March 21, 2011
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SB274
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SB300
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SB636
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SB637
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HB1298
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HR1032
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HB1723
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HB1171
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HB1206
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HB1296
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HB1842
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HB1933
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HB1988
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HB2001
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Speaker 1
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Members, if you will, please take your positions at your desk and stand with me along with our staff
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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and press and those of you who are visiting with us in the gallery today to be led in prayer by Reverend John A. Fleming, the First United Methodist Church in Sheridan. and please remain standing as we're led the Pledge of Allegiance by Reverend, boy, Reverend Billy Gastel.
It's Monday again, isn't it? I just, it's your saintly nature, sir, by Representative Billy Gastel. Reverend Fleming, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let us pray. Lord, sometimes we know that
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the longest journey we ever take is between our head and our heart. Today, Lord, we ask that we would take that journey that you'd help us to make that journey as we use our minds that you've given us to make good decisions, but also with this great heart that you've given us to love your people and to love
this state. I pray, Lord, that we would make that journey together today. Ask also, Lord, that you'd be with those who are serving in our military, that you would keep them from harm's way today, that you protect them and keep their family safe and give them all your peace. Finally, Lord, we ask for a blessing for this house. And we ask all this in the strong name of our
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Lord. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and
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to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Amen. Thank you, members. Please indicate your presence by pressing the yellow present button. Pair
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the machine, Mr. Clark. everyone indicated their presence cast up the ballot mr. Clark an indication of 96 members
present chair recognized quorum request for leave representative word what purpose Leave. You're recognized for. Leave for Representative Hank Wilkins. Leave granted for Representative Hank Wilkins. Leave granted for Representative Wilkins. Representative Mayberry, what purpose? Leave for Representative Colin Smith. Leave granted for Representative Colin Smith. Leave. Leave granted for Representative Colin Smith.
Representative Eddie Cheatham moves that we dispense for the reading of the previous day's journal journal without objection so ordered are the reports from select committees read the reports mr clarton mr
speaker weird committee on public retirement to whom is referred house bill 1206 barbson of bell big we report we've had the same under consideration here with return the same with the recommendation that do
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pass respectfully submitted less carnine chair report from standing committees no standing committee unfinished business executive
communication. Read the letter from the governor. Mr. Clark.
To the Speaker of the House. Dear Mr. Speaker, this is to inform you that on March 21st, 2011, I approve the following measures from the regular session of the 88th General Assembly. House Bill 1171 is Act 518. House Bill 1287 is Act 519. House Bill 1446 is Act 520. House Bill 1489 is Act 521. House Bill 1543 is Act House Bill 1816 is Act 523.
House Bill 1842 is Act 524. House Bill 1897 is Act 525. Sincerely, Mike Beebe. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Before we
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go to the red calendar, a couple of guests we'd like to recognize. I believe in the West Gallery, maybe in the East Gallery, we have members of the Arkansas Democratic Party Party Black Caucus who are here with us and their guests of the Legislative Black Caucus. Would you stand to be recognized, please?
Thank you, thank you. Also a special guest of Representative Lee here today, she is Dean Alexandria and Brett Lee, who are her grandchildren. Where are they, Representative Lee? Up
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there, and there they are. Members, before
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we go to the red calendar, as we're moving into what is still intended
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to be our last two weeks in session, we've got a lot of work to do. I want to take care of, I guess what would be described, a little housekeeping matter that has come to my attention, I think, will be helpful to me and helpful to you as we present bills and engage in dialogue and questions. When you're recognized to come to the well, if y'all could listen up on this, it'll help all of us. When you're recognized to come to the well, when you finish your presentation,
I basically am looking at you and the well when you finish up. And if you finish your presentation you exit the well i'm not looking out i'm not doing the pan and the the uh our membership out here to see if anybody's standing because you're you're telling me when you leave the well that you don't want to take any questions now if you finish your presentation and you stand there a minute then i'm i'm going to look around to see if there's anybody that wants to ask a question so if when you make your presentation if you want to stay for questions and we stay a reasonable
moment you see whether somebody's standing and i'm going to recognize them if they're standing and if you don't want to take any questions leave and and i basically i'm going to ask is this where i got a little confusion and i had some inquiry uh some people who may have thought that i was not recognizing them on purpose and that's that's not the case but i'm going to recognize everybody but when you leave the well if you'll leave the well i mean if you if you get down the aisle and You see somebody stand up over here, because I'm already preparing the vote and everything,
and you want to come back, and they want to be recognized. So just stand there. If you're a member and you have a question, you know when the presentation's going on, when it's over with, you've got a question. Stand up. I assure you that I will recognize you, because you know the volume of bills that we have coming down these last two weeks. The pace is going to pick up. And so I'm looking at you there. If you're leaving, I'm figuring you're gone. We're getting ready to vote and move on to the next bill. So if you'll help me do that, I'll help make sure that I get you recognized and everybody will get the information that we need as we proceed.
Thank you very much. Okay. Representative Powers moves that we place Senate Bill 300 back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection. Mr. Clerk, read Amendment No. 1. Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 300.
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Representative Powers in the chamber Representative Pinaris, what purpose? He's on his
way. We were asked to pass over that Alright,
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Mr. Clerk, without objection, we'll pass over Senate Bill 300
Representative Rice moves that we place Senate Bill 637 back on second reading for the purpose of amendment Without objection, Mr. Clerk, read amendment number one Amendment No. 1 to
Senate Bill 637. Representative Rice. You're
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recognized. Come to well and explain the amendment.
Representative Terry Rice
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, members. The amendment just changes to improve a little bit on expanding what words say is shall, and it says may, also proceeds and allows, after the allowance of reasonable expenses, seizure and all this will be explained in the bill. I just appreciate a good vote. Members, heard an explanation of the amendment.
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment or the amendment? If not, the question for the House, the adoption of Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 637.
All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Ayes have it. Amendment adopted. Mr. Clerk, or excuse me, Representative Rice recommends we place Senate Bill 636 back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection. Mr. Clerk, read Amendment No. 1.
Chair
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Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 636. Representative Rice, you're
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recognized. Again, Mr. Speaker, members, this is an improvement, I feel like. This bill said that offenders could be tried in their home county or it moved to Pulaski Court.
This takes out Pulaski County Circuit Court, keeps it in the county of the offense. I think that's an improvement. Appreciate a good vote.
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Members, heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment? For the amendment? Not the question for the House. Adoption of Amendment No. 1, Senate Bill 636. All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. Ayes have it. Amendment adopted. Representative Pierce moves that we place Senate Bill 274 back on second reading for purpose of amendment. Without objection, Mr. Clerk, read Amendment No. 1.
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amendment number one to Senate Bill 274 Representative Pierce you're
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recognized thank you Mr. Speaker this bill just changes the price from $2,500 and we move it up to $4,000 and then we're changing the date down on it that's what this bill does
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I appreciate a good vote members heard an explanation of the amendment anyone wishing to speak against the amendment for the amendment not the question for the House adoption of amendment number one Senate Bill 274 all in favor say aye Aye. Opposed, no.
Ayes have it. Amendment adopted. Mr. Clark, read House Resolution 1032. House
Resolution 1032 by Representative Cheatham, encouraging the use of existing governmental policies to sustain the strength of Arkansas's agricultural and rural
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legacy. Representative Cheatham, you are recognized to explain
Representative Eddie L. Cheatham
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the resolution. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. resolution 1032 is simply a way to encourage landowners conservation organizations in the
state of arkansas to take full advantage of federally approved and state approved policies to sustain the strength of arkansas agriculture agricultural and rural legacy for future generations it just encourages participation in the enhanced easement incentive Questions or comments? Members, you've
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heard the explanation of the resolution. Anyone wish to
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speak against the resolution, for the resolution?
