February 2, 2011
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Bills discussed (34)
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HB1099
· 4 mentions in chapter, transcript
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HB1009
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1009”
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HB1224
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1224”
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HB1248
· 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1248”
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HB10
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…s closed for his bill. Question for the House is passage of House Bill 10-0-9. Prepare”
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HB1005
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Speaker, we are a committee on aging to whom is referred to House Bill 1005 by Representative Elliott, House Resolution 1007 by Represe…”
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HB1059
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…asure from the regular session of the 88th general assembly house bill 1059 is act 9 sincerely mike bb enter that”
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HB1062
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…are Committee on Insurance and Commerce to whom is referred House Bill 1062 by Representative Lovell Bayley report we've had the same u…”
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HB1069
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…is referred House Bill No. 1065 by Joint Budget Committee, House Bill 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House B…”
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HB1070
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…e Bill No. 1065 by Joint Budget Committee, House Bill 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House B…”
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HB1071
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…y Joint Budget Committee, House Bill 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House B…”
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HB1072
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…mmittee, House Bill 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House B…”
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HB1074
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House B…”
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HB1098
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…we are Committee on City, County, Local to whom is referred House Bill 1098 by Representative Wilkins, and House Bill 1185 by Represent…”
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HB1101
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House B…”
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HB1104
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House B…”
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HB1120
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ker, we are committee on state agencies to whom is referred House Bill 1120 by Representative Ingram, and Senate Bill 73 by Senator Tea…”
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HB1156
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House B…”
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HB1185
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…is referred House Bill 1098 by Representative Wilkins, and House Bill 1185 by Representative English, beg leave to report”
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HB1196
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House B…”
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HB1197
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House B…”
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HB1200
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House B…”
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HB1201
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House B…”
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HB1269
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and Hou…”
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HB1270
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and House Bill 1275 all…”
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HB1272
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and House Bill 1275 all by Joint Budget C…”
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HB1273
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ll 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and House Bill 1275 all by Joint Budget Committee.”
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HB1275
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and House Bill 1275 all by Joint Budget Committee.”
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HB1282
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Speaker, we are Committee on Rules to whom is referred House Bill 1282 by Representative Dale, House Bill 1284 by Representative M…”
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HB1284
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…to whom is referred House Bill 1282 by Representative Dale, House Bill 1284 by Representative Moore,”
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HR1007
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…m is referred to House Bill 1005 by Representative Elliott, House Resolution 1007 by Representative Dale, House Resolution 1008 by Representa…”
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HR1008
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…tive Elliott, House Resolution 1007 by Representative Dale, House Resolution 1008 by Representative Woods”
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HR1009
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “House Resolution 1009 by Representative Ingram and Senate Concurrent Resolution N…”
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SB73
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…m is referred House Bill 1120 by Representative Ingram, and Senate Bill 73 by Senator Teague, beg leave to report we've had the same u…”
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First, please join me along with our staff and press and those of you who are with us in the gallery today to stand, be led in prayer today by Pastor Vernon McGee from the Baptist Bible Church and Conway, who's here as a guest of Representative David Meeks. Then we'll remain standing for the Pledge of
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Allegiance to be led by Representative Billy Gasfield. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Let's pray. Father in heaven, we do come before you this afternoon asking you to be with every man and woman in this room this evening. And God, you just meet every need they have. I pray for their protection. I pray for their families, their children, their households, Lord. Any need that they might have, I pray you help them. I pray, God, that you would, as stated by one famous man, Lord, that you would govern here in the affairs of men as we know you do. And, God, that you'd guide, give wisdom,
give understanding, give counsel and knowledge to everyone that's here. And, Lord, may they do your will and carry out this business as ordained by you. And we just commit everything to your hands today. In
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Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Thank you, members. Please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present
button. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clark. everyone indicated their presence cast up the ballot mr clark 97 members present chair recognizes a quorum we have any requests for leave representative overby you're recognized
Representative Betty Overbey
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thank you mr speaker leave for representative jerry brown please Leave
granted for Representative Brown. Mr. Clerk, indicate leave is granted. Representative Eddie Cheatham, as we dispense with a reading of the previous day's journal,
no objection, so ordered. Are there reports from select committees? Read the report, Mr. Clerk. Mr.
