March 4, 2013
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Bills discussed (34)
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HB1021
· 4 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “…e Wright recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 1021. Read Amendment No. 1, Mr. Clerk. Amendment”
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HB1310
· 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “…yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present. You have passed the bill. Read House Bill 1310.”
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HB1410
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1410”
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HB1417
· 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Bill 1417. House Bill 1417 by Representative Harris and all to extend the concealed ha…”
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HB1450
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1450”
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HB1469
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1469”
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HB1475
· 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “read House Bill 1475. House Bill 1475, Representative Hawthorne,”
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HB1002
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ures from the regular session of the 89th General Assembly. House Bill 1002 is Act 210. HB 1043 is Act 211. HB 1064 is Act 212.”
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HB1014
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…riff's Association had some concern with the original bill, House Bill 1014. And so they added this language to the bill, and so we agr…”
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HB1041
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…red and sent an amendment. Morning hour has ended. Passover House Bill 1041. Passover House Bill 1384. Passover House Bill 1486. Passed…”
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HB1073
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “HB 1073 is Act 213. HB 1077 is 214. House Bill 1082 is Act 215. 215…”
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HB1082
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “HB 1073 is Act 213. HB 1077 is 214. House Bill 1082 is Act 215. 215. House Bill 1084 is Act 216. House Bill 112…”
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HB1084
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…s Act 213. HB 1077 is 214. House Bill 1082 is Act 215. 215. House Bill 1084 is Act 216. House Bill 1127 is Act 217. House Bill 1156 is…”
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HB1124
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…, we, your Committee on Public Retirement, who was referred House Bill 1124, House Bill 1128, and House Bill 1239. Beg lead report we h…”
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HB1128
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…tee on Public Retirement, who was referred House Bill 1124, House Bill 1128, and House Bill 1239. Beg lead report we had the same under…”
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HB1185
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “And House Bill 1185 is Act 274 Sincerely, yours might be big up Members, I'd li…”
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HB1239
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ent, who was referred House Bill 1124, House Bill 1128, and House Bill 1239. Beg lead report we had the same under consideration here w…”
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HB1250
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1250. Passed over, Mr. Clerk, it was Passover, House Bill 1250.…”
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HB1252
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “226. House Bill 1252 is Act 227. House Bill 1260 is Act 228. House Bill 1264 is…”
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HB1267
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1267”
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HB1278
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1278”
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HB1333
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “239, House Bill 1333 is Act 240, House Bill 1334 is Act 241, House Bill 1335 is…”
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HB1354
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…over House Bill 1384. Passover House Bill 1486. Passed over House Bill 1354.”
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HB1384
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Morning hour has ended. Passover House Bill 1041. Passover House Bill 1384. Passover House Bill 1486. Passed over House Bill 1354.”
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HB1425
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…e bill 1423 is act 257 house bill 1424 is act 258 has forth house bill 1425 is act 259 house bill 1427 is act 260 house bill 1428 is ac…”
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HB1432
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1432 is Act 264, House Bill 1433 is Act 265, House Bill 1434 is…”
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HB1459
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1459”
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HB1467
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1467”
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HB1485
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “0 present. You'll pass the bill. Pass over House Bill 1485. Mr. Clerk,”
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HB1486
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…assover House Bill 1041. Passover House Bill 1384. Passover House Bill 1486. Passed over House Bill 1354.”
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HB1526
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1526”
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SB148
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB148”
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SB440
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Committee on Advanced Communications, to whom was referred Senate Bill 440.”
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SB63
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB63”
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for today, and I thank you for the work that the members of the House are doing for us as Arkansans. Lord, I know that they have a lot of issues and a lot of bills and a lot of things they're juggling. So, Lord, I just pray that you'll give them wisdom. I pray you'll give them clarity of thought. Lord, help them to be able to have quiet moments where they can really think through and process the things that they're facing. Lord, I pray that you'll give them the freedom to focus on what they're doing. Please take care of their families and all the other issues that fly around them, Lord. And I pray for strength and sustenance for them as they are working so hard to serve us.
And, Lord, I pray that you'll just bless them in their service. Lord, guide things, bring them together, help them to see the path to what is right for the folks of Arkansas. Lord, we
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thank you for Jesus. We thank you for salvation in his name. Amen. Amen. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Members, please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Cast
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up the balance for 97 members present. The chair sees a quorum. Are there any requests for leave?
Chair
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Representative Wren, you're recognized. Leave. Representative McLean. Leave granted for Representative McLean. Leave granted. Representative Nichols, you're recognized. Leave for Representative Walker. Leave granted for Representative Walker. Leave granted. Any other requests for leave? Representative James L.
