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The. The. The. And write the member staff press and guess in the galleries to stand to be lead in prayer by pastor lee coleman rocky mountain missionary baptist church and little rock a guest of representative terrorist shepherd in denise in it and remain standing for the pledge of alleged be lead by represent. Let us pray. Each on our god we come. Realizing that you are sitting high looking low. While we realize that you have all power. We have that knowledge of your ability we pray guard. Then you were touch each and everyone that's here today. Touch every leader if a representative. Continued to endow them with the wisdom the knowledge that they need to carry on this great work here in this state of ark himself. We realized that we can do nothing without you but with you we can do all things so far that print throughout this session then you were saturday the minds the hearts. Continued to buy them together in unity and love. As they carry out your work for your. And we pray for their families as they sacrifice time a win continue to comfort and keep them this is your hump or service premium we give you praise and honourable. A man. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared the machine made a clear. Cast up the mountain place with ninety nine members present the charities of cormore the request for leave represent richardson for what purpose leave your recognized leave request for representative mcgrade is leave granted for representative so noted reps i'm jefferrent word lamos we dispensed with the reading of the previous day's journal without objection so ordered are there reports from select committees that reports from standing committees in the unfinished business in the executive communications. Alright members we have witnessed today in the east gallery but volunteers from the american hard association who were here today for their advice he day and they are guessed that representative andrew college. The. The. Madam clerk please read house resolution ten thirty. House resolution ten thirty by representative allen to recognize the little right program patriot says the twenty twenty three class five eight four bar state champions and value recognized to explain the great thank you must speak without objective i'd like to ask all the sponsors that it be a cosponsors though to be able to come down. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you indeed this honor for me to stay who the day and introduce house resolution ten thirty house resolution ten thirty honest and low rock party patriots a coach bolden koswell delay party patriots to far be championship and they will say that party was the most recognized team in the state of arkansas they want back to backstage temperatures and they look into repeat again next year for three p this past seats of part we ask the opposition by six hundred and fifty four to one hundred forty two and have a top more than fifty points in seven bill games which is a record party also defeated brand football to you broke brands fifteen game women street and any time you can be brian you got a good tea because brown football players with brian wake up every day the tackle somebody. It is twelve of the fourteen games they ended in the under our arkansas active the association sports machine room meaning that if your team is of about thirty five points do you have to pull all your starters so coach bolded has done a outstanding job at parking he's all he was also named coach of the year and I want you to know that when you have a coach that coast bolded in the house he knows how to we and not only with his players be champions on the field they will also be champions in life so coach bolded I want to say I say sealy thank you for all you burn with lura park view parking with it in my district years ago before he came apart view they with even that the camera man on the field to take pictures part we will so I have to be the camera me in which you say and so we could recommend you please. Yeah. The. That's how far they coat to other year. Mister speaker have a court to read the time of a bill madam clark please be the read the resolution by title only to recognize the little rack praguely patriots as a twenty twenty three class five eight football state champions representative allen has explained the resolution when anyone like speak against the resolution. When who would like speak for the resolution replace the spring or you're recognized to speak for the rest thank you miss the speaker want to park schools most better you'd players this year today my husband horror springer the third and he's one of their top supporters horse would you please stay and he's in the back of the east back. Representative allen is close for the resolution the question before the house is the passage of house resolution ten thirty all in favor say I any opposed the resolution passes. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. The. Madame clark please read house resolution ten forty three passed resolution ten forty three by representative charling fights are honor thel and margie ellison as the longest mate couple in arkansas represent fight you're recognized to explain the resolution thank you mr speaker what was happening in nineteen forty one then if you remember here you missed working doesn't even remember. In nineteen forty one the first computer controlled by software was invanite also arisal spray cans were invented franklin d rose about entered his third term as president captain america comics issued the first captain america and burkey comic bob hope performed his first us or show joe the mergio's fifty six game hitting street began the first series a war bonds and defense savings stamps went on sale president rose about signed the lend lease into law providing for the us to get a military equipment to the allies and sadly at the end of nineteen forty one the united states entered world war is by declaring war on the empire of japan following the attack on pearl harbor but what I want to talk about today happened on june twenty fourth nineteen forty one when a young man named thou married and even younger young woman named margie allison and they are now the longest marriage in the state of arkansas they have been married now for eighty two going on eighty three years and they are here today up in the gallery with some of their family members to have their daughters and granddaughters would you stand. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. Mr allison is one hundred and six. Mrs hours then is ninety nine mr allison steel teachers sunday school and natural damn every sunday he does would working he told me that the gardening at two turiki so he moved to wood working he makes beautiful cedar benches and tables they live independently surrounded by their five children fifteen grandchildren thirty seven great grandchildren and thirty one great great grandchildren so I am pleased to honor them today. The. The. The. Thank you represent fighters explain the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution when anyone like speak for the resolution representative fight as close for the resolution the question before the house is a passage of house resolution ten forty three all in favor say I any opposed the resolution passes. I. The. The. The. The. Madame clark please read house resolution ten forty seven house resolution ten forty seven by representative ease and support of the national celebration of general aviation fly over and washington DC so commemorate the last eighty five years of general aviation representatives you're recognized to explain the resolution hello friends. I have a question for you how do you know when there's a pilot in the room they'll tell you. Where's this resolution is in support of general aviation on behalf of the airplane owners and pilots association in general avian aviation just so you know is vastly different from commercial aviation that were mostly accustomed to and the united states is the world leader in general aviation in fact most general aviation airplanes are made in this country I give you some quick stats the united states general aviation industry is composed of more than two hundred thousand aircraft that safely flower over twenty six million flight hours per year they register thirty million safe takeoffs in landings and the key is for those to be the same number contributes two hundred and forty seven billion dollars in economic activity supports one point two million jobs and has over sixty five thousand registered pilots in the united states