House Convenes

And by the member staff press and guests in the galleries. To stand to be led in prayer by pastor heath Clower First Baptist Church of West Fork against a represent kindred more and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance he led by representative Lane Jean. Good morning. It's a blessing to be here today I've prayed for some of you in the past but it's different to be here and to look you in the face and to know and understand a little bit better what you do for our state so thank you for that join with me in prayer today. You are we just come before you this morning and just thank you that you are creator our sustainer the giver of life and breath we just come before you today just saying thank you for we are blessed even though we've gone through some things in the last week that have been tough for our state and for the city we still know we're we're blessed for blast as a statement blessed as a nation in so many ways published not take that for granted because not as the world turns we know that we need you now more than ever. We ask that you just shepherdess Shepherd is through the mountains and the valleys that you be there for us and you would be R. potter because we are just clay in your hands. Ordered a some of this may need to just repent repent of struggles repent of sins were been of selfishness or pride or just to even anger at times and so I just give you that for myself today and ask that you use me that you'd mold me that you'd even humble me today. Again or thank you for being with our state and we need your prayers and need your presence in our life as we go through the pick up from this tornado and so I list of many of the people around here and other places that are doing that we pray for our emergency assistance people we pray for our law enforcement. Lord we just ask that we as a people would love and trust one another. Then we would just an. Look to you for guidance and direction we pray for our governor and the people that are around her and help her with all the decisions in the things that are going for that and for this recovery effort the lord today I pray for these people in this chamber specifically. That is they aren't running this race and getting things done and nearing the end of it that you would just give them strength today. Some of them may have been up late last night and had a long week in the running to the finish line and I pray lord that you would help them run and not grow weary that you would let them. Just be on your shoulders and not grow faint did you to stay in their relationships with their family during this time help them through phone calls or facetime or just text and bind them together and orders are making these decisions at the end I pray that you'll help them not a compromise where their needs not to be compromised but where there needs to be unity that they can find that find it for our state and for the betterment of. On bettering our people here in Arkansas bless them today bless the people of Arkansas lesser Speaker in those that lead this session today. We just pause in the State. Thing that we need to go. For everything. It is not just a mantra over the doors in god we trust but we trust you today to help us with all of these requests. Pers please indicate your presence by pushing your present button per machine madam Clark. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk. With ninety nine members present the chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave. Representative Jeffrey Wardlaw moved to dispense with the reading the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are there Reports from select committees. Read reports about a Clark Mr Speaker your committee on house arrest to whom was referred house bill eleven seventy seven the report we have the same consideration here presents I recognize that do pass to concur in the amendment number one. Respectfully submitted the involved chair Mister Speaker your committee on house rules to whom was referred Senate bill five twenty three Begley reports and we have same consideration here concerns I recognize that the password please immediately involved to. The reports from standing committees reports madam Clark Mr Speaker your committee on public health welfare and labor to whom was referred house bill eleven eighty nine basically report we have the same consideration here with signs saying recommendation that it do pass concurrent Senate Amendment number two respectfully submitted Jack Ladyman chair Mister Speaker you Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred senate bill four seventy eight day before the member same consideration here with Sam Sam recognized that do pass thankfully submitted Les eves chair. Is there any unfinished business. Are there any Executive communications. Members are Dr the day is Dr Kimberley garner of Maumelle I guess to represent David Ray and the sister in law of representative Marcus Richmond. And our nurse of the day is Mr Bernard. Man park please read House resolution ten fifty five. House resolution ten fifty five by representative were lost recognize the importance of stem cell donor messing instance so donors in combating acute lymphocytic leukemia. Represent Wardlaw you're recognized to present the resolution thank you Mr Speaker. This resolution I'll go real fast will keep you guys time as resolutions about honoring those folks that offers stem cell donations for folks that need it I've got a family in my district that was blessed enough to find someone in the registry and save their life so this is just to honor them and if the Clerk would just read entitlement. Maddox Clark please read the resolution by title only. To recognize the importance of stem donor match testing in stem cell in combating acute lymphatic leukemia. The representative laws explain the resolution we would like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Represent Wardlaw is closed for the resolution the question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten fifty five all in favor say aye. Any opposed the resolution passes. Members of few other guest with us today in the east gallery we have the Saint John Catholic school Russellville guests of represent Pilkington Duffield and Stan Berry. Apparently they're not here yet. Also in the east gallery. We hope is the new leaders council of Arkansas. Against a representative in it. Please read House resolution ten eighty one. I solution ten eighty one by representative votes to encourage all educators and private insurance schools to participate in professional development courses on bullying in schools in recognizing and addressing students child maltreatment issues represent Vaught you're recognized to explain the resolution thank you Mr Speaker many teachers in private and charter schools are not afforded the opportunity to take these professional development courses I'm and I I think that it's important they do so that they can recognize and address students that have mount mount St child maltreatment issues and the bullying that might be going on in their lives so. And. One thing about child maltreatment it doesn't see income it doesn't see color it doesn't see any of those things and so I believe would be awesome if we could afford them the opportunity to take those classes also with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explain the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution represent Vaught is close for the resolution the question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten eighty one all in favor say aye. Any opposed. Resolution passes madam Clark please read House resolution ten eighty three House resolution ten ninety three by representative Beatty congratulating person will bring about it upon his retirement for the Arkansas Commission on law enforcement standards and training and commending him for his contributions to his community and to the state of Arkansas The Beatty recognized explain the rest. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues today I have the privilege of presenting House resolution Donner Mr Percy Wilburn who was born in Lake Village Arkansas graduated at lakeside high school began his career with the Lake Village police department in nineteen ninety three hello the position of chief of police and for approximately thirty five years and and Lake Village. Mr Wilbur then move to the alcohol drug abuse commission and the professional bail bondsman company and and bail Boston licensing board his ward the chief of the year award in two thousand eight on March first two thousand eleven he was appointed the Arkansas Commission on law enforcement standards and training by governor Mike Beebe and he served for twelve years as a commissioner vice chair and chairman until his retirement in March ninth of twenty twenty three today this resolution honor Samper's dedication service to the state I would ask that you Have the Clerk read the resolution and title loans member creed resolution title only congratulating person living upon his retirement from the Arkansas Commission on law enforcement standards and training in commending him for his contributions as is committee into the state of Arkansas. Representative Beatty is presented to resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Represent Beatty you're recognized close resolution. Members you heard the resolution I appreciate a good vote and congratulations to Mr will be known as your service. I do not think that he's with us today. Represent baby is close to the resolution does anybody wish to speak against the resolution for the resolution to close for the resolution the question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten eighty three. All in favor say aye. Opposed nay resolution is passed. Maddox work read House resolution ten eighty four House resolution ten ninety four by Speaker Shepherd to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the regional campuses operated by the university of Arkansas for medical sciences. Speaker Shepherd you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker members it's my honor today to present House resolution ten eighty four this is to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the regional campuses that are operated by the university of Arkansas for medical sciences better known as their area health education centers or a heck programs for the better part of fifty years UAMS through these a heck programs has trained and number of positions that have made a difference across the state of Arkansas in addition these programs have specifically benefited the rural areas of the state of Arkansas I believe we have with this today. Dr turn issues the vice chancellor regional programs do you a mass and other guests from UAMS that they will stand up at this time and so we can acknowledge them. Members in the interest of time I'm just gonna ask you to be read by title only and you can go and look at the resolution specifically to see all the good work all the good work not just in terms of of health care but also in terms of investment in our local communities have been done through the years and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Madam park read the resolution title only to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the regional campuses operated by the university of Arkansas for medical sciences. Speaker Shepherd as explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution for the resolution. Figure separates close for the resolution to question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten eighty four all in favor say aye. Aye nay resolutions passed. Members in the east gallery we now have the Saint Joseph Catholic school Russellville the guests of represent Pilkington Duffield and represent Stan Berry. Medford please read House resolution to ninety five Lucien ten eighty five No representative had to recognize the Pulaski County runs football team for winning the twenty twenty to classics a state football championship president Hudson you're recognized explain resolution thank you Mr Speaker I don't see representative Collins in the room but if representative Brooks would like to come down and join me as I know he is an avid Pulaski academy football fan. So I'm I'm please sedated to present to you House resolution ten eighty five to recognize that PA Bruins for winning the six A. football championship this past year they could not have done it without the help of of the folks from Greenwood thank you representative Johnson where ad Pulaski academy beat Greenwood at a score of forty two thirty five now this is the first year that PA competed in the six A. state championship they previously been and the five a category and were bumped up this year so the fact that they were able to win in this higher level is is eight feet into itself both teams played an exceptional game I don't know if anyone follows high school sports but it was it was an incredible game they scored a combined forty six points and they had five hundred yards of the offense in the first half alone and both of the teams played played amazingly they were coached very well and it was the type of Friday night lights excitement that all of this legacy and high school football unfortunately the team and their coach coach Lucas was not able to be here today but we do want to make sure that we let them know that we're proud of them are proud of the work that they did And so with that in less he's one sillier representative Brooks wants to lead us in the fight song I would appreciate a good vote. Represent Hudson has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for for the bill represent Collins. Recognized speak for the bill. Sorry hi sport everything okay. So called this spoken before the bill. We would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Brooks you're recognized for it I do believe this was the second most watched game high school game in history of agency in and it was broadcast or a play by play of our colleague Mr hawk. President Brooks is spoken for the bill we would like to speak against the bill. For the bill represent Hudson's close for the bill or resolution question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten eighty five all in favor say aye. Any opposed the ayes have it. Court please read House resolution ten eighty six House resolution ten ninety six by representative Michael and and to encourage the State of Arkansas to enter into strategic partnerships with the state of Israel in Israel companies regarding education history religion Archaeologia Arkansas the textural in innovation. Represent back when you're recognized to explain the bill. All right thank you thank you Speaker so this state of Arkansas on the state of Israel have enjoyed mutually beneficial relationships since nineteen forty eight we have a special kinship with Israel specifically to dance to Maryam we have many of our cities are named after biblical cities such as battle Hebron silo and Salem. We have citizens from Camden we're actually helped to build the iron dome in Israel we have benefitted from to cover cooperation in our defenses hi Israel is recognized as one of the leaders in our in agricultural technologies in Arkansas is one of the top agricultural producing states. The state of Israel is our only remaining sister democracy in the Middle East and it is in the biblical heartland of Judean Samaria. Governor Aissa Hutchinson entered into an MO you with the Israel innovation authority and I want to continue to build on that so if you would please madam Clerk read the resolution title only. Madam Clerk. Please read the resolution. Thank you state of Arkansas and insisted she take partnerships with the state of Israel in Israel companies regarding education history religion archaeological architectural and innovation. Person Macklin's explain the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. CEMAC one is close for the resolution the question before for the houses the passage of house resolution ten eighty six. All in favor say aye. Those opposed the resolution is adopted. Warning hours ended. Represent Wardlaw for what purpose. That's your motion motion to reconsider Senate bill four seventy three and had that voting on a prevailing side of that field. That's a proper motion how did you vote. That's proper motion is debatable represent Wardlaw you're recognized explain The motion. Your Speaker. I think a lot of me and my colleagues have concerns about the retirees deductions on this bill therefore we were no votes after doing some research last night and this morning I can gladly tell the membership that we have confirmed there will be no effect to the retired teachers of Arkansas with this bill so with that I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Reserve Wardlaw is explain The motion president calling for purpose. Question. Represent Wardlaw is left the well. President Wardlaw is explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. President Wardlaw is close for the. Question before the House is the reconsideration. Senate bill four seventy three all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it. Question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four seventy three. The machine Madam park. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by a vote of seventy eight seventeen nation to present the motion has passed. The bill is passed. Represent gene you're recognized. To present the budget County. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues we've got Try to do two batches then we'll get to the. They are Asa in the one time funding sheet. At the end of the Agenda. First off we got house bill ten ninety six. Department of finance. This is a. Federal money has no general revenue house bill eleven seventeen tobacco settlement. Money no general revenue. House bill eleven nineteen. this is a proper Human Services is your. County ops. As you remember we go through every DHS. Appropriation they have no new general revenue they will be doing any increases either fund balance. As prescribed for the of governors balanced budget. House bill eleven thirty three secretary of state. it's flat this call it is not general revenue house bill eleven sixty nine she's eleven sixty eight department of labor licensing board it has special revenue no general revenue and it is also flat. Department of corrections. This also has a twenty million dollar increase and a general revenue which will pay additional money to our. guard correctional guards and also try to help recruit more guards of to be a member to the Department correct. House bill twelve thirty one public safety appropriation. This does have the increase of about six point six million for the state troopers. That in the governor's balanced budget. And the last one is house bill fourteen sixty six the claims commission this is the claim that we've had during the session this is the bill we wrap it up and and pay the claims with. Any questions on any of these bills. And do I need to pull any of these out of the back. The nine. We'll take up house bill ten ninety six house bill eleven seventeen house bill eleven nineteen house bill eleven thirty three house bill eleven sixty eight house bill eleven seventy six house bill twelve thirty one House Bill fourteen sixty six. Your one vote for the bill membership calls respect for the purpose built third time I'm Clark please read the bills for the third time that's the ten ninety six eleven seventeen house bill eleven nineteen House eleven thirty three house bill eleven sixty eight house bill eleven seventy six house bill twelve thirty one house bill fourteen sixty six. The machine man Clark. Has everyone. Has everyone voted. Cast about member. By a vote of ninety six yeah zero nine zero present the bill to pass president Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker will pick up your Senate bill nine and go to the second page. Senate bill nine is the public defenders it's off the state Central Services is but budget is flat. Senate bill eleven. This is the office of the governor is also taking all state Central Services it budgeted flat. Senate bill seventeen no G. R. deputy prosecutors it has a flat budget. Senate bill eighteen also lieutenant governor it is a flat budget. Senate bill twenty two transformation shared services it is flat. Senate bill thirty one Department of Health lasting since board it does get general revenue but if no increases Senate bill thirty six part of education this is the facilities fund. Of a comes out of the facility fund money knows no general revenue. Senate bill forty four department of corrections parole board. Of. It's flat except for the normal Cola and the matching on insurance. Senate bill fifty the part of Human Services it is G. R. remember anything I'm G. R. department Human Services it is going operating this next fiscal year offer fund balances. Senate bill fifty one. Part of Human Services same story is held flat Senate bill fifty two same story no G. R. increase. Senate bill fifty three department Human Services now this one is the Medicaid budget and they will be operating any increases out of of balances in their budget. And talking to the Department Human Services of they could be spending somewhere between a hundred to two hundred. Be an additional dollars depending on what the Medicaid does and who gets taken off the road this next year but they'll be spending that out of fund balances. Of Senate bill