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Bills discussed (21)
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HR1023
· 5 mentions in transcript, agenda, chapter
Matched: “hr 1023 okay 1023 committee this is a rule is there an amendment on…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | A. Davis | READ AND ADOPTED. |
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HB1209
· 4 mentions in chapter, transcript, agenda
Matched: “HB1209 A. Davis TO RENAME THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTA…”
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TO RENAME THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; AND TO REASSIGN SUBJECT MATTER AMONG THE … | A. Davis | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1035
· 3 mentions in transcript, agenda, chapter
Matched: “…l right thank you madam chair thank you committee we've got house resolution 1035 i'm sorry house rule 1035 gates and then h.r. 1036 represen…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Gates | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1036
· 3 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HR1036 Dotson TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES O…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Dotson | READ AND ADOPTED. |
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HB1385
Act 983
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1385 J. Mayberry TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE A DEFINITION OF "SCH…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE A DEFINITION OF "SCHOOLHOUSE" WITH REGARD TO BUSINESSES REGULATED … | J. Mayberry | Notification that HB1385 is now Act 983 |
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HB1566
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…E OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HB1566 Sorvillo TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF…”
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TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. | Sorvillo | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1787
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…E OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HB1787 L. Johnson REGULATE THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUC…”
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REGULATE THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, E-LIQUID PRODUCTS, AND VAPOR PRODUCTS; TO AMEND … | L. Johnson | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1912
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…estrictions designating areas as 'Members and Staff Only'. HB1912 G. Hodges TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "MULTIDRAW SCREEN-BAS…”
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TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "MULTIDRAW SCREEN-BASED LOTTERY GAME" AND "VIDEO LOTTERY" UNDER THE ARKANSAS … | G. Hodges | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1005
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HR1005 A. Davis TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | A. Davis | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1041
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…E OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HR1041 Dotson TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES O…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Dotson | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1048
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HR1048 Jean TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Jean | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1330
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1330 House TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SERVANT FROM SOLICITING A GIFT O…”
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TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SERVANT FROM SOLICITING A GIFT OR COMPENSATION; TO AMEND THE LAW … | House | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1378
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…ND TO AMEND THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942. HB1378 Dotson TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LOTTERY PROCEEDS…”
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TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LOTTERY PROCEEDS TO BE NET PROCEEDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. | Dotson | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1517
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…GROCERY STORES; AND TO AMEND THE GROCERY STORE WINE PERMIT. HB1517 Cloud TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION CONCERNING CASINO GAMING I…”
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TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION CONCERNING CASINO GAMING IN POPE COUNTY; AMENDING ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT … | Cloud | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1570
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1988. HB1570 Hawks AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING MICROBREWERY-RESTAU…”
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY IN A … | Hawks | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1652
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…S CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 100; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1652 Wardlaw TO CLARIFY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE PERTAINING TO THE…”
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TO CLARIFY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE PERTAINING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS. | Wardlaw | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1760
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…THE ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS. HB1760 Cavenaugh TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CALLING OF A LOCAL OPT…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CALLING OF A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION IN A COUNTY; TO … | Cavenaugh | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1774
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…GE OF LOTTERY PROCEEDS TO BE NET PROCEEDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. HB1774 Rushing TO ALLOW RETAIL OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SALES OF M…”
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TO ALLOW RETAIL OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SALES OF MALT BEVERAGE AT GROCERY STORES; AND TO AMEND … | Rushing | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1819
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…PORTIONS OF THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942. HB1819 Rushing TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT;…”
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TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT … | Rushing | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HR1074
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HR1074 Della Rosa TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Della Rosa | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment |
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SB306
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…E OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SB306 Teague TO ALLOW A LOTTERY WINNER TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. DE…”
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TO ALLOW A LOTTERY WINNER TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. | Teague | Sine Die adjournment |
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Representative Mayberry had to take a phone call, so we're going to skip her for right now. We're going to move on to House Bill 1209. Representative Davis, you're recognized to present
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
0:11
your bill. Thank you, Madam Chair. So, members, House Bill 1209
and I think it's H.R. 1005. These are the same thing, but we've got the same language in rule as we have in statute, so we've got both. But this is when we visit about rules a few weeks ago, this is a rule that would broaden the scope of the transportation committee to include energy, infrastructure, energy, and environment.
