Representative Joe Jett
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Committees
- Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House)
- Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (Senate)
- Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings
- Revenue & Taxation (House)
Recent Meetings
| Date | Committee | Speaking Time |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2021 | — | 64s |
| Feb. 9, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 624s |
| Feb. 3, 2021 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (House) | 127s |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 337s |
| Feb. 1, 2021 | — | 172s |
| Jan. 28, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 801s |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 107s |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | — | 36s |
| Jan. 12, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 553s |
| March 4, 2020 | Joint Budget Committee - Pre-Fiscal Session Budget Hearings | 112s |
| Dec. 17, 2019 | Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development (Senate) | 17s |
| March 14, 2013 | — | 8s |
| March 13, 2013 | — | 11s |
| March 8, 2013 | — | 17s |
| March 7, 2013 | — | 7s |
| Feb. 27, 2013 | — | 317s |
| Feb. 26, 2013 | — | 42s |
| Feb. 12, 2013 | — | 41s |
| Feb. 8, 2013 | — | 31s |
| Feb. 6, 2013 | — | 48s |
| Jan. 31, 2013 | — | 35s |
| Jan. 29, 2013 | — | 102s |
| Jan. 23, 2013 | — | 22s |
| Jan. 22, 2013 | — | 54s |
Recent Transcript Excerpts
let's hear motion mr chairman light of uh state plant board uh taking back our request remove those two uh restrictions in in the new rule change i make a motion that this committee approves and recommends this uh this rule goes through uh rules committee okay do we have a second on that motion
the language or look at a specific proposal.
The appropriation acts the way that we drafted
Well, you need to pay attention. My apologies. I could have stayed home and got treated like that. This tobacco settlement money, will this change, you know, two sessions ago, I think Senator Hendren and I ran the bill to put tobacco settlement money in the long-term relief fund. Will that change that any at all? Will not. All right. Thank you.
back on a little bit being aware and signing off on is kind of two different things so a lot of these guys they kind of they they know this and they understand what's going on here well good
funding was the schools I'm assuming these school presidents they were in on that yes sir and they agreed to
more you're recognized yes sir thank you let me follow up on that real quick Jake so when they did the model for this
under the county operations we're showing executive rec taking out 1.6 million we're not going to start closing county offices are we what's that 1.6 million for so
thank you representative rye representative jet we got a question yes sir thank you mr chairman jake under the human service fund on page one
be put into the base from here on out is that correct yes sir for the 1.8 million so it's going to be a total of three million from here on out yes sir
so the 1.2 million dollars it was originally given to them
you mr chair um jake can you talk about the 1.8 million dollars we give or we appropriated to the agriculture division arkansas university is it in the budget i'm looking over here to fy 21 to fy 20 the 1.869 is that what that is yes sir that
is, of course, developed in large part with legislative
made a point of pointing out the productivity funding formula, which
funding provided here of course the governor did release that 1 million dollars from the rainy day fund there's
you, thank you. If anybody wants one of Charlie Collins' cards, They're right here up front, we'll grab one.