fifty four as a part of human services division of aging. It is G. R. and it is flat the part of education is Senate bill sixty one S. the Technical education that's mainly taken out of federal funds no general revenue. Senate bill sixty four energy environment. It's general revenue at all it has is a small increase on the matching and and the call was. Senate bill seventy three department of education this is the blind and deaf school. Of. They do have a slight increase of about I think three million dollars in their budget but it was approved by by the governor's letter. Senate bill seventy six barber of education. Appreciation this is where the large moneys in the four hundred million dollars additional learned money and we'll get to have a funding that is we get to the G. RSA and GME the S. R. RSA and the a one time schedule. Of Senate bill. Eighty three the part of agriculture which flat. Senate bill one ten essay you tech it's flat. And the last one is Senate bill one twenty three you A. M. S. it does have a five million dollar increase on general revenue as in the revenue stabilization and agreed on with the governor. Do I need to take any of these other backs. And do I have any questions on any of the. Senate road for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker Mr budget chair could you touch on SB fifty three one more time when you mentioned the possible one hundred two hundred million spending I was looking specifically at that bill again I was just trying to kind of comprehend where that was coming from when I bought when I talk to the U. age if I was talking real money not appropriations right just and and what I'm gonna do. And and the budget chair's gonna do specially on these balances that ripping it down July one we're going to get we're gonna get a number of what are balances or an education and DHS and at the end of the year the fiscal year the next June thirtieth we need to let the members know how much money we've spent out of these balances so we'll know how to plan but basically what mark why in the the of DHS people tell me I public kind of give me an estimate of what we think it will take to run our Medicaid program calls when they're not getting any new General Revenue and their estimate and it just depends on how many people are on the road and there's they're they're trying to purchase some of them all of it could be an estimate between one hundred million and two hundred and fifty million dollars now DHS. Has about eight hundred million dollar. Of fund balance taking care that so that that's what they're gonna be operating off of. Follows. are you are you familiar enough with this enough this is where the subsidy comes from that will go to Blue Cross some of that Medicaid. Subsidizes some of their coverage you're talking about Arkansas works and stuff like that yes I mean this this is where are the state park homes off the other. Ninety percent is federal law I apologize for the inconvenience but I like to ask if it could be pulled from the batch. I get out of the bag yes we can do that thank you. Walker for what purpose question you're recognized can we pull S. B. seventy six out of the backs. Or I will take a fifty three out of the bag. You're requesting. Seventy six by the batch for a separate vote correct. Thank you. Any other. Exhibit what part. You're recognized. I can't hear you. Can you hear me now thank you represent Jean on the you and SB one twenty three on the UAMS budget set as a five million dollar increase do we know what the five million dollar increase was for it to hear can so hard for me to it'll be in the RSA and it's just for general operating for my understanding in talks with the the governor and house and Senate leadership of they did not have had or increase in I don't know three or four years so that was put in to help you A. M. S.. Run their operation. We have a pole separate from the batch place we can sure do that thank you. Any other questions. Anymore need to be pulled out. All right the bachelor consist of Senate bill nine Senate bill eleven Senate bill seventeen Senate bill eighteen Senate bill twenty two Senate bill thirty one Senate bill thirty six Senate bill forty four Senate bill fifty Senate bill fifty one Senate bill fifty two Senate bill fifty four Senate bill sixty one Senate bill sixty four Senate bill seventy three Senate bill seventy five Senate bill eighty three and Senate bill one ten your one vote. It's for the bill in the merger calls respect for the purpose built third time Adam Clark please read the bills for the third time NO nine eleven Senate bill seventeen thing about eighteen Senate bill twenty two Senate bill thirty one Senate bill thirty six Senate bill forty four Senate bill fifty fifty one seven fifty two Senate bill fifty four Senate bill sixty one Senate bill sixty four Senate bill seventy three Senate bill seventy five Senate bill eighty three Senate bill one ten. Prepared mistreatment Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. Five of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present you pass bills emergency clause. President Jean you you're recognized to explain Senate bill fifty three. Members if you would right now go ahead and vote revoked the backs. Not letting you. Let's try again. Members. All right members go ahead vote we're voting now on the backs that would that you just voted on if you would revoked the backs. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of ninety six C. A. zero nine zero present the bills emergency clauses have passed represent gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker will take up Senate bill fifty three this former Human Services this is the Division of Medical Services appropriation which has the the Medicaid funds and and other things in it. Any questions. Hold up we're gonna hold up for just a second revenue. Future issues. Take up for procedural issue real quick and then see if we can get the machine ready to work again. We'll come back to the budget calendar. Representive eleven. For what purpose motion let's hear your motion miss Baker I move that we expunge the vote by which it passed on Senate bill three fifty five. It's proper motion it is debatable represent eleven you're recognized to explain. The motion. Thank you Mr Speaker members after this was passed out on a concurrent to Senate Amendment yesterday there was discovered an error in the language we need to expunge the vote by which it passed and then explains The Amendment number one of which was adopted get this back to the Committee and get this fixed real quick. Represent eleven explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion. Reserve eleven close for the motion the question before the House is the expungement of the vote by which. Senate bill three fifty five past all in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes. Of eleven for what purpose thank you Mr Speaker Speaker I move that we explains the vote by which Amendment number one was adopted to Senate bill three fifty five the proper motion it is debatable purpose of eleven you're recognized to explain The motion just ask for a good vote to expunge the vote on this amendment so we can get it back in committee affix their. Reserve eleven explain The motion when he would like to speak against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion. Purpose of eleven is close for the motion the question before the House is the expungement of the vote by which Amendment one Senate bill three fifty five past all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion passes. Reserve Evans what purpose motion that's here motion repayment Speaker I move that we referred senate bill three fifty five back to the house Education Committee that's proper motion it is it is a debatable represent eleven you're recognized explain The motion appreciate a good vote twenty send this back to committee and get this taken care of get back on the floor. Represent eleven explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion reserve eleven is close for the motion the question before the House is the re referral of Senate bill three fifty five back to the Committee all in favor say aye any opposed the motion passes by a person the bill back to committee. Ninety seven by representative hot to recognize representative Fred Allen for his induction into the Arkansas sports hall of fame for his contributions to the state of Arkansas. Thank you Mr Speaker this time could I please have representative Fred Allen phone at the well. Represent ballot. Colleagues love for many that may not keep up with the sports world like I do and others in this house out we've got a legend in this in this chamber on April fourteenth which is next Friday our very own Fred Allen gonna be inducted to the Arkansas sports hall of fame. You know Fred is a little bit older than I am and just a little bit I and so I did not know Fred on a personal level before I got in this chamber I've heard of people on the radio talking about how great Fred was at Little Rock Central and I never really got to to know what that what it was like and so or when I was asked to do this resolution I start doing some research on on what Fred accomplished what during his time at Little Rock Central read some of this to you. Fred read as a tenth grader Little Rock Central was the first African American to be on the as a full time starter on the varsity. During his time at Little Rock Central they won two state championships got a second place finish and one overall state championship which we don't do now that was at the time you to have all the schools place other than champions from each one and they would all play Little Rock Central one that overall championship but the most important thing for me I've covered a lot of athletes and championships and things of that nature but this was really impressive. During his time at Little Rock Central he average average thirty points per game at Little Rock Central he said in all time scoring record of forty points in one game and score and score a hundred and twenty five points over four games while at Little Rock Central now for many people especially that our fans the Razorbacks in Arkansas school. Representive Allen did not attend AA Arkansas college but he went on to do great things because the one on the middle Tennessee state where he excelled not only in the classroom but he also did that on the basketball court as well so with that being said I want to have representive Allen come up because to be able to get into the Arkansas sports hall of fame and not go to university in Arkansas is a really really big accomplishment and and I felt like we need to recognize him here on the house floor and those of you that represent Little Rock Central after seeing the the basketball game that we all grew up late in we've got to get a banner hung in the GM with Fred Allen's name on it and I want to help lead that charge before I get on the well if it's okay with this movement with the Speaker I like to have friends that a few words. You know for the first time in my life. I'm speechless. But I just want to say. thank you all for this honor it was honor for me to play and Little Rock Central High School I came to Central High School on the heels of immigration and when I first got the Little Rock Central High School the only thing I said to my coach I thought I just want to be fair if I'm the best ball player let me play if I'm not the best ball player let that person have a position and I think my my talent in my reputation speaks for me and it's an honor for me to be an inducted into the Arkansas sports hall of fame one quick story my little grandson who's eleven years old. It's going to fly from Vegas for the induction so he called me the night that he found out I'll still be inducted he's the law what if they wait for you to become all me. The hall of fame. I thank you all. Mr Speaker this time. Mr Speaker this time if you could have the Clerk please read the resolution by thought alone please read the resolution a title on. To recognize representative Fred Allen for his induction into the Arkansas sports hall of fame and for his contributions to the state of Arkansas. President hawk is explain the resolution when you would like to speak against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution. President fox closed the resolution members normally we take this by a voice vote we're gonna put it on the board number one just to show all that green in support of represent Allen and number two to see if our machine works. Repair the machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted cast cast up the ballot madam Clark. By a vote of one hundred yeas no Nays and no president the resolution is adopted. President Jean you're recognized. Thanks bigger. I think I was Phoenician wife was or any any questions I thank I have a least one. Represents prayer for what purpose point of personal privilege. You're recognized. Hi this is regarding representative Alan I just wanted to make a comment may I do so. You're recognized make a point person for the. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I just wanted the record to reflect that in that championship game the overall championship I was probably not born at this time the representative Alan of Little Rock Central High School beat the copper cobras of Stephens Arkansas so representative Alan congratulations. Represent gene you're recognized. You're recognized. Thank. We're going wait a representative Ladyman. President Ladyman for what purpose. West you're recognized a representative Jean you talked about the increase in their budget and. We're gonna have to look at this at the end of the fiscal year to see where we're at so. Is is one of the reasons for that the ending of the National the Federal pandemic. Yeah I don't know exactly where that's going to be so the way this there's gonna be a purchase of we were hearing a purge of the list of recipients and and will know how much we've got to stand I'm thinking about July one. Or how many. Participants we have I do not want. Any other. Your one vote is for the bill Senate bill fifty three and emergency clause Mister Speaker the purpose built thirty nine park read the bill for the third time Senate bill fifty three. Representative gene is present the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent jeans clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill fifty three. Machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. The voting on the bill an emergency clause. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety five Yeas three Nays zero present the bill and the emergency clause this past representing you're recognized. I respect will take up Senate bill seventy six part of education appropriation this this is the big education bill that has. The preparation for the Arkansas learns any questions. Your one voted for the bill and the merger clause for Speaker the purpose built third time network read the bill for the third time seventy six. Represent gene is present the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. President jeans clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill seventy six prepared machine madam Clerk. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Gas up the ballot madam Clerk ninety five Yeas zero nays and three present the bill and the emergency clause has passed you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker the last bill that was pulled out of the back Senate bill one twenty three. You A. M. S.. Any questions. You want voted for the bill Murphy Clause respect for the Clerk read the bill third time and Clark read the bill for a third time NO one twenty three. Representative genes present the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill for the bill represented jeans clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one twenty three prepared machine madam Clerk. The voting on the bill and emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Cast the ballot madam Clerk ninety four you A. zero nays and five present the bill an emergency clause have passed representing you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker. We're going to take up. The House Bill. Fourteen eighty eight which is the. Cyber response for appropriation this is brought to us by representative makes. And then the house bill fifteen oh five the department of commerce which was brought to us by representative McClure. The US cyber appropriation is ten million dollars it does not have a funding stream now. Of senator makes will have the ability to go try to find some money but is not funded right now same thing with the representative McClure. On the rule economic development initiative is eight point eight million it does not have a funding stream but this bill will allow him to go try to find of a funding stream through one time money. Or or wherever else he could shake the bushes. Any any questions on these two. Is it okay to match these two. Saying no I'm saying no questions. We'll take up house bill. Fourteen eighty eight fifteen oh five your one vote is for the bill Murphy called for Speaker the purpose built third time. Madam Clerk read the bill for the third time the fourteen eighty a House bill fifteen oh five. The machine madam Clerk. Voting on the bill an emergency clause. Everyone voted. Gas about madam Clerk ninety six Yeas one day and zero present the bill an emergency clause to pass representative gene you're recognized all right we're going to skip over eighteen thirty three come back do we have at the end. Of we're going to take up. The Senate bills that were introduced by senators first one Senate bill two sixty eight this is for a appropriation of a little over three million for the fire training academy in Camden by Senator stone. Senate bill three twenty seven this is a Division Agnes come from Senator Blake Johnson and this is an appropriation of five million for the pantry project. And Senate bill four hundred ninety one of these two are not appropriations these are called class bills is what senator may represent it wouldn't have been working on the personnel committee what this does on Senate bill ninety one it limits the pay grades eliminate to amend and put up a maximum item and put a three hundred person pool that the people come to swap out pools I have to give up a position to get a position so it's it's got no funding which is how we do our personnel report in a committee the same thing on Senate bill five sixty five. Ninety one is a higher ed. In five sixty five is the other in public employees throughout the state is there PAYPLAN but there's no funding tattoo is just a mechanism of the pay scales any questions. And go back SO you take it does not have a funding source he will have to find that money. Senator stone and the of five million for the Division act for the past three does not have a funding source you'll also find one time money. Some Wardlaw for purpose request. You're recognized. President Jean I request that we. Pullout to sixty eight and three twenty seven to be voted together would be fine but not in that batch of four please. You want to sixty eight three twenty seven a batch. In the other two in a batch. Help you all right. So our first batch of the Senate bill two sixty eight Senate bill three twenty seven. Your one vote is for the bills emergency calls Mister Speaker the purpose built third time. Man Clark please read bills for third time. Senate bill two sixty eight Senate bill three twenty seven. Per machine ma'am Clark. Voting on the bills emergency clauses. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by the ninety four Yeas one nine zero president. Bills emergency clauses a past president Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. The last two bills for we get to the revenue stabilization senate bill four ninety one. Senate bill five sixty five a copy class bills any questions. One voters for the two bills and emergency clause Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time and Clark please read the bill. Senate bill four ninety one Senate bill five sixty five. Per machine. Voting on the bills emergency clauses as everyone voted. Is everyone voted cast about mine Clerk by a vote of ninety seventy eight zero nine zero present the bills emergency clauses the past. Since January. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling this is house bill eighteen thirty three this is our budget this are revenue stabilization. I'll just go over some highlights then I'll I'll leave time for questions and debate. This is Ross usually correct sorry. But anyway this is a this is our generate new budget. It's a little bit over six point two million. It's up from. Six million. Twenty four million. Two years ago I mean skews me last year a year ago as a two point nine five percent increase. And go over some of the highlights as we know. Start with the of the first line on the Division of elementary and secondary education. We put a hundred fifty million dollars at a general revenue into the large act and when we get to the one time schedule there's more money that we put into the large act on one time money off of surplus and where you find that figure if he's if the changes is a hundred eighteen million. And if you go to page two. And you look up for the education freedom accounts there's another thirty one million on that add those two totals up and that gives you the hundred fifty million that you've been hearing about on the increase in education. We do have a no the three hundred fifty thousand. That is going to the literacy council's. It has been added to this. And if you go under general education to the education facilities you'll see the seventy million has been taken out. That's what we bring to our education facilities but as we get to the one time schedule. You'll see what we're finding that so it is getting funded it's just be taken out of the RSA and we're going to replace it with one time money. if you get to the child care grants. You'll see an increase of seven million and the early childcare which is a two and a half million that's just a swap if you go down to the general education you'll see a negative. Seven thousand on Medicaid grants DHS grants and early childhood what we did we we swapped it out of the ATS and took it up education so that's just a war from DHS to education. The of family and of children services and under of DHS usually the six point six million dollar increase that's for foster care. There's also a two point two million in aging and behavioral health increase that is mainly for programs of behavior that will be introduced into our county jails to try to get some rehabilitation only offenders. The other big change is we're going to. Forty million dollars. Other department of corrections. Twenty million of that. Is for health insurance increases and twenty million of that is for staffing increases for the department of correction. Our next big increases the division of Arkansas state police of six point two million. And that's to upgrade. Four positions. And reclassify. Sort of about ten thousand dollars in positions and add five million dollars in overtime. And add seven hundred and forty one thousand to their general operating budget for state police now we're doing a trooper school but we'll see that in the one time to the of funding on the one time she. The only significant change other than on higher education the all the increases in the parentheses a decrease usually is the productivity funding drove every bit of that and that's a former that's been said in honor of the performance of the schools with the exception of two thanks the U. A. M. S. five million which we just talked about in the bill. They're getting a five million additional dollars and if you look at the U. A. P. B. land grant. There was two thousand dollars for their land grant of match from the federal dollars we took that out of the budget and we'll see it on the one time schedule also. It's fun on the one time to get your. That's a two thousand to me. I'm glad you're awake. Any other questions. President Barack for what purpose yes your question recognition Speaker representative line. Forty dollars for prisoner is what we have been paying our council is that gonna change or is it going to design that has not been changed the number now we're the county jail to get some more money for this rehab calls but the forty dollars is is still forty dollars. Thanks. Thank you represent under for what purpose question you're recognized a representative Jean it may be in here and I'm just not seeing it was there a line item for Northwest Arkansas technical institute in sharing deal it's a on your last sheet. You saw the two year institution to go down about. I don't know ten or twelve maybe ten northwest Arkansas community college. You see if you have that with you. What page they're on please Page three. Mainly what they're getting for the productivity funding is a two hundred eight thousand dollar increase. But it's it's in the schedule. Okay. Any other questions. Seeing none your one vote is for the bill number she calls. Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time. I'm Clark please read the bill for the third time that's the eighteen thirty three. Per machine ma'am Clerk. But in the bill. And the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted cast about madam Clark by a vote of nineteen ninety eight zero nine zero present you pass the bill emergency clause. Ingenieur recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. The last bill today is Senate bill five seventy eight. this is the one time money. Of. We have roughly a one point six billion dollar surplus. So this next year we're going to span potentially no I spend all of it but it'll be there one point four billion a one time thing to be slot of it set aside. And everything on this list. We'll. Be subject to a governor's letter. Has to go through peer committee. And have to get a three fifths vote from council. With the exception of four items and I'm old I will start with those four items. We have a transfer for the historic rehabilitation income tax credit a forty million we talked about that the Arlington the veterans in the Lafayette hotel. That is going straight. Two of the department for tax credits on bills rehabs that that's going straight to it there will be no. No committee that have to go through. The other thing that is is that the U. A. M. S.. There's twelve million dollars going to you A. M. S.. Of. A group of of citizens that L. rate or their their hospitals going to phone. They have purchased the old hospital down there with local money of forty million dollars I was in on the meeting with doctor Patterson and lot of members of the U. M. S. they're going to take it over and and run that but will be only locally. They need some start up money. as as is bill to so this helps get that hospital bill one UAMS thanks that they can make money off of it making a vibra hospital but that after this is passed that go straight. To that account. The other thing is is that for economic development and we do this all the time we've added thirty five million of one time money for the quick action closing for human make Donald and his people over economic development to be able to close deals and make deals on economic development that's a practice that we've done for quite some time so those three entities go straight. Of to their respective accounts. The only other difference we have one a three fifths set aside is we have a hundred million dollar. Which will mainly be in the governor's pot now listen I listen. It's a simple majority the governor have to write a letter. Those to peer committee and have to be approved through peer and then we'll go to the vote of the full council. And it takes a fifty one percent margin to do any of this so we've got it were no legislator or no governor no one person can direct this other money we're talking about without approval of the county. At a fifty one percent margins so don't run out here and say we gave the governor a blank check for a hundred million dollars because we didn't do it. All right we'll go all the all the stuff that takes a three fifths vote governor got to write a letter goes to peer committee to get approved and then the the rest this stuff takes a sixty percent vote ratio. The fund. That's going to start off with two hundred fifty million dollars this year. And next year for the facilities we member we took that seventy million out of the budget. This will fund facility for locals who. The next is we put three hundred and thirty million to build a new prison. Now when that gets built and where it's going good bill has not been determined but that's money we're putting aside one time for construction for the prison and that also takes oversight every bit of this of the General Assembly. We've also put back two hundred million for the crime lab. Of two hundred million for infrastructure grants and matching set aside this could be highways this could be bridges dams anything infrastructure will have the money sitting there on an eighty twenty or ninety ten Max water we need to do with the federal government we have a pool sitting there but that also takes the proof. Of what we've been doing in the past we also have fifty million dollars for the UAMS cancer center. Of when you member that the fifty million dollars we have for the school safety is broke up under two years. Basically thirty seven and a half million the first year twelve and a half million the second year a total of fifty million dollars for school safety projects. All right in the second year which will not be in this one but if we need additional money for adequacy and twenty twenty five we've got another forty five million set back in year two it will not be the current year that were were adopted. Teacher scholarships or twelve million four year wanted to twenty four twenty five of these or for teachers that are advancing themselves getting masters you specialise degrees this is this money to set aside and that's inside the learned Jack. We set aside twenty million dollars a one time money to buy vehicles for state police in any state agency that needs. And that's a practice we've done a lot is but one side one time money out to buy capital improvements on cars. The fifteen million for the large act this is the voucher program. This is where we parked additional fifteen million we've got to thirty one million of that inside the RSA. If in case there are more people that we anticipate that are using the vouchers we have the fifteen million additional dollars to spend but we don't have to if the request aren't there. Let's go to We were talking about the south Arkansas hospital. All right in the next one is the performing funds set aside the performers Fund this is the raises this is what we staff for several years ago for raises we have about seventy million in that account it's a good healthy account so we've got to come up with with raises and kolos we've got a hairy to do this we don't have to transfer that money there but if if they need additional dollars the council can review it and transferred if they see fit. Charter school facilities. Need to enhance your bill charter school facilities we put twelve million dollars down and one time money. Of state police trooper school we're adding a second super school and that cost is six point four million with one time money of we're down on our state police we have a lot of six hundred ten. Rob for positions in what we're a little under five hundred we need to start adding to our state police so we're we're adding on a second school that will. Pacific specifically go after existing law enforcement people that are in counties city police departments to costly for if they want to be a state trooper they'll have a little less training they have to do when it will get them up to standards. Of the U. A. P. beforehand rant that I misspoke it's at two thousand the two million dollar for both years twenty four twenty five is the next item. The teacher education program set aside this is learns Act this is the training the teachers are going to get we've got one point one million of one time money for twenty four and twenty five. A bill that myself and Senator Flippo grand there's a million dollars to go into the pregnancy centers throughout the state they've got to apply for these grants that funded on the first year. The next we've already talked about the hundred million dollars that goes to the governor with with prior approval and a majority vote of council of a hundred million dollars for the simple majority set aside. We have forty seven million dollars for EBD which are insurance program. I thank always need money so you need to put some money in there because insurance costs go up. And to the game and fish set aside they had some projects. All the lone oak fish hatchery there's several things they ask for twenty we put ten aside but remember. They've got to get a letter from the governor and we've got to approve it on a three fifths vote so there's ten million set aside. Of we had some money for the rapid DNA testing inside a budget. If we need some more we've added three hundred seventy thousand more dollars for the rapid a DNA test to help solve crimes. Vardan over the quick action closing money. Economics to stem if similar set aside for various grant to stuff that's ten million dollars that also takes council approved. And. This merit the marijuana money. Which is been pulled away from you A. M. S.. Of he is going to go into account because they've got their funding in this with you a message with. We'll we don't know what the figure is worth thank and it's about thirty million dollars this is going to help with the school lunch programs in the schools and the Of health and the health set side need to food insecurity programs that were about the employment and that'll be we thank thirty million dollars. The Drug forced set aside we have another two and a half million dollars to of help fund our drug task force throughout the state. And then the last to set aside his law two hundred forty thousand eight hundred twenty thousand this year on twenty thousand next year to give our planning and development districts throughout the state that are made got one some additional funds for one time money. And the last one come from representive Ladyman. Is the eight point eight million dollars in year two for the human development centers there from human development centers are in pretty bad shape this gives the money one time money to fix these up so people can have some dignity and live in the in in the my understanding I haven't been doing but some of are in pretty bad shape. and the last one. With there's no figure in there is a law enforcement stipe and. We did that last year there's thirteen million dollars from last year that we can still do which would be. Campus police highway patrolman. And as we open this up we found out we had more policemen they with all people requesting we're not going to do that this time but we will when we get all the numbers in the figures out we will do that in council with the vote of the council with a letter to the governor in the interim. And that's your one time schedule a grand total of one point four million four billion the first year three hundred eighty million in fiscal year twenty five. And I'll take any questions. President Pilkington for what purpose question recognized thank you Mr Speaker representative gene on the twelve million dollars for the UAMS campus in elder radio can you explain to me why UAMS was chosen over any other health systems to manage that hospital system there were other hospital systems considered. I wasn't I just visible campaigners and and it's not unusual that a UAMS has a president of northwest Arkansas UAMS presence is wide and broad in Arkansas and I do think they will be in an or the Primera hospital in Arkansas but this was something that they were they were they felt like they could I add to their client base and take owned and to provide a service to the citizens of south Arkansas that'd just be clear there was no RFP process correct okay thank you. Represent Mayberry for purpose a question you're recognized representative gene can you help me understand there's two hundred fifty thousand dollars being set aside for educational facilities. Can you help under fifty may I mean I I'm sorry I don't mean thousand yes a thousand sorry it we've had long days appear I understand two hundred fifty one right now yeah. Can you help us understand so we can tell our school superintendents who are trying to budget and many of them currently are in a pickle on trying to figure out how they're going to pay for their school funding that they're obligated to do right now is this money to help them right now or is this money in the future and how will it be divvied up is going to be well up evenly the seventy million we passed last budget we're still in the effect of that this will begin July one the two hundred fifty million and of course it's it's and probably represented evidence can talk better about the. The process of getting facility money but this will be for fiscal year twenty four beginning July one. Follow up so to make it clear those school districts right now that are struggling to figure out the past Milledge is they did other things to to find funding for their schools and prices went up really high this money is not something they would be able to make access right now right no this is this is for an hour or twenty four bit budget year which begins July one okay thank you represent McKenzie for purpose question you're recognized. Can I get it but is there a better understanding for the three hundred seventy thousand dollars an additional set aside for a rapid DNA now we just pass or a say that funded rapid DNA but any understand as to why we have more money set aside for that. I don't know of robbing flood from Moscow matter talk about that she's one for highlight all I was told and I'm not a policy gap was that this just put additional money to make sure they had enough kids if need be they're going to use the budget that they have in the RSA first and if they need some more they will run out we've got additional funding. And I'm sorry I can't get in the weeds with you but percent rye for what purpose question you're recognized. Representative Jean I know we can do this right now but I I just want to bring up that are aging program with the transportation is just in trouble and there's the eighty twenty grant coming from federal and down the line I just like to look at his or okay thank you check it represent road for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker Mr vice chair I was looking at the the one million dollars that is set aside for the pregnancy resource center grant right I believe in act one eighty seven from twenty twenty two that this would be just for this year we're not going to fund it for a second year is that correct well we're gonna be back here next year but I mean is some of this money set aside for two years where the promote resource center yeah one year. That's just the way it played out I think what we do I think what they have right now by law four hundred thousand dollar balance from the million we gave them this current year so we felt like giving another million and then next time we're in here for the fiscal session we can see how much they've spent I mean if it's close to a million and they're not spending it off the ballot to growing of will and will know what what to spend it but I think the commitment will be there from this governor and this body to continue to fund this going on it's just not in the schedule right now follow up Mr Speaker so just so I understand correctly this is not you're not viewing this as a and snow for absolutely no obligations and and a and I'll fight to keep thank you Sir. Any other questions. Right I will get out of the way so we can have some real fun. We're all thank up Senate bill five seventy eight your one vote for the bill emergency clause misspeak or the appropriate bill third time man part please read the bill for the third time Senate bill five seventy eight. President Jean is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jean is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five seventy eight per machine madam Clerk. Voting for the bill and the emergency clause. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine eight and three present the bill emergency clause have passed. Members hold on just for second we're about to take a break but I need to check and see if there's anything procedurally we need to do to make sure we're staying in line with the Senate your. Members of your bear with me I know that we've got a committee me at twelve thirty we're waiting on I am an amendment to come over should be here in the next five minutes one of what I'd like to do is try and run a few more bill see if we get the amendment here and then try to take that up and then break for a lunch break and had committees of the a few committee meetings so with that being said it's going back to the red calendar were passing over house bill eleven thirty. When passed over Senate bill five oh two. Madam Clark please read Senate bill one eighty one. Senate bill one ninety one by representative wants to mandate covers for use of intervening with Emma glauben to treat certain pediatric disorders caused by infections and declare an emergency. Represent Warren you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues nobody should have to try to pronounce that word you're good relations. Well you've all heard me stand before you in multiple times advocating for pants and pants panda's issues. I've done so after having a young guy in my youth group at my church was a standout athlete student and popular kid spiral down with this disease it results from having stripped early in life and leads to inflammation on the brain. Years ago when we first began working on this little was known about this disease we have come light years and now we have one of the few centers of excellence at UAMS in partnership with children's hospital. The successful treatment is with the IV IG infusion patients still have to work through a primary care physician or go to one of the doctors at UAMS our children's hospital to get approved for this only four people for four patients were approved for the treatment in two thousand twenty two. We're trying to make it were Medicaid comes into line with the policy that is now in place we would cross BlueShield and the other states around us. A patient properly diagnose should not have to have built difficulty getting this treatment. There have been many kids who have committed suicide with this disease we have a treatment now and we need to make sure we have clear access to that treatment for those who need it that means I need your vote on this bill. I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Percent worn is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill reserve worn is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one eighty one prepared machine man Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. I have a ninety five Yeas one a one present the bill is passed. And the emergency clause. All right members we have The Amendment here we're just. Waiting list this. Well wait on that matter part please read the bills. House resolution ten eighty eight the objection read resolution a second time House resolution ten eighty eight House Management. Person Macklin then. For what purpose. Motion to your motion I move re recall house bill seventeen thirty eight from the Senate. That's proper motion it is debatable represent Macklin you're recognized explain The motion. Ferguson macaroni recognized explain The motion thank you Speaker so this is house bill seventeen thirty eight is the parents bill of rights are we need to recall from the Senate so we can engrossed the proper language from the department of education. President mac one is explained the motion when he would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion represent Macklin is close for the motion the question before the House. Is the passage of the motion to recall house bill seventeen thirty eight all in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes. McCorkle's read letter from the Senate. April sixth twenty twenty three The honorable Sherri sacks Chief Clerk usually sex offender specially requests the return to the Senate Senate bill three fifty five respectfully submitted in Cornwell Secretary of the Senate. It's leave granted to return Senate bill three fifty five to the Senate. Send the bill to the Senate. First remove we're gonna move down without objection to Senate bill five oh wait represent Gonzales moved to place Senate bill five oh eight back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number two madam Clerk. Amendment number two disable five oh eight. Purpose of consols you're recognized to explain the amendment. I I had to come down here and speak against the colleagues bill especially one that I put my name on. This is now my bill my amendment. We should a good vote. If we do this the maybe maybe. Miller get out of here pretty soon hopefully. anyway. I'll explain this amendment hold up better if you'll let me adopted here and get it get it engrossed that sent back to committee and bring it back to you in and we'll we'll figure out what the same really does appreciate a good vote thank you. President very for purpose is there any opposition. If we get this method to get this thing is adopted we will have support of the governor's office. Missing my point thank you speak the. I think I missed my representative allows there is no opposition to the amendment that I know represent represent flowers for a question you're recognized. Would you say that the bill does what the title says. The current bill does exactly what the title says what we get done with that is not gonna do anything like that. Follow up Mr Speaker you're recognized Banco. Representative Gonzales says. Explained the Amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Gonzales is closed for the amendment. Question before the House is the adoption Amendment number two to Senate bill five oh eight all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted. Send the bill to engrossing. Members. Members real quick represent makes as a meeting that's lined up that was supposed to begin a few minutes ago some of the late just a bit. The plan would be is to recess until one forty five. represent makes meeting can take place. I believe there a committees that need to meet to take up like one bill of peace I would suggest that those get set for. One twenty. I don't believe any B. committees need to meet at this point in time to my knowledge if the B. committee chair needs to meet right now stand up so I can see it but I don't think so. All right so we're gonna take a break to one for recess to one forty five represent makes and tell you about his meeting and then the a committee meetings that need to take place let's get let's just set them for one twenty that'd give about twenty twenty five minutes to deal with with one or two bills each. All right. At announcements represent Holcomb for what purpose. House you're recognized of transportation will meet in may be when one twenty one twenty represent Dalby for purpose I know you're recognized judiciary will meeting room one forty nine of one twenty represent wing for purpose announcmenet you're recognized House Management will meet fourth floor conference room at one twenty no right now we're gonna be right now I feel really good about right now. Represent Johnson for what purpose announcmenet recognized public health meeting in room one thirty one twenty thank you for it represent makes for purpose announcmenet you're recognized they advanced medication committee will be meeting the centers we can get over gonna be over a big mac Hey we're gonna be getting an update from the Director of the department of emergency management from the tornado recovery so if you are in that district or want to learn more about how that's going and how we can be a part of that I would like you to come over and I think we have one Senate concurrence assuming it's arrived yet. All right any other announcements. I didn't want to share there was a ruling may that you need to be aware of. The recognition of guests that were not in the gallery is not the same thing is recognizing guests in the wrong gallery so. The House will stand in recess until one forty five. Read the bills madam Clerk Senate bill five oh four. Without objection read the bill a second time Senate bill five oh four transportation Senate bill five sixty nine but objection read the bill a second time in about five sixty nine calendar Senate bill I mean house bill fourteen forty one. This is the one that failed. Read the committee reports mint Clerk this is a Speaker your committee on City County and local affairs to whom was referred Senate bill five forty seven day before we had the same consideration here terms and recognition that it do pass as quickly submitted Lanny Fite share Mrs Spiegel your committee on state agencies and government affairs to whom was referred house bill thirteen eighty one big live report we have in the same consideration here with times I recognize that do pass to concur in the Senate amendment one and two Mr Speaker your committee authorizes the government affairs and suffered house bill thirteen of two basically what we have in the same consideration here because I'm saying recognition they do pass concurrence in a minute number one. Mr Speaker you're coming off a season of Milford to whom was referred Senate bill five oh nine Senate bill five fifty nine day before we have the same consideration here concerning same recommendation that a do pass safely submitted a white Tosh chair Speaker your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four fifty five Senate bill two thirty seven Senate bill five five twenty four Senate bill five twenty six number five nineteen seventy five sixty two Senate bill five seventy five. Bigley report we have the same consideration here concerning same recognition that a do pass respectfully submitted called Carol Dalby chair Mister Speaker your committee on agriculture forestry and economic development to whom was referred house bill seventeen oh six day report dissing consideration here concerned very same recognition they do pass the current Senate amendment number one Mr Speaker your committee on agriculture question economic development to whom was referred Senate bill five fifty eight semaphore ninety seventh at about five fifty seven zero five sixty Bentley report we have the same consideration here to sign recommendation that a do pass strictly submitted Roger Lynch vice chair. Mr Speaker your committee on education to whom was referred house bill sixteen oh four beg leave before we have the same consideration here times I recognize that a do pass concurrence in Amendment number one Mr Speaker your committee on education and was referred Senate bill five fifty six AM until five fifty one Senate bill five forty three Senate bill five ten seven oh five twelve zero five fourteen Senator five seventy seven oh five seven one Senate bill five fifty two Senate bill five seventy three Senate bill four hundred Senate bill five fifty four the report with the same consideration here time same recognized that it do pass thankfully submitted Brian S. Evans chair Mister Speaker your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill five seventy six big league report we have the same consideration here with times and maintenance that do pass Mr Speaker your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill thirteen thirteen Bagley report we have the same consideration here first time same recommendation that a do pass concur in the amendment one and two Mr Speaker your committee on insurance and commerce is to whom was referred house bill ten twenty house bill twelve thirty one that's what we do to House Bill twelve fifty seven back the report with the same consideration here concerns same information that it do pass concurrence in Amendment number one respectfully submitted. Representative brown vice chair. House reconvene at the culture. It's released arrested sentenced release it is a joke the current system that we have and this bill will completely change that. Particularly with regard to truth in sentencing and I want to talk about that Attorney General said many times is absolutely correct the current system that we have in Arkansas is deceptive when someone gets twenty years prison time in Arkansas the reality is is that often means three years and the public has no idea when the public reads the headline in the newspaper that someone was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas department of corrections they think that that means twenty years they don't know in reality that means three years when they see someone gets a sentence for ten years they don't know that that means eight months. But often times that is the reality in Arkansas it's deceptive and it needs to change in this bill will change that I want to give you some examples when I talk about the revolving door and the repeat offender which I'm gonna talk about a little bit more it's the same people who are committing crimes over and over again. And we have to start holding these people someone to give you some examples this was from a database that the Attorney General began to keep just from press reports this is not anything that he had to gather from the parole board just reading the newspaper and look at what's in the TV you can learn about these incidents is an individual in Arkansas sentenced to for first degree murder. For twenty years in the Arkansas department of corrections was released after only serving a hundred and eighty months and four months after being released committed capital murder the information it was filed in that case said that he shot the victim three times in the head with a firearm left him laying on a gravel road for forty eight hours before the body was found once again released after having served a portion of his sentence never should have happened. Never should have happened. Another example an individual sentenced to twenty years in the department of correction for simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and felon in possession of firearms this was someone who had a lengthy criminal history twenty years in the department of corrections two hundred forty months was released after having served a hundred and thirty one months just a little over half his sentence about a year and a half after being released re arrested for first degree murder. For shooting another individual was ultimately sentenced in that case to six hundred sixty months in the Arkansas department of corrections once again if he had a certain if you have served the sentence that he was given that second murder never would have happened. Another another instance an individual who had at least seventeen previous felonies as most recent being for residential burglary and felon in possession of firearms was sentenced to ten years. But was released after having served less than three not even quite twenty five percent of his sentence three years after being released charged with second degree murder alleged to have run over a man with a vehicle in his own front yard once again if he would to serve that ten year sentence he would not have been out three years later to run over and kill someone. Another example sexual assault in the second degree this was someone who was sentenced to the department of corrections and given ten years in the department of corrections for sexually abusing a thirteen year old girl was required to register as a sex offender was released after having served only thirty three months just a little over a quarter. Of his sentence. And was re arrested for internet stalking of a child for stalking a thirteen year old girl on social media sending her explicit photos and text never should have happened that person would have been in prison. And and serving the sentence that they were given never would have happened. Got two more examples that I want to leave you with an individual who was sentenced to the department of corrections for aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm he was given a hundred twenty month sentence he was released after having served only thirty five aggravated assaults of violent crime. Released after having only served thirty five months. Was re arrested for capital murder arson abuse of a corpse just about three years after his release the public fire department responded to a residential fire and as the flames are being distinguished they extinguish they discovered a badly burned body inside the residence the cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound once again if that person had been serving their entire sentence they never would have been out to kill another person. Like they did last one that I leave you with the battery in the first degree under this bill that's on the eighty five percent less this person was given ninety six months in the Arkansas department of corrections for battery first degree was released after having only served twenty two months. And about one year later after his release charged with manslaughter for stabbing his half brother multiple times pled guilty to that manslaughter never should have happened another our cans and he would be alive today but for our broken. Parole system so this bill will change that in very important ways I want to I know that we've been here a long time were likely already to go home but I want to give you a quick explanation of how this is going to change things for the most serious and violent offenses that we recognize in Arkansas law we're creating a classification called felony an eligible to release broke receiver and release credits that means you have to serve one hundred percent of your time. What kind of offenses are we talking about they're talking about capital murder murder in the first degree kidnapping aggravated robbery rate pandering or possessing visual or print media depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child transporting minors for prohibited sexual activity internet stalking of a child sexually grooming a child aggravated residential burglary the most serious violent and sexual offenses that we recognize in Arkansas law under this bill they're gonna have to do one hundred percent of their time. Not gonna be able to be released and go kill again and go rape again and go stop thirteen year olds on the internet again. The second portion of the truth in sentencing pieces what I call the eighty five percent bucket and that's what we call restricted release felonies there fifty three crimes that fall under the restricted release felony once again we're talking about some of the most serious violent felonies that we recognize in Arkansas law and sexual offenses involving children I'm talking about murder in the second degree manslaughter negligent homicide were where a person was intoxicated kidnapping if it's a B. felony terroristic act sexual indecency with a child sexual extortion this is just to name a few grooming a child for future sex trafficking and what this does is this mirrors the federal system many years ago the federal system eliminated parole and under the federal system you have to serve eighty five percent of your time. This will mirror the federal system in that regard if you're convicted of one of the serious heinous offenses you will have to just like in the federal system survey five percent your time and I wanna make a point the Attorney General's made this point many times and it's very true if you talk with law enforcement around the state is what they tell you there's one system that the criminal spear and is one system that the criminals laugh at when criminals are arrested for these types of crimes the first question is am I going federal or am I going state if you tell him I'm going federal you're going federal they cry if you tell them they're going state they laugh because they know the system that we have is a joke once again this changes that. There are two other what I would call buckets regarding early release of the potential for early release. That's the fifty percent and twenty five percent no more in Arkansas will people be released after having only serve one six that their sentence which is currently the case for many crimes in Arkansas for instance sexual assault in the second degree which is a very serious sexual crime often times involving children that is currently a one six parole eligibility crime this bill changes that this bill eliminates all one six parole eligibility offenses you will do a minimum under this bill at of at least one quarter of your time if not one half if not eighty five percent if not all depending on the offense one of the other really important changes in this bill. Currently if you're in prison Arkansas you don't have to do anything really to be eligible for release one at one day that the day just comes in your number's called and you're just eligible for release this bill changes that if you want to be released early in Arkansas from this point forward you're gonna have to earn the release. And that's what we call it early release credits or earned release credits and that means that the inmates have to earn the release will have they are in the release they can do that by participating in educational programs. earning trade designation so you get a GED get your high school diploma you earn a trade certificate you participate in workforce training you do the behavioral programming and you behave while you're in prison. And I know that's a revolutionary thought because oftentimes doesn't happen some of the folks that I mention had multiple disciplinary kind of infractions while they're in prison and still put it right back out on the street. After having only served a fraction of their time this changes that and says if you're going to prison you have to earn your release you're not just entitled to it and I think that's very important change. So that is largely the truth in sentencing piece we also deal very harshly with repeat offenders once again it's a small number of people who are committing the vast majority of crimes in Arkansas if you look at the prison population prison population Arkansas right now is about seventeen thousand people. Well there's over three million people that live in the State of Arkansas that's a very small group of people many of them repeat offenders who are responsible for the vast majority of crime in one way that we in that revolving door and we do that in this bill is we say that if you're one one of those criminals who commits the offense that's on the eighty five or one hundred percent less you will have to do all of your remaining time so all of the sentence that you previously had you're gonna have to serve plus one hundred percent of the new time that you're given. Also we eliminate. The eligibility to be released on the emergency powers act if you are on that one hundred percent or eighty five percent list. So that's largely the truth in sentencing peace this bill also increases penalties for some of the most serious crimes we recognized in the law manslaughter which goes from a C. felony to a B. felony so instead of ten years now manslaughter will carry up to twenty years negligent homicide which is currently a misdemeanor given the course of conduct would become a D. felony which would carry potential six years promoting prostitution of a child under current Arkansas law is a D. felony means it carries zero to six years in the department of corrections under current law we're changing that to a B. felony city Kerry's five to twenty years in the department of corrections which is much more appropriate for anyone who would engage in that kind of conduct we're also enhancing penalties for the unlawful discharge of a firearm from a vehicle that's a drive by shooting. And we're enhancing penalties for terroristic act committed in the presence of a child. Also we're enhancing penalties for fleeing one of the thing if you talk to law enforcement one of the most concerning things that they're saying I've heard representative Tosh reference