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Senate will be called to order are there any requests for leave at this time sender johnson margaret made president I would ask leave the senate to allow a credit neal his wife chain privilege of the floor this morning thank you any other request for leave madame secretary please call the role brant called well chesterfield clark crowl davis these dismined dots and english flipo flowers gale more hammer hester hickey hill irvin bike jawson mark johnson king ledding blah mckey murdoch patent hence our petty rice stone stabberfield southern tacker wallace yeah thank you madame secretary for everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise for a prayer lead by pastor roger point who send us down before introduce will follow that with the pledge of allegiance then respond your wreckness I won't recognize doctor roger copeland he is the president of the missionary battle seminar and institute he will be latency prayer this morning brother let's pray together our loving father we bound your prices this afternoon first of all thank you for who you are for what you do we thank you for that for the freedoms we enjoy we pray that we may may ever be free and father we thank you for those who are willing to a serve we pray that you'll bless the omen is they deliberate this afternoon father give them winston and grace. And father help us always to have the compassion of our lord in our hearts bless our state less our governor and father we pray today for the peace of jerusalem in christ name a matter of straight from my partner which is all right thank you rather roger for those encouraging words ladies and gentlemen in the galleries welcome to your arkansas states in it it is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and government yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules will be suspended and the senate will dispense with the reading of the journal the morning hour has now begun are there any announcements or introductions at this time madam sectory are there adams at the desk yes madame president we your committee on enrolled bills to was for the following said bell twenty six by joint budgets and it will thirty bad joint budgets in both thirty three backdrop budget symbol forty three bad joint budgets and it looked forty six backdrop budget senate bill sixty five by joint budget since we'll sixty six bad joint budget senate bill sixty seven bad drop budgets senate bill sixty eight madrid budget symbol sixty nine by joint budget set was seventy major budget simple seventy one backdrop budget simple seventy two bad budget cynical seventy three backdrop budget simple seventy four by joint budget simple seventy five I dropped budget single seventy six badger budget have compared the enrolled copies with the original and fans and correctly enrolled and have delivered it man twenty five AM this morning to the governor for her approval. 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We are committed on joint budget home was referred to senate bill ten my joint budget recommend do pass calendar committee on legitimates referring to well three bedroom budget recommend do passes amended number one calendar committee on joint budget home was referred to senate bill eleven by draw- budget recommended has as amended number one calendar committee on what budget home was referred saying that twenty eight metro budget recommended passes amended number one counter committee on budget term was referred to senate bill twenty nine back to budget recommended passes amended number one calendar committee on drop budget time was first seventy seven by senator divis recommend due pass his amended number one nothing further if the dash could any further business to come for the body in the morning hour if not the morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda SB seventy nine senator urban amendment to the senate seventy nine senator irvine or recognized thank you madame chair from madam president and members just ask for good vowing to and and gross the amendment uhm and this is amendment two that came out of committee yesterday be happy to answer any questions any questions for center over anyone wish to speak against your four hundred you would close a clothes as a present of it senator has closed all those in favor of these significant state any opposed as headed amendment is adopted please enter in broken. And urban your record members i'd like to make a motion as it's been the rules to consider the spill once it comes back from engrossing and put it at the bottom of the calendar and that way we can senator brian and I can run our bills at the same time the amendment that you have is the bill so you you all should have a copy of it on your desk so I appreciate a good vote for my motion to suspend the rules to consider this build the bottom of the calendar for today all those in favor of suspending the rules to take up sv seventy nine went back from engrossing police significant same eye in the opposed as head thank you members thank you we will now take up senate resolution nineteen seven resolution that tame best center mckey to recognize the national part college and that heart means basketball team is the national junior college athletic association division to men's national champions central machine you're recognized. Thank you matter chair. Among them there are fifteen eighth years companies spread out here yeah heaven haven't spread out here thank you madame chair fellows calm down come down whereas the national park college nighthawks men's basketball team claimed the twenty twenty four national junior college athletic association division two men's basketball championship title they defeated south suburban college eighty four to seventy nine on march twenty third in dan bill illinois national park college men's basketball team concluded the season with a thirty one and one record national part baseball team was lead by coach dill and hard grave hard grove cochar group was named twenty twenty three twenty twenty four in njc vision division two men's basketball coach of the year sophomore tyler harold ridge your hand was named the tournament's most valuable player. Scored fifty points thirty five rebounds and two blocks including two including a double double of eighteen points and fifteen rebounds and twenty two points and eight rebounds in the championship game so this is their first national title be resolved by the senate of the ninety four general assembly that of the state of arkansas that the senate recognize the national part college nighthawks means basketball team is the national junior college athletic association division two mins national champions further resolve that upon and option is resolution to copy be provided to coach still in hard room by the secretary of the senate thank you in favor of a resolution nineteen to recognize the national part of college nighthawks men's basketball team is the national junior college at wedding association and division to men's national champions please signify any of it madam president if we could have just couple minutes pictures saying it will stand in research for a couple moments well pictures are taken. The. Senate will come back to order before we take it for next resolution like to recognize intermark johnson to introduce our doctor at the day thank you madame president colleagues we're thrilled to have doctor beth militants he's a family practitioner in little rock as our doctor for the day she's a also a vounter doesn't at the lorax zoo please welcome doctor milligan and sheet and she is joined by trip and nurse bring to hear it who's always there when we needed thank you brenda sent resolution eighteen senator resolution eighteen messing from a key to celebrate tom nichols sixty five years and radio broadcasting and is rich history radio recognize college please welcome tom nicholson alice bates from hot springs village. Uh we're going to recognize tom here for a storied career in broadcasting in embarrassing a little bit if that's okay so tom was born and hot springs in nineteen forty one attended the jones school in the hot springs high school in november nineteen fifty eight he got his first job in radio by the spring of nineteen fifty nine he was working full time for radio station k b l o married his wife paulie in nineteen sixty seven they've been married for fifty seven years now that something the clap tom learned all aspects of the radio business working in many different radio stations including k w f c and hot springs k w AB and heart springs kblow and hot springs k w a k in stuttgart quack k BB and BB a and ben a five thousand what's country station in pine bluff k fox tv and hot springs k w k j w h in candon and kazy and g and hospitals in nineteen eighty thomas wife pauley moved in the station ownership in glenwood they had two stations there nineteen ninety four they started k b r e and hot springs village where alice works with them today they've created a lasting legacy in our it's our broadcasting uh kbr ninety two point nine f m is one of the last family on stations in the state and if you've ever been there you know the warm family atmosphere that that is their business and how they make everyone feel feel welcome so tom and poly sold their stations in glenwood the focus on k r in twenty twenty four i'm sorry and twenty twenty four march the thirtieth anniversary of their village radio station. So sixty five years in radio broadcasting uh some of the highlights of thoms career televising the hotsprings christmas prayed for the first time hosting tom's record room for dean's milk radio creating and hosting the ask your neighbor show for forty years still going still going and broadcasting the misarkansas agent with poli for ten years now therefore be it let it be resolved by the state by the senate of the ninety fourth general assembly of the state of arkansas that the senate celebrate tom nichols for sixty five years and radio broadcasting in his rich history in arkansas radio and further upon adoption and copy of this resolution and be provided to you by this thank you thank you mind the central and let me add that every time I have heard the opportunity to walk into their station I have been agreed with more high less and educated interview or so banking per comment hours for your professionalism very much all those in favor of senate resolution eighteen to celebrate tom nichols sixty five years and radio broadcasting and his rich history and arkansas radio please signal five percent I will as have it sent resolution eighteen is about different graduation just a minute to take a picture please we'll be in research for one minute for a photograph thank you very much. Yeah. Senate will be back in order we'll take up center resolution twenty one cinema resolution twenty one by center stand to commend the dedicated pastors leaders and teachers of the missionary bad disseminary and institute both passed and pressed for their leadership and galance that his lead to the name yet year anniversary celebration centers down your recognized. Special gas walking in this morning. Is anybody else coming down. Your common down members I introduce doctor copen earlier this morning for our um prayer but also we're going to do a resolution sent a resolution to died honor of the missionary bad distinator in institute it is my distant privilege in honor to be able to do this is a graduate of that institution I can speak to what it means in the work of spray in the good new to details crashed across the state our nation and world and I can't tell you what brother roder has taught me partly i've said under preaching in the past i've also uh been there bought he was president of the seminary and this is the ninetieth anniversary of