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Committee staff said the substitute makes a net-zero swap of funding between the Department of Health and the judiciary: $518,000 of alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention funds (statutorily designated) will be moved from the judiciary to the Department of Health, and the judiciary will receive $518,000 of general mental-health funds in return. The substitute also authorizes $750,000 in Mental Health Trust authority receipts (MTAR) for a crisis call center and $200,000 in MTAR for professional training and development.

\"There was a net 0 transaction between the Department of Health and the judiciary,\" Pete Eklund, budget coordinator and staff to the committee, told members. He noted that statutory designation requires certain alcohol- and drug-abuse funds to be administered by the Department of Health rather than the judiciary, and the substitute aligns fund sources accordingly. Eklund said prior language that moved Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation funding into this bill was reversed and that the APFC funding remains in HB 53, creating a net-zero change across the two bills.

The substitute also adds contract approvals and bargaining-unit language consistent with the operating budget substitute; the same three collective bargaining approvals included in HB 53 were added to HB 55. Committee members adopted the substitute without recorded roll-call votes; the chair said the bill will be taken up tomorrow for final action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","05/01/2025 01:30 PM Senate FINANCE","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate Finance Committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 55 (mental health budget) on May 1, moving certain alcohol fund authority to the Department of Health, adding mental-health‑trust-authority receipts for a crisis call center and training, and setting the bill aside for final action tomorrow.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature Alaska, Alaska","taxId",78559,"location","Alaska","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6253445,"Finance committee adopts HB 53 substitute with multiple operating supplementals, sets bill aside for final action",750,643000,1393000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3181370-b00e3d84d42c1065999c4d8b54d5cfa3&start=643&end=1393","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3181370-b00e3d84d42c1065999c4d8b54d5cfa3/thumbnail_643000.jpg","/articles/6253445/Alaska/Finance-committee-adopts-HB-53-substitute-with-multiple-operating-supplementals-sets-bill-aside-for-final-action","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6253445-9aad14112c9d9f8551d12b33e97823fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770870268&Signature=PzG5i5vXfDy-tncj7JVsU7k6By5FbmbZ9dZ3xYjLxvWy65xTRZp4OSHf97C~uEColTICYsLSuwzDMS41gbH6GBo~dOZ8ydKSbFnMqma~3O32ZPE4RTHet14vzcaTdIDhI2i0o04-GnzVVNms7JLmv0SuVn25s70GeA6~UdRCOzean9E7FC2sPg-rnzIWpBev3bJc5yWd4R9cKCI4L-5YG4cK5-faQtMLw8rAv343QLG-L9e8BmHfMTWsx9yNz42DP0hm695p8Lp96n~D3fANFb-xqq9Nc3ZALpzqQyveuMp8upM8IKTNpnpjdbBSFknecOaYmkXUQOmc4Bj2qzy9FA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alaska State Senate Finance Committee on May 1 adopted the committee substitute for House Bill 53 (operating budget), Version Y, incorporating operating supplementals, governor amendments and multiple language changes, and set the bill aside for final action at the committee's next meeting.

Committee staff said the substitute adds new operating supplemental sections (sections 7–9), adopts governor-requested adjustments received April 25, and includes items agreed with the House. \"Included in the CS in front of you are operating supplemental numbers, a new operating number operating supplemental number sections 7 through 9 and multiple language section, for supplementals that were included that that were all included in the agreed upon, supplemental operating supplementals we had with the house,\" Pete Eklund, budget coordinator and staff to the committee, told members.

Key changes summarized by staff include a $346,000 increase for judgments and settlements (bringing the total to just over $3.1 million), an appropriation of $327,000 to the election fund split between $54,000 from the general fund and $272,000 from federal receipts to meet federal Help America Vote Act requirements, a governor amendment to restore a $7,000,000 reduction to the Department of Corrections' pretrial services, and a $3,000,000 federal award to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board to support refugee services. The substitute also removes $400,000,000 from various retirement funds in one section to reflect investment management fees paid from investments and moves net-of-fee language into the bill's language section to treat fee estimates as informational rather than appropriations.