this is people who are fleeing from our law enforcement officers in a vehicle and that endangers all of us and dangers anyone who's on the roadway in a particularly endangers our law enforcement officers as they try to pursue these people and bring them to justice and so we're increasing or enhancing penalties. For that conduct. But I wanna say this about the bill. This is a what I would consider a very comprehensive and balanced approach that is the harsh portion of the bill which I think is appropriate given the offenses that we're talking about again the most serious violent and sexual offenses that we recognize the law but we're also protecting victims and increasing our protect protections and funding to help are victims sprint since we're spending notification requirements for sex offense victims upon early releases sex offenders we're closing the early release loophole for certain sex offender so what we do is we had specific provisions that will prohibit sex offenders from being released early rather otherwise eligible and we prohibit sex offenders out on early release from residing with minors the the public likely thinks that that's occurring now it's not. So specifically for those internet crimes we say that those offenders cannot live with minors. We. Also add specific provisions in this bill regarding rehabilitation workforce training and re entry for inmates so once again we talk about a balanced and comprehensive approach we have multiple provisions in this bill that address mental health they expand funding for specialty court's that. Promote reentry by coordinating with workforce services for instance to prepare inmates for re entry by cooperation with community organizations. That we prepare inmates to reenter the workforce by providing them with vital documents this is not occurring now when a person is released from prison so that they can get a job so they can get back on their feet one of the things that they often need or those vital documents so that they can make application for a job I'm talking about things like birth certificates social security cards working to workforce training records all of these things will be provided to an inmate upon the release of thank you get back on their feet and get out and get a job reintegrating to society we're providing a hundred twenty day grace period the four inmates have to begin making payments on their fines and fees. And then I talked about expanding the specialty court's another very important provision here we want to deter people who suffer from addiction from ever entering the department of corrections to begin with and one of the ways that we can do that is by expanding our drug courts are mental health courts in our veterans courts so that people who are suffering from addiction can get the treatment that they need and they don't have to be sent to the penitentiary I which is much more appropriate so. That's a. Thousand foot overview of what the bill does once again it's comprehensive and I think addresses of the entirety of the spectrum of our criminal justice system in Arkansas and in a lot of good ways so with that I'm happy to answer any questions. Represent valid for what purpose question for clarification you're recognized. Representative Gazaway I appreciate what you're trying to do early on in your presentation you said that the parole system was broken now I served on parole. And when a person comes to the Department correction. We don't determine how long he or she stays there so when they meet that threshold. The parole board has to let him go. So are you saying that the parole board this insult on the way there was sentenced. Is making a difference. Yes so you asked a good question and so one of the things that you talked about is that the parole board in some instances has no discretion. But to let these people out and you're right and we change that in this bill we eliminate the distinction or we eliminate discretionary and non discretionary crimes so that all the crimes now become discretionary in other words the parole board is not forced to let people out that they may not think should be let out and so that's one of the ways that this bill addresses that okay follow. In your in your bill I read part of it not all of it is there anything in there for prevention intervention and treatment. Yeah absolutely just just like we talked about I talked about earlier there's a mental health pilot program that works been expanding in the county jails to work with folks who are suffering from mental illness who may not be fit to proceed to trial to try to help that move them through the system if they're truly mentally ill and not fit to be tried then they can be put in the appropriate facility that would be appropriate for them if they can become fit for trial than it gets them ready for trial so that they can be a process to the system more quickly so that's a that's a mental health pilot program like I talked about expanding specialty court's we're talking about about four and a half million dollars to be dedicated and it's not the funding pieces not in this bill but I've been given assurances this going to happen but that's for a half million dollars that's dedicated to expanding drug courts so that people with addictions once again we're not incarcerating people with addictions we're trying to treat their addiction make sure that they get the help that they need expanding mental health courts so that once again those who suffer from a mental illness can be diverted from going to the penitentiary get treatment veterans courts for those who served in may I suffer from posttraumatic stress or other things maybe the underlying reasons for their crime. Once again for half a million dollars to expand those programs so that those folks can get at the needed help that they need so absolutely there is money dedicated and programs that are recognized in this bill for treatment. I guess my question is I understand what you all are are trying to do. My next question bills over a period of several years how are we going to be able to sustain this because it looks as if we're going to spend a lot of money locking people up and I get that part because. Some people need to be locked up. Thank you have some people down there that are worthy of being set free so I guess my question is how will we pay for all of this over. So you're asking good questions And and that's an appropriate question what the cost. One of the things that I would respond with that I'm going to answer your specific questions one of the things that I would respond is what is the cost if we don't. What is the cost. To the family members that I just read about who had loved ones murdered by people who should have been in prison. What's the cost to them what's the cost of the thirteen year old girl who sexually assaulted or raped by someone who should have been in prison. But wasn't because our parole system is broken what is the cost to our communities specifically take Little Rock for instance there were more murders in the city of little rock last year than in the city's entire history. What's the cost to our community if we don't do this. What what is what's the cost in terms of economic development for the city of little rock that can't get a business to come here because the murder rate so high what's the cost if we don't do this. And I say that it's too high I understand that these things cost money but the public our Kansans deserve safe communities Little Rock deserves to be a safe community and there's a cost if we don't do this and we're paying that cost every day. Those victims who had loved ones murdered they paid the cost. People have had children rate they've paid the cost and so there's a cost if we don't do this but to your point. The governor's office with the budget now believes that we can afford this we dedicated and it's a lot of money to expand presence but they believe based on projections that we can afford to expand presence by about three thousand beds now we need we may need more than that and I think you know ultimately there may have to be more expansion but we have tried to be number one wise stewards of the tax money and be responsible with what we have to address these issues while being fiscally responsible with our taxpayer money and it once again the governor's office and others have been involved in these discussions believe that we can't afford this. Represent back for what purpose question you're recognized tell concerning the and I'm parties raw fries here but these aren't credits for early release or whatever is that applied to those start to apply to people that are currently incarcerated now are would star from this point forward how's that work yeah that's a great question I meant to address that in my initial presentation so there are a couple of effective dates that are very important for this bill number one when we talk about the one hundred percent offenses those don't begin until January one of twenty twenty four we talk about the eighty five percent offenses does will not begin until January one of twenty twenty five and a couple of reasons for that number one we talked about the capacity issue and so before we make a bad situation worse by changing or parole laws we need to get some run way so that we can build out the capacity so that we have the capacity to hold the folks are going to be sentenced under this new law so delaying the effective date helps with that the other reason is as prosecutors defense attorneys judges everyone who works in the criminal justice system needs to be adequately trained on the the changes that we're going to make here so that they're well aware and not. To harshly punishing people too harshly and keep him in prison longer than they should so but to your direct questions about the early release credits at when this bill becomes effective. The the old parole system will still exist on those people who were sentenced before the effective date of this bill will fall under the old parole system and I'll be subject to the old parole laws the early release credits will begin to for people who are sentenced after the effective date of this bill. President Springer for purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr chairman of thank you the representative Gazaway of few months ago the Secretary of appeared in a meeting for he talked about for lack of a better word rehabilitation plans for the member the prison and inmates there over a seventeen. Prison systems and I did not hear you speak to that all those plans something that's a part of this. Absolutely so there are provisions in this bill and we don't get too far in the weeds of telling the department of corrections exactly how to do their job but there are provisions in this bill that direct the department of correction to develop educational behavioral workforce training and they're already doing many of these things but they're going to expand those as would be the most appropriate for the offenders that are incarcerated the department of corrections so they're going to do a complete overview of and this bill directs that a complete overview of the programs that they have and try to tailor those to better meet the needs of the people who are currently incarcerated this bill does directed to do that now again we didn't get really into the weeds in the specifics of how they should do it but I trust Secretary preparing the folks at the department of corrections dexter Payne and others to develop those programs as would be appropriate. VOL recommends thank you so. I understand what you just said so that were are we considering appropriating the additional funds for a staffing persons to assist in. Would you speak to that please so there my understanding is that department correction budget was increased for for specifically for those purposes over previous years we also the director of the sentencing commission and those who can work with the department of corrections like I said this is a game changer in terms of criminal justice and so there's gonna have to be more money devoted to training staffing and getting getting everyone up to speed up for the implementation of this bill and so yes there has been specific money dedicated to do that. For more final question okay so will there be a process to review and evaluate as to whether or not these plans have been developed would do what is necessary to rehabilitate those persons that are there because as I recall the Secretary saying is that there are things that that were in place now that are not working and that he thought that they could develop some place to make sure that the recidivism that takes place now will not occur once they completely implement the plan without inmates being released earlier so would you speak to that please. Yeah and like you I mean I've just I've talked with with the Secretary prepare you about it I just heard him make the same assurances that you've already make that they are reevaluating the programming and that they're going to do their best to tailor that to the inmates that they're serving in a better way than they are now they're doing some things now they're doing some good things now but they understand there's some things they can do better and they've committed I think Secretary purpureus committed publicly that they're going to do that this bill directs them to review that so. Represent flowers for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker Represent Gazaway can you give us a sort of broad stroke break down of. What money will go to what so if you you mentioned to represent Allen that I think you said four point five million dollars will be dedicated to prevention intervention and treatment so. As it relates to For example re entry or specifically to mental health if that wasn't included in that four point five then the three thousand new beds can you just kind of give us a. Brought breakdown of what that funding looks like so the four point five million approximately that I talked about that's for the specialty court's there's the mental health program in the county jails and I can't recall off the top of my head the amount of money that's being devoted there but that's in cooperation with DHS and I know those discussions have taken place and that the money's gonna be appropriated so that they can administer that program it once again I don't have the exact figure this is not an appropriation bill representative gene and others are more familiar with department correction appropriations can probably give you some idea about the increase but there are increased funds for all of those things that you talked about. Seeing no further questions members thank you and I would appreciate a good vote thank you. President Gazaway is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent Collins you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker and I thank you representative Gazaway you know I I think Jimmy does great work on on everything and this is no exception he is listen to a lot of people work very hard along with people from the governor's office and Senator Gilmore and and the attorney general's office the light on this bill it does a lot of good things you know I I really think that some of the improvements for making a special records is gonna make a huge difference in people's lives I'd like to see how the rest of it plays out but I'm optimistic that we can make some positive changes with some of things in this bill but I do want to talk about the biggest part of this bill sort of the headline of this bill which is the truth in sentencing part. And that really is longer sentences I mean I think we just have to be clear that what we're doing is extending sentences for a large number of people in our criminal justice system. And you know when I think about any bill I think we all probably feel the same way we think there's a problem that we need to solve there's a solution that we need to solve it with and then there's a cost and we have to analyze all three of those pieces together the problem to me that I see in Arkansas that I think we talk about all the time we all pretty much agree is crime public safety crime is too high crime is a problem it's stubborn we need to get it down need to prevent and reduce crime. The solution that is being proposed here is longer sentences and that is the big problem with this because longer sentences does not effectively reduce crime and I don't say that just offhand as something I think or it's just what are philosophically believe this is studied extensively this is been review that's one of the biggest questions of our time DO longer sentences extending them does that effectively reduce crime the answers come back over and over again is no the department of justice publish something and it says direct quote increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime. And there's other things there's the meta analysis of a hundred and sixteen studies that came out just recently that looks at it analyzes the analysis the No effect of custodial compared with noncustodial sanctions is considered a criminological fact. Now does that mean that we should have no prison no I don't think so I think prison serves an important role first of all it's a punishment you know we we do as a society want to punish people because that's appropriate and it we also have some benefits to taking them off the street certainly and there is probably a mile the turn of faxes senses but the problem what what what we're doing here is taking moderate length sentences and severe like sentences and making them more severe and the proof that that works is not there and I know we talked about it in committee and I ask for this proof in the proof wasn't there because the proof doesn't exist. But there is a cost of the third piece of the problem solution cost analysis is the cost the cost is that it's the biggest cost is money we are going to have to build a new president in large part because of this bill and I think that the estimate somewhere around five hundred million dollars and who knows if it's going to be more than that or not and then there's on going because we have to house these prisoners we have to provide healthcare for these prisoners they become our responsibility for better or worse for much longer than they were going to be before this bill. If there was a pay off if it was proven that this was going to reduce crime I agree with representive guys where there's very little cost I wouldn't be willing to pack I think it's probably the top priority of our state to make sure that we're ensuring and improving public safety but this bill doesn't do that I don't think that this bill is the truth in sentencing part is actually going to reduce crime the other parts might have a chance to make more of an impact. I do want to just just briefly comment on a couple of other things that the representative mentioned that the bill does And then I'll get out of the wild. it could be that there's a different goal here that it's not to reduce crime. When represent gas service after he talked a lot about crimes committed by people who had formerly been incarcerated. Well there are of course going to be people who do that whether they do that after their sense on parole or after parole but the truth is almost everybody who goes to prison in Arkansas not to mention anywhere else is gonna get out at some point and so the idea that the revolving door stops or this bill is false. People don't go to jail for life on every crime we could do that I wouldn't favor that but that would be a way to stop the revolving door that might be the only way to stop the revolving door but as it stands if they do a hundred percent of their sentence and it's twenty years thirty years not going to twenty they're still going to get out at forty or fifty and they might again commit a horrible crime so we're not solving that with this what we are going to do. Is make present a more dangerous place. You go in for instead of five seven ten years you're going in for fifteen twenty twenty five years there is a fax of institutionalization people become more habituated to the president fireman and they do the outside world it's dangerous for staff it's dangerous for other prisoners and when they get out they're gonna be less able to rejoin the world and civilized society after having spent such a long time behind bars the other thing that's related to the danger in prisons is the foreign release credits so yes you can earn with good behavior and work programs and things like that up to fifteen percent release time for some crimes none for other crimes the motivation to participate in these programs the motivation to behave after you hit that fifteen percent maximum or for a hundred percent crime there's it's zero then what's your motivation to behave well behind bars I mean you may be genuinely motivated to do it and hopefully that's the case but the incentive that exists in our current system is gone with this and I think that's gonna make prison a more dangerous place. there are a lot of things that we need to be doing to reduce crime I think it's the most important thing we can do pretty much in this body but I want to just read you in this the last thing I say these are the things that the evidence shows actually reduce crime and many of them we have no control over there just are broad demographic trends aging population reduces crime increased wages increase employment increase graduation rates increased