March 23, 2011- Part 2
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Bills discussed (14)
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SB316
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SB336
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SB593
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SB166
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SB268
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SB315
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Chair
Unverified
0:00
We are voting on the bill in the emergency clause. Everyone voted? Passed up
Speaker 2
0:10
the ballots, Mr. Clerk. I vote of 91 yeas,
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
Unverified
0:13
0 nays, 0 present. You have passed your bill. Senate
Bill SB 330, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 330 by Senator Jeffress to amend the Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004. You're recognized.
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
Unverified
0:30
as thank you mr speaker this is a relatively short amendment it moves the date the adequacy
committee is to report from september 1st to november 1st and sets a two-week period in which a draft report will be released to the members of this body
appreciate a good vote you've heard an explanation of the bill any ballot purpose you recognize
Chair
Unverified
0:50
i just had a question i didn't get a chance to catch it
Representative Nate Bell
Unverified
0:59
before we got out here on the floor um regarding the reasoning behind changing the reporting date from september 1st to november 1st could you explain that for me yes in fact we
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
Unverified
1:10
did this year in a special vote primarily to receive the adequate financial data because obviously this has a significant impact on the state budget and in the increases that go to education. So we waited to make sure that the numbers were where we thought they were and were reported to us. Again, getting a little later date gives us
a little bit better base for making the recommendations to you, which make the final decision.
Chair
Unverified
1:46
You heard an explanation of the bill. Anybody like to speak against the bill, for the bill? If
Speaker 22
1:54
not, Mr. Clerk, question before the House. Does it pass to the Senate Bill 330? Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Chair
Unverified
2:08
is there one voted there one voted that's up the machine mr. clerk by a vote of 88 yeas 0
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
Unverified
2:17
nays 0 present you have passed your bill
Senate bill 316 mr. clerk Senate bill 316 by Senator Key to clarify the provisions concerning the set off of debt from state income tax refunds
Representative Karen S. Hopper
Unverified
2:38
Ms. Harper, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues. I feel confident this afternoon that everyone in here wants to help their local law enforcement agency. And they're all probably asking everybody in here for help in these tough times.
So that's where Senate Bill 316 can help you and help them. As a bit of explanation, the current law says if someone owes restitution or fines and 12 months has passed, then their state income tax can be garnished. Senate Bill 316 reduces that to six months. So if you're six months behind and you're delinquent, that is, then the law enforcement can garnish your state income taxes to collect those owed restitution and fines.
Keep in mind, there are still regulations in place that require a 30-day notice before they can take this action. So on behalf of those fine men and women serving us in our law enforcement agencies, I ask for a good vote. You heard
Speaker 29
3:40
an explanation of the bill. Anybody like to speak against the bill,
Chair
Unverified
3:44
for the bill? If not, the purpose is to pass the Senate Bill 316. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Is everybody voted?
Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. The vote of 87 yeas, 2 nays, and 1 present. You have passed your bill. Senate Bill 336, Mr. Clerk.
Senate Bill 336 by Senator Elliott to create the Arkansas School for the Deaf special license plates. Recognize.
Representative David J. Sanders
Unverified
4:20
Members, this is a very simple bill I'll bring to you on
behalf of Senator Elliott, my dear friend and representative webb my other dear friend and i would just ask that you would
vote for this bill it creates a special license plate for the school for the deaf which we all know is really close in proximity to the capitol and i think this is a very fitting thing it passed out of transportation overwhelmingly i'd be happy to take questions mr lane what purpose a question sir you recognize do you know how many
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
4:55
unique license plates that we will have after this passes i i
Representative David J. Sanders
Unverified
4:59
do not i i think we'll have several all i'm sure are for for good purposes but i think
you probably want to vote for this one you don't want to vote against the school for the f for a third time yeah
Speaker 46
5:26
recognize for what purpose question you recognize uh
Representative Justin T. Harris
Unverified
5:30
representative you do realize that i'm for the school of the death correct
Speaker 41
5:35
that you are for the school for them yes are you aware of that
Representative Justin T. Harris
Unverified
5:41
yes yes okay how many friends do you have
Representative David J. Sanders
Unverified
5:44
how many friends do i have well i'm in a room full of them
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
Unverified
5:53
right now you represent what level what purpose question you recognize this going to be an increase in
Speaker 53
5:59
general revenue i don't know it's a good
Speaker 50
6:05
license plate and we'd appreciate a good vote
Chair
Unverified
6:08
come on guys vote yes you've heard an explanation of the bill anybody want to speak against the bill for the bill
Speaker 22
6:18
if not the question before the house passes senate bill three three six prepare the machine mr clerk everybody voted everybody voted
Chair
Unverified
6:37
cast up the ballots i vote of 90 yeas one nay zero presents you have passed your bill
senate bill 593 mr clerk senate
bill 593 by senator dismaying an act to specify minimum maximum unemployment benefits and to amend requirements for receiving unemployment benefits for discharge from absenteeism misconduct and failure to accept suitable work you're
Speaker 57
7:07
recognized thank you mr speaker uh i want to first start
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
7:12
off by thanking the committee yesterday for the good discussion and the good debate that
we had on this bill that you know for a good 45 minutes to an hour a lot of good questions and difficult issue colleagues we all know that the unemployment trust fund is uh it's not it's not going in in the right direction and soon if nothing's done we'll surpass surpass approximately 400 million dollars as you also know that both parties were unable to come up with with any agreed to solution i feel you know would submit that if we've got to and i think this is uh this
is not an end all be all the the end solution but i think it's the right start this bill does a couple of things uh number one it reduces the weeks uh that state pays for from 26 to 25. you know to be clear currently after the 26th week the federal government comes in and extends that out to 99 weeks this bill passes that would pick up after the 25th week and go to 98 weeks
the second thing that the second primary thing that the bill does it eliminates the automatic adjustment on the high low what i call the high low on the indexing and it sets the minimum at 81 where it is today and it sets the maximum at the current level at 451. to give you an idea of and there's been a lot of discussions a lot of good questions even today from some of the members about about that um arkansas is very generous in the benefits that it pays compared to other
states especially when compared to the average earnings uh for employees in the state new york pays high 405 california 450 which is basically where we are georgia 330 florida 275 texas 406 and it goes on and on and on and on dws has estimated that these changes will have a positive effect on the trust fund somewhere between 50 and 75 million dollars annually
and you know the bottom line is we've got to do something and if we don't do anything that debt is going to continuously get deeper and deeper and deeper there as you all know there's There's an amendment floating around that came down in the Senate to potentially bond. This is indebtedness. But to be clear, that would only take care of what's owed today. It would not take into effect what is currently being incurred as far as debt obligations, which is significantly a large amount.
