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Senate will be called to order are there any requests for leave at this time madame secretary please call the role called well chesterfield clark crown davis these this mine datson english flapper flowers gilmore hammer hester hecky hill arvin blake johnson mark johnson king leding love mckey murdoch payton penzo harry rice stone step afield sullivan tucker wallace thank you madame secretary if everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise and following a a prayer led by constituent of sender mark johnson we will have the pledge of alleging center johnson you're recognized thank you madame president it's my pleasure today before i'm in reduce my friend let me announce that tomorrow april april it says the fifty that's today I think it means tomorrow april sixteenth this past year's day at the capital there'll be over two hundred pastures gathered in the rotunda fulfillership a lot breakfast at nine a year in a lunch will be around i'm not sure I guess is for an hour but anyway I want to make that announcement before interview start person keeping indication today my friend for the stephen gardberry is a native of when his family known center call welfare two three generations. Uh father garbary uh is a iraq veteran before he got the call from the main upstairs to enter the price thirty here to price to the bishop of iraq said in the seminary and rome where he finished at the top of his class in addition to being a pastor of saint teresa's uh church in south as little rockies he allows to hurt he lost the outdoors uh he has two dogs and then probably mostly interesting of all he was a contested on american injury or so he's quite a well rounded individual but he's my very dear friend and please welcome my friend father stephen get. The sport heads for prayer in gracious god we give you thanks for this day and the gift of life you are the author of the story of salvation and you invite us to be part of that great journey that great mystery the great adventure that great pilgrimage through life predatory sinner double portion of your spirit upon all those present here today filled in with all the gifts of your spirit so that they may lead with virtue and class with grace and in an integrity ultimately remembering that you are the author of life but lord you invite them to be part of this great story bless them as they go back to their homes to lead the people that they've been called the server they've been elected to serve that they may be a voice for the voice list a protector of the week a defender of the innocent and and ones who hold those who are guilty accountable for their wrong doings to bring right order to this community and preare blessings upon all of them in jesus name we pray amen thank you father ladies and gentlemen in the galleries welcome to your construct state senate it is our expectation that each of you will exercise property forum and gathering yourself accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules will be suspended and it's senate will dispense with the reading of the journal the morning hour has requested as now again send it avoid your recognized leave for senator hammer leave us and request them from send or hammer thank you madame secretary are there items at the best year senator resolution eighteen by central key temp. To commemorate the tom nichols at sixty five fifth birthday years in radio broadcasting and his rich history and arkansas radio senate resolution eighteen calendar senate resolution matting by certain machine to recognize the national park college maps means basketball team is the national junior college and for the cassociation division two men's national championships senate resolution that thing on the cinema resolution twenty minutes senator wallace to recognize and celebrate new core day it's like capital march seven twenty twenty four citizen resolution twenty sixty four by central paper and act for the department of finance administration is first thing else are preparation for the twenty twenty four twenty twenty five this year single sixty four choice budget single sixty five a drop budget and act for the arkansas public defender commission reappropriation since the sixty five joint budget symbol sixty six my drop budget and act for the sector of state reappropriation single sixty six joint budget simple sixty seven my job budget and act for the department of transformation and shared services building authority division reappropriations sixty seven joint budget single sixty eight but drop budget and act for the institutions apparent cash and reappropriation simple sixty eight joint budget simple sixty nine drop budget and act for the department of human services division of county operations reappropriations sixty nine joint budget seemed of seventy back drop budget and act for the department of commerce save insurance department reappropriations since seventy joint budget single seventy one by joint budget and out for the department of education are consulted school for the blind and school for the death reappropriation single seventy one joint budget civil seventy two by joint budget and act for the department of commerce we appropriations sick of seventy two joint budget single seventy three by joint budget. And out for the department of education the vision of harry education northwest technical is deep reappropriation december seventy three joint budget single seventy four by joint budget and I have to the department of education supplemental appropriations simple seventy four joint budget simple seventy five by joint budget and act for for the department of military reappropriations since I was seventy five joint budget simple seventy six by joint budget and actually department agriculture reappropriations it was seventy six joint budget thank you madame secretary any further business to come before the body in the morning hour that morning hour has expired with an hour start the business agenda senate resolution eleven senator k your record asked center a solutional eleven best centre king to authorize the introduction of a non appropriation bill to require a digital asset manning business to pay a fee for extraordinary electrical energy usage center thing thank you matter president I will go through everything in the bill did that last week there were slaughter members here that say they're going to vote for it so I think we've got everybody here