.
• After we complete the budget conference and the final conference report for the GAA has been on the members
• This bill is identical, and this will get us in proper posture for conference.
• This is a blank amendment to get us in the proper posture for conference.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• We're in Conference Room 016.
• a.m. in conference room 16. Yes. Okay. a.m. in conference room 16. Yes. Okay.
• Uh, April 23rd, 10:01, Conference Room 16.
• Uh, Okay, conference committee meeting.
• it's a Tuesday, April 22nd, conference it's a Tuesday, April 22nd, conference room<00:04:42.440>

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• File 2442 and that a conference committee of three members be appointed by the subcommittee on conference
• respectfully requests that a conference respectfully requests that a conference committee<00:12:
• c> number 2442 and that a conference number 2442 and that a conference committee<00:12:30.800> of<
• by the subcommittee on conference by the subcommittee on conference committees<00:12:34.880>
• <00:12:37.519> committee act with a light conference committee act with a light conference

Keywords: 1187, senate, all