0:53
DeLena Johnson
85:50 - 86:43
"the intention is to adjourn to, I think, around the 1st of July. With the intention that the conference committee will be meeting during that 10 days that we won't be in session, but they will have the opportunity to take things up, that people would be working in good faith and come to a resolution on this."
“the intention is to adjourn to, I think, around the 1st of July. With the intention that the conference committee will be meeting during that 10 days that we won't be in session, but they will have the opportunity to take things up, that people would be working in good faith and come to a resolution on this.”
- Speaker
- DeLena Johnson
- Timestamp
- 85:50 – 86:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 20, 2026
From the transcript
Even though at one time we talked about having this continued continuing resolution have a time certain, the 1st of July, the 29th of June, a specific time certain. Instead, we are going to vote on this today, and even though it doesn't have a time certain on it, the intention is to adjourn to, I think, around the 1st of July. With the intention that the conference committee will be meeting during that 10 days that we won't be in session, but they will have the opportunity to take things up, that people would be working in good faith and come to a resolution on this. I've had a lot of good conversations indicating that that's the plan. And that's— The other thing that's on the calendar that's of note is that we do have another bill from the governor.
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