House Convenes

And remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative david whitaker. Would you provide please have any father were so thankful that we can come to you today. But what we can we know that we found we find join with time honor and serve you with thanks for the day that we can stand on your word you're gonna know that it's a foundation that will never crumble with thankful door deal that even though with all the problems we have here in the united states of america that we were privileged enough to be born here we can go about freely into the jobs that we want to do and send our children where we want to the thankful for that. Well I know to service representatives of this state even though sometimes it's very very stressful we are see their guy that we the things that we do here are good for the state of arkansas that each representative can serve their district in a way that's pleasing to them but also with their god that we can do things that are pleasing to you. No we have the also to give us healing whether it be physical whether it be spiritual was hit your guard to continue to put your protective head yet around each and every one of the sear and return our families in times of when it's difficulty thank you again for the article to so the give you all the honor all the glorian all the praise and all we do in the holy name we pr. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine madame clark. Cast up about and clerk with ninety six members present charities across record reflected representative johnson is not here are there any requests for leave reps and macquarie for what purpose. Is leave grant representative again so noted to make near for what purpose. Leave for representative jean granted for representative jean so noted represent embarks what purpose is leave random representative once from so noted representative what purpose you recognized leave for representative lead up is leave granted representative johnson note. Represent jeffrey wardlaw moves with dispense ring of the previous dates journal without objection so ordered are there reports from select committees are the reports from standing is there any unfinished business with any executive communications. Madame clerk please read house bill one thousand eight. Actually we're going to pass over house bill one thousand eight minute park please read house bill one thousand seven. As well one thousand seven by representative eaves to reduce the income rates applicable to the individuals tress estates and corporations to create inflammatory relief income tax for a certain taxpayers it's a declaration merchant representation to be used to recognize to explain the bill thank you miss speaker members this is the income tax cut bill we've. I'll been talking about this bill would take the top individual tax rate from four point seven percent to four point four it would also take the top income tax bracket from the corporate side to four point eight these are effective january first twenty twenty four it also would give a one hundred and fifty dollars tax credit individuals making ninety thousand dollars or less they'll be three hundred dollars for joint filers this tax bill would affect about one point one million taxpayers so anyone making over twenty four thousand three hundred dollars would be a a beneficiary of this income tax cut i'd be happy to answer any questions. Reps and mccull of what purpose you reckon asked. Question okay thank you miss speaker so the one time tax credit for most arkansas workers is a mere one hundred and fifty dollars do you think that's a sufficient amount for family and need you know that's kind of a a hard question to answer I would look at it this way and i've heard the narrative that rich people get the benefit of the tax cut in and those on the lower income back it's only get a one time one hundred fifty dollars tax credit that's just simply not true they get the one hundred and fifty dollars income tacklers you need tax credit but they are also beneficiaries of the reduced rate they have been beneficiaries of the reduced rate for about the last ten years so you don't think it's. It a important to make this one hundred and fifty dollars this time this one time deal you don't think it's important to make that permanent. No I didn't say that I think that's under that that is a possibility and that that's something you want to do that be a bill you'd need to file. See no questions appreciate a good vote. Represent the beeves is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill representative garnery recognize speak against the. Thank you colleagues while I understand the main focus of for this session has been for yet I can't let this go ahead without one more time talking about the impact on on this of this bill on low in middle income archansons. We've already cut income tax three times in the past thirteen months with a budget cost of one point six billion and that's just the personal income tax that's not the corporate cats now we're adding an additional two hundred and fifty million dollars burden to the budget at a time when we have critical unfended programs and uncertainty about the future cost of learns and the other bills that we pass last session the cut taxes permanently for our highest earners with a budget surplus due to one time federal stimulus money seems irresponsible at best but to do that while only committing to a one time one hundred and fifty dollars check to our princess and most need is cruel arkansas already has a regressive tax system lo and middle and come families pay two times more and taxes than our highest sterners which exacerbates income in quality and increases the need for essential services that were already struggling to provide. Arkansas has the fifth highest poverty rate in the nation one in five children live in poverty two hundred and ten thousand arkansas have lost their health insurance tax cuts for the wealthy do not stimulate economic growth the wealthiest individuals are more likely to save or invest their additional income rather than spend at locally let's cut taxes that we know help lift the economy and help eliminate eliminate poverty like the grocery drug or gasoline taxes let's add an earned income tax credit or child care credits education and work force programs training for small business supports let's make sure everyone has a living wage access to health care and affordable housing these are the strategies that will eliminate poverty and grow our economy we don't have to pass this bill to understand its consequences we can look to our neighbors and kansas who live through the failed real time