House Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee
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Bills discussed (18)
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HB1763
· 5 mentions in chapter, transcript
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HB1883
· 4 mentions in chapter, transcript
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HB1898
· 2 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1898”
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HB1055
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ry different from House Bill 1712. It's very different from House Bill 1055. Those bills were much more involved and would change the V…”
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HB1712
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…here we are at this point in 1763, it's very different from House Bill 1712. It's very different from House Bill 1055. Those bills were…”
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HB1870
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Is she here? Senate Bill 242, Senator Madison. Is she here? House Bill 1870, Representative Wright. Do you want to run that bill? All r…”
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HB1884
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ou, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Committee. Moving right along. House Bill 1884, Representative Patterson. House Bill 1955, Representative…”
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HB1955
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ing right along. House Bill 1884, Representative Patterson. House Bill 1955, Representative McQuarrie. House Bill 1972 Representative G…”
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HB1972
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ative Patterson. House Bill 1955, Representative McQuarrie. House Bill 1972 Representative Gillum”
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HB1980
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1980 Representative Westerman House Bill 2226 Lovell House Bill…”
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HB2001
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ouse Bill 2157. Jean. Passover. House Bill 2055. Patterson. House Bill 2001. Hickerson. And she promised me she'd be here. And she want…”
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HB2055
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…k House Bill 2184 Eubanks. House Bill 2157. Jean. Passover. House Bill 2055. Patterson. House Bill 2001. Hickerson. And she promised me…”
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HB2157
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…presentative Colin Smith Good luck House Bill 2184 Eubanks. House Bill 2157. Jean. Passover. House Bill 2055. Patterson. House Bill 200…”
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HB2184
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Lovell House Bill 2195 Representative Colin Smith Good luck House Bill 2184 Eubanks. House Bill 2157. Jean. Passover. House Bill 2055.…”
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HB2195
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…e Bill 1980 Representative Westerman House Bill 2226 Lovell House Bill 2195 Representative Colin Smith Good luck House Bill 2184 Eubank…”
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HB2226
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1980 Representative Westerman House Bill 2226 Lovell House Bill 2195 Representative Colin Smith Good luck…”
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SB242
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…t, gentlemen. Senate Bill 265, Senator Salmon. Is she here? Senate Bill 242, Senator Madison. Is she here? House Bill 1870, Representat…”
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SB265
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…an. As amended. We're going to go down the list, gentlemen. Senate Bill 265, Senator Salmon. Is she here? Senate Bill 242, Senator Madi…”
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Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
0:00
Okay, gentlemen, we're going to start. I think we have an amendment at first by Representative Ingram on House Bill 1898, Representative Ingram. Gentlemen, I promise we will not stay here long. If we can get four or five bills, three, that would be great. I don't know what I'm doing over here. Sir, if you'd
Representative Keith M. Ingram
Unverified
0:23
recognize yourself for the record. Representative Keith Ingram, West Memphis. Mr. Chairman, thank you for recognizing me, members of the committee.
As Representative Linderman pointed out in the last, the bill that we ran on 1898 regarding keeping Arkansas competitive, there was a word that was left out of a 21-page document. It was a key word. On page 2, line 19... Mr. Ingram? Yes. I'm
Speaker 4
0:53
sorry. We do not have that amendment right now. My staff person has gone after it.
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
1:03
What's the pleasure of the committee? Do you want to proceed or do you want to wait on that
Representative Keith M. Ingram
Unverified
1:13
written amendment? Does he look honest enough? Please proceed and explain. He's honest. You can shoot dice with me over the telephone, huh? We added the word employee was inadvertently left off. Permanent was there, but not employees. And Mr. Representative Linderman caught that, and I've amended it to reflect permanent employees, and I'd appreciate a good vote.
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
1:34
I'll answer any questions. Any questions by committee? What's the pleasure of the committee? We have a due pass on the amendment. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed like sign. You've passed your amendment. We've already passed that bill. Is
Speaker 13
1:54
that correct, Representative? Yes, sir. so it would be passed, I guess, do pass as
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
1:58
amended. Right. We have a motion to do pass as amended. All in favor
say aye. Aye. Opposed, like signed. Congratulations, Representative.
You've passed your bill as amended. Thank you, Committee. I
appreciate you all. Committee next on our list is House Bill 1763 by Representative Collins.
