Senate Convenes

Senate will be called to order are there any request for leave at this time madam secretary please call the room brand called well chesterfield clark crow davis days this mind dots and english flipper flowers gilmore hammer hester hiki hill arvin bike johnson mark johnson king learing love the key mardon payment pinso petty rice stone step field sullivan tucker wallace thank you madame secretary if everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise for a prayer lead by senator clark tucker followed by the pledge of alleged senator tucker you're recognized thank you madame president college I saw this prayer recently thought it would be good for an indication here one day so I took a picture keep us so god from period let us be large and thought word indeed let us be done with fault finding and leave ourself self-seeking maybe we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face without self-party and without prejudice may we never be hasty and judgment and always generous will have to take time for all things make us a growth calm serene and gentle. Teachers to put into action are better impulses straight forward and unafraid grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences that in the big thing of life we are at one and maybe we strive to touch and to know that great common human heart of us are in a lord god let us forget not to be kind of mad where to regions to the prior of the united states to the republic for which it stands on issue undergone individual delivery and just describe the thank you send your chucker for those wise words and prayer ladies and gentlemen and the galleries welcome to your arkansas state senate is our expectation each of you exercise property forums and government yourself accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules will be suspended and they sent it will be spent with the reading of the journal morning hour has now begun are there any announcements or introductions at this time and your chest refilled you are recognized thank you madame chair ladies and gentlemen of the senate it is indeed an honor for me to be able to read these citations dedicated to two women who have dedicated so much to us they have kept us whale they've checked our blood pressures talked to us and they were always kind I would ask and machine banana and miss brenda hewitt and any family members that they have would join me at the podium without objection from the body may I believe for them thank you whereas registered nurse miss brenda hewitt has dedicated a life to supporting the health and wellbeing. Our fellow are canceled to her forty five years of service as a nurse and her career has been marked by compassion and professionalism and whereas brenda has dedicated her time and challenged to a variety of nursing disciplines including children and adolescent behavioral health adult mental health and travel nursing at various assignments across the united states and abroad she also worked with the arkansas department of health regional flutine for decade and whereas misses she would provide an important nursing care during sessions of the arkansas general assembly as part of the legislative in primary care team and offer support to many doctors of the day state legislator or staff and visitors at this take capital building and whereas the members of the arkansas in it wish to join senator land upon extra chesterfield in expressing appreciation to miss brenda he would for a dedication to our profession and our contributions to the arkansas in it and in wishing her continued success in the years a year now therefore for signed to the motion of yours truly the arkansas in a direct this citation be presented on this thirtieth day of april twenty fourteen senator borgester president pro temporary in cornwell secretary of the senate linda chesterview state senator miss healer you you get the real one that's my reading in a beautiful we will get pictures you're going to meet whereas michere banard registered nurse has dedicated our life to bolstering the health and well being of our candidates do and heard fifty six years. Fifty six years as a nurse and her career has been marked by compassion and professionalism and where a sharing has dedicated her time and challenged to a variety of nursing specialties including periodic here general practice internal medicine public school nursing in family medicine and whereas missus barnard provided important nursing care during sessions of the arkansas general assembly as part of the legislative infirmary care team and offer support to many doctors of the day state legislators start and visitors at the state capital building and whereas the members of the arkansas in it wish to join senator land upon the extra chance to field in expressing appreciation to miss sherry banard for her dedication to a profession in our contributions to the arkansas in it and in wishing her continued success in the years ahead now therefore purchase on to the motion of senator chesterfield the arkansas in it directs this citation be presented on this thirtieth day of april twenty twenty four senator bart history president pro temporary in cornwell secretary of the senate and you are struggling state senator thank you so they're very much we have special presentations from this. Does the retail or is there anyone supposed to look okay I wasn't supposed to look this does not require a motion but I would ask for a few moments from the chair so that we may take pictures with these two just wonderful thank