Not the question for the House. Adoption of House Resolution 1032. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. As have it, Mr. Clark let the record reflect the
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resolution was adopted unanimously. Morning hour has ended. Let's see. Representative Hyde recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1439.
Chair
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Read the amendment, Mr. Clerk. Senate Amendment No. 1 to
House Bill 1439. Representative Hyde, you're recognized to explain the
amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, this is my bill, my amendments. Appreciate
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a good vote. Members, heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment, for the amendment, not to question for the House Adoption Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1439, pair of the machine, Mr. Clerk.
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Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of 93, yea,
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0, nay, 0, present. You have concurred in the amendment. Representative Hyde recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 1439. Representative, read the amendment, Mr. Clerk. Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 1439. Representative Hyde,
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you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you,
Mr. Speaker. It's my bill, my amendment.
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Appreciate a good vote. Members heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment? for the amendment. If not, the question for the House is the option of concurring in Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 1439. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot by a vote of 92 yeas, 0 nays, 0 present.
You have concurred in the amendment. Representative Roebuck recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1298. Read the amendment, Mr. Clerk. Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1298.
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Representative Roebuck, you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues. This is a
Representative Johnnie J. Roebuck
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great bill and a great amendment. It belongs to a lot of us in this House. A funny thing happened on the way to the Senate. We now have the computer programs between the Arkansas Crime Information Center,
the National Crown Information Center, and the State Police Connected. So
we changed the title and took that out, and this is a great bill. Thank you. Members,
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you heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment for the amendment? If not, the question for the House is concurrence in Senate Amendment No. 1, the House Bill 1298, Pair of the Machine. Mr. Clerk.
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Everyone voted? Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of 95, yea, 0, nays, 0, present.
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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You have concurred in the amendment. Move to the regular bills. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1907. House Bill
1907 by Representative Allen to require advertisements for gambling activities to include information concerning compulsive gambling disorders. Representative Allen, you are recognized to
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explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members.
Representative Fred Allen
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House Bill 1907 is a consumer protection bill. There's no additional state funding for this bill. This bill requires that all advertising, either printed or broadcast, include a toll-free help number for those who are addicted to gambling. Clearly, identifying the helpline number would get the information to the broadest base of people, especially those who need it. And any time somebody is suffering from any type of addiction, that person should have a number where he or she can call and get help.
And that's simply what this bill does,
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and I appreciate a good vote. Members, you've heard
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an explanation of the bill. Anyone wishing to speak against the bill, for the bill, not the question for the House,
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passes House Bill 1907. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot by a vote
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of 92 yeas, 0 nays, 0 present. You have passed the bill. Is anyone here to run House Bill 1785 for Representative Hank Williams?
House Bill 1785, by Representative Wilkins, to add the definition of involuntary admission to the laws on commitment and treatment and to clarify who may request additional periods
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of involuntary treatment. Representative Williams, you are recognized
Representative Darrin Williams
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to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, this is House Bill 1785. I'm running on behalf of Representative Wilkins. This is a bill on behalf of the Department of Human Services, particularly the Department of Behavioral Health Services. Although current law allows for outpatient commitments, there's been some confusion around that process.
And this bill is to clarify that and to make it explicitly clear that a judge may order outpatient treatment or outpatient may have a commitment order for outpatient treatment. The advantage of this bill is that outpatient treatment, of course, is much cheaper than inpatient treatment. And this bill simply clarifies that a judge, the judge still is in charge, judge's order still is required, may order outpatient treatment for a patient. And this treatment may be continued with the support of folks who are providing that treatment if they request a judge to do so.
Again, all this still goes before the judge. This bill came out of House Judiciary with no opposition, and we'd appreciate a good
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vote. Thank you. Members, heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone wish to speak
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against the bill, for the bill? Not the question for the House. Passes it to House Bill 1785, pair of the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of
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94, yea, 0, nays, 0, present year.
Pass the bill. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill
1723. House Bill 1723, Representative Altus, regarding technical corrections to firearms statutes.
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Representative Altus, you're recognized to
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explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a technical corrections cleanup bill. I asked the Arkansas State Police lawyer, Cora Gentry, to help me with this bill, and so she sent me three pages of suggestions. suggestions. The prosecutors, the Sheriff's Association, had some comments. They contributed
and 99% of the bill was written by court agentry. Appreciate a good vote. Representative
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Stewart, what purpose? Question, please. You recognize. Yes, on the
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definition of neighborhood, is Is there a definition in the bill of what a neighborhood is? No, sir. So how do you know when you're
Representative Denny Altes
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outside your neighborhood? That will be to the
discretion of the arresting officer. As you know, there are three offenses in the bill, and each of those three offenses has a defense.
and here's three pages of case law. These cases go back to
1885, 1891, all the way up through 1986. It says, A journey has long been
defined as where one travels a distance from home sufficient to carry him beyond the circle of his neighbors and general acquaintances and outside the routine of his daily business.
Also, it says, beyond the circle of his neighbors and general acquaintances. Another case in 86 says, a journey is defined, this is all case law, as one where one travels a distance from home sufficient to carry him beyond the circle of his neighbors and general acquaintances outside the routine of his daily business. Another case is defined as beyond the circle of his neighbors and general
acquaintances. And then there's a whole page here where it talks about the circle of his neighbors, dangers where strangers were exposed, were not supposed to exist among one's neighbors.
So, Cora Gentry asked me to define journey, so I defined it as neighborhood using case law. She defined it as county, so we put both of them in there. So, if you don't live in a neighborhood, you do live in a
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county. Okay, a follow-up question, if I
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could. Okay. Also, I have an email from Ms. Gentry, too, on the suggestion of the journey. She wanted it to, the handgun would remain in the motor vehicle and not openly carried, but you chose not to put that in the bill?
Representative Denny Altes
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We didn't change the original code on that. Okay, so this was a cleanup, but we didn't clean up
Representative Randy Stewart
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the neighborhood, or we didn't clean up the carrying of the gun on the journey then? The original
Representative Denny Altes
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language is still there on the . . . Okay. Then one other
Representative Randy Stewart
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question is . . . I noticed . . . I teach this course and am familiar with it, and I look through the law, and you interchange the word firearm and handgun several times, and the definition, of course, is different.
A handgun has one definition, and firearm covers rifles, shotguns, in addition to handguns. And so there may be a little problem with the language in there. I don't think there's any problem.
Representative Denny Altes
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We've had several attorneys look at it. There were three definitions of handgun, so we cleaned that all up. Now there's only one definition of handgun. There were two definitions of firearm. Now there's only one definition of firearm. Okay.
It's a good bill. Everybody's okay with it. Everybody's neutral with it. It's a good bill.
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It's a lot better than what we had. All right. Thank you. Representative Hammer, what purpose?
Representative Kim Hammer
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Question, please. You're recognized. Representative, this applies only to those that are licensed, concealed
Representative Denny Altes
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permit carriers. Is that correct? No. They were added to this section, but it's not only. So
Representative Kim Hammer
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this law would open it up to someone who is not a licensed, concealed?
Representative Denny Altes
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No, this doesn't change the code. Like I was saying, there are three offenses and then there are lists of defenses. One offense is a person, page 1, line 26, a person in this state under 18 years old shall not knowingly possess a handgun. That was, we added not knowingly, left the rest of it the same as it was in the original code. On page 2, line 3 It lists all the defenses.