Chair
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Speaker, we are Committee on Rules to whom is referred House Bill 1282 by Representative Dale, House Bill 1284 by Representative Moore,
House Resolution 1009 by Representative Ingram and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4 by Representative Ingram. Begley's report we've had the same under consideration here with return the same with the recommendation that they do pass, respectfully submitted. Robert Dale, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are a committee on joint budget to whom is referred House Bill No. 1065 by Joint Budget Committee, House Bill 1069, House Bill 1070, House Bill 1071, House Bill 1072, House Bill 1074, House Bill 1101, House Bill 1104, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1196, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1201, House Bill 1269, House Bill 1270, House Bill 1272, House Bill 1273, and House Bill 1275 all by Joint Budget Committee.
I beg to leave the report. We've had the same under consideration. Herewith return the same with the recommendation that they do
pass. Respectfully submitted, Kathy Webb, Chair. Thank you, Mr. Clark. We have a
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report from standing committees. Ready to report. Mr. Speaker, we are a committee on aging to whom is referred to House Bill 1005 by Representative Elliott, House Resolution 1007 by Representative Dale, House Resolution 1008 by Representative Woods
Bayley report we've had the same under consideration herewith returned the same with the recommendation that they do pass respectfully submitted Stephanie Malone, Chair Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on Insurance and Commerce to whom is referred House Bill 1062 by Representative Lovell Bayley report we've had the same under consideration herewith returned the same with the recommendation that it do pass respectfully submitted Fred Allen, Chair Mr. Speaker, we are Committee on City, County, Local to whom is referred House Bill 1098 by Representative Wilkins, and House Bill 1185 by Representative English, beg leave to report
we've had the same under consideration, and herewith return the same with the recommendation that they do pass. Respectfully submitted, Charlotte Wagner, Chair. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on state agencies to whom is referred House Bill 1120 by Representative Ingram, and Senate Bill 73 by Senator Teague, beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration, and herewith return the same with the recommendation that they do pass. Mr. Speaker, we are committee on state agencies to whom is referred house bill number 1013 by representative nichols vaguely report we've had the same under consideration here to return the same with the recommendation
that do pass as amended respectfully submitted clark hall chair
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thank you any unfinished business saying none we have a letter from the governor you'll read the letter mr clark
to the speaker of the house dear mr speaker this
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is to inform you that on february 2nd 2011 i approve the following measure from the regular session of the 88th general assembly house bill 1059 is act 9 sincerely mike bb enter that
into the record morning hours expired members before
we go to the red calendar please join me in welcoming the doctor of the day dr dennis Yelvington from Stuttgart. Doctor, thank you for being with us. Also in the East Gallery, we have today as guests Representative Johnny Roebuck and Representative Randy Stewart, Shawnee Carrier, and leadership from Clark County. Would you all please stand? We'll recognize
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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you. Thank you for being with us.
I'm going to do something a little unusual today. We always appreciate the presence of the state troopers who are here with us in the chamber for our safety and security. Today I don't normally recognize by name, but today I'm going to recognize State Trooper Robbie Stewart because State Trooper Stewart was a fifth-grade student of Representative Jody Dickinson,
and I know that his presence here is in no small part due to the fact that he was instructed by Representative Dickinson. Thank you very much. All right, members, we'll go to our red calendar. Mr. Clark, read House Bill 1009. House Bill
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1099 by Representative Lenderman and Aul to allow public school districts flexibility in school start dates.
That was House Bill 1099. Representative Lenderman, you are
recognized. Come to the well and explain your
Representative Homer Lenderman
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bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. today i'm going to present a bill that is a bill about education
it's a bill about schools it's a bill to help that educational process and ultimately to help children
this bill would allow schools to start or the flexibility to start the title of the bill is to allow public school districts flexibility in the school start dates the school would be allowed to start on the week of August the 19th. Current law says that the schools will start on the 19th. There is a provision that they could start on the 18th. This year, school date starts, the 19th is on a Friday, which basically loses that one day because of trying to get
several things done. I spent 30 years in a classroom dealing with students, so I understand about trying to get these things done. Our fiscal impact statement by the state says that there is no impact on the state economy. There has been a little bit of opposition registered from the Hospitality Association and a few individuals. I went to the Parks and Tourism Department and got data. Their data is in my hand that was given to me Monday,
And it shows that the collections, the tax collections for May were higher than the tax collections for August. And in May, the schools are in all year long. It shows the total travel expenditures for May being $531,837,000 when the students were in school versus $529,144,000 in August, even with the 19th as a school starting date.