you lately so very very much for all the love you tell from this value then it will be in when you saw and this is getting her good other and. Senate will be back in order to come back to order any other announcements and return where you're recognized thank you madame president and thank you senator just feel for for leading that it's it's very well deserved for our long time nurses of the day after today joining us as the doctor of the day we have doctor patrick frailey he's considering of senator mark johnson but who's not here today so i'm happy to stand in for senator johnson welcome doctor freightly other announcements any items at the best yes madam president do madam president this is to inform you that on eight four twenty five twenty twenty four reviewed and approved the following measures but fiscal session the ninety fourth general assembly cynical six agmany one senate bill twelve act many two seventy nine twenty two at ninety three seven or twenty five at ninety four twenty six at ninety five seventy thirty nine is six thirty two at ninety seven seventy thirty three x many eight symbol thirty five act ninety nine cynical forty at one hundred simple forty three act one on one single forty four one o two seven forty six exact one authorities said though fifty eight one of four single sixty five at one o five six or sixty six and one oh six central sixty seven act one of seven simple sixty eight at one out city will sixty nine acknowledge on man civil seventy act one ten simple seventy one act one eleven simple seventy two act one twelve seventy three act one thirteen simple seventy four at one fourteen cent of seventy five one fifteen sixty seventy six at one six change sincerely so had the same disgovernor please file. We are committee on joint budget term was first separate thirty one recommend do pass committee on drawing much who is very cynical fifty eight my drop budget recommend repairs can be on draft budget time was first will eighty one by sent to irving recommended help can any on joint budget home as it far to senate bill twenty one by joint budget recommendations as a minded number two calendar committee under vegetable as for simple sixty three bad drop budget recommended passes in middle number two calendar committee on budget team was referred to senate eighty bass introduced mine recommend do pass as amended number one calendar senate resolution thirty eight massenger hester to provide for recess and sanita german and the physical session of the ninety fourth general assembly senate resolution thirty eight calendar percent of this manual recognized alright thank you man president about to move that we suspend the rules and add the following senate bills to a supplemental calendar to adopt the minutes today that's the senate bill twenty one cynic bill sixty three in senate bill eighty any questions anymore with speak against a four reader that's not available so all those in favor of suspending the rules to add to the budget pounder of senate bill twenty one cent bill sixty three and senate bill eighty for process and amendment please sign the five percent I can oppose that as had it both of smith. 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Any further business to came before the body in the morning hours if nice the morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda center resolution twenty two last interacting to recognize the mountain vernon so now a hassle lighting or harts is the claims two a girl's best while state champions send a revenue right thank you madame president I have with me as senator dismaying we get to share mount vernon and now they came earlier to the house but we wanted to recognize them what they senate a resolution and i'm just going to read the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four mount vernon and all the high school lady war hawks basketball team defeated mansfield high school lady tigers fifty to forty four in hot springs becoming the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four two a girl's basketball state championship champions and they had they finished their season with a perfect forty three and zero record which is astounding and when they claim victory over the lady tigers at march there basketball teams second consecutive state championship when so senator does my and I just wanted to say congratulations to mount vernon anola lady war hogs great job ladies and earns congratulations we'd appreciate to get back and congratulations and we'll send them a copy of this resolution upon passage thank you so all those in favor of center resolution twenty two to recognize the amount on any no high school lady war parts is two a withdrawals basketball state champions police signal saying I any opposed as headaches and resolution twenty two is about seven yes that are over your recognized. Disappointed personal privilege my dad is watching um in today it is ninetieth first day so happy birds thank you guys he's one of our oldest living veterans in the state of arkansas so appreciate you levy dad bank who send over for they ever had the opportunity to wish to there are happy birthday or earlier today and I may we hold it as long and be a sharp and raise is impressive children is your father here so next we'll take out senate resolution thirty four seventies center solution thirty four best introduced congratulate john brand university women's basketball head couch jessie bomb his retirement and commending him for his contributions to the john brand university basketball open senate