Most of the language that's underlined is stricken somewhere else because Cora moved it around in the code. On line 25, page 2, a person in this state shall not knowingly possess a handgun. Several people wanted this changed so that 17-year-olds could squirrel hunt after school. on page 3 line 13 is the defense
all these are the defenses to prosecution on
page 4 line 24 a person commits the offense of carrying a weapon
and knowingly is the only thing that was changed in the original language
and then page 5 line 15 is the
defense to that offense. So all we did, Cora Gentry added the concealed carry permit holders
to the people at the bottom of the bill,
Representative Kim Hammer
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I think. One last question, if I may, Mr. Speaker. And that is a defense. Last question. If Cora Gentry was standing beside you, would she say that the Arkansas State Police support
Chair
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this bill? She says they're neutral on it. Okay, thank you. Representative Walker, what purpose? Question. You're
Representative John W. Walker
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recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Did the committee take a position against profiling before this bill was enacting?
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I don't remember anything. In allowing the police to
Representative John W. Walker
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detain a person that may not be, in that
police officer's opinion, indigenous to the neighborhood, is that a form of profiling? I don't know. My bill doesn't address
Representative Denny Altes
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that in any way. Well, it does
Representative John W. Walker
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allow the police the discretion to stop anybody he feels, whom he or she feels is not a member of the neighborhood, however that is defined,
Representative Denny Altes
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or even the county, doesn't it? I don't really know where you're going, but a county is definitely defined. A neighborhood is at the discretion of the police officer. If the police officer arrests somebody for a broken taillight, he's probably not going to go downtown. If he stops somebody for DUI or something like
Representative John W. Walker
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that, he's probably going downtown. But
the person, Mr. Speaker, may I have another question? The person may not be displaying the handgun, so how would the policeman know to stop a particular person who has a weapon and a permit?
Representative Denny Altes
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I don't know. I don't understand your question. I appreciate a good vote. It's
a good bill. Everybody's neutral on it. Members heard an
Chair
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explanation of the bill. And then some. Anybody, anyone wishing to speak against the bill? Representative Stewart, you're recognized to come and speak against the bill.
Representative Randy Stewart
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I hate to do this, but I think there are three or four things in the bill that really still needs to be addressed. And I have an email, I think, that was sent to Representative Shepard from Cori Gentry saying that several things in the bill that Representative Altus and I did not agree on, on several large points, and he did not choose to include several of these limitations in the bill. One of them was the definition of neighborhood. If you don't know what your neighborhood is, and we've had these laws for the problem
for about 100 years in three different definitions, that's what we were attempting to fix, but we didn't fix it if you don't define it. And also the bill interchanges the terms firearm, which includes long guns and handguns, and the term handgun, which shouldn't be in the same bill. You should always keep the same definition in there. So I think there are some problems there that could be addressed, that could make it a better bill, and I would think it would be better to fix it than pass it the way it is, because there are some problems there.
Chair
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Thank you. Representative Stewart has spoken against the bill. Anyone wish to speak for the bill? Against the bill? Not Representative Alistus. You're
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recognized and closed the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. She
Representative Denny Altes
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didn't send me that email. So, well, she didn't send it to me. And I don't think that's very nice. That's not right. Like I said, there were three definitions of handgun. now there's one. There were two definitions of firearm, now there's one.
They're not used interchangeable in there. I've had several lawyers look at this. Prosecutors have looked at it. As far as I know, everybody's okay
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with it. She told me she was okay with it. So, appreciate a good vote.
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Members, heard an explanation of the bill. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. has everyone voted
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has everyone voted cast up the ballot by a vote of 55 yea, 25 nay, 4 present you have passed the bill Representative Althus moves with a clincher all in favor say aye aye aye aye aye say clincher adopted Mr. Members, join me, please, in welcoming our doctor of the day, Dr. Jeffrey Kurtz from Conway.
Back there with Representative Linda Towers. Dr. Kurtz, thank you for being with us today. Mr. Clerk, read House
Bill 2198. House Bill 2198 by Representative Steele to require a law enforcement officer to complete continuing education and training related to persons with disabilities in a law enforcement
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context. Representative Steele, you're recognized to explain the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill came to me from an organization called Arkansas People First that deals with individuals
with disabilities. They've worked pretty much all session with law enforcement officers, training academy, and everyone is in agreement on this bill. There is one small technical correction and I'm going to ask members if you will vote this bill today and we'll go down on the other end and we'll complete it, we'll make sure that this technical correction is corrected. And all the bill does is require law enforcement officers to provide special
training of six hours to law enforcement agents dealing with individuals with disabilities, sensitivity dealing with their physical disability the only correction that needs to be made that it does not should not require the same officers to go through the same training and that's the correction
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that i'd be more than happy to make and we'll promise you that appreciate a good vote members heard an explanation of
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the bill anyone wish to speak for the bill representative meeks you are recognized to come and speak for the bill
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, just real quick, I told some of you to vote against it because of that annual requirement. I did talk to my police chief. He is okay with the technical correction that Representative Steele is going to make, and
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I would ask you to support this bill. Thank you. Representative Meeks has spoken for the bill.
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Anyone wish to speak against the bill, for the bill? Representative Steele, you closed for your bill. Representative Steele is closed. Question
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for the House. Passed House Bill 2198. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot by a vote of 90 a, 0
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nays, 0 present. You pass the bill. Mr. Clerk, read House
Bill 2141. House Bill 2141 by Representative Hyde to amend definitions regarding the regulation of unsanitary
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conditions and to declare an emergency. Representative
Hyde, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, HB 2141 will allow voluntary participation in a neighborhood stabilization or revitalization program.
As an example, let's assume that you grew up in an older neighborhood that has become a little rundown and is now participating in a neighborhood revitalization program, for example, like by HUD. Your parents maintain the home well, and it has just been willed to you. You decide you do not want to live in the home, and you don't want to start trying to rent it out either. But you would like to see the old neighborhood get renovated and once again become a place where people can raise their families. This bill will allow you to sell your house to the revitalization program as long as federal funds are available while it's still in good shape.
This would mean the remodel of the home would be less expensive and help those funds be stretched further. Under present law, you would have to wait for it to be vacant for at least six months and the house could become somewhat dilapidated or in disrepair, resulting in a higher cost to try and renovate it to get it ready for sale to hopefully another family. This could have a big impact on how far we can stretch those revitalization dollars and make these programs more effective. Members, I would appreciate. I'll take one question.
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Representative Walker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We know we have a lot of neighborhoods in transition, and we know generally the demographic characteristics of those transitional neighborhoods. Now, what this would do, isn't it true, it would allow those people who are seeing the changing in the demographics of the neighborhood to go ahead
and sell their property earlier rather than later? That's correct. They could be doing it for racial reasons.
Once those neighborhoods become blighted, I think is the term most often used. From my point of view, I don't think it's really a racial reason. I think that the whole program is in swing, and if we can get those dollars to stretch any further, renovate that home while it's still in good shape as opposed to letting it become dilapidated before it's picked up it's a wiser use of taxpayer money it does a better job of revitalizing revitalizing the neighborhood and and allowing that next generation of children to enjoy the benefit of that
neighborhood that that you know perhaps you may have grown up in I'd appreciate a good
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vote members members are an explanation of the bill anyone wishing speak against the bill for the bill not the question for the house passage of House Bill 2141, prepare the machine, Mr.
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Clerk. Members, you're voting on the bill and the emergency clause. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted?