But with that, I will say, I think I spoke to the governor's office, they're neutral on the bill. I'm sure many of you have received phone calls from some of your businesses in your communities. Especially in an environment today where businesses are struggling, I think that when you weigh all the factors that this is a reasonable answer to help solve some of the problem. I will say finally, and I'll be glad to take questions,
that you know the unemployment trust fund and benefits are certainly a valuable tool that we have and we need it we want it we've got to have it but we've got to do something to fix it or it's not going to you know i don't know what the answer is long term so with that
Speaker 46
10:50
i'll be glad to try to answer your question record steel purpose question you're recognized thank you mr
Speaker 65
10:56
speaker uh representative in the committee was the primary purpose of this bill to save money
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
11:10
the primary reason that i'm involved in the bill is that the it bothers me that and i know senator dismay and a lot of people in this room that the debt obligation is so high and we have to take steps uh to stop the bleeding and if that's what you mean by saving money then i would say yes but it's because of that debt obligation that's out there is is is the reason i'm involved
Speaker 65
11:44
and i'm sure you're aware that in the in the past when we run up a debt with unemployment there has been times where the
Speaker 69
11:52
federal government will come in and actually forgive the
Representative Davy Carter
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11:57
debt I am, and that has been certainly been talked about since the time we've been here, and I know it was debated when Jeremy Hutchison ran his bill to try to bond the indebtedness. One, I would say that I don't know that that's going to happen, I mean, especially with the
dollar amount that's owed not only to Arkansas, but I guess most every other state in the union, in the aggregate, I don't know how the federal government can waive that. And even if they did, we're still going the wrong way. It would be, all right, we'll square up today, and then tomorrow we are continually digging a deeper hole, and that's what this bill is trying to address.
Speaker 65
12:40
And to get out of that hole, should it be left solely up to the responsibility of the
people who are in a hole already, by sometime of no fault of their own, lose their unemployment? And was it discussed that those individuals who are receiving unemployment compensation are actually many of the people who have been paying into the system most of their lives and certainly do some help? Great question. And the answer
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
13:13
is no, that they shouldn't have to carry all the burden. And let me make clear as well that anybody that's currently drawing unemployment benefits,
this will not affect. Okay, so, you know, I want to get that out of the way. I did not, I failed to mention that on the front end. Number two, last session, the employers and labor groups were able to come to some sort of agreement. And a part of that agreement, the employers raised the wage base by $2,000. In exchange, I think part of the exchange was that the labor group agreed to freeze the high-low, which is where it is today.
And if we don't do anything, the high-low was there until July 1, 2012. DWS, their math says that the $2,000 increase in wage base ended up costing employees or somewhere between $40 and $60 million, dollars whereas the indexing was about 20 about 20 million dollars um so if you see the effects of that uh i think certainly that that the employers have paid their fair share and want to be very clear there is no circumstance uh possible where employers aren't going to have
to pony up i mean it is inevitable there's going to be some hard decisions that are going to be made next session and ongoing it is going to happen even with this bond issue it's the businesses who are going to have to pay to pay it off it's it's the assessments on on business so the answer is no the the solution is both sides but we've got to stop the bleeding and their negotiations failed and it's our responsibility to come up with a solution and i think this is a good good first step in the solution
Chair
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15:03
Representative Vivian, on purpose? Question. You recognize? Thank
Representative Mark Biviano
Unverified
15:08
you. Representative Carter, if we don't start to address this debt reduction, isn't it true the possibility exists that we may have to reduce government services in the future? Well,
Representative Davy Carter
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15:21
I mean, I guess it could extend on to a lot of things. I think the primary thing that's going to happen is we're going to be faced with even more difficult decisions decisions when it comes to benefits and assessments down the line as it relates to unemployment.
The argument is, well, the businesses owe it, this is debt, this is this debt. Well, I still have been yet to be convinced that if Congress wanted their money, they wouldn't write a letter to Governor Beebe and Richard Weiss and say, send us our money. We don't have $400 million laying around. you all know we fight over ten dollars out here in the in the rotunda every day so you know a lot a lot of potential problems again this is not
uh the magic solution that is going to uh to solve all the problems but it's
Speaker 80
16:12
it's very needed step representative feelings purpose question be
Representative David Fielding
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16:14
recognized represent with this if this bill passed and this worker get laid off after this bill has passed with families schools that they able to put on that table while they looking for a job would that be taking food off of their table well I guess in
Representative Davy Carter
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16:45
the 99th week that potentially you know I think that's what you're looking at so So the effects are going to be that after 98 weeks with the federal extensions, if that person had not found gainful employment, then they would not get that monthly, you know, their pay. But, you know, it can't go on forever, and whether it's 98 weeks or 99 weeks or 200 weeks or 1,000 weeks, it's just a matter of the economics.
And, again, if we wait day, every day we wait, we're getting deeper and deeper and deeper in the hole. Representative Hammer,
Speaker 59
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what purpose? Question, please. You recognize? You may have just answered it, but
Representative Kim Hammer
Unverified
17:32
I just want to clarify something. We're asking to give up one week so that we can preserve 98 weeks in the event that somebody needs it. So for 98 weeks, a family would have those services if they could not find a job. and that would sustain the system so that it could benefit the greater good of everybody.
Is that a correct interpretation? Yes. Thank
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you. Do you have any purpose? Question. Do you recognize? Thank
Representative Tracy Pennartz
Unverified
18:02
you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Carter, I appreciate your staying in the well to answer questions of members. I just would like to clarify something because our benefit now is 26 weeks. And could you tell me the only reason that it's been extended is because of stimulus dollars?
