House Convenes

Are. Are. Yeah. Yeah. And bite the member staff press and guess the stand. As we observe a moment of silence in remember it's. Of all lives lost in affected as a result of the terrorist attacks of september eleventh two thousand one. And then to be led in prayer by doctor jonathan kelly. House chaplain and passed for a first baptist church in elder rado and remains standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative lane gene. God in overlasting father. Yeah. And we're so grateful guard for the men and women of. Fight for the rights we have when we are attacked. And so god. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button prepared machine madam clerk. Cast up the ballot madam clerk with ninety seven members present the chair sees a quarter are there any requests for leave reps and mac what purpose leave for representative mcgee it's leave granted representative again so noted represent berks for what purpose. It's leave grant for representative lines from so noted. Represent a group what purpose lee for record representative is leave granted for represent markberry so noted. Madam clerk please read the proclamation from the government. To ask to whom these presents came greetings whereas an extraordinary occasion has arisen making it necessary to convene the ninety four general assembly and extraordinary session whereas with the state's financial stability increase economic growth healthy resident accounts and conservative spending policies additional tax reductions can be an active to provide further tax relief during this period high and inflation under buying mummics whereas the rice and privileges of arkansas citizens should not depend on their decision to vaccinate themselves or their children where the right to a normal education and lifestyles imperative to the growth and development of our children and communities where is on september eighteenth twenty twenty two president joe buying declare that the cover nineteen pandemic is over whereas it is the position of my administration that we should protect our students safety freedoms and right to receive an education and are public schools in educational institutions as well as the rise of citizens across the state whereas is critical to protect the safety and security of students and staff while present on school campuses whereas there is a heighten need to protect the safety security and efficiency of constitutional officers and state executive branches agencies whereas there is a need to secure the attorney client and deliberately a process privileges within state government whereas there is a nice m in the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven as amended to prevent abuse of its attorneys fee provisions and whereas there is a need to provide a clarity in the law and constitutional protections to those things and the arkansas code and it's our sixteen ninety one twenty now therefore ask their hookabe sandwich acting ended up already vested in me as governor of the state of arkansas do here by colony extraordinary session of general assembly to convene and little iraq on september eleventh twenty twenty three at eleven am and do here by specify that the general assembly is convenient sites station to consider and it's so if I was exactly where the following process won to amend the individual income tax brexits and takes. Rates to a top tax rate of four point four percent effective game way first twenty twenty four and following tax years to mean the income tax brackets and rates for domestic and foreign corporation to the top text rate of four point eight percent effective january first twenty twenty four and following tax years of arrived and non refundable income tax credit for text you're twenty twenty three up to a hundred and fifty dollars per individual text for you in up to three hundred dollars for mary spouses filing jointly to to create the transfer existing surplus finance and arkansas are fine set aside in the restrictive resident find three to prohibit arkansas public interests for mandating covered nineteen back things are vaccine from variance or engaging and related course of actions to require the arkansas prime mini helps the maintaining publicly available information on the risk of the cover nineteen back seems to provide an exemption in certain cases if I approved by the arkansas legislative council for ten min the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven to protect the security of the governor lieutenant government of the tiny general the sector you state the utter estate the treasure of state the commissioner state lands members of the general assembly just as a supreme court or just so the court of appeals to me the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven to air protection for the delivery process and a turning client for religion of state level entities so man arkansas code twelve eight one o eight c to extend the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven exemption and confidentiality requirements are all duties of the state police under twelve eight one oh eight eight to amend the word attorneys of attorney's fees to require arkansas state policy. Police to file a quarterly report to the arkansas legislative council categories aggregate expenditures five so man arkansas code twenty twenty two eleven a to provide clarity for public schools private schools and educational institutes just to keep exterior doors closing log doing school hours apart from transition times as required and arkansas code six twenty one one twenty one seeks to amend the fill in traffic investment and arkansas program acts in the arkansas children with educational freedom egg programs that provide for the provision of educational services and access to the additional funding for children with disabilities under the filling traffic investment in arkansas kids program the succeeds scholarship program in the architects educational freedom account program seven to clarify the arkansas code sixteen dash ninety dash one twenty eight one applies to offenses commended on or after july second two thousand seven before jane way first twenty twenty four in the arkansas code 16 dash ninety dash one twenty applies to the sentencing for offenses commended honor after january first twenty twenty four eight to confirm the global australia appointees as required by architecture ten dash two dash and one thirteen and mine to provide the payment of expenses of her damn of the house representatives in the senate but the extraordinary session further this call is subject to a man prior to the date in time at which the general assembly shall convene and testimony where I have here in two second my hand and cause the great sill of the state of arkansas fixed this eighth day of september in the year of our lower twenty twenty three sarah hughes sanders governor. In accordance with the provisions of article six section nineteen in the arkansas constitution no business other than that which is to remain the items in the call the governor will be considered until all items in the call have been disposed of. This time I will recognize senator murdoch. The. Duly noted. Representative for what purpose let's hear your motion mister speaker i'm no voice band. For the duration of the special session house role at thirty eight p through t setting minimum length of time for circulation a physical impact statements related to specific types of legislation. That's a proper motion it's not debatable i'll in favor of say any opposed nose have it represented bought for what purpose mr speaker I have emotion sorry you recognize I move that we suspan for the duration at this special session and house roll forty one requiring bills to be on the