consumer confidence increased police personnel and changes in police strategies so what we can do on every single one of those issues most of the I mean not the aging population but on most of those issues there are things we can do those of the root causes of crime and those are how we combat crime particularly with respect to police and I would love to see investment and that that would reduce crime I don't think this bill is going to effectively reduce crime that's why I'm in now thank you. Represent Collins is spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill represent for a. You're recognized to speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I'm not gonna give a long speech but I do want to tell you a brief story But first I'd I do think it's worth repeating the excellent and stellar work the representative Gazaway and senator Gilmore have done on this bill it is taken months and months of tireless effort. When I worked in the lieutenant governor's office it was very routine for us to take meetings with constituents. And I took a meeting one time along with at the time lieutenant governor Griffin that I will never forget. There was a woman I think her name was Rebecca who called from Meena. And she wanted a meeting with the lieutenant governor and typically when people call in they live hours away all offer to set up a phone call or something like that but she was very insistent that we meet in person and she wanted to meet about the parole problem and the reason I share this is because this is how I was referred by my eyes were first opened this problem and when she came to meet with us she told us the story of her family and the story of a man named Brian bliss Travis. And she told me what Brian Travis did to her family. He murdered her entire family. In a quadruple homicide he murdered her daughter who was thirty nine years old CD forty three years old. He murdered their uncle. He murdered their nine year old son Riley. Any murdered. Their two year old daughter a slim. Ryan Travis was a parole a. But it wasn't just your garden variety parole E. he had been paroled nine times. And I will never forget looking at that grandmother. And looking at seeing the look in her eyes when she told me the story of this man the demand for old nine times who murdered her entire family. And since that time I have felt very passionately that this problem needs to be fixed. And the bill that represented Gazaway and senator Gilmore have come up with. Is not just tough on crime as he explains it is also smart on crime and it helps fix this problem of the revolving door of criminal justice in our state. And it helps in this dangerous game of catch and release that we play. Was violent repeat offenders and that is while be voting yes today. Reserve raise spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent flowers you're recognized speak against the bill. I suppose that I I will start by also thinking represent Gazaway for his work and of course I'm going to go into any of the things why can't support the bill but I know what it's like to work really hard. On a bill and and for the right reasons. I'm not going to speak against. The focus on lengthening the sentences. Just because I know that's the meat of this I know that that's the and you've already heard representative Collins speak to that point so I won't be repetitive in that way. And representative ray just recited a very harrowing story that any of us. Would respond to and want to fix and want to prevent. I'll just say this. No matter how long we keep people in prison. If we don't spend resources. Time and energy. And rehabilitation and I'm talking about this for the people who already made at the prison. Whether it's ten years twenty years thirty years. They will get out. And if we have not invested in education. Literacy. Made decisions to not invest in school nurses. Two when we're going to address the lit the the finding. To eliminate the DD Lewis for the developmentally disabled. Not not spending money you're quibbling over how much we will will or won't spend on our two largest industries agriculture and tourism. And then of course we have made the terminations that why we lower our taxes. And determine. We should expand presence. We have one state hospital. In the whole state one state hospital. And over the years that I've been here every session there's been a fight about reimbursing our community mental health centers to the point that many of them have closed down. We know that a majority of people in prison. Have mental health issues and have very low literacy rates. But we're about to have a ten year impact. Because nobody heard anything about the money. A ten year impacting the fiscal impact statement associated with this bill. Of a hundred and sixty three million eight hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and eighty two dollars. But we're going to spend four point five million. On specialty court's we don't know how much we're going to dedicate to mental health. We can do better and for that reason I will be voting no and I ask you to join me. Represent flowers to spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill represent baby you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. I give I've given representative Gazaway a lot of grief this session since my jury duty bill but I want to tell you and I joked with the red vote on most of his bills this will not be one of all Jamie Gilmore worked their tails off on this I mean I watched from the sidelines listen to the conversations I will tell you we all know there's a crime problem in this state. This bill will address that to reply to representative Collins comments. True this may not completely deter crime but I know one thing in one day it'll stop those that are incarcerated from committing repeat violent crimes against our Kansans and that is a deterrent and the reason we should vote for this bill the other thing I'll say we talk about money and how much this cost how much does it cost our Kansans with the crimes that are committed against them every year in the State. Put a dollar amount on that if it's your family or your property this is a good bill this is a solid bill and I ask you all to support and vote yes represent Shepherd for what purpose. You've left the well you've already left the will. Representative Beatty has spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Gazaway. You're recognized to close for. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I just want to say to those who spoke against the bill representive flowers representive Collins you make some good points a particularly about the search for long term solutions we know that crime is highly correlated with poverty we know that crime is highly correlated with lack of education lack of opportunity. Other studies have. Shown that. And those are things that we need to work on I'm certainly committed to working on those things but I wanna make this point which is that our Kansans deserve protection now. The. Time it would take to address some of the long term solutions that we talk about education poverty lack of opportunity these are things that take decades but our Kansans deserve protection now you should be able to go on a morning walk in Arkansas now without fear of being abducted and raped and murdered you should be able to go on an evening walk without fear of being mugged you should be able to stop at the gas station at night without having to look over your shoulder. You should be able to live your life in peace without some constant fear of crime that you're gonna be mugged ducted kidnapped and murdered okay when you're out at night in Little Rock. Our Kansans deserve protection now and this bill will do it and I wanna make one other point. You know there's this idea out here that we're locking up all these low level drug offenders nonviolent offenders that's just not the case if you look at the data to very small portion of the prison population is made up by nonviolent drug offenders. The fact is. This bill targets the most serious. Heinous crimes that we recognize in Arkansas law murder rape aggravated assault aggravated residential burglary this bill addresses the people were afraid of not the people that were mad at that should be the public policy of the state I think it's a good bill not appreciate a good vote thank you very much president Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four ninety five prepared machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Asked about madam Clerk by a vote of eighty two yeas fourteen days and to present the bill is passed. Members were to come back to Senate bill three fifty eight Maddox Clark please read Senate bill five oh six. Senate bill five a six by representative painter to transfer certain entities to the department of agriculture and to transfer agricultural promotional board Senate apartment of agriculture by a cabinet level department transferred into declare an emergency represent painter you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues. To choose their own age. Now these are the people that staff boards that pan on the boards and the producers that. Provide the check off funds for the boards okay. Now the reason this whole thing come up was the unconstitutional issue about how the board members are chosen. Both of these bills fix that issue. This other thing with the Department back taken over. That came out of the out of the executive branch. That did not come because of any. illegal behaviors of misuse of funds by the promotion boards. Every audit that was done on those boards came back clean. I am back playing so there's no issue with them. Abusing their prior misusing the funds or any of those things all right. So that's what you have to think about now if this bill doesn't pass. We still have the other bill that we can bring back. Right so it's not like we don't have an option. And I'm telling you you could see all the information I got in the emails that were sent to me in opposition to this bill I thank you would believe and think the same way that so I would appreciate another vote on this bill and the opportunity to bring up the bill back. Represent hawk for what purpose question you're recognized president wants to you know of any other boards across the state any other industry they get to pick their own agent. You know I I don't. That wasn't the the issue with me the issue is with these boards their promotional boards or not they are not a governing board. They strictly handle marketing and and research for the producers of these products and so they're different. All right so anyway I. Represent flowers for purpose question you're almost it jim Wooten don't do that. What is. Yes ma'am. Thank you Mr Speaker I'm asking you because I didn't have an opportunity to ask the sponsor the bill and I don't want to come down and speak for against but this would impact on my district so maybe you can give me a perspective and perhaps the sponsor can close with some information so in Jefferson County I have I have a rice mill in my district. And I'm wanting to know how this would affect that rice mill would they have to pay into this and who would they pay in changing the language okay that exists in this bill and then how would it be impacted with the other bill thank you so that then change. One six cents collected all each bushel. Of grass that money funds the boards if funds research and it funds the marketing so the people that are producing the product when they take their products to the mill the mill selects that and it's paid into the night and then those funds are disbursed the FNA with all the controls all right that it takes to spend any of the money. Thank you question thank you. Reserve which is becoming instability would like to speak for the bill represent Wardlaw you're recognized. Your Speaker. President Lynch kind of opened up something there for me to say. I looked at present hawksbill the other bill he was referring to and it doesn't mention farm bureau in there but it does mention that they can contract. Well folks anytime you contract you're paying somebody and you would be paying farm bureau to manage this money by putting it the department of ag it does not cost these farmers and these meals and these producers anything that was testified in committee we have represented painters word and it says it doesn't cost them anything and we're not expanding government which is another myth that's out there they're not gonna hire another person and I will do anything so just remember we look in these bills it doesn't say that is gonna be housing farm bureau and her bill it says they can contract with a private entity money follows contracts. Represent more for purpose. President Wardlaw spoken for the building would like to speak against the bill. President Haak you're recognized speak against the bill. I just want to stay at the dance with the one who rung me. Arkansas is a leader in this country's agriculture industry and for that we should all be grateful I know I am I'm so thankful and proud to live here I'm proud of every producer in this state. What we do in Arkansas has an impact across all the other agricultural states as members of the legislature we have an opportunity to express our thanks to the people that are producing these products for us. What's mentioned is are left out often times is we didn't always have an act department and when the previous bill under which we now operate all those promotion boards were operated out of farm bureau with out to the overs without an ag department even in existence so that's a new thing. As has been said. Both in committees two times we met yesterday both bills satisfy any constitutional issue there was in the selection of the actual board members in fact the governor appoints the members of all the boards in both bills subject to confirmation by the Senate so the governor has the most power still to select those people. All the monies that are collected from the Czech Office will be housed in the Arkansas treasury they are not housed outside of this capital or the Department of acting those will all be overseen by the department of ag only contracted out to those who know the services. I gave you an example yesterday but I wanted to thank for people that came and testified in our committees Derek Helms president of the soybean association he's a soybean farmer a dairy farmer and peaches now you really have to a minor a guy who does that. That's very diverse Joe Christiansen president skews me chairman of the rice research and promotion boards from Craighead County Tommy young from Jackson County is the chairman of the corn and grain sorghum corn wheat board and Jennifer cook a first generation Faulkner County beef council who represents twenty three thousand beef up producers. All of those testified they would like if we read both bills. Both have much the structure the same what it does is allows those promotion boards the president's and chairman's who we heard from yesterday testimony in committee for and against both bills for. H. B. eighteen forty three against SP five oh six not the governor not against the governor the act. Secretary whatsoever they bought it for them. They want to be in charge of an example was given if an ornamental corn. Should be research for studying. And this promotion board says that sounds like a really good idea let's Research ornamental corn. With the producers of corn for field corn that are paying the check off want to be able to say that would be a really cool project to research but we don't want our checkoff money to go for ornamental corn research that's the kind of decision making at the level we're talking about and I will just close with the example I gave yesterday on my way to my son's wedding. I was looking at a mom a cow and a calf. I was looking at whether I was going to lose a kaffir not and that calf did not make a world of difference to me on the way to my son's wedding. My husband looked at that and saw a cow. Not going to lose two hundred dollar cap we're gonna lose a two thousand dollar cow but not only that I'm going to lose the income for the future from that two thousand dollar investment in that pile who's going to keep producing the milk every single day for me. Now which do you want making the decisions me over here who's thinking well that's just a that's just a minor loss or the farmer who actually knows the investment and the costs they're making not only real time but for the future that's the difference I'm just saying I'm for the farmer I would really love to be able to give them the structure they would like to continue the promotion and research for their check off money and with that I'll take any questions represent Vaught for what purpose a question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker I'm miss hop a representative hawk in committee I just want you to remind me because I think I remember did as secretary ward say that farmers would still be on these boards that that's what they intended to do is just an ID farmers governor governor selects and appoints all the board members yes both bills what it does is determines who makes the decisions within the boards and that was made very clear yesterday when we asked whose bill is this. Is in an executive branch bill or did this come from the grass roots farmers. So that would be the difference in my opinion thank you. Akis poking against the building would like to speak for the bill. We would like to speak against the bill. Represent when you're recognized speak for the bill. Khalis is quick love the folks of farm bureau. Fully respect the comments that you heard this is a little more academic than you might realize we knew coming in that we absolutely had to address the constitutionality issue before us we had multiple options throughout the session but what remains is this option and regardless of whether or not you like to the other options this is the only option we have at this point the session we run a great risk by not passing the option that we have which is S. B. five oh six. Reserve wing is spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent painter you're recognized to close for the bill. Alex I appreciate the testimony. I come from a farm family. This bill will level. The playing field for all farmers not just one supported by farm bureau. The governor supports this bill Secretary ward supports this bill we've been working on this bill with the act boards from producers since February. This is not changing anybody's livelihoods. This is not touching our producers money. This is just making sure we obey our own constitution. And not giving one entity a power. The Secretary of said that the boards will have full and an enemy on what they do. And if people get recommended. The Secretary gave his word to make recommend help write those recommendations to the governor. Again this came from the producers we work with them. I appreciate a good vote thank you percent painters close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five oh six prepared machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk. By a vote of fifty seven Yeas nineteen nays and eight present the bill is passed. Members. We're going to vote on the emergency clause for Senate bill five oh six. Members were voting on the Emergency Clause prepare the machine. President. In. All the. No vote. I recognize represent pre before. Direct the machine be prepared represent per year for the purpose the question was out I was soon. Like we have that's a good way. The first question there was not sixty seven votes on the bill normally when it when a bill is voted on if there gets to sixty so. We'll mercy Clause not pass this we take a separate vote with regard to the fact that we have an emergency clause in the Senate doesn't. Okay so for the second time. Parliamentarian says he's not sure. What we will do we will hold the vote on the emergency clause we can we can take some time to confer on that will come back and only merge the clause later once we have a definitive answer about how to proceed on what the effect of that would be given that sin is not pay. Represent Beatty for what purpose motion. Let's hear what the motion is Mr Speaker having voted on the prevailing side and consideration of house bill eighteen forty three I move for re. How did you vote I voted no. When president bills passed. Madam Clerk read senate bill four ninety six Senate bill four ninety six represent Johnson to amend the duty the membership of the Arkansas fire protection service board to abolish the state fire prevention commission and the clear an emergency were passing over that bill. Click read Senate bill four fourteen. Senate bill four fourteen by representative Michael Landon them meant to amend the regional airport at and create a procedure for annexation and attachment. During this bill I sat I sought out the input from the prior mayor the current mayor as well as past and current members of the board. It has not been an easy issue to resolve. The purpose of this bill is to amend the regional airport Act. Regional airports are created under the regional airport Act they're owned and operated by the regional airport authority and they're governed by a board of directors there are three regional airports here in Arkansas. The delta regional in cold. Arkansas international imply the bill. In northwest Arkansas regional airport in Highfill. These are very different from municipal