Some surrounding schools have a publication here, or some surrounding states, I'm sorry. Alabama allows school starting dates as early as August the 7th. Kentucky, as early as July the 29th. Georgia, July the 11th. Louisiana August the 10th, Mississippi August the 1st, Oklahoma August 11th, and Tennessee August the 1st through the 3rd. I also have a letter from a gentleman
named Mr. Tom Lindsey that says I wanted to pass along support for House Bill 1099 from the Rogers School District. They see this bill as a big improvement that will result in more efficient scheduling, better use of staff, and will allow a few more days to prepare for benchmark exams. Now, benchmark exams are set by the state, and this would allow a couple of things. One of them is it would allow more days of student-teacher contact prior to benchmarks. I was a vocational teacher and taught single
semester courses. A single semester can be as few as 80 days or as many as 100 days based based upon scheduling. Commonly, the fall semester was as little as 82 or 83 days. The spring semester would be 90, 91, or 92 days. For those students that are doing end-of-course tests, for those single semester courses, would allow them to have the fall semester two weeks fewer instructional time, and yet they're held to the same standard that everyone else is.
My high school that I retired from, Brooklyn, decided this year to give a semester test after they came back from the Christmas break. I had several teachers that were very upset about that because the students had been out for two and a half weeks or so. They came back, they tried to review, and then do the testing. And for them, that was a very unsatisfactory situation. In support of this bill, the Arkansas Education Association has came and spoke in favor of this. the Arkansas School Boards Association, the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
have all came out in support of them. Again, the Hospitality Association has been in opposition. I was told that Parks and Tourism would be in opposition to this bill. Parks and Tourism did not oppose this bill. They told me they had not a position. In my opinion, the reason they had not position on this bill was because their data based on the income to the state and the income to the industry was not affected by school starting date thank
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I think you piqued your interest, Representative Lenderman. I
well. All right, members, you've heard an explanation of the bill.
I have no questions. You can leave the well there, Mr. Representative Linderman. Anyone wishing to speak against the bill? Representative Link, you're recognized to come to the well and speak against the bill. Recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm against this bill
Representative Kelley Linck
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because it shortens our summers. It shortens the amount of time that a lot of businesses in the state of Arkansas have to make a profit.
It shortens the amount of time that our children have with their families. When I go home from my Chamber of Commerce meetings, I know everyone here does this. We've been going for years. My Chamber of Commerce membership consists of people who make a living through tourism. They make a living off a water sports-based industry. They make a living off the Buffalo River, the White River, the North Fork Lake. Bull Shoals Lake. There's a few support industries, telephone companies that make a living off the tourism industry. When I go back and talk to those folks, tourism is obviously the number
one industry that is on our area, but it's the second largest driver of economics in the state of Arkansas. So when you hear that tourism is in opposition, or hospitality industry is in opposition of a bill, it means something. It means it's going to affect a lot of people. It's going to affect a lot of businesses, which ultimately affects the amount of money that comes into the coffers to run the education system. From August 19th through May 31st is 285 days. That leaves 80 days of summer.
That leaves 80 days for marinas and other tourism operators to make a profit, to make a living off of the summer vacation kids. It also leaves 80 days of that time that they can employ these students, these high school students, to come to work for them. If we shorten that time, it's going to be less time these students have to work. It's going to be less time that these families will have together. Most families don't travel until after July 4th, meaning there's soccer games, there's baseball games, so on and so forth going. But the family travel time we find is from July 4th until, oh, when school starts.