it supports over fifty one hundred public use airport in another fourteen thousand privately owned airfields more than any other country in the world and you might be surprised to know that aviation is extremely important to the arkansas economy. For example did you know that aviation space craft and related parts as arkansas largest export robert do that yeah so those exports account told fifteen percent of arkansas total value and just real quick the state of arkansas has three thousand three hundred and thirty eight registered aircraft ninety general aviation airport six thousand five hundred and twenty three pilots and in arkansas general aviation brings in over four hundred and sixty seven million dollars in economic activity and supports fifty one hundred jobs so it's kind of a big deal so please join me in support of the national celebration of joint aviation and in spite of carlton representative wing asking me to have the resolution read in its entire I would ask mr speaker just have it read entitled only and a court please read the resolution by title only and the point of the national celebration of the general aviation fly over in washington dc to commemorate the last eighty five years of general aviation representatives is explained the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution represent beefs as close for the resolution the question before the house is the passage of house resolution ten forty seven all in favor say I in the opposed resolution is passed. The. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. The. Members we have small guests with us today in the east gallery we have members of the green county tech junior hot gifted and talented class they are guests of representative gasway and representative. The. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The. Clear please read house resolution ten forty four pass resolution ten forty four by representative mclean is a recognized the bit in the west high school as the twenty twenty four four seven here state champions represent macline and as to explain the resolution thank you without a jackson could I ask hudgers to come. Thank you so great and I both represent the center ten bittender area of northwest arkansas and we represent bit involves high school I want to recognize the chest team button do less as a relatively new high school it's only about eight years old it was established in twenty sixteen and the chass team this is their first year of being a test team they did a lot of fundraisers to raise money for their equipment uh chess boards and i'm also to pay for their trip down to state in their first year they were able to when the four a through seven a state chase championship and they were not able to be here today because I was told and I quote academics come first which makes sense for the chest team so in light of that I would ask mr speaker if you could ask the perk to read the resolution in their entirety to recognize them madame clark please read the resolution in its entire whereas the inacross either for the bit involved with high school to team ended with the state championship on march thirtieth twenty twenty four and market iraq are cancer and whereas the chest state championship was hosted by the chest association for the arch with our schools but the vitambill was high school chest team handled team selection and the game plan and whereas the vinville with high school chesting held fundraisers to purchase chest boards used to prepare for the state championship and whereas the bit involved with high school team members include how do I nathan barney shannon shanda lovely camera swan havish came a channel paley john perez rod rigath and where's the window with high school testing was lead by the andy mcgrat now therefore be a result by the house representative of ninety four general assembly the state of where I could thought that the house represented recognize the venvo with high school test team as the four seven eight eighteen. Personal machine in this person at the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution when anyone like speak for the resolution. Close for the resolution the question before the house is the passage of house resolution ten forty four all in favor say I any opposed the resolution passes. Yeah. Yeah. Please read house resolution ten forty five as a resolution ten forty five by representative john cars who recognize the rogers high school lady mounties competitive cheers team as the twenty twenty three classics I to your state champions carrier recognized to present the resolution. Mister speaker i'd like to request the rogers delegation and represent a deal you have to join me in the well. Thank you mister speaker colleagues today we recognize the roger's mountes for their first ever state championship and cheerleading and house resolution ten forty five the steerleading squad is very dedicated both on and off the field great students as well there's a lot of high energy and their coach radiate said energy on to the team I know because when i'm watching rogers mounting football on friday night I can see how they fire up the student section and a representative hawk as a few words as well i've been blessed to be a first hand watcher my granddaughter cheers on this cheer team she's also on the rogers mounting softball team and she tells me that sheer leaders work out as harder than the softball team's work out and I was able to go with them to their national competition at the espn world sports center and we were staying at the while disney resorts but they weren't interested in that they were really focused on their competition and I just am thankful to recognize all of them as a scholar athletes today. So we appreciate the uh roger's mountains here letters watching online we know we can hear you all the way here in little rock all the way from rogers. And with that mr speaker can you have the clark read the title in resolution on resolution by title only clerk please read the resolution by title only to recognize the register high school lady mount his competitive two team as the twenty twenty three classic fation state champion of car is explained the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution would anyone like speak for the resolution represent car is closed for the resolution the question for the house is the passage of house resolution ten forty five all in favor say II in the opposed. Resolution passes. Yeah. The. Yeah. This. Adam clerk please read house memorial resolution one thousand one how some where your resolution one thousand one by representative underwood so honor the life of billy rogers pastor and here is an arkansas for fifty four years of underwood you recognize to explain the resolution thing you miss the speaker members I want to take a moment today to recognize an honor billy rogers who dedicated his life to the service of garden billy franklin roger rogers began preaching the word of god at age of fifteen and he became a pastor at age eighteen he served guard and continued to preach for fifty four years until he retired and in that time he still on those who face challenging times prayed for those who who are need a most importantly lead others to price his faith love and compassion was an interinspiration to everybody around him and I could say this confidently about billy because he was my past growing up and our witnessed first hand his heart regard i've often reflected on those sunday sitting in village church and it increased my faith and increased my relationship with price and I can't express enough my gratitude for god's love during that time and also billy's obedience to the lord during that time in january billion went to his eternal home and as ever announced by the standing room only attendance at the celebration of his life he was below by those who knew him billy lived in a credible life exemplified by selflessness and dedication again and he left this earth truly a rich man a second time with he says I believe billy fought the good fight he kept the faith and finished his race now billy family isn't here today but they will be watching by live stream at some point and I just wanted this to be a small token of our respect for the life you lived in the impact he had on so many so mister speaker I would ask that the clerk read the resolution in its entirety madam clerk please read the resolution whereas billy rages of hers and arkansas pass away on january twenty fourth twenty twenty four at the agen. Seventy five and whereas billy rogers began preaching the word of the lord at age fifteen and at eighteen he became a pastor and whereas billy rogers passed her the following religious centers mincy four gasples white oak choice of guy community church and cavarie temple full gospel church and whereas billy preach for fifty four years until he retired and with billy rogers was night for reaching but he would enjoy playing the piano watching best of our games listening to southern grass and spending time with his grandchildren. Represent whereas billy rogers is however his wife of almost forty seven years brenda rogers two signs and five grandchildren and whereas billy rogers faith and dedication to spreading the word of the lower attached mini lives now therefore be a result by the house representative ninety four you know assembly the state arkansas at the house representatives express sincere condolences to the family a billy rogers and command his commitment to spreading the word of the lord for fifty four years representative underwood is explained the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution representative under what is closed for the resolution the question for the house is the passage of house before what resolution one thousand one all in favor say are any opposed resolution is adopted. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. The. Please read house resolution ten fifty one house resolution ten fifty one by representative shepherds have for recession finding that a government of the physical session of the ninety fourth general recognized to explain the resolution. Colleagues this is just the adjourned resolution hopefully if all goes well we gave all out tomorrow that gives the necessary period to address any potential vetoes or anything corrections so the weekend adjourned sunny die of may ninth at noon I would appreciate a good vote represent wing has explained the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution when anyone like speak for. For the resolution the question before the house is the passage of house resolution ten fifty one all in favor say I need opposed resolution is adopted madame clark please read house resolution ten fifty seven house resolution temperature seven by representative college in respectful memory of david prior former governor of arkansas ninety seven senator represent collins you recognize to explain the resolution. Thank you mister speaker. David prior was a giant who made it to the pinnacle of public life in arkansas state representative congressman governor US senator yet both as a private citizen and as a public figure he was almost the opposite of this lofty resume he was humble he was a listener he was a servant he knew how important it was that everyone no matter how high or low their station in life be treated with dignity. He understood the indignity that a person felt when they felt invisible so we made sure to never let that happen on his watch. David prior put the people of arkansas at the center of his world and uses many talents as political gifts is intelligence is empathy is ambition to help people in ways big and small david was born in candon and attended the university of our concern after college she started a weekly newspaper the washington citizen with his wife barbara to whom he stayed married and devoted all the way until his passing earlier this year after several years of newspaper publishing he ran for state representative in washington county he spent three terms in this chamber in the meantime david barber started a family and had three sons david junior mark and scott the boy spoke at their father's funeral on saturday they said that not only did they think their dad was a great dan but they love being with them as he went to speeches chambers of commerce grocery stores and the like as a candidate. They felt like they actually had to spend more time with them due to his political career because he'd bring along them when he could and on those long drives they got really good time together in nineteen sixty six david ran for congress out of south arkansas and one as a congressman he famously went under cover to investigate nursing homes his work with revolutionary lead to the creation of the house elect committee on aging insignificant reforms in the years followed and also sparked something deeper between david prior in the people of arkansas here was a sitting congressman working in washington dc looked well dressed probably well he'll but he went under cover got his hands dirty took some risks and it was for the people that was action not words and for many arkansas it may then feel like no matter how high david prior rose he was one of us in four hours congressman prior was allowed to governor in nineteen seventy four you work to modernize state government while continuing the progress made by governor's rockefeller and bumpers in 1978 he moved to the US senate where you serve until nineteen ninety six he was an immensely successful legislator because of his warm trust worthiness and we needed his blindness he was proud of the taxpayer bill of rights that he lead passed up in nineteen eighty eight which expanded citizens rights in dealing with the irs after retirement senator prior was his active as ever he served as the inaugural dean and the clinton school public service chair of the democratic party of arkansas trustee for the university of arkansas and director of the institute of politics harvard's kennedy school government senator prior lived in my district on a quiet corner no gate no fence no big deal he took visitors from time the time be included. He never stopped changing lives the better even in retirement all the way to the end. His funeral saturday was incredibly moving for me personally we heard about how david prior truly lived out the best aspirations we have for those in public office I felt aware of how our fallen short but I felt challenged and inspired to be better to put people first every single day and to put all my effort and all my skills toward what really matters which is a service at the funeral president clinton told the story which i'll repeat here in closing. Back when they were both in the senate david prior and dan quayle were engaged in a heated battle on a very important bill quayle was the lead republican in opposition to prior on the bill they've been going at it all day the bill was coming up for a vote that night in prior saw quayle visiting and kind of upset and so we asked what was going on in quayle responded that his son had a little league baseball championship that night somewhere in the district of columbia area so prior to community to think about it and then he told quarrel go grail said I can't do that you'll pass this bill when i'm gone in prayer so no i'll fill buster we'll take it up when you get back and so that night david prior filibustered his own bill on the senate floor he was true to his word he knew how much a dad being present at a big game means to a little boy and for david prior not party not position not power but people came first there may be others who would like to offer some words or rememberance I would welcome you to come up if you're interested and thank you for your ti. Explain the resolution would. Representative allen you r. Thank you mr speaker members I hate the pleasure to work for they refer for twenty years when i'm first with the work for day be prior I found they decided that after being on his staff of twenty years that I wanted to stay in politics and one of the things that i'll remember most about the repra he would bring out the best in and he would always have a smile on his face in you always have something good some good advice to to give you and he was a man when a lot of courage a man would have version and a man that would always put arkansas first whenever you would go in his office there was a san on his death they said arkansas comes first even though he went to washington and stayed there for long period of time he never forgot about the people of the state of arkansas in our would say unequivocally that david pra DNA is all market market map political career he played a major part of my life and I will say ever for ever be indebited sooner to prior in his family and I would ask all the all to support this resolution reps and balance spoken for. Okay so learn for well so to pract david the one thing that stood out to me and all the time the last bit with him traveled with him said his office and when over legislation was the fact that anywhere you went in this day people did not report to him as governor it was david. The. Damn in time again. Eb would surprise you with some of the things that he would say you do just like you