The Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee moved Senate Bill 69 out of committee Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, advancing legislation on sexual-assault examination kits and tracking.

The action came at a 1:30 p.m. committee meeting in Juneau after Senator Kim moved that “the senate judiciary committee report senate bill 69 work order 34 g s 1 3 1 7 slash a as in Antioch from committee with individual recommendations and any accompanying fiscal notes.” Chair Senator Klayman announced, “Hearing no objection, senate bill 69 moves from committee.”

SB 69 is sponsored by the Senate Rules Committee at the request of the governor and this was the bill’s third hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chair said. Committee staff noted they had not received any amendments by the committee’s 4 p.m. filing deadline on Thursday.

Present for the brief meeting were Senator Klayman (chair), Senator Tobin (vice chair), Senator Kiel and Senator Kim. Senate Judiciary Secretary Juliana Singh and David Monroe of the Juneau LAO provided administrative and technical support, respectively. The committee indicated its intention to report the bill out of committee at this session.

The meeting record does not show a roll-call vote or a recorded tally; the motion passed by unanimous consent after the motion and the chair’s call for objections. The committee did not specify next steps or a floor schedule during the public record of this meeting.

Committee members also announced scheduling items: a possible Feb. 17 meeting at 1:30 p.m. (which the chair said might be canceled) and a Feb. 19 joint judiciary meeting in the Davis Room featuring Ken Sanchagin, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission’s executive director, to discuss that state’s experience with ballot-driven drug decriminalization and subsequent policy responses.

The meeting adjourned at 1:32 p.m.