so i'm going to run this again if the any the members that didn't hear it i'll take a question from them this is just a first reading of the first three basically and the only thing I do want to add is a visit with people about the carolboon water district we've got what low water tables since two thousand seventeen in two years there so the water usage of this would be something it's critical and if for you and bitten county and should know about how this gets going to possibly affect degree if water allocation is getting low and it's given for people drinking water businesses poetry industry will get what else that impacts beever damn and you will talk about the generation capacity so these things need to be thought out i'm regulated everybody's regulated I just want to make it fair where chinese. Crypto mines are possible chinese crypto minds a regulated and watch because they need to be to appreciate a good vote not taking questions questions from senator feman I am secretary please call them by brand card well chesterfield clark crowe davis days this mine this bank dotson data english flipper flowers gilmore hammer is only hester hecky hill hill carvin arvin blake johnson like johnson mark johnson king ledding love live mckey murder patent penza pinson petty rice stone step afield sullivan tucker wallace any senators who did not vote or who wished about the stand hearing non and sectory police cancelled balance by voter twenty eight three may and three not voting senate resolution eleven has is adopted revis. We will now recognize under this main for the budget count. All right thank you members we have a few amendments to go through we are going to pass over senate bill t n evidently there was air and that so this in his back or we we will send to you all a new version soon and then lastly we'll have our general preparation act for the session a member one senate the authority three members this is for the department of education division of career in technical education it's a one point four million dollars increase and it is from the public school fine any questions that are flowers so a win disvoting that put the minute on this we are voting to adopt the amendment and they will be sitting in them back to you know for full consideration of JBC then i'll go back to for for by successful any other questions say man all those in favor of amendment warrant to send a bill thirty three please signify the same eye in the opposed as headed and then is adopted please entering roses a minute window senator forty three this is for d h d part moved developmental disability services three point one million additional preparation into breakdown breaks out as following two point eight million for additional cost for nurses food medicine and maintenance of h d c's into an eating thousand for purchase of additional vehicles necessary will chair vans due to previous supply chain issues it is paid for with a mixture of GR federal and other funds any questions for some of this man seen then all those in favor of amendment one to send it bill forty three point seventy five percent I believe I have it amendment is adopted police center in broken memorial cynical forty six. At this is for the department of commerce increases conference in travel and item by six thousand dollars for to support professional developments paid with bad special revenue on the aviation cells in these taxes any questions for center of this mate say none all those in favor of amendment one senate bill forty six police signal part of the same eye in the opposed as have it member is adapted to you center in gross amendment windows and it will fifty eight this is department education visual division of higher education this is four point five million dollars for loans for deferred maintenance critical maintenance in relation to state on property it's the sustainable building maintenance program to be state support institutions of higher education revolving loan fund and this is if uh general revenues are made available questions say none of those in favor of a minute one percent bill fifty eight to please sing the by the same I the opposed member is adopted police entering gross windows and it was sixty this one is department education this is the education freedom accounts about ninety seven point four million would be paid for with general review any questions by some from sender flowers so I was there sixty is on the agenda for volume today is that right we're voting on an amendment to senate bill sixty later is there is what will be amended I thought I saw on the only the only bill will be voting on today's house built in oh three thank you any other questions. Say none of so i'm sorry send a chest for field yes ma'am thank you miss I should not have to ask this with explain to me what this act this amendment does so that with the we're in there's an expansion of those that are going to be able to apply and be awarded the educational freedom accounts this bumps that that amount of it appropriation for the perceived need for those educational freedom account applications this thing is about the voucher step yes I wouldn't come vouchers but you will also will debate that later any other questions are those in favor i'm sorry yes my am though I had several flowers so that this may the total this minimum pass would mean what those education freedom account the camp would be at ninety seven point four million of course we would not know how near actually going to apply in in utilize the program of the cap the of the appropriation ninety seven point four million after the citizen is amended it'll be ninety seven plus million yes but this is easy right now it is sitting and fifty two million other questions that see sender tackle his question i'm sorry center dislike i'm gonna ask the execs and question center just feel that I just didn't hear the response this amendment is for the education freedom account yes this increases that amount of the in in the appropriation of questions sender hookie do just want some it is my heart you say at least it'd be paid for general avenue of course but will it go through our sa yes yeah that's but this is part of the governor's proposed balance budget thanks sir. Send a transfer requested roll call and sector board branch called well chesterfield clark clark crowe davis days dismine datson english flapper flowers gilmore hammer as only leave estra hickey hill arvin arvin like johnson mark