Senate Convenes

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So it would be called order are there any requests for leave this time mister president I like to ask leave for the following senator senator chesterfield senator clark senator flowers senator mark johnson senator john payton senator petty and senator flowers the worst any objections are made on secretary please call the role in branch called oil chest fill clark crowl davis days this mind dots and english flipo flowers gilmore hammer hester hikil arvin bite johnson mark johnson king letting love mckey murder patent pinso petty rice stand stephafield sullivan tepper wallace all right the site will be led in prayer by central dave wallace with everybody please stand including those in the gallery remains sending for the pledgeable agents or lord thank you for this day thank you for laying us together together hole or give us a wisdom to make my decisions for our people for our state watch over our families watch over our or for state whole order watch over a military injuries as name I meant to the plan states all the republic one nation in the registrator with liberal justice were all ladies and gentlemen in the gallery we welcome you to the arkansas senate it is our expectation that each of you will exercise property corem and governor cells. Accordingly during the day's proceedings with our objection the rules will be suspended and the senate will dispense with the reading of the journal are there items at the desk now sir says you're recognized pay members i'll give you a caravan update what I expect what what I believe is going to happen today of course as we saw yesterday that could certainly change but in just a second i'm going to ask for a recess until ten o'clock I do not believe that tin grows I think we come back at ten o'clock we vote on our calendar at ten o'clock at that point when that is finished when we work through our calendar uh fifteen minutes upon a uh of recess after we worked our counter will go into state agencies and hear the foya bill okay so we're going to we're going to recess for just a bit here going to caucus meetings will come back at ten o'clock works work through our calendar when our calendar is completed then we will go on a state agencies and then later in the afternoon probably one o'clock or so i'll let you know we will we will come back into session i'm happy to answer any questions with any member senator king eurocast for a question so this is a question for bill so on extracting a deal from committee about some distracting community per okay eleven brought on steady seizer when we're done with the calendar woman when we're done with the calendar fifteen minutes after that we will have we'll have a state agency's meeting so II so maybe eleven o'clock could be ten forty five to be eleven fifteen I mean we were gonna be meeting at six o'clock and I said was six o'clock set the cooperative and we had no meeting you were correct so when you say you're allowed a meeting. Sir which is which we question are you is this question thank you yet center center king is absolutely right I have no idea how many questions will be asked here in the calendar I don't know if people speak for against bills I don't know how long their speeches for against bills will take I have no ability to know how long the calendar will take when we work through it but fifteen minutes after that is over we will go into state agencies are you more questioned hester with that II asked them we have been done sir you're recognized that you rules committee meeting will made thirty minutes prior to session convenient tomorrow we're all rules committee thirty minutes prior to session tomorrow to consider appointments. With that as that we recess so to urban organized members we do have a public health committee meeting that is by the call of the tear we have people coming in to talk about the issues on the agenda it is separate and apart from the special session there will be no legislation but this is a meeting we've tried to reschedule and are just trying to fit in and be uhm car mister people that have traveled here to meet so it'll be probably this afternoon but I will notify the members personally thank you all right there is the citibank standard recess until ten AM. The. Madam secretary the senate is back in session we will start with the business agenda madam secretary or adam subject senators without objection we are moving senate bill one to the end of the calendar per request of the sponsor alright cinema three by central branch to prohibit the government from mainlanding a vaccination or issue for coverage map team or any suburban of covered tane or both and declare an emergency senator bry irrecognized thank you centers what this is is a bill to prohibit the the mandate for a cobid vaccination throughout the state in the ninety third general assembly the past act nine seventy seven in that had an experience and clause on it expired august of this year so this builders as reinstate that that way none of our state employees were required to by the state or any local government entity to require the mandate that will also keep our citizens from having the mandate place on them in order to conduct business with the state or their local governments and the provision that i'm on a half on page three allows any entity to come to the legislative council do they're funding to look for an exemption from this from this class that way we can look at it as a as a legislative body to see if we need to waive that so that's a extent to the bill i'll be glad to take any questions are there any questions for no questions is there anyone here to speak for or against this bill the nineteen or brian is after well. Close for his bill is there any objection to rolling the vote there's no objection to rolling about please roll the boat man president we also have a pair at the desk central r letting he has now sent a petty yes void brant called well chesterfield and leave clark and leave crowl davis days dismaying dats and english flipper flowers only gilmore hammer hickey hill arvin blake johnson mark johnson only leave keen letting love mckey murdoch paid namely pinso hear the unleave rice down to stubborn file sullivan tucker wallace would any member wish to change their vote senator live no any other senator letting test senator tuckers now any other okay you are voting on the bill and the emergency class are at c nine cast of the ballot with the vote of twenty seven years three days the bill passes transmit to the house emergency clause is adopted transmit to the