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First responders gathered by the dozens outside the Alaska State Capitol in mid-April. Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, was one of several lawmakers who addressed the crowd.
“We need to change that so that we can recruit and retain these positive, effective workers,” Giessel said Friday.But ever since, it’s been in legislative limbo. It’s currently in the House State Affairs Committee and has yet to have a hearing, and it has two more committees to make it through before all legislation dies at the end of the regular session in mid-May.
A discharge would remove the bill from the State Affairs Committee and edge it closer to a full House vote. House Republicans, though, are resisting the call. In recent days, the House has twice rejected the minority’s attempt to take it out of the State Affairs Committee’s hands in narrowly divided votes.
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