Senate Convenes

Senate will be called to order. Any request for later this time. Sanders Stubblefield requesting labor center Caldwell. Leave. Maddox secretary please call the roll Boeing Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice found Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Committee secretary for everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise for a free or. From pastor mark Baker who will be formally introduced by Senator Blake Johnson and will remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. I know everyone will enjoy this the this is my pastor at First Baptist Church in Corning and and I know he needs and some special prayers for having to put up with me and. That a politician in his body I have always tried to to validly keep my the whole my role and and not to not to not try to stay in or are put any any any undue on his ministry and and the First Baptist Church and he's been there just about a year he came back from Mississippi and they were Mississippi if the tornado and their he's a we've got a feeding unit and and our current gains association and he just got back you get back Saturday. Saturday from Mississippi and they're on standby for for what's happening in Arkansas now so I want to thank him for putting up with me and and common and and shared with you guys today and give us a prayer thank you for the part. Which about with me. Father it's me again. I come the for your throne of grace just praise you for who you are your king of kings lord of lords you our creator our redeemer. I. Lord I know as humans sometimes we don't always get things right. And so we ask that you would forgive us when we fail. We go astray when we send. Lord I thank you for these men and women that serve our state I prefer their wisdom. Their integrity. Their ability to sift through. all the voices that they hear and lord I pray that. The strongest the most clear voice that they hear. Is yours I pray for their family as they are a way I pray for their protection their safety. And lord now we just ask for your wisdom your guidance as they conduct state business. We ask that you would be with all of the. Rescue efforts that are going on throughout our state. And we ask it in the powerful name of our risen savior Jesus Amen. One. For all. Thank you brother for those encouraging words and we two thank you for putting up with. Later in the gallery welcome two Arkansas state Senate it is our expectation each of you are exercise proper decorum and govern yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules will be suspended. The Senate will dispense. With the reading of the Journal the morning hour has now begun are there any announcements or introductions at this time. Senator Dismang quick we have a hearty university Laurie Klein appear in the the I. P. gallery is given below. Senator Tucker. I know we're short on time I just want to welcome my Pitsch Abby Edwards he's a sixth grader for sites you'll probably know her mother to Micah who used to be a governor laces person for Arkansas advocates you may know her elsewhere so welcome Abby. Senate. Nice. Thank you governor I just wanted to quickly introduce my page has already so in Coney the reason why I want to introduce zoning code is because she is the salutatorian for southwest high school you all please give a round of applause. Senator Hester okay thank you members of got to shadows appended a madding Clancy would you probably know their dad who's up here in the gallery Jeff with represents government affairs for Tyson foods just really glad to have with me if you'd make them welcome. Senator Chesterfield. Madam chair ladies and gentleman the Senate it is my honor to introduce how doctor for the day Dr cheerless. Is in family medicine and she is our doctor for the day and she is absolutely gorgeous. Welcome her. In a course owners Bernard this deal with issues and monitor my blood pressure because John making me mad shall. Ladies and gentlemen please under her again as well thank you so much. You're recognized. So we're very fortunate today to have these wonderful young people from Maumelle high school in Maumelle academics plus so we have Caroline Culpeper. Page three in. And Tosh gray. Carrigan quashed. Emma Stewart taxi on both Butler and John Jones and we're glad to have you all with us in our state I keep having we had some absolutely fantastic pages here this year. Central you're recognized. Thank you governor I have two pages today my nephews Brody and Tristen since the craft from Benton I'd like make them welcome thank you. Any other announcements or introductions. Wallace you're recognized thank you governor member I have for the Manila basketball team and cheerleaders they're coming in right now. Bear with me one second. Senator Wallace. The items at the desk. Yes madam president. This is form you that on March thirty twenty twenty three I receive the following and approved the following measures measures of the legislative session ninety first General Assembly Senate bill twenty three ACT three seventy Senate bill twenty four ACT three seventy one. Senate bill eighty one ACT three seventy two Senate bill one O. two ACT three seventy three Senate bill one O. three ACT three seventy four Senate bill one O. four ACT three seventy five senate one oh five ACT three seventy six one of six ACT three seventy seven Senate bill one of seven ACT three seventy eight Cimber one oh eight ACT three seventy nine seven one oh nine ACT three eighty single one twenty four ACT three eighty one single one forty four ACT three eighty two Senate bill one forty five ACT three eighty three Senate bill one forty six ACT three eighty four single one forty seven and three eighty five senate to forty eight ACT three eighty six Senate bill two forty nine ACT three eighty seven single to sixty three ACT three eighty eight senate two seventy three ACT three eighty nine seventeen eighty eight ACT three nine Senate bill three eighteen and three ninety one symbol for one ACT three ninety two. Ballot when I would ask the body what we're reading items at the desk. I would ask the body while reading items at the desk I can hear the secretary and she can hear me. if you all would keep conversations to a minimum or step out to the home while we go through a number of items at the desk thank you guys. We are a committee on it and Brad who was referred senate for ninety seven by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted Committee on Iran to whom was referred Senate bill five fifty seven by Senator crawl recommend due pass counted Committee on Iran to whom was referred senate five fifty eight by Senator Dismang recommend to pass calendar Committee on Iran to whom was referred Senate bill five six by Senator Stein recommend to pass calendar Committee on it right to him was referred house bill sixteen eighteen by representative warning recommend due pass counted Committee on and brought to whom was referred house bill sixteen sixty two by representative Peter your year recommend due pass counted Committee on agro to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventy five by representative of baby recommend due pass counted. Committee on and grab to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventy six by representative by you recommend due pass counted Committee on a friend who was referred house bill sixteen seventy seven by recommending representative baby recommend due pass counted Committee on a brother who was referred house bill sixteen ninety by representative baby recommend due pass counted Committee on Iran to whom was referred house bill seventeen oh six by representative Bob recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. The Committee on a private whom was referred house bill seventeen oh seven by representative Bob recommend due pass counted Committee on a bride who was referred house bill seventeen ten by representative recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill. Five twenty three by Senator protector recommend to pass as amended number ten. Calendar committee on city county county to whom was referred Senate bill five forty seven by Senator Hester recommend to pass as amended number one. Our Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill ten sixty seven by Senator representive Andreas recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill sixteen thirty six by representative Michael recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill sixteen forty one member Senator baby recommend to pass. Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill seventeen oh three by representative Avery's recommend to pass calendar Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill seventeen fourteen by representative Gary recommend to pass Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill twelve fifty seven by representative archer recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill sixteen forty nine by representative Shepherd recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill sixteen fifty member center Shepherd recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred house bill seventeen eighteen by representative long term recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred house bill seventeen twenty by representative Lundstrum recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred. Senate bill nine by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill eleven by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seventeen by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was first senate bill eighteen by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill twenty two by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill thirty one by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate forty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill thirty six by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty one by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty two by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty three by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate sixty one by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill sixty four by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seventy three by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seventy five by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seventy six by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill eighty three by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill of one ten by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three twenty seven by joint joint budget action by Blake Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill four ninety one by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill five sixty five by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies governmental affairs who referred senate bill three fifty four by Senator Hammer recommend to pass to concurrency a state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety five a representative right recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventeen or absent problem crony recommend to pass. Calendar cancer agencies to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventy four by representative McCollum recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen thirty five a residual Wardlaw recommend to pass. Calendar committee on transportation to whom was referred senate bill three forty one by Senator bored recommend to pass to concur in house amendment number one calendar committee on transportation to whom was referred Senate bill five O. four by Senator Patty recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation was first Senate bill five fifty five by Senator Clark recommend to pass as amended number one. Calendar committee on transportation as far Senate bill five sixty seven by Senator Stubblefield recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation was first Senate bill five seventy five by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass counted Senate resolution fifty six by Senator Solomon requesting that representative Meeks be authorized to pursue the consideration