February 24, 2011
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Bills discussed (42)
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HB1091
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SB5
· 5 mentions in chapter, transcript
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HB1062
· 4 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “…ds that we consider concurring in Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1062. Mr. Clerk, read the amendment. Senate Amendment No. 1”
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HB1408
· 4 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1408”
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HR1014
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
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SB115
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SB204
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SB222
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HB1045
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Speaker, we are Committee on Judiciary, to whom is referred House Bill 1045 by Representative Hutchinson. They believe we report we've…”
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HB1081
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Matched: “HB1081”
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HB1082
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Matched: “HB1082”
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HB1105
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ures from the regular session of the 88th General Assembly. House Bill 1105 is Act 133. House Bill 1113 is Act 134. House bill 1114 is…”
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HB1122
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HB1155
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “138 house bill 1155 is act 139 house bill 1158 is act 140 house bill 1190 is ac…”
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HB1171
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HB1199
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HB1255
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Matched: “to whom is referred House Bill 1255 by Representative Jean We report we have the same under con…”
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HB1257
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…e are committee on revenue and taxation to whom is referred House Bill 1257 by Representative Ingram House Bill 1421 by Representative…”
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HB1295
· 1 mention in chapter
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HB1315
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HB1371
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…are Committee on Public Transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1371 by Representative Kerr. Begley report we've had the same un…”
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HB1385
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…sure from the regular session of the 88th General Assembly. House Bill 1385 is Act 146. Sincerely, Mike Beebe. To the Speaker of the Ho…”
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HB1403
· 1 mention in chapter
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HB1416
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HB1420
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HB1421
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…o whom is referred House Bill 1257 by Representative Ingram House Bill 1421 by Representative Patterson House Bill 1491 by Representati…”
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HB1439
· 1 mention in chapter
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HB1440
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HB1448
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…e a committee on public transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1448 by Representative Oberby. I believe the report we've had th…”
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HB1449
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Speaker, we are Committee on Judiciary, to whom is referred House Bill 1449 by Representative Slinkard, House Bill 1456 by Representati…”
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HB1452
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “on energy to whom is referred to House Bill 1452 by Representative Pierce. I believe the report would have t…”
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HB1453
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…we are a committee on public health to whom is referred to House Bill 1453, by Representative Allen. They leave the report. We've had…”
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HB1454
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ker, we are a committee on education to whom is referred to House Bill 1454 by Representative Roebuck,”
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HB1456
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…hom is referred House Bill 1449 by Representative Slinkard, House Bill 1456 by Representative Powers, Senate Bill 61 by Senator Madison…”
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HB1480
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…are Committee on Public Transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1480 by Representative Hutchinson. Begley report we've had the s…”
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HB1489
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1489 by Representative Steele, and House Resolution 1015 by Repr…”
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HB1491
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…entative Ingram House Bill 1421 by Representative Patterson House Bill 1491 by Representative Cowling We report we have the same under…”
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HCR1006
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HCR1006”
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HR1001
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “with House Resolution 1001. Joining us today for this special occasion are several mem…”
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HR1015
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Bill 1489 by Representative Steele, and House Resolution 1015 by Representative Post. I believe the report we've had the…”
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SB61
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ntative Slinkard, House Bill 1456 by Representative Powers, Senate Bill 61 by Senator Madison. They believe we report we've had the sa…”
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SB77
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Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Members, thank you for your attention and standing. I'd ask that staff, press, and members of the gallery who are guests here today, please stand while we're led in prayer. Dr. Glenn, excuse me, got the wrong one. How about Dr. Mark Atwood from, I'm still on the wrong one. Dr. Glenn Putman, that's you, isn't it? Thank you, Dr. Putman, for being with us today. I get it correct here. please remain standing while we're led in our Pledge of Allegiance
by Representative Billy Gaskill Dr. Putnam thank you for being here let's pray Father we
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thank you so much for this day that you have given us and truly you are the author of life Father we're greatly blessed to be in a country like we live in and a state that we live in and I thank you for each one of these representatives and Father I pray that you would bless them with your great wisdom that father they may govern by real mercy and real justice with a blend father
that will be a blessing to all and i pray heavenly father that today you would just be honored and glorified in our lives and that the kingdom of god father would truly rule and work in the depths of our heart we thank you for the great salvation father that you have provided for us and the peace that passes all understanding. Direct our paths today. And Father, I pray this in the name that I have my hope in, Lord Jesus. Amen. Amen.
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Members, please indicate your presence by pressing the yellow present button. Prepare the
Chair
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machine, Mr. Clark. As everyone indicated their presence by pressing
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the yellow present button. Representative Steele, the yellow present button.
Chair
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Thank you. Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. Chair recognizes 95 members present. Quorum, do you have a request for leave? Representative Meeks.
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A request for leave for Representative King. Leave granted for Representative King. Let
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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the record flag leave is granted. Representative Mayberry. Leave for Representative Colin Smith. Leave granted for Representative Colin Smith. Leave is granted.
Members, I apologize for not having my notes correct on Dr. Putnam. Dr. Putnam, he may have left the chamber, but we do appreciate him being here. He's from the Wall Street, Walnut Street Baptist Church, not Wall Street, Walnut Street Baptist Church in Jonesboro. He's
here today as guest representative John Hubbard, so we appreciate his presence here. Representative Eddie
Chair
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Cheatham moves that we dispense the reading of the previous day's journal.
No objections, so ordered. The reports from select committees, read the report, Mr. Clerk. Mr. Speaker, we are a committee
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on energy to whom is referred to House Bill 1452 by Representative Pierce. I believe the report would have the same under consideration and herewith return the same with the recommendation that it do pass. Respectfully submitted, Tiffany
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Rogers, Chair. Reports from standing committees. Ready to report, Mr.
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Clerk. Mr. Speaker, we are a committee on education to whom is referred to House Bill 1454 by Representative Roebuck,
House Bill 1489 by Representative Steele, and House Resolution 1015 by Representative Post. I believe the report we've had the same under consideration and herewith returned the same with the recommendation that they do pass. Respectfully submitted, Johnny Roebuck, Vice Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are a committee on public transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1448 by Representative Oberby. I believe the report we've had the same under consideration and herewith returned the same with the recommendation that it do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Public Transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1371 by Representative Kerr. Begley report we've had the same under consideration and herewith return the same with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Public Transportation to whom was referred House Bill 1480 by Representative Hutchinson. Begley report we've had the same under consideration and herewith return the same with the recommendation that it do not pass. Respectfully submitted, Jonathan Barnett, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Judiciary, to whom is referred House Bill 1449 by Representative Slinkard, House Bill 1456 by Representative Powers, Senate Bill 61 by Senator Madison. They believe we report we've had the same under consideration and here with return the same with the recommendation that they do pass.
Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Judiciary, to whom is referred House Bill 1045 by Representative Hutchinson. They believe we report we've had the same under consideration and here with return the same with the recommendation that it do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, Darren Williams, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on revenue and taxation to whom is referred House Bill 1257 by Representative Ingram House Bill 1421 by Representative Patterson House Bill 1491 by Representative Cowling We report we have the same under consideration here to return the same with the recommendation that they do pass Mr. Speaker, we are committee on revenue and taxation
to whom is referred House Bill 1255 by Representative Jean We report we have the same under consideration here to return the same with the recommendation that do pass as amended respectfully submitted Davey Carter, Chair Mr. Speaker, we are a committee on public health to whom is referred to House Bill 1453, by Representative Allen. They leave the report. We've had the same. Under consideration here with the return, the same with the recommendation
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that do pass. Respectfully submitted it to Linda Tyler. Chair. Any unfinished business, executive communications? Mr. Clark, read the letter from the Governor.
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To the Speaker of the House. Dear Mr. Speaker, this is to inform you that on February 24, 2011, I approve the following measure from the regular session of the 88th General Assembly. House Bill 1385 is Act 146. Sincerely, Mike Beebe. To the Speaker of the House, dear Mr. Speaker, this is to inform you that on February 24th, 2011, I approve the following measures from the regular session of the 88th General Assembly. House Bill 1105 is Act 133. House Bill 1113 is Act 134. House bill 1114 is act 135 house bill 1142 is act 136 house bill 1143 is act 137 house bill 1147 is act
138 house bill 1155 is act 139 house bill 1158 is act 140 house bill 1190 is act 141 house bill 1207 is act 142 house bill 1278 is act 143 house bill 1332 is act 144 house bill
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1388 is act 145 Sincerely, Mike Beebe. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Members,
Chair
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I want to take a few minutes and have you join me in welcoming some special guests we have with us today. We have a group from Harding University who's here as a guest of Representative Viviano.
Would you all stand up and let us hear a good group of folks. Thank you all
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for being here today. And from Woods Elementary School in Fort Smith, guest of Representative Denny Altus, we have a group of fifth-grade students here. And there they are, standing over in the West Gallery. Fine, looking good. Yay! Glad y'all are here with us. And down from, as they say, where I come from, my neck of the woods, down in Deshaies County,
We have a couple of our Justices of Peace and some community leaders from Dumas who are here as guests of Representative Ephraim Elliott, and I'll claim a little bit of that, too, being from Deshaies County. Where are folks from Deshaies County? Thank you all for being with us today. Let's see. We have here as guests of Representative Hopper Link and Representative Benedict from the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce Leadership.
If you all could stand and be recognized, yes, stand up. We'd like to see you. Thank you all for being here. And I have as my very special guest here today my son Rob, his wife Nicole, and my lovely granddaughter Sylvia. Y'all stand up right there and be recognized. All right.
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Okay, members, we're going to go to the red calendar. Representative Hopper moves that we place House Bill 1408 on second reading for the purpose of amendment. Without objection, read
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the amendment, Mr. Clerk. House Amendment
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No. 1 to House Bill 1408. Representative Rice, you're going to explain the amendment.
Representative Rice, you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank
Representative Terry Rice
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you, Mr. Baker. this is uh members this is a requested support amendment that was approved in judiciary committee however it was necessary to uh have approved here in the body today
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and i would appreciate a good vote thank you members you heard uh
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represent williams what purpose question of the parliamentarian actually okay which question
Representative Darrin Williams
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this exact amendment was adopted in judiciary committee and the bill
was passed out do do pass as amended what's the purpose of of also amending it here again
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mr williams uh committees don't amend bills they just recommend it and the full house has to act on your recommendation and that was a recommendation from judiciary do pass as amended amendment number one and he's just following the orders here of the the committee am I clear not to me
Representative Darrin Williams
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I'm sorry so when we amend the bill in
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committee and let me just stop you right there you're not amending them in committee you're recommending that they be amended in committee so that's
Representative Darrin Williams
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a misnomer so so anytime we recommend an amendment in committee that has to be put on members' own, or motions to amend. And since
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he wasn't the owner of the bill, since it was Ms. Hopper who owned the bill, then he's presenting it on the floor under motions to amend. If she had put the amendment on, she could have done it under her own bill on amendment.