the seminary and they called say I can we do a senate resolution as it yes we can is could be monitored as a graduate to be able to do that so I have a resolution i'd like to read the day and then also want to allow or get brother router to maybe speak just a minute to ask a minute don't break into a ceremonial and if I like there in the maybe we can have what a one minute racist for some pictures that guard will indulge with just a minute for this ninetieth anniversary I would greatly appreciate it where as a missionary bath disseminary and institute a vision of doctor benjamin bogard paste of any artmatist church located twenty second roused reading little rock arkansas open for classes in october of nineteen thirty four were twenty six students and started with the stated purpose of educate emissioner about this practice and christian workers throughout the state and where he has under the leadership of doctor a formal from nineteen forty seven in nineteen sixty six a no build and became a reality was constructed thirty three t and ash avenue in little rock and the organization received clarification to accept veterans been affairs into a row better students and certification to provide immigration in actually naturalisation services to a row for students. And excuse me just a second whereas during the ten year in the doctor john e o and from saved three to nineteen eighty six and the apartment's school buildings and dormatories workers structured in the school with charlie by the state of arkansas grand associate degree and bible batteries masters and doctor degrees and bible languages in theology and whereas under the latest ship of doctor roger copeland from two thousand maintained present the missionary bad disseminaries to continue to strive for excellent ambitious plans ours are in motion to construct a no building and property has been obtained to slain county symbolize in the future of expansion in innovation and where is the members of the state it was to join senator martin stone he comment in the dedication or dedicated pastries later and teachers of the missionary bad preseminary initiative to both passed in presents for their leadership and god it said it's laid this institution to the celebration of its nine ninetieth anniversary now therefore be it resolved by the senate of the ninety fourth general samely of the state of our soul that to stay committed and the dedicated pastor's leaders and teachers are missionary bad disseminary and institute both pastor president for their lady she opened guardians that has lead the missionary back to similar and institute to the celebration of this ninetieth of operation they are further resolved that upon the adoption of this resolution I can't be being provided to the missionary back to see many area and institute by the secretary of the senate broadband on behalf of the michigan data component if you want my life to do it one formality and then we'd like to hear from you all those in favor of senate resolution twenty one to commend the dedicated pastor's leaders and teachers of a missionary bad this seminary. An institute both passed and present for their leadership and guidance that is lead to the ninety or anniversary celebration please sign a five percent I hose as heavy resolution is about it but have one and behaved the missury bab dissident hearing any outback this church live rock thank you you've given us a very honored we are appreciated for what you've done the similar he started during the dark days of the depression and has seen good times and bad times but through it all gallery is blast in the every good hand of god it's been on the seminary it's been said that the sun never said on the ministries of our graduates we have gregged which serving in mexico japan a korea india eastern and western europe and were grateful that we live in a country where we have the freedom to express our faith and a worship for lord without uhm fear of representative thank you and god bush thank you brother we may have given the one minute recess per photos out appreciated and i'll step down we'll be and research for one medical. Senate will be back in order we will now take up senate resolution twenty three cinema resolution twenty three by saturday this to recognize the arkansas committee of the nation miserment women in the arts for thirty five years of creative contributions to the citizens of our concern and continuous support of women artist in our concern sender davis your recommended thank you madam chair thirty five years ago a group of women lead by helen walton and adelaide's established the arkansas committee of the national museum of women in the arts to carry out the national museum's mission to raise awareness and appreciation of women artist the committee is run by volunteers across arkansas with no staff or headquarters each year the arkansas committee takes the applications for an artist award in a summer internship exhibitions for free public viewing are the heart of the arkansas committee's program women to watch is the organization signature traveling exhibition of arkansas women artist the statewide committee works diligently to encourage collectors and curators to see arkansas women artists and all our levers to discover and support the national museum of women in the arts now therefore be it resolved by the senate of the ninety fourth general assembly of the state of arkansas that the senate recognized the arkansas committee of the national museum of women in the arts for thirty five years of creative contributions to the citizens of arkansas and the continuous support of women artist in the state of those in favor of senate resolution twenty three to recognize the arkansas committee the national museum. Women in the arts for thirty five years every eightieth contributions at the citizens of our to the city sense of our constant continuous support of women or this in or consult please signify the same added near pose as have it been a resolution twenty three is adopted senate resolution twenty five cinema resolution twenty five a centurist mine to recognize the heart in the university by since football team is a twenty twenty three in ca division two national champions okay alright send to this main there are record man a thank you governor not like to receive a request leave for good similar in some of players from the hearting university for bottling all right well thank you guys for coming today and we've got a lot to celebrate incredibly proud of what they've done is you know they've had under the season we've been selled right now across the state and they are division to national champions in addition to that there were some extraordinary things they did on the field of the room and for instance thank you for six thousand one hundred and sixty yards which is a football or in CDA football record so we can hear the raise map but i'm i'm going to save you from the resolution they've read that on the other side but what do you want to say one thing pretty quick and if you don't mind I would like consumers just to have a chance to say something because he is truly one of the most motivational people that have ever met in fact if you listen to the bus in the morning they played him over and over and over to this day because his comments were so inspiring and asked himself he is in in that's really what I want to talk about you know we're celebrating this wind this national championship. The record crowds record rushing you know almost near perfection on the field but what he does for these young men and and the impact that he has on them is truly extraordinary and we are going to have a huge group of young men as long as he is at football coach arting not just winning games but these guys are going to be winning when they're inning out in the world and if you're an employer whatever it may be i'm excited and we want each and every one of you there's only two of these guys here today I think that are from mark and saw the rise from from out of state which is really unique thing about harding anyway but we want all of the stay in arkansas because we're proud of what you're done and we proud of the manager becoming so with that i'm wanting to ask that it be resolved in cynthia the ninety fourth general simply the state of arkansas in recognizing graduate the harding university bites and football team for winning the incident in c double a division to football championship be further resolved that upon adoption this resolution a copy be provided to the head coach paul simmons by the secretary of the senate thank you sender all those in favor of senate resolution twenty five to recognize the hearting university bison's football team as the two thousand twenty three division two national champions please sing a famous and I oppose as have it sent a resolution twenty five is adapted by a few words hassles i'll be very brief we we are very honored to be here really appreciate it I would echo what I said all year that the goal was never to win a national championship the goal was to have the best culture in america and college football and that for us talk to the honor and god. In what honors god is level one and other way I haven't a war your spirit be an accountable have an also work at the can be an extremely selfless and I just thank you everybody knew our young men and how they did things love one another had a humble spirit that you'd be even more proud of them i'm lifetime from arkansas group in ashdown uh take great great proud in that my children know that in my house you you cheer for the boss and then you tried for the hogs and that's it okay and so to think that something that we did made the whole state proud uh brings me great on or so thank you or honor to be here go by since then it will be in research for a moment or two for a couple of photographs they can complete this. Thank you gentlemen the senate thank you gentlemen senate will be back in order to congratulations gentlemen in french regulations. Senate is back in order and speaking of legends we will now take a look senate resolution twenty six seven resolution twenty six by central mark johnson to recognize really hanking his radio on television name is credit nail for his many years and ridio on television broadcasting center mark johnson you're recognized thank you madam president craig and january field will come down here by may i'm starting you know you've heard this said before but the the someone needs no introduction will I finally reach that moment I have someone i've get you to need no introduction I want I want to do a quick background I won't say what year it was all on time ago new glader asked me to do we can talk show on k r and one things all our I they brought me into the radio family at that time k r and in k k y k or sister stations and shared the room with the producer was between the studios so part of the parks there is I got to know this gap in just everything you ever thought about credit if you don't know it is true he's even fun here in person and he is in uh down the radio court second side things and personally say on the radio I said well but not the seven words not the seven words here are the seven more now with him i'm so glad we honoured the art women artists because his wife changed is one of the great female artists so have many the amount read the resolution you budgetary parts of it but in the ins. But uh. Whereas randy hankins who's ready on television name is craig onyo was born to earnest high hank instant judy marine hank it's in the old sight vents at hospital and iraq on october nineteenth nineteen fifty is the oldest to for children and whereas after graduating from little rock central high school in nineteen sixty eight craig enrolled at arkansas state university in jones world and whereas craig