desk for at least twenty four hours before final passage and prohibiting bills from being placed on committee agent as those sooner than the second calendar day following its filing that's a proposion all in favorites it's not debatable in favor say I any opposed the nose have it represented by you recognized mr speaker I may voice to spend for the duration of this special session and house rule sixty a setting minimum length at the time for notice of committee meetings that's a proper motion snark debatable all in favor say a opposed the nose have. The speaker. I hear by direct the clerk to notify the senate that the house is in session and ready for business. Further I hear by direct the clerk to notify the governor thousands and session and ready for business. Read the bills madame clark house will one thousand one. The. Without objection read the bill a second time thousand. Revenue tat house but one thousand two the objection read the bill a second time the one thousand two public health house were one thousand three and objection read the bill second time as well one thousand three days but one thousand four that objection read the bill a second time the one thousand four house will one thousand five that objection read the bill section thousand five k house but one thousand six objection readable second time one thousand six fidelity house will one thousand seven thousand objection read the bill second time as we're one thousand seven revenue attack but one thousand eight with that objection read the bill's second time elsewhere one thousand eight education. The house will stand in recess for ten minutes. The. Yeah. Members. Members add course we just assigned bills to committee so everybody should have that information that'll be available as well on the arch like website we're going to we're going to be in resass pending the call the chair so that we can confirm with the senate and the governor's office on our new schedule in light of the votes on the suspension of the rules because we have to take into account the notice requirements for committees and the uh waiting period for consideration of a bill so we're going to spain and reses pending the call the chair. The. Yeah. I. The. The. All right members. Trying to coordinate our schedules it's best we can to figure out the remainder of the week what our schedule will be some of it depends on some activity on the other end and will end uh with regard to bills that may be headed this way so and unfortunately we can have to stay in a holding pattern today because without the suspension that we can't take up committees can't meet we can't take up the bills today so what we're going to do is we're in a stand and recess until two o'clock and hopefully by then we'll have a little more information as to what the schedule can be for the remainder of the week and then also if we need to look into the following week as far as how we handle that so with that being said will stand in recess until two o'clock. Members thinking for your patience representative ubank's for what purpose motion let's hear motion motion to expand the vote by which rule thirty eight failed that's a proper motion it is debatable you recognize to explain the motion. Members we voted earlier on rule thirty eight and it's the section p three t which sets the minimum length of time for circulation of fiscal impact statements related to specific types of legislation and the time that i've been in the legislature we've had several special sessions this is pretty much standard procedure that we began so that we can get out a timely fashion i've had members come and ask me to make this version with regard to this rule and therefore I am so i'd appreciate a good boat. Absolute ubanks has explained the motion when he would like speak against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion representative ubank's is closed for the motion. The question before the house is the expansion of the boat by which. But which the suspension of rule thirty eight failed prepare the machine madame clark. The. Hold on members. All right hold on. Members to just to be clear this is a boat on the motion to expire and shift the motion to expand. Were to pass then there could be the consideration of the suspension again. Prepare the machine manner clark. The. Has everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam clerk baba fifty seven years twenty nine days and see where a present ocean has failed represent ubank's for what purpose motion you recognized. I make a motion we exponge the vote by which house rule forty one failed that's a proper motion it is debatable we recognize to explain the motion. Members are rule forty one is the two parts that requiring bills to be on the desk for at least twenty four hours before final passage and prohibiting bill from being placed on committee agenda snow sooner than the second counter their day following its following and the same explanation as before why i'm making this motion to explain to the. It's proper motion it is debatable represent ubanks that explain the motion when you would like to speak against motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion represent ubank's is closed for the motion the question for the house is the expansion in the boat by which the suspension of house rule forty one failed prepare the machine man clerk. The. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast of the ballot madam clerk by a vote of fifty nine yays thirty days in one present the motion is represent ubank's for what purpose motion you're recognized motion to exponge the vote by which rules sixty failed it's proper motion in this debatable represent ubank should recognize to explain the motion. Members rule sixty a is setting the minimum links of time for notice of committee meetings the same explanation as to why i'm making the motion represent ubank's as explained the motion when anyone like speak against the motion would it when I speak for the motion represent ubank's is closed for the motion the question before the house is the expansion of the vote by which the suspension of rules sixty a fail prepare the machine made a clark. As everyone voted as everyone vote. Cast up the ballot madam clerk bathroom fifty nine years twenty nine days and zero present. Before. Members were trying to determine what time to convene tomorrow just so the online fee didn't have just some deadtime will recess for five minutes the house will stand recess for five minutes. The. The. The house will come to order representative makes for what purpose and please let's hear your motion after the announcement training of the bills transferring the bill's place in the counters on the desk members of many of their own bills the owner members members were trying their own bills finalizing resolutions rating communications in any remaining committee reports I move the weird turn until eight thirty tomorrow morning that's a proper motion it's not debatable. All in favor sar any opposed the eyes have it. Members. Members I can have your attention please so given that we didn't suspend the rules they're obvious that can't be any committee meetings this afternoon there's nothing to take up so we will have to figure out what time committee's meet tomorrow and we'll put that out there so watch remails and watch the arch leg website we're gonna go ahead and meet at eight thirty in the morning so that we have the benefit of the full day there may not be much to meet on at that point but a lot of it's going to depend on what happens on the other end of the capital in terms of what we're able to do. All right. The desk will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion the items name the adjourned resolution the house will be