Representative Bruce Cozart
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Committees
- Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House)
- ALC - Administrative Rules
- ALC - Claims Review/Litigation Reports Oversight
- ALC - Higher Education Subcommittee
- ALC-Medical Marijuana Oversight Subcommittee
- ALC - Occupational Licensing Review Subcommittee
- ALC-Policy Making
- Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC)
- Education Committee (House)
- Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information
- House Rules
- Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
- Joint Performance Review (JPR)
- Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House)
- State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House)
Recent Meetings
| Date | Committee | Speaking Time |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 3, 2026 | — | 76s |
| June 2, 2026 | — | 97s |
| June 1, 2026 | — | 50s |
| March 18, 2026 | ALC - Higher Education Subcommittee | 34s |
| Oct. 27, 2025 | Joint Performance Review (JPR) | 1111s |
| Oct. 17, 2025 | — | 29s |
| Oct. 13, 2025 | ALC-Medical Marijuana Oversight Subcommittee | 117s |
| Oct. 6, 2025 | Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information | 220s |
| Sept. 9, 2025 | Joint Performance Review (JPR) | 150s |
| June 16, 2025 | Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information | 101s |
| April 15, 2025 | — | 54s |
| April 14, 2025 | — | 125s |
| April 10, 2025 | — | 92s |
| April 10, 2025 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 25s |
| April 10, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 144s |
| April 9, 2025 | — | 109s |
| April 9, 2025 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 218s |
| April 8, 2025 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 82s |
| April 8, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 156s |
| April 7, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 503s |
| April 7, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 145s |
| April 3, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 291s |
| April 3, 2025 | — | 20s |
| April 3, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 197s |
| April 2, 2025 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 115s |
| April 1, 2025 | Insurance & Commerce (Senate) | 277s |
| March 31, 2025 | — | 84s |
| March 20, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 161s |
| March 19, 2025 | — | 158s |
| March 19, 2025 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 39s |
| March 18, 2025 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 349s |
| March 17, 2025 | — | 122s |
| March 13, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 347s |
| March 12, 2025 | House Rules | 193s |
| March 12, 2025 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 58s |
| March 11, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 127s |
| March 10, 2025 | Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information | 284s |
| March 6, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 108s |
| March 4, 2025 | — | 156s |
| March 4, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 121s |
| Feb. 27, 2025 | Education Committee (House) | 89s |
| Aug. 19, 2024 | ALC - Claims Review/Litigation Reports Oversight | 91s |
| April 6, 2023 | Education Committee (House) | 78s |
| April 5, 2023 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 7s |
| April 4, 2023 | — | 178s |
| April 3, 2023 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 198s |
| Feb. 23, 2023 | Education Committee (House) | 25s |
| April 13, 2021 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 156s |
| Feb. 9, 2021 | Education Committee (House) | 819s |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House) | 20s |
Recent Transcript Excerpts
this bill? The lawyers, that's exactly why it's only about three pages. It started out as 15.
If you have a little issue, you fix it as you're going. But if it doesn't happen, people have moved into the house and it's six months later, this gives you a little bit of time. Before, they just openly sue to have those things fixed. And that's basically what it is. It's a 28-day cure period to do that. That's pretty well the gist of
It could be any kind of thing, appliances of any sort, anything that could be. If it's a major problem that you have, you would have to sit down and address those problems, come up with an agreement. But you have 28 days to respond, 14 days to actually wait to respond. And if you don't respond within 14 days, then they could start procedures against you. But you have 28 days to try to negotiate this or fix the problem. If it's something small, which I usually try to stay on top of my side, I'm sure you guys do too, stay on top of it, try to do it as it comes along.
Okay, thank you. That's probably easier to read than my phone. It allows you, if there's a problem that arises between you and the customer, that there's a period of cure that they would have to give you at least 28 days to address this problem, come up with a proposition with them and work with them on a time frame to fix it or a time frame to have something that needs to be fixed, such as heat and air unit, refrigerator.
But anyway, what this bill does, and I keep losing my bill because I gave it all to Petty and then here we are down here. What this bill basically does, being a building contractor, as a few of you guys in here are, I think everybody at this table is, so in some way or form or fashion. What this does basically is allows a contractor that has built a project, done a project, whether it's a remodel or a new home or something in that matter.
that. We had done this bill and forgot that the Attorney General wanted to make sure that they were not involved in this bill. And that's what this does. It doesn't let them be involved in the civil enforcement. That's what the amendment did. And I forgot it. Got down to the end and passed it on my end and we caught it. And so we tried to get that in.