Word, may as we dispense for the reading of the previous day's journal, no objection, so order. Are there reports from select committees? Read the report, Mr.
Clerk. Mr. Speaker, we, your Committee on Advanced Communications, to whom was referred Senate Bill 440.
Beg lead report, we had the same under consideration. Herewith, return the same as the recommendation that do pass, respectfully submitted. Representative Mariel Slinker, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we, your Committee on Public Retirement, who was referred House Bill 1124, House Bill 1128, and House Bill 1239. Beg lead report we had the same under consideration here with return the same recommendation that they do pass. Respectfully submitted. Representative Alan Kerr, Chair. Are there reports for standing committees?
Are there any executive, is there any unfinished business? Are there executive communications? Read the letter from
the Governor, Mr. Clerk. March 1st, 2013, to the Speaker of the House, dear Mr. Speaker, This is to inform you that on March 1st, 2013, I approve the following measures from the regular session of the 89th General Assembly. House Bill 1002 is Act 210. HB 1043 is Act 211. HB 1064 is Act 212.
HB 1073 is Act 213. HB 1077 is 214. House Bill 1082 is Act 215. 215. House Bill 1084 is Act 216. House Bill 1127 is Act 217. House Bill 1156 is Act 218. House Bill 1172 is Act 219. House Bill 1195 is Act 220. House Bill 1217 is Act 221. House Bill 1221 is Act 222. House Bill 1227 is Act 223. House Bill 1232 is Act 224. House Bill 1241 is Act 225. House Bill 1243 is
226. House Bill 1252 is Act 227. House Bill 1260 is Act 228. House Bill 1264 is Act 229. House Bill 1265 is Act 230. House Bill 1270 is Act 231. House Bill 1280 is Act 232. House Bill 1281 is Act 233. House Bill 1295 is Act 234. House Bill 1300 is Act 235. House Bill 1311 is Act Act 236, House Bill 1325 is Act 237, House Bill 1331 is Act 238, House Bill 1332 is Act
239, House Bill 1333 is Act 240, House Bill 1334 is Act 241, House Bill 1335 is Act 242, House Bill 1336 is Acts 243, House Bill 1337 is Act 244, House Bill 1338 is Act 245, House bill 1340 is act 246 house bill 1341 is act 247 house bill 1342 is act 248 house bill 1343 is act 249 house bill 1344 is act 250 house bill 1346 act 251 house bill 1347 is act 252 house bill 1386
act 253 house bill 1420 is act 254 house bill 1421 is act 255 house bill 1422 is act 256 house bill 1423 is act 257 house bill 1424 is act 258 has forth house bill 1425 is act 259 house bill 1427 is act 260 house bill 1428 is act 261 house bill 1429 is act 262 house bill 1430 is act 263
House Bill 1432 is Act 264, House Bill 1433 is Act 265, House Bill 1434 is Act 266, House Bill 1435 is Act 267, House Bill 1436 is Act 268, House Bill 1437 is Act 269, House Bill 1452 is Act 270, House Bill 1453 is Act 271, House Bill 1454 is Act 272, House Bill 1455 is Act 273
And House Bill 1185 is Act 274 Sincerely, yours might be big up Members, I'd like to welcome
us, visitors in the gallery today In the North Gallery, we have Donna Kingston, Miss Senior America, Arkansas 2012 From Paragould, guest to representative Mary Broadway And in the West
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Gallery, we have the Arkansas Bar Association Leadership Academy guest of Representative Marshall Wright.
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Representative Wright recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 1021. Read Amendment No. 1, Mr. Clerk. Amendment
Chair
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No. 1, House Bill 1021. Representative Wright, you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House, we're always so
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
7:15
grateful to pass this out already. All we did was, on the Senate end, was make an amendment to make it clear that the Department of Human Services would not be assessed the cost for transporting inmates.
Chair
Unverified
7:27
That's all the amendment does. Thank you. Representative Rodney has explained the amendment. Does anyone wish to speak against the amendment, for the amendment? If not, the
question before the House is concurrence. Senate Amendment 1, House Bill 1021. I've got a machine, Mr.
Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast the balance to 93 yeas, zero nays, and one present.
You have concurred and sent an amendment. Morning hour has ended. Passover House Bill 1041. Passover House Bill 1384. Passover House Bill 1486. Passed over House Bill 1354.
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Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1450. House Bill 1450 by
Chair
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Representative Fyde to amend the offense of aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Representative Fyde, you're recognized to
Representative Charlene Fite
Unverified
8:46
explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, this amendment adds two provisions to aggravated assault to a family or household member. The two provisions are displaying a firearm and strangulation or smothering. When a crime qualifies now as a domestic offense under the definition of family or household member, and the crime was displaying a firearm or strangulation or smothering, the prosecutors have to charge under regular aggravated assault.