was attending arkansas state university he enrolled in a reserve officers training court for two years so you gave up on on being a soldier so they kicked me out i'm sorry we we we could amend that out like whereas in nineteen seventy two he received a better science degree for markets of state university yes yesterday i'm sorry this is serious proceeding i'll get my bad in radio and tell these internalism prior to graduate market sauce state university craig made rules change fire and artist in nineteen seventy one in the couple has two children abbey hankins kirby and thomas hankens now more skipped through a view these things and i'll get to the important stuff uh craig was at KRN k LA z and he was known for his famous prank telephone calls really have a elaborate momentarily uhm. He here my favorite i'm sorry to my favorite prayer against those of you that ever say you go on new to and find it just to craig on nail texas you might have an extra s on texas but he took on the person of one gilbert macaroni the grounds keeper that war memorial stadium because the following saturday the roserbacks could apply texas more and more study and mister macoro called the university of texas athletic department told him that the grounds keeper might a little mistake of all services well when they rating the names of the teams in the ends only they put extra s on texas as our you saying that that says text do you think somewhere yes sir if if you can set up straight and not laugh with their you have no since the humor dollar it is absolute class and he's hit many others he have enjoyed so many of them but uh after his ten years at kky he moved over to k u r BB ninety eight point five and then your may remember he became studying an answer for the raiser backs and he was the one that started that famous liar there's an accordance all raiser back first you all know it say say how during that time seriously craig became known as working to help nonprofits charities raise money he always did it absolutely free he's been probably the biggest promoter of our state charities in our state uh i'm any chair moved to channel m became sportscaster and this was the part I didn't got understand when craig will move from sports casting to being the serious anchor journalist. I just I wasn't prepared for the ad would be I just didn't think you're actually how can I look at craig and most start laughing when he's to covering some serious subject but uh after fifty years and being in broadcasting uh his last broadcast on channel eleven was ten pm news cast on december twenty ninth twenty twenty three and he has now retired however I want to tell you what he's working on something that's very near and dear in my heart and senator tucker's heart the dolly part part and imagination library which helps address helps address our literacy crisis in the state and so he'll still be helping to do that and of course we're going to work on that to we send you just for feel we have their yes I do want to mention that uh how and read this quote from it he says craig says i've learned the true power of stories we tend to think it's about me me made but in the last twenty four years i've learned it's about you you you have been lucky to collaborate in share stories with you and so without going to further young all read the resolution uh uh madam president I move the adoption of serve resolution twenty six thank you send the journal all those in favor of senate resolution twenty six to recognize reading hankins whose radio and television name is craig oh meal for his many years and radio and television broadcasting policing and find the same eye any opposed as habits in a resolution to hear my improve madame president if we can now recognize craig on the address thank you senator johnson premier recognized the address the senate. All i'm recognized everywhere I go I don't need that what took you so law fifty four years in your finally getting around to tom nichols gold sixty five good gosh this is a slow work and by just kidding thank you all very much first of all for radio or the people that supported me all those years television one of them is john young who is up there who was a photographer that worked with me and at the top of the list my wife of the two years jane prior never had a fight they're called lectures I will tell you the flags are half staff and I will share something that nobody knows the first prank call I ever did was to david prior he was in a runoff with jim guy tucker for senate from a clone senator see I called them both but david prior was the first and I called and did this hello this is jim mccarthy president of the united states i'd like to talk to david propose I never got it because you all in nineteen seventy eight there were no cell phones you had to go through a receptionist and they're out campaigning i'm not going to get to them but what I was going to do had I got into him you know divert whenever I was involved in a tough election in georgia what I would do is a good luck charm has say that pledge of allegiance backwards so sale with me would you please do it I never got him jim guy I was going to have seen when I wish upon a star jam garko-chip could you deal with the close but I never got him either so dangerous. But thank you all very much and I want to share something else with you during covered if you'll remember you couldn't go to health clubs so I went walking it was the same round every day during covered and it got boring and then I read in time magazine about a poet in new york who also was bored and she memorized use that time to memorize poetry so I went what a great idea since that time in twenty nineteen or twenty twenty I have memorized every winner of the kentucky derby I memorized the entire united states constitution pick a number one through twenty seven i'll tell you the amendment now I as mark the only one he knew was twenty one because of repeal prohibition that's a story in there and i've got to share with you I memorized among other things a speech from him with the fair shakespeare I remember rememberize the gaysburg address I memorized uhm a po- beautiful point by length and hues I mean the process of making sure I know all the presidents but this is a window get you a memorized the entire state legislature not only your name but where you're from where your home office is I know that sounds impressive but dog gonna redistrict did I mean you had an election now it's for august however I still use it and jane will verify this when i'm having trouble getting to sleep if if I start we're citing the twenty twenty two beginning with a house district one carol. In the north those i've never made it to the senate until today I will tell you all thank you for having me this is april is school library month today it's right to reday what a great yes we're great appropriate day to have me on and on behalf of the dolly part imagination library and dolly pardon who I got to know my new best friend and I will share with you when she spoke to the governor's mansion she had to leave because their jet was waiting for she goes out the side door and clark you remember everybody was there applauding she goes out the side door abruptly leaves diana randy so for walking up the front of the mention and they see a child on the street corner holding up his daughter pardon books just as her lemozine passes and not limiting stops and the window comes down and dolly part in the leans out of the window and says the little boy come here and they end up visiting for five minutes a woman who was a superstar who is as real as jonathan dismaying is to me the team feed of what remarkable that's why we support him on behalf of the dolly part and imagination library and the science of reading which is the next step after dolly pardon and all the communities in it leaders involved in our kids read a but that's the next step and to all the other media reinforcement thank you thank you thank you and I think we ought to move to make me the official arkansas best friend all in favor of say I okay you are very much. We have a couple of minute recess for some pictures and it will stay in the research do I get a check slope it has to be cut from the older. Senate will come back to order we will now take senate resolution twenty seven cinema resolution twenty seven by central chest field irrespect for memory of shorter college president doctor o send a chance to fail your recognized thank you mister chair madame chair ladies and gentlemen the senate doctor benjamin mazo as the teacher of doctor king said it must be born in mind that the tragedy in life does not lie in failing to reach your goal the tragedy lies in having no goal to reach it is not a collaborative to die with dreams and full field but it is a collarmed not a dream it is not a disaster to fail to reach the stars but it is a disaster to have no star to reach for not failure but low aim is seeing and we are here today to honor a man who always aimed high doctor all during green former president of shorter colleagues please give him a round of applause we just don't doctor green on saturday he is fine if saying that when he got to short a college there was one student and a dog when he left there were over seven hundred students when he got there short it was not invited to the chamber of commerce's meetings before he left I think he became one of the presidents of the chamber of commerce destinator gary was and so where is on april a twenty twenty four short of college announced the unexpected passing of doctor older ongoing. And whereas that your own green was born and pay our silly alabama in nineteen fifty four and whereas that a green received is bachelor of arts and english language literature for males college and fairfield alabama his master of arts and journalism and the ohio state university and is jurisdoctor and the william age born school of law at the university of arkansas whereas doctor green practice law and little before joining miles college as an associate professor of communications and director of government relations and he was find of saying he never lost a case and whereas doctor green became the forty fifth president of shorter college of private faith based historically black two year college in north little rock the only historically black college two year institution in the state of arkansas and where is doctor green attended jackson theological seminary north little and was a pastor of counter chapeleme church and were a shorter college school officials in order that underdoctor algeron greens and leadership short of college is in roman and graduation numbers broke records several new academic programs were established at shorter shorter established its damn center for acts for academic excellence intercollege its sports return to shorter college in short of college receive more recreditation by the train international association of christian colleges and schools and whereas that told your own green was named among arkansas life magazines list of our cansons of the year for innovation in education and whereas in february twenty twenty four the HB c u campaign fon named after all jerome green one of the chin most dominant HB c u lear leaders award and class of twenty twenty four whereas doctor king was a former member the arkansas ethics commission and the martin of the king junior commission and where as he is america the lovely doctor lender. Hany brain is a doctor of medicine and they were that they are the proud parents of three children and whereas doctor green was an important figure in faith and scholarship faith and scholarship and I think that's so important now therefore be it resolved by the senate of the ninety fourth general assembly the state of arkansas that the senate express sincere condolences