surprise me I was attending a lunch and department and sent her and he said it true for our to my table deheat to ride back out to his office with. Though idea and that certain is offers for about a month and he talked with me about state government and some of the things that he saw and needed warning. One thing a long share with you is he never asked me if I was a republic and our democrat what he said was I want to job I want to agency of commerce to be round right and straighten up in a year and a half later he called me one afternoon said that he's talk with the come over here we were out in the prospect billing so I came rather over any said I want you to go to the fa. Do keys are over several years as a house of the department of other citizens duration he left the golden san francisco to head up the international airport of the city of san francisco then home on me to be replacing a man of that statue and then what really humbled me was this the governor will ask me to take a job. He called me to his office after the was elected to the senate. So I understand you have a lot of professor to do some things during the election and I just want to do thank you for staying it was that care a person in matter whether you would democrat republican you were in our account you were from the state of arkansas arkansas development ported out always came first but he always had a heart but it's like again with me that's the mentioned they have breakfast in talk about that day you always hardly deal with the order and this would are just warned to say thank you to represent the balance for speaking on the half of the heart fell settlement of all of it when it comes to david prior there was only one and that was going to david blah david as he was now thank you perhaps I wouldn't have spo. What anyone likes before the resolution represent fla. Colleagues I be remiss if I did not come to the well. And share bare david prior was not only and incredible leader for this state at every level of government government. He was the personification of servant leadership and he was the for signification of the term that we use often time and time again but don't seem much of it anymore and that statesmen. It was the consummate and ultimate states. I got the awesome opportunity to know him and a very personal and internet man way because I was one of sixteen students who was um admitted to be a part of the inaugural class of the clinton school at a time where any other person would come home after serving for so many years and so many roles and really retired for real and instead he decided to open a school to create a train public servant. And that is where I got for a year and a half to learn how to be a true public service under his leadership and tutoring and so as deem so people called him governor some people called him david some people called in senator congressman. We called him deem verding he will truly be messed and in that role I have to tell you that he took a personal made a personal commitment to the success of the students who came through that year who were from all over the world and I was so happy and pleased to be the only student from arkansas in arkansas that year there was actually one other student from arkansas so I just wanted to take this time to publicly share that he will be missed and he had an incredible impact at scretched across this world so thank you I asked for a good thought so flowers spoken. Point a great man you know david prayer was a senator in a term when we did not worry so much about democrat and republican I know it's all important but you know he was a builder of people he cared about people one time I asked they verified that what do you think about this what do you think to talk with that he said johnny I don't worry about that do whites right do much right in everything what will come out okay we last a great man we got we last a great drink in our tell you what in my heart are hope I can be have to make the david problems do you. In favor of the resolution would anyone like speak against the resolution. It's closed for the resolution the question before the house is the passage of house resolution ten fifty seven all in favor say a any opposed the resolution is passed on. Yeah. The. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. The. Members of our doctor the day to day as doctor richardy brown junior of little rock and our nurse the day is burned to him. The. Yeah. This. And a part please read senate concurrent resolution too senator current resolution to my representative ubank's to condemn the islamic republic of arians and predicted drown and missile attack on the state of israel or something banks who recognize present the resolution thank you mr speaker members I know we've had a lot of resolutions today but I was i'm on answer that you might indulge me a little bit I know what the title of the resolution states but I think there's some underlying things that I would like to share with you. I grew up in an area that had a large jewish population and a lot of my classmates in high school were jewish I spent time at their homes will party together we did a lot thanks together but I attended their synagogue with them and i've been to bar mitsvers and so II got to know those families very close then last year head opportunity to visit israel through ncsl america israel friendship lead joint trip I was one of sixteen legislators from around the country that got to tour the country we had breathings by the idea if we met with the foreign ministry the pin i'm wearing was was given to us by the speaker of the kennesset but we got to go off on around and the old part of jerusalem that was a trip of the lifetime as the speaker likes that sort of joke with me for my comment in the paper but the truly was at again such a great appreciation for the country and the people that friday night they divided the group of us up into three and we got to go to actually share the shabot dinner with individual families and meet their children and the home that I went to they there were adult they had four adult children three who were there and they'd also been the idea of and they gave us you know the information that they you know about their experience in the idea but when we were received a briefing by the idea we we learned about the protocols that they have to go through in order to respond to any attack that was coming from gaza or the west bank or or lebanon. Because they were so strict because hamas said embedded themselves in school's family's homes and and hospitals and they were firing uh missiles from those areas and they felt it was incumbent upon them to try to do the most state could try to limit casualties especially those of anything people they are a few weeks ago many others got to be a screening of a dense it took place on october seventh of last year and it was it was it was truly horrific and I would like to the read a statement from general eyes and power after at the closer the end of world war two when the allied forces liberated those those camps and he said I visited every nook and crany of the camp because I felt that my duty to be in the position from then on to testify at first tan about these things in case they're ever grew up at home the belief or assumption that the stories of **** brutality were just propaganda he went on to say I felt that the evidence should be immediately immediately placed before the american and british public and a fashion that would leave no room for cynical de. Ah had the opportunity to attend a conference in california over the weekend and I was at a dinner and there were several people there and I was speaking about the opportunity to view that screening and just the impact that it had on b and b I suspect everybody that the beautiful. And the the conference was on a I so there was a person there that suggested how do we know if what you saw was real so we've seen since world war two people actually deny that the holocaust took place and in a mere few months since october seventh we have people suggesting possibly that the what we viewed was generated of a and that it really didn't take place as the picture you know this this resolution condemned the attack that are from iran by drones and missiles but the title doesn't include the one thing that I think we need to talk about and it and it's in the resolution that we affirm the right of visual to defend itself and after viewing that's greening I can understand why they are taking the actions they are and I still believe they're trying to do whatever they can to limit limit collateral damage and. In light of what's taking place across the country at various college campuses I think it's in large part due to ignorance and people being manipulated to just buy into one narrative on this so when senator dots and asked me to be the house spounds or I gladly agreed because that it really meant a lot to me and so in the for the sake of time i'm just going to ask the speaker to have the clerk read the resolution and title only but like I said one of the most important parts about it is not included in the title and that's to affirm the right of israel to uh defend itself so mr speaker would you have the clerk read the resolution entitled only please read the resolution by title only to condemn the islamic republic of arians and precedent drown in missile attack on the state of israel ubank's has explained the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution represent ubank's is close for the resolution represent ubank's is closed for the resolution question before the house is the passage of cynic concurrent resolution two all in favor say are any opposed the resolution is passed. Yeah. Yeah. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. The. Morning hours ended madam clerk please read senate bill seventy eight. Cinember seventy eight by representative of close I mean the arkansas data senators act of twenty twenty three to prohibit foreign party controlled ownership of a digital asset mining business enter declare an emergency representative mcclewer you're recognized. Thank you mister speaker. A year ago we had limited knowledge as some of the situations that would arise with a new emerging industry in our stay called crypto money and their facilities some have operated professionally and respectfully and responsibly. Yet others have shown little regard for the state of arkansas some have that shown any respect for their neighbors some are not friends of the us seventy eight will deal with the major adverse issues that have been revealed in the last year michael control will be restored back to cities and counties. State wide restrictions on noise like a power great concerns have been addressed. Legal standing for a joining property owners. And owner born ownership his address I want thank you my colleagues many of you have received numerous phone calls and emails over the last year. You have representative districts well you have listen you had forwarded the information of the concerns of your constituents and you have has good questions you have been respectful I want to thank the attorney general's office the governor's office and her own bureau of lead legislative research for helping us put together this bill let's do what we can to help those who have been impacted in a negative way and worked for better solutions and with that i'd appreciate a good vote. Anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like speak for the bill representative make sure. Thank you I am thank you mr speaker first off one would apologize loss my voice yesterday so home try to get through this reason why I want to stand a day and support representative of a clearers because like he said there been crypto mining operations that had been in the state for a long time they've been good neighbors they've done it right but here in the last year or so we've had foreign minors come into our state they've not respected our citizens they have not respected our neighbors and one of the persons that's been on the front line of theirs if the speaker will allow me a little bit of latitude uh up on the west gallery is mayor robinson he's the mayor of boost or arkansas a bono where this main sight we've been talking about is a suburb if you will of his city so he's here representing his constituents to help support the passage of this bill america and I appreciate you being here and support of of this bill. Mayor robinson myself county judge dotson in several other local officials work with that site out there to try to get them to be good neighbors we asked them simple things like at night turn it off turn it down so that the people in the community can get some sleep they weren't even willing to do that we asked him to build a sound proofing barriers well they put her sound proofing wall up on one side but all that did we send the sound down to somebody else they weren't willing to do what was necessary to be good neighbors and quite frankly I believe it's because they simply just didn't care and so that brings us to while we're here today if these sites want to come in they want to be good neighbors they want to do it right we welcome them into the state but these foreign actors who want to come in they want to disrespect our citizens disrespect our resources. What the passage of this bill we tell them it's time to leave and go somewhere else and so what that I would appreciate a good bill representative makes it spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak four of the bill represented mcclures votes for the bill the question before the house is the passage of senate bill seventy eight prepare the machine madame clark. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted has everyone voted. Passed up the ballot made a plurk by vote of ninety three yays four days and zero present the bill in the merchant's clause have passed madam clerk please read senate bill seventy nine cinema seventy minutes my representative more to amend the arkansas data centers act of twenty twenty three to provide the regulation of digital asset mining businesses into declare an emergency recognized. Thank you mister speaker colleagues what we have here as representative mcclurier said is an emerging industry we've never seen anything quite like this in our state before there are several concerns out there that many of your constituents and certainly a lot of market situates have brought up to me the first being known than power water and foreign adversary. If there's one thing we all know it's that the status quo is untenable below the bill that we just pass representative mcclear's bill in it has certain statutory obligations of these crypto mons that they must if that bill some other governor they must uphold under the law and I tell you that if we pass regulations and statute then there must be state accountability as well beyond the foreign ownership under the outdoor designation restricting ownership of these facilities. This bill enshrines the regulation of crypto months through a permit application process under the department of energy and environment specifically the old and gas commission. We have regulations and statutes. Regarding many industries in our state some of which you all are probably involved in we have regulations such that restaurants may about bar that we have an agency the department of health that goes and ensures that those regulations are enforced so you and I can enjoy safe meals for it with our friends and families at restaurants. We have regulations that liquor in tobacco retailers must about bah and we have abc and tobacco control that ensure those regulations are enforced we have companies that this charge water and the their regulated by the department of environmental quality. And then lastly we have the old gas commission which regulates the gas compression stations in the hills and the noise that they are met very similar to these crypto mods and so you may ask yourself we'll all in gas walk crypto mons they are much more similar than initially meets the r with is that with the passage of this legislation we're saying that the all and gas commission shell create rules based upon the previously mentioned concerns of noise power and water then they will be passed by alc with your all approval. With direct legislative oversight over this agency having oversight over this emerging industry it is the only solution for ensuring that these actors remain good and that they're not not negatively affecting their neighbors thank you. Bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill reps more is close for the bill the question before the house is the passage of s. You're very on the bill and the emergency clause is everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast up about madam clerk by vote of ninety three as five days and see where present the bill in emergency clause are passed. First we're moved to the budget calendar. And your recognized present the budget account. Things were speaker colleagues we're going to take up a couple bills by their sales first we're going to take a center bill seventy seven. This is the compensation act. It does several things in it. Provides a three