Quite honestly, if I could write a bill, and this is a little bit tongue-in-cheek, but if we could write a bill that would stop some of the large department stores from running back-to-school sales ads, that would help us out some, too. But we can't do that. Now, the bill's sponsor says we're only going to shift our time. We're going to shift our time to where we'll get out earlier in May. But if we look at the bill, it does not say when we're going to get out of school. It only tells us when we're going to start school. I'd like to see that to where we know when we're going to get out of school, so we're guaranteed that if we're going to move this ship this time, we actually do that.
We can get numbers from every economist out there. We can compare May to June to July to August. The one thing I can tell you from my constituents, from my businesses that make their living on water sports-based activities, this will shorten summer. This is going to shorten their opportunities to make a living. Those of you who know me know I have a passion to move people out of generational poverty and put them into the workforce, put them into middle class. That's a true passion of mine, and we do a lot of that through education. So I'm certainly not against education at all.
I'm positive that Representative Linderman and I are going to work together on future issues, and I hope that we can improve education together. I don't think that this is the correct bill to do that with. I applaud the people that do support this, but I believe that this bill will not improve education to the point that it will decrease the opportunity of people in Myriad and most of the state of Arkansas to make a living off the tourism industry.
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Thank you. Representative Link has spoken against the bill. Anyone wishing to speak for the bill?
Representative Ratliff, you are recognized. Come to the will and speak for the bill. Thank
Representative James Ratliff
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you, Mr. Speaker. I've taught school 28 years. My dad taught school 34 years. and the state
law says you only have to go like 178 days. And if we add three to the front, we're going to have to take three off the back. I appreciate a good vote because this will help improve our kids' test scores, and that's what we're all worried about.
Thank you. Representative Radcliffe has spoken for the bill. Anyone wishing to speak against the bill? For the bill? Representative Landerman, do you want to close for your bill?
You are recognized and closed for your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Representative Homer Lenderman
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Again, for all of you, Mr. Link, thank you for your eloquent words. There's no doubt we will work again together in the future. According to the facts from the parks and tourism, the figures that were given me, this will not adversely affect. There was more dollars generated in the month of May than there was in the month of August, even though school only started on August the 19th. This bill does not lengthen the school year. By law, the school year is 178 days. It simply allows the flexibility. If a local school district chooses to start on the 19th or as late as the 24th,
this bill gives them some flexibility. There are many reasons why I think this flexibility is needed because of a local economy, because of any kind of a weather-related problem or a building construction problem or anything. This bill allows flexibility. The school board will decide the date, but it is required that they send a calendar out to the personnel for approval. And therefore, other people do have input in when the school actually starts.
Again, this bill is about the schools, it's about students, and
it's about student success. I would appreciate a good vote. Thank you.
Representative Linderman has closed for his bill. Question for the House, passage of House Bill 1099. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. If everyone voted, cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 80 yea, 15 nays, and one present, you have passed the bill.
Representative Linder moves for the clincher. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Ayes have it. The clincher is adopted. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1224. House Bill 1224 by Representative
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Stewart to extend the law concerning common spring break for public schools and to extend the term and duties of the Advisory Committee on common spring
break. Representative Stewart, you're recognized to explain your bill. This
Representative Randy Stewart
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is a bill that Senator Shane Broadway passed two years ago.
It was a trial period to establish a common spring break throughout the whole state. It's the 38th week of the school year. When you start measuring from July 1st, the advisory committee came back, said everybody is in agreement to it. They wanted to extend it for a trial period of two more years. All the education associations are all good with it. This legislation will keep it in place two more years. The advisory body then would come back and make a permanent recommendation. At that time, a future body would adopt it for a permanent date.
The AAA is all for it. It gives them the latitude of not scheduling any AAA activities that causes problems with spring breaks. Everybody's off at the same time. Most colleges have adopted the same spring break, so families can go on a spring break if they have a family in the high school or junior high
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and college at the same time. I appreciate a good
vote. Representative Stewart, explain the bill. Anyone wishing to speak against the bill for the bill? Representative Stewart, you close for your bill.
Representative Stewart is closed. Question for the House. Passage of House Bill 1224. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nay, and 0 present. You have passed the bill. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1248. House Bill
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1248, by Representative Wilkins, an act to remove the sunset provision pertaining to food service establishment permit fees.