airports like little rock airport. That airport is wholly owned and operated by the city. This bill does four things first it clarifies immunity given to regional airport authorities this is language that is identical to our current code we're just making it online second it adds the conflicts of interest. This provision mirrors what currently applies to city councils inform courts. Thirty removes the improvement district language from the axe which takes away in airports ability to tax there is no taxation without representation and this bill. Finally this bill creates a process by which a regional airport authority can annexed to R. B. de annexed from a municipality. The stub city and acts are laid out specifically and require good faith negotiations as well as required special factors and considerations to be addressed. I Northwest Arkansas five cities and two counties came together and contracted to create a regional airport they agreed to place the airport in an income unincorporated area of Benton County they did this to avoid any territorial disputes among the cities. The groundbreaking was in nineteen ninety five two years later the city of papal account of a hundred sixty five people so the special election to annex the land the airport site on. The seven governing cities and counties had no input in this annexation. At the next legislative session the airport began their attempts to de annex so this is not a new issue. Again this bill will create a process for regional airport authority to annex to R. B. de annexed from municipality it does not automatically separate Highfill in the airport. It is a complex and thorough process if the annexation that goes through multiple letters of intent mediation and even if necessary a court judgment. If the airport successfully detaches the city would at minimum continue to receive bond payments until all debts financial obligations are fulfilled this process in this specific case could take between eight and fourteen years. This at this time however we continue to receive payments and give them plenty of time for growth and development. The desire of this bill is to be fair to the five cities in the entirety of the two counties involved who created this authority. Northwest Arkansas airport is the only regional airport there's been an explain non member authority it is a very unusual situation. When the Northwest Arkansas airport was envisioned. It was to be in a non incorporated part of the county so that no one would own it this regional airport Act and it's amendments are designed to allow any Arkansas regional airport to operate. To have it on the forty to operate as it was designed and intended to operate thank you for considering. Representative macalin as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative talk you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker here's the act under which the regional airport of nineteen ninety nine was that we all live by now it was done by senators David Malone who served in the Senate from nineteen eighty five to two thousand two and by Senator David Bisbee who served from nineteen ninety nine to two thousand eight I also wanted to show and one of the things I think really needs to come first is the understanding that the city has tried. With good faith and this city resides in the area and which I have lived for forty three year. This is. Filed with the county Clerk on January eleventh nineteen ninety five. Recorded on February twenty seventh of nineteen ninety five. Ninety five percent of the land on which XNA recites today was voluntarily annexed before any airport land was bought later that year this is correct County wreck. It doesn't help to not say the truth. Voluntarily ninety five percent of the land was annexed by voluntary land owners into Highfill city limits before the airport bot. Six hundred and twenty one acres on April twenty fourth nineteen ninety five. Ninety five percent of the land. Annexed into the city Highfill voluntarily by landowners. Leding purchased by the airport six hundred twenty one acres from one landowner in April of nineteen ninety five. The airport did not set up at the airport. And by land and then the city decided to annex all around the airport as is repeated over and over again. In nineteen ninety seven the other remaining five percent of the land went to an election to which is often referred to as the hundred and sixty nine people that were registered voters in the city of Highfill that went to vote and D. and annex. Their land into the city of Highfill. Hundred and sixty nine registered voters in Highfill. In nineteen ninety seven over thirty five hundred residents there today. Of those hundred and sixty nine registered voters fifty four percent fifty four voters or thirty two percent. Voted in a special election. To annex into Highfill of those fifty four who voted forty said they wanted to annex into Highfill fourteen of the fifty four said they did not want to de annex so seventy four percent of those who voted in a special election of which thirty two percent of the total voters could vote voted to annex into the city of Highfill I speak for them today because they have had very little voice in this argument. I want a healthy safe affordable fan tastic low cost fare airport nine miles from where I live that's where this airport is. What this bill does and it has been amended a number of times. But was not brought back to the Senate committee after this amendment was signed out of committee without the city being able to look at the senators who heard the first bill with annexation or taxation. Commission as part of it and be able to answer questions for them I would just like to say. As has been said five major cities. Two major counties. Those five mayors to county judges have all said they are neutral on this bill they are not going to take sides. However the surrounding small town mayors of sanitation hi Phil of course the city that is in question here the cities of gentry Allen springs Cave Springs and sanitation are all against this bill and here is why and I will close. This bill leaves on answered questions. If the airport D. annexes from the city. S. the airport doesn't pay sales taxes the business is where you buy a sandwich and a and a hamburger or park those are the sales taxes that every city collects we know that cities live on sales taxes any business within the city limits collects the sales tax send it to the state it comes back to the city if the airport under the new bill without all these questions being answered before we pass a new airport bill before we have a fiscal impact done. What a city we are talking about killing a city. I kid you not. Taking their sales tax away if the regional airports. Detaches under this new law. Does the sales tax in that airport go to the airport. No because the airport doesn't isn't authorized to collect taxes does it go to the city now that the airport doesn't reside in the city limits it's its own property in the middle of a city. Who collects that sales tax that question is not answered in this new bill. And I would just ask. The airport has. Right. Twenty four million dollars last year eleven million dollars to amortization and depreciation not expenses. For the city of Highfield six hundred thousand dollars of sales tax out of one million dollars in sales tax this town has a dollar general and a gas station at an airport. All the sales tax collected at that airport that comes back to the city now goes to water and sewer. And lights and police and fire. What happens to those sales taxes is unknown under the current law I'm merely asking because I want a thriving airport and I want a thriving city. Growing city that needs sales tax like every single one of your cities. Depend on. Let's not pass a bill that does not answer those questions and up turn a bill a lot from nineteen ninety nine. That says. The property and operations of an authority and airport authority shall be exempt from any an act of any rules regulations or ordinances permit requirements and enforcement by the municipality. That's what the unit is a polity is giving up. They don't can't tell the airport any rules they can't give any regulations to the airport they can't put any ordinances on the airport they can't put any permit requirements for enforcement on the municipality and here's why. Here's the other side of that. Municipality may an act and collect a sales tax a liquor tax a hotel motel and restaurant tax on the operations located on the property of the authority but other taxes or fees enacted by the city pertaining to the property or operations of the authority. Require the approval of a majority vote of the board of directors of the authority. The authority now has. They had an active sales tax on top of sales tax if they want to they can act all number of fees that they want to what they can't do is an act a sales tax because only cities counties and the state can do a sales tax what they're asking to do is D. annex from the city. And not pay the sales tax after even who knows if this lady annex can they collect the sales tax and pay the bonds for the eight to fourteen years that representative back landed referred to will they be able to collect that money and pay those bonds if that's unclear and this is amended very rushed new bill. That was read done since last Thursday and I would just ask at this time to vote no save a city given two more years to work out an agreement. And not pass the General Assembly to comment before a court decides who's right in this case and settle this for them we're not we don't need to do that you don't need the State General Assembly to come into your city and decide between you at a regional airport that needs to be between them and with that I'd ask for a no vote. To talk is spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill represent Whitaker you're recognized speak for the bill. I thank you Mr thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues of. I'm not an attempt to address everything she said because her presentation just now is not only full of a lot of exaggerations but literally dozens of inaccuracies but I do want to focus on a couple of things. Number one we go back to the beginning some of us are old enough. That we remember. Most of you by mail or familiar with the fact that I represent a portion of a bill. I can tell you. That the month one of the most common comments you could be heard in the city of Fayetteville on Dickson street or in George's happy hour wherever you were when this was being this regional airport is being proposed was why should we spend money to build Bentonville airport and take our airport away. As and it's still referred to invent bill as when they moved the airport because prior to the opening of XNA. Senate bill was the airport. As part of that deal. And in order to induce I have older even participate and not fight tooth and nail to keep their commercial air service. It was decided and it was promised that's the key word here it was promised that this would be located in an unincorporated part of the county. That there would be a regional in the pan then board. Made up of representatives appointed by city councils informed courts not just **** nilly out of here. To represent the five cities who put their money in the pot and the two counties. The folks on Senate bill one the benefit of the bargain they made. They were promised this would remain forever and independent. Regional airport commission and that's what it and that's what this bill seeks to do is to give us a mechanism for an orderly transfer of this property so that we can get the benefit of the original bark. That's what this bill last four. I'll also point out. That of. The steam generally. Enumerated a list of cities that were against this bill. The good news is they all have one thing in common. Not one of them said on this board not everyone of them have ever put a red cent in the building or maintaining this airport so I'm glad to have opinions and if at some point they'd like to approach the authority about being part of it I'm sure people are all yours if they can go ahead and help us pay for it help us maintain it help us market it help us grow it help us bring in those low airfare airfare airlines we'd be all for it. But for today what we're asking is a process to make an orderly transition back to what we thought we had in the first place thank you and I appreciate a good vote reserve would occur spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Lundstrum you're recognized to speak for the bill. I make this very short colleagues I think it's probably the first time David Whitaker and I agreed on something everything he said is absolutely correct actually my father was on the Springdale side of that argument because spring don't want to have that airport and five cities and two counties got together and said Hallelujah and held hands and put in a cow pasture so. He is absolutely correct and I would ask for a good vote thank you. President wants from a spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill representative do you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I said back there incentive this just stock it is just stop. I'm going to do my best I just want to say because. I'm not gonna go into the debate about all of this between president Lundstrum and representative Haak I just think it's important for those people out there in high school. They didn't go asking for this is like a lot of people on that side of the county the growth comes to you the big companies come to the big or sessions come to you I guess what bothers me the reason why I'm down here not answer speak for against is just those are people too and their votes matter and how they felt mattered and how things happen to them matter to and that's why I'm down here mostly is just acknowledgment of. I don't I think if you ask most people out there that side the county they probably just did you get to that the airport a bill and you keep airport Springhill they'd been fine with that it happens to them like a lot of things happen to that site a county and that's posted one here's I just remember those folks out there don't don't dismiss them and don't dismiss how they feel about this vote however you please I understand have to do people have different opinions on this and that is perfectly fine I respect the positions of people are taken but don't dismiss the group of people just because they don't live in some of the bigger cities thank you percent due to spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent mac Linden you're recognized close for the bill. Well it's been an interesting day that's for sure and I'm sorry this is a long discussion but I'm glad that we're able to have such a thorough discussion on this I am most of you know me and you know that I am slow to say anything against someone I will tell you however I don't appreciate someone saying that I'm not telling the truth and so I am telling you the truth the truth is there is an annexation in nineteen ninety seven for seven thousand acres if that annexation have been completed in nineteen ninety five we would have annexed a second time. So we did and cable and X. seven thousand acres in nineteen ninety seven. Washington County judge Hector deacons should have sent most of you a text telling you that he was for this bill so the county judges for this bill happening. The airport to get our Highfill levies a two percent sales tax at the airport all the vendors the parking they received two percent of that sales tax none of that money is spent back on the airport the it's not spent to improve the roads is not spent improving airport it is not spent on police or fire. Hyphal has their own police and fire the airport has their own police and fire and they take care of their own roads this amounts to about six hundred thousand dollars that goes to high full every year this money is not goes to pay off the bonds that I pay full has taken out. If this goes through those bonds will be completely paid off so if the money's going to pay the bonds in the airport pays the money into the bonds are paid off hi so should come out the same place they started so that should be a wash the goal is not to hurt Highfill in any way hi Phil is a lovely city it is a growing city it continues to grow and all the surrounding cities like Cave Springs and Centerton or also continue to grow because that's what the airport will bring his growth all the airport wants to do is to be able to manage the managed by. It's authority which consists of five cities in two counties in to be non incorporated. Again I know this is a difficult situation there's a lot of information that is calm I appreciate you all sitting patiently in hearing all sides of the story I just want to summarize by saying when the airport was envisions it was envisioned to be and not incorporated part of it in county so that no city would own it and there would be no territorial disputes. This bill gives an opportunity for the airport I feel to come to an agreement of either staying together or detaching they can make that decision themselves this just lays the groundwork to allow the airport authority to operate as it was designed and intended and with that I ask for a good vote. President mac one is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four fourteen prepared machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by a vote of seventy one Yeas twelve days and six present the bill is passed madam Clark please read Senate bill three eighty three eighty by representative Womack to require records custodians to respond in writing in certain circumstances under the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven represent Womack you're recognized to explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker of colleagues is a very simple bill that simply states that when a US citizen makes a request under the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven that the custodian if they do not have the records that they have to respond saying that of. If the records that exist are subject to exemptions under law the laughter response they in that and if the custodian lacks administrative control over requested records and the pro for the custodian responds with the appropriate because custodian you know who they need to direct request to if that person is known it also provides that these a custodian's response can be sent via email of Arkansas press association for information coalition Arkansas for your task force of all that this bill there's no known opposition I'm happy to answer questions percent Wardlaw for purpose. You're recognized what is bill come from who who what organization wanted this bill. I have no idea Senator Clark ran this bill I want to read it I thought it was a great bill says simple curtesy to respond to. Citizens requests for information I honestly don't know where the bill came from. Okay. In other questions I appreciate a good vote president will Max explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill purposive Womack is closed for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill three eighty per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by a vote of seventy four Yeas eleven days and six present the bill is passed. Clark please read senate bill four twenty six before twenty six representative Vaught sixteen maternity leave for state employees to amend the law concerning the catastrophic leave program into the clan emergency reserve all you're recognized to explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker a couple sessions ago we passed a piece of legislation leading us by the state employee's use the catastrophic fun for four weeks of maternity leave or changing it to twelve weeks and we're also adding if they adopt a child under the age of one or if they do a foster placement of a child under one. And with that I'd appreciate a good vote. If the vote is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill for twenty six per machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by the ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill an emergency clause or pass by a court please read senate bill four sixty four Senator for sixty four representative Maddox amend the Arkansas tourism development at present Matix you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues is a pretty quick bill I think this is another one of those in the governor's outdoor initiative recreation package so this bill just expands upon the existing Arkansas tourism Development Act it creates additional incentives to invest in the terrorism space it's just asking if given the opportunity to invest and we're hopeful to bring more investment into the hope is high unemployment counties were providing some additional incentives they're trying to spur investment and improve our recreation that's all the bill does I'll be glad to take any questions. Thing that I appreciate a good vote. Represent Maddox is explain the bill. We would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent Maddox is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four sixty four per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. Five of ninety one yeah zero nine four present the bill is passed my park please read senate bill four ninety eight. Four ninety eight represented Madison in the Building Authority Division accent amend the definition of unpaved trail