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Cast up the ballot by a vote of 86, yea, 2, nay, 1, present. You have passed the bill and the emergency clause. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1869. by Senator
Penartz, what purpose? Or request, Representative Powers' request that we pass over this
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bill. Without objection, Mr. Clerk, pass over House Bill 1869, leave it on the calendar.
Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1893. House
Bill 1893 by Representative Hobbs to amend the Arkansas teacher licensure and reciprocity
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laws. Representative Hobbs, you're recognized to
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explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Research has confirmed that the single most important school factor contributing to student academic success is a quality classroom teacher. The best way to assure a quality teacher in
every classroom for Arkansas students is to not only take care of current, high-quality teachers, but to attract new ones into the profession. This bill would help to increase the pool of qualified applicants by, first of all, allowing Arkansas Department of Education to recognize nontraditional teacher licensure programs such as Teach for America. It also streamlines licensing process for those who seek to enter teaching as a second career.
Thirdly, it streamlines the process for teacher's license and other states. You may receive some emails from school counselors concerned about this bill. That section of the bill was amended in committee last week. So that section was completely deleted. furthermore since the bill passed from committee the arkansas education reform initiative along with arkansas public school resource center has worked have worked with the adee aaa aea and the
school board association who endorsed it as amended these amendments will be introduced on the Senate side and I appreciate a good vote. Members, you've heard an explanation
of the bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill? For the bill? Representative Steele, you recognize speak for the bill. Thank you Mr.
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Speaker. I know Representative Murdoch and others have some questions about that and the amendment
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that Representative Hobbs made to the bill did answer a lot of those concerns of the people that you've heard from from AEA and other organizations. So I certainly support the bill. I know I had some of the same questions in committee, but now I fully support the bill. Thank you very much.
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He spoke for the bill. Anyone speak against it?
For the bill? If not, the question before of the House is the passage of HB 1893.
Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 89 yeas, 2 nays, 0 present,
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you have passed the bill. Mr. Clerk, read the bill, read H.B. 1917. House Bill
1917 by Representative Hammer to enact the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
and to provide remedies and penalties for violating or abusing religious protections under the
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Act. Mr. Hammer, you're recognized. Explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Let me begin by giving you a brief summary and then going through some things that you may have questions about and try to answer your questions before the need to answer them or to ask them. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act affirms the traditional interpretation of free exercise of religion under the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution.
It provides legal recourse for individuals whose religious freedoms are infringed and prescribe penalties for filing frivolous and fraudulent lawsuits. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act reaffirms that individuals have all the religious liberties identified in the United States Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Under a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the legal emphasis of free exercise of religion changed from the act of doing something, for example, going to church,
to believing something, for example, believing in God. This is a major shift in the way our country treats religious expression because it relegates religion to a mental exercise instead of including physical activities as well. Prior to 1990, if the government passed a law that interfered with a person's free exercise of a religion, the government had to do two things. They had to present a compelling governmental interest served by the law and demonstrate that it restricted the exercise of religion in the least intrusive manner possible.
The United States Supreme Court changed those requirements in 1990. However, individual states may restore the definition of free exercise of religion for those citizens, and that's exactly what the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does. It states that individuals have the right to practice religion without being burdened by the government. It mandates that no government can burden the exercise of religion without providing that doing so is essential to further a compelling government interest and the least restrictive
means of furthering the compelling government interest. If a person's exercise of religion is burdened by the government, they may file a lawsuit. The court may award the person any relief and financial reimbursement deemed necessary to make up for the offense. If a person files a frivolous or fraudulent lawsuit, they may be liable for the government cost and may be prohibited from filing similar lawsuits in the future without court permission. bills, as I'm asking you to help me pass today, have been passed in Tennessee in 2009, Texas
in 2005, Oklahoma, and Missouri passed it in 2010, but it did not include civil remedies. And this is just a brief overview of what House Bill 1917 does, and I'll be glad to answer any questions. You've heard
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an explanation of the bill? Anyone want to speak
against the bill? For the bill, Representative Walker, you're recognized.
Representative John W. Walker
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Speaking for the bill. Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker. Well, I rise on this occasion to support this bill. I did not think that I'd support a bill that Representative Hemmer introduced, in part because we are poles apart. But in this particular case, it was opposed by some persons who may be defined as civil libertarians of whom I am one.
And one reason I supported the bill, and I want you all to know it too and be conscious of why you're voting for this, is in my opinion, this actually does strengthen the Arkansas Civil Rights Act because it gives people more assurance that the government cannot interfere with their exercise of religion by giving them an additional remedy in the event that some governmental agent seeks to interfere with that right. For that reason, I support it.
he kinda spoke for the bill
anyone against for the bill if not the question before the house the passage of hb nineteen seventeen prepare the machine mr
clerk everyone voted cast up the ballot mr clerk By a vote of 88 yeas, 0 nays, 1 present, the bill is passed.
Members, I'd like to direct your attention to the West Gallery. We have a number of Lone Oak County officials joining us today. Mayor
Art Broek from Ward, Miss Deborah Staley from Ward, Mayor Bernie Chamberlain, Mayor Bill Seifert, Mayor Ray Glover, Mayor Danny Maynard, Mayor Susan Pitts, Mayor
Bill Morris, County Judge Doug Irwin, Prosecuting Attorney Chuck Graham, and the Cabot City Attorney Jimmy Taylor.
All these folks are the guests of Representative Walz McCrary and Davie Carter. Welcome. Representatives, I'd like to recognize one other guest we have here today.
is a guest of Representative Lindsey, Alois Serico from
Rwanda, pre-med student at UCA with a 4.0 grade point. Would you like to stand and be recognized? Mr. Clerk,
read House Bill 1296. House Bill 1296 by Representative Carnine to clarify the definition of revenue receipts of a school district.
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Mr. Carnine, you're recognized. Explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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This is a bill that is agreed on from all of the constituencies involving school districts. And I'll say it all like that. It's really putting things on a cash basis. and anyone that's in fiscal distress is held harmless by this bill, but it does translate into an economic plus for the school districts. Appreciate a good vote.
You heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House is a passage of HB 1296. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. My vote of 89 yea, 0 nay,
and 0 present, the bill is passed. Mr. Clerk, read HB
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1617. House Bill 1617 by Representative Roebuck
to increase public school student access to post-secondary preparatory programs and to declare an emergency. Representative Roebuck, you're recognized to explain
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the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, House Bill 1617 is a part of our higher education and K-12 package, which aids in the priority of reaching the Governor's goal of doubling degrees
and certificates by 2025, and also to reach the Southern Regional Education Board's average for citizens with baccalaureate degrees and certificates by 2015. So what does it do? Well, it does a lot because it is the product of Representative Hutchinson's Interim Study on Remediation, so lots of hours have gone into this bill. It provides for college and career counseling for our young people. It implements preparation programs for students while still in high school instead of in college.
It reports the reporting requirements of the progress have to be on the ADE website. It also used tests that we're currently using as our baseline, which consists of ACT Plan and Explorer or comparable tests. It allows for funding preparation programs during 9-12, when it's after school, summer, or Saturday, such as the Clark County College Preparatory Academy, of which I'm so proud, And instead of the way the program is now funded, which is after the senior year, which
we determined in the interim study is far too little and far too late. It also asks for a partnership with higher education in developing the content guides so that it will be uniform across the state, and those guides will be in math, English, and reading. It encourages parental participation and gives our students that receive NSLA funding priority. But the best news of all is that currently we have $1.8 million in our grant for this program,
and so there is no fiscal impact. We will begin to use the same amount of money, but it will give a priority for helping these students while they're still in high school. I would appreciate a good vote. I'll take questions. You've
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heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill,
for the bill? If not, the question is the passage of House Bill 1617. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Voting on the emergency clause, members. Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. by a vote of 94 yea, 0 nay, and 0 present,
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you pass the bill and the emergency clause. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 2118. House Bill 2118 by Representative Hammer regarding the theft of utility property.