What they want to do is to change this to the more appropriate charge of aggravated assault on a family or household member. And this amendment would allow for that. I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Fyde has explained the bill. Does anyone wish
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to speak against the bill for the bill? If not,
Chair
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the question before the House, the passage of House Bill 1450. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast at the ballot for 91 yeas, 0 nays and 0 present. you have passed the bill. Read
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House Bill 1250. Passed over, Mr. Clerk, it was Passover, House Bill 1250. Read
Chair
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House Bill 1410. House Bill 1410, representing Mayberry, to provide authority for the Arkansas Public Schools
to offer American Sign Language as a credit-bearing modern language or foreign
language. Representative Mayberry, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank
Representative Andy Mayberry
Unverified
10:38
you, Mr. Speaker. First, let me say that I am almost 100% positive this bill is constitutional. So we'll just start with that. We can get that out of the way. I spent this past weekend yesterday downtown here at Little Rock Marathon.
Watching my dad, 79 years old, he turns 80 next week, run his 8th consecutive Little Rock Marathon. Ran his first marathon ever at the age of 72. Also saw our Mr. Speaker here complete his half marathon. Looked good doing it. Now, my dad, he was a Marine. He was a Disciples of Christ preacher. A route salesman for the Coca-Cola Company for 15 years. But something unusual or a little more unique is my dad is also completely deaf.
He had complete, perfect hearing up until about the age of around 25 and started losing his hearing while he was in the Marine Corps. By the time he was 35, he was completely deaf. I was born when he was about 37 years old. He's never heard my voice. Now, I don't know American
Sign Language. 42 years old, my father's been deaf my entire life, I don't know American
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Sign Language. He doesn't know American Sign Language. But I can spell with either hand or both
faster than many deaf people can read it. It's a little unusual. Now, why
Representative Andy Mayberry
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don't I know American Sign Language with a deaf father? When he went to the VA to learn sign language, he was told, well, sir, it's pretty difficult to learn at this age, and do you communicate well with people who you're around a lot? And he said, well, yeah, you know, he reads lips. We could spell out particular words if you got stuck.
And so they suggested, there's no reason for you to do this because most people don't know sign language out in the general public. A few months ago, a young girl from Springdale, Morgan Asbell, in the 11th grade, contacted me about this bill, about this legislation. Morgan's father is hearing impaired. Her brother is also deaf. To graduate where he went to school, you don't have to have a foreign language to graduate,
but to graduate with honors, you do. and he was not physically able to take a foreign language, therefore couldn't graduate with honors. This is legislation that's very similar to what's already been enacted in 22 other states. Foreign language is not one of the 38 Common Core requirements. We have taken this bill. We have routed it through the Department of Education. They're good with it. The Department of Higher Education is good with it. The Arkansas Association for the Deaf, Tommy Walker, with that group came and spoke eloquently in American Sign Language at the Education Committee.
It's a good bill. It's one that we need. It does not mandate that any school offer this. It provides the opportunity for the schools to offer American Sign Language and have it credited
toward a foreign language. I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Mayberry has explained the
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
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bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House is the passage
Chair
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of House Bill 1410. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Has everyone voted? Cast with the ballots to 91 yeas, 0 nays, and 1 present. You have passed the bill.
Read House Bill 1469. House Bill 1469, Representative Klemmer, to clarify the requirements for generating and accepting electronic transcripts. Representative Clemmer,
you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank
Representative Ann V. Clemmer
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you, Mr. Speaker. Members, this is a Department of Education bill that I ran for them,
and it clears up the use of paper transcripts versus electronic transcripts. It's requiring the use of an electronic transcript for kids going from one school to the next and also for purposes of the lottery scholarship coming to the Department of Education. And I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Klemmer has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to speak
Chair
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the question before the House passes to House Bill 1469.
Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast the ballots for 92 yeas, 0 nays, and
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0 present. You'll pass the bill. Pass over House Bill 1485. Mr. Clerk,
Chair
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read House Bill 1475. House Bill 1475, Representative Hawthorne,
to authorize the issuance of a disabled veteran's special
motorcycle license plate. Representative Hawthorne, you're recognized, to
Representative Fonda Hawthorne
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16:08
explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know there's a lot of my colleagues here on the floor that really don't like license plate bills, but I think this is a special bill. We already have vehicle license plates for disabled veterans, So I feel like that we ought to give the disabled veterans a motorcycle license plate,
a special motorcycle license plate for our disabled veterans. There's no physical impact. The license plate will be free to the veterans, but there will be a one-year renewal every year to go to the Transportation Department. Please ask for a due pass. representative hawthorne has explained the bill does anyone wish to
Representative Davy Carter
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16:52
speak against against the bill representative link you recognize speak against the bill sometimes we end up with a
Representative Kelley Linck
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17:07
lot of debate over the simplest of issues but sometimes the simplest of
issues isn't that simple when you add it up over the years here is over 260 license plates we have in the state of arkansas now obviously i have nothing against veterans or disabled veterans or anything like that my concern is when are we going to stop this when are we going to stop this whole growing process that we're doing last uh last session i think we did eight or ten license plates i know there's quite a few in the hopper this year my real concern over this one and the reason i chose this one to come to the well finally as most of you expected me to do now
over the last couple years is now we're into a whole new genre now we're gonna have disabled veterans motorcycle license plates. I guess tomorrow we'll be introducing the U of A motorcycle license plate. Then next year, the next term, the Arkansas Tech University disabled the license plate. Don't forget the fraternal and the sorority license plates for motorcycles. We've opened up a whole new genre. And folks, now is the time to step forward and say no. If we don't, we're going to have 520 special license plates. So I'm going to vote no.
That's why I know everybody's been expecting this, but I thought I would explain myself and And I'm going to say no
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to it. Representative Link has spoken against the bill. Does anyone wish to speak for the bill? Representative Barris, you recognize, speak for the bill. Thank
you, Mr. Speaker. I'm speaking for the bill because I'm running a license plate of my own next week.
And there reaches a point where there's too many. But we only have to judge the merits of each license plate on its own accord, and I think this is a good one, and I think mine is too. So I'd
Representative Davy Carter
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18:55
appreciate a good vote. Representative Burris has spoken for the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, for the bill? Representative Hawthorne, would you like to close for
Representative Fonda Hawthorne
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19:09
your bill? You recognize. I appreciate Representative Meek's comments, but I would like to ask for a due pass for this bill.
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Thank you. Oh, Representative Link, I'm sorry. All right, the question before the House, passage of House Bill 1475. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted?
Chair
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Cast the balance to 77 yays, 3 nays, and 2 present. you have passed the bill. Read House
Bill 1417. House Bill 1417 by Representative Harris and all to extend the concealed handgun license exemption to current and former certified law enforcement officers, auxiliary law enforcement officers, bailiffs, and retired law enforcement officers. Representative
Harris, you're recognized to explain the bill.
Representative Justin T. Harris
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20:19
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill will allow all sheriffs, deputies, sheriffs, and law enforcement, certified law enforcement, to continue after retirement to have concealed carry. And currently, Arkansas State Police are allowed to have concealed carry upon retirement, but this just extends it to other certified law enforcement. and this was brought to me by a constituent in West Fork that was taking his concealed carry permit license
and he saw someone like me that had the day course who just took a couple hours shooting course and he was wondering why he had to do the same course when he's taking such an extensive course, you know, a course to get to carry and to do his service. So I'd appreciate a good vote
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on this. Representative Linderman, for what purpose? Question. You
Representative Homer Lenderman
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recognize? Representative Harris, if my understanding is correct, they are allowed to carry now, but they do have to recertify on some kind of a regular time frame.
Representative Justin T. Harris
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Is that not correct now? They are not allowed to carry now upon retirement. The Arkansas State Police
Representative Homer Lenderman
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can. That the only agency, sheriffs and other associations cannot? That's correct.
Representative Justin T. Harris
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21:44
They have to go get the certification and pay for it. This is going to allow them to have the permit given to them upon retirement. It's kind of going to be afforded to them for the hard work they've done, and it's just going to be given to them.
The other thing is they will continue to have to be certified through their
Chair
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local agency. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative
Representative Butch Wilkins
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Wilkins for a purpose Question You recognize Representative Harris Actually other law enforcement officers Now can be recertified By qualifying every other
year And I agree With your bill I think there's no need of that
But they can But you said they still had to qualify through their agency? That's correct. This is going to
Representative Justin T. Harris
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22:43
give them the concealed carry is
what I'm talking about. This is what this is concerning, the concealed carry handgun license. But why qualify?
Representative Butch Wilkins
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22:52
I mean, I don't understand why it would continue when a lot of these guys, like myself, have had 35 years of extensive training. And why would I? If you're going to do this, why would I have to be any different than other concealed carriers?
Representative Justin T. Harris
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23:10
Well, I agree with you, but the Arkansas State Police and the Sheriff's Association had some concern with the original bill, House Bill 1014. And so they added this language to the bill, and so we agreed to that, and so that's where we got this new bill. Okay. They wanted to make sure they could continue to shoot.