Eklund also described several technical corrections affecting the University of Alaska, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation administrative funding, statutory designated program receipt authorities for the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, and salary adjustments negotiated last week for selected bargaining units. Committee members adopted the substitute without roll-call votes recorded in the transcript; the chair said the committee will hear one amendment and take final action tomorrow.

No public testimony or external witnesses appears in the transcript for this afternoon session; committee members confined discussion to staff summaries and technical adjustments in the substitute.","The Senate Finance Committee adopted the committee substitute for House Bill 53 (operating budget) on May 1, incorporating operating supplementals, governor amendments and language changes; committee members set the substitute aside for final action tomorrow after noting several budgetary adjustments.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6253450,"Senate finance committee adopts substitute for SB 92 on tax treatment of oil and gas entities",102,534000,636000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3181370-b00e3d84d42c1065999c4d8b54d5cfa3&start=534&end=636","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3181370-b00e3d84d42c1065999c4d8b54d5cfa3/thumbnail_534000.jpg","/articles/6253450/Alaska/Senate-finance-committee-adopts-substitute-for-SB-92-on-tax-treatment-of-oil-and-gas-entities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6253450-c843cc7df56c5a6ba6a93f7ef4446f07/orig.mp4?Expires=1770870268&Signature=KYq4hd0Lnr6ORg~VBIGnmaZ5t7I4ANYEcav~MxoLUYeUcNHludBMIOZmRZ80f0aVY~iF8dVyhQwT5og6b~oY7mfOfhhPWsMMwRGai-PMnu~GD3yR58mUnd75hI19~ldyNqA7HICy6r0KkicNtWQwJxeAgskilkf5cdiS90p~kEwYJaDwKAvcdn3KEA5PKsvCvZL5Lkx0VJprIdh63XFON97VuTVQEI3VL7WDfT6qeo7Ihgpy4VdrW22ypUTIx5PMoJQasfvvdkwTmLBaPYH1QmnvS6cLzxikRIBzFc9FOJ-GJ22eLL-DHk0w1MYoqMBknqPatPyllqfp3RM6Fn41qA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alaska State Senate Finance Committee on May 1 adopted the committee substitute for Senate Bill 92, the bill that addresses corporate income-tax treatment for oil and gas entities, and set the measure aside for subcommittee consideration Tuesday.

The committee substitute (Version Q) incorporates two technical amendments, committee staff said, including a change to treat certain S corporations like C corporations for state tax purposes and language intended to \"foreclose the argument\" that an exemption does not cover an entity solely because it did not pay taxes under AS 43.20.011.

Senator Stedman moved adoption of the committee substitute and the chair removed an objection after staff explanation. \"I move that the finance committee adopt the committee substitute for senate bill 92 finance version q before the committee as our working document,\" Stedman said. Liz Hartpold, staff to Senator Olson and the Senate Finance Committee, told members the two amendments were technical fixes and summarized their intent: \"This CS, Version Q, incorporates the 2 amendments that were received and distributed to committee members earlier this week. They are technical fixes to the bill. . . . [One amendment] will foreclose the argument that the exemption in this section does not cover an entity that is subject to tax under AS 43.20.011 because it did not pay taxes for whatever reason.\"

Committee members had previously taken public testimony on SB 92 on April 9 and April 15; amendments were due April 25, Hartpold said. The committee noted that Hillcorp, which the committee had scheduled to appear, will instead be available on Tuesday, when a subcommittee will take the bill up for further consideration.

No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; committee members adopted the substitute without further objection and the bill was placed on the committee's Tuesday subcommittee agenda for additional consideration.","The Alaska Senate Finance Committee on May 1 adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 92, which changes how certain oil and gas entities are taxed; the bill was set aside for subcommittee consideration Tuesday after staff said the substitute incorporates two technical amendments.","actionData","errors"]

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