If those stimulus dollars were not there, our benefit here in Arkansas would be 26 weeks. Is that not correct? Yeah,
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
18:29
and to be clear, that extra extension is not paid for with state money, and you are correct. yeah
Representative Tracy Pennartz
Unverified
18:37
i just want to clarify but i don't want our colleagues to think that our benefit here in arkansas uh we somehow extended that those through our acceptance of the stimulus dollars as i understand it please correct
me sir if i'm wrong that was extended to that time period and you
know when that time period expires i i do
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
18:56
not and i and we had great discussion on that in the committee and i can't guarantee you that that will be here forever anymore than i can guarantee i
won't get ran over in the road tomorrow
Representative Tracy Pennartz
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19:07
if you may if i may mr carter i think it expires uh at the end of the year now i could be wrong on that and please correct me anybody in here that knows better but but i i just want to say that that as i understand it if there weren't those stimulus dollars our benefit now is 26 and it will go to 25. we'll go to 25 and i apologize for that
Representative Davy Carter
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19:29
make that clear but thank you it's 26 eight weeks down to
Representative Efrem Elliott
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19:37
25 mr carter you bet thank you question you recognize thank you mr
um so i just want to get this clear we're still saying that even though it's been extended for 26 weeks we're talking about cutting one week back uh so that that person who's on unemployment probably by no fault of their own uh trying to
support their family we're going to cut them off an extra week because i just believe that if they could find jobs or work at that point then they would they would not stay on unemployment for 26 weeks if they didn't have to the uh correct
Speaker 72
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take it down one week and the federal uh the federal rules
Representative Davy Carter
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20:23
say we can't change the percentage and they're very limited what you can change and so that is uh i think those are the options i think they're reasonable when you weigh that when you're
down 400 million dollars there is a significant debt hey this this needs to be done i think when you weigh the interest that it's a good first step and i'd appreciate a
Chair
Unverified
20:47
good vote I heard an explanation of the bill. Anybody want to speak against the bill? Mr. Nichols. You're speaking against the bill.
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
21:09
You recognize? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. you know unemployment insurance started in 1935 as part of the new deal legislation it was a and still is a federal state partnership federal government gives the states guidelines that they have to follow uh in the pro in providing unemployment compensation insurance this is not an entitlement program this is insurance the workers put in their hours the
The employer pays a percentage of the payroll to cover the times when, after the employer has laid somebody off, and there was still the employer's choice to lay off, and then they draw their benefits based upon our formula. Now, I'd like to correct one thing that Representative Carter kind of implied, and that is that the unemployed in Arkansas receive $451 a week.
No, that's the maximum amount that they would receive if that was two-thirds of their average wage. The average benefit is in the $200 range, so it's not $451. That gives you a little bit of a difference. Now, the purpose of unemployment is twofold. It is to provide that laid-off worker, through no fault of his own, some subsistence while they are unemployed, hopefully for a short period of time, up to 26 weeks.
That's one purpose of it. The other purpose, though, is to make sure that the recession doesn't become a depression. It's a counter-cyclical type of argument. that if that money is not in the economy, then the economy will suffer. So you take that week of wages or that week of unemployment insurance and multiply that by the number of people who are unemployed at that particular time.
That comes out of the economy. Now, I realize that the state chamber has taken a strong position on this bill, But I want you to think about your local chamber of commerce that represents your local small businesses, the small landlord that has a rent house or two, the small apartment buildings where these folks may
live, or the local grocery store, the local utility company.
That money is not used to invest in some certificate of deposit or in a stock market or anything like that.
That money is spent almost immediately. It stays in the economy. And also unemployment, and until this session, I think, it's been a shared sacrifice. The workers, as Representative Carter mentioned, changed some of the rules on eligibility, but they had a cap on it. And that will end this time. And from my discussions with the labor leaders, they're willing to extend that period of time.
But that was not acceptable in the negotiations. I say shared sacrifice because this bill does not require the employers to share in the pain. If this had included an increase in the taxable wage base, which is reasonable, the indexing, and also included some stopgap provisions here, then I think it would be agreeable.
But this is an onerous bill, only unemployed. And I went around this state for about 20 years. Every time there was a plant closing in your community, the first one I ever did, I think, was in Piggott, Arkansas, Mr. Patterson, when a major employer up there closed down in the early 80s. And I explained unemployment insurance law, told them what their rights were. The last one I did, I think, Mr. Steele, was Jackson Bakery when it closed down.
And, of course, Alltel Arena is there now. So I've got a familiarity with unemployment insurance. and the change of the rules here when you go from a disqualification of eight weeks as the penalty they disqualification from eight weeks to now saying that a person has to work 30 days before they're eligible for unemployment well think of that they are working they are working 30 days and they cannot quit that job saying that they have met the qualifications to start unemployment
again so it is just basically doing away with any unemployment liability so that's the problem with this particular bill that we have before us but again i think if this had dealt with shared sacrifice and not just being rammed down the throats of the unemployed workers out there who have put in their time because you don't get unemployment insurance unless you have a history of working you have to have that history
to determine the amount of benefits you're going to get so in that sense it makes it an insurance program not an entitlement program and we are breaking the compact that we have that started with franklin delano roosevelt in the new deal legislation 1935 so i urge you to to vote against this bill not only for that injured worker but for the economy of the state of arkansas that needs that money circulating in our communities in your local communities
that can can use use those dollars
circulating uh mr speaker i'll be happy to entertain your
Chair
Unverified
27:36
questions representative hobbs purpose you're recognized thank
you mr speaker representative nichols how much does the employee pay into the unemployment insurance the In
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
27:47
Arkansas, and I think in just about every state, there may be one
out there, the employees, the workers, do not pay other than their labor.
The premium is based upon the payroll of the employer, and that's, in essence, part of the payroll
Representative Mark Biviano
Unverified
28:11
tax. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative Viviano, purpose? Question. You're recognized. representative nichols i respect your expertise in this area how long now has the federal benefits up to 99 weeks been how long have we had that well
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
28:28
i think what those are part of
what i would call the federal extended programs and i think part of it may have been through stimulus money others is other federal dollars that are used we've had extensions of regular ui for a number of years back even in the 80s if the unemployment rate in a particular state got so high then the federal would come in and say well you can have extended benefits for 13 20 26 weeks but with this uh uh employment and economic downturn we've had since 07 of course it's been
And, you know, the feds have come in and said, we are providing more weeks of unemployment, and the feds will pick
Representative Mark Biviano
Unverified
29:16
it up. So, in fact, for a long time now, we've been providing quite a bit more unemployment benefit time to people in the state of Arkansas beyond
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
29:26
26 weeks. They've been federal dollars. Those dollars are not anything that the state owes. Thank you.