Representative Butch Wilkins
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23:34
They wanted to make sure. To hit the bullseye. Well, anyway, I'm for your bill. I hope everybody votes for it, but I still have a question. So thank you. Actually, I was contacted by several law enforcement officers asking that we include this in the concealed carry permit, just for general knowledge. So thank you, sir.
Chair
Unverified
23:51
Thank you. Representative Harris has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill,
for the bill? If not, the question before the House passes to House Bill 1417. Prepare the machine,
Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast the ballots to 94 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present. You have passed the bill. Read House Bill 1310.
House Bill 1310, Representatives Link and Catlett, to allow school districts that have been consolidated to sell, preserve, lease, or donate real property that is no longer utilized by the school districts. Representative Link, you're recognized to explain the bill. There's no license plate
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
24:40
involved. Thanks, Mark. Two years ago, I introduced the bill into a committee in education, and we discussed it quite some time, and I pulled it down and put it into an interim study proposal,
interim study, which that's where most bills go to die. This one went there to live. This one we brought up a couple times during the interim education, and we discussed it at length. We involved every player from the school board and the administrators and, of course, the state school board. Everybody, every player that could be involved, we've been involved for two years. Now, I understand today a lot of you are getting texts and messages from back home from your superintendent.
My question is, where were these people the last two years? Where was the executive branch when we were looking for answers? We're still not getting answers. We're getting some complaints. Two years we've had to get answers. Two years we've been looking for a way, and we've developed a way that we can use school buildings, empty school buildings that have been closed due to consolidation in these communities that so badly need these buildings for community purpose. We've found a way now to better utilize them and make it easier on the schools themselves that they be utilized.
For two years, we've worked on this, and we've found a solution. It's a good solution. It's a good bill. It will put the money that we, the state, have built these buildings, it will give them back to the communities and allow them to use them.
Representative Kim Hammer
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26:12
It's a good bill. Representative Hammer, for what purpose? Question, please. You recognize. This is pertaining primarily or exclusively to property that is no longer being used by the school district, so it's just sitting there vacant. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay, and so that property then in turn could be donated to whoever the district chooses to donate the property to, is that correct?
It could be sold, it could be leased, it can be donated, or it can be used. Okay, is there any restrictions, I can't remember, are there any restrictions that would prohibit property from being donated to a municipality? Are there any laws that would prohibit donation to, say, a city? it does allow i'm
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
26:55
going from memory as well representative hammer but yes it does allow that but it also puts in there that the school has a first right of refusal if that municipality city
or whatever decides to sell or no longer use that building it comes back to the school first and so
Representative Kim Hammer
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27:11
the the overall intent of the bill is to take vacant buildings that are otherwise sitting there dilapidating going down hill to be able to put to good use if if the school district whoever they want to donate the building to can agree
on it that's right we want them used thank you thank you mr representative gene for a purpose question you recognize representative link i have a
Representative Lane Jean
Unverified
27:32
school district falk arkansas and they took over bright star school which is in the corner of
the louisiana texas line down there and i'm pretty familiar with county and city laws on donation I'm not up to date on the school laws on donation. A city cannot donate land. It has to show a value. Tell me how, to make people comfortable with this bill, how are we going to get around this donation of school property?
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
27:59
Okay. It's a good question. Article 14, Section 2 discusses that, and I think that's what you're talking about with city municipalities. And that has been brought into question, and we've looked at, I'm not even sure how many,
Hopefully Representative Cat will remember how many different Attorney General opinions we've looked at and gone over and made ourselves comfortable with being able to do this. The Attorney General's office still raises questions toward the idea of donation due to 14-2. We're comfortable with it. We feel like we've got to a point that this is going to be allowable under that because it does give it back to the school as soon as it's no longer used. So the school has a first right of refusal.
Representative Lane Jean
Unverified
28:42
So it's just temporary use. It's really not donating the property. There you go. So the school district stays in control of the property and it never changes ownership hands. Well, it does change ownership
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
28:52
hands, but it comes back to the school as first right of refusal if they decide not to use that building anymore or if they decide to
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sell it or whatever the case may be. Okay. Thank you. Yes, sir. Representative Hawthorne, for what purpose? Question. Can I go buy one of these buildings?
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or does it have to be a municipality? It has to be used for educational or community purposes.
Representative Kelley Linck
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So you, as I say, if you're talking about for business use, yes you can, but you would have to pay the value of the building through fair market value. Okay, thank you. And we define fair market value in that bill as well. One other thing I'd like to add before I sit down is we have to use the building for educational purposes. In other words, if you want to sell it, donate it, lease it, or use it, educational purposes is defined by the local school board. It's not defined by us in the state.