to the family adapter also wrong green and command is outstanding contributions to education in the state of arkansas further resolve that upon adoption of copy of this resolution shall be provided to the family of doctor older on green by the secretary of the senate we have with us today his widow doctor lender green we have misses we have doctor debt reco- center not to green a rick watson dean gilbert reverend lamb dean honey cut mislowers dean lambert chaplan mary levi lorondo miss kallans doctor nor fleet who is the interim president mister mcdonald miss phillies johnson who makes it all go in as but less but not least somebody you might know the tall gallon the in the reverenda wrong meeting round broomfield who played basketball against my husband I hope i've called everybody's name madame chair and move adoption of this resolution and I also want to recognize with this i'd ask senator where senator senator flowers to join us as she's a member of the ame church representative jamie scott your senator elect representative denise in it and representative terror shepherd to join us they all have roots in and with shorter college I move adoption of the resolution manager thank you senator chesterfield all those in favor of senate resolution twenty seven in respectful memory of shorter college pres. That doctor or drum green police signal to say an eye in the opposed as habits and resolution twenty seven is adopted from the front like a moment if doctor handy would like to say anything to the body absolutely you're recognized I would just like to say thank you I would like to say thank you so much to send to chesterfield uhm she was a partner and uh someone truly interested in shorter college doing well she accomplished there and I just want to thank his test to feel all the other senators and um just keep on doing well sent to chest to feel you just have no new sense though we will girls in the terrorist clothes and uh thing you just bloss having grow in lead all those years later thank you something you have a real jim and senator chesterfield in the federating girls club we had to make speeches and stuff we were growing up so we've been doing this of while I would ask for several minutes so that we may take pictures of madame chief absolutely senator will stay in a research thank you. Senate will come back to order we will now take it percent of resolution thirty send cinema resolution thirty by central arving to recognize the mountain view has school dance team as a twenty twenty three arkansas activities one a four a day champions send our home your recognized thank you madame president we decided that in the day with all these beautiful beautiful ladies beautiful beautiful ladies thank you thank you members i'm so excited to have with us today are dance team from mountain view high school they are the twenty twenty three arkansas I want to a dance champions they had to compete above their above their fighting weights so where as I want to read their senders so proud of these ladies um I was just i've my my daughter was on the dance team as well and it's a rich rich history and these ladies and these coaches are keeping that and tradition alive so I want to read this for you all uhm whereas the mountain view high school dance team claimed that twenty twenty three arkansas activities one for a dance championship tide all winning first place and high kick and palm with an elvis theme second fight and jals and the that's customer word and whereas the twenty twenty three month view high school dance team members include raise your hand maybe deteriorate jose kalahanna michelle mcdonald's kailey morgan elifletcher reagan turner emily chip would made us and thomas ronwin clab. Cale deecher jackie game all and avoid metal and whereas maybe deep maybe the trick was named all state and where as maybe di- maybe data and jose callahan or selected for the states also our dance team and our as the mountain view high school day of team was lead back how to dealing turner was challenged to couch the stay all state dance team congratulations and whereas codes dealing turner has codes of our city dance team at mountain view high school for five years and has won three state championships and one state runner up and where as this is the eighth state championship for the mountain view high school dance team now therefore be resolved by the center of the ninety four general assembly the state of arkansas that the senate recognized the mountain view high school dance team as the twenty twenty three arkansas activities one a for a dance champions and be a further resolve that upon adoption and copy of this resolution shall be provided because she turned around the secretary of the senate and I move adoption to recognize these amazing and beautifully talented young women thank you send urban all those in favor of center resolution thirty to recognize the mountain view high school dance team as the two thousand twenty three ultimate activities one eighty four a dance champions please signify the same eye any opposed as headaches and resolution thirty is adopted and send more saving when he says time for progress. Senate will be back in order we'll now take up senate resolution thirty one cinema resolution thirty one month center davis to recognize the russian half school I decide plans is the twenty twenty three torn twenty four class fab a girl's swim and dad state champions. Can you date us your repairs all right thank you madame chair these are a reservation high school lady cycling swim and dies team state chance four years in a row yeah all right here again yep whereas the rest of the lady cycles claimed the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four class five a swim and dive state championship title on february twenty fourth twenty twenty four at the residential co- the quartic center securing its fourth consecutive state championship title and whereas the rest of the lady cycle and swimming dive team showcase sit skills in the water and scored a team total of three hundred and fifteen points and whereas the wrestleville high school lady cycland swim and dive team also won its seventh straight conference championship at the five a west conference when meet held in february of twenty twenty four and whereas the result high school lady cyclance women dive team was lead by head coach jazz johnston registered volunteer ago coach gary kennedson and assistant coach boundy bolinko and whereas the reservation high school lady cyclings for the consecutive state championship marks the first of its kind in reserve high school history now therefore be it resolved by the senate of the ninety fourth general assembly of the state of arkansas that the state senate recognizes the reservation high school lady cyclance as the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four class five a girl swimming dive state championships be further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution will be provided to head coach jazz johnston by the secretary of state and finally one last thing cycling with me. They've used that actually thinking so thank you all those in favor of center solution thirty one to recognize the russian high school lady cycling to the two thousand twenty three two thousand twenty four class five a girls swim and died speak champions please sign up the same eye I oppose as have sent a resolution thirty one is adopted and they have the network they take pick them so cash then it will stand in recess for a moment or two for progress thank you. The. Senate will come back to order we will now move to senate the seventy eight cinema seventy eight mass central branch and arving to amend the arkansas data centers act of twenty twenty three to prohibit foreign party controlled ownership have a digital asset manning business end of claire and emergency right you'll recognize thank you madame president thank you colleagues and thank you for allowing me to present but I hope will be a administrative fix to uh active fifty one twenty twenty three went when I looked back at how that act came to be in the ask of the industry was if we're going to operate and play by the walls and play by the rules we just ask that you do not basically discriminate against us and make us leave without some new process in hindsight what that looks like is our counties didn't know what that look like and the actors that were currently in arkansas and had been for over a decade for acting in good faith in good order as good neighbors and so as act a fifty one went through fifty of our counties pass a draft ordinance to limit sound decibels to make sure that people are notified in all the parameters were in place well as these industries for further came online those ordinances did not go far enough to address the nuisances that they could potentially cast and so we had some some county stuck in between a law that did not allow them to serve their constituents so with this bill my goal is to attempt to address those issues I cannot say it's perfect but I don't want perfect to get in the way of good so the first part of the bill basically and shackles. What may have shackled some counties now as I went to different counties ahead these problems and I said hey if we just repeal this and what you all have access to that's that's a good thing and the answer I got is no not necessarily because our counties do not want to implement some of the tools are given in the way of planning or zoning the cost too much their residents do not want that so they would rather have the state take some control now that doesn't mean that counties can't implement ordinances that further reduce the nuisance level but they need some additional actions to go along with an accompany their ordinances so the first part is yeah the counties back full control of what they need to do to regulate there at this industry the second pieces address is what those counties are what there's citizens may do for counties that do not want to address the nuisances and it gives the industry notice that they will address the new sense issues of noise by behavior in a certain manner I think we do this to a lot of our industries was management rock hories we addresses industries by the way they should behave if they do not behave those citizens can have right of action in a court to see that they get in compliance that would be to me a stop gap in between senator urban's bill that will start to address the regulation of this industry to ensure that we produce good neighbors and the last peace deals with foreign ownership I think a commonality of the of the industry that is not playing well and arkansas is the fact that they are not arkansas owned or american owned the ones that were an and continued to be have great relationships with their cities with their counties with it with their environmental impacts in their in their usage of our resources and they want to continue to have that partnership so those that do not we're going to ask them to leave our state and that includes all foreign atmosphere early uh owned facilities and and business models. For this crypto mining industry so with that that is that is in essence what to build us and i'll be glad to answer any questions questions for send a bright percent chest field your record I have thinking that since you buy it can I rest issue with it in the rest of my seven months and six days and i'll never have to do this again no man III II wish I was thank you sender flowers you're recognized for a question I thank you governor for finally recognizing me since I hit my light on first thank you bring it you speak much about the counties and how the so costly set up zoning the plan and convictions law what about single cities that have zoning will be able to implement this in cities that do