house I write next bill cinema format central english to clarify the arkansas law concerning the locking of school doors and declare an emergency senator english to recognize thank you very much this basically does exactly what it says it clarify the arkansas law that requires all our public schools sharter schools and private schools to have doors closed and locked while students are present. Are there any questions for english the nine anyone wish to speak for against the spill see nine she has closed for the bill is there any objection to rolling the vote and you're voting on the bill and the merchants are class please roll the vote boy brand called well chesterfield leave clark leave crawl davis days this morning dats and english flipper flowers leave gilmore hammer hester hickey hill arvin bike johnson mark johnson leave king letting live making murder payment only pinso petty only rice stone stuff of filled sullivan turker wallace would any member wish to change their votes please cast up the ballot but of twenty nine years zero nay still passes transmit to the house emergency cars is adopted transmit to the house that are davis synamo by central data terminal filing investment in arkansas kids program act and the arts are children's educational freedom account program and declare an emergency senator davis you recognize thank you madame chair this is a clean up bill that applies specifically and to students with disabilities as identified under ida who are at two hundred percent or below the federal poverty line at the inner session we passed a bill that allowed these students to combine but the education freedom accounts in the philip throughout the investment arkansas kids scholarship program known as piece however pack requires that all students and have to have attended a public school the previous year so this bill simply adds an option and for the students np to be without public school attendance the previous year. So essentially students who were at a private school last year as qualified under a pack can qualify to stack both education freedom accounts in the p x scholarship program together i'm happy to take any questions are there any questions for reconnect for a question thank you this is only for this able to student correct part thank you that's right and even more and error than that I mean they had have been on the succeed scholarship program so they have to qualify based on income in the have a disability as identified and arrived yet are there any other questions seen name anyone wish to speak for against the still seen answer data successfully i'm close to a bill thank you members are voting on the bill and the emergency class is there any objection to rolling the vote no objection please roll the book boy brand card well chest filled only clark on leave crown davis days this may doubts and english for both flowers on a leave hammer hickey hill arvin blake johnson mark johnson on leave king ledding live mckey murder hate normally paid again and leave rice stone several sale of an upper wallet alright any member switch to change their votes seen please cast up the ballot or vote of twenty nine yays zero nine passes transmit to the house emergency clause is adopted cinema six months into gilmorn to clarify the finishing for a felony with a bar on senator gilmore you recognized thank you madame chair members is a very simple bill comes to us from code revision there was some concern about the clarity of the effective day. Has a relates to a provision in the protect arkansas that provision has is is enhancement on possession of a fire or some very technical but they were there was no issues other than they wanted to clarify the effective day which the effective date of the bill for that provision was january one of twenty twenty four that's what the bill states but that's been added also to this provision of the bill just so that there's no you know uncertainty or miss you know misunderstanding our confusion with that so happy to take questions are there any questions in the around anyone wish to speak for against the bill see none of clothes for your bill all right you're voting on there is no emergency calls on this bill so any objections are all in the vote now objection please roll in brand called well chestful leave clark leave crawl davis these dismay dartson english flipper flowers gilmore hammer hester hickey hill arvin but bike johnson mark johnson leave keying a letting live in the key modem patent only depends on perry leave rystands double field sullivan taper walls are there any members that wish to change their phone nine police cast up the ballot vote of twenty nine years zero eight bill passes please transmit to the house that are a good name cinema eight massachusetts mine to reduce the income tax rights and applicable to individuals trust a state and corporations to create an info inflationary are relief income tax credit for certain taxpayers and declare an emergency senator thank you members this is a continuation of th. Efforts we've made to restructure income tax here in the state everyone that makes above twenty four thousand three hundred dollars will benefit from the this cut it lowers the top rate to four point four percent for individuals and four point eight percent for corporations in that a provision is effective one one or january first twenty twenty four second to that it also establishes a hundred and fifty dollars credit that's doubled for married finally jointly uh individual folks and so in that begins phasing out that credit begins phasing out at eighty nine thousand six hundred dollars for individuals in for maybe couples a hundred and seventy nine thousand two hundred dollars we have to take any questions are there any questions for reverse seen no questions anyone wish to speak for or against the bill st nine is closed for his bill there is an emergency class that you are voting as well is there an objection to rolling the vote no objection please roll off it parent desk senator letting now seem to repair the yes bowing brian called well chesterfield the car believe from davis days dismaying doubts and english flipper flourish leave gilmore hammer historic l bike chance and mark johnson leave king letting love mckey murder category leave hence out petty leave rice field sullivan tacker wallace but any member wish to change their vote center love no any other members wish to change the vote senator tucker is a no anyone else alright see nine please cast up the ballot with a vote of twenty seven yays three days the bill and the emergency calls path. Please transmit