I'm not going to belabor the point since we've already talked about it once, but just to remind you that the thought was broadening the scope there, you would get infrastructure-related items, environmental issues, so on and so forth, perhaps in front of a committee. uh that was more interested in those issues those things are many times intertwined it's hard to talk about one without the other uh and practically speaking would shift a little bit of workload off of public health over to this committee um visiting the representative warlaw earlier he had
a few concerns about some health issues and just want to restate it doesn't take anything away from public health so if there was a a issue fluoride bill is one i use for example that would probably still go to public health that's not really an infrastructure issue it is a public health issue so it doesn't mean that you couldn't put issues like that bills of that nature into public health would just broaden the scope of the transportation committee to include more infrastructure and related issues we have to take any questions
members do we have any questions representative warlaw you're recognized i
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
1:52
was really going to be quiet till
they call me out my my issue and as as a member that served as chairman of public health is a lot of times and i explained this represent days earlier you have multiple departments that testify on certain bills so a lot of times you'll have a bill such as fluoride where you have adq and you have department of health if you split those out into department of transportation and
Even if it is a storage tank issue, if the Department of Health had to be in two committees, you're now splitting apart how many people have to be at the Capitol and where they have to be. So that was my concerns, but from talking to him, sounds like he has a plan for those things to stay in one committee, but still a concern I have when you get to split in these departments across
because you're looking at more people to work as government relations, more cost and all those issues. but thank
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
2:52
you do you agree not completely I believe that those things could be could be
worked out as bills are running shouldn't be too big a deal for an agency to go from one committee to another I can't think of an example but surely
that's occurring somewhere now any other questions members nobody has signed up to
speak for or against this bill do you have anything to add in closing no madam chair i'm closed okay what are the wishes of the committee i'll move do pass
we have a motion for do pass on the floor all those any discussion on the motion all those in favor say aye all opposed the noes have it i'm sorry the bill has failed all right thank you madam chair and we can move on to hr 1005 that's the same thing okay
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
3:59
hr 1023 okay 1023 committee this is a rule is there an amendment on it there is an amendment
okay you're recognized to present your amendment okay this is amendment uh in rule that have to do with committee selection the amendment is basically uh several changes taking some language out of the proposal that representative jean had uh myself several other members have visited since we first introduced all the different options that were filed and proposed and the amendment basically is a handful of agreed upon changes to the rule to get it where I think most people support it.
Any questions? Are there any questions on the amendment? Motion to approve. Got a motion to adopt the amendment. All those in favor say aye. any opposed the amendments adopted
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
5:05
you're recognized to present all right thank you madam chair thank you committee
okay so hr 1023 as amended now committee would change our committee selection process back to a process where members choose their committees by seniority
as we discussed last time we talked about these the process would be for everyone to select their committees in the house chamber in order of seniority from one to a hundred greatest least we do that process once for a committees once for b committees and then once for budget audit and council a couple other changes to note one thing that we just amended in was language that originally proposed by representative gene that
would allow the speaker of the house to make adjustments to committee membership following committee selection process only for the purpose of adjusting the majority and minority party ratio so we talked to practically how this would work so everyone would pick committees one to a hundred by seniority a's b's and then the big three there is no requirement in the rule for a particular majority and minority party ratio or makeup
there's no limitation on how many people in minority party could select a committee we do maintain the four congressional caucus district makeup so you still are limited to five people from each congressional caucus on a committee that's how it's always been that how we get some geographic distribution across state on all our committees so we maintain that um this would give the speaker let's say um one committee uh let's say the makeup was similar is
now but somehow we ended up with one committee that had a majority of the minority party on it the speaker could make adjustments but he's limited uh if you look at the amendment that's on the second page he's limited it's first of all he can only make adjustments to change the majority minority party makeup second he can't do he can only adjust it to the point that the majority party has a majority on the committee so let's say let's see this language says specifically adjustments to committee membership made by the speaker shall not exceed placing
11 members of the majority party on a 20 member committee so let's say the minority party had 11 people on a committee the speaker can't take six of them off he could he could take two off just to swap the majority-minority make-up. The other caveat on that is that the final committee membership and the announcement of any adjustments the Speaker makes has to be done no later than House orientation in December.
One other provision in this that was in H.R. 1023 as originally proposed was a provision for trading. We did trading in the past when we had committee selection by seniority. This more or less formalizes that trading process. You would have until the end of the business day on the day that we select committees to make trades. It would be more formalized, similar to pairing a vote where you would need signature of both members or caucus leader and the speaker.