not it'll fall back into the industry following the state law for their nuisance issues of noise and then accompanying me with senator urbans though we'll set up a regulatory body that will create that cars or that nexus to be able to regulate the industry so the cities planning on zoning commissions can only deal with the lawyers factor or can they prohibit a company from even moving into the city limit yeah the city can these industries will need to follow the zoning requirements within the cities ordinance and wall so if the city's ordinance prohibits they have that authority just I would any other business within their within their zone and are you prepared to ask for a special session to deal in flesh out other issues that are people are learning about in their communities II would probably support that if it comes to be before the the next general assembly. A special session I mean I can't call special session but if if a special section we can ask the government to call a special session to deal with unknown issues that are constantly popped in some of these for civilities that there's a wall over in our county think from the city limits of the with it's not fully developed it's not their steel building on it but it's causing some problems even though it's not completely built out so between now in next january may asking if the people are continuing to complain and find issues with what is going on with these crypto lining facilities would you agree to at least ask the governor for special session yes center I would do that center king I don't see your light but asking the surstaining the move like that but thank you so we talked about some of the language I will go to that again about that you said industry standards you know I was as reasonable noise situations so can you can you tell me cryptic barms where do they fall in it what kind of cooling work systems do they use they they are the one I know of is the fully enclosed assembly crippling part okay I don't know how many facilities facilities in newport do you know what type of facilities they are and who wants to I do not no answer I do not okay these maps that are happening out here of all these facilities you have not done any research or know who. Each one of them what they're doing or what top system they're doing I do not you don't know when I talked yesterday about the court staying in these in all that are you for me with the uh removal of a court like circuit court to exercise a diversity jurisdiction are you for me with that after your question yesterday senator I became familiar with it yes okay so can you explain it in your words what do you think it means if if a two party do not reside in the same state and the amount is the excess of seventy five thousand dollars the federal court can and will hear a case of green digital new raise whatever name they are now probably qualified for that if their own from out of state entities yes so there are now the state in t obviously i've been far that facility it's more than seventy five thousand so if there is something that you would say it would go to federal court not circuit court lucky who recently said I would let the courts dictate there the function of their duty will out the possibility that according to this that obviously go to federal court because it's out of state it's more than yeah those particular examples of their foreign owned they'll have to diverse to become american owned at least and hopefully our kansas out so yeah in in that's the other question to you know and I don't know if this is your bill center every bit mirrors you know we've had a hundred twenty days in there were back in up to three hundred sixty five days I mean it's beyond bizarre to me that all sudden we're concerned about the chinese growing so we've been strong all this other stuff but yeah now when it comes to crypto minds the thing in harrison started over a year ago everybody knew about it I mean the newspaper article that printed out was printed out to receive the people I mean to me it's almost like on this foreign ownership it's like ten months after per harvard it's like well we may need to look into the japanese navy. So now we're sitting here and put language in from a hundred twenty days back to three sixty five is that in your yes it is senator with three sixty five originally I had ninety days after consulting with attorney general's office they felt they want to be consistent in their practices so they requested we go to three hundred and sixty five days who were back in up on that so if uh the turnish in roof office did they have an extra stay at people and then they're going to have to quit their duties to try to check in the days where they come in up with the money to investigate looking into this and monitor I have full confidence in our attorney general that he can manage this understand that's not the question the question is where is he going to come up with the extra money to be able to do that that is that is his program of his tourney general to seek the resources to do that so there's no extra resources to take care of this extra duty that the attorney general so I have to take on okay we talked about restoring local control I mean this has been brought up several times on home crypto mining which whatever you think about it it says that no local government show you can't we're taking time the hands of local government read to make decisions on on home crypto yeah home crypto mining it is viewed more as a hobby everybody's home computer has the ability to do this it is limited by the amount of power being supplied the the economic disadvantage of the cost of your power at your house and then the regulatory requirements that the psy put them place for what power is consumed uh inside home and additionally the infrastructure of your house cannot combinate large operations and where is all this equipment made in what companies go back what are the dominic companies where they go back to on home crypto mounting in the other part your home computer may or may not be designed in and built in china or courier or indonesia as well as crypto line you know it's like represent raid was not actually correct over there when he said this could be made. Malaysia the rally is bit main is the number one maker of all this it's been in the new york times wall street journal everything they have facilities malaysia he mentioned indonesia well that's not only on the list so we use not factually correct on that so it should seem to act another thing like this is but I keep saying the protocol jobs bill but she wants again we look at chickens for example i'm a poetry farmer obviously if a city wants to make regulations to say no back your chickens that's their prerogative to do I mean I feel like I don't want to make a law that forces or cause their hands on that I want to give them the freedom to decide once again this is why is in the base of local control you keep the language in here that says not discriminate who else or what other businesses have law that says you can't discriminate against it is on page three you keep the law that we didn't stroke before it is not in my mind business with the internet to to discriminate against do you know any other businesses out there once again that have that kind of language in there gravel companies etc discriminate page four it's two and three effectively removes the language to reson the area with the fact that we're discriminating against I remove that out of the original act it's in section right here it says right here in section part details the word discrimination within structural that is section by I do not believe that's in statutory they're just describing what section five words and they're removing it from the actual list as I read the bill it says the discriminate explain this resone and area let's say a critical is is started. Then they don't have zoning there now and in a county wanted to start zoning whether they don't want it to remember we we took out the farm in the buffalo river I don't understand why we take out formers in a certain area but then all certainly today hands when it comes to crypto minds but we have two different standards even though our cultures are number one business but results that you have a crypto mine in a certain area uh in also the county county what are better counting or whatever cell says while when it's own that people don't like it whatever reason they want to do and like freely to make their decisions so there's also the zone that then are you say in their taking it zone for the so purpose or whatever to deal with cryptomats that entire statement they shall not resonant area of which digital asset mining businesses located without complying with applicable state and local zoning orders to simply asking like any other business to play fair played by the rules and pole the existing state and local loss so a crypto mine is out there saying partner county they can resolve that area and then that zoning requirements could mean that the uh could not apply I blame that facility would be gone I believe most zoning laws allow grandfathering or it'd be a set up for the counting or is that you're putting in bill where they can't they are you put in the on the chances to grandfather those is that what you're my my intent is those that have zoning or features owning for all existing laws but in the bonus facility they don't have zoning there so let's say partner county wants to sell in that area okay they say they want to zone it and in the zoning requirements with your bill the result is that they no longer can do it much like here's and denied the condition of use permanent baloner. Before your law cities in dallas could treat this business like anybody else and we now more dent that we can and you continue so far county for example if they make it zoning or next and that cripped online can no longer offer it is that permissible or they grandfather I would sit around with the same any business deserves rights to be their rights to be resoned by applicable existing loss don't make a special case for special business in a case of foctner county if they do not want to create planning zone in which most counties don't I believe that county judge has probably say they do not section too that deals with noise will require them to obey to create no more nuisance senator urban's bill with regulations will create that state nexus to ensure they comply but let let's say noise is not the issue some lights let's say it's some other issue so they can go in there now in fault or county cans and if the reasons for those means that that business for no longer operate in there and meet their zoning requirements that is possible we'd go into maybe a retroactivity issue and they beat their disaster be treated like any other business operating inside and I think that's the problem i've always had with this is somebody to expand involved with this a year there's no other business in arkansas there's just not so to try and keep applying them as we talk about the data center issue these are not bank data processing centers are not they're not designers even human said they're not clearly they're not data since like they were sold so you know this is just getting into as one law a couple years told me that a lot of this language it's in it's just a lawyer to be litigated and as I mentioned earlier so the foreign ownership all that now let's talk about and I think this is my final question she all companies are brought to the article about. That the harrison situation that got the bomb that got blew up up there were the shell companies it's in brooklyn new york no one's there is like wacamo trying to do that so that's why I keep saying the terry general's office it's not take somebody told me it's going to take