But ladies and gentlemen of the House, everything you do in committee must be affirmed by this House. Committees are only recommending
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bodies. Okay, Mr. Williams? Thank you. Members, you heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment or the amendment, not the question before the House's adoption of Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1408? All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. Ayes carried. Amendment adopted.
Okay, Representative Wilkins moves that we place Senate Bill 5 on second reading for the purpose of amendment. Without objection, read Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 5, Mr. Clerk. Amendment
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No. 1 to Senate Bill 5. Representative Wilkins,
you are recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The
same situation that Representative Williams just called attention to occurred with Senate Bill 5. The committee recommended this amendment. It is the senator's amendment. He's working with the Secretary of State's office and others to
perfect the bill. I 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 before the House's adoption of Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 5. All in
favor say aye. Opposed, no. Ayes have it. Amendment adopted. Go to the resolutions. Mr. Clerk, read House Memorial Resolution 1001.
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House Memorial Resolution 1001, by Representative Hopper, in respectful memory of Mr. James Ed Gilbert, and in recognition of his many contributions to the
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state of Arkansas and his local community. Representative Hopper, you
are recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues. When my husband and I adopted your great state as our home in 1987, we quickly learned that
that Ed Gilbert was our state representative and I soon learned about the great work representative Gilbert was doing for our state and for Baxter County because you see back then when we did not have cell phones and back then when we did not have email and back then when we could not watch live proceedings from the house on our computers I was a very young reporter with radio station KTLO in Mountain Home.
And in the afternoons during legislative session, I was charged with calling the House switchboard and asking for a message to be delivered to Representative Gilbert to call and share the details about that day's proceedings. It was through these interviews with Representative Gilbert that I was introduced to the workings of the Arkansas House of Representatives. And I guess you could say I was already in training for this job all the way back then.
Ed Gilbert was elected to our state legislature in 1976, and he served in that capacity for 18 years. In his service to the people of Baxter County in various roles, he was described as a peacemaker and a leader in every sense of the word. Well, sadly, we lost former Representative Gilbert last November way, way too early. So today, in respectful memory of Mr. James Ed Gilbert, we recognize his many contributions
with House Resolution 1001. Joining us today for this special occasion are several members of his family, including his widow Carolyn, his daughter Jessica, and his brother Roland, and I would ask that you help me in welcoming them to the House of Representatives.
Mr. Speaker, I respectfully request that House Memorial Resolution 1001 be read in its entirety. Mr. Clark, read the resolution. Be it resolved by the House
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of Representatives of the 88th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, whereas Mr. James Ed Gilbert of Mountain Home, Arkansas died on Monday, November 22, 2010 at the age of 67 years, And whereas Mr. Gilbert was born in Flippin, Arkansas, to C.R. Koch Gilbert and Connors McCracken Gilbert.
And whereas Mr. Gilbert was a lifetime area native of Mountain Home, Arkansas, having attended the Oak Lawn School and the Mountain Home Public School before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. And whereas Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Twin Lakes Baptist Church and the Mountain Home Masonic Lodge No. 225. and whereas mr gilbert was elected baxter county assessor in 1970 and served until 1974 and during his tenure he served as vice president of the arkansas assessors association and whereas mr
gilbert was appointed intramayor of mountain home in 1997 and was elected in 1976 as a state representative a position he held for 18 years and whereas mr gilbert was a peacemaker and a leader in every sense of the word playing major roles in helping mountain home receive funding for highway projects higher education and urban development and whereas mr gilbert was hailed by baxter county judge joe bodenhammer as a champion who helped build baxter county with a smile and whereas mr gilbert was instrumental in nursing home and dwi legislation as well as industrial
development and tourism legislation among many other matters and whereas mr gilbert is survived by his wife carolyn gilbert of the home and daughter jessica evans and her husband josh Masha Mountain Home and two brothers, Roland Gilbert and Ron Gilbert, both of Mountain Home, two grandchildren, Calvin and Corbin Evans, and nieces and nephews, and, whereas, the House of Representatives wishes to publicly recognize Mr. Gilbert's many contributions to the state of Arkansas and his local community. Now therefore be it resolved by the Arkansas House of Representatives of the 88th General
Assembly of the state of Arkansas that the House of Representatives recognizes James Ed Gilbert's commitment, hard work, dedication, and many years of service to the state of arkansas and his local community and commends him for his leadership be it further resolved that the individual members of the house hereby express sincerest condolences to the family of mr gilbert and upon adoption of this resolution an appropriate copy shall be provided to the family of mr gilbert by the chief clerk of the house of
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representatives members you've heard an explanation of the resolution anyone wish to speak for the resolution
If not, you close for your resolution. Representative Hopper is closed for the resolution. Question for the House
is passage of House Memorial Resolution 1001. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Ayes carry it. Mr. Clerk, let
the record reflect that the vote was unanimous.
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Mr. Clark-Reed, House Resolution 1014. House Resolution 1014, by
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Representative Link, Hopper, and Benedict, requesting that the President of the United States and the Arkansas Congressional Delegation support can continue the immediate and future funding of the Norfolk and Greer's Ferry National Fish Hatcheries.
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Representative Blank, you are recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr.
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Speaker, colleagues. We're going to do a little flipping history, I believe, as Mr.
Representative Kelley Linck
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Ed Gilbert was born in Flippin, Arkansas, and I'm going to speak a little bit about the past there briefly. My granddad used to run the ferry across the White River. That doesn't sound that exciting, except there was a bridge there built in 1934 by the state of Arkansas to put him out of business. Now, my uncle used to guide on the White River.
That's not that uncommon either. There's hundreds of people that guide on the White River. The difference was he did it before the dam was built, and he guided for smallmouth baths. You see, we have always had a tourism industry. We've always had a fishing industry on the White River in north-central Arkansas. When the federal government built a dam for good purposes, because the White River had great propensity to flood, which would do away with farmers, it would do away with everything downstream. It might ruin the entire crops, might mess up their entire world, and there's a great reason to build the dam.
It also creates electricity. The trouble of it is the water flowing from beneath the bottom side of a dam is 53 degrees year-round, much like going into a cave, much too cold for smallmouth baths. So we had a little problem here. just ruined our tourism industry they did a really neat thing they built a trout hatchery you know locals still don't care much for trout but what we found out is the rest of the world does makes for a very profitable thing and it turned out that the byproduct being trout fishing has been much more profitable than even the properties saved by the flood control and is much more
profitable than the electricity created from the dam the reason i'm up here with this resolution is we're doing, obviously, much like we're seeing in this house this year, the federal government's doing cut, seeing tax cuts. We're seeing budget cuts. And as a result, the federal government decided to cut the funding for trout hatcheries this year. And it's a small cut. It's about $6 to $9 million, and it doesn't, you wouldn't think, make that much difference, except it completely destroys the trout fishing industry in north Arkansas.
And what we're doing with this resolution is drawing that attention to not just North Arkansas's budget, but the entire state's budget. I'm not going to read all these numbers to you, but I'm going to read a couple paragraphs, if I may. Whereas these modest projects rank among the all-time success stories of our federal government because of the overall economic impact and return on investment they produce. In other words, the federal income tax paid by the people that make their living off of trout fishing is more than it takes to operate the trout hatchery.
It's actually profitable government, something we're not used to, something we don't do much of, and I can't imagine why we would want to quit that. I will say, in case you're wondering why it's not a joint resolution, this is a matter of timing. In order for us to get a resolution through the House and then through the Senate, it would take longer than a week. We felt it very important to get this resolution and this message sent to our federal government this week so that the Senate is passing a very similar resolution on that side. We will pass our own House resolution and send them both.
If I could take the time to read one more paragraph here. Whereas investment in the Norfolk and Greer's Ferry fish hatcheries has consistently demonstrated positive returns for more than half a century, the federal government's goal to reduce the federal deficit and increase economic growth would be damaged, not enhanced if funding for trout programs is reduced or eliminated in other words this a prop this is a cash cow for the federal government we just need to make sure that they realize that and we need to send this message to them be glad to answer any questions if not i would certainly
appreciate a good vote for all of the
Chair
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state of arkansas thank you representative link members have heard an explanation of the resolution anyone wishing to speak against the resolution for the resolution. If not, question for the House, passage of House Resolution 1014. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed,
no. Ayes have it. Mr. Clerk, let the record reflect that the resolution was passed unanimously. End of the morning hour.
We'll move to the next item on the agenda. Mr. Clerk, excuse me, Representative Lovell recommends that we consider concurring in Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1062. Mr. Clerk, read the amendment. Senate Amendment No. 1
to House Bill 1062. Representative Lovell, you are recognized to
Representative Buddy Lovell
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explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What it is, this is the fee that's charged for hard of hearing and deaf-impaired individuals.
And Jason Rupert and Jeremy Hutchinson suggested that I take it from 3 cents max down to 2 cents max. So that's the only change in the bill. It doesn't say up to 3 cents anymore, it says up to 2. And I still believe that, and talk to PSC and the director, that we'll probably, we still will be able to go to a penny on July the 1st when this takes effect. I appreciate a good vote.
Chair
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Members, you heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment, for the amendment? Representative Collins, you are recognized to come and speak for the amendment. I'd like to
Representative Charlie Collins
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thank Representative Lovell for this amendment. I came down and spoke against this bill when it was on the House floor originally, and I voted against it as well. And as amendment, I'm enthusiastically voting for it.
There's nothing better than broadening our tax base while we decrease the maximum tax rate. Thank you very much. Representative
Chair
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Collins has spoken for the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment? For the amendment? If you close for your amendment, Representative Lovell is closed. Question for the House is adoption of Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1062. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
voted? Has everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, by
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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a vote of 90, yea, 0, nay, 1, present. You have adopted
Chair
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the amendment. Representative Lampkin recommends that we We consider concurring in Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1091.
Mr. Clerk, read the amendment. Senate Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1091. Representative Lampkin, you are
Representative Sheilla E. Lampkin
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recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the amendment to the original bill that you all passed in here, And I promised Linda Collins-Smith and Representative Bernard that I would have it amended to include the word delinquent in front of fees, and that's what this amendment does.
Chair
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Members, you heard an explanation of the amendment. Anyone wishing to speak against the amendment, for the amendment, not to question for the House, is adoption of Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1091. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast up the ballot. Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 93, yay, 1, nay, 0, present. You have adopted the amendment.