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Representative Wilkins, you are recognized to come to the well. You are recognized to
Representative Butch Wilkins
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explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members. Because of the way I just set Homer Lindeman up, I will not take questions on
this bill. This is a really simple bill. It has to do with licensing food establishments.
Now they have a sunset every four years where they have to go through the complete licensing process again. This allows them to buy a license when they establish. they still have to buy the same license every year but but they don't have to reapply for the last and ever four years and that's basically what it does it will also there's no cost change in it at all had no opposition to it the hospitality people nobody's nobody's opposed it it is a health care health
department bill that I'm carrying for them you know basically makes very little change to other than this does away with the licensing process that don't mean that they will be you know that have nothing to do with inspecting for for for health or you know they still have to be inspected by the health department but this does away with that licensing requirement to do it redo the whole process every four years members are
an explanation of the bill anyone
wishing to speak against the bill, for the
bill. Representative Wilkins, you're closed for your bill. Representative Wilkins, closed. Question for the House, passage of House Bill 1248. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted, cast up the ballot, Mr. Clerk, By a vote of 95, yea, 0, nay, and 0 present, you have passed the bill.
Mr. Clark, read House Bill. Representative Wilkin moves for the clincher. All in favor say aye. Opposed, no.
Ayes have it. Clincher adopted. Mr. Clark, read House Bill 1009. House Bill 1009 by Representative Woods and
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Aul provide for public notification of sex offenders registered in another state. Representative Wood, you are recognized
Representative Jon Woods
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Speaker, and thank you, colleagues.
Just basically the bill is straightforward, and this bill has been brought to me by my local law enforcement agency, other legislators as well, and it's pretty straightforward. If you're a convicted sex offender in another state but you have not been assessed in the state of Arkansas or you've been convicted but have not been assessed out of state as well, this gives your local law enforcement agency the ability to choose whether or not they think it's fit to go out and post notification in the community.
Right now, there's not a tool in the toolbox or a mechanism that gives local law enforcement agencies the ability to go out into the public and post notification of someone that has just moved in from out of state legally. And so it doesn't mandate it. It doesn't say the local law enforcement agency shall, but it does give them the option to make their own decision to go out and do that. And I think it's the right thing to do, and this was brought forward by just really unfortunate circumstances that happened in my neck of the woods.
It's just unfortunate where we had an individual that did some pretty awful things to a little boy in Missouri, had been convicted but not been assessed in Missouri, moves to Arkansas in May. And the assessment process began in Arkansas in May all the way through August. The assessment was still not complete. I knew about this individual. The mother of the boy from Missouri had moved to my area and spotted this individual and followed her family.
There were a lot of us that knew who this individual was. and for four months we had been tracking this individual, and he had not been assessed in the community, had no idea who he was, were unable to post notification until the assessment was done, and then yet this individual, five months after he had moved to the state, takes a three-year-old little girl away from her mother. The mother just turned around for one minute in a grocery store, took her, this man took this little girl to a bathroom in a Walmart and did some really bad things, And it just really, really upsets me.
It's happened around the state, and I think we owe it to the people of Arkansas to be able to go ahead and post notification when we see fit. And I think it's the right thing to do, and I'd appreciate
your vote. Thank you. Members of Representative Woods, it explained the bill. Anyone wishing to speak against the bill? For the bill? Representative Woods, are you closed for your bill? Are you closed for your bill, Representative Woods?
Representative Woods is closed for his bill. Question for the House is passage of House Bill 10-0-9. Prepare
the machine, Mr. Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast up
the ballot. Mr. Clerk, by a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nay, and 0 present, you have passed the bill.
Members, before we hear the adjournment motion, one matter I'd like to bring before the body. We have reviewed the agendas of the committees that would normally meet on Friday. While the volume of our bills going through the committee is continuing to increase, a review of the activity of the committees
would indicate that we might be able to survive without meeting on Friday.
I do want to know, before I make a decision, if there may be objections that should be considered amongst the membership. Seeing none without objection, then, we're going to alter our schedule. and wisely move to an agenda tomorrow that the B Committees will meet at 9 o'clock. We will go into session at, I'm sorry, A Committees, stand corrected. The A Committees will meet at 9 o'clock in the morning.