a team of all yours always keep in track of this stuff to be able to do that and if we take a turn general people that work in a one thing and do this then that's a problem but on this lack of when it comes to the shield companies and who it is triple cake for arms is mima on three ks of georgia brian keying it's very simple and it could be shall companies and consistently switch names in their up to something at least nefarious that's that's not right right that means they're show companies that there's just some nobody works there that's a problem right yes and and so those actors are bad actors as you would say yes so individuals are companies that you sell companies to have the which has been done up handed out the articles at article back clearly over a year ago are almost a year ago the shield companies in these people these actors that create detail companies to have the purpose that had no other purposes to do one thing that's almost for would you say criminal or wrong or what what you say it's really bad stuff I would say they're they're using our laws to their advantage in an issue like this where the attorney general will have subpoena power to the owner of this business that there is their idea scenario is they could cut down and go directly when it's determined that they use the shield companies that are not for the purpose of like triple k farms you obviously know it's me my brother my dad would do what we do but if the useless companies in there's not various or criminal acts that come of that that's bad people with really badly if they do that II can't I can't justify why they would choose to do that they might be different tax. Strategies the brooklyn thing I can anybody with justify billion dollars company that can fly around facilities in brooklyn new york only has an opposite no one there to answer a phone nor understand why anybody should be respected or or have any standing or character would create another company that would be set up as a shame to be able to do be involved in an affairs criminal activity least we agree on that part so that's the questions are thank you send the fee center flowers you're recognized thank you you don't have one of these data minimum centers in your desk no senator not and when you are what became at a fifty one last year had you visited any of these dead amounts I had yesterday down south of the west of here on a down south of southwest are here towards representative of clears area down southwest towards hot springs and representative mcclurs area is there chinese own like no it's not it is is not senator is owned by an arkansas so did you visit any other centers I did not did you even inquire as to whether they were the other centers because I understand it's eighteen in the state of arkansas alright in about I think that well or so have born ownership associated that right I do not know senator and actual numbers about anything about this before you fell there last year II knew I wanted to protect property rights and individual rights that deals with the industry administratively I don't want I did not want to debate these ideologically I wanted to stay in the administrative. The areas of property rights and the ability to operate in existing facility and within applicable laws and protect them in the for future use what was going on we have had spring involved like you needed to file some legislation to protect the administration what was what was on that particular one with is on a quiet street it was operating quietly this was a bill that came clear out of the house and I was asked to if I support the concept of protecting these rights and I clearly did and so I agreed to pack to address this in the senate so the federal over there had springs quiet somebody in the house came to you about that and keep it quite yes it was a that was maybe can you explain that it i'm not born you the bill made it louder allowed the center is just got beyond any decibel level that someone would consider quiet center to the bill did not do that but it took away local control tell me something last question that sooner over there and hot spring is in the city limits are out an account you don't know thank you thank you center flowers per I have a question of senator has left them as we are now anyone wish to speak against his not a plan for well no he left anyone wish to speak against sender flowers you're recognized. The. I'll be brief for sure on americans digital it's from over there at arkansas county she's out in the hallway. And I didn't know much about cry to mind in steel don't but I know we have a matter in this state that says the natural state but when I come in here be more and in blue and get to that little past that keeps you from going from five thirty to get to six thirty it's a big bill more senator cotton's pictures on his is keep china from take it still in our data thank you and we got all this going so my say well that's not the same thing that us in order that he's talking about that little bribing down below says something about credit cards we don't know the full extent of these centers there's institute to and I have outside the door and I know this is all the gimmick because I don't understand because it's so much aboard why we couldn't have a special session and that's for in the governor to consider this deserves a special session I mean to file a bill within a week before the session is and after we've got rid of our solar economic development plan last year which probably I they could have helped at least it needs to be explored it just something does its mail right to me but i'd say to you and both and against it and I constituentive indicated to me this is a bad bill senator urban he said well vote for yours I think it was dishonest I think it's a reflection of the character the sponsor anyone wish to speak for sender hester you're recognized. Well i'm gonna cut maybe responded albeit to not take absolute objection to speaking to someone's character who found a bill in normal time with the normal process that everyone of us followed bills someone might not appreciate the bill might not like to bill but like things it did but to question this means character is out of line something that's not acceptable in this body. Send a teen your recognized to speak against. So regionally I was not going to speak against the bill because it's lenders not here but you know when the trains rolling down the tracks we always are called linda you know you know what's going to happen so basically the reason it changed my mind was like what center flowers said when all this popped up in harrison harrison was poor harbor in the situation I didn't know what happened what's bit coin on the business channels did not match pleading up i've learned a lot more i'm not worried about digital currency in some ways and i'm really worried about it so i've learned a lot more what when I asked that text senator bring you know the sponsor to come over was real nice about it because people showed up there is four five hundred people showed up in harrison and I offered nastly to involve him over to come explain it because I didn't know we we have to depend on each other to be able to do so so and he did not show up and come over even represent the clear would not show up in hers and so to me that's a problem okay now he is texted in apologize to accept the apology but if you're going to do a bill and come down here and do something and it causes for five hundred and cause the destruction that it is caused cause the health problems you should show up and go face the people and be able to explain I didn't know and didn't know how enough to answer to it we rolled the vote you know that the days have changed with the rules used to are didn't bode on stop when it turned into the beneath of public phase of all these bills and batch bills and up our face campaigns about that until people back home so I asked sinner brought nastly in a text that can you come over just explain this to these people and understand because i'm voted and he did not know he is since apologized in the text for not coming over in face in those people I would say this there is this this whole thing is never it it's just not passed a smeltest and II have been down here and said that before and we wound up unfortunately being right I wish it was in years past about things going on i'm not saying it but i'm gonna tell you there is so much about this such as far out then pass notice i've asked if the real reason that has been documented in this bill it's comfortable in this atosi action p. I feel like they should disclose their donors in politics he got to follow the money for every time just follow the money you know what we can't fall the money to social action bond which is a real reason for this bill and it's here they need to disclose their donors from inception not going down if we can't follow the money and know where the money comes from then how can you trust the source we have a staying up there we streams increase you want to get to purity swatter you go the source i'm still calling on and I hope colleagues will join me in colin on that satoshi action burn to disclose their donors since inception so i'm just making basically statements I know what's happening in this process as linda says the trains rolling down the tracks and I feel like what can I say that there is a lot of this that is just quite frankly not passed in smelters and i've been down here foreign set of two. Thanks sender and I had my character attack during that time but I don't today after what came out thank you senator like while I encourage others who wish to speak to speak to bill or amendments whatever we are speaking to an address what is your main and not address one another personally anyone wish to speak for sender you're pretty close thank you madame president I wanted encourage every member of this body to reach out to the box and council go visit with your fellow our kansas their own this industry there's a very prominent figures even here in little rock that are invested in how these industries operate if it's something that we want to push out of our state that is an ideological discussion that far as our concern will be welcomed in future sessions but in the meantime I would ask that uh as I have done this even since this to educate yourself take a trip to these facilities visit with what they do identify what threats they may or may not post what energy they may or may not harvest from our resources so you can be fully prepared to understand this in the nineteenth so with that I feel that this will give an administrative fix I know the association of counties can be just association have you this have thanked us for our leadership and our efforts to address this issue the minutes will league who never had a problem with the original language said this language with some editions he made in the foreign ownership addresses the issues that they are most concerned about so boring that this bill will help address the issues of what these facilities are attempting to do in arkansas with that I appreciate a good book thank you send a branch madam secretary police call the role. The. Bye branch called well called well chesterfield chesterfield clark clark crow design was at crown data days this month dotson english flapper flowers gilmore hammer hester hickey hill arvin like johnson mark johnson king ledding love laugh making murdan murdoch payment penzo heady rice rice stone stabberfield stability sullivan turker wallace i'll begin on this side any senator who did not vote or who wish to change his or her boat senator murdoch present anyone else senator clark president love present the side and sender wished about which to changes are about seen none please cast up the ballot by about a twenty