Mr. Representative Lampkin recommends we consider concurring in Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 1091. Read the amendment, Mr. Clerk. Senate Amendment No. 2
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to House Bill 1091. Representative Lampkin, you
Representative Sheilla E. Lampkin
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amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While the bill was in the Senate, the Landlord Association asked to make another amendment
to change the date of notification from the first of the month to the fifth. So that's all this does, change the word
Chair
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first to fifth. 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 adoption of Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 1091. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Everyone voted? Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 95, yea, 0, nay, 0, present. you have adopted the amendment Mr.
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Clerk Representative Lampkin, what purpose? I need a clincher 95-0, that's a
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pretty good clincher Do you want to move
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for the clincher? Do you still have some doubt
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about this Representative Lampkin? How about us adopting
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the clincher on that amendment? All in favor say aye. Aye. The clincher adopted, Representative Lampkin. You feel better
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now? Good. Members, please join me in recognizing our doctor of the day, Dr. Atwood from Risen.
We're appreciative of you being here with us today. Thank you very much. Mr. Clark,
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read House Concurrent Resolution 1006. House Concurrent Resolution 1006 by Representative Pierce to provide for
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an extension of the regular session of the 88th General
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Assembly and to provide for a recess of the General Assembly. Representative Pierce, you are recognized to explain the resolution. Mr. Speaker,
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may I ask the clerk to read the whole bill in its entirety?
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Mr. Clerk, I'll read the resolution in its entirety. Be it
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resolved by the House of Representatives of the 88th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, the Senate concurring therein, that the regular session of the 88th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas is extended until 12 noon on April 27, 2011, and that under Arkansas Constitution, Article 6, Section 15, prior to adjournment of the General Assembly, the Governor is afforded five days after receipt of a bill to sign a bill or veto a bill.
Therefore, from April 1, 2011 to April 27, 2011, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be opened so that the office of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the office of the Secretary of the Senate may receive communications, vetoes of bills by the Governor, and notification of errors and oversights. That the regular session of the 88th General Assembly of the State of Arkansas shall enter into recess simultaneously at the close business in each chamber on April 1, 2011, or at such earlier time as may be agreed upon by the House of Representatives and the Senate. That the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President and Pro Tem of the Senate may, by joint proclamation, reconvene the General Assembly at any time before 12 noon on April 27, 2011, for the purpose of considering vetoes, correcting errors and oversights, completing its work on proposed constitutional amendments, completing its work on reapportionment, and considering the need for further extension of the regular session of the 88th General Assembly,
or adjourn the regular session of the 88th General Assembly at any time before noon, April 27, 2011, if they determine it is not necessary to reconvene, and that if the General Assembly is not reconvened or adjourned before
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noon, April 27, 2011, the regular session of the 88th General Assembly is adjourned sine die on
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that date. Senator Pierce, you're recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr. Pricker. Upon reviewing our bill filing for this session, we have decided that compared to last session,
the bills are down so far that we estimate that it would not take as long after March, the 7th filing deadline, to complete our necessary work for the state. And Andrea Lee, I will answer your question, Mr. Representative Lee. I can tell you laughing over there. After completing our first physical session last year, it became routine, so we don't have as many bills and we're moving along fine. we're doing this people's work it's uh it's moving if you have any questions on this i'll be able to answer them as best i can on this but i will turn it over
to our parliamentarian to tell us how we did
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this um with all dear respect representing peers i might choose to do that oh i'm sorry mr speaker other questions members i i was going to recognize the parliamentarian since we have a lot of new members i may not be familiar with the procedure league exactly how this works uh if you have any questions i'll give you credit for understanding we'll uh members you've heard an explanation of the uh resolution anyone wishing to speak
against the resolution uh representative burris wishes to come and speak i believe that's a thumbs up for the resolution you are recognized speak for the resolution representative burris Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to be clear.
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We only get six years. Let's make the most of it. Let's leave fingernail marks in the marble when they're
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dragging us out. So let's stay here as long as we have to to get the job done. It's a good resolution.
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Thank you. Representative Burris, spoken for the resolution.
Anyone wishing to speak against the resolution,
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for the resolution? Seeing none, are you closed for resolution? Representative Pierce. Representative Pierce is closed for resolution. Question for the House, passage of House Concurrent Resolution 1006, prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted? Everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nays, 0 present.
You have passed the resolution. Mr. Clark, read House Bill 1315. House Bill
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1315 by Representative Lindsay and all to provide health insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders.
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Representative Lindsay, you are recognized to explain the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members of the House, this bill's an autism insurance bill. It's
been quite a journey, colleagues, over the last couple of years. It doesn't seem like it's been that long that I started as co-chairman of the Autism Task Force and began to, with my other co-chairman, Senator Mary Ann Salmon, begin to hold meetings on Friday afternoons. We'd begin at 1 o'clock and a room full of folks, parents with autistic children from all over this great state, and we'd often meet until 4 or 5 o'clock, and it can be pretty quiet in this capital at 5 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, as you can well imagine.
Those parents, people from UAMS, people from Children's, people that were experts in autism and dealing with autism sat around that table and discussed how this state could do a better job in delivering services to autistic children. We talked about how critical it was that all of our kids in this state that suffer from autism be diagnosed early. If we can reach kids when they're young and we can provide an appropriate treatment to
those kids, we know, we can demonstrate that we can make great strides, great success in helping those many families deal with autism. That's where this insurance coverage comes in. If our families have coverage for autism as a medical condition, there's a much greater likelihood that our kids will receive that early diagnosis for autism and receive appropriate care that is both medically necessary and evidence-based.
There's no question, statistics prove it, all the documentation proves it, if you can intervene early you can make great improvement for our kids. Members, I I believe and I feel that this insurance coverage is part of the solution. It's not the only solution. But when we are at this crisis proportion of having 1 in 93 boys and 1 in 345 girls in Arkansas suffering from autism,
we are at a point of crisis. We must address that crisis, I think. Insurance is part of that picture. We also need to look to our public schools because they do play an important role under the Federal Disabilities Act, the IDEA Program, Individual Disabilities Education Act. Medicaid plays a crucial part. As all of us know, Medicaid serves those folks who need help the most in our state.
But to make all of that happen, to serve as many kids as we can, and hopefully all of the kids in this state that suffer from autism, we must have a partnership. Schools have got to do their part. Medicaid must be more accessible. But insurance companies also have to come to the table. If we're really, really going to make a difference in solving this problem, trying to address
this issue, we've got to have all three things, the IDEA program in schools, Medicaid and expansion of that program where we can, and insurance coverage. We've got to have that partnership that serves all kids in this state that suffer from autism. Today, as I stand here, the only entity missing from that partnership with the insurance companies that's what this bill is really all about let's talk about schools you've seen the
flyers and the questions and some of the things i know you've heard that instead of passing this bill we we simply should just ask our schools to uh do what the law says do what idea says it's real simple that schools just ought to provide medical service under that federal disabilities act i know that big blue has lobbied that there's got to be a better way but i don't think that's the whole story quite frankly idea requires that school districts provide a free and appropriate
public education you all know that the old faffer rule but the requirements of federal law include the provision that you've got to have good special education and related services the operative words related services I'm told by the Department of Education in the special education division that those related services may include some medical services but only and this is what the statute says but only for a
diagnostic or evaluation purposes specifically federal regulation 34 or CFR 300 does not require the provision of medical services beyond that identification of what medical services are needed and necessary to meet the educational need of every child in this state. That's what the regulation says.
The Department of Education has further expressed concerns that any bill, an alternative measure, if you will, that requires applied behavioral analysis, the ABA treatment, to be provided in schools would essentially be an unfunded state mandate for the educational system. The result, according to the Department of Education and their wisdom, that requiring
such a provision could subject the state to the requirement for additional state general revenue to fund such services. That's from the Department of Education. I personally believe there's some legal risk to such a scheme of having the schools perform medical services. We've got a lot of rural school districts in our state. And if that school district enrolls an autistic child, one autistic child, and doesn't have
the resources to provide that ABA treatment, are they, in fact, in violation of IDEA and subject to charges of discrimination in the delivery of equal and adequate medical services or education services include that particular medical thing schools have to pay their part a much less sure schools have to pay for it's crucial and it's necessary to achieve the overall goal of providing appropriate and necessary services for all our
disabled kids however I don't think that passing the buck to schools to provide legitimate medical treatment is good public policy I just don't think that's good public policy. Let's look at Medicaid for just a moment. That's the second player in this partnership. When you look at a map of Arkansas and you plot on that map, and I did this and it was eye-opening to me,
you plot on that map where kids that have autism live, you find that many areas of East and South Arkansas have relatively few reported cases of autism, relatively few. But the map paints the wrong picture. My immediate reaction is that's good news. I mean, we don't have kids with autism, but we know that autism does not select among kids. autism covers this entire state, but we do know that many of our disadvantaged children
in the Delta and in the Piney Woods just don't get diagnosed for autism. And if they do, it happens later in their life, past the time when it might be most productive in assuring a successful recovery. there are some other things about that that i think we need to look at in many parts of our state folks are less aware about autism particularly with families that have non-college educated
parents the knowledge of what autism is kids sometimes get typecast as being unruly or out of bounds or whatever the definition might be, truants at school, et cetera, and they are doomed for the rest of their life to that label, when they really may be just autistic. We also know that many of our Delta families don't have employee-sponsored health insurance.
So that brings me back to sort of the beginning of those Friday afternoons in the Capitol. The Autism Task Force has fought for a number of years to get an autism Medicaid waiver program put in place in Arkansas. Last year, for the first time, $1.5 million was secured to fund the start of that autism Medicaid waiver. waiver. It's designed to supplement and help families with autism to help those kids and
help those families emotionally, financially. The program is now moving into its second year to provide more financial help for that early diagnosis and early intervention. That, I think, my colleagues, is good news, very good news. Secondly, and this is more of a challenge, I think, to all of us, but we as a people and I think we as members of this General Assembly must accept the challenge of wiping
out the home and community-based waiver waiting list, the big waiver as it's commonly called among the folks in the profession. Right now, there are 2,000 people, Arkansas people, on that waiting list, 2,000 people in this state who can't get medical treatment when they need it. If my child were diagnosed with autism today, he would not get help for 10 years, 10 years.