So any trades that are made, you'd have conceivably several hours to do that. You have to make that trade by the end of the day and have the approval or checkoff of the speaker and your caucus leader. Make sure I cover everything here. Yep. So in summary, you pick your committees in order of seniority,
one to 100 in the chamber. We maintain five members on each A and B committee from each congressional caucus. You have the ability to make a trade until the end of business that day, and the speaker has the ability to make any final adjustments necessary to may, it is permissive and doesn't require him to, may make an adjustment relative to minority majority party makeup on a committee any questions
members do we have any questions representative Ken Ferguson you're recognized
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
Unverified
9:56
thank you madam chair I have one question representative Davis in the trading process is there anything to prevent maybe one regional section of the state from being on let's say public health and you end up with six or seven or eight people if you trade maybe six people from first congressional district you still by
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
10:20
rule have to maintain that make up five no more
than five members from any congressional district you still have to follow that
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
Unverified
10:29
if you're doing a trade okay that makes sense yes one more question madam chair you recognize for a follow-up in the process where the speaker can switch two members would that be done by the member of the lowest seniority or can the speaker switch any of the two members he
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
10:53
could move any member of the committee
it's his ability to make that adjustment is not based on senior so he wouldn't necessarily have to move the lowest seniority member and it's permissive language it's may and let so let me give you an example why if we were back to 5149 it would be nearly impossible to have for the majority party to have a majority on every committee and likely many members of the majority Party would not want to have that adjustment, and they would rather let the minority party
have the majority of certain committees in order for that individual member to be able to stay on the one they're a member of. Does that make sense? So it's strictly permissive, but it doesn't restrict him to making any adjustments based on seniority. He would still have to follow
the caucus, the congressional district makeup, but
not seniority. Any other questions? Representative Deborah Ferguson, you're recognized.
Representative Deborah Ferguson
Unverified
11:55
We do council and budget nod it just like we used to.
Just go through and pick until there's five members on each from the Congressional District. I think that's right. Yeah. Any other questions? I'm getting a head nod that that's correct. Representative
Representative Jon S. Eubanks
Unverified
12:22
Eubanks, you're recognized. when you brought up the uh the fact that if it was at 51 49 that could get a little complicated
as far as trying to maintain like you said maintaining the majority so he's not required to maintain the majority no um he has the authority to but he doesn't have to
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
12:39
okay because it would be virtually impossible right yeah we talked about that you know if it it's 51 49 likely it
probably just wouldn't make any adjustments because okay thank you yeah any other questions and the I'm sorry go ahead I'm just kind of thinking out loud but you know
for me one of the one of my thoughts was and one thing we talked about was if that were to happen and it was kind of obvious maybe you had one committee with a minority party managed to get a majority of the seats on there the members themselves have this trading mechanism so you an individual member would have the ability to potentially make a trade with somebody prior to the speaker making any adjustments so members could likely rectify that handle that themselves pick which committee they were going to so on and so forth by trading rather than waiting on
Speaker 48
13:37
the speaker to make an adjustment representative
Chair
Unverified
13:50
Vite you're recognized representative Davis would the speaker be making his chair appointments before or after this
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
13:58
process we didn't change any of the language on chair appointments so he does still make the chair appointments as far as the timing i don't remember
i would assume he would do that when all the selections were finalized but i don't think there's anything that really requires him
Speaker 15
14:16
to do that follow up madam chair you're recognized for a follow-up
Chair
Unverified
14:26
thank you so he may need to make a change to put whoever he wants on that to chair that committee from another committee then correct
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
14:34
he may want to but this rule says he can only make an adjustment for the party makeup okay any other
questions no one is signed up to speak for or
against the bill and you're closed for your bill closed or house resolution do we have a motion on the floor we have a motion for do pass as amended on house resolution 1023 any discussion on that all those in favor say aye all opposed the ayes have it congratulations you've passed your
resolution all right thank you madam chair thank you committee we've got house resolution 1035 i'm sorry house rule 1035 gates and then h.r. 1036 representative dotson and you're recognized thank you madam
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
16:05
chair members of the committee there is an amendment
for this resolution we have a motion to adopt the amendment any discussion all those in favor of adoption of the amendment say aye any opposed the amendment's adopted you're recognized
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
16:29
to present it in its entirety thank you madam chair members uh just to quickly go over the amendment the amendment strikes all the language from the original resolution and the amendment is the resolution now so from the original resolution really the only thing
that changed was it added the last two lines onto the the resolution which would be a new 41b a bill shall not be placed on a committee agenda until the second calendar day following the initial filing of the bill so the original resolution struck the two-day rule the two-day calendar we've discussed this before where when a bill is filed or when it comes out of committee it has to
wait on the house calendar for two days before it can be heard on the house floor as we've discussed before we I think actually the last time we we talked about this was the day that we suspended that rule for the remainder of the session in the last four regular sessions since this rule was originally adopted we've suspended it every single session so the as soon as the session got busy so it didn't make a lot of sense to continue with a two-day calendar rule however upon further
discussion it seemed as if there was a lot of support for putting a an additional time restriction before it got to committee not after it came out of committee so that's what the amendment that we just adopted to the resolution does is if a bill is filed on let's say for instance it would go to a Wednesday committee instead of filing it by four o'clock on Tuesday and getting
it heard the next morning in committee this would step it back one full calendar day to where it have to be filed by monday in order to be on the wednesday's committee agenda allows the public a little bit more time in order to see what's on there as well as members to know what what's going to be coming before their committee so adding that second calendar day separation in there i think that explains the entire resolution now as amended i'd be more than happy to answer any questions
Speaker 57
18:51
questions committee representative dobby you're recognized just a quick question represented dodson uh so but once it
Representative Carol Dalby
Unverified
19:01
comes out of the committee we're doing away with the two-day rule for getting to the house calendar it'll just say it comes out of the committee on wednesday it'd be on the house calendar on thursday is that correct just
Representative Andy Davis
Unverified
19:13
like current operation like what we're do
Representative Carol Dalby
Unverified
19:15
it now, but I just wanted to make sure I was trying to follow all your strikeouts. Thank you.