So your local school board has a lot of control over
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the flexibility of that. Representative Link has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, for the bill? Representative McElroy, you recognize
I speak for the bill. thank you mr speaker this is a good bill uh i was county judge down there for 20 years and uh in our neighborhood or our area we had a lot of school consolidation left a lot of good
buildings empty the arkansas city school can combine with mcgee and the delta school combined with McGee. And you know, when you take a school or a church out of community, the community fades. And when they leave an empty building, when the building goes down, it's just an eyesore. There used to be a mecca for the little rural communities. I talked with the McGee School District, and they actually let the county have the Arkansas City School. They didn't have it in a
lease program. And what we have in it right now, we have the county library in that building. Now we have a medical facility, a clinic there in the building. We also house a fiscally disabled group in the building. So it's a good program. Rather than being an eyesore, you can turn it into something in the community that is still useful. And these buildings were some very expensive buildings that cost millions and millions of dollars to build
by the taxpayers. They'd pay for it by the taxpayer. And if you'd auction them off, I'm also an auctioneer, some of them would, actually they asked me to auction, some of them would bring like $25,000 on a $6 million facility originally. So this is a good bill. It gives a chance to have new life, give new life to a building, and I'd appreciate a good vote. Ripson Love, for what
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purpose? Okay. Representative McElroy has spoken for the bill.
Does anyone wish to speak against the bill?
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For the bill. Representative Lynx, close for the bill. The question before the House passes to House Bill 1310. Prepare the
machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast the ballots to 92 yeas, 4 nays, and 1 present. You have passed the bill. Read House Bill 1278.
House Bill 1278 for Representative Dan Douglas to allow additional exemptions from the county bidding requirements. Representative Douglas,
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you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you,
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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Mr. Speaker. From time to time in the county bidding process and procurement process, there comes an item for which there is only one source. All this bill does is allow counties, which cities already have that authority, to exempt the bidding process if you can only get it from one place.
There's also wording in here for documentation that depicts the exclusive, that you can only get at one place, all right? No, I can't say the word. But if you can only get at one place, forget the bidding. That's what it amounts to. Representative Burris, for what
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purpose? Question. You reckon, yes. I'm sorry for not catching you
before, Representative Douglas, but a couple questions. Is there a dollar threshold on the bid requirement?
No, there's not. So counties are constitutionally required to offer competitive bid. Is that right? Yes, that is. So how does this gel with that
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exactly? That's a good question. Where there is only one source, that's what this would take care of, is that cities already have that authority, like I said, And this would just allow, if there's only one source, and it's documented, and the county files a court order saying that there's that documentation there, then it would allow.
As far as constitutionally, I do not
know, sir. Okay, and I really hate to ambush somebody, but this is... I really appreciate this, Representative Burris. I know, I wish I would have caught this before, but I am just curious, so a couple more questions, I'm sorry. But would it be similar to the alternative delivery? I mean, I guess you're comparing it. Are you
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familiar with that term? Yes, I am. This is mainly on goods and services. For example, voting machines like ES&S voting machines, we already have those machines.
If we purchase more, they need to be compatible. Software programs. So goods
and services, not? Yes. No buildings. No building or construction. Okay, well, then I think that answers my question. So it's specifically spelled out where it's goods and services only, but not projects, construction, and otherwise? Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? Representative Edwards,
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for what purpose? You recognize. Could this be of
assistance to a county that faced an emergency circumstance and there was only one individual and one entity that could provide that service?
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You bet. That's exactly where this would fit in. Okay? Thank you.
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I'd appreciate a good vote, and thank you, Representative Burris. Representative Douglas has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to
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speak against the bill for the bill? If not, the question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1278. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? cast the ballots for 92 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present.
You pass the bill. Passed over House Bill 1517. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1267. House Bill
1267, by Representatives Kerr et al., an act to require a prior approval process for experimental and investigational surgical procedures and medical devices. Representative Kerr, you're recognized to explain the bill.
Representative Allen Kerr
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Good afternoon, members. This is basically a consumer protection bill. What it does, in essence, it gives patients and their doctors an appeals process by which they can go into the insurance company and appeal a decision on a medical procedure, Specifically, the folks that gave testimony were talking about a spinal device.
In other words, if you've got a broken disc, they go in and fuse it a lot of times now. Well, now there is a device that they go in and replace that disc is what they do. It's less expensive. The recovery time is much less, and although it's not used as a routine basis, they have done tens of thousands of these in the United States so far.
Again, this does not require or compel the insurance company to pay for anything. It's simply an appeals process by which the doctor and the patient goes in and talks to the insurance company and explains their case. Forty-nine other states have this statute. We're the last. And with that, I'll answer any questions.