How would I feel, as a parent, if I had to wait 10 years to secure that service that my child needed? We need to do better, and we must provide the resources to do that. Wiping out the Medicaid waiting list, the big waiver, is $25 million a year, every year from now on, but it can be wiped out. In two and a half, three years, the Department of Health and Human Services at DDS has a
plan. I'd like to talk to you about that, not now, but when times are better, I'd like to talk to you all about that. Let's now talk about fiscal responsibility. During the course of this debate, we've had many meetings with our friends in the insurance uh we talked about cost containment and all of those things i like to call it how do we make this bill house bill 1315 a physically responsible bill we've amended the bill many times first we
added a coverage cap of fifty thousand dollars for aba in a year and at with some discussion we We added an age cap at age 18, basically designed to reduce and or mitigate the potential impact to insurance premium rates and to address the concerns that we've had for many of you in this General Assembly. In addition, I think this may be even as important, if not more so, than placing the caps in place.
added language that explicitly allows insurers, the folks at Blue and all the rest, to follow their customary utilization, review, and prior authorization process. They can do whatever they need to do to protect themselves under this bill as they would for any other program that they underwrite, any other coverage that they provide.
This provides the insurer the ability to determine whether or not coverage of a specific treatment for an individual is both evidence-based and medically necessary. You've seen things like, words like, maybe is a better word, words like doctor shopping, which I feel a little offensive, that I don't think autistic families are going to doctor shop, guys. But there is language in the bill to protect against unlimited cost,
against doctor shopping, against waste and fraud. You've seen it was on your desk. You've seen those accusations made. They are simply not true. And those amendments, quite frankly, my colleagues have worked. The Employee Benefits Division of DF&A, when they initially reviewed the bill, said it would cost about $5 million in their estimate. That would be the potential ratepayer impact.
With these last caps and all of the additional review language and prior authorization language and all of that, they've now reduced that annual cost of 3.4 million dollars that's a 32 percent reduction on average that's a cost of about 30 dollars a year for state employees and teachers about the cost of two trips to mcdonald's for a family of four in a year expensive i don't think
two trips to McDonald's in a year is I don't think that would stop anybody from going to McDonald's finally I think on on physical responsibility this bill does not contrary to what some folks are saying does not give autistic families a blank check there is no blank check I think that's important you've also heard some say that this bill excludes other insurance policies that we we don't
cover enough people I agree we may not cover enough people but when coupled with what the schools can do under idea when coupled with what we can do with Medicaid particularly with the autism waiver and wiping out the big waiver list we can make a difference but quite frankly their issue about excludes most insurance policies just it's misleading it's I won't say it's untrue it's just a
little misleading this bill except for individual policies this bill covers every policy in Arkansas that the law allows us to cover we will not violate the statute self-funded groups provided by large employers covered under the federal plan a ERISA plan you all have seen that we are prohibited by federal law from putting coverage into those plans same is true for Medicaid you
cannot there you know it's a federal program it's covered by federal law there are restrictions on what we can and can't do with that program my My colleagues, I'm honored to be here today, and quite frankly I'm humble. I hope I can represent the autism community in Arkansas in presenting this bill to you. It's been a long two-year process, but I think we are very, very close to doing something
that's good for the kids of this great state.
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And with that, Mr. Speaker, I would yield for questions.
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Members of the explanation of the bill? Representative Kerr, what purpose? Question,
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Mr. Speaker. Recognize. Representative, I just have a few questions, probably short answers, I'm sure. I'm sorry, I missed in your presentation.
Does this cover pre-existing situations? Pre-existing conditions, I, quite
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frankly, I don't think it does, but, you know, remember, we're trying to match this up with ACA, and if ACA requires
it, I'm sure that this would probably cover pre-existing. I'm sorry, I don't have that information directly on top of my head. To your knowledge,
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this bill allows the insurance company to underwrite, as if they would, any other illness. That's correct. That's my
understanding, Mr. Kirk. And the industry's position on this, after you got through all the vetting process, they'd
rather not have it, but they'll put
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up with it. No one has told
me that, Representative Kerr, the situation was that when we added the last age cap was that it appeared that we had done about everything they could ask us to do, consistent with the
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law. Thank you, sir. last age cap is again
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18 18 18 yes and finally the cost to the consumer the premium increase
I'm assuming you allow the insurance company
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to rate for it countries would rate
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for it and it's an average about $30 a year okay thank you mr. representative thank you
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mr. speaker thank representative kirk representative benedict what purpose
question uh representative lindsey has departed the well members heard an explanation of the uh bill anyone wishing to speak against the bill representative mayberry what purpose speak against the bill you're recognized to
to come and speak against the bill. Representative Mayberry, you're recognized. Thank
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you, Mr. Speaker. Gosh, this is a tough one right
here. We all wear multiple hats. Everybody in here wears one identical hat, and that's to represent your district and the people of the
state of Arkansas as a whole in the best manner that we can when we are creating laws for this state.
And then each of us wears other hats when we walk out of here. You all have your jobs, your families, the things that you're involved in outside of these marble walls. One of the hats that I wear outside of this wall or out of this Capitol building is as an advocate for people with disabilities, specifically children with disabilities. As I've mentioned here before, I sit on the board of directors for a non-profit group that provides activities for children with disabilities, and it includes an autism resource center.
When I first heard that there was going to be a bill, an autism bill, that was going to help children with autism, obviously my first thought was, great, hooray. Anyway, I have got to commend Representative Lindsey, the sponsors of this bill, Autism Speaks, Ms. Verity, others, for the magnificent effort that you've put in here, sir. And I want to speak for the excellent intent of what you're trying to achieve.
Over the past three weeks, I can't tell you how much sleep I have lost. How much sleep
my wife has lost. She is also involved in the same group that I am and has a program for children as well that includes children with autism. We have dug into this issue, and Representative
Lindsay knows I've been working hard, as has my wife.
As a matter of fact, 10 o'clock last night, she was on the phone with Ms. Verity for about 30 minutes discussing different things. While I love the intent of what you're trying to accomplish, Representative, I'm not certain that this is the best route to go about it. Just to clarify some information, and I think you did a great job in providing everybody information across the board, But you had mentioned something about if you have a child, if you were to have a child with autism, that it would be 10 years before your child could receive help through Medicaid.
And that's actually not true. Autism, as we've discussed in a previous bill that I was up here advocating for, is one of the categorical examples of a developmental disability. cited in Arkansas Code. So any child in the state of Arkansas who receives a diagnosis of autism, any child, regardless of income, geographic region, whatever, if they have a diagnosis of autism,
they are eligible through Medicaid, not the Medicaid waiver, but through Medicaid for up to three hours of therapy per day. Now, that doesn't mean that every child out there is receiving that, But they can receive that if their therapist deem that necessary, if that would be most appropriate for them. The gist of what this bill really is driving at is certainly early diagnosis. And I don't know what this bill helps in that regard because the insurance companies already pay for diagnosis.
Autism, children with autism can be covered by insurance for their other medical needs. For instance, if they get
the flu, if they get cold or they need some shots, the
insurance is picking that up. The ABA is really the driving piece of this, Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy. And it is, from all I've been able to understand,
and I've talked with developmental disability providers, with therapists, with parents of children with autism.
ABA therapy is very effective for, it's not appropriate for every child with autism, but for those who it is, it's extremely effective. It's also costly. It's very intense therapy. It can be up to 40 hours per week. This bill, because of federal requirements, as you mentioned, It cannot cover all of the insurances. It cannot cover everyone with autism. And as a matter of fact, probably does not cover the majority.
It covers quite a few, but not all of them. We had a lady, I voted against this twice in committee. And because of that other hat that I was telling you about, boy, you know, I got a lot of calls and a lot of emails from people who were surprised and shocked that I would do that. And as I've tried to explain to them, here are the concerns I have. We had a lady in one of the first committee meetings who came in, and she's a woman I know. Her child is one of the children who dances in my wife's dance class.
She's five years old. And she was crying before that committee. But part of the reason she was crying was not because of her joy of what this bill was going to do for her, but simply at the fact that this bill was going to do nothing for her. Her child was one of the ones who's not helped in any shape, form, or fashion. ADA therapy can also help with other developmental disabilities. It can help with Down syndrome.
Yet children with Down syndrome aren't helped at all with this bill. The Medicaid waiver that you talked about, yes, there's a
Medicaid waiver list that is far too long. and I want to do everything that we can to reduce
that. But there are 100 additional Medicaid waivers that will be in place this year specifically for children with autism and that can be applied toward the ABA therapy. Is that everything we need?
No, it's not. The IDEA program that Representative Lindsay referenced, I too spoke with the Department of Education regarding this.
It is a federal program, receives federal funds, and it is up to the individual schools to determine through on a case-by-case situation with the individuals as to whether or not that particular or what services may be most appropriate.
And it can include ABA therapy, and in fact, there are a number of schools and school districts in the state currently, according to Dr. Kimbrell, that offer ABA therapy through the IDEA program. I've talked with special education coordinators. Talked with one who has a child, a five-year-old with autism, who said, don't vote for this bill. It's a great idea. It's a great intent. It's not the right route to take. We haven't explored all other options.
As I mentioned, the ABA therapy is quite expensive. And Representative Lindsay, I want to thank you very much for the amendments that you have made to this bill. It is a far better bill than it was in its original form. The caps that have been put in place, in my personal preference, the $50,000 cap is perhaps too high. I know other states that have looked at similar legislation. Florida has a $30,000 cap. Other states have a graduated cap based on age, and they do have age limitations that are less in scope than 18 years.
There's some conflicting research there, but research I've seen or data I've seen shows that it is more effective at that early intervention stage. But that early intervention is key. And again, I'm not sure how this bill addresses that early intervention. And so it brings you to wonder if we are utilizing our resources. We're spread thin. We're told every day, you guys got to look for ways to cut back and to cut your resources and to use the resources you have
in the most effective manner to reach the most people you can.
Is it possible that we're not utilizing our resources best? the lady who
came to our and forgive me I can't remember her name but who brought the wonderful young man down there the 11 year old boy to testify to our committee they used the principles of ABA therapy but they didn't have a licensed ABA provider they had a licensed provider who would come in once a month and oversee and this mother was
fantastic role model, fantastic mom She learned those principles, and she
worked with her child, and she's got a remarkable child. The special
education coordinator that we spoke with mentioned a similar kind of thing. Some of the therapists that I've talked with have mentioned something similar. Can we do a better job of training existing therapists, training moms and dads on the key principles of the ABA therapy?
and perhaps serve a greater good, and not exclude people, not exclude those with autism who aren't receiving the benefit
from this bill, those with other developmental disabilities. I can't vote against this bill because that
other hat I wear says I'm going to do everything I can to help those kids. But I can't in good conscience vote for it either.
I find myself in that situation much like Representative Carter was the other day with a conflict. My vote will be present. What I would encourage each of you to do, and I say there are good reasons to vote either way on this bill. If you're voting yes, hey, you're helping some kids who need some help. if you're voting no because you share some of these same concerns that i've outlined here you can feel good about that too i ask you to search your conscience search your heart
let the lord guide you in the right way and then go home tonight and
sleep well because you voted the right way regardless of which way you vote on this
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issue thank you mr mayberry has spoken against the bill. Anybody wish to
speak for the bill? Representative Summers, for what purpose? You're recognized.