experiment of trickle down tax cuts and an update just last week done hyme and wrote as an elected republican and former kansas house majority leader my message to my counterparts is simple do not expect that simply cutting taxes will magically produce economic prosperity it did not happen in kansas and it will not happen for you I urge you to remember that government at is core is a service industry if desperate budget cuts compromise the core missions of state departments and agencies then citizens and businesses will feel the effects he continues there is nothing responsible about creating a structural and balance between state revenues and budgets and there is nothing to be conservative about tax cats which cripple state governmental services let's not repeat those. Mistakes please boat no on this bill thank you for listeni. Represent garner spoken against the bill when anyone like speak for the bill representative pill continue recognized speak for the bill. Thank you mr speaker as someone who can't sell a pushes for programs here in the state for some of the most vulnerable whether it be the breast milk bank that we just got a ribbon on monday with its post pardon coverage I definitely understand the point about people saying that we need services but what people are not saying is we've cut taxes time and time again and we have not seen it seen a decrease in the services a week been able to provide assistance actually in my home county johnson county since contacts as we see a decrease in the rate of poverty cunning taxes creates economic growth when again when the economy grows a rising tired liftsoftware there's a reason why you don't see democrats going around saying that they want to reverse the scene income tax customers in the past there's a reason you see that because they're working or growing the economy do not fall for the same title talking points we will pass this we will see economic growth and the reason we didn't do this before was because there were uncertainties about the economy but things are looking at the economy here in arkansas strong let's go ahead and do this let's give the tax relief but the one other thing I want to think about to we have two states that border us tennessee and texas that have zero income tax access how can we compete for workers for businesses for economic development projects in this state when we have an tax rate that makes it hard to attract those workers they desperately need so I want you to think about that we do not operate in a vacuum here in the state of arkansas we have to compete with our surrounding states and it's globalization increases competition is getting harder and harder so we have to be aggressive and we have to be smart and we've done that there's a reason we haven't filed the suit like kansas has in which they did massive tax cuts that were not planned out services recurred and things went down he'll fast we've never done that we've been very meticulous we haven't used the hatchet. We've used a scap skate effect scabble star early morning and I just I don't want you to fall for the mistake that you're somehow doing something rash and responsible these have been thought out and we are on our way to make in arkansas one of the most competitive states in the country and with that as for a good vote represent flowers from what purpose you recognize for a question represent palkington um just. Arkansas in texas and in terms of the zero income. That that wouldn't be a fair comparison given the high property taxes and texas as well as a toll road. Different level of revenue for that state. Question told roads and if you don't think taxes are fair comparison to arkansas because they have a high contact. Are a high property tax pay for certain services I mean you could look at tennessee florida their way more better florida is a zero income tax as well that's choices they make I know that they're constantly working to reduce their property tax cause they know it's one of the highest but let's be honest the most fortune five hundred companies in the country are now looking to see the taxes there's a reason that they're competitive and I have friends who have live on the coast who were leaving safe like washington california and guess what they look at arkansas but then they look at texas and say I can say a lot of money if I moved to texas and I had to pay a little more my property text that's a decision they have to make I think we've been very judicious in keeping our private tax low which helps keep our parcel living low which is making us competitive but the fact that matters were losing out in a lot of workers by having a high contact so i'd appreciate a good vote thank you pilkington has spoken for the bill would be would like to speak against the bill representative collins you recognize to speak against the b. There is a time when I first got here a few years ago that we at least made an effort to be equitable in these tax reductions we had one for the middle earners one for the higher one for the lowers I asked my first session you know why we do in this higher income tax cut and are always her that reference we've got one for middle one for a low one for high but now we come back here after year and do just about the same thing we can taxes for the highest earners in the state in fact this year we will have done it twice. And I don't think that is a a bad thing necessarily in a vacuum but I do think that it is a lot signed at tax cut what we're doing here for the middle earners it is inadequate and for the very very wealthy it's unnecessary there is a way we could do a tax cut and I think should do a tax cut right now that would really benefit the middle class that's not what this is if you look at who benefits under this and how much they benefit it's pretty start if you make fifty thousand dollars a year in arkansas this point three percent tax reduction gets you seventy seven dollars seventy seven dollars is barely enough to take your family out for a dinner but if you make a million dollars you get almost three thousand dollars under this bill which is a much better deal obviously why said the person who has so much who earns so much get such a windfall under this bill when the middle class person gets scraps it doesn't really have to be this way it's the way we've done it in the way we are continuing to do it but it doesn't have to be this where we could pass meaningful middle class tax relief I wish we would I would strongly support it but that's not the direction we're going to win fall for the wealthy and scraps for the middle class and that's why i'm a no. Person calendar spoken against the bill when