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
Unverified
29:36
Representative Clemmer, purpose. Speak for the bill. You're recognized. I'm sorry. He's
Speaker 11
29:49
not cleared the stadium yet. Yes. Representative Sanders, what purpose? Question. You're recognized.
Representative David J. Sanders
Unverified
29:53
Representative Nichols, how many other states around us have participated in this indexing of the high-low? I mean, as I understand it, Arkansas has been doing this a lot longer. our our unemployment benefit that is paid out is over the states that surround us in fact we rival
some states like new york you
Speaker 123
30:12
know we're over texas uh i don't know what
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
30:16
each state's law entails on indexing but i think if the state chamber of commerce had agreed to indexing the wage base as wages rose we would not be having this problem today the problem that has occurred is the benefits were indexed but the the taxable wage base was not if that had been indexed then we would not be here today
Representative Kim Hammer
Unverified
30:44
representing the hammer what purpose question please you recognized mr nichols would you represent nichols would you educate me how long does a person actually have to be employed full time before say they lose their job and they could draw benefits well i'm going to be quick
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
30:59
with this from memory they have to have wages in the first four of the last five not counting the current quarter
Speaker 128
31:07
so they have to work four four quarters before they can qualify for that's what they
Representative Jim Nickels
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31:13
will look at the to see if they qualify and then they take the wages in the two high quarters to figure
Representative Kim Hammer
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31:21
their benefit amount okay and how long of benefits in unemployment insurance compares that like if you you work this length of time and say you get laid off or lose your job you could turn around and be paid almost equal amount
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
31:36
of time in unemployment insurance for for regular ui benefits once you develop a benefit year and i just described what the benefit say like you file for benefits and uh in in march right now your year to receive regular ui benefits will
actually end december 31st because it is looking at the quarters and you filed it in the first quarter of this calendar year so your year would actually end december 31st so then could a person actually
Representative Kim Hammer
Unverified
32:03
but you can only draw 26 weeks during that benefit year which is almost equal the amount of time that a person would work and then say lose their job so it'd be almost a match am i am i off on that
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
32:16
well i'd have to have somebody that can work numbers much better than i can to tell you that but but the point that i've tried to make is you have to have worked in order to
qualify for benefits now if you uh have regular ui benefits and uh you go say like i file now and i run out in indice well i ran out before december but then in january of next year i go to uh refile because it's a new benefit year I would not qualify for unemployment benefits because I did not have any work since I filed my first claim so it's just not
Speaker 124
32:58
gonna pick up but I'm talking about regular UI you're not gonna be eligible for it got it thank you
Speaker 135
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Mr. Nick, what purpose? He's still in the well. He's leaving the
Chair
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33:21
well. Anybody want to speak against the bill? Senator Clemmer, you're recognized.
Representative Ann V. Clemmer
Unverified
33:37
Since we like to come down here, thank you, Mr. Speaker, we like to come down and talk about personal experiences. I don't really want to do that, but my first job was working at the employment office, so I have not the same level of familiarity that my colleague Mr. Nichols does, but I do have some familiarity with it. In fact, that was the only job I could find that year after college. What I want you to think about are the self-employed family businesses in this state. They are holding on by their fingernails, and the cost of unemployment is going through the roof.
They repeatedly tell me, every time I go into a group of people, we've got to do something about unemployment. We are barely making it. It is one of our biggest costs, if not the biggest cost for some companies in doing business. We don't have unemployment insurance for self-employed people. They are giving people jobs, and they are closing daily.
They need some relief, they need it badly, and we need to be thinking also about the people that create jobs so that they'll keep their doors open, so that they can hire that next person looking for a job. I've also had employers that run private employment agencies, and they tell me that every time we have extended benefits, they have people call and cancel interviews. Our problems with unemployment insurance are great.
We've already turned down a bill to require drug testing. We have a lot of problems with unemployment in our state. There's not much that favors the employer in this environment, and I think we need to be thinking about the people that are providing jobs to our citizens so we can keep our people employed. Thank you. I appreciate
Chair
Unverified
35:42
a good vote. Dr. Wren, what purpose? Consideration. That's a proper motion. Non-debatable. Question for the House?
Immediate consideration. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. No. Ayes have it questions for the house the passion of Senate bill five eight nine three Five nine three
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boss clear the machine prepare the machine mr. Clerk
Chair
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36:21
Has everyone voted cast up the ballot mr clerk the vote is 67 yeas 20 nays to one present you have passed your bill clerk reads send the bill 268 mr kerr moves a clincher all in favor say aye Aye. All opposed?
Aye's have it. Lynch is adopted. Read Senate
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Bill 268, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 268 by Senator Johnson
Chair
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36:59
to allow parents of multiple birth siblings to make decisions regarding public school classroom assignments for the siblings. Mr. Sanders, what purpose? I'd like
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to pass over this. Keep it on the calendar. Leave it on the calendar? Yes, sir.
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Without objection? Ms. Clerk, read Senate Bill 875.