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Seeing none, I appreciate a good vote. Representative Kerr has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the
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bill for the bill? If not, the question for the House, the passage of House Bill 1267. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast the ballots, 94 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present. You
have passed the bill. Read House Bill 1459. House Bill 1459 by Representative Neal to allow the use of a hunter education certificate in
an acceptable electronic format in lieu of a paper certificate.
Representative Neal, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1459 will allow hunters to show their hunter education certificate to a game and fish officer in an acceptable electronic format in lieu of a paper certificate. The Game and Fish has a link on their website that allows you to access your card information, and this bill will just put into code that showing this information electronically is acceptable. So when you take your grandson or grandson out or granddaughter out deer hunting or to the duck blind,
and halfway there they say, I don't have my hunter education card. It's not going to be a problem. You can pull it up on your phone or your iPad or whatever, and it will be taken care of. So I'd appreciate
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a good vote. Representative Neal has explained the bill. Does anyone wish
to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House is passed by House Bill 1459. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted?
Has everyone voted? Cast with the ballots to 97 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present. You have passed the bill. Read House Bill 1467.
House Bill 1467 by Representative Ballinger to clarify the procedure for a member of the County Board of Election Commissioners to file certain reports and declare a deadline for filing certain reports.
Representative Ballinger, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr.
Representative Bob Ballinger
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Speaker. This bill is really one of those bills that do almost nothing.
Currently, there is a law that says county commissioners are required to report their fiscal statement just like we are. Well, in that requirement, it didn't have any dates set. So this sets the date, the same date as our date, January 31st, for this year's report. It gives them, I think, until September to do it because, of course, they didn't have that in there before. I would field any questions if anybody has any questions. If not, I appreciate a good vote.
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Representative Ballinger has explained the bill.
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Does anyone wish to speak against the
bill, before the bill? If not, the question before the House is passed by
House Bill 1467. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast with the ballots for 91 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present. You have passed the bill. Read
House Bill 1526. House Bill 1526 for Representative Whitaker.
to clarify the fee structure for the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board and to make certain fees less, to make certain fees
non-refundable. Representative Whitaker, you're recognized to explain the bill.
Representative David Whitaker
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a procedural bill that would bring the Social Work Licensing Board's fee collecting ability in concurrence with Act 1159 of 2011.
There are no new fees. It simply gives them statutory authority to collect their licensing fees for the social workers of
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Arkansas. I'd like to have a good vote. Thank you. Representative Whitaker has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, for
the bill? If not, the question before the House is passed at your House Bill 1526. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted?
Has everyone voted? Cast the ballots for 90 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present.
You have passed the bill. Move to the yellow budget
Representative Duncan Baird
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calendar. Representative Baird, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, we have a short budget calendar today. We're going to go ahead and vote on the first bill individually, and then we're going to batch the second set of bills. So the first one we're going to do is Senate Bill 63, an act for the parole board. This is their appropriation that was approved in the fall.
I'd be happy to answer any questions about it. Appreciate
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a good vote. Mr. Clerk, read Senate Bill
Representative Jonathan Barnett
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63. Senate Bill 63 by Joint Budget Committee, an act for the Parole Board of Appropriation for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. Representative Barrett
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has explained the bill. Does anyone wish to
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speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 63. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? cast out the ballots for 92
yeas, 0 nays, and 1 present. You have passed the bill and the emergency clause. Representative
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Baird, you recognize. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The second section is a mix of reappropriations and general improvement appropriations for the next year. I'm going to go ahead and ask that we pull out and pass over Senate Bill 308 and Senate Bill 430.
And with that, we're going to match the remaining bills. I'll be happy to answer any questions or pull any of these out to vote on individually. So, members, the issue is the passage of the appropriation bills and emergency clauses on the list before you. I'm going to read down the list of bills one by one by bill number. If there's one objection to the consideration of a bill, it will be removed from the list and placed on the regular joint budget calendar for later consideration. SB 310, SB 327, SB 429, and SB 431.
Your one vote will be recorded on each bill and each emergency clause after they have been read for the third time. So, Mr. Speaker, I invite you to direct the clerk to read the bills
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for the third time. Mr. Clerk, read the bills for the third time. Senate Bill 310. Senate Bill 327 Senate Bill 429 and Senate Bill 431 Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk As everyone voted
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Voting on the bills and the emergency clauses As everyone voted, cast the ballots for 91 yeas, 92
yeas 0 nays and 0 present You have passed the bills and the emergency clauses Representative Beard, you're recognized. After the
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announcements, reading of the bills, placing the calendars on the desk, amending members on bills with their own amendments, members withdrawing their own bills, finalizing resolutions, reading communications, and any remaining committee reports, I move we adjourn until 1.30 tomorrow. That's a proper motion. All in favor say aye.