Representative Summers, you're recognized to speak for the
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bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Colleagues, I don't doubt everyone's interest in doing the right thing and everyone's concerned about the children that suffer from this horrible disease of autism. I too want to compliment Representative Lindsay. I know he's put in hours and hours and hours and hours on this, probably as much time as Representative Garner's put on the capital
gains bill, I suspect. I trust Representative Lindsay's efforts on this, that he's brought us the very best possible bill. It's not perfect. It doesn't cover everybody. Yes, it's going to cost some dollars, but it's the right thing to do at this time. Certainly there's questions on it. I've got many emails mainly for it, some against it. The ones I've got mainly are from parents
that are dealing with this issue. And I know all of us understand the tremendous challenge that's before the parents and the children but i would encourage you to support this bill i'd appreciate a good vote on it thank you representative summers has spoken for
the bill anybody wish to speak against the bill representative collins of what purpose you're recognized
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President Collins, you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you very much.
I agree with almost all of what my good friend, Uvalde Lindsey, Representative Lindsey, said, and I certainly agree with all the hard work that's gone into putting this program together, and I admire that. And I'm a simple guy, and I'm also thinking about the folks out there that are trying to pay their bills, trying to pay their health insurance bills, and when you just look at the numbers, 1%
of the boys that are under 18 years old in Arkansas, you get a number of about 3,000 folks, plus or minus, and at $50,000 each, and I know that's not the going rate, starting day one, for every single person, but it's the cap, and there's really not much that It restricts a psychologist or a doctor from deciding that somebody is entitled to that cap at some point. So $3,000 times $50,000 is $150 million a year somehow, some way, we've got to get from our
folks in our districts who are working, trying to make a living, trying to pay their health insurance, trying to take care of their kids. So I'm for a bill for autism, and I'd like to be able to be in support of one, and Representative Lindsey knows I've made some proposals to him that would take away some of the financial risk I think we could potentially put on our folks. So I just wanted to come down and say that I'm going to be voting against the bill because I'm just too concerned about the financial risk, but I want to help these children and
And I'd be interested in working on something that was not so financially risky.
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Thank you very much. Representative Collins has spoken against
the bill. Anyone wish to speak for the bill? Representative Penarch, for what purpose?
You're recognized. Representative Penarch, you are recognized to
Representative Tracy Pennartz
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speak for the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, today we've heard different information about cost, about
the facts of what it might cost, different programs, the partnership that Representative Lindsey talked to us about, that it really is just not one thing that will solve this issue for the children of Arkansas. So I ask you to think about what we heard in committee and I'm going to share something with you that got me over the hill in my conscience to vote yes.
Representative Mayberry talked about a young man, a courageous young man, I think Representative Mayberry would agree with me. I think he's about 10 years old. He came into the committee room, and you know some of us can be a little daunting. As I look around this chamber, some of you can be. But he said he came up to the committee table with his mother beside him and he had his
remarks prepared and he said hi I'm Briar Miller and I have autism he said I remember he said when I was little I couldn't talk I couldn't play I couldn't understand anything and my family somehow got me therapy.
And now I go to school and I make straight A's. And he said, even he said, I play basketball and I play golf and I hunt. And I killed my first deer last weekend. And you deer hunters, I don't know what this means, but y'all will know what this means. He said it was a four-pointer. Is that good? I guess it was.
And he told us, he said, I was also picked by Duke University for the gifted and talented children's program. And I am where I am because I got the therapy, the medical treatment that my parents got for me. And you know, just as a sidebar, his parents sold everything they owned.
Everything. he closed his remarks by saying all kids with autism deserve the same chances I have he said please say yes to Houseville 1315 I ask each of you
your conscience will allow you to say yes with me to Breyer Rep.
Chair
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Norton Arts has spoken for the bill Rep. Cowley, for what purpose? Motion
Let's hear your motion Immediate consideration, please That's a proper motion non-debatable The question before the House is immediate consideration of House Bill 1315 All in favor say aye. Opposed? No. The ayes have it. The question
before the House is passage of House Bill 13-15. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clark.
Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? I cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk.
By a total of 72 yeas, 13 nays, and 5 present, you have passed the bill. Representative, Representative
Lindsey, that's for the clincher. All in favor say aye for the clincher.
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Opposed, no. The clincher's adopted. real quickly
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on behalf of speaker moore i would like to note that our doctor of the day dr mark atwood is the brother of representative tony bradford mr
clerk please read house bill 1420. house bill
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1420 by representative vines to allow a grandparent
or a sibling over 18 years of age to accompany a child of 5 to 13 years of
age to obtain an identification card representative vines
you are recognized to present the bill thank you mr speaker house bill 1420 is another feel-good bill what i call a good grandparent bill this bill would expand the eligibility to get a not expand the eligibility but
would expand the folks that can take minors to get their ID cards this bill was originally passed in the 03 session by one of my predecessors and over time we've come to realize that during the workday parents and legal guardians much like you and I are at work and have a hard time getting their children to the revenue office to get these ID cards this bill simply expands that language in the third paragraph in paragraph C to allow for grandparents or a sibling of legal age over the age of 18 no revenue impact no taxpayer burden presently at
the end of last year there were 6840 cards issued we would like to see this program and that number expanded and I'd appreciate a favorable vote thank you Members, you've heard an
explanation of the bill. Anyone wish to speak against the bill? Anyone wish to speak for the bill?
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If not, the question before the House is House Bill 1420. Please prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. has everyone voted
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has everyone voted cast up the ballot
Mr. Clerk by a vote of 92 yeas, 0 nays, 0 present you have
passed the bill Mr. Clerk please read House Bill 1171 14. Excuse me, Mr.
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House Bill 1440 by Representative Brown to regulate the release of hogs into the wild and to increase the penalties for releasing
a hog into the wild.
Representative Brown, you are recognized to present the bill. Thank you, sir. Members, I hope by now that everyone should know what a hog, a wild hog, or a feral hog is. This is another good agri bill. And if you don't know, these wild hogs or feral hogs are doing multiple destruction in every county in our state,
especially in South Arkansas, not only to our woodland, but the crops as well. And all we're doing, we're saying that any person who knowingly releases a hog to live in the wild upon public land or private land is in violation of this section. And what this section says is, if you are caught releasing a hog into the wild, you will be fined $1,000 per hog. Thank you. Members, you've
heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill?
Anyone wish to speak for the bill? The issue before the House is House Bill 1440. Please prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
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has everyone voted has everyone voted cast up the ballot mr.
Clark by total of ninety-two yays zero nays and zero presents you have passed the bill
Mr. Clark, please read House Bill 1171. House
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Bill 1171 by Representative Patterson, an act to repeal the Arkansas Mold Investigator License
Act. Representative Patterson, you're recognized to
Representative Mike Patterson
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present your bill. Thank you, Mr. Fraker. House Bill 1171 enact repeal the Arkansas Mold Investigation and Licensing Act.
Ladies and gentlemen, this bill is not going backwards for the state, this bill is going forward for the state of Arkansas. The current law has created a lot of confusion. There's no meaningful way to enforce the laws on this, and there's no oversight for many state agencies where if they come and do the repair work for your house, whether it's $200 worth of damage, $20,000 worth, or $40,000. We have no state agency set up to come back and do an inspection for these people in the state of Arkansas to see if they've done
a good job or not. So if you don't mind, ladies and gentlemen, I need you to support this bill so we can make it a better place in the future for the people of Arkansas to be living. I appreciate a good vote. Thank you. Members, you've heard an explanation of
the bill. Representative Hammer, for what purpose? Question, if you would. Representative Patterson has left the well. Anyone want to speak against the bill?
What purpose, Mr. Barnett? Representative Barnett, you are recognized to speak for the
bill. thank you mr. speaker last session as many of you all recall this bill came before us and it was not well vetted at all it wasn't a good bill and I remember
asking questions spoke against the bill and I think my counterpart over there voted for the bill and I told him I said you made the wrong vote should have voted against the bill and I think the person to my left and my right voted the opposite and now today there they realize they made a mistake is a bad bill if you if you go on a job and you think you see mold and you can there's all different kinds of mold and there's fungus and and some black some brown
it's just a lot of different kinds but it and there are a lot of people out there in the business and I think this is one of the old came into to being to begin with is a lot of people go out and say you got mold and it's bad and you need to hire me for $10,000 to fix all this and get rid of the mold and I think there were some people out there ripping some people off and so it was a there's some of that going on too but the bill never should have been passed to begin with. It was a bad bill. We have a chance to correct it this time and I would recommend that you vote to get rid of the
bad bill. Thank you very much. Representative Barnett has spoken for the bill. Does anyone wish to
speak against the bill? Anyone wish to speak for the bill? If not, the question before the House is passage of House Bill 1171. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
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Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk.
By a vote of 84 yeas, 1 nay, and 3 present, you have passed the bill. Mr.
Clerk, please read House Bill 1416. House Bill 1416 by Representative Allen and
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Aul, an act to remove the interest rate limitations for bonds issued under the authority of Amendment No. 62 to the Arkansas Constitution. Representative Allen,
you are recognized to present your bill.
Representative Fred Allen
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. House Bill 1416 is a bill that came by the people of the state of Arkansas that voted overwhelmingly to change the interest rate limits on bonds, and this will allow municipalities and counties to issue bonds at a market rate to fund voter-approved capital improvement projects. Appreciate a good vote. Members, you have heard an explanation of
the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, before the bill?
Question for the House is passage of House Bill 1416. Please prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Has everyone voted? We are voting
on the bill and the emergency clause. Has everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 87 yeas, 0 nays, and 2 presidents, you
have passed the bill and the emergency clause.
Mr. Clerk, please read House Bill 1439. House Bill 1439 by
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Representative Hyde to regulate commercial liability policies and practices. Representative Hyde, you are
recognized to present the bill. Thank you,
Representative Barry Hyde
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Mr. Speaker. Members, HB 1439 will correct a problem that is causing commercial general liability policies not to be triggered even when a loss has occurred. The trigger for insurance policies of this type is called an occurrence.
A court ruling a few years ago on damages sustained to a new building created new case law, which affected the accepted definition of occurrence. A contractor built a new building for a customer, and his ripping subcontractor had not installed the roof correctly. After the customer had moved in in a heavy rainstorm, exposed the defective roof by leaking terribly. There was extensive damage to the drywall, to the ceilings, to the carpet, to the furniture, and pretty much everything in the building.