anyone likes speak for the b. Members as a thirty plus year banker I want to tell you other watched over the years are cancelled come in and i've seen how they live they live out of something that most of us don't we don't we take for granted we we don't even utilize and that's a bank teller envelope they come in and they get that paycheck cash and they put it in that envelope and they grow through the week through the moth with what's in that arma and when they open that envelope there's no money in there then they're through with whatever they're warning for our needs are for that week that month i'm gonna tell you your focus on a hundred and fifty dollars but she also have to grocery it's a credit that's tax free break that down to the minimum way to in this state that's a half a week's pay I would think that's very significant comparing a hundred and fifty dollars to three thousand dollars yeah that's a big number of difference in in those two amounts but to the average arkansas that hundred and fifty dollars is a whole lot more important when they look in that envelope in that money it's not there they need its important and i'm telling if you vote against this beyond your name's on that board I hope when election time comes the voters in this state recognize they have so go ahead and vote now. Is spoken or the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the b. Represent mcclury recommends. Let me address a couple of things here that we might not be thinking about compared to our other states. If i'm an appointment employer here in arkansas and i'm recruiting someone outside the state to come to arkansas and they happen to be in texas or tennessee I have to pay five percent higher than what they're going to pay there for them to be even in arkansas because they're gonna lose that income tax run off the top where they're not going to pay it in the other state if i'm a business and I want to come to arkansas I have to realize that i'm going to make four to five percent more profit just to be even then operating any other states don't think those business people and good employees are not looking at that we also have a commitment from the governor of oklahoma that they are now intending to race to the zero one only contacts mississippi let their intentions note several years ago they're about we're we're out when those states go to that that competitives will be much more fears where we're out with our income types. Here's another thing I hear about property taxes in other states property taxes or a local issue those cities those counties vote on those property taxes most of those states do not have well the texas does not have a personal property tax when you put all that together in you compare rule counties to rural counties. It's not a lot of different unless the local voters made the choice so but ask only down in our income tax does automatically make everything up going up higher because we're still local control on our property taxes so great bill it's good for arkansas future and we need to move forward. Or some clear spoken for the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. You recognize speak against the. I just want to say that no matter how you add the serb if you flip how this bill is being done more money thousand dollars how however merchant is thousands is going to help a lower income earner more than a hundred and fifty dollars and that harry income earner probably either one of those is not going to be a big deal to them in the long run anyway so I don't see how you can see how you can make this argument and i've still never seen evidence that trickle downs economy stuff works but but looks like we're going to see something similar colors spoken against the bill when anyone like speak for the bill. When anyone like speak against the bill representative of euse recognized close f. Ok that's all this take a deep breath here I know this is not what some of us want to do but let me just put it in a different perspective this tax cut is not in a vacuum ten years ago we were looking at over seven percent income tax. And I think generally we've reduced that in a responsible way uh someone brought up kansas this isn't what kansas did this is a responsible way to get arkansas to stay competitive and give more money back to our folks at home who desperately need it in a moment you're going to hear another bill that's coming up that's going to be a reserve account set up of over seven hundred million dollars that bill is gonna be used can be used should it be needed to back fill the revision stabilization at if we have cut taxes too much frankly I don't think we have I think this is responsible way to do it and I think that's what our people back home want us to do and i'll tell you something else it's more than just a tax cut we have to keep architect competitive and I don't know if you've looked at it lately but I have. States all over the country or reducing their income tax rates interprospering we always talk about texas and tennessee in florida. You got iowa is going to go to three point nine percent twenty twenty eight missury four and a half percent real soon indiana will be at two point nine percent. Ken turkey will be at three point nine percent these are the states were competing with for jobs in these are the states are competing with for job creators don't want you to think about that when you cast your vote I appreciate all the topics in all the debate appreciate a good vote. Close for the bill we do have two pairs on the desk representative lane jean boats yes. Representative nicole clowney boats no witness by representative richmond representative clowney is the present member are there any procedural objections to this payer hearing nine please do not vote either of these two voting machines. Representative lunch from boats yes representative mccollar votes no witness bar representative word law represent mccollars the present member are there any procedural objections to this pair. Please do not boat either of these two voting machines prepare the machine man clark. Building on the bill and the emergency claws has everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast of the ballot madame clark barboder eighty four yays ten days and three present the bill and emergency clause have passed. Ma'am clerk please read house bill one thousand eight. Pass about one thousand eight by representative barker to a min the fill in tropic investment and arkansas kids program acts in the arkansas children's educational freedom account program is a declare an emergency. Representative brooks you recognize to explain the bill. Colleagues house but one thousand eight is just a technical correction of a bill that we pass back during the regular session senate bill five sixty eight was a stacking bill at allowed us to stack both the philanthropic investment in arkansas kids as well as the educational freedom account fines that passed this body unanimously as well as the senate unanimously this is just allowing us to be able to take advantage of that allowing family to be able to take advantage of that this school year as well as adjusting students who've been on the succeed scholarship to allow them to maintain that level of funding because this past unanimously back in the session and i'd appreciate a good but then brooks has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would be when I speak for the bill represent brooks is closed for the bill the question for the house is is the passage of house bill one thousand eight prepared. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted as everyone voted cast up about man clerk bad vote of eighty eight yay zero eight and seven present the bill and emergency class have passed madame clark please house bill ten twelve possible ten twelve representative rates i'm in the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven into declare an emergency so bray recognized to explain the bill. Thank you mister speaker colleagues this is house bill ten twelve and I think everybody is probably familiar with it at this point. But i'll go through the sections of the bill and talk a little bit about each one. House bill ten twelve a mins the foy law in a way that is necessary to protect the security of the governor and the governor's family as well as the rest of our constitutional officers currently our freedom of information act only exempts the security protocols emergency procedures emergency plans etc related to the governor's mansion and the mansion grounds and this bill would amend it to additionally cover the statutory responsibility that state police has. To protect the governor at the state capital as well as executive protection. The fundamental reason that we have executive protection is for individuals who may be exposed to a higher level of personal risk. Because of the job that they have to do and that certainly applies to the governor the governor is the head of state and with no offense to any of our previous governors I can't think of one at least in recent in memory there was a household name the way our current governor is if you follow politics in america everyone knows who sarah how could be sanders and those folks often have strong opinions about political leaders it's no secret that when our governor worked in the white house she was the first press secretary in the history of the country to require secret service protection you don't get secret service protection as an employee of the white house unless there are real credible sustained threats on your life it's reserved for the president and the vice president and unfortunately we live in a time where our politics is not just caustic in toxic but we've seen recent episodes of political violence members of congress of both political parties have had assassination attempts on their life in recent years. And we see on a daily basis the hate the victory all the attacks that are directed at this governor and they're not just confined to assess pool of social media they sometimes spill over in the real life like last month when a man in ended oklahoma was arrested for threatening to murder governor sanders and her family like last year when a man and russell ville was arrested for threatening to shoot our governor on top of that we have political activists who are using foi and the fact that we don't have an exemption in the law for this to try and obtain information about the governor's executive protection and her security detail the same people have posted the location of her children's school on social media. This is information that has very little public purpose and there's nothing in our foil all that would prevent someone with me level and intentions about disturbed or deranged individual from trying to obtain this information. In section two of the bill you'll see that we're adding a new reporting requirement that hasn't existed up until now related to the fiscal information of state police and the executive protection that they provide they'll be required on a quarterly basis to report this information to legislative council and the joint budget committee this will give us more fiscal information about the executive protection that the governor has then we've ever had before and it'll be broken down by month by category in terms of the spending section three of the bill adds in records that reflect the planning and provision of security services for the rest of the constitutional officers for many of the same reasons it makes sense to protect that information section for the bill deals with retroactivity there were some questions about this in the committee so to explain that in in the most simple terms possible there are pending records requests currently for security plans for the executive protection information things of that nature and the way the voice works is the law that is in effect at the time of the request governments the request and so to pass this law umm it needs to be retroactive to protect that though those those documents from the current request and as colonel hagger I think you're a great job of explaining in the committee yesterday when it comes to the operational procedures of state police once the two space it is out of the two it's virtually impossible to get it back in there and there's only so many ways that state police can protect the governor and so if they have to redo their operational procedures and things of that nature then that would be detrimental to there it would diminish their ability to protect the government. Section five is do not codify language that just says this act does not limit the ability of legislative audit to report information it obtains to the general assembly and then section six is an emergency clause i'm very pleased to share with you that both the arkansas press association and the arkansas broadcasters are in support of this bill and I appreciate all of you for your input and your patience this week as we work the decision and I think over the days as they've passed we've gotten to a product that I think we can all feel go. Representative springer for what purpose you recognize for a question. If I remember correctly what he said that it has been their practice tonight divulge information related to as they're in a twelve eight one away as the statute