Thank you. Any other questions? Our parliamentarian has a question.
Speaker 60
19:33
You're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. Dodson,
Speaker 61
19:38
excuse me, the it talks about the second calendar day following the initial filing. Correct. So, if our processing of Senate bills coming across. So we could read a Senate bill this afternoon at 4 o'clock
and it could be on the committee's agenda tomorrow. Yeah, this wouldn't
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
19:56
change anything with regards to Senate bills. Okay, so this is just the initial filing?
Right, of a House bill. When you file it, get a number assigned to it when it could go on to the House committee agenda. It would be the second calendar day. Great, thank you. Representative Eubanks I
Representative Jon S. Eubanks
Unverified
20:20
have a question for the parliamentarian so we're going to be treating house bills and senate bills
Speaker 61
20:26
differently I mean is that based on your question yes sir when the house bills are filed when they're filed initially they're read twice on that day and assigned to a committee. When Senate bills come across, they're read, same process, read twice, and are assigned to a committee. This would, the bills originating in the House,
there would be a day lag before they could be on a committee's agenda, but not the case with the Senate. Representative Wardlog. I have
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
21:12
a question for the commentarian as well. You're recognized. Mr. Palminterian, it's my understanding this session is first I've heard of it but the Senate holds our bills an extra day once we send them down so is that a true rule or do you know of that rule being in writing somewhere I'm not intimate with
Speaker 71
21:29
the Senate rules well follow up you're recognized
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
21:36
for a follow up this is still a do you agree but shouldn't we treat their bills the
Speaker 71
21:44
same as they treat ours that's up to the members of the house representatives mr. Wardlow point proven
there any other questions committee no one is signed up
to speak for or against this resolution do are you closed yes and
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
22:06
the the parliamentarian's question was not anticipated so that wasn't part of the original scope of this this discussion that would probably require either an amendment if somebody wanted to change it or a another resolution although at this point in time I'm not sure that we have time this session to address that specifically we could possibly come back and address it before we get started in
the next regular session when we're initially adopting rules I would think but I'm closed and it would appreciate a good vote what's the
will of the committee recognized representative Ward law how would
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
22:49
we amend this to include Senate bills is that is that a
question directed towards a parliamentarian are you? You would
Speaker 70
23:04
amend it as you would any other, well, you could, if you had an amendment
Speaker 61
23:10
in writing here today, you could, you know, recommend it along with the bill, I mean with the resolution. We don't have that. If the resolution was voted out, do pass as amended, uh when it appeared on the uh calendar another amendment could be attached to it it would have to come back to the committee question for the sponsor you're recognized representative ward law
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
23:38
would a sponsor be objective to check in with the senate on that rule and then coming back to
a call of the chair meeting in a soon time
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
23:48
frame i'll be more than happy to check with the senate and see if that's a formalized rule or if it's just their
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
23:54
session policy. If it is, you would include it in an amendment for the call
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
24:01
meeting? Yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't have a problem with it. If they have a formalized rule, we should probably treat their bills equally
to ours. Representative Deborah Ferguson, you're recognized? Yeah, I have a question as to whether that's even necessary
Representative Deborah Ferguson
Unverified
24:16
because the point is to have it out there for the public to see and for people to be aware of if it's already come through senate committee and senate it's been out there for a week at least and and there aren't as many senate bills i mean if the point is to give people an opportunity to see the bill that that's already been there but just my thoughts i think we got
sidetracked are there any other questions and did you close yes i was closed okay
we have a motion for do pass as amended on hr 1036 any discussion all those in favor say oh i'm sorry did we miss somebody i
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
Unverified
25:26
had a discussion on the senate imagine
that represent wardlock recognized thank you madam chair discussion i'm hearing the senate misinterpreted their rule their rule was two days on senate bills one on house in this session it was two and
two so with that information i would say this rule is good
and i'll be voting yes okay do we have any more discussion committee anybody need to add anything else last call
motion for do pass is amended all those in favor say aye aye all opposed resolution passes congratulations thank you madam chair members H.R. 1048, Representative Jean, are you going to, okay, I'm not going to run that.