The contractor's liability policy, which has always paid for such damage in the past because the policy triggered. The insurance contract determined how the loss was paid for. The issue of defective work historically is dealt with within the contract by the use of exclusions and the negotiated terms of the contract. Under most insurance contracts like this, damages to the building would be covered, but the cost of the defective roof would not have been.
There wouldn't have been an exclusion in place, either the your work exclusion or the subcontracted work exclusion. The judge in this case determined that defective work didn't cause an occurrence. That meant the insurance policy didn't apply or didn't trigger, and there was not any coverage for any of the damage, even though the policy was sold as supposed to pay for this kind of an occurrence, and the premium had been collected and paid.
This bill forces the definition of occurrence to include defective workmanship so the policy will kick in and will apply as intended. This bill was written by BLR attorneys, the general counsel at the insurance department, the property and casualty attorneys at the insurance department, private attorneys who have been involved in this type of litigation, as well as attorneys for a couple of the different insurance companies. And this negotiation of this bill has gone on nearly eight weeks now.
This bill is now endorsed by the AGC, the Associated General Contractors, the ABC, the Associated Building Contractors, the Home Builders Association, the Independent Insurance Agents Association, the Trial Lawyers Association, the Bar Association, and the Realtors Association, to name a few. This has been thoroughly vetted. This is a good bill for business and for consumers. It restores our freedom to contract and make sure that you get the insurance coverage that you pay for.
I'll accept questions. I'd appreciate a good vote. Thank you. Members, you've
heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill? Anyone wish to speak for the bill? The question before the House is passage of House Bill 1439.
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Please prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted?
I cast up the ballot, Mr. Clark. With a vote of 90 yeas, 0 nays, and 0
present, you have passed the bill. Mr. Clark, please read House Bill 1295. House Bill 1295 by
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Representative Baker to modify the amount of votes required to be elected to a municipal position without a runoff. Representative Baker, you are recognized to present your bill.
Representative Tommy Lee Baker
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, this is a bill that affects the runoff election in a municipality. It amends that portion of the election laws, and it has only to do with municipalities. This bill changes from a majority to 40% if the first vote get 40% of the votes, but not
a majority, and the next person is 20% below them, then there will not need to be a runoff. Now, this bill might seem useless to many of you, but if you live in a municipality where vows are few and the fact that it don't change the results of the election, it is an important bill. This bill went through committee and we shared with the committee members that there was
seven municipalities in this last general election, this is only general election, has nothing to do with primary, that would not have had to have a runoff had this bill been in place. We worked on this bill for two years, and I continue to get requests that we do that because it does not negatively affect anybody. nothing to do with county election has nothing to do with school board election it is only for
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municipal election and i would appreciate a good vote on this bill members you have heard an explanation of the bill does anyone wish
to speak against the bill before the bill the question before the house is passage of house bill 1295 prepare the machine mr clerk has everyone voted has everyone voted cast out the ballot Mr. Clerk
by a vote of 58 yeas 23 nays and 5 presents you have passed
the bill Representative Baker moves Clencher All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. Quench is
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adopted. Mr. Clerk, please read House Bill 1403. House Bill
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1403 by Representative English concerning the time for payment of an annual assessments in fire protection districts.
Representative English, you are recognized to
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present your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill is put forward and helps the fire protection districts to be able to collect, have the collectors collect some of their taxes, delinquent taxes. Up till now, the law, as it reads, the Attorney General has said that tax collectors cannot collect the delinquent taxes for fire
protection districts this law would change that so that the tax collectors can in fact collect the delinquent protection taxes just as they do the ad valorem taxes you represent slinkered for what purpose question you
can ask your question ma'am
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representative English in your last part there what is What is the purpose of the collector retaining the amount of, it says, a reserve up to 10%?
What is the purpose of them retaining that for 60 days and then refunding it? That's
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just for the collector. That was something that they wanted in the bill. Thank you.
Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill, for
the bill? Repentative English, are you closed for your bill? With that, the issue before the House
is passage of House Bill 1403. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
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Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted?
By a vote of 89, excuse me, cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 89 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present, you have passed
the bill. Moving on to the Senate portion of our calendar. Mr. Clerk, please read Senate Bill 77.
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Senate Bill 77 by Senator Taylor, an act to authorize the State Kidney Disease Commission to honor persons who have provided living kidney donations to Arkansans
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in need of a kidney transplant. Representative Bradford,
Representative Toni Bradford
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you are recognized to present the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 77, sponsored by Senator Jerry Taylor, would authorize the State Kidney Disease Commission to honor persons who have provided living kidney donations to Arkansans in need of kidney transplantation.
In 2009, the governor-appointed board of the Arkansas Kidney Disease Commission voted to institute an award recognizing individuals who provide living kidney donations to Arkansans in need of kidney transplantation. The award is designated the Chain of Life Award. This award would honor those living donors who are willing to give a gift of life to individuals in need of a kidney transplant. The bill was amended in committee to clarify any misconceptions about possible expenses.
The only cost involved would be the certificate that would be presented to the recipient of this award. The bill was passed unanimously in the Senate, and I would appreciate a good vote on SB 77 as amended. Thank you. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to
speak against the bill? Anyone wish to speak for the bill? Representative Tyler, for what
purpose? For the bill. You're recognized. Speak for the bill.
Representative Linda S. Tyler
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Representative Tyler, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. There are 80,000 Americans on a waiting list for a kidney today, and while providing recognition to a living donor is a small, simple thing that won't cost much money, what it might do is to bring awareness to kidney disease to our community and encourage others to step
up and be a kidney donor if that's something they choose to do. The average transplanted kidney lasts only 10 years. So even those who have kidneys today that have been transplanted either from living donors or from cadavers, my own daughter included, who has had her kidney for 14 and a half years, probably face having another kidney transplant someday.
The waiting list in Arkansas for a kidney is three years. Now thankfully, we have dialysis to choose from if we need to, but if you've ever had a family member or be around someone who's on dialysis, it is very difficult to live a productive life although many do while they are on dialysis i know this is something that's easy for us to vote on but it was important to me to say to you all this is important to us
and we need to raise awareness for kidney disease and for transplantation and i appreciate a good vote representative tyler has
spoken for the bill represent accounting for what
Representative Linda S. Tyler
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purpose Question, please. You're recognized. Reverend Tyler, you're a donor. Embarrassingly, because that, yes, I am a donor, and that's not what this is about, but it's about. Thank you.
Members, Rep. Tyler has spoken for the bill. Does anyone
wish to speak against the bill? Issued before the House is passage of Senate Bill 77. Please prepare the
machine, Mr. Clerk. Has everyone voted? Has
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everyone voted? Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk.
By a vote of 93 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present, you have passed the bill.
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Mr. Clerk, please read Senate Bill 204.
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Senate Bill 204 by Senator Taylor concerning the inspection and copying of public records by individuals incarcerated in
a correctional facility. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill, the
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subtitle of it, tells you just exactly what the bill is going to do.
It's concerning the inspection and copying of public records by individuals incarcerated in a correction facility. All we have is prisoners taking their time to call up the agencies and ask for records, records of where the heating in areas, where the electrical switches are, where the sensors are around the prisons. So this bill does two things. It's a security and it's a cost-deficient bill because it stops them from taking the time of our state employees to look up these records for them to use.
It does not stop a lawyer for the prisoner of getting anything they want to do. So this is basically what the bill is, and I'd appreciate a good vote.
Thank you. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill? Does anyone wish to speak for the bill? The issue before the House is Senate Bill 204. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Okay. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast up the
ballot, Mr. Clark. By a vote of 89 yeas, 0 nays, and 2 presents, you have
passed the bill. Okay, moving on to Senate Senate Bill 222. Mr. Clerk, please read Senate Bill 222. Senate
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Bill 222 by Senator Jeffress to modify the quarterly payment schedule for royalties
on additional substances declared by the Oil and Gas Commission
to be profitably extracted from brine. Representative
Shepard, you are recognized to present the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members,
I'm here to speak on behalf of Senate Bill 222. This This concerns the quarterly royalty payments with regard to brine. Brine is produced in South Arkansas, and presently there are profitable, I guess, byproducts
from the brine that the Oil and Gas Commission has determined to be profitable and which are sold or paid off of this tail brine. Similarly, the royalty on these products is paid on a quarterly basis, and many times the royalty involved is of a small or nominal amount, such that the issuing of checks and bookkeeping or handling that on a quarterly basis outweighs the actual value that's being paid.
And so this bill would modify that and actually would bring it in line with what the law is with regard to crude oil. It would allow those payments to be aggregated such that the payment would not have to be made on a quarterly basis until such time as the payments have accumulated to $100 or four consecutive quarters. so on at least an annual basis there would have to be a payment made it also clarifies the statute
previously provided for an accounting on a quarterly basis but didn't refer to payment although the practice has been to make a payment on a quarterly basis so this this bill would also clarify that in addition to an accounting that a payment would be made i'd appreciate a good vote Members,
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you've heard an explanation of the bill. Representative Walker, for what purpose? Question. You're recognized. I'm not too
Representative John W. Walker
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big on Brian, but, I mean, is the purpose of this to try to adjust the notion of cost
so that where you pay 30 or 40 cents to deliver a dam that you don't, to a person, that you don't do that, that, and you save the company money by just sending one annual payment rather than a payment four times a year?
Well, I think that part of it is an efficiency issue. Most of the checks, most of the payments to be made are smaller, they're less than $100.
The company primarily involved here is Great Lakes Chemical, and they're the ones that issue the checks and they actually receive complaints or have received requests from some of the royalty holders as to why are you sending us a check for this such a small amount could you wait until it accumulates so I mean part of it I think is to provide some efficiency in that the check many of them are smaller but also I think as I said it also has a clarifying
effect in that it clarifies that a payment will be made.
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Representative Smith, for what purpose? You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative
Representative Garry L. Smith
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Shepard, I appreciate you bringing this bill forward, and as you can see, I'm a co-sponsor on that bill. I think that this just makes for better operations of any business, and no one's going to get beaten out of their royalty receipt. It just makes sense to pay once a year or whenever it reaches that figure for efficiency purposes. Do you not agree? I
agree, and as I said, it brings it in line with what the practice is in the oil industry
as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for the question. Representative Edwards, for what purpose? You're recognized.
Representative John Charles Edwards
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to make sure that I'm clear, this doesn't wipe away any of the options for an individual to have their accounts audited and verified. Is that
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correct? that's correct because i believe that the the bill
um well the bill would would say that the
uh accounting by the producer should be on a quarterly basis and should be accompanied by payments due to royalty owners the producer's responsibility for making royalty payments shall commence upon the occurrence of one of the two so in my view of how this bill is written we're not modifying the court the requirement for an for them to perform that accounting on a quarterly basis this would deal with
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the payment itself it's really getting
rid of excess waste right and and that court the correspondence transmitting the check to the royalty owner
but they still would have to perform some accounting on that quarterly basis to determine when that check is when the check is due and when that payment should be
made Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill.
