State of Alaska
Fiscal Note
Bill Version: HB 13
2023 Legislative Session
Fiscal Note Number: 1
(H) Publish Date: 2/13/2023
Identifier: HB013-GOV-HRC-1-27-23 Department: Office of the Governor
Title: APPLICABILITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS Appropriation: Commissions/Special Offices
COMMISSION Allocation: Human Rights Commission
Sponsor: JOSEPHSON OMB Component Number: 1
Requester: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE
Expenditures/Revenues
Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below. (Thousands of Dollars)
Included in
FY2024 Governor's
Appropriation FY2024 Out-Year Cost Estimates
Requested Request
OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2024 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029
Personal Services
Travel
Services
Commodities
Capital Outlay
Grants & Benefits
Miscellaneous
Total Operating 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fund Source (Operating Only)
None
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Positions
Full-time
Part-time
Temporary
Change in Revenues
None
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2023) cost: 0.0 (separate supplemental appropriation required)
Estimated CAPITAL (FY2024) cost: 0.0 (separate capital appropriation required)
Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account? No
(Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency? No
If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
Initial version.
Prepared By: Rob Corbisier, Executive Director Phone: (907)274-4692
Division: Alaska State Commission for Human Rights Date: 01/27/2023 01:00 PM
Approved By: Cheri Lowenstein, Administrative Director Date: 01/27/23
Agency: Office of the Governor
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 HB 13 - Fiscal Note 1
FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA BILL NO. HB 13
2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
The bill amends the definition of “employer” for purposes of employment discrimination claims to include non‐profit
corporations while maintaining exemptions for non‐profit entities that are exclusively social, fraternal, and religious. The
bill fills a jurisdictional gap where non‐profit employers with less than 15 employees outside of Anchorage can effectively
discriminate against employees with impunity.
The bill will allow the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights ("ASCHR") to accept claims filed by harmed employees
against non‐profit corporations, who may be required to make the complainant financially “whole” through an award of
back‐pay, adopt a non‐discrimination policy, and conduct workplace non‐discrimination training such as sexual harassment
training, disability accommodation training, racial discrimination training, etc.
The bill maintains First Amendment protections for exclusively religious institutions. For example, a church could still
lawfully refuse to hire a young, pregnant, unmarried, woman if her status as young and/or pregnant and/or unmarried
and/or a woman did not comport with the church’s tenets.
The bill does not change any current program at ASCHR but will increase the work related to the federal workshare
agreement with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Because the additional work cannot be estimated
with any certainty and the Commission has some excess federal receipt authority, the Commission is submitting a zero
fiscal note.
The Commission has the capacity to accept the slight increase in cases anticipated by the bill and therefore submits a zero
fiscal note.
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Statutes affected:
HB0013A, AM HB 13, introduced 01/09/2023: 18.80.300