projects. Represent Max recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker this is a very simple bill this is truly just to clean up bill so right now under existing law the state can accept the donation of a trail as a donation this just clarifies that the state can accept a maintenance and construction of about of a bike trail this is the last one of those outdoor recreation packages but that's all this bill does present a good vote. President Maddox is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Maddox close for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill four ninety eight per machine madam Clark. Is everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of ninety eight zero nine to present. You pass the bill members we're gonna go back up. And madam Clerk please read Senate bill three fifty eight. Senate bill three fifty eight by representative Gazaway to prohibit industrial hemp they contain certain delta tester hydro cannibal this is to include certain tetrahydrocannabinol in the list of schedule II. Six control services and to declare an emergency. Gazaway you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues is the bill that we've already voted on the substance the bill is not changed as you may remember we had to call it back from the Senate because there were technical issues with it with regard to the sections and numbering and things like that call it back to the Senate Senate back committee made the amendments we'd adopted the amendment so this is the bill with the technical amendments that have been adopted no need to really go over the substance again I think everybody understands it I don't want to belabor the point keeps here longer than we need to so with that I would appreciate a good vote back on second reference like there's a question happy to answer questions represent McGrew you're recognized for a question two quick questions I had a constituent for my district call in sales some of this product and was saying it was he was helping a cancer patient patient in the area and all and I was just one if you could expand a little bit more on the on the chemical and the dangers of it sure. you know we've heard stories about. how this is supposedly help cancer patients but I'll just say this this has sent multiple children to the hospital this is sent adults to the hospital this is a dangerous product there are ways that cancer patients can get relief there are lots of substances and and approved drugs out there that provided for pain relief in a part that are appropriate for cancer patients even you know specifically when we pass the medical marijuana I'll say well you know a lot of people voted for that because of the argument about how there's mayor and all the various substances that were kind of derived with T. H. that it had T. H. C. in on that would help cancer patients those are all legal those are all available through medically appropriate ways this is a synthetically produced opioid that's causing the bad reactions to children all over the state you know I've talked about the email that came into the attorney general's office about the child who vape some of this stuff because it's available gas stations and had a seizure and his mom thought he was going to die and we just can't let that stuff go on I understand that you know there may be people who are using this stuff but there are other things other ways they can get relief that is in this sort of thing so. Seeing over the questions presented vote represent Gazaway is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three fifty eight per machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. Is everyone voted cast about madam Clark by a vote of eighty two yeas four Nays and seven present the bill is passed. Read the letter from the Senate madam Clark. April sixth twenty twenty three there shall respect the Senate respectfully requests the return to the Senate Senate bill four forty five respectfully submitted Antoine will Secretary of the Senate leave granted to return Senate bill four forty five to the Senate. Send the bill to the Senate. Additionally members on the question of the emergency clause. On Senate bill five oh six after review of the rules and Mason's manual the determination is that given the fact the Senate has not passed the emergency clause there's no point to the House passing taking a vote on the passage of the emergency. Members removed the supplemental calendar. The supplemental. Not the second or the third. The first representative council recommends that we can current in Senate Amendment number two to House Bill Levin eighty nine madam Clerk please read Senate Amendment number two MMN number two to House Bill Evans seventy nine. Clerk okay reserve council recognized explain the. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this bill has three small amendments from the Senate side the first one removes all references to national certifying board give that power to our Kansans alone second amendment and this is all one amendment but the second thing the amendment did was absent Irvin as a co sponsor and the third thing that it did was clarified it to members of the psychology board will also have the certification and behavior analysis you should get that reserve Clowney is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Clowney is close for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence was Senate Amendment number two to House Bill eleven eighty nine per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of eighty eight yeas three days and three present you've concurred in Senate Amendment number two to House Bill Levin eighty nine Madam let's represent Johnson recommends that we concurrence Senate member number one house bill eleven seventy seven madam Clark please read Senate member number one Senate committee number one to House eleven seventy seven percent Johnson recognized explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker we're just adding a co sponsor Senator Davis this bill and that's all we're doing thank you. Reserve Johnson explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. What I would like to speak for the amendment represent Johnson is closed for the amendment the question before the House is a concurrence and Senate amendment one house bill eleven seventy seven per machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of eighty two days five days and four present you concurred in Senate number one to House Bill Levin seventy seven president Wardlaw recommends we concurrence in Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen eighty one and Clark please read so that member number one Senate Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen eighty one president will are you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker my bill my amendment president Wardlaw is explain the amendment. Would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Representative Wardlaw is close the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence and Senate member number one to House Bill thirteen eighty one per machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present you concurred in Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen eighty one represent Wardlaw recommends we concurrent Senate Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen eighty one and thirty please read said amendment or to Senate Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen ninety one percent Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you for Speaker my bill my amendment reserve Wardlaw is explain the amendment would he would like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment. Reserve Wardlaw is close for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence and Senate Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen eighty one prepared machine madam Clark. As everyone voted has everyone voted. Asked about madam Clark I voted ninety one yeah zero nine zero president curtain Senate amendment or two to House Bill thirteen eighty one representive wing moved that we can Kerr. Recommends that we can current Senate amendment number one to House Bill thirteen oh two I'm Clark please read Senate member number one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen oh two percent when you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker we uh we've had a technical fix to be able to address some concerns with the association of counties. It's a gift for you and appreciate a good vote. Represent wing has closed for the amendment or is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment. Represent wing is closed for the amendment question before the House is the concurrence and Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen oh two per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by a vote of ninety one yeas to nays and zero president you've concurred in Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen no to represent Barker recommends we can current Senate amendment or one to House Bill sixteen oh four madam Clark please read Senate Amendment number one in Amendment number one to House Bill sixteen oh four percent Barker you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker this amendment comes at a good question from representative Duke and it just gives the school option to call a special meeting to take up transfer petitions appreciate a good vote president Barker's explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Barker is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence with Senate Amendment number one to House Bill sixteen oh four per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety three eight zero nine eight and zero present you've heard and Senate member number one to House Bill sixteen oh four represent Vaught recommends we concurrence in Amendment number one to House Bill seventy no six madam Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill seventeen oh six represent Vaught you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker this is the amendment that they ENT brought to us to put on this bill to help. Make sure that we do it all right so it's going to give it a little bit of time to make sure that couple years down the road that we've got everything all straightened out before we actually moved the wreck five over with that I appreciate a good vote. Cenvat is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Vaught is close for the amendment the question before the House is the at a dot. Concurrence and Senate member number one to House Bill seventeen oh six per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about my own Clerk by a vote of ninety forty eight zero nine zero president Kurt incident member number one to House Bill seventeen oh six represent Maddox recommends we concurrence of the member number one house bill ten twenty nine Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate member number one house bill ten twenty. Represent Matix recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this was the LLC bill that we passed earlier in the session I would pass that here like ninety six zero went down to the Senate ran into a couple snacks I would say bankers some attorneys not this attorney has some questions about it but we work through it and it's all completely resolved now and agreed upon but the big picture the good thing is this restore some liability protection for members of LLCs which was the original intent so it's a good bill get a good vote represent Maddox is explain the amendment we would like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Maddox is closed for the amendment. The question before the House is the concurrence and Senate Amendment number one to House bill ten twenty prepared machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about madam Clark by a vote of ninety four Yeas zero Nays zero present you concurred in the Senate amendment number one to House Bill ten twenty represent Hudson recommends we concurrent said amendment number one to House Bill thirteen thirteen ma'am Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen thirteen percent Hudson you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker right now we have the amendments to H. B. thirteen thirteen the first amendment comes to us from our friends at the banking association I will give you more information about it but it's my bill it's my amendments. Represent Hudson is explained the amendment would you would like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Hudson is closed for the amendment question before the House is the concurrence and Senate amendment or one to House Bill thirteen thirteen paired machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk by a vote of ninety two yeas to nays and zero present you concurred in Senate amendment or one to House Bill thirteen thirteen represent Hudson recommends we concurrence in Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen thirteen madam Clark please read Senate amendment or to Senate Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen thirteen percent Hudson you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker I had Amendment number two comes to us from our friend senator Payton again my bill my amendment actually his but I hope for a good vote anyway. Representation is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Represent Gazaway you're recognized to speak against the amendment. I never do this never hate to speak against the other members bill but. You're welcome. You're welcome it. The point is I have no idea what these amendments do and I can't vote for Mitt there's not gonna be some explanation for a moment to continue to vote against them that's it. Represent Gazaway spoke against the amendment would he would like to speak for the amendment. Would anyone like to speak represent flowers you're recognized speak for the amendment. Colleagues it's really late and I know we're all tired but bingo. The flowers spoken for the. Amendment we would like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent I'd send you you're recognized to close for the amendment thank you Mr Speaker representative Gazaway to your point this is amendment that makes clear that if a if the deceased at pledges the proceeds of his life insurance himself that he can't protected from creditors so like in a whole life insurance policy the ones you can take money out of before your death. Yes with that I'd appreciate a good vote for Simpson is closed for the amendment question before the House is the concurrence and Senate amendment or two to House Bill thirteen thirteen per machine madam Clark. As everyone voted has everyone voted cast about madam Clerk by a vote of ninety As to nays and one president Curtis Amendment number two to House Bill thirteen thirteen recommend it recommend representative Johnson recommends we can current sentiment amendment one to House Bill twelve sep one man Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill twelve seventy one percent Johnson you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this amendment clarifies and communication issues between a providers and insurance companies when there's a deny all also clarified some the appeal process makes technical corrections and to clarify some exemptions the happiest or any questions on the amendment. Check it out thank you. Represent Johnson is explain the amendment when you would like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Johnson is close for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence and Senate Amendment number one to House Bill twelve seventy one. Prepare the machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety As one nine zero present card and Senate Amendment number one to House Bill twelve seventy one percent Johnson recommends we concurrence in Amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty two madam Clark please read Senate Amendment number one enemy number one house bill twelve fifty two percent Johnson recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this was just language clarifying who qualified for recreational prosthetic it was agreed upon between insurance Companies and the legislature happy answer any questions thank you appreciate a good vote represent Johnson's explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Johnson is close for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence and Senate Amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty two per machine madam Clark. Everyone voted as everyone voted cast about madam Clerk my but ninety five Yeas zero nine one present your card and sent member number one house bill twelve fifty two reserve bank or recommends we can current Senate amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty seven Manafort please resend Amendment number one enemy number one house bill twelve fifty seven. Reserve a court you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. Jimmy. I'm excited to. I'm excited to bring you this amendment here don't you worry you're gonna get your amendment explanation I got somebody. So for Jimmy and the rest. This amendment I'm excited about it but was brought on by EBD we got to work together and actually make the bill a significant improvement the two issues they had concerns with were bringing on a high risk group into a plan where those individuals had not previously been paying into the plan and also not having the opportunity to supplement that with that new hires by moving this benefit from the state level to the local level we were able to not spend five million dollars a year and also offer the same benefit. With that I appreciate a good vote or will answer questions. Thank you. Of the bankers explain the amendment would he would like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment. Office of a core is close for the amendment the question before the House the concurrence and Senate member number one house bill twelve fifty seven per machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Passed up the ballot madam Clerk by a vote of ninety six C. A. zero nine zero president you've concurred in Senate Amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty seven. Members that were recognized representative gene we got that's taking care of little housekeeping representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. And I don't want to hear no being go from you. We got a recall Senate bill five sixty nine we made a reading area when you read something three times one day you have to spend the rules we did not suspend the rules so we need to bring Senate bill five sixty nine back here expunge vote and we'll voted more thank you. Represent Jean moves that we recall Senate bill five sixty nine from the Senate. Some Wardlaw for purpose in core you're recognized could we not suspend the rules today. No. Okay. That's I've been advise that's the constitution. Question before the House represent painter for purpose you're recognized are we not still shooting for April seventh. That's my line. Represent Jean. Represent Springer for purpose. It you're recognized being. Okay. Representative. Represent Jean moved that we recall Senate bill five sixty nine from the Senate all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes. All right members. I think we're at a point where we can call the day. So we've got we've got things are coming down from the Senate we will likely have to have a few more committee meetings but we're gonna hold those off for in the morning check the check the calendar for eight thirty eight forty five will work with the chairman on that And then our plan is to convene at nine o'clock finish off the calendar and be done. Okay hold on we're gonna take of one more motion represent Maxwell. We now have the bill represent Jean. Moves we expose the vote by which Senate bill five sixty nine passed represent gene you're recognized explain The motion. I explain this early would expunge vote thanks. Represent genes explain The motion would anyone like to speak against the motion would anyone like to speak for the motion represent Jean it's close for the motion the question before the House is the expansion of the vote by which Senate bill five sixty nine passed all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion passes all right so members again again the plan would be monitor if your email and the ark like calendar for those committees that may need to meet first thing in the morning and again we plan to come in at nine o'clock represent makes. You're recognized you're recognized for motion. After the announcer you know the bills transferring the bill's place in the counters on the desk members amending their own bills own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalize resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move that we adjourn until nine AM tomorrow morning. All right that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes members again with the committees right now we're not sure who all will need to meet that's gonna be a product of what types of amendments or other things come back to us but we're a good place we're still shooting for April seventh any other any other any other announcements. Any other announcements. Not the desk remain open as needed for the reading of the bills upon completion The Addams named the joint resolution house would be adjourned until nine AM tomorrow. Of members I forgot. 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