Representative Hammer, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, sir. Basically what this does is
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it lowers the threshold from $1,000 to $500, and what it's intended to do is to impose a harsher penalty upon those that are out there ripping off your constituents' air conditioners, copper wire, and all those other things. Do not get this confused with the theft of copper that you're probably receiving all the emails about. That's a totally separate one that's going to go later this week. This one does have the blessings of not only the scrap buyers, but all the entities that are being impacted by the thievery that's going on out there in restricted metals.
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Be glad to answer any questions. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone speak against the bill,
for the bill? If not, the question before the House, the passage of HB 2118. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Cast up the ballots, Mr. Clerk.
Members, by a vote of 89, yay, 4, nay,
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and 0 present, you have passed the bill. Mr. Clerk, read
House Bill 2047. House Bill
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to abolish the common law doctrine of necessaries. Members, this bill abolishes the common law doctrine of necessaries, and what that means is that historically a husband has been liable for, as if contractually, for the hospital
bills, just the necessary fruits of life, bills that may occur by his wife. The problem with the doctrine is that the opposite is not the case, and there have been a couple of court opinions that say, hey, if this is brought up and there are some constitutional issues because it's not applied equally between the man and the wife. So with that, I'll be glad to try to answer any questions. I can tell you that the AG's office is in support of this bill.
I don't know that there was any real opposition to it. Not I
appreciate a good vote. You've heard an explanation of the
bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House, the passage of HB 2047. Mr. Clerk, prepare the machine. Everyone voted.
Mr. Clerk, cast up the ballot. By a vote
of 91 yea, 0 nay, and 0
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present, you pass the bill. Mr. Clerk, read HB2003. House Bill 2003 by Representative Hammer to amend the offenses, domestic battering, and the second degree in aggravated assault on a family or household member, and to
make technical corrections. Mr. Hammer, you're recognized. Explain your
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bill. Thank you very much. I was actually asked by a member of my police department in Benton with the FOP,
and I worked with my prosecuting attorney and several others to make sure that this bill was handled correctly as far as placing this charge under the battery section, which gives law enforcement greater opportunity. And I'll just kind of be straightforward. If a guy goes in the house, chokes his wife or chokes his kids or does anything in the means of strangulation, it will give law enforcement and prosecutors greater opportunity to be able to treat them under the fullest extent of the law. As it was, it was under the aggravated assault, and it kind of restricted them.
So by being placed under the battery charge, it will give law enforcement and prosecutors great ability, in my personal opinion, to be able to do what they need to do with regards to people that would do that to their wives or to their children. I'd be glad to answer any questions. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone
want to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, Mr. Clerk, prepare...
The question before the House is HB2003. Mr. Clerk, prepare the machine. Everyone voted?
Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 92 yea, 0 nay, and 2 present, you pass the bill. Mr. Clerk, read
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HB 1833. House Bill 1833 by Representative King to require the release of a medical lien when a count has been paid in full.
Representative Bryan B. King
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Representative King, you recognize and explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This just says if waived, a practitioner, nurse, hospital, ambulance service provider that has established a lien shall forward a written copy of the lien released by a certified nail to the last known address of the responsible party listed on the account. Appreciate a good
vote. You've heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill? For the bill? If not, the question before the House, the passage of HB 1833, prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 93 yea, 0 nay, and
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0 present, you pass the bill. Mr. Clerk, read HB 1933. House Bill 1933 by Representative Summers to authorize
the additional exemption from the county bidding requirements under 1422-106. Representative
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Summers, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Honorable colleagues, this allows counties to participate in federal, state, or association of government or governmental agencies for purposes of purchasing.
It's a bill that the Arkansas Association of Counties endorses, and particularly in cases where people are buying specialized equipment, hardware, software, radios, electronics, it can make a big difference in their cost. I'll ask for a good vote and answer any questions. Members, you've heard an explanation
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of the bill. Anyone speak against the bill, for the bill? If not,
the question before the House is the passage of HB 1933.
Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 90 yea, 0 nay, and 1 present, you pass
the bill. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1797.
House Bill 1797 by Representative King, an act that requires that a voter provide proof of identification when voting
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and to provide for the issuance of a voter identification card. Representative
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King, you're recognized to explain the bill. thank you mr speaker house bill 1797 is about providing a photo id to vote when i first filed this bill people came up and said hey i thought you had to provide one anyway so i'm going to explain a little bit more that the photo id process is nothing new we know that that to get on an airplane to rent a movie even my daughter when she shows up for college interest exams has
to show a photo id to show who she is this past session we passed a bill to have a photo id to purchase pseudoephedrine products past sessions we included a photo id to even sell minimum amounts of scrap metal this bill is about protecting the integrity of the voting process in my county the veteran poll worker that knew everybody in their precinct is still there but though that breed is going away in the reality in most neighborhoods is that anyone can walk off the street sign the voter registration using a name on the roll and cast a ballot.
For past headlines in the 2000-2004 elections, it was discovered that a lot of people were even double registered in each state. In 2009, we had some voter fraud here in Pulaski County. Critics say this is about the elderly that was addressed in the photo ID and that it's going to hamper them in trying to vote. And I say that it's not that hard to get a photo ID. We've had that discussion and testimony on some of these other previous bills that it's not that hard to get a photo ID.
If someone does not have a photo ID, they are not denied the right to vote. They just have to cast a provisional ballot, and before those ballots are counted, then they have to prove who they are. Critics also say that this bill will disenfranchise voters and decrease voter turnout. This statistically has not been proven in Indiana. In Indiana, in 2005, they passed this law. It was then challenged in the Supreme Court. It went all the way to the Supreme Court, so it was not in place in 2006.
If you look at this chart, you can tell that there was an increased turnout in the 2008 election, in the previous presidential election, and also in the 2010 election. And let me remind you, in 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama carried Indiana. Now, the other thing is that when you're trying to address the elderly question about and some of the things about not having a photo ID, the Secretary of State's office I worked with about promulgating the rules and regulations to do this,
and the idea that we came up with is much like the process we used to go down the Capitol Hill police to get the photo ID that we used to get in and out of the Capitol. The Secretary of State's office is supposed to come up with the funding for this to make it happen, and also the rules and notifying all the voters about the new change. And once again, I want to remind everybody, I've had I don't know how many people and a lot of members come up and say, hey, I thought this was already in place. This will help keep evildoers from trying to thwart the will of the people in the election.
With that, I'd take any questions. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Is
there anyone to speak against the bill, for the bill? Representative Benedict, you're recognized
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to speak for the bill. Thank you, current speaker. This is a bill that I've had some personal experience with.
Representative Penares, I see you giggling over there. In 92, I was
running for the same seat, the seat for state representative. And I was in the clerk's office looking at a map of the district. And while I was in there, which was only about 10 minutes, a young girl had come in to vote. It was early voting, and she had given them a name,
and they looked down the register and said, no, there's no one by that name. They said, well, she said, well, try it this way. Maybe this is how I'm registered. And they said, no, you're not registered like that either. So she dug into her wallet and went into her purse and pulled out some kind of ID card that had a name on it, and she says, okay, this is how I'm registered. And they said, okay, yeah, you can go ahead and vote. Well, I knew right then and there, I knew standing looking at her, she had no idea who she was voting for. She had came in there and didn't remember the name right of the person she was supposed to vote for, but she was allowed to go vote.