percent increase of base salary for say employees and just some pay grades increase the maximum mount that we can have in the maximum to ten percent a lot of these job they tell us or already max out so this increases the the the sort of tempted raise is just a ten percent for the future for their increase in salaries changing some rules on hazardous duty pay for employees create special compensation award for key employees. And the agency must provide types of awards provided this plane must be approved by the legislative council we have to take this to the council do you understand what kind of plan were going to approve so council will have oversight of it. Er also it creates incentive reprovement incentives to help get the quality that we need in key key positions there's been a lot of given take on this bill it's not a miss not of perfect meal but i'll take any questions this time. Question you recognize representative jeana sorry is this abu before but does this uh act. The hazardous duty does it. Now i'm not sure about state house bill but but this will be and i'll i'll get back with you but I know it does on the sake police and especially for our correctional officers but add a vac- if I said the state hospital I don't know there but i'll find out for you any other question. All right you want vote is for the bail the merchant close speaker had the kirk clerk read the mail for the third time madame clark please read the bill for the third time in about seventy seven percent of jeanne is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill what anyone like speak for the bill representative jean is closed for the bill the question before the house is a passage of senate bill seventy seven prepared machine matter park. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted as everyone voted cast up the ballot made a clear by vote of ninety six yay zero name when present the bill and emergency calls are passed represent jean your economist. Thank you speaker the next bill is is the revenue stabilization act we're going down to house bill ten ninety seven this is the governor's basically the balance budget the she presented back in I guess february early march. This is probably the least. Budget in my fourteen years here the has has least amount of changes of any any rsa that we've had bottom lane it's a one point seventy six percent increase go from six point two billion six point three as it compares to the last four years last year we had at two point nine five percent increase in twenty twenty three we had a two point nine and in a twenty twenty two a one point five five increase the rsa and a twenty twenty one fiscal year we had a two point eight seven so it's the second lowest increase of since the two thousand eight two thousand nine financial or and that matter fact one of those years we had AAA reduction and rsa but it's it's this the second lowest insert have rain couple things that it does is that we have thirty five million for the years teacher raises as part of the large act also at brains in another sixty six million for our scholarships for students this year we find it seven thousand students next year it'll be up to fourteen thousand students that we we will be able to provide scholarships when they if they are platform basically we did do about a four point four percent increase and state police and i've proud that we we get some extra money for the state police because they do an outstanding job and in our open yes a lot is all our police forces are but anyway i'll and we did do it away with a category b everything will be funded this year usually the hundred and eight million dollars that we normally do we normally put those in AB category. But the and I think the governor's right the way the economy is going right now I think everything will be funded anyway so everything is in a a category there is no b so everything will be funded and that's the one thing that we did out of the norm only of revenue stabilization act i'll take any questions at this time. Seeing known your one vote is for the bill of the mercy clause with speaker the court creed bill third time part of these right bill for the third time house of ten ninety seven so jean has explained the bill would anyone like speak against the bill when he would like speak for the bill representative jean is close for the bill the question before the house is the passage of house bill ten ninety seven prepared machine madame. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause is everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast up the batman clerk by the ninety six years one name when present the bill and emergency clause is passed representing your recognized. Language speaker we are have a set of house appropriations i've already had three requested to be pull out the but the batch. Uh I need you to look at house bill ten twelve house bill ten forty one and house bill ten sixty five do I have any but it will pull these three out. Halloween. Alright you're one vote is for these three bills and the emergency close my speaker at the corporate bill for third time and park rate bills for the third time please house will ten twelve household ten forty one in household ten sixty five. Voting on the bills and the emergency clauses has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam clerk barbaro ninety seven yasie rename when present the bills and emergency clauses have pass. You're recognized. They wish baker. First we all is the house bill tino wait Any questions. A whole everybody's feeling good today you're one vote is for the mail the mercy clause miss speaker the clerk brief bill third time I am clear please read the bill for the third time as the one thousand eight reps of jean is explained the bill would even when I speak against the bill would even when I speak for the against the bill representative long you're recognized speak again. Pages double space non kid I couldn't talk that long be held again to my head recently I had an older statesman from south arkansas confirm that our policy he said if we were not going to be able to continue to cut income taxes without first current spending since I came paint on eliminating the income tax in reducing the size of government I have no choice to vote against programs that are unnecessary within internet and streaming being wildly available types of program they're currently available at PBS renewal available at a low call store sometimes free on the internet in committee will learn that state crispo championship is charged forty thousand dollars per year to air debate on pbs I would think that. It could be locked straight on the internet or a lot less in social the state championships are very top to sports in summary if we want to attract business and get jobs to arkansas we must cut taxes to get taxes much further with start by cutting spending defining arts or pbs would holly be a very small step towards. But it would be a good first step in the road direction appreciate a good over thank you for some blong and spoken against the bill anyone like speak for the bill representative wing your recognized speak for the bill. Colleagues II appreciate what representative long has said and there might be some folks who feel similarly but I want you to know what else's attached are console PBS that is not just what is over the air broadcast arkansas PBS also maintains all of our emergency alerts system towers that is the first system that tells people that there is a tornado coming to you or a severe weather has coming your way it also maintains the backup redundancy for our cell phone towers as well from our commercial whether it's a t a t verizon t mobile whoever there is a lot that happens online with their services as well with regards to professional development for our school teachers they have ninety thousand subscribers and have provided two million credits as well so it's not just what you see on the television. This is important because of where we are in this session right now in that we will gave allowed tomorrow and then we will signing a week after that if there are any adjustments to be made that can be discussed in the interim but right now for the things that are essential for the state of arkansas that arkansas PBS manages we need to pass this bill i'm happy to take any questions any anything I can answer I will if not I will pass long to colleagues more knowledgeable than I on any topics that may come up. Well in the wing do you know the financial investment. It accumulated number no I do not several million. You're recognized I have a question of can aetna