asia right thank you matter of chair members i'd like to ask for leave for friends from our house here a fast thank you I know that was hard sometimes to play nice across the hall but and so thankful to be joined by members from down the hall that there also have a wonderful special place in their heart for john brown university we have two resolutions that were going to be reading today and and supporting and and today we've got members from down the hall that are either alarm or faculty or professors in their their past careers and so we're thankful they could join us today on the floor for the these resolutions we have representative hawk represent one strong representative berks representative kind of more a representative jeremiah moore we stand here in excitement for today but john brown university has a very special place in my heart in my spiritual journey with its model christopher all and a very important time in my life as a student there in I could say it's very important also where I met my wife walking across student. Uh walker student hall uh shaping my formation in improving my grades once I met her very well coincidentally but today we're going to honor their women's basketball team who had an unbelievable amazing season as well as our coach in his retirement jeff so request so if you will i'll read a little bit from each of these resolutions whereas but for the first time in school history the john brown university golden with eagles women's baseball team earned the twenty twenty four sooner athletic conference best will championship after defeating lengths in university fifty three forty two on march fifth at the side richardson for the center in fort worth texas with this victory john brown university women's team completed twenty six straight consecutive winds first time in school history and the team finished with a record of twenty eight and three and terrorist stevenson was named determined most outstanding player this team shattered many records with their long consecutive win- windstreak and went on to the national tournament with a home bed getting to play for their fans were so excited to honor this team we have many of them streaming in cause it's final's week this week and so we want to make sure we vote for uh loud and strongs they can hear our support today so uh members I asked for a good vote on this resolution. All those in favor of senate resolution thirty four congratulating time brown you both do women's best for my head coach yet so because upon his retirement in many him for its contributions to the john brown university best small program please signature in your home and resolution thirty four is adopted cinema resolution thirty five by senator days to recognize the john brown and women's basketball golden eagles is the twenty twenty four sooner anthology conference women's best well champions senators thank you madam chair I want to take a minute to a read about the women's team there want to make sure we we honor their coach as well which we just bought on jeff sort of what's the surplus family has had a huge impact for the state of arkansas many the probably familiar with dons her request dancer request is the right hand man of same walton when they are certain walmart is there were so thankful for the impact that they've had uh across the area across the state but I could tell you his children also had a huge impact in this statement still do when he said request jeff sister also professor and in teacher on campus had a big impact on young taller inspiring me to jump into the walmart world in a bender world love that but we're honoring her brother jeff certificates in his retirement in twenty seven years of coaching uh these young ladies and have an impact on my read a quick comment of that as well and and will will vote for both these resolutions again so let's see here after twenty seven seasons of leaving the john brown university women's program head coach jets sort of what's announced his retirement on march twenty sixth in the wake of a record shattering season that saw john brown university gold niggles secure a pair of league titles and qualify for the national term coach certificates arrived on john brown university's campus as a student at least in nineteen eighty eight and continued with john brown university as as assistant athletic director and its head coach. The women's best for program for new for the next thirty six years he mass over four hundred and twenty four victories and he lead the gold niggles to seven national tournament trips he also lead the john brown university gold needles to seven twenty when seasons in so of all the winds and all the current in all the amazing things he did for that team I can tell you seen the young women come back to campus in smile and want to be a part of the program tells you he had an amazing reach in impact and so whereas the dramber any version women's vast fourteen finished with an amazing ninety two point nine percent one percentage and during his ten year uh let's see that he guard thirty eight sooner athletic honors including nine first team all selections and four sack freshman of the year picks so whereas head coach jet circles has deeply impacted the student athletes and john brown university community and now therefore being resolved by the sinner of the ninety fourth general simply of the state of art salt that the cynic congratulate john brown university women's coach jeff so requests upon his retirement and commit him for his contributions to john brown university