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Senate Bill 875 by Senator Files to amend certain definitions used in the Arkansas
Representative Tracy Pennartz
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Alternatives Fuel Development Act. Ms. Penards, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 875 really just is amend certain definitions used in the Arkansas Alternative Alternative Fuels Development Act. Basically, what it does, it expands the term biofuel to
include gaseous fuels, currently just limited to liquid, derived from biomass or other renewable resources. And secondly, it expands the definition of biomass to include landfill refuge. you've heard an explanation of the bill anybody want to speak against
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the bill for the bill if not the question for the house that passes the senate bill 875
prepare the machine mr. clerk has everyone voted cast up the ballots mr. clerk The vote is 88 yeas, 0 nays, 0 presents. You have passed your bill. Senate Bill 876, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill
876 by Senator Files to amend the Arkansas Clean Energy Development Act
to include natural gas public utilities to allow biofuel to satisfy the public utility's energy efficiency
Representative Tracy Pennartz
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or conservation goals. Ms. Benares, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. City Bill 876 is an act to amend the Arkansas Clean Energy Development Act to include natural gas public utilities and to allow biofuel to satisfy the public utility's energy efficiency
or conservation goals. It adds a requirement that natural gas utilities consider the use of renewable or clean energy resources, for example, biogas. It also allows the Arkansas Public Service Commission to approve the use of renewable by the utility. Thirdly, it has the use of renewable biofuel serves to satisfy what is called energy efficiency or conservation goals of the utility if it displaces energy-equivalent fossil fuel.
And lastly, it allows the Public Service Commission to authorize the utility to recover costs, if appropriate, based on a benefit analysis. The Arkansas Public Service Commission is in agreement with this bill. You heard an explanation of the
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bill? Anyone like to speak against the bill, for the bill, not the question before the House will pass. This is your Senate Bill 876, prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everybody voted? Passed up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. A vote of
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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88 yeas, 0 nays, 0 presents, you have passed your bill. Senate
Bill 166, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 166 by Senator Luca regarding the service of subpoenas under
Representative Matthew Shepherd
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Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act. Mr. Shepherd, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 166 provides a slight change to the Arkansas Administrative Procedures Act.
It would simply allow that in the event a subpoena is authorized by law, it would allow that subpoena to be served by mail, return receipt requested, and delivery restricted to the addressee. I think this was asked for by the General Counsel's Office with DHS. Not only would it benefit the agency, but also an individual who is involved in an administrative appeal
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
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through the Administrative Procedures Act.
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I'd appreciate a good vote. A certain explanation of the bill? Anyone would like to speak against the bill, bar the bill? If not, the question for the House has passed. of Senate Bill 166. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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Is everyone voted? Step the ballot, Mr. Clerk. With a vote of 88 yeas, 0
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nays, 0 presents, you have passed your bill.
Read Senate Bill 87764, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 764 by Senator
Key, an act to authorize the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to issue general permits to create procedures for issuance, review, renewal, and revocation of general permits.
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
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Mr. Johnson, do you recognize? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 764 clarifies an existing gray area by making it clear that an existing general permit that has expired continues to provide coverage for those facilities already covered by that
general permit until a new permit is issued, and ADEQ supports this. Appreciate a
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good vote. I've heard an explanation of the bill. If you
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would like to speak against the bill, if I'm sorry of the bill, if not, the question before the House has passed, it's in the bill 764. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everybody voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk.
For the vote of 91 yeas, 0 nays, 0 presents, you have passed
your bill. Senate Bill 855. Senate Bill 855 by Senator Rappert-Knoll. To allow an auxiliary law enforcement officer appointed as
a reserve law enforcement officer to administer blood alcohol tests and operate a device to detect excessive speeding. You're correct now to
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that I don't present any bills unless they're controversial, so here we go.
I stayed in the Holiday Inn at the Express last night, so I'm ready to go. All right, this act is to allow the auxiliary law enforcement officers appointed by a reserve law enforcement officer to administer blood alcohol tests and operate for excessive speeding. And the way they told me in the Senate, all 35 of them voted for it down there, and they said that it was optional for the sheriff and the guys to do this. It wasn't a requirement. It's supported by various, not all Arkansas sheriffs,
Chiefs of Police and the Arkansas Police Penelope Association and Arkansas prosecutors across the state. It does several things here. it says that it gives the sheriff an option or police chief chief to use reserve officer and training and so on uh it doesn't require anybody to uh to do this as an
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option represents me of what purpose question uh you're recognized thank you
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speaker uh representative how is a reserve officer going to administer radar detecting devices and how would that stand up in
the court of law he would have to be asserted that'd be certified and
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be certified and trained before he could but you said
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he can operate the device well i mean he's got to be trained first okay and
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so that's that's acceptable under law enforcement standards and training right
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they got to be trained and then they could come in and do it well may i ask one more question
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okay the blood alcohol yes sir how will that test stand up well he'll have to be certified to do that there's a person
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certified in Lawrence County now this does all of our tests for us and then some officers are so they've got a machine set up and this guy ministers
the test and the reason for this is it's to help the help the officers I reckon okay
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thank you representative Wilkins what purpose mission you're recognized representative Radcliffe who who's gonna pay for this
training with the individual pay for it itself or will the county state i think reserve officers has to pay their own training as far as i know i'm not sure okay did did some police agency ask you to bring this
Representative Jim Nickels
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bill or yes sir who the uh police
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chief association okay thank you sir representative mclean what purpose a question mr you recognize now before uh previously
Representative James McLean
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i mean as i'm reading the bill only full-time law enforcement officers had the authority to administer the the breathalyzer i'm assuming that's what we're talking about yes sir yes okay um i i'm kind of worrying about
liability when you have someone who appears to me is not a certified law enforcement officer who is administering the breathalyzer. Is there something within this bill that I'm not seeing that addresses liability issues when you have someone who is not certified law enforcement who is out there in the field administering the breathalyzer? What it says here is
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it merely allows the law enforcement to actually train
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and certify reserve officers that have earned their confidence and deemed necessary function in our
Representative James McLean
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local agencies and the reason i'm asking this is because in independence county we have a very very vibrant and active reserve yes sir and you're familiar with them but but primarily they are not certified law enforcement officers and and to me when you're out on a dwi stop there are so many variables involved in that and i just i have a concern with someone who is not a certified
a law enforcement officer with some experience behind them administering the breathalyzer so that that's my that's my concern yes sir it's optional
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to the to them way they explain it to me
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okay i appreciate you answering questions representing the rebels represent daly what purpose question you recognize uh
Representative Efrem Elliott
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representative do you know how many hours a auxiliary a person can can i i'm i
Representative Efrem Elliott
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i i think it's less than 20 and i guess my question
is if they can if they can only work less than 20 hours how are they going to get certified to properly train themselves or to get trained to administer these things the second question i have if they are not properly trained and then working under the auspice of someone else that makes the agency liable for what they do so i think that this is a bad deal because it's going to make a lot of agencies liable the way you know the way they're
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explaining to me is they're going to get the ones that they like reserve ones that's doing
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a good job and then try to move them on in
to the full-time job maybe eventually problem with
Representative Efrem Elliott
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that is that if they're listed as auxiliary that is exactly what they have
and that's what standards is listing them as until the the chief or the sheriff deems them full time then they can work over so if they're doing if they're working under the auspice of auxiliary and they're doing these things that's going to open up some liability next mr geely what
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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purpose question you recognize thank you mr speaker
Representative Jeremy Gillam
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uh representative ratliff uh just a couple
quick questions for clarification's sake i know we've had some concern over liability and everything here uh when the testimony was presented to us in committee uh you might clarify this but was it not stated that before any of this takes place that there would be certification and training that went into place that they're not just going to throw somebody out right and they would have to
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be certified and trained before it would happen okay last question if
Representative Jeremy Gillam
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i might um what committee did this come through would did this come through uh house judiciary is that correct let's come through
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the house judiciary committee you know it was hammered on pretty hard there thank you very
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Thank you very much, Mr. Ratliff. Representative Becker, what
Representative Tommy Lee Baker
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purpose? Question. You recognize? Representative Ratliff, if I've got a fitted with 20 law enforcement officers, all those certified law enforcement officers, can they perform this test, or does it have to be one or two that's picked out to perform this test? Well, if they're already certified and
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they're certified to run the radar, they're all certified.