of HA are thousand two as a third proposed constitutional amendment Senate resolution fifty six state agencies. Senate resolution fifty five by Senator Gilmore congratulating person Wilbur upon his retirement from the Arkansas Commission on law enforcement standards and training and commending him for his contributions to his community and the state of Arkansas Senate resolution fifty five calendar. Senate bill five seventy seven by Senator Brian require application for labor organization membership to contain a notice of public employees right to join referring from joining a labor organization Senate bill five seventy seven public health center five seventy eight by Senator Dismang an act to transfer funds to find monies available in the restricted wrist Reserve Fund and to allow additional funds for state departments agencies and institutions Senate bill five seventy eight. Joint budget senate five seventy nine by Senator Leding concerning the sentencing of a person who committed an offense before he or she turned twenty one years of age Sentifi seventy nine Judiciary. Any other business to come before the body morning hour center Chesterfield you're recognized thank you madam chair madam chair I would like to leave Mr meek Edwards who works of the southwest power pool and I've known her since she was in high school at Little Rock Central and my name just happens to be on her diploma her daughter with her beautiful daughter will be introduced later back I think representative love but I want to introduce is not her mother the first thank you so much please welcome have likely for her. Senate bill. Any other business in the morning hour not morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda. Beginning with Senate resolution three Senate resolution thirty three by Senator Petty to recognize the name here in corners wrestling team for winning the twenty twenty three class five A. state road wrestling championship. You're recognized. Thank you madam president the or on their way and we've got two seniors. Can. Members I have with me today members of the senior members of the back to back state championship wrestling team which is a good thing because I understand were having difficulties in some circles getting bills passed they happen to be in a fundraising mode and so they can get him in a headlock opinion and maybe get you a voter to so if you're interested let me know so but I have with me I have seen your grant king he he is in the heavier weight division I'm not sure exactly what that is technically and then shallow summers I also have Drew cone the athletic director and head coach Adam Petri and I will read all of this but I do want to recognize the remaining part of the the the team which is up in this gallery over here and there are two young ladies in there they're also state championships the team didn't win but we wanted to be sure and include them as well so the title of this resolution he is to recognize the Van Buren house school pointers wrestling team for winning the twenty twenty three five a a state championship wrestling championship we're as of enduring pointers wrestling team won the twenty twenty three championship at the university of Arkansas little rock and whereas the reindeer in wrestling team won with a hundred sixty four points to outpace the second place team by twenty eight whereas that this with the championship the Van Buren pointers wrestling team won its second consecutive class five A. state wrestling championship and just so they have their name recognize there's not that many in here we have the codefendant Act in the one hundred and six category we have Alex read we have shallow summers we have. grant king who is in the heavy weight one ninety category and we have others but in the interest of time when I we've got a full schedule I will because there and recognize the hard work that the team under the direction of the coach and the athletic director has demonstrated and this is what one thing that that coach Peter said says that this team when all the kids one all of our kids come out here and performance a testament to how hard they work year round and to win it back to back is phenomenal in any event but when you're talking about individuals that are out there laying it all on the mat literally we want to recognize them so with that I am done and I would appreciate a good motion a good vote Senator pay all those in favor of Senate resolution thirty three to recognize the banyan pointers wrestling team for winning the twenty twenty three class five A. state wrestling championship please signify by saying aye hi. Aye ayes have it Senate resolution thirty three is adopted. Thank. Senator Hester you're recognized members if you give me your or give me attention for just a minute. So if you have a bill that was amended in committee today. See Senator Dismang if you wanted engrossed today. Right like we're gonna try to stay away from his member after member coming to the well making a motion and no one knows what's going on. So if you have a bill that you want to suspend the rules to be engrossed today see Senator Dismang. Okay when we get going Senator Hickey is going to be in charge of the corral over here he's going to keep us lined up right so if he if he's leaning on you were keeping things pushing he's going to be our pusher today and I've asked him to do that I really appreciate you gonna do that. If we are going to at some point we're going to batch House bills because we just need him off our calendar the ones so if you have a house bill that you do not want Baxter you want to debate it please see Senator Irvin she's going to be the keeper of that calendar so if you have a house bill that you do not want batched C. Senator Irvin if you've got an amendment that came off in committee today the need to go see Senator Dismang. Okay I work for monitoring the weather tonight it things look clear till at least ten or eleven most the bad weather from Russellville North tonight we're gonna continue to monitor that throughout the evening as we as we get closer to hopefully the event we all can attend the night. All right thank you. Senate resolution thirty seven. Thank you madam chair would have in this century English. Okay. Is this is the right group. Aryaman NO one. Well thirty seven is supposed to be the charging Wildcats. I will go ahead with your why don't you go ahead with yours go ahead when you will look to the rest of the my charging every out of. Senate resolution fifty three by Senator Wallace. To recognize the mental hospital lines boys basketball team for winning the twenty twenty three class three A. boys state championship basketball. Senator Wallace you're recognized for Senate resolution fifty three. Thank you governor. Members I'm proud to introduce the Manila. Basketball teams. State championship team of class three a. And the military defeated. To get my glasses out. Bear with me. Efficiency of Bergman high school team in overtime by a score of sixty one to fifty seven it was a great game. during the year the. Team. Had a conference record of eleven wins and one loss in overall record of thirty one wins and five losses they were the class three A. three conference and district champions. Teams coach by coach Lee Wimberley coach been a long time and thanks for what you've done. Syste coach heath Theni. Involve your culture Matthew may. Some names I want to have when I call the Senate to hold the hands. Payton Nunley was named the state tournament Most Valuable Player hold up your hands. There was also named all state Allstate terminal region and all conference Jason burle chase in order to handle but he. Share and I'm sorry Jr was named to the all state all state tournament all conference look Kirk. Looks all state tournament and all conference to. Conference because Smith Costas myth there you are all conference in rich farmers named to the all conference team as well. And the team included Bray Nunley. Gerund Burrel look. Kirk Coster Smith rex former look speech Culleton Kaiser ten in Palmer Brian Neal Conan grand and cold and burns can train card Baltimore in. Hutson Baltimore Dotson Harrison. Coach Wimberley made the statement he said that I've been apart to since I was a child playing or coaching for over forty years I've never seen the team that enjoyed being around each of the more than this group they truly played for each other in each individual accepted his role for the team his teammates. Them both what a team truly is and that's why they're state champions the members with that we'll get one more thing to do we're going to have to our young ladies sing the national anthem. In Kinsley and Gracie if you all would. Come up here and and same with this. Does face basically right here. Ladies and gentleman in the gallery and in that body would please rise for the singing of the national anthem. Oh say can you see me a. Well as some. What is the meaning whose bastardized sandbags. Does. One. As well as needs. And. This is to yield. All those. In those. It members with that. Now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the night for the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognize Amell high school lions basketball team for winning the twenty twenty three class three A. boys basketball state championship. Congratulations coach. Thank you senator Wallace all those in favor Senate resolution fifty three to recognize the mail Manila high school lines boys basketball team for winning the two thousand twenty three class three A. boys state basketball championship please signify by saying aye imposed as Senate resolution fifty three is adopted. Yeah there you. You know you. All right we will now take up Senate resolution thirty seven. Senate resolution thirty seven by Senator English answer Chesterfield to recognize north broadcast will charging Wildcats cheerleaders for winning the R. twenty twenty two six say all girls state cheerleading championship right now Senator Chesterfield Senator English you all are recognized thank you madam chair this resolution is to recognize the North Little Rock high school charging wildcat cheerleaders will winning the twenty twenty two six eight all girls state cheerleading championships was given. Not only that but they placed eighteenth at the universal cheerleaders association competition held in Orlando Florida but I think even more importantly this is the only whereas I'm going to repeat whereas this team not only is committed to their sport of cheerleading but I also academic standouts with many cheerleaders earning a four point all grade point average ladies and gentleman we would appreciate a great vote and coach Allen thank you and all of the late other coaches who are here let's give them a round of applause and we would appreciate a good vote. All those in favor Senate resolution thirty seven to recognize North Little Rock high school charging Wildcats cheerleaders for winning the two thousand twenty two six a all over all state tournament championship please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it. Amount resolution forty seven Senate resolution forty seven by Senator Tucker. The month of April is school library month in Arkansas. Tucker you're recognized thank you madam president I'll be brief I think we all appreciate the role of school libraries play in our society if you have access to a library you can go anywhere in the world and beyond in our school libraries if you have access to them you can teach yourself just about anything and April is national school library month it's about something the started in nineteen eighty five in April fourth is actually national school library day so that's today so we wanted to do a resolution to honor our school libraries here in Arkansas and all across the country so with that I would appreciate a good vote. Thank Senator Tucker all those in favor of Senate resolution forty seven to proclaim the month of April is school library month in Arkansas please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it Senate president Lucian forty seven is adopted. Senate resolution fifty two Senate resolution eighty two by Senator Irvin to celebrate stand County and recognizes hundred fiftieth anniversary. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you I'm so glad to have our county judge Stacey AB with us and some friends from the community has the surviving Purdum and others secretary they're all here that have been participating in the act I'm gonna read this resolution because it's very important to celebrate St County and recognize its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary whereas Stone County was created as Arkansas seventy third county on April seventeen eighteen seventy three and we're out of stone county is located in the Ozark mountains in Arkansas and the county is named for the rugged and rocky terrain of the Ozarks which is on display through the architecture of the native stone exteriors of the stone county courthouse and many buildings on the square in the county seat of Mountain View and we're as Stone County is home to a part of the Ozark National Forest that includes Asilomar shooting range and leisure springs caverns which hosts tours of the drip stand trail the discovery trail the wild cave tour and the Blanchard springs park which includes the silmar creek near a lake in the cave waterfalls and we're Is Stone County as a destination for world records trout fishing and the White River kayaking and smallmouth bass fishing and the crystal clear waters of the silmar creek and other creeks and world class mountain biking on the epic the limo mountain bike trail and we're as Stone County is known as the full music capital of the world due to a nightly musicians to perform on the square the annual Arkansas folk festival which comes up that happens every April since nineteen sixty three and the Ozark folk center which preserves and interprets Ozark cultural heritage including traditional mountain folk music and crafts and supports the only public school based traditional instrument music program. I'm in this state the music groups program and we're as a celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Stone County is being spearheaded by the stone county Historical Society the Stone County leader and a committee of community members and where as the slogan for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Stone County is rock solid at one hundred and fifty foundation for our future and the slogan represents the committee's goal of celebrating the rich heritage of Stone County and making an impact for years to come by helping funds you use oriented Services of Stone County community center and whereas it is important not only to celebrate the history of Stone County but the plan for the future of Stone County and with that we have down there before be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognize and celebrate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Stone County be it further and resolve that upon adoption a copy this resolution shall be provided to the county judge Stacey AV by the Secretary of the Senate thank members please welcome them and let's celebrate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Stone County and come visit. Thank you senator. All those in favor of Senate resolution fifty two to celebrate sampan and recognize its one hundred fiftieth anniversary please signify by saying aye hi any oppose ayes have had Senate resolution is about. Thank you. Amendment one to Senate bill two seventy. I'm not in those rental for you. Three minutes. You knew. Thank you madam president. Amendment one Senate bill two seventy thank you it's a House amendment to Senate bill two seventy it adds the sexual gratification. I appreciate a good vote. All those in favor. I say I. Any of us have been is referred senate paid leave Senate bill two seventy by Senator Pitsch to amend the criminal offense of sexual indecency with a child. Senate recognized so now it's the same bill except for it that makes a little bit harder to prosecute per share your vote. No question no one wish to speak against or for. Senator has close any objection growing. Secretary please well the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator Richard changes as the sender love president Senator Tucker president. Senator. Chesterfield president Senator Leding no. Senator love no Senator Tucker no. Senator flowers no. Anyone else. The ballot. By a vote twenty nine eighty eight four names one present one leave Senate bill two seventy. Passes please transmit. How. Please enroll. Amendment one to Senate bill three zero six member one Senate bill three oh six. Senate this may recognize all right members this for moved that we had at the limit that we place in the regional stat bill that removes that it allows the Department of Human Services that seek a waiver that would allow someone to save in their first year without becoming an eligible for the stamp program that they're in keep that original amount of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars in the beginning and I can have **** greater than that to get into the program but they're allowed to stay for the first year if they do have savings that are not to exceed fifty five hundred dollars this was an agreement that was made with the second floor and then a concern House members. No questions all those in favor of the member to concur please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it listed for. Senate bill three oh six center Dismang temen asset limits for the supplemental nutrition assistance program and to direct the Department of Human Services to request a broad based categorical eligibility wise for Senator Dismang you're recognized so assuming everyone's pre paying attention to the presentation amendment the new bill or the bill as changes initially the amendment allows for DHS to ask for a waiver for those that to save within the first year of becoming eligible for snap snap program. Have questions anymore speak against her for. Senator is close any objections rowing the boat. Matt objection noted that secretary please call the roll Boyd yes Bryant. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. These. Days. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Health. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Well I have the key. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Petty. Rice staff. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Again on this side Senators wish to vote and not voters change their vote I see Senator Chesterfield yes. Senator dis president. Murdock yes Dotson no. Roll yes. Gilmore yes Mickey no. Health no. Mark Johnson no. Clark no. English yes. Hello yes. Ryan president. Stubblefield yes. Any others Bledsoe yes. Many others. No. Please cast a ballot. But twenty four yea seven a one not voting to present Senate bill three zero six. Passes. Amendment one Senate bill three sixty one Amendment one Senate bill three sixty one. Senator Ricky you're recognized my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I am asking for. Senate bill three sixty one by Senator Mickey concerning the participation of home schooled students in inter scholastic activities. Senator Teague you're recognized. Segre Bill she don't school students like Richard everybody else is given the freedom to participate in activities that their home school districts don't actually have appreciated I'd be happy to answer any questions any questions anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator flowers. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please rolled over Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Many senators wish to change your vote. The same nine please casts up the ballot by voting at thirty forty eight zero nine. Senate bill three sixty one passes enrollment. Amendment one to Senate bill one sixty three Amendment one Senate bill one sixty three Senator Pitsch amendment to this bill. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it Amendment. Dr please centering gross. I'm not one to House Bill ten twenty a member one house bill ten twenty Senator hills Amendment representative Maddox's bill. Follows favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Hi seven please enter. Amendment is about. Two thousand eleven eighty nine amendment to this to house bill eleven eighty nine Senator hammers amendment to house bill eleven eighty nine. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any of those. Have it members adopted please enter a gross. Yeah. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized thank you Mister senator are we going to put these after they've been engrossed within the thing today about ten discussion about that too yes ma'am I think that's the. Pardon me as I am free no not at all not at all it's a great question I asked the same one. So yes ma'am. Amendment one Senate bill eighteen. Senate dismaying you're recognized it's a minute by Senator Hester to the office lieutenant governor. Any questions anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close closed. Any rowing the boat. How is amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is had. Yeah that's what I would do that one. Yes. You have entered you any second. Amendment to the Senate bill one twenty three. Senator Dismang. Amendment to UAMS we have to take any questions. Any questions anyone would speak against her for. Close. All those in favor of amendment to the to Senate bill one twenty three please signify by saying aye hi. And oppose ayes have it members adopted. To be recognized. Senator Dismang you're recognized by members we have three bills on the counter that we adopted amendments to I'm going to make a motion hearing of the minutes to add those to the end to a supplemental calendar I also just I wanna read these off because we're not going to come down to make a bunch remote motions today on suspending the rules to adopt amendments foreign trade is all at one time it's gonna help staff to help you and everybody is going to follow what's happening so the only bills that I know that we're gonna adopted amendments on today spend the rules as house bill thirteen oh two. Senate bill two five twenty three. House Bill seventeen oh six. Senate bill five forty seven and house bill thirteen eighty one I'm gonna come down in a minute and making a motion and we're gonna work through all of those to add them to the counter to your not on that list let me know. Your role now okay let me know if you need it we have one added to that list if you're not on this list you will not be coming down to suspend the rules to make an amendment you know to adopt the amendment and all that throughout the Middle today that's just it's too much for everybody in here okay so if you've got one that came out of committee with an amendment. With an amendment let me know. Senator flowers you're recognized. House bill thirteen oh two Senate bill five twenty three. House bill seventeen oh six Senate bill five forty seven house bill thirteen eighty one. Get a bill that came out of committee today with an amendment anyone that engrossed anyone of that in the calendar let me know. Senate. The Bill. Senate bill two thirty seven. Senate bill two thirty seven by Senator Clark concerning vehicles both performing equipment with the removed Ballinger mutilated or defaced serial number or vehicle identification number. Thank you for you're recognized thank you governor I'll be brief so we keep things move along we have a big problem with ATVs of tractors farm equipment of being stolen and traffic to rule Arkansas especially this just takes to place in the serial number as you would on At the a and moves it or or all it from a a misdemeanor to a felony just like with an automobile we need to stop this. And I'll be happy to take questions. Any questions for Senator Clark. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close to appreciate a good vote centers. Any objection rowing the boat may secretary please rowboat. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any center was injured vote Senator Tucker president. Any other Right flowers present any other. Leding president Page president English press. Many others. Saying please cast a ballot. Batboat twenty eight zero nine six present is B. two thirty seven passes please transmit to the House. As B. two thirty eight. Senate bill two thirty eight by Senator Clark Tracey offense of aggravated trespass and to make technical corrections to the. Senator Clark you're recognized thank you governor of two thirty eight that has no known opposition. The that creates the offense of aggravated criminal trespass we have a high incidence of people showing up in people's houses and unless they've actually stolen something actually hurt somebody it's just a misdemeanor this makes it a felony. And we had both the sheriff and prosecutor testified for this they have to take any questions. Any questions Senator Chesterfield you're recognized thank you. You senator from a misdemeanor to a felony somebody. No no no no in your house. Yes. Any other questions Senator Tucker. It doesn't make a distinction between the actual house or an outhouse or she shed or something like that sure you're a building on their property. Thank you. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against her for. Senate. The question senator. I just pull this up and you're saying that it makes it a felony if a someone on someone's property nope not inside it's not on the proper side an out building inside outbuilding House or vehicle. Without permission without permission is not trespassing the the lesser there they have a problem both of people being there that are supposed to be there people finding people in their house and also people that are there who won't leave of service would prohibit someone from going up and knock on the door. Saying Hey would you vote for me or something like that no no absolutely not okay thank you. Other questions Senator Breanne. Thank you governor so if somebody on the accident thank you for property obviously there's a. Yep there's incidents where. All the doors of apartment complex and go in a. The New rated. No Way Out. to the prosecutor discretion for that prosecutors do have discretion and if the we do have prosecutor testified of for that we need this that there have a lot more problems with this and and because it's just a misdemeanor there have a hard time dealing with. Senator Rice. The testimony committee did the need for this is because of the change in society a little residents can come in and not respectively. That are. That's correct center awesome thank you appreciate the question. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Tucker you're recognized to speak against. Thank you madam president I'll be brief what this is we already have a law for criminal trespass and we already have a law for breaking and entering residential burglary and that sort of thing if you're going to someone's home with the intent to commit a crime then you're going to gonna be prosecuted for a felony of residential burglary or or or breaking or entering what this bill is doing in the two examples of the prosecutor cited in committee were people that we either drunk or on drugs and came into someone's house because they didn't know what they were doing so that's that's the only current hole in the law that was identified during the committee discussion and so what this proposal is is saying if someone is on drugs and they don't know what they're doing and they come into someone's home that instead of them being charged with a misdemeanor we're gonna go ahead and charged with a felony input and putting them in prison we've had a lot of discussion recently about the best use of our prison beds and I don't think someone who was on drugs and who doesn't hurt somebody if you hurt somebody you're going to prison or even if you intend to hurt somebody but you don't hurt them you're going to present but if you just come in because you don't know what you're doing because you're hired on on drugs we need to put that person in treatment and not sent to prison so I don't really think this bill fills a hole in the law and and I'll be vote no for the rest. Anyone else wish to speak for or against. C. nine center for close. Thank you governor the of. To send for truckers points. Very few people go to prison of for a Class D. felony if a specially not for a first offense even if it the offense of when you talk to people who and when you talk to people who have committed crimes I think the the Attorney General brought this up in the Judiciary Committee the other day there committed a hundred cross before there ever actually prosecuted for anything this is it just in one county sept multiple times within the year if you come home or you're at home with little kids and and somebody's is in your house who you who doesn't belong there and who you can't get out you don't know what they're they're and we would like with the castle doctrine we would also like to save lives we would like for to be clear that you can't be in somebody else's home because that's what Coverdell building that's sports occurring in somebody else's home when you don't belong there and of course Prosser could always use our discretion of whether this is something that ought to be prosecuted or shouldn't be prosecuted but the very much think that it's needed not appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Objection noted madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Bragg. Caldwell. Caldwell Chesterfield. Chesterfield. March. Roll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. Johnson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Hello. I love. Making. Thank you. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. For. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Price. Staff. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. I began on this side. Johnson. No. Brian president. Any others. Chesterfield no. Davis president. Love no Murdock president. Boyd president. Gilmore yes. English president Keane yes. Flowers no. Health yes Hickey yes any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of. Twenty one EA seven eight and six present S. B. two thirty eight passes please transmit to the House. Just. Senator Hester you're recognized. Members as we get to the end of the front page as the four seventy eight after the front page I guess from pages Senate bills I'm going to ask us to start matching House bills will take a break from Senate bills and get through the ones we can batch so be sure and see Senator Irvin if there's a bill that you need to pull on batching are we go with the engrossed the bills they had amendments today. But do you have your list. Okay so if you have bills that had amendments in committee today the needing gross today see Senator Dismang we're like about to move on and again the goal with that is so we don't have member after member coming to well making motions and none of us are quite certain what's happening just for comfort level for everybody renew it one time if you work there Senator Dismang thank you. Senate bill three sixty seven. Senate bill three sixty seven by Senator flowers. Senator flowers to amend the law concerning and used or an under utilized public school facilities to amend the law concerning the right of first refusal to purchase or lease a public school district academic facility and declaring emergency. While you're recognized thank you governor members this bill Changes current law concerning. Fine used an under utilized public school property. So that. A municipality the city where public school facilities land is situated that's unused or underutilized our a county. Where that public school property is situated we have some places where the school district is not in a municipality but rather in a county such as over in Cross County there's a cross county school district as well as we and school district so what this bill seeks to do is give the first option of of as a gift to that municipality or that county that unused or underutilized property it also establishes that fair market value should be determined by an independent appraiser third party appraiser. it does retain the charter schools right of of refusal but puts them in second to the municipality or the county the county or the city can waive that right to that unused or underutilized property and but the window is still there for charter schools to do that sale our lease of the property as well and if not. The school district can steal sale to a third party as is currently done so with that I'll be glad to take any questions. Questions for Senator flowers. And. You're recognized. Yes. A committee. the Bill with school calendar and the status of the school system that would otherwise violate or institution. That that's not a conversation well yes but the current law Clearly the. Hold that. Property that's unused or underutilized can be sold does not have to be use for up educational purposes. The constitution that article fourteen in our constitution it talks about property that is a part of the public school fine so once is designated I'm used or under utilize it's no longer a part of that. The purpose and and the reason for me bring in this bill is because taxpayers pay regardless of the new buildings where the property is old still owed for twenty five meals that's pursuant to the constitution Arkansas constitution that does not go away. Extra money in the way of the extra meal could be voted on by the taxpayers in those municipalities are counting for the purpose of maintenance and operation but there is a time limit the sunset on that so I would argue that this does not violate the constitution of Arkansas. At. Thank you appreciate a good vote. So anyone would speak against a four Senator Clark you're recognized speak against. The current law works will. We worked long and hard to get the current law which is that uh want to school designates a building as not being used at charter schools get first refusal in the constitution. Buildings of school buildings of are to be used for that purpose for the purpose of education. There would be nothing wrong with. as far as I can tell with it to be in the opposite direction the charter schools had first of choices they do now and then of the local community. But. Everybody in the everybody in the community pays taxes everybody in the community pays property taxes which goes towards schools which goes toward education and that includes those who participate in public charter schools. And we when we first did this and like I said we didn't get to we didn't get it through in one session you know we have kids meeting and trailers. we're we had perfectly good buildings falling down and we don't want the war I would concur with Senator flowers is that we don't want perfectly good buildings falling down but there is no reason to change the law from charter schools having first refusal that those who are trying to educate kids should have first choice of using that that building. two could to educate kids before it's considered to be used for anything else and I would of there was a thought I thought that this bill was going to be amended in committee but it was not of and as it currently stands I would appreciate you voting no because you'd be sent a terrible message About The public schools of charter schools in their access we have to take questions. Senator mark Johnson Senator Pitsch. I Mark Johnson you're recognized thank you madam president of Sir Clark first of all. Course the charter schools are public schools correct the second thing is that we just. I think it's fair to say just passed a tremendous over all of the public education system in this state which includes changing options for people that that would allow some school choice and could possibly even have precipitated the creation and charter in of some new open enrollment charter schools is that correct correct okay well that's why I was wondering why at this time we want to to limit the availability buildings form and tell it that my time this might be a good bill but at this time I think it might be a serious mistake would you agree I would agree and I would would add to that it's I don't believe that it's legal to sell these buildings charter schools actually pays a fair market value that's what's in the law it's they're not given to the. Okay thank you senator. Senate thank you madam president and maybe the bill sponsor senator system