Senate Convenes
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HB1001
Act 3
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill. Oh, House Bill. House Bill 1001 by Representative Shepard, an act to create the COVID-19 Ra…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR … | House Management | Notification that HB1001 is now Act 3 |
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SB2
Act 99
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…o be right across the desk? Third reading. Third reading of Senate Bill 2.”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION REAPPROPRIATION. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB2 is now Act 99 |
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Speaker 4
3:30
Senate will come to order in a minute and
a half. You ready?
Speaker 12
4:07
call the roll. Ballinger, Bledsoe, Bond, Caldwell, Cheatham, Chesterfield, Clark, Cooper, Davis, Dismayne, Eades, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Hammer, Hendron, Here. Hester. Here. Hickey. Here. Hill. Here. Ingram. Here. Irvin. Here. Blake Johnson. Here. Mark Johnson. Here. Letting. Malak. Pitch. Here. Rapert. Rice. Here. Sample. Stubberfield. Sturge. Here. Teague. Wallace. Here. Everyone, please rise for the
Senator Bart Hester
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4:57
dear jesus we love you and we thank you for the opportunity for us to come together today father and we're dealing with this crisis that uh only you only you understand it only you understand the outcome father we ask for a peace for the families of those that are hurting and for those that are sick father i pray that you'd bring comfort to all the first responders out there that are working long hours and they've got a lot of anxiety ahead of them pray that you'd bring comfort for their homes and for their families and pray that we'll honor you with the work we have
Speaker 20
5:28
today. We ask this in your name. Amen. Amen. I
Speaker 9
5:36
pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one
Speaker 25
5:50
nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Speaker 27
5:59
Any announcements? Any announcements? No, sir. Any items to be read, of course, Senator Hester, do you wish
to be, oh, you meant Senator Hendrick.
Senator Jim Hendren
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6:14
Senator Hendrick's recognized. Okay, I move that we accept the nominations of Senator Davis. We
got that squared away. Any objections? Without objections, motion carried.
Senator Mark Johnson
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6:36
Mr. President. Senator Johnson. Affirmed it. I move that the Senate confirm the nomination of Dr. Vicki McGee to the Arkansas State Board of Dispensing Opticians.
This was the one that I held out briefly this afternoon and we received the information
Speaker 40
6:50
I needed. appreciate a favorable vote. Further motion? Any objection? Without objection,
Speaker 41
6:55
the motion's carried. Senator Hendrick. Okay, before we read the bill
Senator Jim Hendren
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7:04
across, thank you all for coming out. We've had a lot of sessions during this regular session that hadn't had this many people here, so well done. Appreciate that. We do have the proxies for everybody not in attendance, and we are able
to get everybody on the floor and comply with our rules. Before we finish tonight, though, I'd like to ask the staff to stand and let's show our appreciation to them for the hard work for the session I'd like to recognize one individual that's not normally part of our staff one of the things as we were talking about put this session together we knew would be critical was we had to be able to live stream because some of our colleagues are going to depend on that
in order to be able to participate so I said make sure we have some redundancy And sure enough, Rob wasn't able
to make it, so we had Matt Bloomfield from BLR come over and help us banner you upstairs. Would you come let us show our appreciation for you?
Speaker 47
8:14
Any items to be right across the desk? Third reading. Third reading of Senate Bill 2.
Speaker 15
8:18
House Bill. Oh, House Bill. House Bill 1001 by Representative Shepard, an act to create the COVID-19 Rainy Day Fund to transfer funds to the COVID-19 Rainy Day Fund and declare an emergency. Senator Hedman. Now, if you all would like, I'll go
Senator Jim Hendren
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8:35
through this entire thing again, and we can have one. Okay. The only difference between this and the bill that we've looked at the last couple times we've been together is this one does not have the inclusion of two Senate sponsors and two House sponsors. We got ours right.
The House was a little bit behind. But other than that, it's the identical bill. I'd be happy to answer any
Speaker 16
8:56
questions and appreciate a good vote. Senator Garner is
recognized for a question. Just want to say it for the record. This is the exact same Wuhan COVID-19 virus bill that came from the Senate before, correct? This is the exact same bill that we passed, except the sponsors are different. Dealing with the Wuhan COVID-19 crisis. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions?
Anyone wish to speak against or
Speaker 12
9:32
The senator has closed. Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Ballinger. Aye. Bledsoe. Aye. Bond. Aye. Caldwell. Aye. Cheatham. Aye. Chesterfield. Aye. Clark. Aye. Cooper. Aye. Davis. Aye. Dismang. Aye. Eades. Aye. Elliott. Aye. English. Aye. Flippo. Aye. Flowers. Aye. Garner. Yes. Hammer. Aye. Hendren. Aye. Hester. Aye. Hickey. Aye. Hill. Yes. Ingram. Aye. Irvin. Aye. Blake Johnson. Aye. Mark Johnson. Aye. Ludding. Aye. Mallet. Aye. Pitch. Aye. Rapert. Aye. Rice. Aye. Sample. Aye. Stubbafil. Aye. Sturge. Aye. Teague. Aye.
Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot. 35
Speaker 20
10:27
yeas, 0 nays. The bill is passed. Return to the House. As passed, emergency clause adopted. Senator Hendren. Okay, members, that concludes
Senator Jim Hendren
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10:40
our business. We will be coming back on April the 8th. I'm not exactly sure what that day is going to look like yet, whether there will be a quick uh convening and then a recess or whether we'll actually do some
work that day you'll be hearing more about that as we get closer to it we're still working on the details for that if you want to participate in something that i asked our historian here mr wickline if it's ever happened before and he doesn't think that it has and i know it's never happened that i'm aware of and that is a bill to be signed at midnight we've had sessions before but i don't think there's been at least we knew legislation where the governor signed the bill that night or that morning the bill sign is going to take place in the rotunda so that we can have appropriate distancing let's not get a picture of us passing a bill during this crisis all clumped
up together so maintain our spacing there as we if you want to participate in that and i know many of you have and again i just want to thank you all for your for your good work and for the getting us through this process and as fast as is constitutionally possible thank you all very much let me just say the signing will take place probably in about 20 minutes or so because as you know we got to wait for the house there on the other side of town they are they are going to be coming over here plus we have to send the bills back and enroll them but i would say probably
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time frame any announcements seeing none the senate is adjourned until the fiscal session april 8
Agenda
Call to Order
House Bills for Third Reading and Passage
Adjournment
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Senator Trent Garner Chair
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Senator Bart Hester
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Senator Jim Hendren
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Senator Mark Johnson
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Speaker 40
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Speaker 47