PBS and we're kind of blended the two together can they not cut out those emergency services and eliminate some of the program to meet some of the budget issues that they've heard since i've had problems in audit there is a that that is a discussion that can be hand as far as all of the many different factors that they address again not just broadcast but those are discussions that really should take place long before we come to the very end of the session because of the essentials that they do control brown for what purpose thank you speaker represent wing is it not also true that the pbs towers across the state also serve local lawn first forcement and first responders for example some of the rule areas the state shares departments and first responders actually have their transmitters on the towers as well and still failing to approve this appropriation we put that jeopardy that is correct a lot of our local long forcement depend on these especially in our rural. I'd appreciate a yes vote. Representative. Thank you miss speaker real quick and apologize for my voice opponent has gotten to me but couple things to address representative one stream you talked about separating those services if we did that for example since they are the hub for emergency services that would then go on our local businesses so our local tv stations would then have to pick up that burden for our emergency services uhm I know for being a former radio guy we got the transmissions from arkansas PBS if we took control and became the hub for all the other TV and local media companies it would be to the tune of about a million dollars that one or three some of the bus would have had to pick up just become the hub for the state of our for central arkansas on the rest of the state so paid your question it could be done yes but then we would be putting that that cost on our local businesses to take up that slack with that being said it was but it was said just a moment ago about the quiz ball in the state championships and things that nature that are that are aired on that and the live streaming right now we don't have a hundred percent internet connectivity in the state of arkansas we don't and so if we're going to rely solely on the internet we are saying people in eastern arkansas people in south south arkansas are not going to have access to some of this programming because they don't have the internet down in those areas arkansas pbs reaches every corner of the state every corner state with a with an over the air signal you can get arkansas PBS and i'll also say on the state championships for many of you you know that I do call the state championships I do not get paid bark and saw PBS I know that's been a room are going around that every time I speak up it's because I get paid from that I do I have never taken the done for more console PBS but what I will say is last year when I was doing the baseball state championships in the two a game there was a young man in that game that had not been looked at it all he had not been looked at by juko. He'd not been looked at by anybody to go play the next level couple weeks after championships I got a letter from this young man and because of those broadcast he had a ducal school down in south arkansas and camden call him and said hey would be interested in talking about common plan baseball force. He played the entire season and never got a look but because those coaches down and came to we're able to watch him on arkansas PBS he was ever going to scholarship it may not be perfect I know there's a lot of people in this chamber right now that they go why do we have to spend these dollars but arkansas PBS is more than blueberry story house or the quiz ball blues close it's way more than that we're talking about kids in arkansas that are getting educational teachings from market for more console PBS they're getting opportunities for market saw pbs so with their being said I would appreciate a good though. His spoken for the bill would even when I speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Close for the bill the question before the house is the passage of house bill one thousand eight prepared machine matter clark. Voting on the bill in the emergency class has everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast off the ballot madam clerk by vote of seventy two ya seventeen days in fact the bill has failed representing your recognized. Right right colleague the next bill we're going to sitter is appropriations house bill ten thirty three this the officer trade readers or op's budget many questions. See no your one vote is for the bill in the mercy clause miss speaker the clerk read the bill third time madame clark please read the bill for the third time ask all ten thirty three represent jean has explained the bill would anyone like speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representative jean is closed for the bill the question before the house is the passage of house bill ten thirty three prepared the machine man clerk. You're voting on the bill and emergency clauses everyone voted. As everyone voted cast up the ballot man cleared by vote of ninety four yays zero nay and three present the bill and emergency calls have passed representative jean you're recognized by the speaker of the last house bill with house bill ten same reform of department human services. Um. Any questions budget seeing earn your one boat is for the bail and the merchant clause my speaker the clerk read the bail third time i'm part please read the bill for the third time asked for ten seventy four divine is explained the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. When anyone might speak for the bill. Representative jean is closed for the bill the question before the house is a pastured house bill ten seventy four prepared the machine made a clark. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast up about madame clark babble of ninety four years the ronated three present the bill and emergency clause have passed representing your recogniz. English speaker will take up the senate appropriations we've asked or been asked at pool. Senate bill three out of the back. So we're going to try to back senator bill eleven senate bill twenty eight and senate bill twenty nine in your questions. Seeing known your one vote is for them three meals and the emergency clause miss speaker the corporate the bill for third time I am clear please read the bills for third time eleventh in a bill twenty eighth cinema twenty ninth machine made a clark. Voting on the bills and the emergency clauses has everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast up about madame clerk by vote of ninety seven years zero nations he were present the bill's emergency clause had passed representative jean you recognized. Bangish baker members laughed bill for the day on the calendar is still bill three is the office of lieutenant governor it is the apps budget for that office any questions. Getting known your one vote is for the bill in the merchant clause mister speaker had the clerk reached the bill for the third time. Bill for third time in about three percent jean is explained the bill would anyone like speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Perhaps they have jean is closed for the bill the question before the house is the past of senate bill three prepare the machine man clerk. Voting on the bill in the merchant clauses everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Yeah. Cast up about madam clerk both of ninety six a zero name two present the bill and merchant laws have passed. Read the committee reports made clerk. Mr speaker where your house committee mrs speaker committee on house mentioned whom was afraid house resolution team forty eight housemate solution ten fifty eight house resolution to fifty two house resolution ten fifty three house resolution team fifty four house resolution ten fifty five house resolution team fifty six seeks bagly report that we have the same consideration here but time same recognition they do pass respectly submitted carlton wing too. Members were gonna go to the supplemental calendar if we can pass that out please. You had made as resolution ten sixty. That objection read the bill second time as a resolution ten sixty. Without a protection read the bill third time as resolution ten sixty congratulating royal wraggling chief of staff the house representatives upon the retirement and condemning him for the nineteenth commending him for the like. May seem years of community contributions to the house representatives in the state of arkansas. Yeah. Speaker shepherd you're recognized explain your resolution condemning the chief of staff. Yeah. The. Members. As you could see house resolution ten sixty four hold it today to uh commend our chief the staff roy raglin and wish him well in his retirement when I became speaker about six years ago. Uh I think roy was nervous as to whether he would continue to have a job but immediately my first day I assured him as well as the other staff that they they still had a job and let me just say that i'm i'm very glad that I did not just related to roy but our staff as a whole we have an excellent staff but but roy who going to give me. The. Yeah. The. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. The. The. The. But i'm very thankful for roy at serving his cheapest staff of one of the things that is probably not readily apparent when you run for speaker or even as you think about what the speaker does is that between the house and the bureau and the others we have a tremendous amount of employees and a lot of work that takes place that the art largely we don't see but the cheapest staff is the person that overseas all of that and roy has been that for me and is certainly been a great asset to the house I can imagine having served a speaker without his advice and council it and even to this point he and now and our parliamentarian and robbin do a great job keep trying to keep me organized but even in the fact that I recognize that roy was going to be out tomorrow realized today or last night that I needed to get this resolution filed so we hurried to to make that happen but royals retiring at the end of june uh as he would say he's headed to the hills and when he would tell me that he's headed to the hills that meant there's no cell coverage and so don't bother calling him but but that's worked out well for him because I can say that there have been a few times when it has been some of there's been some pressing issue that has arisen where maybe i'm texting with the parliamentary and then and staff here and we are scrambling around trying to figure out what to do and then later that evening after we figured it out roy checks and it says I agree but roy has been there throughout I mean you think about all the things that have happened over the last number of years and even prior to my tenure is speaker going back to serving under speaker carter speaker gillum we've uh roy has overseen the house as operations during a global pandemic. He assisted in figuring out how we can meet in a basketball arena he is overseen every aspect of the house and I think really uh as you all know I mean roy is so many things his experience in the house his relationships in the capital not just in the house but throughout the capital throughout state government have been invaluable in chances are that as you've had issues that have arisen and certainly our member services does a great job and I would also suggest that probably roy is also you may not recognize it or not but that he is also many times been engaged in helping resolve constituent in member issues and so we can't say enough I will point out that in our haste we did leave out a few things in the resolution we believe the mention that he is in the claimed author and most of you probably have bought the book or he's attempted to sell to you right he's he his has a not just the minutes it's really now has become more than just a book I mean there's t shirts and copy marks and all the. He's a he's a antique dealer II think that's generous to say he's an auctioneer is a pastor actually you know he's filled in as our house chaplain a tomorrow to in the first time he did that I had a member come up to me and say you're just kidding he's not really a pastor I was like no he is but more importantly roy is a tremendous fran a trusted advisor a great christian man somebody that cares deeply not just for the house not just for the members but for the great state of arkansas and so i'm sure that that royals go into miss his time here at the house I know that he is going to enjoy his well earned retirement but certainly the house will miss him and so with that I would appreciate a good boat. Men please could you read the resolution it's in thirty. Break that item only. The. Congratulating rag length cheaper staff for the house representatives about his retirement and commending him for the nineteen years of counter reason for the house of representatives and the state of markets are speaker shepherd is presented resolution with anyone like to speak against the resolution for the resolution speaker shepherds close for the resolution question for the house as the adoption of house resolution ten sixty all in favor say I resolution is adopted. The. The. The. Yeah. Mister would you like to make a few comment. Have a balt my still available but I do appreciate the opportunity to deserve an and be a part of this institution was a member for six years and so i've kind of looked at it from the staff sad and from the uh from the membership sad in our really have appreciated being able to be a part of the house representatives of the people's house. And you know i'm not i'm looking forward to return but i'm sure i'll have some withdrawal symptoms. When I leave but i'm going to miss you all. That's about all I can say II did say that my retirement is made everyone happy i'm happy many hour happy for me in some people are just happy to see me gone. Thank you. The. Okay. The. The. The. This. Members were going to take a five minute recess the house will be in recess for five minutes. The. This. The house will come to order. Madam clerk please read house bill tino eight. Possible one thousand eight represent jane reckon has to explain how spill one thousand eight. Were members this was not my daughter come back down here but i'm here this is all house bill ten o eight. Is the atm and believe me though the year i've seen things that if I was running it I would have read it that way it is public broadcasting. It has about a fifteen million dollar budget and of that about six bill million of it six million is public finds on the uh uh general revenue. Are all options are going to be. And this will happen you'd think it won't happen it's more happen we leave here they will not have an appropriation to spend their six million dollars in the people will start calling and the pressure will start rising and some people not all not saying people that have racists will worry about it but some wheel and we'll get called back down here for special session for six million dollars it's not worth it okay and if we're going to redirect real range and repurpose AETN let's start tomorrow and work on it for the next general session and and change thanks rather than doing what we're doing here just stop in appropriation because you can stop one you get twenty twenty five twenty six members you stop anything but what I would is a good boat and hey I get it if you're not but is it is it really worth it and i'm going to step aside and we will call for this vote do we do it on the third reading again we are done there were so I would appreciate a good vote and we can hear the aids in these in the debate thank you. Representatives explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representative jean is close for the bill the question before the house is a passenger to pass bill one thousand eight prepare the machine madam clerk. Building on the billing the emergency clause is everyone voted as everyone voted cast up the ballot madam clerk by vote of seventy eight yays eleven days and five present the bill and emergency clause have passed. Represent meeks what purpose i've already i've already recognized representative weeks after the announcement of the bills transferring the bills placed in the counters on the desk members amending their own bills for the owner members members were drawing their own bills finalized resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move we adjourn until nine AM tomorrow morning that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say any opposed. Motion passes any announcements represent cozard for what purpose miss figure are alc exact will meet tomorrow fifteen minutes upon adjournment and are big mac b any other announcements representative what purpose now recognize mr quick reminder after you all get there game and fish foundation cheating sports complex come test your skills any other announcements. If not the desk will remain open as need for the reading of the bills and upon completion that items named in the adjourned resolution the house will be adjourned till ninety one tomorrow.