business today i don't think we have anything on the agenda without a objection you are adjourned You
the calendar 11 a.m if there's no other
policy meeting is this week I believe. Wednesday at 11 a.m. i'm sorry
to policy committee and what else I got to add? You are your own. Please come
three no's Looks like it the motions carry we will send that recommendation to to AOC
here all right move to
one non-voting which is not
needed five of six and one no and
All right, we're going to call for the vote. Senate will be
real good this is my last one we have got to move on I know people keep popping in but we we're gonna I'm gonna
all they want in the world for money and they're not going to be a better teacher because you pay them more so i understand that so that's why we did not ask we asked not to have numbers attached to the to their recommendations so that's just my my two cents on that i
have two more set up here Senator Elliott Thank you,
them specifically, we do not want money numbers. We want results. We want to figure out how we can do results figure out how we can make things work but we do not want money numbers attached to it so that's not supposed to be in there I don't know why it would be in there and everybody keeps thinking it is but if I'm wrong then I may be wrong but I think we can also direct them again to make sure that doesn't happen because we're not looking for money numbers we I agree we know that money does not give you better results does not make kids do any better you can pay a teacher
originally that was that was done originally by the legislature they didn't do it their self they didn't come up with original you don't have to respond. I'm just going to, I'm going to state my own statements here. And if we had time to do that, that would be great. About half of you in here have campaigns that you're going to be working on through November. You're not going to have time to do this. So we've, we've talked about this. We beat that drum pretty hard, but we also, this RFP does not have any money numbers in it. We told
Bills Discussed
| Bill | Title | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| HB1101 | TO AMEND THE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO PETITION A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO MEET. | 7 |
| HB1104 | TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTIONS. | 5 |
| HB1102 | TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON SCHOOL SAFETY AND STUDENT DISCIPLINE FOR BOARD MEMBERS; TO STANDARDIZE THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS REPORT; AND … | 4 |
| SB35 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TUITION BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD; AND TO ALLOW A … | 4 |
| HB1482 | TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT WHO TAKES A GED TEST AND RECEIVES A … | 4 |
| SB226 | TO AMEND THE SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION ACT; AND TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS RELATED … | 3 |
| HB1541 | TO REQUIRE A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT ACCEPTS STATE FUNDING OF ANY TYPE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO CERTAIN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN … | 3 |
| SB227 | CONCERNING THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; … | 3 |
| HB1468 | TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING CLAIMS AGAINST HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS, AND SUPPLIERS. | 3 |
| HB1463 | CONCERNING STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES FOR A TIERED SYSTEM OF EDUCATOR LICENSURE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE … | 3 |
| HB1492 | TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A MOBILE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM. | 3 |
| HB1496 | TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO ENSURE ARKANSAS STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT BY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. | 3 |
| HB1542 | TO REQUIRE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO ADMINISTER AN ANNUAL STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT; AND TO REQUIRE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO ADMIT EACH STUDENT … | 3 |
| HB1982 | TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; TO CREATE THE TIRE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING ACT; TO REPEAL THE … | 3 |
| HB1477 | TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ARKANSAS … | 3 |
| HB1231 | TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS TO TEACH THE 1619 PROJECT CURRICULUM; AND TO REDUCE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO … | 3 |
| HB1009 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FOOD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | 3 |
| HB1270 | TO ESTABLISH A PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH A SECTION 1115 MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION WAIVER; AND TO DECLARE AN … | 3 |
| HB1342 | PERMITTING NONIMMIGRANTS LEGALLY ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER A COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION TO BE A CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT … | 3 |
| HB1393 | TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | 3 |
| HB1170 | TO AMEND THE DATE BY WHICH TEACHERS SHALL DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF SCIENTIFIC READING INSTRUCTION. | 3 |
| HB1017 | TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND … | 3 |
| HB1490 | TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT RETURN TEMPORARILY ISSUED ITEMS, RESOURCES, MATERIALS, AND PROPERTY BELONGING TO A … | 3 |
| HB1172 | TO REQUIRE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION UPON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S REVIEW OF WAIVERS … | 3 |
| HB1029 | TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. | 3 |
| HB1113 | TO AMEND THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS URBAN HOMESTEAD ACT TO PERMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOLS ON LAND DONATED BY … | 3 |
| HB1017 | CONCERNING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; AND TO ADOPT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENTLY. | 3 |
| HB1139 | TO CREATE THE RELEASED TIME EDUCATION ACT. | 3 |
| HB1728 | TO REQUIRE REPORTING ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A DISABILITY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. | 3 |
| HB1332 | TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CLAIMS FOR DIAGNOSES FREQUENCY OF OBESITY-RELATED CONDITIONS AND PRESENT THE COSTS. | 3 |