if you don't know the answer I'm going over for the first time here and this is at no cost so we would compel the school district. To give this facility to the municipality. Are there any restrictions on what the municipality can do with it can I turn around auction it off and yes yes there is no restrictions that would keep them from turning around someone so that money would benefit the municipality is that school districts. That scenario yes it would and they sell it to the charter school at the same price that the charter school for the bottom from the school from the school for you scoreboard. That's correct. Okay well. So the well all afternoon thanks. This man you're recognized thank you in. Yes I thought there was going to be an amendment made side when he said there was an amendment made in committee what what was the amendment what was it supposed to do. I mean that was kind of going to clean things up a little bit I thought if you can. I don't know what the what the member was supposed to do searchers Mattis NO that there was supposed to be one and there wasn't. but it wasn't fixed. Other questions for. Senator Clark. Anyone else wish to speak for or against. Senate Brightbill recognized to speak against. Sturch I'd answer Senator a disobeys question ice I signed on the bill. As we all do is as explanations and you read the bill I was always concerned with the fact that the cities can can by a B. gifted it they'll know the market value and then turn around so as of the moment that I would like to see this is charter schools have the right of first refusal they don't have it the cities could take a shot at it but the cities that take a shot at it Peter had to give it back to the school board. four maintain it for five years before they sell it so something that nature that doesn't just allows a city to grab the grab the school and then turn around and an option at all. Anyone else wish to speak for or against. Senator flowers are pretty close. Thank you governor. There was no. Amendment. Given our suggested to me. There was mention of an amendment but it was never described. Now I think this is a good bill we when you speak about fair market value you. Presently under. The rules of the Department of academic of the Division of academic facilities and transportation. Which. Is. The agency. That gets a list. Every March March first of every year. They get a list from all the public schools of unused and under utilized school properties. This year. That list. Is fifteen pages. All across the state of Arkansas. Mostly down in south Arkansas. Crawl south Arkansas but also it goes up north. West and north east. I distributed a copy of the list to the members of the Education Committee you can go online to the Division of academic facilities and transportation and see the list for this year. I also got from that and Division. List for the last several years. And they to. Our multiple pages of unused and under utilized properties. I know for certain in some of our communities across the state. Properties belonging to school districts that have been paid for by the millage is that the taxpayers in the cities and counties living in. Have been sitting there rotting four years. Wasting no way. Fair market value according to the Division of academic facilities and transportation under their rules. Means the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller. Neither being under any compulsion to buy our to seal and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts. That could be a dollar. If the buyer and the seller agree on it. There is no appraisal done. There is no nothing that. I know to be fair market value determination is whatever these parties decide on. And in my area I have a specific instance. Where a lot of small well it's not small it was a elementary school campus. Less than a block from the lake lake pine bluff. Was sold for fifteen thousand dollars no appraisal. And then a couple weeks later I drive by. And there's a commercial listing sign on it. I have someone call the realtor and they listed it for four hundred thousand dollars. School district is not getting anything back that was an LLC a private company. That got that. Property. I went to school with that property when I was in the sixth grade carver elementary school it had to. Classrooms from one to six great had a cafeteria. Place for gathering playground and then to top it off. It's less than a block from a lake. That's a choice piece of property. And it should have been appraised especially if you're selling it to a third party taxpayers have paid and still pay like I said our constitution requires twenty five meals regardless of whether there's a bond still outstanding our weather new buildings are being built our property's being no quiet here taxpayers have to pay twenty five meals. Any additional millage is because of maintenance and operation. I ask you for a good vote for those reasons I don't think that this it disadvantages of charter school charter schools haven't been getting these properties but not not thing is this. As a taxpayer. We should be able to expect in our communities that the dollars we put out for school buildings and school properties if they're not used for that purpose we should have the first option to determine what should they be used for. And I say this is a good bill and I ask you for a good vote thank you. Senator has closed. Any objection rowing the boat. Objection's noted secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Boyd. Right. Caldwell Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis I. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Love. Make the key. Mickey. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Padding. Petty. Rice. Rice. Staffan. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace. Any senators who did not vote. Or who wish to change your vote. Senator parole yes. Senator Irvin president. Many others. Mickey no. Wallace yes. Any others. C. nine please cast a ballot. But seventeen eighty eight thirteen nine three not voting one president. S. three sixty seven fails. Senator flowers you're recognized. To explain the vote by which Senate bill three six seven failed. I'm sorry Senator had a hard time hearing you can't find by which Senate bill three sixty seven failed is that correct there is a motion to expunge the vote by which Senate bill three sixty seven failed all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. Is haven't. Motion carries. Senate bill four hundred. Four hundred by Senator Clark. To amend the public school choice active twenty fifteen and amend the Arkansas opportunity public school choice that. Senator Clark you're recognized thank you governor this bill four hundred as well the most important bills of the session of it doesn't go as far as it needs to go as far as I would like for to go but it is agreed on bill with the a a the eighty eight and we work with leadership in the house of this. The we would like to totally stop any discrimination against students who To school choice but what this does is allows eleventh and twelfth graders to transfer to another school who play athletics and the school who they're leaving if there is no demonstrable evidence of recruiting has to sign off on that and last day or week of changing schools for the reason of athletics I'll be happy to take any questions. Questions for Senator Clark. Anyone wants to speak against or for. Senator Reid. I'm close to appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to roll. Maddox secretary please remove a bill eight Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Grohl Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson came Leding Love ki Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator to change his or her vote. Nine please cast a ballot. But thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill four hundred passes please transmit to the House Senate bill four fourteen. Senate bill four fourteen by Senator Petty. Two men regional airport Act and to create a procedure for annexation and attachment. Senator paddy you're recognized thank you madam president. Members we discusses that links the the other day there was a lot of discussion a lot of concerns that were expressed in so I pulled this down and tried to address the majority of those concerns as I heard and made note of one of which was to allow the taxing authority or that the taxing ability by the authority and the the other was dealing with future annexations and what we did was switch to one was a substantive amendment the other one was a Scribner's error correction with one word this fully engrossed here but basically the the only addition that we had besides deletions was offered up by the House full bond counsel dealing with the the bonds they they suggested that change and then talking about the annexation or the annexation in the two thirds votes so this bill deals with the Northwest Arkansas airport and their desire to remain at the Thomas and with that I'm going to stop and be ready for any questions. Questions for. Senator. Thank you Mr president Senator pending I understand and I try to read the amendment real quickly but helped me the taxing authority for the airports authority which was in my last. I'll close with you on the floor I consider it was basically a city like a city tax and is has been removed from the bill so all of that has been removed bill in addition to the original taxing authority that was in there that was not added but it was in the original airport authority bill back when it was originally passed some years ago this the authority or any authority is no longer able to to have a sales tax like a city that is correct no taxation without representation thank you very much for doing this and thank you. Any other questions Senator Penzo. The ability to annex the annexed you clarify what you said on the. So what we did was we deleted that section that you and I talked about and I don't don't have it marked here but the section dealing with the the funeral future annexation I don't know which page if you give me a second I'll try to look for. Six. Thirty one. So that's this page four is dealing with detachment Page five starts with the annexation and detachment. It says the. I think it's. And. I do not have I have the engrossed bill I don't have the original bill but I think it was started on page thirteen we're we deleted lines fourteen through thirty six and on page fourteen we deleted lines five one through thirty six and in line fifteen Thirty one but one through thirty six and sixty one through twenty five but I I can keep trying to get to that original. You're talking about the annexation. Yes. On page six. Nineteen. line nineteen it says that you can petition for detachment I don't see anything in here that prohibits. Them from. Taking land out of continuing to take land out of the neighboring. Estelle. So that on six page nineteen and twenty your term out involuntary annexation. Is that what you're talking about is on the original see reviews of thirty to detach but I can't I don't see anything prohibiting them from buying additional land in the future and the annexing that from time. My user I.. Having a bounce back and forth between the two. That was deleted. In the interest of time would you want me to pull it down and then come back and revisit here. The that's completely up to you I mean I guess that that was kind of a in our discussion yesterday about taxes and the. You know prevent them from cutting out so if it's if it's not in there then I do have the patience to absolutely and I know we talked about it on our on our side and you and I talked about it and I've I've got it I just don't want to okay in the interest of time so I'm gonna think I'm gonna pull this down and then asked that be placed back on the calendar here briefly. Four four. It will be taken at. Senate bill four thirty five. Senate bill four thirty five by Senator Clark to amend Arkansas law to allow voter appearing in person to add a designated vote Senator to request a paper ballot. You're recognized thank you governor. This is a simple bill of and well to tell you of I've seen a lot of this this session