But if they're doing, I understand they have to be certified to run the
Representative Tommy Lee Baker
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blood alcohol test. By being a certified officer does not certify them to run these tests, right? No. So you could have just a certified person running
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that machine or that. No different than the certification. It could be a law enforcement officer, but that person has to be certified. Yes, sir. Sure does. Appreciate a good vote. Thank you. You
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heard an explanation to the bill? Anybody want to speak against the bill?
For the bill? You want to speak
Representative John Catlett
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against the bill? You recognize? Mr. Catlett. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Colleagues, I've written countless speeding tickets, And I can tell you there's more to the job than just going to a radar certification class. And I'm against the bill for that reason.
Another reason is we have a lot of areas in the state that really don't have the supervision of the auxiliary, that would have an auxiliary program with supervision. So there may be a city marshal in the middle of nowhere that doesn't get paid. And there's a lot of those out there in our rural Arkansas. And I just don't think
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the program fits the knee, so I'm against it.
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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It's spoken against the bill. Would you like to speak for the bill? Against? Mr. Allen, you want to speak against
Representative Efrem Elliott
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the bill? You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, as we consider this, let's all remember as we go home that we go through rural areas, areas, as my colleague Cadillac said, that may not be able to afford full-time officers
and do have auxiliary officers and those auxiliary officers are not full-time trained officers and if they're allowed to do speeding and um dwi there's going to be a lot of trouble in reference to that so i would just say that this is a terrible bill
and i i would suggest all my colleagues vote against it now i speak
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for the bill mr representative challenge by purpose
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hear your motion media consideration please proper motion non-debatable all in favor say aye all opposed say no eyes have it thank you question before
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the house is passing of Senate Bill 855. Prepare to machine, Mr. Clerk. Is everybody voted?
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Is everybody voted? Pass up the ballots. The vote of 37 yeas, 37 nays, 6 presents.
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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Failed to pass the bill. Senate Bill 296, Mr. Clerk.
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Senate Bill 296 by Senator Teague, an act to define the individuals who qualify as personal representatives for purposes of obtaining medical records. Stewart, you're recognized.
Representative Randy Stewart
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a bill from Senator Teague. It only does one thing. It outlines who can request an autopsy result that is in a person's medical records. On the front page, it lists four people, the executor of your estate, the descendant's spouse, a parent of the descendant, decedent, or an adult child. On the back page, it provides liability for the health care provider who, in good faith, releases copies to these four people outlined in this law.
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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good bill. Appreciate a good vote. You heard an explanation of the bill? Everyone speak
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against the bill? For the bill, if not, the question for the House is passed by the Senate Bill 296. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Is everyone voted? Pass up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. With a vote of 86 yays, 0 nays, 0 presents, you have passed your bill.
Senate Bill 736, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 736 by Senator Pritchard to establish criminal penalties for
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the possession of less than four ounces
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of a Schedule VI controlled substance. Mr. Rice, you're recognized to present
Representative Terry Rice
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the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, Senator Pritchard's bill does not affect SB 750 that we passed recently.
What this does is changes the penalty from $150 or $300. It does fund drug courts. This was passed out no problem out of the Senate. It went through judiciary, although we know judiciary may not be a perfect committee. It's an awful good committee. The governor does
not oppose this, and I would appreciate a good vote.
Representative Stephen Meeks
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examples of a Schedule VI controlled substance, please? do the best
Representative Terry Rice
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I can the my notes that that I'm given here and again I have not had this long we heard it in judiciary this goes on the offense see if I can find it
I've got notes here, but no, I cannot answer that for you
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right now. Anybody got anything? Reverend Williams, what purpose? Question? You recognize? Mr. Rice, is
Representative Darrin Williams
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it true that this bill does not detrimentally impact the prison reform bill that we recently passed? And that is what I stated when
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I stepped into the well, was it does not affect SB 750. I would still appreciate a good vote. Thanks, sir. You heard an explanation of the bill?
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Anybody want to speak against the bill, part of the bill? If not, the question before the House is passed to the Senate Bill 736. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Is everybody voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. Thy vote, 92
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yeas, 0 nays, 0 presents. You have passed your bill. Mr. Clark, will you build Senate Bill 676?
Senate Bill 676 by Senate Efficiency and Act for the Arkansas Senate Staff Appropriation for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Representative Hyde, you're recognized to explain
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the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, you may
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recall several weeks back we worked on the House budget. We discussed it and we passed it out, and it was sent down to the Senate. It was on their calendar today, and about 10 minutes ago, they passed it. You'll also recall that we all heard the speech about how we try not to meddle in each other's personal business too much.
So I bring to you SB 676 from Senate Efficiency, which is their budget bill down there. I would appreciate a good vote. Thank you.