Now, I think we need to put some integrity back in that system. Just like Representative King had just said, we use it for selling scrap metal, we use it for buying cold medicine, and yet something important like voting is an easy rule to get around right now. So I ask you, I would appreciate your consideration on this vote. I think it
is a good one. Thank you, representatives.
Anyone want to speak against the bill? Representative Williams, you're recognized. Speak against the bill. Thank you,
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Mr. Speaker, members. Mr. King, I applaud what you're trying
to do here and I agree that we have to protect the integrity of the voting process. I think there are ways that we can do that. Let me tell you my problem with this bill. First of all, the right to vote is fundamental and
it should only be a bridge to burden under extreme circumstances. I rise not because of the bad history of voting in the South for people of color and for women, but I rise because this is personal. I rise because this would have impacted my mother. Shortly after I was born, I was adopted by parents who were much older. My mom in her late 40s, when she adopted an infant, my dad in his mid-50s, a schoolteacher and a preacher. My mom never
drove, never had an Arkansas driver's license, ever. My mom died in 2007 at 86 years old. My dad died in 1983 when he was 72 when I was in ninth grade. She never drove. She voted all the time, not with a driver's license because she didn't have one. It wasn't until she was in her late 70s when she got a government-issued ID. Had this bill been in place, her right to vote may be abridged because she didn't have a license.
And not only would she have to get someone to take her to the polls to vote, under this bill, she'd have to get someone to take her back to Election Day on the next Monday to prove who she was or get a government issue ID. And that may sound easy, but I would suggest to you for a senior who does not drive and who has low economic status, that's not necessarily an easy thing to do. So she
never sold scrap metal. She never bought Sudafedrine. But she never missed the right to vote.
It was a right that she totally understood and took very, very seriously. And I appreciate her instilling in me the confidence and the reasons why I should vote. And she did so not because she had a license. She did so because she knew that people suffered, bled, and died for that right. And she would not want me to do anything to abridge or burden that right. And so
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I rise in support of my deceased mother, who would have been disenfranchised under this bill. and I
appreciate you voting against it. Thank you. Representative Williams has spoken against the bill.
Anyone speak for the bill? Representative Collins, you're recognized.
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Thank you, representatives. That is, my daughter was asked to go on a trip, and in order to go on that trip, it was required that she have a photo ID, and she was quite concerned because since she
was under 16 years old, she didn't have a driver's license and she did not have any photo ID. And she also really didn't know how to get one or where she was going to get one, so she was very concerned about it. So we took her to the driver's license office, and they were able to make her, and would do it for anybody, an ID that looks very much like a driver's license, except it does not authorize you to drive. It has her picture on it. It's suffice for all of her needs for a photo ID, not only for this trip, but other things
she does, and she is also very happy to have it so that she can always document who she is wherever she goes. So this burden was not an oppressive one. It did require one trip to make that happen, but for all the important things she's able to do with it, it was very satisfactory. So I would encourage you all to vote for this bill. This is something that's quite manageable for all. Thank you. Representative Collins spoke for the bill.
Anyone want to speak against the bill? Mr. Walker, you decided not to
speak against the bill? Ms. Post, you're recognized to speak
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against the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be short and sweet. I live in a small town
a mother of four and when I go in to vote they rush me through quickly and I have gone in before and they have not bothered to check my ID I assure you and fortunately because I would have had to gone back out to my car to get my ID and I'm not certain I would have had it and I know that there are plenty of other parents like me that appreciate that And I know all of you who have run for office know how much we struggle with that people say to us,
I don't vote. I haven't voted. Let's not make it harder. One more step, that one more step that we put on people, that one more struggle to not have people voting. That's what I fear for young people. And then what I, as I heard this, I thought, oh, my elderly people. I heard, it's just easy, it's easy. People can go and vote. No, it's not when they don't have a vehicle, when they don't have anyone to take them,
if they don't have that ID. I know that it's not. So please, I ask you, don't pass this. Don't make it harder for our folks. Don't make it harder for the mommies like me. I ask you not to vote for
this. Thank you. Representative Post has spoken against the bill. Anyone to speak for the bill? Representative Hammer, you're recognized.
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Where I vote, I walk in the door,
and the first thing they say is, may I see your photo ID, please? I do not think that is an unreasonable expectation, and I don't, with all due respect, whether you're Republican, Democrat, Green Party, whatever party you're coming from, every vote counts, and we need to make sure that everyone that steps up to vote is the person that is supposed to be voting in that spot, in that place. With the modern technology and the conveniences that we have today, and maybe it was different in years gone by, but we don't live in yesterday, we live in today, and it's very easy for a
person to be able to get a photo ID. So I would like to ask you to vote in favor of this so that every vote counts, whether it's your Republican, Democrat, or whatever party it is. Let's make every vote count to the fullest possible way. Thank you. Mr. Allen, for what
purpose? You recognize? Immediate consideration. Proper motion, non-debatable. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. No. The ayes have it.
Question before the House is the passage of HB 1797. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone
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voted? Cast up the machine, Mr. Clerk. By
a vote of 53 yeas, 36 nays, 0 present, you pass the bill.
I see five hands. Everyone take your
Call the ayes. Altus. Baird. Aye. Barnett. Bell. Aye. Benedict. Viviano. Aye.
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Branscombe, Burris, Carnine, Carter, Clemmer, Collins, Cozart, Dale, Diffenbaugh, English, Eubanks, Garner, Gaskell, Gillum, Hammer, Harris, Hickerson, Hobbs, Hopper, Hubbard,
Aye. Hutchinson. Aye. Gene. Aye. Johnston. Aye. Kerr. Aye. King. Aye. Lamkin. Aye. Lee. Link.
Aye. Malone. Aye. Mauck. Aye.
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Mayberry. Aye. McLean. Aye. David Meeks. Aye. S. Meeks. Aye. Nichols. Perry. Aye. Rice. Aye. Sanders. Aye. Shepard. Aye. Slinkard. Aye. Steele. Stubblefield. Aye. Bynes. Wagner. Aye. Wardlaw. Aye. Westerman. Aye. Woods. Aye. Aye.
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But you have to declare that they're not there before we go to the next person. When we go to the next person, you avoid an opportunity to declare. And, of course, if you're just striking one,
it wouldn't make any difference anyway. My vote of 53 ayes, 36 nays, the bill
is passed. Mr. King moves to clincher. All in favor, say aye. Aye.
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Opposed, no. No. The ayes have it. Mr. Clerk, read HB2001. House Bill 2001 by Representative
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Hickerson regarding the Care of Pets Under Domestic Abuse Act. Ms. Hickerson, you're recognized to explain your bill.
Representative Mary P. "Prissy" Hickerson
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think this one will be a little bit easier. House Bill 2001 is a bill that will make the decision to leave a dangerous situation a little bit easier for victims of domestic violence.
This bill simply adds the care and custody of household pets to the protection orders that courts may provide in domestic violence cases. Studies show that up to 48% of domestic violence victims report that they delayed leaving an abusive spouse or partner because they feared for their pet's safety. This inability to leave places women and children at greater risk of exposure to emotional and physical trauma. And often, if they do leave, the abuser will threaten to harm or kill the pets unless the
spouse or children return to the home. Seventy-one percent of battered women reported that their pets had been threatened, harmed, or killed by the abusive spouse. Seventeen states have enacted laws to include pets in protective orders in domestic violence cases, and I hope that we can soon add Arkansas to that list and provide domestic violence victims a little bit more protection and relief. Thank you for your consideration of this bill, and I'd appreciate a good vote, and I will take questions. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill.