basketball program thanks sender all those in favor I have sent it resolution thirty five to recognize the john brown you both beat women's best whole dormant eagles as me two thousand twenty four center athletic conference women's basketball championship please sign a five percent I any of those as heavy percent resolution thirty five is about what is taking the experience represented deal you have your recognized thank you for this point of privilege I just wanted to say from the house you know how much christ overall has impacted us because tyler dees was part of the two thousand five n a I age brown university. Men's championship team and we allow him to play us as a house and the charity basketball tournament but I think we're going to have a resolution next year to exclude him from the senate team for good behavior but we appreciate the recognition for our all mamator john brown university today thank you then it will briefly seen in research for. Senate will come back to order we will now take up the budget calendar minute window senate bill for sender this may and you will recognize move we adopted one cent bill for any questions anyone which to speak against or form sender has closed all those in favor of amendment one two senate bill four police signal probably saying I then imposed to as have it amendment the deductive but sent to in gross amendment three days senate bill that team i'm a very adopted minute three to senate bill nineteen any question is anyone which is speaking dance or four senator has closed all those in favor and then three to send it mill nineteen forty signified the same eye in the opposed eyes have it limit three to senate bill nineteen is adopted please send to in broken amendment to the senate before december we adopt a moment to decent of the forty seven any questions anyone which the speed against or for senator has closed all those in favor of amendment two to send a bill forty seven point seventy five percent in the opposed minute minute to to send a bill forty seven is adapted to me send to embrossing member to the senate bill fifty one members I move the adopted amendment to decine bill fifty one any questions anyone wish to speak against or for senator has closed those in favor of a member two to send a bill fifty one please significant saying I opposed I haven't been to just send a bill fifty one is about difficulty send to engrossing memories that it will fifty three hundred we adopt minute one cent a bill fifty three. Any questions anyone wish to speak against or for senator all those in favor of amendment warranty senate bill to three police significant the same eye any opposed as have it and then that one to send a little fifty three is adopted please send to engrossing amendment three to send it though sixty I move we adopt a minute through the cynical sixty any questions anyone with the speak against or for the senate repairs closed all those in favor of amendment three to send it little sixteen police significant eyes and he opposed as have it amendment three to send it bill sixty is adopted police entering grossing you and do that's fine I think i'm serious senator bell seventy seven by central division central of tremendous uniform classification and compensation act end of clear and emergency this may in your recount this is the class and can't change is that we've been discussion for majority set any questions for center this may anyone wish to speak against or for sender has closed any objection to rolling the vote made a secretary please well the vote boed brand called well chesterfail clark crown davis days this mind dots and english flipper flowers gilmore hammer historically hill irvine like johnson with mark johnson king blooding love mckey murder patent pinso period rice stone stability of solomon tapper wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote send repeat president or not voting not voting so looking not voting in the other senators please cast up the ballot by a boat thirty four years here may and one night boating senate bill seventy seven passes any adjoining emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the house we will now take out first then i've seen it bills aren't members who do this like we've been doing well read through all of them going to read through all the senate bills in the house bills if there are any you'd like to pull out for a separate vote let us know so that too batches again it would be a center batch in the house batch so start things off senate bill three we get a devote cynical three separate singapore eleven. Twenty eight twenty nine. Tin twenty house built in twenty house build ten twenty three house built in forty five hours build ten fifty one our house build ten sixty two. Anyone like to pull any of those from batch if not we will vote in build three first said all three an act for the office at a literally governor preparation but the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fiscal year senate bill eleven although they called two three so this may not ask any questions anyone wish to speak against her for sender you are free to close sender has closed any objection to rome in the vote man sectory please call the role bowed bowed branch brand called well chesterfield chest to fail clark crawl davis now these dismay dotson dotson english english flapper flowers gilmore hammer hester hester hickey hill arvin like johnson mark johnson king king planning live live the key making murder page pay. Penza can so perry rice rice stand stabberfield sullivan tacker