Does anyone wish to speak against the bill? Does anyone wish to speak for the bill? The issue before the House is passage of Senate Bill 222. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. has everyone voted
has everyone voted cast up the ballot Mr. Clerk by a vote
of 93 yeas, 0 nays and 0 present you have passed the bill Mr. Clerk please read Senate Bill 115 Senate Bill 115 by
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Senator Sample and all regarding the regulation of firearms by a local government.
Chair
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Rep. Stewart, you are recognized to present the bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is the last
Representative Randy Stewart
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bill of the week, and we can end with a bang. This is a bipartisan bill. You see, Senator Sample
has filed the bill. But after the disaster we had down at Katrina, you remember the outcry that came up when
the federal government confiscated guns. Since then, there's been a federal statute that says federal employees may not confiscate guns during a time of national emergency.
However, that bill does not go down to the local level. So this bill says if the governor of our state declares an emergency, our local jurisdictions may not confiscate your guns only during the time of emergency. That way you can keep your gun during that time when we have maybe some civil unrest or looters or et cetera. I'll
be glad to answer any questions.
Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against this? Representative Deffenbaugh, for what purpose? Question. You're recognized. You
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say it was federal law that they couldn't take their guns in in a national crisis. Does that not apply to
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us already? No, it says federal agents that
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are working in a site of a federal emergency cannot take your guns, but that law does not apply to local jurisdictions, so this bill takes up that slack. We now are applying the same bill to the local jurisdictions to keep cities or towns from taking your right
during a time the governor declares an emergency or the state. And I'll leave you with an old adage, you never need a gun until you really
need a gun. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill? Representative
Mock, for what purpose? Representative Mock, you're recognized to speak for the bill. Representative Mock, you're recognized.
Representative Reginald Murdock
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I speak in favor of this bill because taking away the means of decent law-abiding citizens to protect themselves during a time when our police were so overwhelmed is, in my opinion, a very bad and dangerous idea. This bill would merely reinforce the right of Arkansas citizens to defend themselves during a declared state of emergency. Thank you very
much. Representative Mock has spoken for the bill. Does anyone wish to speak against the bill? with that the issue before the house is passage of senate bill
115 please prepare the machine mr. clerk has
everyone voted has everyone voted cast up the ballot mr. clerk By a
vote of 89 yeas, 0 nays, and 3 present, you have passed the bill. Moving
on to the budget calendar. Representative Webb moves that we place House Bill 1122 on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
Representative Charlie Collins
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Without objection, read amendment number 1.
Mr. Clerk. Amendment number 1 to House
Representative Kathy Webb
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Bill 1122. Representative Webb, you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Workforce Services surrendered 23 positions, decreasing their total number of positions from 1,002 to 979, and this is an amendment that reflects that decrease.
You've heard an explanation of the amendment. Does anyone wish to
speak against the amendment? the amendment if
not the question for the house is the adoption of amendment number one to house bill 1122 all in favor say aye opposed no amendment is adopted miss Webb moves that we place house bill 1199 on second reading for
the purpose of amendment without objection representative Webb mr. Clark please read amendment
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number one amendment number one to house bill 1199. representative webb you're recognized to explain amendment
Representative Kathy Webb
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number one thank you mr speaker this amendment is a reclassification of three positions and on those three positions there's no additional money for salary or personal services you've heard the explanation
of the amendment does anyone wish to speak against the amendment
for the amendment if not the question for
the house is passage of amendment 1 to house bill 1199 all in favor say aye opposed no eyes have it
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clerk please read house bill 1081 house bill 1081
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by joint budget committee and act for the arkansas natural resources commission supplemental appropriation representative webb
you're recognized to explain the bill
Representative Kathy Webb
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thank you mr speaker this is a supplemental appropriation and before we passed amendment 86 which had us going into session every year we used to have an appropriation of 95 million dollars a year for the natural resources commission this is in order and the reason we want to bring this appropriation up to that same level is uh in case there is are a large number of general obligation bonds that are released for water and sewer projects then the
commission will have the authority to loan those dollars at low-cost loans to counties and municipalities so that they may do these sewer and water projects this is an appropriation thank you members you have heard an explanation of
the bill does anyone wish to speak against the bill for the bill. If not, the question for the House is passage of House Bill 1081. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. We are voting on the bill and the emergency
clause. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? Cast
up the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 92 yeas, 0 nays, and 0 present, you have passed the bill. And the Emergency Clause. Mr. Clark, please read House Bill 1082. House
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Bill 1082 by Joint Budget Committee,
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an act to transfer funds to provide for the payment of reimbursement to counties housing state inmates.
Representative Webb, you are recognized to explain
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the bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the transfer of $400,000 to the County Jail Reimbursement Fund. It is not an increase in appropriation. The appropriation was $1.95 million. But when we had budget cuts last year, we did cut the money that was available. So once again, this is to go to your counties to pay for the county jail reimbursement for the inmates that are awaiting transfer to the Department of Community Corrections.
I would appreciate a good vote. Members, you have heard an explanation of the bill. Rep. Love,
Representative Fredrick J. Love
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for what purpose? Questions? You're recognized for a question, sir. what is the reimbursement right to the counties as of now twenty eight dollars twenty eight dollars
Representative Kathy Webb
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is this an adequate amount to reimburse the counties for that that would probably be something that you might want to take up with other folks but the answer in general would be in my opinion
not likely. Thank you. Members, you've heard an explanation of the bill. Does anyone
wish to speak against the bill? For the bill? The issue before the House is passage of House Bill 1082. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. We're voting on the bill and the
emergency clause. Has everyone voted? Has everyone voted? The bill and the emergency clause.
Cast out the ballot, Mr. Clerk. By a vote of 93 yeas, 0 nays, 0 present, you have passed the bill and the emergency
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clause. Representative Allen, for what purpose? Announcement. I'm sorry, motion. What's
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your motion? You're recognized for a motion, sir. After the announcement, reading of the bills, transferring
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bills, placing the countables on the desk, amend the members' own bills with their own amendments, members withdrawing their own bills, finalizing the resolution, read communication, and any remaining committee reports.
I move that we adjourn until 1.30 on Monday. That's a proper motion, non-debatable. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Motion carries. Announcements? Representative Hyde, for what purpose?
Representative Barry Hyde
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Announcement. You're recognized. Mr. Speaker, the Pulaski County Caucus will not meet tomorrow at lunch as previously planned. That meeting will be rescheduled to next Thursday at 11.30 a.m. in the conference room upstairs. Pulaski County Caucus.
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Representative Webb, for what purpose? You're recognized. You're recognized, Representative Webb. That will not work at either. Thank you.
Representative Kathy Webb
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You're recognized. Each of you received an e-mail from me sometime in the last 30 minutes or so regarding General Improvement Fund bills. We have drafted 25 bills that are ready to file. You have received a copy of those with some information. If you do not want to be a sponsor of those bills, please email me by tomorrow afternoon.
If I don't hear from you, you will be listed as a sponsor. And finally, Mr. Speaker, if you can return your General Improvement Fund form to me by Tuesday morning. Thank you. Thank you, Representative Webb. Representative
Rogers, for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. The Arkansas Women's Caucus
Representative Mary L. Slinkard
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1:59:10
will have a dinner tonight at Cajun's Wharf beginning at 7 o'clock. It is hosted by Dennis Farmer of Arbev. Thank you, Representative Rogers.
representative slinkered for what purpose announcement what's
Representative Mary L. Slinkard
Unverified
1:59:29
your announcement state agencies committee will meet monday after adjournment in room 151 thank you
thank you representative slinkered representative lindsey for what purpose announcement you're recognized personnel subcommittee of joint budget
Representative Uvalde Lindsey
Unverified
1:59:44
will meet monday 10 o'clock room 171 thank you Thank you. Does anyone else have any other announcements?
Representative Carnine, for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. Thank you,
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
Unverified
2:00:01
Mr. Speaker. Retirement and Social Security will meet at 9.30 a.m. We have a number of bills and 9.30 a.m. on
Monday. Representative Patterson, for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized. Communication technology will meet
Representative Mike Patterson
Unverified
2:00:18
Monday, 15 minutes after adjournment. Thank you. Thank you.
Representative Hutchison, for what purpose? Announcement. You're recognized.
Representative Donna Hutchinson
Unverified
2:00:33
Just to remind all the ladies of the Cajun party tonight, the Cajun Wharf party, the Mardi Gras party. So if you're not going home, please come 7 o'clock for the Mardi Gras party. And even if you didn't RSVP, please come. Thank you. Members, do we have any other announcements?
Without objection, Mr. Clerk, please transfer House Bill 1525 from the House Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce. Read the bills, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 1546 by Representative Hutchinson,
Speaker 151
2:01:18
to specify the colors of the state flag. Without objection, read the bill a
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:01:26
second time. House Bill 1546. State agencies. House Bill 1547 by Representative Lovell.
Without objection, read the bill a second time. House Bill 1547. Revenue and tax. House Bill 1548 by Representative Lovell. and an act for the Department of Human Services. Without objection, read the bill a second time. House Bill 1548. Joint budget. House Bill 1549 by Representative Steele, an act for the Department of Human Services. Without objection, read the bill a second time. House Bill 1549. Joint budget. House Bill 1550 by Representative Smith, an act for the Department of Human Services.
Speaker 151
2:02:04
Without objection, read the bill a second time. House Bill 1550. Joint budget. House Bill 1551 Without objection, please read the
bill a second time House Bill 1551 Education House Bill 1552 Without objection, read the bill a
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:02:18
second time House Bill 1552 Revenue and Tax House Bill 1553 By our representative Westerman Creating an exemption for sales and use tax For construction materials paid for Without objection, read the bill a second time
House Bill 1553 Revenue and tax. House Bill 1554 by Representative Slinker to amend the Arkansas law concerning the preservation of
ballots. Without objection, please read the bill a second
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:02:51
time. House Bill 1554. State agencies. House Bill 1555 by Representative Bradford concerning the sale of air conditioning
parts for scrap metal or recyclers. Without objection, please read the
Speaker 151
2:02:58
bill a second time. House Bill 1555. Public health. House Bill 1556 by Representative Woods and Perry, an act for the Department of Heritage to start for the duration.
objection please read the bill a second time house bill 1556 joint budget house bill
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:03:11
1557 barbson smith and all considering the annual vacation fire department employees without objection please read the bill a second
time house bill 1557 city county local affairs house
Speaker 151
2:03:22
bill 1558 barbs in stewart and brown to authorize the issue without objection please read the bill a second
time house bill 1558 agriculture house
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:03:35
bill 1559 burbs and have courage to
authorize the agent of insurance coming without objection
please read the bill a second time
Speaker 151
2:03:43
house bill 1559 transportation house bill 1560 bar one one moment mr clerk Mr.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:04:04
Clerk, please proceed. House Bill 1560, Barb San Valtus, to amend
the law related to the removal of alert—
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:04:12
Transportation. House Bill 1561, Barb San Valtus, to amend the law
related to the removal— Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1561, Transportation. House Bill 1562,
Speaker 151
2:04:23
Barb San Bratliff, to prohibit the school district. Without objection,
please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1562. Education. House Bill 1563 by Representative
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:04:32
Ingram, an act to amend the Julie's Law to require that... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1563. Judiciary.