johnson king king ledding laugh making murder payment pinzer pedding rice stand stepperfield sullivan tucker wallace any senators who did not vote was to change your vote letting now any other senators senator clark is yay any other senators seen that madam secretary please cast the balance they're vote of twenty six yay six nay two night boating the minute is about to please enter engrossing minute windows and it will sixty three this is for the agriculture agriculture and preparation in it provides additional grand systems fairs and fair related expenses. Questions senator blake johnson this continued to have the artists are you expo which is not affair and then don't understand why we're funding a debt level something that's not a district there can you answer that I was wanting to have a as well and have a meeting with with the group this year on the four years came out it maintains the forty eight thousand dollars where the appropriation level that senate of course that's not funded at this point but it does may in the fourteenth maintain the forty eight thousand this is only adding twenty seven thousand for the junior lot stock shows and so you know the if you would like to foul an additional limit that struck that out then I think that's that's up to you and it's something to do able to do but at as far as what we're doing here this is the increase that it was widely requested think by the membership and then reflected in this appropriation this was the power is cut in the multiple pieces of the car is this very end last time and members didn't get it so we are you know the favorites are made home but this is outliners for his I can see in in my opinion that I would yet that have the discussions that she won't have with who every like to have them with and if you'd like to follow bill or found that amendment uh of course we haven't passed in the bill sixty three and they'll be plenty of time to do that if everyone else greece any other questions send a lot thank you ma'am chair center dismaying part in get a chance to read this appropriation did you say that in an increase for the district yes yeah this isn't been something i've been highly involved in but I think a lot of you in the membership have been there was a essentially would have managed to cut to the fares this is to replenish that and make sure that they're made home moving forward. Okay and also is it's coming just trickling from the one fire cause I know that there was a issue where we were to be no peace million is this do we now have just one one find the refund in the dish reference this is just appropriation at this point in the funding would come in a future point but my understanding it's part of the government governors balanced budget proposal so are thank you any other questions not all those in favor of amendment one two senate bill sixty three please see if I massage eye any opposed as have it member is adopted please send to and grow you know we will now go to house bill ten oh three ten oh three bad joint budget the general appropriation act for the twenty four twenty twenty four twenty twenty five discrete some of this name your replacement search in our preparation bill appreciate a good but is there any objection to rolling the vote in then I am secretary please relevance bowed brand card world chester bill clark davis dees dismay starts and english flip out flowers gilmore camera on leave hester hickey hill arvin bike johnson mark johnson king ledding alarm from the key murder patent pinso perry rice stands double filled salvantucker wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote say none madam sector please cast up the balance by vote of thirty four yay and zero may house bill. Ten oh three passes and emergency class is adopted please return to the house any further announcements senator english you will recognize as used to reminder that the arkansas state chamber of congress is having their annual re- legislative reception at four thirty this afternoon under the big time to hope to see everybody thank you senate you're recognized thank you rules committee will meet tomorrow upon a germ adjournment of joint budget fifteen minutes upon a german in room three o nine send a hester you will recognize a members I think kind of lay out what II think might happen this week okay and we all know that subject to change immediately but this is mostly just for as much notice as possible at our suspect the house will vote on resolutions tomorrow I think if they let if they let any of them out so what we will come into session tomorrow we will end up recessing rather than adjourning let the house go through their resolution if they pass any of them i'll call us back in to to read him across the desk the actual bill so we can follow in synthemed to committee which would allow us then to have committees on wednesday right so I think there is a legitimate chance that we are debating some of these bills and resolution on wednesday the north of our floor on thursday now again we don't know we don't know what the house is going to do with those resolutions but I suspect they will take some up tomorrow at least that's my understanding and if they do we will see what committees they get a sign to by by parliamentarian treat and then we we will go from there but that's the best information I have right now is if you've got some may there really wants to come speak for get something on crypto our at least put him on notice that. That wednesday we could be having the committee hearings on that all right and things still look reasonably favorable that we might be able to incession next week I don't know as we see things things went pretty good here we'll see you know if we we run any role blocks but still we may be here through friday but it looks like we can hopefully still wrap up next week one o'clock tomorrow to get senators you're recognized thank you madame chair members I know we're stretching dollars in the budget and trimming dollars of the budget but it's time for you to be stretching and getting ready personally for the house for senate baseball game okay this is very important be looking for practice details coming out and make sure you remind the folks down the hall that we are ready enable and excited to bring back a back to back to back to back to back championship back again to the senate appreciate a guess energies no further announcement to be sent or fail in a german subject to the clearing of the