Anyone to speak against the bill? For the bill? If not, members, the question before the House is the passage of HB 2001. Cast up the machine. Prepare the ballot,
Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. Now cast up the vote, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 88, yea, 0, nay, and 2 present, you passed HB 2001.
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Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1988. House Bill 1988 by Representative Pennartz to authorize the creation
of regional economic development partnerships to regulate regional economic development partnerships and to regulate to regulate the
funding of regional economic development partnerships. Representative Pernarcher recognized and explained
the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members. House Bill 1988 is a bill that's been worked on with input from the Arkansas Economic Development
Commission and chambers from across the state. House Bill 1988 would allow multi-county regions to create regional economic development partnerships which would proactively market and brand each region in an effort to attract new industry and businesses. The key is the collaboration of these counties together in these partnerships to explore the mutually beneficial linkages that they have and to market the assets.
Now, what is a RADP? It means an organization whose mission is to promote specific regions within the state for business, retail, nonprofit, industrial location, relocation, and expansion. The RADP would be governed by a regional board of directors that would operate, manage, and control the RADP in all aspects. There is no funding connected with this bill. Mr. Speaker, I would be glad to stand for questions.
Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone want to speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House, the passage of HB 1988. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Cast
up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 90 yea, 0 nay, and 0 present, you passed House Bill 1988.
Mr. Pierce has requested that we pass over HB 1611, leave it on the calendar without objection. to regular Senate bills. Mr. Clerk, read SB 404. Senate Bill 404 by Senator Sample
to increase the additional fee for firefighter license plates to $5 and have the funds remitted to the Arkansas
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Fallen Firefighters Memorial Board. Representative Summers, you're recognized to explain
Representative Tim Summers
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the bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. Senate Bill 404 is a bill to raise the final funds for completion of
Arkansas Falling Firefighters Memorial here. The Firefighter Memorial was originally approved 10 years ago, and the Arkansas firefighters are asking that you set the renewal cost at $5 on four existing firefighter plates that firefighters voluntarily buy. And below is a list of the plates, the state firefighter plate, the professional firefighter plate, the retired firefighter
plate, and the firefighter memorial plate. There are currently 12,200, and the purchase of these plates are not mandatory for the firefighters. I'll take any questions. Members, you've heard an explanation of the
bill. Anyone to have representative link for what purpose question please you're recognized does this possibly create yet one
Representative Kelley Linck
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more license plate hopefully it'll create many more license plates this
this bill would create more license plates more individual or customized yes sir any different license plates than we currently have yes it does great yes thank you members you've heard an
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explanation of the bill anyone speak against the bill for the bill if not the question
before the house of the passage of SB 404 prepare the machine mr. clerk voting on the bill and the emergency
Clause members. Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot,
Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 79 yeas, one nay and three present, you pass the bill and the
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emergency clause. Mr. Clerk read Senate Bill 711. Senate Bill 711 by Senator Key to to study the advantages and disadvantages of an extended school year.
Representative Eddie L. Cheatham
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Mr. Cheatham recognizes playing the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 7-11 by Mr. Key has said we've had a lot of conversation over the last few years of ways to continue to improve our school system. Length of school days in a lot of other countries have come to light. So this is simply a study to look at that and see what impact it has on just our teachers, the cost of districts facility needs curriculum instruction tourism it's
really just a study I appreciate a good vote remember you've heard an explanation the bill anyone want to speak against the bill representative level for what purpose I had a question he's yielded floor anyone speak against the bill for the bill. If not,
members, the question before the House, the passage of Senate Bill 711. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 80 yays, 8 nays, and 0 present, you pass
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the bill mr. clerk read Senate bill 332 Senate bill 332 by senator files to expedite administrative tax appeals and promote access to justice representative Carter you're recognized to
Representative Davy Carter
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explain the bill thank you speaker apologies again from last time members this bill deals with administrative
appeal procedure it was the amendments were this is an agreed to bill were actually written by dfna uh this basically does a couple of things it says that if if if they're unable to give the taxpayer a hearing within 180 days that they'll effectively be required to waive the interest i think there's been numerous situations where a taxpayer has has has challenged a ruling and it just sat out there forever and ever and ever before they were able to get get administrative hearing on the matter on what they term a revision, which would be effectively
an appeal. It also says that it has to be done with 60 days after that first order was issued. So I'd be glad to try to answer any questions. If not, I appreciate that.
Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Anyone speak against the bill? for
the bill? If not, the question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 332. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted? Passed up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 92 yeas, 0 nay, and 0 present, you've
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passed the bill. Ms. Clerk, read Senate Bill 598 Senate Bill
598 by Senator Disming to revise and make technical corrections to the Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries to enhance the regulation of cemeteries
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and to provide for infant internment and gardens Representative Wood, you're recognized to explain the bill
Representative Jon Woods
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker Senate Bill 598 contains amendments to the Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries and this was brought to Senator Dispeng and myself by the Arkansas Cemetery Board. The Cemetery Board licenses and regulates 98 perpetual cemeteries in the state. The majority of these changes are basically just to make technical changes, just to kind of update the act. Thank you very much. Appreciate a good vote. Members, you've heard an explanation of the vote.
Anyone speak against the bill, for the bill? If not, the question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 598, prepare the machine mr.
clerk everyone voted cast up the ballot mr. clerk
by vote of 91 yay 0 nay and 0 present you pass the bill
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mr. clerk read Senate bill 276 Senate bill 276
by Senator Teague to amend the state sales and use tax rate
on food and food ingredients in the declare emergency for what purpose
represent the steel upon a personal privilege your your recognized center representative steel thank you mr. speaker members
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we're going to pass over this deal we're just trying to add co-sponsors if you want to be a co-sponsor if you would please see
Representative McLean and this will be the final day for that thank you
very much mr. clerk read Senate bill 512
hold on a minute mr. clerk members without objection we'll pass over SB 276 but it will remain on the calendar now
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mr. clerk read senate bill 512 senate bill 512 by senator johnson to allow for the issuance of a no contact order by a court in certain circumstances representative vines you're
Representative John T. Vines
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recognized to explain the bill thank you mr speaker uh senate bill 512 uh comes from senator johnson it's a simple bill that simply amends clarifies and uh amends there's no contact order issued by court the language is added just further clarifies it's brought on behalf of the administrative office of courts and there's no opposition to the bill appreciate a good vote remember you've heard an
explanation of the of the bill
anyone wishing to speak against the bill for the bill if not
the question before the house
is the passage of Senate Bill 512. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted.
a vote of 92 yeas, 0 nay, and 0 present, you've passed the bill.
Members, we're going back to the first page, the very first bill, Senate Bill 300. Mr. Edwards
has been authorized to handle that amendment. Representative Edwards moves that we place Senate Bill 300 on
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second reading for the purpose of amendment. Without objection, read the amendment, Mr. Clerk. Amendment number one to
Senate Bill 300. Representative Edwards, you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a bill, and this amendment was done to clarify, saying that if a corporation such as Legal Aid of Arkansas,
Central Legal Aid of Arkansas, if they provide representation for indigent citizens, half of their entities, half of their clients deal with battered women, There was a Supreme Court ruling that cast a cloud over whether or not corporations, even nonprofit corporations that provide legal representation for indigents in this regard, there's a cloud over whether or not they can continue to do so.