six yay three may three not voting in three present. Senate bill seventy eight passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the house is there any items any items at the best yes madame president were you committee on in grass bills towards foreign cynical seventy nine but sent to irving compared the english copy of the rich on fans i'm correctly in grossed sinner when you're recognized thank you madam president members has been a lot of discussion about this since lee what senate bill seventy nine does is it comes along side senate bill seventy eight and provides a state presence of regulatory oversight specific to this industry the reason why it also addresses for an ownership directly with language that the ages uh office gave to us that gives them firm legal standing so that language is constructed entirely from the ages office and they feel like that's the strongest language to give them the best legal standing and then finally why the old and gas commission we designated this in the into the department of energy and environment it was their recommendation to utilize the olan gas commission for two reasons why is because it follows the administrative procedures act so any rules and regulations that are promulgated as a result of this bill will follow the APA and give us a voting approval authority over those rules and regulations and then to you they are the permitting division of the department of energy environment and so it's within their bailey work to to do this uh function so that was by the their choice of division of energy environment I would say to a question that senator rice had asked in committee the reason why we went to three hundred sixty five days actually mayors the. Federal ban on tick talk that congress passed and said that's again trying to be consistent with uh what's being passed at the federal level and at the state level as it relates to foreign ownership and with that i'm be happy to answer any questions and before we get the questions senator just remind the body that this is the senate bill seventy nine that we had it after the amendment and suspended the rules earlier to take up in the same day and when I asked the secretary to read the table for us single seventy nine mass sent to irving and sent a bright tremendous arkansas day and the center's act of twenty twenty three to provide for the regulation of digital asset manning businesses and clear and emergency any questions for us in urban senate you're reacting as for a question so when we're over there I mean you seem like a minute reps and more was on the floor there are back enough from some of the bills things before it even got filed and we packed it you took out the governor's office mentioned that the taken out the work block chain and stuff can you explain that sure so it it is specific to crypto mining industry there's a lot of different types of businesses technology businesses utilize block chain network and so we actually make sure that we tighten the definition so that it's specific to crypto minimum data asset mining businesses that utilize black chain networks because a lot of industries utilize that technology and the intention was not to have them receive a permit but for crypto minds to receive permits in there's a meeting from harrison you know i've been in black and cities and i've learned the more about this block changing I mean I agree that and that's why I put the regional impart of my bills because these things can more been to anything and you mention the company cigarette can you give me examples of companies and people that are used in block chain that wanted example do you know who specifically wanted exempt as the governor's office told you the. We need to exempt this out or what businesses are used in block change it or now going to be exempted from this now this is actually a definition so the section is just definition only but it's actually a very good amendment in my opinion so that you can be more specific and targeting and permitting and regulating and providing oversight over the crypto mine industry what I agree with that but also it you know since i'm trying to learn more black chain could be used for a lot of different areas it's like a railway card center that the heart that he can go a lot of different ways and understand about the crypto mine i'm unequally concerned about the block change being used for other reasons AR everything everything that we don't know so uh but that's what the service mean that's why I put it in that language so what block what what industries can you be more exact on what industries are used in both chain because maybe it's these data information collection centers that are collecting all this data on us maybe it's AR so what examples can you give that would be exempted from this the reason you okay so there's no no one that's exempted from this again the definition was so that we can tighten it that way speeds very specific to crept our money in industry but senator I can tell you that my child when he took the coding classes that we had at the high school they actually learned about coding and they learned about black chain I have II know that there's a lot of folks that are utilized in this new technology I would I wouldn't want to taban you know some level of technology that businesses are going to utilize as the new way of creating the algorithms that we utilize and technology and if that opens up other data opportunities anyway increase capacity for data I think that's a move that technology is moving towards and so I don't want to limit that whatsoever because it could be utilized from. Sony creating and designing a a video game I have my my daughter's boyfriend is in that industry so I don't I don't have any intention of trying to limit emerging technologies if they're utilized in an appropriate way that increases digital capacity for other businesses and understand that I mean we're we're on the same page I don't want to stop that either I never did to begin with but the routine is in this new air block chain can be used for a lot of things that can turn out in in the situation it's obviously not in his field in the target search you know when you use they are or use that situation using it to minister power possibly water situation so those of the sites which were not talking about coding unlimiting anything it's basically get down to our usa you are not doing what you say you're going to do when you're exempting out this block chain I think it's letting people out of the umbrella in your right to sing these alliance with the computers from people that are talking about can more than the soft and next month so all the laws and regulations do the crypto can be something else that we're we're on that you you didn't have any example on that the other party is bucked water is a very important issue to me you know in like in newton county for example you know you have a five out of newton county and I have the rest of it so I attended more before ten of water meeting back there I think you remember back because I mean by it was extension aged newt and county years ago I have chocolate friends like sports with people for new counting it have relatives there so I went there to that meeting because I knew some people but so we're in the s where in this is how water is regulated when you look at excessive usage in this charge where's water taken care of or dealt with in your bill so if you look at the legislative intent section that gives a great lattitude in all the different things that are listed and legislative intent. For the department of energy environment through the old gas commission to create any rules and regulations as it relates to all the things that are listed and legislative intent and water usages one of them the reason why I believe it's important at for us to have a state oversight and state regulation is because you may have areas in the state of arkansas where you have a rule water association which may or may not have the ability to really construct a good water usage agreement and and that would be very very problematic in my opinion so I think it's super important that we have a state oversight presence to really go and go alongside both our cities and counties but particularly for those in rural areas that may or may not have the abilities to to really a negotiate those types of agreements that's one thing we're agreement in some available from there's the same thing I thought I keep telling the the beater county people we keep taking more water out of the relay and these don't create jobs so there you know we're we're in the same past sort of in that you know the the issue I have and there's no way around it i'm not expressed is the rules of regulations which are that some are resolutions you know can't be plexidable is you know the the governor is procripto mine I mean i'm not the only one that shares that back home whenever we couldn't even get you know the herself situation couldn't get phone calls return from them they wait same situation so I mean we could kick the can down the road I mean have you talked with them and say are these rules of breaks going to be here with this critical way are they going to be within two minutes I mean I could do the world and not have any regulations for two years with rules and raising just delaying the sea what's the tom frame on when this is what happened in discussions it should have as always you follow the rules and regulations process like any other agency puts in place I think as passing the resolution as resolution passed here with a lot of votes it passed the house with eighty four votes senator bryant's resolutions also passed. It is clear that the general assembly has emphasised this issue or we would not be here right now during a fiscal session addressing it so I think the general assembly then i'm grateful for everybody that's voted for this issue to be heard and debated I think the general assembly has as voice that this is an issue that we take seriously that are constituents that we represent are dealing with and that we need to have a measured consistent good policy at both the local level and the state level to deal with any of these problems that are our citizens and our constituents are facing so yeah I think it's a very well measured uhm piece of legislation that really can and will address many of our issues that are citizens are facing like I said we agree but I think that my problem is some these fields and water in a fact that neutered I don't know the things are not as hard as I would go accurate because you know it should have been on the call last time the government didn't do it we should add a special session when I probably explain the rules down here to have a special session on it back then the two minutes wanted to keep the can down the road in the longer we keep keep kicking the candidate with the current governor in the procritical man stands that they want to do is that we're just going to take the can on the rules and regs down the road so that's just expressing concerns I mean this is not my bill this is but I do agree with some of these stuff that you are trying to do with this time and you know but I said in county water is the big issue you know in those those people at that marble falls that I know a lot of them are still wondering how you can't even gotten in your district but anyway we'll worry about that late any other upfront center any other question my daughter has just done an amazing job working with the marble falls water and waste monitored districts by writing so many grants for them and uh meets with them regularly and some so proud of my daughter and her work that she's been able to do for the moral falls water and was found or district. Which will create incredible improvements for the