Representative Charlie Collins
Unverified
2:20
Welcome. I couldn't get my bills. I was sitting up there waiting for him to. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Here I am Representative Charlie Collins from the great city of Fayetteville. And we've spent a lot of time talking about the subject of horseshoeing and teeth floating over the months. We passed House Bill 1763 with an amendment from Representative Lenderman a week or two
ago. And as we passed House Bill 1763 as amended out of this committee, I made two commitments to representatives on the committee. One of the commitments was to Representative Stewart to amend the bill again to remove a particular word. Another commitment was to Representative Smith to add in a definition for equine teeth floating. And then we also added Representative Smith as a co-sponsor and extended the period which the Vet Board would not be pursuing
teeth floaters or massage therapists. So four things were amended. That amendment passed on the House floor. So what we're looking to do today is pass that amendment in this committee. I would also say, and it gets a little complicated here, but I think we're going to be smooth sailing, that in the interim of the last four or five days, there have been a lot of people looking at the definition that we added in, and Representative Smith and the vets and others, and I have all agreed that we're going to amend in the Senate out
the definition. So I'm just saying that for the people that are on Representative Stewart, Representative Smith, and several others so that they know I've committed to them that when we get this bill over in the Senate, we will take out the definition of tooth floating that's in here now. The proper place to get that definition right is in the interim study, Both sides agree that that's what we need to do, and rather than try to argue our way to an acceptable definition to both sides now, we're going to take that definition out.
So I'd appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Have the members seen the amendment? It's engrossed in the
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
4:36
bill that's in their folders, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Okay. You have. It's already been engrossed. Okay. I'm just
trying to catch up here. Do we have questions by committee? 1763. Representative Linderman. We have a motion. Go ahead, sir. We have a motion. Do pass.
Speaker 15
5:00
I have a question if it's not too late. It's not too late. Take back
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
5:07
that motion, Representative Linderman. Representative Collins, I didn't see your hand soon enough. I'm sorry. All right, Representative Collins, we
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
5:12
took out the definitions, and I wasn't here for the whole presentation on committee, and I apologize for that, but we took out the definitions. Does that not almost, I mean, what does that do to this bill if we take out that definition of horseshoeing and we took out the definition, isn't that what we did?
Representative Charlie Collins
Unverified
5:32
Representative Lincoln, where we are at this point in 1763, it's very different from House Bill 1712. It's very different from House Bill 1055. Those bills were much more involved and would change the Veterinary Practice Act quite significantly. Those bills did not pass, unfortunately for some, fortunately for others. This bill, House Bill 1763, is a much more limited capturing the agreement from both sides on horseshoeing, et cetera. The one place that there was a request at the last meeting to add in a definition was
just for what equine teeth floating is, and that's on page 3, lines 12 through 24. Subsequent to passing that amendment on the floor, both sides have agreed that now is not the time to try and define that. So in the Senate, we will amend that out. I realize it's confusing. There's been three different bills. This bill's now been amended twice, and I'm committing to a third amendment, so I understand it's confusing, but boy, oh, boy, if we just do pass this puppy, it'd be nice.
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
6:37
Okay. Thank you. All right. Representative Smith, you have a question, but please, we're speaking on the amendment, not the bill. Yes, sir.
Representative Garry L. Smith
Unverified
6:47
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Representative Collins.
Speaker 26
6:49
And we are taking out lines 12 through 24, as I understand it, so it puts it back to where a tooth floater can continue to float teeth without these regs for the interim until we get the study done. Is that correct? Yes,
Representative Charlie Collins
Unverified
7:02
Representative Smith. We will take that out via amendment in the Senate. Thank you.
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
7:07
Mr. Chair yes sir any other questions representative Linderman you have a motion yes sir we
have a second motion do pass we're talking about the amendment all in favor say aye opposed like sign the amendment passes now do I hear a motion on them on the bill is amended representative Smith has that motion all in favor say aye opposed like sign Congratulations, Reverend Collins.
You have passed your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As amended. We're going to go down the list, gentlemen. Senate Bill 265, Senator Salmon. Is she here? Senate Bill 242, Senator Madison. Is she here? House Bill 1870, Representative Wright. Do you want to run that bill? All right, sir.
You also have House Bill 1883. Would you like to run that bill? Yes, Mr. Chairman.
Gentlemen, we're going to consider House Bill 1883 by Representative Wright. Sir, if you'd
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
8:22
recognize yourself, you may begin. Mr. Chairman, thank you. Marshall Wright, State Representative. Committee members, thank you for having me here today running House Bill 1883. It's allowing exemption to our current burn ban statutes for our farmers to burn off their crops. This bill is regarding our unlawful burning statute.
It allows an exemption for farmers to burn off their crops during a burn ban if they get permission from the county burn ban officer. The county burn ban officer, typically the county judge, would inspect the area of the crop to be burned off, and if the county burn ban inspector felt it was okay, a farmer could go ahead and burn off his crop and go ahead and plant his next crop. Any questions by committee?