that gives state police the responsibility of protecting the governor it says the department of arkansas state police shall be responsible for the safety and security of the governor in his or her family and he said it's been their practice that they've not released information related to that but you know they also said that there were no reco. I don't remember him saying that but he said that it's been there practice not to divulge that information but the situation that we find ourselves in is that these records have been requested now under four and there's a lawsuit pending related to those and so for those reasons it's necessary to take this past this bill but no records exist right there are not I don't recall i'm saying that but thank you representative represent ray is left the well represent ray is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent college you recognize to speak against the bill. The. I feel like you know I need to give an explanation for why i'm still opposed to this they'll even though I will acknowledge that this bill is a lot better than the previous two bills from my perspective as somebody who believes in the importance of the freedom of information act. This bill has been presented as the security only bill and if it were just a security only bill I would happily supporter because II think like everybody else I believe in the importance of the governor security and I don't believe that we should be allowing any records to be released which if released would endanger in any way the security of the governor and her family but this bill does go brother than that and that's the issue that I have with that's why I don't think we should pass it because the freedom of information act as we all agree is is critical it is the people's law through the freedom information act we have transparency in government through transparency we have accountability into accountability we quite literally have democracy so to the extent we dv from the norm of making record subject to disclosure it should be for a very good reason and it should be as narrowly as possible in the case of the security of the governor and her family that is a very good reason but I don't think that that strong is nearly as possible and i'll tell you why that's how I read this bill even this bill which is limited to the topic at least of security what it says here is that anything related to the duties of the state police and protecting the governor's safety and security and that ever family as well as the mansion and the capital is going to be exempt from disclosure. That doesn't mean that all records that would be exempt from disclosure if released would endanger the security of the governor they're too different thanks and so to put it a little bit more concretely staples is doing a lot of things in the course of protecting the governor they are making maps they are signed personnel there are scoring her their lending or the plane they're paying reimbursements for the troopers when they go off and and do whatever they're doing in the service of keeping the governor in her family safe they are so to speak the fruits of the tree of this central mission and in the course of all these things all of which are legitimate and should be done in the course of this they're generating and maintaining records now some of those records if released would endanger the safety and scared of the governor that's where colonel hagar kept talking about in these various committee meetings in the house and senate. The patterns and practice and even some things which we might not think could endanger the governor in a family could in fact and danger the governor of family to me they should all be exact anything which would endanger the safety conscious of the governor of release should be exact but another category of records will also be produced in the course of all this work the state police is doing in this category of records if release would have no impact on the safety and security of the government and so what's the rationale for keeping those secret from the public we have a default rule that these are subject to foyer because they matter for various reasons reasons that maybe obscure sometimes in the moment but are very important to the public or two uh a reporter or two and advocate and so unless there's a good reason given they should in my opinion remain disclosurable under the forum. Now there's ways that we could have drafted this that would have gotten a little bit more specific to what i'm talking about the difference between the records that if released would in fact endanger the governor and those which would not and you know there have been some ideas that we've talked about this week that would actually get more specific on that but we chose not to do that and so for that reason this is still too brand in my opinion and there's some other ways in which this is brought that's the biggest issue I have with it but it does exent all these constitutional officers and members of the general assembly and and others I know that there will be an argument made that the travel expenses will be reported in the agreement to ALC and audit as the expression to go in there but there is just not the same as the being subject to disclosure under the foyer being subject to disclosure into the four year is a lot more detail in a lot more specific information information again which if disclosed would not end to the governor it should be out there and available for the public to soon thank you representative collins are spoken against the bill when anyone likes before the bill represented richmond you recognize before the bill. Thank you miss speaker. It's been a nice little reunion we've had the sweep. You know have you been enjoyed seeing a few of you. The problem seems to me is that you hear we've got to worry about security of the governor we got to protect the government that come and if you'll just do this this for that then i'll be okay and so we do this this and that and it's still some kind of problem some kind of issue some kind of difficulty and it's not good enough and then I hear the chirping again we got to protect the governor we got to protect the governor we make some changes we bring it in well there's still a problem and then we hear which is my favorite in my opinion the governor will be secure even if we don't do this or that that we need to remove these particular issues out of the bill and in my opinion the governor then will still be safe I never knew we had so many couriery experts in the state of barclays all and so many of them were right here in this house. But I wonder what that's based