the logistic to be able to run this amendment so please take care of that and just be respectful to your uh other co-members or your other colleagues um whether members or not members of the committee um jack am i missing something no i don't think you hit it all okay do you want say something? Okay. Does anybody have any questions? Did I pretty
sometimes so please just give us a heads up if you have an amendment on a bill please just out of courtesy to us if somebody's running the bill and and sometimes we have hostile amendments believe it or not so just as a courtesy to us and to staff please give us a heads up that if you're going to have an amendment on somebody else's bill or even have an amendment to your own bill to make sure that we the staff has the proper um um just everything in place this is
myself or jack fortner a heads up because last thing we want to do is come in here and have three people here and we can't run the bill and we got people all over arkansas coming in thinking they're going to testify for a bill that we're never going to run because we don't have a quorum so please give myself or jack a heads up when everybody starts getting busy and you got you guys you guys will know when that will be i mean like right now like i said most people's going to show up but I can promise you like three weeks before the end of the session it's hard to get a quorum
And that will come from my vice chair, Jack Fortner, or myself. You've got to have a quorum to meet. So 11 people's got to show up to have a quorum. So please, if you can be here, be here. I recognize the fact that everybody gets busy. And towards the end of the session, everybody gets busier. And everybody's trying to run their bills, trying to take care of their own business. So sometimes it's just hard to get the 11. So towards the end of the session, like right now, it's not that big of a deal. everybody's going to show up towards the end of session if you cannot be here please just give
Bills Discussed
| Bill | Title | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| HB1046 | TO CLARIFY THE ABILITY OF LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO REQUEST REVISION … | 9 |
| HB1030 | TO PREVENT UNEXPECTED REDUCTIONS IN REVENUES FROM THE WHOLESALE SALES TAXES ON MOTOR FUEL AND DISTILLATE SPECIAL FUEL BY AMENDING … | 8 |
| HB1049 | TO ALLOW THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. | 8 |
| HB1047 | TO CLARIFY THAT A TAXPAYER'S AGENT MAY FILE A PROTEST ON BEHALF OF A TAXPAYER IF THE TAXPAYER PRODUCES A … | 8 |
| HB1043 | TO AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS; AND TO CREATE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS … | 8 |
| HB1048 | TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFSET OF A TAX REFUND TOWARD A TAX DELINQUENCY WHEN A FINAL ASSESSMENT OF TAX HAS BEEN … | 8 |
| HB1034 | TO AMEND THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER INFORMATION; AND TO DESIGNATE THE SECRETARY OF THE … | 8 |
| HB1044 | TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT OF TAX IF A TAXPAYER FAILS OR REFUSES TO PROVIDE RECORDS. | 7 |
| HB1038 | TO CLARIFY THAT SALES TAX IS REQUIRED TO BE COLLECTED AND REMITTED ON DELIVERY CHARGES FOR SALES BY A MARKETPLACE … | 6 |
| HB1035 | TO ADOPT RECENT CHANGES TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. | 6 |
| HB1031 | TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY TAX PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TAX PRACTITIONERS. | 5 |
| HB1050 | TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO MANDATE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS. | 4 |
| HB1042 | TO REPEAL THE LONG-TERM RENTAL VEHICLE TAX. | 3 |
| HB1032 | TO AMEND THE INCOME TAX ACT OF 1929 TO ALLOW A TAXPAYER RECEIVING MILITARY RETIREMENT OR SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO RECEIVE … | 3 |
| HB1109 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT OF FUNDS BY THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT. | 3 |
| HB1026 | TO CLARIFY THAT CERTAIN APPEARANCE FEES ARE NOT COMPENSATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SALES AND USE … | 3 |
| HB1190 | TO AMEND THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX LAWS; AND TO PROVIDE A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE STANDARD DEDUCTION. | 3 |
| HB1361 | TO PROVIDE FOR THE TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LOANS, PAYMENTS, AND EXPENSES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) RELIEF PROGRAMS; AND … | 3 |
| HB1010 | TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR SALES OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT. | 3 |
| SB236 | TO EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM INCOME TAX DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 3 |
| HB1033 | TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS REFERENCES TO DIGITAL MAGAZINES IN THE SALES TAX LAWS; AND TO CLARIFY THE EXEMPTION OF A CAR … | 3 |
| HB1023 | TO AMEND THE SALES TAX LAWS CONCERNING SPECIAL EVENTS; AND TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS FROM THE SALES TAX LAWS … | 3 |
| SB35 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TUITION BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD; AND TO ALLOW A … | 2 |
| HB1041 | TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO WAIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS FILING FEES IN … | 2 |
| HB1117 | CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION INMATE FARM FUND. | 2 |
| SB34 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM. | 2 |
| SB116 | TO AMEND THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF … | 2 |
| SB115 | TO SUBSTITUTE "ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THREE RIVERS" FOR "COLLEGE OF THE OUACHITAS" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE. | 2 |
| SB99 | TO REGULATE STEP THERAPY PROTOCOLS. | 1 |
| HB1065 | TO EXEMPT FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS FROM SALES AND USE TAX. | 1 |