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
9:10
Representative Wright, I have a question first. Yes, sir. Must the farmer or whoever have written permission? No. So I'm saying... It
will be done by sight. Well, I'm saying if I'm pretty good friends with my county judge,
then I could call him up and say, hey, I've got this wheat field that needs to be burned on Highway 284, and he could verbally tell me
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
9:34
over the phone whether I could or not? Absolutely, and this will protect the farmer. who now, if they decide to go ahead and burn it off, they could be in big trouble if something happens.
You can call the county judge. You can do it by letter. The county can do a policy
Speaker 26
9:54
to allow it. All right, sir. Representative Smith. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Representative Wright, for bringing this bill. My question, you talked about row cropping. What about if we've got a pasture that's kind of been left idle and there's a little bit of grass that needs to be burned? Is this also applicable under proper care, or is that
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
10:10
totally a different animal? It's a totally different animal. This would apply
Speaker 26
10:13
strictly to crops. So it would require the approval of the local fire chief or whatever or the county judge,
and, again, a verbal would work in that case? Yes,
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
10:21
sir. Yes, sir. I left it open specifically to allow for verbal, telephone, things like that. Okay, thank you. As
Speaker 26
10:27
you know, our great forefathers, when they were wild people on this land, that's how they control a lot of things, by burning it off. So I want to make sure we still
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
10:36
have that opportunity. Thank you, sir. Yes, sir.
Speaker 15
10:43
Representative Love, do you have a question? You don't? Good. I didn't mean to serve you. Excuse me. Representative McQuarrie.
Representative Walls McCrary
Unverified
10:50
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Representative Wright, I just clarify again or give an example of the type of policy a county judge can do. I'm interested in something that's all-inclusive. where 500 farmers on a given day doesn't have to call him to get permission to burn. Would you explain that, how that could work? Yes,
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
11:12
and I can tell you somewhat from experience or kind of sort of experience, since my dad was a county judge for 18 years, he had a written policy that was approved by the quorum court
that allowed for certain exemptions like this. And then just what it did was everybody folded it up and stuck it in their truck. But this
is specifically to protect our farmers when they do this. Representative Leading. I think somebody just beat me to it. I have a motion
Speaker 41
11:47
at the appropriate time. All right, sir. Representative Sturt. I have a question.
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
11:55
On page two, the way I read this, the farmer has no requirement to do anything other than set the fire because a is acting under a permit and then you put or and then from b1 or bi down you just set a fire the only requirement is that you have a adequate disking so the way it looks there is no permission required if you there is
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
12:25
permission of required believe represents to it if you look which says
it is not a violation and that's where the exemption is showing that it's not a violation to do that when you set it with the permission of the burn ban
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
12:39
officer but where does it say that you have to do it with the
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
12:43
burn ban officer it's saying right on let me find it here acting in a permanent
where it says in line 27 or perform other safety measures as required by the county burn ban officer. Okay, so you have to
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
13:14
perform measures, but I still don't see where you have to. You have to perform
Representative Marshall Wright
Unverified
13:19
measures, and that exemption, if you perform those measures and get the permission of the county burn ban officer.
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
13:29
Okay, I agree it could be construed that way.
Representative Jerry R. Brown
Unverified
13:41
Thank you, Representative Stewart. I thought, Representative Stewart, I thought you were a sponsor of this bill. I understand. It is a good bill. Trust me on that. And I just now noticed I'm a sponsor of this bill, too. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Who on the committee wanted to make a motion?
You sure did. Representative Smith. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want a motion due pass. We have a motion due pass. All in favor of this bill, say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, signed. Congratulations. Representative, you have passed your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Committee. Moving right along. House Bill 1884, Representative Patterson. House Bill 1955, Representative McQuarrie. House Bill 1972 Representative Gillum
House Bill 1980 Representative Westerman House Bill 2226 Lovell House Bill 2195 Representative Colin Smith Good luck House Bill 2184 Eubanks. House Bill 2157. Jean. Passover. House Bill 2055. Patterson. House Bill 2001. Hickerson. And she promised me she'd be here. And she wanted to run it so bad.
Is there anyone else on the list? We have Rev. Pierce, Hopper, Cheatham, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, Hobbs, or Benedict. Nothing else for
the good of this committee. Gentlemen, thank you for attending so much. We stand adjourned.
Agenda
Call to Order
HB1898
HB1763
HB1883
Adjournment
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Speakers
Representative Jerry R. Brown
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Representative Keith M. Ingram
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Speaker 4
Speaker 13
Representative Charlie Collins
Unverified
Speaker 15
Representative Kelley Linck
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Representative Garry L. Smith
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Speaker 26
Representative Marshall Wright
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Representative Walls McCrary
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Speaker 41
Representative Randy Stewart
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