to the house cynimal one by senator hickey to create entrance for funds to the arkansas reserve and set aside in the restrictive reserve fund to allow that additional funds may be made available for state departments agencies and institutions and for other purposes senator hickey you're recognized thank you madame chair members this is senate bill one and I ask it to be moved to the bottom of the calendar for a reason it's actually companion bill that goes wrong with the bill city bill eight senator dismanges ran what we're doing is we are transferring money that we have left over from last fiscal years surplus into a restricted reserve account and the reason that we're doing there is so that we can have an insurance policy in the case that the economy was to we were to go into some recession that's fairly date or if there's some other financial conditions out there you know where things deteriorate there's a lot of us for the actual gates in the senate and the house that uh although we're hoping for a software in is a lot of people are there are some indicators out there that you know possibly their place could be different so we're preparing for that because we believe that to be the prudent way so I want to reiterate something that i've already said the money that we're putting there we are not paying for the tax cuts or the credit that senator displaying mentioned those are all being or are to be paid out of our current excess revenues that are coming in this fiscal year this money is just going to stay parked and if we were to need it for for a purpose again with an economic decline or something to that nature than what would happen is AOC would meet and it would take two thirds of those members to actually transfer it we would also have to get a request from the executive branch. Ah the governor's office definitely that explains why we're in that situation and the need for the amount is seven hundred and ten million six hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and eight dollars and what that does is that takes all of the surplus from last year and parts it in this reserve account added take any questions other questions senator king you're recognized for a question thank you that I pay conversations a lot more both of this wheel that at this moment my main issue with this and i'm not saying anything that went on with these two it's just when we go to spend in this amount of money and turning over hundreds of million dollars to be speaking we're going to a majority of place that counsel with only some minority if you look at the bones of that would it not be a lot and i'm not saying you have to draft something subject that I feel like a better way when again to just wait till the next session because I feel like when you're spinning that much money as we talk about but just want to make the company thank you sir are there any questions for the hickey and the other questions all right anyone wish to speak for or against the spill see none center hiccup recognized close rear bill he's closed. All right there is no emergency causes there an objection to rolling the vote and objection please call the role we have a pair at the desk senator petty yes and for the letting no bowing brand called will it's roll card to send the king king bowed bright card well chest feel leave clark leave pro davis davis days this mine doesn't english flap flower sleeve gilmore hammer hester hiki hill arvin I like johnson mark johnson leave king ladding live mck murder murdoch patent leave hence out penzo petty leave rice stan stabberfield sullivan tacker tucker wallace would any member like to change our verse in her davis's eye any other member was to change the vote all right see none please cats up the ballot twenty five years three days the bill passes please transmit to the house is there any other business to come before the senate all right senator hester you recognize for an announcement. Senator johnson senator johnson you're recognized state engine she's a meeting of supreme court at eleven center has her recognize it members just like I mentioned earlier we're going to state agencies at eleven o'clock I suspect we will come in here some time around one if state agency has finished in two hours it may not be I don't know if we've got two hundred people to speak or twenty but we're going to go finish we're going to hear who came to speak on on that bill then we will come back into session that is the current as a current plan so we are recessing until fifteen minutes upon a german of state agencies or is there any other business to come before the committee are the senate it seemed nine we stand and reserve a car. Testing on testing one two senators can you hear me okay. The. The senator's back and session I went to recognize senator flipper for emotion thank you madame president I like to make a motion to withdraw senate door seven from consideration motion to withdrawals and it bill seven from consideration without objection senate bill saddam is withdrawn from consideration that it does recognized members I want you to know who my nephew is this is maximum robuck and we are so glad to have him moved back to my district so thankful for that and and i'm asking for leave so he can join us on the florida day thank you senator days could you stay there for a second hour today these is birthday can we always complete them thank you for lunch because he provided lunch today for the senate and it's beautiful wise provided the bota cake she said please you all deal with them at least one day the year on your birthday and so she said she will bilate them thank you thank you let's see is there any other business to come before the senate senator just announcements the senator depends on your recognized for an announcement thank you rules committee who made it eight thirty in the morning and room three o nine four point confirmations question senator hill did you have a question I do i'll get it to get it out there but thanks list this will be distributed to the senators senator history you recognized members plan to come come in a session at nan am tomorrow. And we do have we're going to give out a senate satisfying to something that very important from a senator matstone's district so we all want to be here at nine for that senate satasian and anyway wallet will come in the session and and tomorrow morning senator johnson you have a announcement senator state agencies will meet upon a column the chair any other announcements any other business to came before the thing it seemed nine we are adjourned until nine am tomorrow morning.