on is that based on military service a private security firm law enforcement notaries based on nothing just an opinion and a political motivation to be sure that we have no fire in this comes from both the right lip that we get nothing back home criticizeness. What we have found is it really is true that when you can't please anybody imagine we'll please yourself so you just need to make a decision because on the one hand you have people that their whole idea is let's give the good it show me safe let's give the governor and have to go on no more and then how to do it in my favorite thing about that is your good luck governor and you should have run for office if you were worried about your children you knew what the risk works why why do you are you doing this if you're worried about your children who in here or anywhere if you have a child and you're a fit parent we're gonna allow your children to wander off and and sit down in a highway or anything else similar that that kind of danger who's going to do that what you should know you live by highway should have moved into that house why do you live in that house to close the room well that house has a pool in it so what do you worry about so ridiculous everybody is want to do everything that they should do to protect their family and yeah i'm sure she knew the risk but she probably didn't understand the hate their keeps coming after and we need to do something about that and we need to do some you have on the other side that this this boy a bill is so important that the people don't want to do anything at all to protect the government or not even give her an empty gun and in fact they would be upset that she had a gun what are you doing exercising your second amendment right I mean that's how crazy and how far both sides and it's funny when you get too far to the right two forty you actually join up in the middle and I think that's a lot what we're seeing though I would ask you to broad pair and vote for this bill so that we can in fact protect the governor and. Quit coming up with excuses and kicking the can down the road until it falls off because you only get one chance when it comes to security there's no do overs and it's much information is coming out and I trust the judgement of the people that have been doing this all the years to know what can be used to plan some type of attack and you should trust them to thank you representative clowning for a purpose. Representative richmond has spoken for the bill when he went like speak against the bill would anyone like speak for the bill representative you recognize th. Thank you mister speaker i'll try to address a couple of the points that were brought up real quick related to expenses first of all remember in section two of the bill were creating a new requirement that has never existed before four asp to report fiscal information to the legislature those report those quarterly reports that are broken down by category in the aggregate those are publicly available also nothing in this bill diminishes the ability of leg audit to go in and audit ASP records. The third thing is it's just a reality any exemption could be abused there there's a maximum and logic in the abuse does not negate us any any records castodian could make a determination on any for your request that's just totally not rooted in any exemption in the law but there's a process to correct that if an exemption is going to is being misapplied the courts will course correct out so I don't see that as too much of a concern the the idea that this is overly broad I just disagree with that the press association endorsed this bill the broadcasters endorsed this bill those are groups that are typically not very welcoming to changes of the four year they would not have endorsed it had it been too broad and also that precious the idea that this is the two broad that presupposes that you know the members of this chamber just powerless to do something about it if the language was not specific enough someone who had that concern maybe should have filed a bill with their wording that was more specific the last thing i'll say you know secretary hager said at the table yesterday that he's been on executive protection since two thousand four through many different governors can he said the threats the incoming threats to this governor or just off the charts compared to anything he's seen before so I think we have a responsibility in an obligation to pass this bill to past the emergency clause so that we immediately take care of the security of our governor and family i'd appreciate a good value represent ray is close for the bill there are two pairs on the desk represent once from both he asked him color boats no witnessed by reps and ward law represent mccall is the present member are there any procedural objections. Either of these two voting machines represent jean votes he asked representative clownie boats no witness by represent richmond representative clowney is the president member are there any procedural objections to this per hearing nine please do not vote either of these two boating machines prepare the machine. Voting on the bill and the emergency class is everyone voted. As everyone voted cast up the batman clerk by vote of eighty two years fifteen days and zero president you passed the bill and the emergency class without objection members were removed to senate bill ten am clerk please read senate built in. Senate bill team I representative rates are in the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven into declaring emergency. Representative ray recognized to explain the bill. Thank you miss speaker as a representative of gas away so eloquently said the other day. Same bill is before would appreciate it vote. Reps ray has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like speak for the bill representative ray is closed for the bill we do have two pairs on the dask reps and jean boats yes representative clowney but it's no witnessed by representative richmond representative cloudy as a present member are there any procedural objections to this pair please do not vote either of these two voting machines represent once from bots yes representative colour votes no witness by representative wardlaw represent colors the present member are there any procedural objections to this pair hearing nan please not boat either of these two voting machines prepare the machine madame clark. Building on the bill and emergency clause is everyone voted as everyone voted cast up about madame clerk by vote of eighty two year's fifteen days and zero present you've passed the bill and the emergency class. Madam park please