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House Judiciary Committee sets amendment deadline for three bills; no public testimony recorded
Summary
The Alaska House Judiciary Committee met April 7 in Juneau, opened and closed public testimony for two bills with no testifiers present, and set an amendment deadline of Friday, April 11 at 5 p.m. for House Bills 51, 137 and 97.
Representative Gray, chair of the Alaska House Judiciary Committee, convened the committee at 1:02 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2025, in the Gruenberg Room at the Capitol in Juneau and announced the committee would take public testimony on House Bill 137 (PFD and child support) and House Bill 51 (appropriation limit/spending cap).
Gray opened and then closed public testimony on House Bill 137 after noting there were no individuals present in the room and no one online to testify. The committee followed the same procedure for House Bill 51, opening and then immediately closing that testimony after confirming no speakers were present.
The chair set a deadline of 5 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2025, for filing amendments to three bills: House Bill 51 (appropriation limit/spending cap), House Bill 137 (Permanent Fund Dividend and child support), and House Bill 97 (organized theft/wage theft). Committee members and others were instructed to work with the committee aide, Nate Grant, to meet the deadline; the transcript includes an alternate spelling of the aide's last name as “Graham,” which is noted in the record.
Gray also previewed the committee's upcoming schedule: on Wednesday the committee will hear “Bills Previously Heard,” and on Friday it will receive testimony or presentations on the history of the Alaska Permanent Fund trust and relevant state law. The hearing was adjourned at 1:04 p.m.
The meeting was procedural and brief: no substantive debate or public testimony on the listed bills was recorded during this session. Any substantive testimony or committee debate on the bills would appear in later hearings if testifiers participate or if members offer amendments by the stated deadline.