I don't see representatives or billow and HB 1566 I believe we've got representative de la rosa here for HR 1074 and you're recognized to present
Speaker 90
27:20
thank you madam chair giving everybody a second to take a take a look it's a short resolution so I just want to make sure everybody's read it and anybody that wants to get irritated at me has the chance to do so because I know this is probably not a very popular thing to talk about in this committee what house resolution 1074 seeks to do is change the way that the rules committee is selected and i want to start this off by saying please please remove yourselves from this equation
because this has nothing to do with any member of this committee or how this committee conducts itself it it truly doesn't i love everybody on this committee most of you have been seatmates of mine or um currently are um but when i'm looking at processes and rules in in my head I think it's important to remove yourself from the equation because it's not about us as individuals. It's about the process that the House has as a whole. And the way that the House Rules Committee is selected right now, having been selected by the Speaker,
I think is a conflict because the House Rules Committee also rules on the Speaker's decisions. so when the committee is chosen by the person on which they are making rulings it looks like a conflict I've I've this has again nothing to do personally I mean I've had a couple bills that have come through and have passed this isn't some vendetta or anything like that but this is my third term here and this is just one of those issues that's always kind of nagged in the back of my
head because even if everybody on this committee makes their own individual complete decision the perception outside of the committee is not that way simply because of the way it's selected there's an assumption that's made and I don't I don't think it does you guys any good I don't think it does the house of representatives any good and I just think that the process should be that the members of this particular committee this one in particular because it has the sole
ability to make rulings on decisions made by the speaker i think that they need to be representative of the representatives chosen that way now if we end up adopting this and every single one of you gets put right back on this committee i will be smiling it has nothing to do with you individually it's the process so um that's that's basically what i'm going for here uh what the bill says is uh it changes the number of the house rules committee from 15 to 16 and with four of each
coming from each congressional caucus which is similar to to what you have right now but it's it's the selection of it it's it's who controls the selection that truly changes in this um and that's that's the bill uh or the resolution and the speaker would choose the chair and the vice chair from from those uh 16 folks so it would stay approximately the same size as it is now but you would come from the congressional caucus versus speaker selection and i'll be happy to take
Speaker 92
30:41
any questions any questions committee I don't see
any questions nobody has signed up to speak for or against this resolution are you closed I think so yes what's the will of the committee hearing no motion no action is taken and this
will remain on our agenda thank you had contact with representative mayberry and she's not going to run her bill today so that will do it for today and we will have future meetings at the call of the chair we're adjourned
Agenda
CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1385 J. Mayberry TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE A DEFINITION OF "SCHOOLHOUSE" WITHREGARD TO BUSINESSES REGULATED BY THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD.
REGULAR AGENDA
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1209 A. Davis TO RENAME THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; AND TO REASSIGN SUBJECT MATTER AMONG THE INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.
HR1005 A. Davis TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HR1023 A. Davis TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HR1035 Gates TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HR1036 Dotson TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HR1041 Dotson TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HB1787 L. Johnson REGULATE THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, E-LIQUIDPRODUCTS, AND VAPOR PRODUCTS; TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1977; ANDTO CREATE A TAX ON E-LIQUID PRODUCTS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS.
HR1048 Jean TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HB1566 Sorvillo TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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HB1912 G. Hodges TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "MULTIDRAW SCREEN-BASED LOTTERY GAME"AND "VIDEO LOTTERY" UNDER THE ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIP LOTTERY ACT.
HR1074 Della Rosa TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THENINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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| Agenda — HOUSE RULES, Apr 8, 2019 | Agenda | 2 | Official source ↗ |
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Representative Sarah Capp Chair
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Representative Andy Davis
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw
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Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
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Representative Deborah Ferguson
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Representative Jim Dotson
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