citizens that that district serves and so with that uhm I am proud to represent any people on the state of arkansas that gets into my district no matter where they can frame thank you sender anyone wish to speak against in one wish to speak for sender you are free to close thank you i'm close for this bill I really appreciate your dediligence members on this issue a really appreciate all the folks that worked on this and this was an incredible team effort from the secretary of department of energy environment to send it our brian representative more representative mcclore representative wing and so many others the farther counting judge uh helps with both center brian spill in this bill and I think that this is a starting point and a lot of discussion that needs to happen and I do appreciate all the concerns that that you have relayed on behalf of the citizens you represent it's an important issue and i'm very grateful that you all allowed us to take this up and work on this policy this is really good strong measured policy and I think it's one that we can be proud of as a good legal grounds for us to stand on as we deal with with this industry and I appreciate a good but thank you thank you sender madam secretary which please call the role brand called oil called well chess fulfill chesterfield clark crowl davis days this may gotsen english flapo flowers. Gilmore gilmore hammer hester hickey hill arvin like johnson mark johnson king leding love live making murdoch murder payments penzo penzo patty rice stan steverfield salem tucker wallace any senator who did not both who wishes to both are see sender live present of not voting apologize cinder murdoch yes any other senator any senators on this side chest fulfilled yes any other senders please cast up the ballot by thought of thirty two yay zero eight three not voting sent bill seventy nine passes in the corresponding emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the house we will now take up the budget agenda. Members we have a few minutes we need to adopt and then we're going to have one vote for the senate bills one boat for the house bills and where already going to be pulling out cynical sixty four for a separate vote and so we'll do the amendments first i'll read through the bills pull out what you want to pull out for separate vote and then we'll move forward a minute a single matter I moved that we adopted a minute to the single bill nineteen any questions anyone was to speak against reform senders close all those in favor of amendment two to send it on that teen police signature five percent I opposed mine is a database entering amendment window fifty one and move that we adopt a minute one to send a bill fifty one questions for a minute warrant to send about fifty one among wish to speak against or form senator has closed all those in favor of amendment one two ten a bill fifty one police within a five percent I can be a power I was headed men is adopted please send you in gross amendment to the senate bill sixty I move that we adopted him to to send it bill sixty and a questions anyone with the speak against or for the senate or has closed all those in favor of amendment two to senate bill sixty please signify the same eye and he opposed as headed member is adapted please enter in gross windows cynical fifty four and move that we adopt one single fifty four any questions and what was the speaker yes senator has closed all those in favor of amendment one two senate bill fifty four please sign a band of saying any opposed as have it amendment is adopted recent two. Part i'm going to run through these real quick product for one out for a vote let me know sinner bill nine cinema thirteen cinnabill sixteen seventeen twenty three twenty four forty five tini ten thirty two and forty nine two and fifty two ten eighty three ten eighty eight and will be voting senate bill sixty four separate like pull out any the others from the batch right then we're gonna vote cynthia bill sixty four first cinema sixty four by central patent and act for the department of finance administration the spersing officer appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five disclosure this is a two million dollars out of the general allotment reserve on for pregnancy help organization grants have fun are there any questions anyone wish to speak against her for sender it's closed any objection rolling about and secretary please well both boen brand called well chest fill clark crawl davis days dismank dots and english flapo flowers gilmore hammer historically here arvin like jans and mark johnson king leding love mckey murder payment pinso heady rice down step afield sullivan tapper wallace any sender was the changes of her boats and a key I have you not voting for one center type of present to send a lady in present. Chesterfield not voting flowers not voting any others please check the born any others please cast up the ballot by vote of thirty eight zero nine three not voting and two present senate bill sixty four passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the house yeah we will now take it the badge I have senate bills senate bill man act for the office of prosecutor coordinator appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this year symbol thirteen and active department of veterans affairs proper action for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fifth year single sixteen and act for the department of human services division of children in favor of services appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this week here since seventeen and I for the department of human services division of aging adult and behavioral health services appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this year since the twenty three and out for the department of commerce state insurance department appropriation for twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this year since twenty four and that for the department of commerce appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five fifth year and house in san berg forty five and out for the department of human services division a view services appropriate with twenty twenty four twenty twenty five percent. Anyone wish to speak against or for and it was close any objection to rolling the boat and i'm secretary please roll the boat bowed brand called well chestful car crowl dives these dismaying dots and english flipo flowers gilmore hammer hester hickey here irvin like johnson mark johnson king ledding love the key murdoch patent pinso petty rice stand stabberfield sullivan tackle wallace any senator wish to changes or her votes and it would be like voting any others see no others please cast up the balance by a vote at thirty four zero one night voting the badge of senate bills passes and the corresponding emergency clauses are adopted please transmit to the house we will now take up the badge of house bills house looked in that team and that for the arkansas tech university appropriation for twenty twenty four twenty twenty fourth this year has for ten thirty and act for the office of the treasure of stake refund of local taxes appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this week house for ten forty man and it for the east arkansas community to college appropriations for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty fourth this year house for ten fifty two and act for the arkansas nor north arkansas college appropriation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty four fifth year house for ten eighty three and act for the department of human services division of aging adult and behavioral health services are reappropriation house for ten eighty eight and act for the department of human services division of developmental disabilities. Services reappropriation anyone wished to speak against sender has closed any objection to rolling the boat man secretary please roll the vote board brand called well chesterfield clark crow davis days this mind dates and english flip out flowers gilmore hammer historically irvine bike johnson mark johnson king ledding live in the key murdoch patent pinso period brice down stabberfield salomon tucker wallace any senator which the changes are her vote have senator king not bought in any others any others please cast at the balance by boat at thirty four year zero may one night building the badge of house bills and passes and corresponding emergency clauses are adopted please return to the house are there announcements at this time sender history you'll recognized hey members so assuming we can get out of budget in two hours in the morning what we will come in will convene at eleven o'clock tomorrow in tomorrow be there finally this week and then the expectation of things continue to run smoothly tuesday winds the thursday of next week and thursday would be our last day any other any other announcements sent the penzo thank you rules committee will be meeting right now upon a german thank you senders down yes I would like to announce the arguments all force your association lunch in for next tuesday on the thirtieth. It will also encourage it the house forced a scheduled medicine to force the calculator mister port death thank you so much any other announcements that this may actually keep members joint budgets going to be at nine o'clock tomorrow morning if you have a whole list who had get those taken care of I think we're pretty good on the uh in its side if you've got a a house member that still got one of you know it might have been a conversation with him about that we will most likely suspend the rules a couple of times tomorrow we did the same thing today for sender king and it was someone else that had another bill that we suspended for this so they could be heard if you have something that pops up in your feeling I could need to to just don't let us not realize what's coming uh so again you'll probably hear a couple of requests for spencer rules tomorrow and joint budget I don't think he think it's going to be too controversial but with that c and i'm clock other items at the desk yes madam president household ten eleven my joint budget and actually the department of public safety division of emergency management appropriation for the twenty twenty four torn twenty five fifth your house built time eleven calendar hassle ten fifteen minute joint budget and act for the argument solid audit of the less I joined are the thing committee proper action for the twenty twenty four twenty point fourteenth house or ten fifteen how wonder household ten seventy eight but drop budget and act for the department of health park where I should for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five percent here as for ten seventy eight thousand house or ten eighty six by joint budget and for the department of corrections the vision of correction supplemental appropriational house for ten eighty six hundred house for ten ninety five budget and act for the department of education educational television division reappropriation as well till ninety five calendar has for ten ninety six budget and act for the office of the treasure of state refund of local taxes supplemental appropriations has for ten minutes. Six calendar that is the passage of senate bill six by the house of representatives to be enrolled now supposed to cynical twelve by the house now so passage december twenty two by the house and roll it now suppose you said twenty five by the house and knows the passage of senator thirty two by the house now supposed to have sent it but thirty fab by the house no supposed to send the forty by the house now supposed to december forty four by the house now supposed to simply fifty by the house. Senator stand in a german subject to the clearing of the desk until april twenty fifth