We will go into session at 11
tomorrow. Representative Allen, you are recognized. Thank you. After the announcement,
Representative Fred Allen
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reading of the bills, transferring bills, placing the countenance on the desk, amending members' own bills with their own amendments, members withdrawing their own bills, finalizing resolutions, reading communication, and any remaining committee report, I move that we adjourn until 11 a.m.
tomorrow. Proper motion, not debatable. All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. Ayes, have it. Motion carried.
Representative Johnnie J. Roebuck
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Announcements. Representative Roebuck, what purpose? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senator Percy Malone, Representative Randy Stewart, and I invite you to come to Next Levels tonight for the best party ever, put on by Clark County, 5 o'clock to 8 o'clock. Great door prizes. You all remember the last time.
See you there. Thank you. Thank you. Representative Ingram, what purpose? Announcement.
Representative Keith M. Ingram
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You're recognized. On your desk, you have an invitation to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. On Thursday the 10th is the cocktail party at 5.30 at the Hall of Fame.
The banquet is on Friday night the 11th. I want to avoid any confusion. So two different events. You're invited. We've got a great class going in. Hope to see you there.
Representative Tiffany Rogers
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Representative Rogers, what purpose? Announcements, please. The first one is joint energy will be meeting immediately upon adjournment in room 149. all of you on committee are encouraged to attend second is my only objection to leaving tomorrow at noon is that you attend the rice luncheon at this step
for the stuttgart Chamber of Commerce is hosting tomorrow at lunch at the Arkansas Association of Counties
thank you representative Barnett what purpose announcement you're recognized the house Transportation Committee will meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning 9 a.m. Big Mac Committee Room B. Representative Cowling, what purpose? Announcement. You recognized. Thank You Mr. Speaker. Tax
and revenue will meet at 9 o'clock in
151 for the consideration of a
bill. Representative Cheatham, what purpose? Announcement
Speaker 86
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Mr. Speaker. Recognized. Education will meet at 9 o'clock in the morning
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room 138 representative tyler what purpose announcement you're
Chair
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recognized public health will meet at 9 a.m.
in room 130 tomorrow morning thank you representative
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wilkins what purpose an announcement recognized Judiciary meets in the morning, 1.49, 9 a.m.
Speaker 71
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Further announcements? Read the bills, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 1294 by Representative Wilkins. Without objection, read the second time. House Bill 1294. Transportation. House Bill 1295 by Representative Baker to modify the amount of votes. Out of objection, read a second time. House Bill 1295. City, county, local. House Bill 1296 by Representative Carnine, to clarify.
Chair
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Out of objection, read a second time. House Bill
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1296. Education. House Resolution 1010 by Representative Dale, commending care. Out of objection, read
Chair
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a second time. House Resolution 1010. Aging. House Concurrent Resolution 1004 by Representative Steele, establishing advisory mock legislative sessions
considering disability issues. Excuse me, Mr. Clerk. Back up on the—we got
our bills out of order here. Back up to the last bill, the previous one, prior to 1004.
What was House bill that you read
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prior to 1004? House Resolution 1004. 1004. 10-10, House Bill 10-10
should go to public health. And now you're reading the resolution 10-04, is that correct? Concurrent resolution 10-04. Without objection, read the second time on the concurrent
Chair
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resolution. House concurrent resolution 10-04.
Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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33:21
Aging. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Members of the desk will remain open for the reading of the bills
until 4.30. Upon completion of the items named in the adjourned resolution, the House will be adjourned until 11 a.m. in the morning.
Agenda
Call to Order
Invocation
Roll Call
HB1099
HB1224
HB1248
HB1009
Reading of Bills
Adjournment
Documents
No documents posted.
Speakers
Representative Linda S. Tyler Chair
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Representative Robert S. Moore, Jr.
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Representative Betty Overbey
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Representative Tommy Thompson Chair
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Representative Homer Lenderman
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Representative Kelley Linck
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Representative James Ratliff
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Representative Randy Stewart
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Representative Butch Wilkins
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Representative Jon Woods
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Representative Fred Allen
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Representative Johnnie J. Roebuck
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Representative Keith M. Ingram
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Representative Tiffany Rogers
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Representative Jonathan Barnett Chair
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