read senate bill three third about three by representative baiting to prohibit the government for mandating a vaccination or immunization for common available two thousand nineteen cover nineteen or so variance of corona virus two thousand nineteen cover nineteen or both into declare an emergency represent baby recognized to explain the bill. Thank you mister speaker members this is the senate companion bill to bill that we passed earlier this week strictly to prohibit the government for mandate and a vaccination or an immunization for covered nineteen i'd appreciate a good but. The. Babies explain the bill what anyone like speak against the bill. Represent a cloudy recount speak against bill. Thank you mister speaker before we vote on this bill I just like to point out that I think a lot of members of this chamber about to make decisions that are indirect conflict with what health experts are telling us so having just been accused of being unable I guess to take a voter make an opinion on something on which we're not experts i'd like this all to consider and that this does go indirect violation of what we're being told by public health experts thank you represent planning is spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representing bentley reckness speak for the bill. Good morning colleagues as well said I had full support of this common sense piece of legislation. Without a doubt the rollout of the covered nineteen back team has been the most rushed in our nation's history in the past maximums were studied for nearly a decade we could see if there was any short term side of long term side effects and to see if they actually worked unfortunately this has not been the case of this vaccine and the verdict is still out and with the risk of taking us back saying out where the benefits what do we know at this point we do know that the countries were the backsean rate was lower so was the covered nineteen death rate their rates were lower than our rates we do know that according to bears report that the adverse effects including death for this vaccine are hired that any other backsean in our nation's history in fact if you add up all of them together you don't get to what we have with adverse effects of this bank sing we do know that my record it is has been reported a pun young men that take this back see even for people in my own family are suffering with heart issues after taking this vaccine we do know that tragically a young girl by the name of madic degery was paralyzed after she received the fiser vaccine. What I would we as of this bar to ever want a mandate of vaccine when there's are so many unknowns about it that is the beauty of this bill because not only does it prohibit the government from requiring some of the take a vaccine and experimental vaccine to keep their job it also says of a database here in our state there are so many people that does not trust the cdc of the fda anymore they flight they've just been eroded by money and my politics and we can't even trust their reports anymore so in this bill we have a place to set up a database in our own state in our department of health so we can return the trust of people in the state to what's actually being said about maxing injuries. I would hope that you would join me and voting for this good common sense piece of legislation and let our cansons weigh up for themselves which the health choice is if the risk out where the benefits and not before to take it back saying that they do not want to thank you. Represent bentley has spoken in favor of the bill with anyone like speak against the bill when anyone likes before the bill represents baby is close represent baby. Thank you mister speaker enclosing I just wanted reiterate the the statement made by our governor and and the fact that the majority of the legislature majority of this body and the sim it will fight with our governor and stand alongside our governor to keep arkansas free under her leadership and keep on what we won't close our churches schools or businesses and we're not going to initiate a back seeing mandate on our cancelled that decision is a personal health freedom decision to get back to needed between the individual archienson their physician and their miker and I appreciate a good vote on this bill thank you. Represent a baby has closed for the bill we do have one pair on the desk representative lunch from both yes representative mccolor votes know it's witnessed by represent in it representing the colors the present member of the procedural objections this payer hearing then please not boat either of these two boating machines prepared to machine matter part. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. It has everyone voted as everyone voted cast up about madam plurk by about eighty two years fifteen nays and zero present the bill and emergency calls have passed man park please read senate bill for animal for my representative evidence to clarify arkansas concerning the locking of school doors and to declare emergency. Representative evans recognize to explain the bill hey mr speaker members senate bill forwards campaigning bill to house bill ten zero five that we passed again to mislead out of here yesterday regarding the technical correction to exterior nor locks on your schools there's no fiscal impact to this and there was no opposition in committee have to take any questions so not our appreciate a good vote representative even to explain the bill when anyone like speak against the bill where anyone likes before the bill represent evans is closed for the bill the question for the house is the passage of senate bill four prepared machine and. Voting on the bill and the emergency claws is everyone voted. As everyone voted cast up about madam plur by both ninety five years zero nay and zero present you've passed the bill and emergency clause madame clerk please read senate bill five then a bill fire by representative barker to me and the filling traffic investment in the arkansas kids program act and the arguments are children's educational freedom account program into declaring emergency represent brooks you recognize to explain the bill thank you mr speaker this is single fire by senator davis just a company bill to what we passed earlier on an appreciate a good vote and brooks has explained the bill when he would like to speak against the bill. What anyone likes before the bill represented brooks. Is closed for the bill question before the house is a passage of senate bill fire prepared machine matter plate. And building on the bill in the mercy clause it's everyone voted. Does everyone voted. Cast up about man park about eighty