maybe I'm the only one but this is not an agreed on bill of the Arkansas association counties has never yet approached me on this bill I have gone through intermediaries to the county clerk's association they have never come to me but I learned in committee. What their problems with the bill or an offer to fix them they turned me down out of hand I fixed him anyway which is what we're a couple days later. The all this bill does is allows. Someone who wishes to vote on a paper ballot to be able to vote on a paper ballot we have pared this down because they talked about expense etcetera we are paired is down to only in those counties that have a vote Senator that leaves out twelve of our smaller counties it hits ninety ninety five percent of people but so would be a burden on them everybody that has a vote center has a printer already that's part of that vote Senator with a touch of a button you can push you can the ballot for me or anybody else that structure to vote in a print the correct ballot of people already trained how to do that because they already have the printer they already do that and. The the cost that we can see is paper and counting the ballots. And I think or I think this assuming that the machines are being used in garland county our water being used a wide and I don't know that to be true but the I have confidence in the system mainly because it ends up being a paper ballot that is held in can be recounted. But people have concerns citizens have concerns voters have concerns and I think that those concerns should be honored and. I was reminded of my first election and I share this with the Judiciary Committee the other night and I apologize for getting emotional but this is the week that I lost my dad two weeks two years ago and And. He called me into his office. A month before the election and said son I know you're excited. But I don't want to be disappointed. They cheat. And he told me how he had run for the up. The democratic committee. And somebody came in at noon he had not gone to vote yet somebody came in and told him that he didn't even have a lever by his name. And. And I said that I know they used to do that. I had sat down with numerous candidates who told me their horror stories but I said we fixed all of that. And I believe that we have. So I got to the polls. On that election morning. And a relative who we had a certain to was in my district had gone into the of voting machine and there were three J. P. races on the machine and she couldn't pull the lever by my name. In my district have been locked out although she was definitely in my district. We projected that we will get senate five percent of the vote in that precinct we had to get something for a person to vote in that precinct for me to win it wasn't an accident so out of every four people who voted. I lost three votes to my opponent lost one. She said when she couldn't pull the lever by my name she told officials outside the curtain because she was in. I can't vote for Alan Clark. And they said with then you're not supposed to be a little for Alan Clark she said no I am supposed to be able to vote for Alan Clark we've checked and it this is this he's running in my district option available for him well they told or all kinds of things including just pull the lever and come on out and she said no I know when I pull the lever my vote is done and I'm not coming out and talking about for Alan Clark with the line was out to the road. And twenty minutes later they finally handed her a paper ballot. For her to vote on and she left. I get there that's seven thirty I get there at nine. So it's fixed right no the line still out to the road. And three out of four voters that would have voted for me. Or not voting at all. Two one for my opponent. And so we call the Election Commission. And we had them to come out and they said there's nothing we can do. They don't get there till eleven thirty. This continues to go all there's nothing we can do about it so there's got to be something you can do. These people supposed will vote for me and they can't vote. Nothing we can do. And then they said my heart sank because all of these people who talked about the what the horrors that it happened in their own election had told me this thing. The election commissioner told me that tomorrow morning you can follow a complaint. And challenge the election. That wasn't true. I had to have twenty notarized complaints. Turned in at the close of the polls that day and I came in the next morning they would tell me it's too late sorry. But they were the ones that were supposed to know the rules. Then I had no doubt it was on purpose I spent hours in the school office it was a school where we were voting hours in school office with attorneys. with the Republican Party trying to get things something done. What they did do was come in more than once and tell me that I had to leave. Or I would be arrested because I couldn't be in the poll turns out I know the law at that point turns out the laws so that the one person who can be in the poll with no permission to be a poll watcher is the candidate himself but they said you don't want to have your paper to do your picture in the paper tomorrow for being arrested because I refuse to leave us a note behind a closed door nobody even knows I'm here. They said we will be in the paper tomorrow having been arrested I said I don't care what happens tomorrow the elections will be decided today and we stayed on the phone with the Republican Party and finally at two thirty. That afternoon. They close that voting machine and begin to allow people to vote on paper ballots. Two thirty. I had my twenty complaints more than that. I'm glad we had paper ballots. But also learned a lesson that day that I know very well from the heart. Then that's what taking time today to share with you. Is dad said. Watch it. And I was convinced. We had it fixed because I'm convinced today we haven't fixed as many of you are convinced we have it fixed but the people who don't think we have it fixed may be smarter than me that's what that's what I have learned they may be smarter than me and we're not asking for something big. We have worked with the county clerk's ever way we know to work with the county Clerk would lessen the penalty we said one place yeah I mean if you want to vote by paper ballot you gotta go to that one place the machine for the all it requires is extirpate FOR and besides the fact you know I don't like the fact that it any group any time doesn't come to a senator and try to work with them and so I didn't keep the bill or it was a change to to make it the best all that we could it's good law I appreciate a good vote. Question for Senator Clark. Senator Hammer thank you for thank you for your. Station my question is the machine or records thank you how long ago was that. Ninety two. Thank you. Senator Chesterfield. Thank you madam chair yes. To do a provisional ballot. At that time we can get still do my concern is what we'll do just to make sure that the paper ballots thank you I would insist that they use security paper because this is not the. Having. Actions were people can copy the ballot and then. I'm sure that it is a secure the No one can replicate it but I don't see it in your bill speak to that please yes the Senator church for the only reason we didn't address that is. Not to try to be the experts and get out into the weeds to let it be addressed in a rulemaking for the secretary of state and others will who make sure elections are secure will make sure that they're secure but that's a very good question. Senator these men centers around. Thank you senator and thank you senator Clark on. What I love about this bill is that it does give you options for voters I I agree that I don't think we have a problem today elections are secure but I'm also in favor of making sure public feel that way so that's why I like to do and I do have questions on talking with with my county Clerk and and folks about the execution of this there were some concerns around how this fight to early voting persons just election day and there are some concerns about the execution of this of of what it might do and that in a second question would be you mention no costs. But when you're talking to folks on my side it sounds like not all voting centers have these printers and so there would be a casa sounds like to get these plans I just want some clarification there don't make me feel better. It's all right does your the does your county Clerk shall have the printer. What was told me they have a printer that is for absentee ballots it's the same printer. But not all counties have that same printer sounds like the we have not been contacted by any county who said they did not have the printer by the way several accounting clerks now are either neutral on the bill for the bill the association still has not moved so as a as a follow up the. If if I read correctly it would be the club it would be the closest if voting center closest to the closest to the courthouse which should only on election day. NO a I believe the covered early voting also okay I wouldn't I wouldn't tell you wrong. Our thanks so much. Yes or by he had died I think you said for a start important for what is sure you hail a act actively added to paper ballots after both were handed in. You know what. What a sure should we have the George Washington one because they were certainly paper ballots there's always that question a center stone the end of it and there's always going to be a question because some people would go and point fingers at the Democrats back in that day. But I know my democratic colleagues and none of them would participate in that none of them would take part in such a thing and people are people and the the fact that we think that somehow we're better. And that nobody's trying to to do anything it's just the the center Brian said it will of this give some people peace of mind right now that their votes being counted I believe that I just as I trust with the current machines I trust that the secretary of state and the local election commissions will be sure that the battle the book the ballots are handled properly and and counted properly that's not the way all vote. I would rather go the other way but. But that is a that is a good question but it's it's all of where we've had proper people in place it's always been handled correctly thank you. Any other questions. Right you're recognized. The the the predator for. I'm aware of state. Four or four county road commission where that may. Or by mail can't believe that so that I have one base locations and at the. They would have folks. If they would Senator Bryant they've never said so to me again I I cannot say this loud enough of any of these I have panel ever objection they gave us. And then they have more but had they just sat down with me I would have handled everything that they had and what we would do or what of I did not run the bill and so I would ask you again if these are problems I will still work on it even though we're at the last minute and it becomes next to impossible I want our elections to be right and I'm not trying to cost anybody any money but I want to take care of our voters and I would ask you I have always done that I've always worked with people always sit down it is them who who comes back at the last second without telling me anything that says here some other problems of and we would be glad to hear these problems before if the if they exist. But you have to excuse my skepticism. Any other questions Senator Clark. Anyone wish to speak against. Hammer you're recognized to speak against. I want to make a few points of clarification if you will first of all when we started long before the session ever began going back into last summer there was a group we put together twenty five bills that aligned with the heritage report and of those twenty five twenty four hopefully by today or tomorrow will be out and those bills were taken and developed as a result of taking the heritage foundation and saying what we have to do to clear what were your objections so we work through that process and y'all may remember bill called Senate bill