House Bill 1564 by Representative Steele, an act for the Pulaski Technical College of Business. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1564.
Joint Budget Committee. House Bill 1565 by Representative Fielding, concerning to whom may administer
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:04:50
the oath of office. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1565. City, County, Local Affairs. House Bill 1566 by Representative Steele and act for the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the
Speaker 151
2:05:00
University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of
the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:05:23
of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the
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Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:05:39
bill a second time at Bill 1569 joint budget committee House Bill 1570 bar 30 steal an extra department of
higher education Without objection please read the
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:05:48
bill a second time House Bill 1570 joint Budget Committee House Bill 1571 birth center Thompson in Linderman and act the University part
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Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:06:02
house bill 1572 we're wardrobe woods in all
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Speaker 151
2:06:11
objection please read the bill a second time house bill 1572 insurance and commerce has filled 15 at your resident store and dont do partasti properties out of फ floral
chocolate Committee. House Bill 1575.
Speaker 151
2:06:27
Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1575. Joint Budget
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:06:34
Committee. House Bill 1576. Representative Wilkinson, an act of the University of Arkansas. Without objection, please
read the bill a second time. House Bill 1567. Joint Budget Committee.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:06:46
Excuse me, House Bill 1576. House Bill 1577, Barrett Center of Perry, to modify the length of time a person may serve. Without
objection, please read the bill a second
Speaker 151
2:06:57
time. House Bill 1577. State agencies and governmental affairs. House Bill 1578, Barrett Center of Summers, concerning parental
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:07:03
notification by school district. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1578. Education. House Bill 1579, Barrett Center of Summers, and all. Without objection, please read the bill a second time.
House Bill 1579. State agencies. House Bill 1580, Burbson Summers and Altman, the laws... Without objection, please read
the bill a second time. House
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:07:29
Bill 1580. Judiciary. House Bill 1581, Burbson Summers... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1581. City County Local Affairs. House Bill 1582 Without objection, please
read the bill a second time
House Bill 1582 City, County, Local Affairs House Bill 1583 Without objection, please
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:07:53
read the bill a second time House Bill 1583 City, County, Local Affairs House Bill 1584 Without objection, please read the bill a second time House Bill 1584 City, County, Local Affairs House Bill 1585, by Representative Summers, concerning the word of
contracts on— Without objection, please read the bill
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:08:17
a second time. House Bill 1585, City, County, Local Affairs.
House Bill 1586, for understanding Summers and all— Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1586, City, County,
Speaker 151
2:08:30
Local Affairs. House Bill 1587, by Representative Rogers, and Act for the— Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1587, Board Debatte U.S.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:08:40
Как House Bill 1588 by Representative Summers. Without objection,
please read the bill a second time.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:08:45
House Bill 1588. City, County, Local Affairs. House Bill 1589 by Representative Summers and all to amend.
Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1589. City, County, Local Affairs. House Bill 1590 by Representative Summers and all concerning certain financial procedures and
municipalities. Without objection, please read the bill a
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:09:11
second time. House Bill 1590. City County Local Affairs. House Bill 1591 by Representative Summers and All concerning the annual audit. Without objection, please read
the bill a second time. House Bill 1591.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:09:24
City County Local Affairs. House Bill 1592 by Representative Stewart to clarify how a school's consular... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1592. Education Committee. House Bill 1593 by Representative Allen,
an act to amend the reporting requirements. Without
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:09:43
objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1593. Public Health. House Bill 1594 by Representative Allen, an act to make various changes to Workforce Investment Act.
Without objection, please read the bill a second time.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:09:56
House Bill 1594. Public Health. House Bill 1595 by Representative Hyde to extend the dates concerning the settlement. without objection please read the bill a second time house bill 1595 education house bill 1596 by representative hyde to require fiscal impact statements for proposed bills
amending without objection please read the bill
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:10:18
a second time house bill 1596 rules house bill 1597 by representative cheatham an act for the department of career education without
objection, please read the bill a second time. House
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:10:32
Bill 1597. Joint Budget Committee. House Bill 1598 by Representative Ratliff, an act to clarify the authority of the Department of Human Services to recover costs of medical services. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1598. Public Health. House Bill 1599 by Representative Vines. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. House Bill 1599. Joint Budget Committee.
House Bill 1600, by representant of Hyde, to provide for the insurance of individuals under
19... Without objection, please read the bill a
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:11:06
second time. House Bill 1600, public health. House Resolution 1017, by representant of Love and Steel, celebrating Black History Month during the month of... Without
objection, please read the resolution a second
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:11:18
time. House Resolution 1017, aging children and youth. House Resolution 1018, by representant of Murdoch, committing Alpha Phi Alpha... Without
objection, please read the resolution a second time.
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:11:30
House Resolution 1018. Aging children and youth. Senate Bill 69 by Senator Jeffress, an act to prohibit the sale of herbal snuff to persons...
Without objection, please read the Senate Bill for
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:11:43
a second time. Senate Bill 69. Rules. Senate Bill 138 by Senator Key, an act to provide a framework for after-school programs...
Without objection, please read the Senate Bill for
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:11:56
a second time. Senate Bill 138. Education.
Senate Bill 270 by Senator Madison, an act to achieve fairness. Without objection, please read the bill
for a second time. Senate Bill 270. Revenue and tax. Senate Bill 273
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:12:14
by Senator Elliott, an act to allow a public school employee... Without objection, please read the bill for a second time.
Senate Bill 273. Education. Senate Bill 291 by Senator Biletso, an act to
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:12:26
allow the donation a certain... Out of objection. Please read the bill for a second time. Senate Bill 291.
Judiciary. Senate Bill 300 by Senator Thompson, an act to allow non-profit and public interest... Out of objection. Please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 300. Judiciary. Senate Bill 302 by Senator Harrelson, an act to... Out of objection. Please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 302. Insurance and Commerce. Senate Bill 306 by Senator Jeffress, an act to amend the definitions... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 306. Education.
Senate Bill 309 by Senator Hutchinson, an act to regulate the issuance of a closing... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 309. Insurance and Commerce. Senate Bill 310 by Senator Luecher, an act regarding the payment of special judges. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 310. Judiciary. Senate Bill 334 by Senator Irving, an act concerning... Without objection, please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 334. State agencies. Senate Bill 355 by Senator Laverty, an act to provide...
Without objection, please read the bill a
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:13:40
second time. Senate Bill 355. Public health. Senate Bill 359 by Senator Johnson, an act to provide for certain water systems to maintain a
level of... Without objection, please read the
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:13:51
bill a second time. Senate Bill 359. Public Health. Senate Bill 384 by Senator Fletcher, an act to rename Ouachita Technical College to College of the
Ouachita's. Without objection, please read the bill a second time. Senate Bill 384.
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2:14:06
Education. You may proceed, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 1601 by Representative Slinker to modify the date for the county without objection,
please read the bill for a second time House Bill 1601
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
2:14:30
House Bill 1602 by Representative Harris concerning a request for public records without objection, please read the bill a second time
House Bill 1602 State agencies House Bill 1603 by Representative Williams to reinstate the penalties that were in effect without
Speaker 27
2:14:45
objection, please read the bill a second time House Bill 1603. Judiciary.
Members of the House stands adjourned until 1.30 Monday.
Agenda
Invocation
Roll Call
HB1408
SB5
HMR1001
HR1014
HB1062 (concur in Senate Amendment)
HB1091 (concur in Senate Amendment)
HCR1006
HB1315
HB1420
HB1440
HB1171
HB1416
HB1439
HB1295
HB1403
SB77
SB204
SB204
SB222
SB222
SB115
SB115
Budget Calendar
HB1122
HB1199
HB1081
HB1082
Announcements
Reading of Bills
Adjournment
Documents
No documents posted.
Speakers
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
Unverified
Speaker 3
Chair
Unverified
Speaker 13
Speaker 14
Representative Butch Wilkins Chair
Unverified
Speaker 18
Speaker 24
Speaker 27
Speaker 31
Representative Terry Rice
Unverified
Speaker 35
Speaker 32
Representative Darrin Williams
Unverified
Speaker 41
Speaker 50
Representative Karen S. Hopper Chair
Unverified
Speaker 59
Representative Kelley Linck
Unverified
Representative Buddy Lovell
Unverified
Representative Charlie Collins
Unverified
Representative Sheilla E. Lampkin
Unverified
Speaker 82
Speaker 52
Speaker 84
Speaker 15
Representative John Burris
Unverified
Representative Uvalde Lindsey
Unverified
Speaker 101
Speaker 78
Representative Allen Kerr
Unverified
Speaker 114
Speaker 65
Representative Andy Mayberry
Unverified
Speaker 127
Representative James McLean Chair
Unverified
Representative Tim Summers
Unverified
Representative Jerry R. Brown Chair
Unverified
Representative Tracy Pennartz
Unverified
Representative Jonathan Barnett Chair
Unverified
Speaker 147
Representative John T. Vines Chair
Unverified
Speaker 158
Speaker 150
Representative Mike Patterson
Unverified
Representative Fred Allen
Unverified
Representative Barry Hyde
Unverified
Representative Duncan Baird
Unverified
Representative Tommy Lee Baker
Unverified
Speaker 185
Representative Jane English
Unverified
Representative Mary L. Slinkard
Unverified
Representative Toni Bradford
Unverified
Representative Linda S. Tyler
Unverified
Speaker 209
Representative Matthew Shepherd Chair
Unverified
Representative John W. Walker
Unverified
Representative Garry L. Smith
Unverified
Representative John Charles Edwards
Unverified
Speaker 221
Speaker 223
Representative Randy Stewart
Unverified
Representative Gary Deffenbaugh
Unverified
Speaker 229
Representative Reginald Murdock
Unverified
Representative Kathy Webb
Unverified
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
Speaker 248
Representative Les "Skip" Carnine
Unverified
Representative Donna Hutchinson
Unverified
Speaker 151