eight ya zero nine five present the bill and merchant clause have passed madame clark please read senate bill wine and it but one by representative getting to create a transfer funds to the arkansas resource phone set aside in the restricted reservation to allow that additional funds may be made available for the state department's agencies and institutions and for other purposes. Represent baby recognized to explain the bill thank you mr speaker members this is the bill that uh this chamber passed earlier is the senate version the bill we passed earlier in the week to create transfer the bond seven hundred ten million six hundred twelve thousand five hundred and eight dollars to the arkansas reserve phone with that i'd appreciate a good though. Represent babies explain the building would like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representative loading recounts speak for the bill. Not as much coming down here to speak for the bill to be sure that you understand what you're doing. Seven hundred ten million additional data is going to be quite in another when it's all total will have approximately two point three billion in reserves I do not have a problem with there but you need to understand that the seven hundred million if it is not used will a virtually go toward do away with the stated contacts now i'm a proposal of the but probably fiscal standpoint you need to understand the three point two billion dollars a year is largest about a general revenue that we receive and that comes to us probably individuality so we're gonna have to be cautious to move we don't want to make the mistakes end is made some other states. Would you talk about doing the way with half of your income you've got two choices you either replace a taxes or you gotta have to cut services or you can continue to roll you a car them and the whole we could do our economy and I believe we will but I just want each one of you to be well aware that I took the same position when I was at dfa is it related to sales tax on the drives and groceries and good we've phased out most of their but but I just war you to be cautious and look at what you do and like certainly have a little both for the bill thank you. Representative spoken in favor of the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. When anyone might speak for the bill represent baby is closed for the bill the question before the house is a passage of senate bill wine prepared machine matter park. As everyone voted as everyone voted cast up about madam clerk by vote of eighty nine years three days and one present the bill is passed madame clerk please read senate bill eight. Then about eight by representative ease to reduce the income tax breaks to individuals trust the states and corporations to create inflationary relief income tax credit for a certain tax payers and declare emergency. Now to explain the bill. Members this is the identical bill that we just passed out to here regarding the income tax cuts this is the senate version with that i'd appreciate a good vote. Representatives has explained the bill what anyone likes speak against the bill. Would anyone like to pick for the bill representatively I recognize speak. I just want to really briefly say how importance is for small business owns across the state because it's a small business owner my business doesn't pay any taxes if there's any profit at in the year it's my income tax that goes up so on this three thousand dollars will decrease some of my texas helps me to give my employees around it might help me to stay alive because i'm telling his supply chain cars and everything are going through the roof it is tough for a small business owner right now so if we can do this what can we do we can help businesses all across the state to stay alive and create jobs so it does trickle down it creates jobs in our state it keeps people at work each month it allows me to maybe give my employees a right so they can be better for their family so this is a huge jump for the small business house across our state that would keep our economy strong so with it I really appreciate a good boat thank you reps and bentley has spoken in favor of the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill or anyone like speak for the bill reps and beeves close for the bill that we do have two pairs on the desk. Represent once from both yes represent me colour votes no witness by representative had sen represent my colours the present member are there any procedural objections to this par. Not boat. Represent jean votes yes represent clowney boats no witness b. This. Are there any procedural objections to this pair please not vote either of these two voting machines. Repair the machine madam. Building on the bill and emergency clause as everyone voted. Has everyone voted cast up the ballot madame clerk by vote of eighty four yays ten days and three present the bill and emergency clause have passed members the house was standing recess for five minutes. The. The. Yeah. I. The. The. Yeah the house will come to order. Representative richmond for what purpose. I don't know what to call it that I want to do it point a personal privilege for a personal privilege you're you're recognized for your point of personal privilege. Appreciate you given me this opportunity to come down here apologize or some of the language that I used again it's no excuse. In a world a marines there's just some language that is built in to you and it will come out as some time I met no offence and i'm very succeeded about this apology it was inappropriate and I shouldn't said it how beg your forgiveness thank you. The. Representative lady for what purpose point personal privilege you're recognized for your point of personal private thank you mr speaker members we have a new parliamentarian this is his first session it will get easier but I just wanted to ask all of you to welcome our new parliamentarian uh parliamentary advise will be working with him quite a bit. The. The. The. Yeah. Yeah. The. Represent meeks for what purpose most place let's hear your motion. Having completed the items on the governor's call I moved that we adjourned signing die the first extraordinary session of the ninety fourth general assembly and consent for the senate to adjourn signing die at the time in place of their choosing. That's a proper motion it's not debatable i'll in favor of say any opposed the motion passes. Members after communicating with the senate determining there is no further business necessary to come before the first extraordinary session on the ninety fourth general assembly the house of representatives is hereby journal signing up.