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Members, our next explanation of the bill. Representative Lee,
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what purpose? Question. Recognize. how many votes did it pass
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by I think it was unanimous members heard an
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explanation of the bill anyone wishing to speak against the bill for the bill not the question for the house passes senate bill 676 prepare the machine mr clerk
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voting on the bill and the emergency clause everyone voted everyone
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voted cast up the ballot by a vote of 91 yay zero nay zero present you have passed the bill and the emergency clause
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All right, members, we're going to move
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to the yellow budget calendar. Representative Webb, you are recognized to tell us how you want to proceed on the budget items today. Thank you,
Representative Kathy Webb
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Mr. Speaker. In the first section, we will pass over Senate Bill 10. uh and then i would uh suggest that we batch senate bill 150 senate bill 226 and 486.
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all right without objection we'll pass over senate bill uh
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10. leave it on the calendar um mr clark reeves senate bill the senate
bill is enumerated Senate Bill 150 Senate Bill 226 Senate Bill 486 Representative Webb, you're recognized
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Anything further on the bills? Okay, anyone wishing to speak
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against the bills, for the bills if not, the question for the House is passage of the bills enumerated
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by the clerk. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
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Everyone voted? Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of 90 yeay, 0 nay, 2 present. You have passed the bill and the emergency clause. Representative Webb, you're recognized to explain how you want to proceed.
Representative Kathy Webb
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to
go down to the bills to be considered, which have been introduced by
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bills together. Mr. Clark, I'll read the bills. Senate Bill 518, Senate Bill
552, Senate Bill 639, Senate Bill 678, Senate Bill 696. Does anyone wish to speak
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against the bills, for the bills, not the question for the House,
passage of the bills enumerated by
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the clerk. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Voting on the bills and the emergency clause.
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Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of 85, yea, 0, nay, and 6 present. You have passed the bills and the emergency clause. Representative Webb, did you want to pass over 1630 and leave it on the calendar?
Oh, I'm sorry. Without objection, we'll pass over 1630 and leave it on the calendar. I remember before I recognized Representative Allen or Representative Cowan, I did want a further clarification on a matter that I may have erroneously addressed yesterday about
the dress for the party tomorrow night, the men preferred the ladies in their high heels. A lot of guys told me that they preferred ladies in cowboy boots, so that means that as intended, it's your party. We just want you to come so you feel comfortable, and that was why, you know, black tie or boots and suits, whatever your fancy is, that's what you can have a good time in. That's why we want you to be there. Representative Cowling, you're represented for your recognized promotion.
Representative Larry Cowling
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Promotion. After the announcements, reading of the bills, transferring the bills, placing the calendars on the desk, amend the members' own bills with their own amendments, members withdrawing their own bills, finalizing resolutions, reading communication, and any remaining committee reports I move we adjourn until 1 o'clock tomorrow. And I'm glad you took the high heels out, they might hurt
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my foot. robert motion uh... representative cowling and i'm by the law in favor say aye
i was now as have it uh... motion carried uh... representative hall you recognize uh... state
agency will meet at ten minutes upon adjournment reconvening ten minutes upon adjournment and in uh... take up the rest of
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our agenda and representative steward uh... purpose announcement
Representative Randy Stewart
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please Just reminding all the veterans that tonight we're having our dinner at 6.30, Saddle Creek Woodfire Grill over in North Willow Rock.
I want all the veterans and spouses to be there if
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we could. 6.30 tonight. Thank you. Representative Cheatham,
Representative Eddie L. Cheatham
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what purpose? Recognized. Education tomorrow morning, 10
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o'clock, room 138. Representative Penards, what purpose? Announcement.
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You recognize. Special language. We'll meet in the morning
Representative Tracy Pennartz
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at 8 o'clock in room 272 for the very, very last meeting. That's 8 o'clock. Thank you, Representative Cowling.
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What purpose? You're recognized. Tax and revenue will meet at 10 o'clock
Representative Linda S. Tyler
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sir. Thank you. Representative Cowler, what purpose? Announcement, two of them. You're recognized. Joint Public Health is meeting now in room 171 just for
a Medicaid update, and Joint Public Health will meet in room 130 tomorrow at
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10 a.m. Thank you. Representative Lindsay, what
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purpose? The personnel subcommittee of joint budget will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock, room 171.
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Okay. Representative Ingram, what purpose? Announcement. Recognized. Rules, we'll meet tomorrow
Representative Keith M. Ingram
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during the break, anticipated 3 o'clock. Rules, 3 o'clock, Big Mac B. Thank you. Representative
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Webb. Announcement. Recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Joint budget will
Representative Kathy Webb
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meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow, and as a reminder, it's member's own. Thank
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you. Representative Hutchinson, what purpose?
Representative Donna Hutchinson
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Announcement. Recognized. Women's Caucus will be meeting tonight at Representative Webb's fine establishment for dinner.
Chair
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to the speaker of the house dear mr. speaker this is to inform you on March 23rd 2011 I approve the following measures from the regular session of the 88th general assembly house bill 1103 is act 577 house bill 1192 is act 578 house bill 1298 is act 598 house bill 1312 is act 599 House Bill 1348 is Act 600 House Bill 1426 is Act 601 House Bill 1434 is Act 602 House Bill 1437 is Act 603
House Bill 1439 is Act 604 House Bill 1441 is Act 605 House Bill 1448 is Act 606 House Bill 1451 is Act 607 House Bill 1478 is Act 608 House Bill 1482 is Act 609 House Bill 1483 is Act 610 House Bill 1501 is Act 611 House Bill 1741 is Act 640. House Bill 1199 is Act 579. House Bill 1227 is Act 580. House Bill 1228 is Act 581. House Bill 1565 is Act 612. House Bill 1578 is Act 613. House Bill 1581 is Act 614. House Bill 1582 is Act 615. House Bill 1583 is Act 616. House Bill 1584 is Act 617. House Bill 1585 is Act 618.