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Any opposed, nay. The ayes have it. Motion carries. Any announcements? Representative Edwards, you're
recognized for an announcement. Members, tonight from 5 to 7 at Curran Hall, which is across from Little Rock Post Office, 615 East Capitol, the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas, the Quapaw Quarter Association, having a great reception. We'd love to see
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you there. Thank you. Representative Baird,
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you're recognized for an announcement. Members, I have filed 21 general improvement appropriations for the House, HB 1591 through HB 1611.
We're planning on doing like last time and putting everyone's name on as a co-sponsor unless you specifically do not want your name on one of these bills. So over the next day or two, if you can catch me today or catch me tomorrow to let me know if you do not want your name on one of these
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bills. Thank you. Representative Saban, you're recognized for an announcement. Speaker, the Freshman Caucus meets in 15 minutes, and I just wanted to let you know the room's been changed to room 151. That's 151. Thank you. Representative Burris, you're recognized.
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Public Health, tomorrow at 10 a.m., we have two special orders of business. Representative Lee, you're recognized.
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Anyone with a constitutional amendment that's a shell bill, please fill it in. We will start hearing these
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on Wednesday. Representative Collins, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No Revan Tax Committee meeting tomorrow. There will be a Revan Tax Committee meeting on Thursday. Representative Klemmer, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr.
Representative Ann V. Clemmer
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Speaker. Education will be tomorrow at 10 a.m., room 138. Representative Bragg, you're recognized.
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The Arkansas Forestry Association will be hosting a reception from 430 to 630 in their office on 4th Street, just up from the Poultry Federation for the 1st and 4th Congressional District
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members. Members, I'd also like to remind you that the deadline for filing appropriation bills is 5 o'clock today. Representative Barnett,
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you're recognized. Transportation tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock, Big Mac. Are there any other announcements?
Representative Jonathan Barnett
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Read the bills, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 1587. Without objection, read the bill again. House Bill 1587. Joint budget. Without objection, read the bill again. Aging, children, and youth. Without objection, read it again. Joint budget. Without objection, read it again. Without objection, read it again.
Joint budget. House Bill 1592. Without objection, read it again. House Bill 1592. Joint budget. House Bill 1593. Without objection, read it again. House Bill 1593. Joint budget. House Bill 1594. Without objection, read the bill again. House Bill
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1594. Joint budget. House Bill 1595. Without
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objection, read the bill again. House Bill 1595. Joint budget. Without objection, read the bill again. House Bill 1596, House Bill 1597, House Bill 1597, House Bill 1598, House Bill 1598, House Bill 1599, House Bill 1599, House Bill 1600, House Bill 1601,
House Bill 1601. With an objection, read the bill again. Joint budget. This is an objection, read the bill again. Joint budget. Without objection, read the bill again. Joint budget. Without objection, read it again. Joint budget. House Bill 16-06
House Bill 16-07 House Bill 16-08 House Bill 16-09 Rejection, read the Bill again. Joint Budget. Joint Budget. Joint Budget. Joint Budget. House Bill 1612, I object to read the Bill again.
House Bill 1612, education. And objection read it again. Joint Budget. The objection read it again. Joint Budget. The objection read again, joint budget. The objection read again, education. The objection read again, joint budget.
The objection read again, rules. House Bill 1619, without objection, read it again, rules, House Bill 1620, without objection, read it again, aging children and youth, without objection, read it again, join a budget, without objection, read it again, join a budget. House Bill 1623, House Bill 1623, House Bill 1624, House Bill 1625, House Bill 1625, House Bill 1626, House Bill 1627, House Bill 1627, House Bill 1627,
House Bill 1628. Without objection, read the bill again. House Bill 1628. Point budget. House Bill 1629. Without objection, read it again. House Bill
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1629. Point budget. Oh, education. Sorry. House Bill 1630.
Representative Jonathan Barnett
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Without objection, read it again. House Bill 1630. Point budget. The desk will remain open for the
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reading of the bills until 4 p.m. today, and upon completion of the items named in the adjourn resolute,
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The House will be adjourned until 1.30 p.m. tomorrow. Representatives.
Agenda
Prayer & Pledge
Committee Reports
Committee Reports
HB1021
HB1450
HB1410
HB1469
HB1475
HB1417
HB1310
HB1278
HB1267
HB1459
HB1467
HB1526
SB148
SB63
Budget Batch
Announcements
Reading of the Bills
Documents
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Representative Dan M. Douglas
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Representative Allen Kerr
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