tacker wallace any senders wish to change your vote on devote center boxing I fees I clark I hammer I sorry and please void roll I bill more I love a chaster field i. Many I tackle I brian I anyone else on this side this ad arvin I don't have to I pay high stone I solone I call the world I depends on I rise I see english I can is not voting flowers is a no mackey I any other senators which change about or devote to it not bothered please cast at the ballot by vote of thirty three yay one nay and one night senate bill three and for the office in a governor passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted so thank you and I appreciate you we do have a sense of humor on occasion number nine after an express in this bottom please transmit to the house in a bell eleven and act for the arkansas supreme court appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this year synthetic twenty eight and out for the ministry of office of the court appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fifteen year cinema twenty nine and act for the auditors. State operations and unclaimed property program appropriations for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fiscal year sinner history I thought you had a minute for senator three that I appreciate that anyone wished is speak against for four the senator has closed any objections rolling the boat madam sectory please world about brand called well chesterfield clark crowl davis these dismay dats and english flowers gilmore hammer hester hickey hill irvine like johnson mark johnson king blooding love mckey murder payment pencil petty rice stone stability sullivan tepper wallace any senators wish to change his or her vote to send you voting any other senators seen no others please cast up the ballot by a boat thirty four years zero nay and one night voting senate bill eleven senate bill twenty eight and senate bill twenty nine pass and the corresponding emergency qualities are adopted transmit to the house but we'll now take up the bed of house bills has got ten twenty and act for the university of our has all little rock and preparation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fiscal year house for ten twenty three and act for the appropriation for the state turnback for counties in miss parties man the office of the treasure of state for the first year ending june thirty twenty twenty five housebook ten forty five and act for the department of liberal licensing boards. Commissions appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five physical year has for ten fifty one and act for the state board of election commissioners appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fissal year house for ten sixty two and act for the arkansas apartment transfer protection appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this week anyone wished to speak against or for the badge of house budget bills senator has closed any objections to rolling the boat madame secretary please well the boat bowed brand called well chesterfield clark crowl davis days this mind that's an english flip of flowers gilmore hammer hester kickie hill irvin like johnson mark johnson king leading live in the key murdoch patent pencil heading rice down stuff sullivan temper wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote senator king not voting any other senator seeing no one the police cast have to ballot by vote thirty four ya zero may and one might voting house bills house built in twenty ten twenty three ten forty five ten fifty one in ten sixty two or pass in the corresponding emergency clauses are adopted since this may in your record this is a supplemental calendar should be under desk amendment to send the twenty one move we adopt a minute to to send a bill twenty one questions anyone wish to speak against or for senator has closed all those in favor of amendment two to send a bill twenty one. Please signify the same I opposed as heaven to minute two is adopted center in gross amendment to the senate bill sixty three I moved we adopt senator a minute to to send a bill sixty three any questions anyone which they speak against or for the senate or has closed all those in favor of a mint two percent bill sixty three police signified the same eye in the opposite as heavy and them at two to send it little sixty three as a backward place entering a member one the senate bill eighty move we adopt minute wonder senate bill eighty any questions anyone wish to speak against our form senator has closed all those in favor of amendment one to send it bill eighty please sing if i'm saying I any opposed is habit amendment warranty senate bill eighty is adopted please send to engrossing something sender has through your record members we're going to come in at one o'clock tomorrow and then thursday morning we'll come in at nine am unless somebody I don't think anyone has a sports team to recognize or something but tomorrow at one thursday morning at nine am any other announcements send us down your recognize members I just wanted to remind everybody about the ice cream social this color be hosted by senator to gilmore and myself haven't home made is create it'll start a seven thirty it is going to be a poor eleven south plasky loved everybody combat thank you so much any other announcements I will apologize in advance to the body your towers may have been slashed before you voted according. With that they sent it will fan and a german subject to the claim of the desk into one p and tomorrow may first two thousand twenty four.