House Bill 1586 is Act 690. House Bill 1588 is Act 620. House Bill 1589 is Act 621. House Bill 1590 is Act 622. House Bill 1591 is Act 623. House Bill 1595 is Act 624. House Bill 1598 is Act 625. House Bill 1608 is Act 626. House Bill 1623 is Act 627. House Bill 1702 is Act 628. House Bill 1762 is Act 629. House Bill 1764 is Act 630. House Bill 1773 is Act 631, House Bill 1777 is Act 632, House Bill 1829 is Act 633, House Bill 1852 is Act 634, House Bill 1875 is Act 635, House Bill 1916 is Act 636, House Bill 1942
is Act 637, House Bill 2026 is Act 638.
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Sincerely, Mike Beebe. Read the committee reports, Ms. Clark. Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Rules to whom has referred House Bill 1947, House Bill 1952, House Bill 2179, House Bill 2202, Senate Bill 706, and Senate Bill 1004. Beg we to report we've had the same under consideration here if we return the same with the recommendation that they do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Rules to whom has referred Senate Bill 348.
Beg we to report we've had the same under consideration here if we return the same with the recommendation that it do pass as amended or respectfully submitted. Keith Ingram, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom is referred House Bill 1450, Senate Bill 739. Bigly report, we have the same under consideration here with the return of the recommendation that they do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom is referred House Bill 2143. Bigly report, we have the same under consideration here with the return of the same with recommendation they do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, Fred Allen, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on city, county, local to whom is referred House Bill 1783, House Bill 1784, House Bill 2128. Bigly report, we have the same under consideration
here with a return statement with a recommendation that they do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on City County Local to whom has referred Senate Bill 946. Bigly report we have the same under consideration here with a return statement with a recommendation that they do pass as amended. Respectfully as amended. Charlotte Wagner, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on Agriculture to whom has referred House Bill 1955, House Bill 1980, House Bill 2157. Bigly report we have the same under consideration here with a return statement with a recommendation that they do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on Agriculture to whom was referred to House Bill 1913, House Resolution 1026, and Senate Bill 265.
They will report we have the same under consideration. Here we return the same with our recommendation that they do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, Jerry Brown, Chair. Read the bills, Mr. Clerk.
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Senate Bill 135. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 135. Retirement. Senate Bill 257. Without objection, read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 257. State agencies. Senate Bill 303. without objection read the bill second time please senate bill 303 education senate bill 321 without objection read the bill second time please senate bill 321 education senate bill 323 without objection read the bill second time please
senate bill 323 education senate bill 337 without objection read the bill second time please senate bill 337 education senate bill 353 without objection read the bill second time please Senate Bill 353. Education. Senate Bill 383. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 383. Education. Senate Bill 594. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 594. Revenue in tax. Senate Bill 595. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please.
Senate Bill 595. Revenue in tax. Senate Bill 597. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 597. I don't know if they're in tax. Senate Bill 740. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 740. Education.
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We need that. Will y'all read? We need the entire number. Like, he's got to read.
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Will y'all let him read the entire number? Because it's, we're not. So, $597.
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Senate Bill 740. without objection read the bill second time please senate bill
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740 education senate bill 759 without objection read the bill second time please senate bill 759 public health senate bill 766 without objection read the bill second time please senate bill 766
education senate bill 784 Senate Bill 784 Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 784 Transportation Senate Bill 786 Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 786 Education Senate Bill 793 Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 793 Education Senate Bill 816 Without objection, read the bill a second time.
Senate Bill 816 Energy Senate Bill 823 Without objection read the bill a second time Senate Bill 823 Energy Senate Bill 894 Without objection read the bill a second time, please Senate Bill 894 Education Senate Bill 923 Without objection read the bill a second time Senate Bill 923 Energy Senate Bill 940 Without objection read the bill a second time Senate Bill 940. Agri Economic Development. Senate Bill 958. Without objection, read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 958. Public Health. Senate Bill 973. Without objection, read the bill a second time, please. Senate Bill 973. Public Health. Senate Bill 975. Without objection, read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 975. State Agencies.
House will be adjourned until 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Agenda
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Budget Calendar
Announcements
Reading of Bills
Adjournment
Documents
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Speakers
Chair
Unverified
Speaker 2
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
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Representative Duncan Baird Chair
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Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
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Representative Nate Bell
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Speaker 22
Representative Karen S. Hopper
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Speaker 29
Representative David J. Sanders
Unverified
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
Speaker 43
Speaker 46
Representative Justin T. Harris
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Speaker 41
Speaker 53
Speaker 50
Speaker 57
Representative Davy Carter
Unverified
Speaker 65
Speaker 69
Representative Mark Biviano
Unverified
Speaker 80
Representative David Fielding
Unverified
Speaker 59
Representative Kim Hammer
Unverified
Speaker 38
Representative Tracy Pennartz
Unverified
Representative Efrem Elliott
Unverified
Speaker 72
Representative Jim Nickels
Unverified
Representative Debra M. Hobbs Chair
Unverified
Speaker 11
Speaker 123
Speaker 128
Speaker 124
Speaker 135
Representative Ann V. Clemmer
Unverified
Speaker 51
Representative Matthew Shepherd
Unverified
Speaker 159
Speaker 161
Speaker 58
Speaker 163
Speaker 164
Speaker 165
Representative Butch Wilkins Chair
Unverified
Representative James McLean
Unverified
Speaker 174
Speaker 181
Speaker 182
Representative Jeremy Gillam
Unverified
Speaker 148
Representative Tommy Lee Baker
Unverified
Speaker 188
Representative John Catlett
Unverified
Speaker 191
Speaker 31
Speaker 5
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
Speaker 198
Speaker 110
Representative Terry Rice
Unverified
Speaker 125
Representative Stephen Meeks
Unverified
Speaker 206
Representative Darrin Williams
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Speaker 205
Speaker 213
Representative Barry Hyde
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Speaker 218
Speaker 219
Speaker 221
Speaker 223
Speaker 90
Representative Kathy Webb
Unverified
Speaker 226
Speaker 196
Representative Larry Cowling
Unverified
Representative Clark Hall Chair
Unverified
Representative Eddie L. Cheatham
Unverified
Speaker 234
Representative Linda S. Tyler
Unverified
Representative Keith M. Ingram
Unverified
Representative Donna Hutchinson
Unverified
Speaker 151
Speaker 246
Speaker 249
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Speaker 252
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Speaker 86