What this amendment will do will allow, by statute, these nonprofit entities to represent these indigents. The attorneys have to be properly qualified under Arkansas law, and I would appreciate a good vote. Member, you've heard
an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wish to speak against the amendment?
For the amendment? If not, the question before the House is the passage of amendment number one for Senate Bill 300. All those in favor say aye. Opposed no. The amendment is adopted.
Members, we're going to the budget calendar. Ms. Webb, would you
like to tell us how you want to
proceed? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I would like to do is to batch the first three bills.
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Are there any objections to batching
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the first three bills? Mr. Clerk, read those first three bills. House Bill 1327, Senate Bill 103, Senate Bill 133. Representative Webb, you're recognized to
explain. Appreciate a good vote.
The question before the House is the passage of the bills enumerated
by the Clerk. Read the bills, Ms. Clerk. House Bill 1327,
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Senate Bill 103, Senate Bill 133. Prepare the machine, Ms. Clerk. You're voting on the bills and the emergency clause.
Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk.
By a vote of 92 yea, 0 nay, and 1 present, you have passed the budget bills and the emergency clause, members. Ms. Clerk, Ms. Webb, you're recognized.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to pass over the House Bill 1630 and go to the
next bill. Without objection, pass over 1630 and keep it on the calendar.
Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1506. House
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Bill 1506 by Joint Budget Committee, an act for the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, General Improvement Appropriation. Representative Webb, we recognize, explain the bill. Thank you,
Mr. Speaker. And continuing the tradition started last week by my distinguished
colleagues, Speaker Mr. Moore and Representative Burris, I would like to introduce a new song from A Bigger Bang album and it is, It Won't Take Long. I would appreciate a good vote. Members, you
heard an explanation of the song and the bill.
Members, the question before the House, the passage
of HB 1506, prepare the machine, Mr. You're voting
on the bill and the emergency clause. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 80 yeas, 5 nays,
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0 present. The bill is passed. Ms. Webb, the calendar says we were re-referring that bill to joint budget, and we passed it.
No, ma'am. We're going to need to expunge the vote by which that passed, if we'd be happy to make that motion. And we'll... Would you like for me to explain that? Yes, but we need to expunge it. We need to expunge it. And we're going to
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need to expunge it first. Would you have a
motion, Ms. Webb? I do. I'm going to be cool, calm, and collected and vote to expunge it, which is another so.
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Anybody want to speak against the motion, for the motion?
If not, the question before the House is to expunge the vote. HB 1506. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have it. Now, Ms. Webb, you're recognized for your action on 1506. No more songs. I have some.
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I would like to move to re-refer this
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to joint budget it's a proper motion anyone want to speak
against the motion for the motion without objection the question before the house the re-refer house bill 1506 all those in favor say aye opposed no the ayes have it is re-referred mr.
Allen what purpose motion you recognize after the
Representative Fred Allen
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announcement we never be of transferring via placing the candles on the test and many members on bills with own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolution reading communication remaining committee reports are moved at return until one
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o'clock tomorrow proper motion not debatable. All in favor say aye.
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Opposed no. The ayes have it. Members,
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you heard Mr. Allen make the motion for 1 o'clock there. The speaker's not here, but I think I understand
what we're going to do, and I think you want me to tell you. The scheme now is to convene at 1 o'clock and maybe meet until 3, and then at that time for the A committees to meet for an hour from 3 to 4, and then we come back again and meet from 4 until the completion of the calendar. So there's going to be mid-session committee meetings for the purpose of expediting the agendas that are before the committees now, which most of them are pretty crowded.
And then while I have your attention, I want to remind you of the caucus meetings immediately following this, caucuses 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the caucus chairman, you know who you are. So if you are a first- or second-term member, please go to your caucus room, which I'll identify here, and select an A or B committee. Caucus 1 is going to room 130. Caucus 2 is going to room 151. Caucus 3 is going to room 149. And Caucus 4 is going to room 138.
The staff, while the four caucuses, will come to the floor here at adjournment and receive the packets for each caucus. So if you're a first- or second-termer, please go to your caucus meeting. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Representative Jonathan Barnett
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Representative Stewart, for what purpose? Announcement, please. You're recognized. Everyone has on their desk a flyer about the
Representative Randy Stewart
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Sportsman's Fun Shoot tomorrow on Fish Fry. And on the map, there is a map. Not on this one, but there should be a map there. If you have any questions, you can contact me. That's tomorrow after adjournment.
Representative Fred Allen
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Representative Allen, what purpose? You're recognized. The Pratt Caucus meets in the morning at 7 o'clock, room 019. Representative Rogers, for what purpose?
Announcement. You're recognized. Joint Energy will meet tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock in room 149. Representative Webb,
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for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Joint Budget
will meet at 9 o'clock in Big Mac. Representative Viviano, for what purpose?
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Announcement. You're recognized. The Freshman Caucus
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will have a reception tonight at War Memorial Stadium at 630. Please attend. Representative
Barnett, you're recognized. House Transportation, tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock, Big Mac, Room B. Thank you. Representative Lindsey, for what
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purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. Personnel subcommittee, joint budget, will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock in Big Mac Building, Room B.
Representative Wood, we're up purpose. Announcement, you're
Representative Jon Woods
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recognized. Thank you. Public health will meet tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., Room 130. Thank you. Representative Kiley, for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. Action Revenue will meet in
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the morning at 10 o'clock, Room 151. Thank you, sir. Any other announcements?
The desk will remain open for the reading of the bills until 4.30 this afternoon, and upon completion of the items named in the adjourn resolution, the House will be adjourned until 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Agenda
Call to Order
Invocation
Roll Call
SB300
SB637
SB636
SB274
HR1032
HB1439
HB1298
HB1907
HB1785
HB1723
HB2198
HB2141
HB1869
HB1893
HB1917
HB1296
HB1617
HB2118
HB2047
HB2003
HB1833
HB1933
HB1797
HB2001
HB1988
SB404
SB711
SB332
SB598
SB276
SB512
SB300
Budget Calendar
Announcements
Adjournment
Documents
No documents posted.
Speakers
Speaker 1
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Speaker 8
Speaker 11
Representative Duncan Baird Chair
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Speaker 21
Representative Tracy Pennartz Chair
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Speaker 28
Representative Terry Rice
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Chair
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Speaker 16
Representative Eddie L. Cheatham
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Representative Barry Hyde Chair
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Representative Johnnie J. Roebuck
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Representative Fred Allen
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Speaker 58
Representative Darrin Williams
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Speaker 18
Representative Denny Altes
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Speaker 13
Representative Randy Stewart
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Representative Kim Hammer
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Representative John W. Walker
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Speaker 84
Speaker 90
Speaker 66
Speaker 92
Speaker 93
Speaker 98
Representative Debra M. Hobbs
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Speaker 113
Representative Bryan B. King
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Speaker 130
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
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Speaker 64
Speaker 140
Representative Davy Carter
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Representative Tim Summers
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Representative Lori Benedict
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Speaker 159
Representative Charlie Collins
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Representative Leslee Milam Post
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Speaker 168
Speaker 170
Speaker 171
Representative Mary P. "Prissy" Hickerson
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Representative Kelley Linck
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Representative John Charles Edwards Chair
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Representative Jon Woods
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Representative John T. Vines
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Representative Kathy Webb Chair
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Speaker 157
Speaker 172
Representative Jonathan Barnett
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