two fifty Senate bill two fifty had the support of the heritage foundation they got in behind it they said this was a good bill this is what they got in and supported with regards to I wanted to give you what was given to me that out of twenty eight counties who responded only seven had a printer these workstations are about twelve thousand each you would need to back up you would need specialized trade workers motion point reportedly only having preprinted ballots that one vote Senator to create mass confusion so what I'm saying is this the bills that we worked on that started way before last session that aligned with what the heritage foundation said we need to do in order to clear what kept us from being number one at the time that this bill is not one of those bills I wanna make that clear that is not one of those bills and so what I would ask is you not vote for this Senate bill two fifty addressed a lot of that issue and so I'm asking not to vote for. Thirty. Bencher for Senator center days you're recognized governor Senator Hammer address for for clarity how would these two bills work together so with two fifty having pass and with this bill on the table here. Yeah one of my members about two fifty with the time line set for for accounting bills with these conflict at all with a with a mesh well could can you speak at all to that. Not really I don't know that they would mesh well number one number two I'm not sure that was Senate bill two fifty having gone through the necessity of this bill bill thing and thank you for bringing it up to just dawned on me and I had not had that written down my notes there quorum courts that are voting against the idea that this bill would take us in the direction of which Senate bill two fifty having already been voted through they feel the ones that spoke may feel that that is adequate for the needs the other thing I'd like to point out thank you for bringing it up because that Senator Clark about the machine that you use that was twenty years ago and really the contention is around the machines to people trust machines or not I can't speak for other states would have happened but I can speak that in this state for all the audits have been conducted on those machines it's a hundred percent accuracy so far so you have to factor that into consideration also one of the other bills that we ran allowed for up to fifteen counties to be checked and we're already a hundred percent success rate and all the arguments that think we've well debated over Senate bill two fifty so really private bills down to the question what's the necessity of this bill given everything else that we have done. Thank you. Anyone wish to speak for or against. Senator Clark you're free to close. Thank you governor of appreciate all the work that Senator Hammer has done and others have done on election of the security of the more that we do the better. The the the simple answer to the need for the bill. Is. People think specially if it wasn't it wasn't true before Cole with but since covid. People are really tired of government and government officials telling them we know better. Of and there's not like there's nothing happened that caused them to have a concern in this country. and the the young man who wrote this bill is been working as attorney for the Wisconsin of legislature to help fix the problems up there and The and as aware of problems. That of we weren't aware of so again for more than one reason I would ask for a good vote it It allows people of to it to have a peace of mind that they believe that their vote is being counted and counted correctly and I think this is a problem that probably goes away in four to six years but it's a problem right now and it's not much to ask I appreciate a good vote. Senator Clark is closed any objections rowing the boat. Subjection noted that secretary please call. Boyd. Bryant. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Pro. Davis. These. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Came. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Penzo Petty. Petty. Rice. Sturch. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Get on the side. Senator Bryant yes. Senate AZS center Dotson yes. Anyone role president. Anyone else on the side. The side. Dismaying president. Eight president Murdock president. Anyone else. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty eight thirteen nine for not voting for president as the four thirty five fails. Senator Hickey you're recognized members Center paideia just pull down as before fourteen thank you statement was until we got an answer any as an answer so without objection we like to put that back on right now. Section will take up Senate bill four fourteen Senator for fourteen months senator Patty term in the regional airport Act and created procedure for annexation detachment. Senate payday a recognized thank you Mr president again my apologies members for not having that marked on this the original bill had lines nineteen and twenty which is the for the last item on the the for the second amendment. And essentially what it what it says is that the the authority does not have the at and and to add clarification the authority does not have a tent the ability to detach and then continued detaching individual parcels of land and so that section with that amendment is what what address that and in our attempt and and I've I've talked to the outside council or heard from the outside counsel and also others that that. Helped draft the bill in the amendment and they're not gonna be able to keep detaching land purchased in the future. Any questions for. Senator Irvin. Thank you senator Patty as as I read it. This section on page six the lines two through fifteen what this does is all ready to take this kind of this and there's a very strict process on annexation and annexing people into an ad into an area so this basically just opens it up for the first as an individual but the same process as as in fourteen forty six delete the verification of whether the property owners want to be an act that's that's correct that does not change that. Senate paying a recognized thank you Sir on page two September why are we. Granting immunity from liability. We're granting the same unity as other governmental and quasi governmental agencies authorities so how long has this for airport authority existed. Since. The early well I don't know how far back it goes but the the bill itself I think to answer your question I think it was nineteen ninety to the original bill was about much much earlier than that for all those years never enjoyed immunity from liability up I just don't understand why would be granted now. I. Agreed to carry the bill and that was in the in the bill I just noticed it doesn't seem to have anything to do with that station in taxation components. That does not. Then there was there was there were several issues trying to add clarity and economy and and these are all in the in the bill. Do you know of other awesome is a five dollar border forty so very low. From liability but we would be granting immunity from liability so this would apply to three regional airport authorities colds Bible and this one the other two I cannot speak for but they're also owned through the the cities in which state they live. So I think those for that reason would have would have some and I'm an attorney built in immunity there. Okay thank you. Any other questions. A recognized. Thank you Matt and. I need to know is this Senate three. The twenty nine. The airport no ma'am they they are still fighting in. Supposedly just between those two. You today it's well it specifically addresses the three but yes those are the the two that are currently yes ma'am. Any other questions Senator Hammer. Senator. If this is not. Does that what is that far too. Table to try to find all to the movies for. Thank you to both sides. House Bill. Thank you senator good question and and as in Committee we we did ask that the a get together and try to work out an arrangement passing this bill would not prevent them from going ahead and and working out affected has a provision in there to have for the orderly detachment and I believe this would bring them to the table to work out the details and and hopefully both parties. Any other questions. Anyone speak against for. Against center Penzo you're recognized to speak again. Thank you madam president I'd I'd like to start off by first thanking Senator Patty for removing the taxation portion of the bill and I think his understanding is that he thinks he's remove the other part the the but on page five of starting on line twenty five he he mentions this section there fourteen three sixty two three oh to the he said removes that this is a this This discusses involuntary annexation and it says it property owned by an authority which is not within the city limits. Can't be annexed without a two thirds vote of the airport authority's board has nothing to do so it does not prevent the way I read it from. Therefore from cutting into hostile land. D. annexing and cut into their revenue base so my understanding is one parts fixed the other part isn't. So I'm still pose the bill yes yeah and I did not solve the face that I might need to clarify something and I'd be happy to. Senator Dotson you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam chair Sir Penzo you said Page five. The line twenty five that you the involuntary annexation prohibited and you're saying. Because it says the property owned by the authority which would be the airport yeah that is not within the corporate limits of any municipality so it saying the lands not. That that can't be annexed without a two thirds vote of the board so it's this is discussed is not discussing land within that be enacted by the municipality so. Right there for me annexed by the the without their permission but that's what I'm saying this has nothing to do that section of was mentioned has nothing to do with preventing. Therefore from buying land. In a municipality and then taking it out of the municipality because this bill gives them the authority to remove their land from the municipality so this this deal allows them to encroach on how full land in the future and there's nothing that I see that section was that's a section that was a message from encroaching on airport. Will without a vote of the board approving it correct okay thank you. Any other questions. Anyone else wish to speak against or for Senator has for you're recognized to speak for and so a members this is in the the middle my district and I haven't done the mileage but there's a chance I live closer to the airport in the city Hall of hyphal to be very close look I've been I've said to a lot of tough meetings on this thing back and forth you been very contentious but will we all ask me come down here that we find somewhere to negotiate on when we to go chase sometimes all parties are happy as we saw from where we were a week ago to where we are now they took out the most contentious parts they negotiated I think it's as fair as we can get on this I would ask the vote for the bill thank you. Anyone else wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. Thank you Mr President I'm closed. Senator Petty has closed madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Kroll Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Love. Mickey. The key. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty yes rice. Stam. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators. Wish to vote or change your vote Senator Dotson yes Senator Kroll yes Senator Davis yes. Senator love president Senator Murdock present any others. Decide any. St no others please cast a ballot. But at twenty one yea. Five ninety six not to present senate bill four fourteen passes transmit to the House. Senate bill four fifty five Senate bill four fifty five by Senator Stubblefield to amend the membership of the Arkansas State Council for the Interstate Commission for adult offender supervision supervisor. The Stubblefield recognized thank you governor I was referred senate bill the Interstate. Compact counselors organization makes rules for the transferred the supervision of felons and parole and probation another state's this bill would simply add two members to the commission one prosecutor. And one sure because both of these positions play an integral part in that whole process so. That's what it does. Questions for Senator Stubblefield. Senator Chesterfield. You know. Extend in membership on for you to. Is it what it is okay why do you need the reason why among those same people always witty and whoever if you wanted to have what may be a part of the reason. I couldn't be a part of the. Of the one how many on the committee five was there anything to preclude those specific entities will refer from being a part of it is with the sheriff. Thank you didn't have a share of the member prosecutor prosecuting. I'm trying. Okay five. Yeah would you like me to redeem. Okay. What I'm saying I'm all of five is there anything that would who share her being one of those five. What do you have another position for sure. If you got the one of the original five. Because they don't fit the criteria of the other three. Specific correct correct. The traveling in interstate on parole revocations thank you either of do not. Thank you for. Any other questions. I am always to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection road rolling the vote. And secretary please well the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any center was to change his or her vote. St nine. Please cast a ballot. But thirty forty eight zero named Senate bill forty five passes please bring to the house. Senate bill four seventy eight Senate before seventy eight by Senator Dismang to provide additional funding for the Arkansas port intermodal and waterway development grant program fund intercrater water waterways investment income tax credit. Senator Dismang you're recognized all right thank you this bill does two things first it combines two existing programs for public ports and allows them to be utilized on any nagging navigable river in Arkansas the second creates a new credit program for parity purposes for private ports there's a three million dollars per project cap for entity they are able to take ten percent of that per year and there's only a nine year carryover the annual cost of the program cannot exceed two point five million for all applicants and it will be on a first come first served basis basis that also ADC has to prove there's going to be a net cost benefit to the state before allowing the tax credits take place we have to take any questions. Any questions. Anyone wish to speak against for Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. As secretary legal. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. Senator Pitsch no. Any others. C. nine please cast a ballot. Barbeau said thirty three eight one nine Senate bill four seventy eight passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four ninety nine. Senate bill four ninety nine by Senator Blake Johnson. Regarding rights for motion to amend the assessments of brown rice on brown rice and declare an emergency. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized. Members of the. it is increasing the rash checkoff assessment for asset is sold in the state of Arkansas. right now it's one point three five cents per bushel by the producer and one by the by the buyer this increase that to two cents each and give the give the board discretion on twenty percent of that check off. All four available for questions. Any questions Senator Blake Johnson center Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam president Senator Johnson It says in there there's a list of things that you can on page two one eighteen that you can spend the money on without limitation one of the other things that are not included in that list. The let's not on the list yeah I mean I can spend it for just about anything it would seem. The there's a ministration experience in the first two. In the first two The by the buyer and the seller there's ministration expenses can be used I don't know just a guess for any other activities to to advance rice industry. And also what what is it what the emergency what whether an emergency clause on a. I think it's just the it's planning time now and by the time this thing gets it's done that way they would be able to disperse the money in the fall. Thank you. Senator Kroll Johnson this seems like a. Quite the race in both sides is it when the last time this happened is this common sense I think is eighty five the last time it was raised. Any other questions Senator Pitsch. Thank you madam president. So senator Johnson. Who used to determine. What is beneficial marketing or for what activities to advance the rice industry following on page. To hear line twenty three I have a very broad statement we're adding that uses other activities to advance Arkansas rice industry. I don't know. Thousands of people makes a pretty good arguments for how something affects something down the road that why would we need language that broaden their. This gives board discretion some states have discredited the discretion with the total funds like California. they give their board discretion for the total funds not just right research and promotion. Well also notice the. There's two sense currently one dollar and thirty five cents were raised for one point thirty five cents now we're raising two cents per bushel to be paid by the buyer. At the first point of sale whether within or without the State how do we have jurisdiction over buyer out of state. To impose a fee on them. I would think would have that stiction seems like the language should be cleaned up for change their I mean I understand that the seller of the growers within the state we could impose that on the on the seller but also how we impose it on the fire. And that was the old language in the in the way it has been done so. There are just a did. I read some of the old language also says that. We're imposing a fee on rice grown it doesn't say it has to be harvested. So even if the cross fails and you don't harvested you actually owe the three on the road you did grow anyway I had I had never been asked to pay that one yet so okay thanks. Any other questions Senator Solomon. Thank you governor yes I've gotten several calls about the fee increase do you know how that was that number the it was it was a process of negotiations that began with a percentage at the beginning station and negotiated down for multiple parties I'm not going to say this is agreed upon by all rescuers. And that's that's probably know why you're here and from from growers and in our area. Senator Wallace. Senate Johnson on the second page line sixteen seventeen eighteen so the board may use up to twenty. Percent of the total. It goes on without limitation that's that's confusing to me what. Without limitation the. Don't don't disagree with you on that and I don't have a good answer for you members I'll I'll pull this down and and work on the language See where this is going thank you members. Senator Johnson has. Hold down Senate bill four ninety nine. Senate bill five hundred. Senate bill five hundred by Senator Bryant. Tucker create the student data vendor security act. Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you governor members this bill is about is about vendor security for schools right now this if the school does business with any Company the access is there data we have guidelines in place to make sure we protect student data with this bill does a contract with a third party and that third party has accessed or student files the student files will have requirements to make sure that the the information is secure and destroyed when appropriate so I believe a couple sessions ago Senator Leding past student student bill for the schools this one compliments that does not replace it and just helps schools navigate making sure this the security is on the student data. If they do business as a third party. Questions for center right. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator is closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty should have them Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker. If any senator which is changes. In the same place as of the ballot but thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill five hundred passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill. Senator Dismang right. Members are going to go ahead and take up the amendments that are inside the supplemental calendar so that's gonna be your first two sections we have a group of bills to Senate amendments Senate bills and amendments and House bills to Senate amendments. Serenity those I think we have to those one time. In in in less sponsored like do differently I'll run each one of these. Amendment to the Senate bill five twenty three. That's took a amended by Senator Tucker president Senator Clarksville Tucker's bill. Question. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it members adopted. Amendment one Senate bill five forty seven amendment by Senator Hester for Senator Hester. No questions. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it members adopted please integration. Amendment one Senate bill five fifty five. Minute by Alan Clark or Senator Clark for Senator Clark. Questions all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted Senator Ingram. Amendment one to House Bill twelve fifty seven amendment by Senator Hammer. No questions. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it and then as adopted police integration. Amendment one to House Bill two thirteen oh two minute amendment by Senator Clarke Tucker. If there are no questions all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted please enter and gross. Amendment to house bill thirteen eighty one. Amendment by senator flowers. If there are questions. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted please enter your. Member one to House Bill seventeen oh six. It meant by Senator Blake Johnson. There are no questions all the. By any of those. As it is adopted please. Amendment one Senate bill sixty four Mr supplemental. The Amendment joint budget. All those in favor of Amendment one Senate bill sixty four please signify by saying aye. Any oppose. As. Amendment is adopted. Amendment one Senate bill eighty three. I appreciate a good vote. At any questions three nine all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I had amendment is adopted please. you're recognized. Members this list on your desk and blue you are the ones we will be debating on the floor individually they will not be in the batch. Got it. Secretary their items at the desk yes where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one sixty three of. I compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill ten twenty representative Matt Oxford address copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill eleven eighty nine percent of a county record of committee members copper three John Feinstein for the rest calendar. Centerman. At members at fifteen sixteen it should never not be on our calendar because I was referred to revenue tax so the fifteen sixteen will not be considered at all. So will not be debated individually it will not be in the batch either. Fifteen sixteen. It's an revenue tax. Any questions. And in recess for five minutes. So. We. I bark I understand recess someone call these out and I want to point out to pull one out. Hey members understand we're in recess but just kind of speed things up we're gonna read through the calendar year yellow calendar page by page I wouldn't say which ones have been pulled out if I'm reading bill number and it's not been pulled out and you want to pull it out for separate vote then let us know so we gonna go one page at a time okay. All right so house bill ten oh nine anyone pulled out. For a separate vote eleven twenty nine. Eleven sixty has been pulled out for a separate vote. Eleven seventy seven has been pulled out for a separate vote. Does anyone want to pull out twelve oh three it is part of the batch. Twelve fifty two is part of the batch. I remember pulling that out because it is as amended. Twelve fifty three is part of the batch. Twelve fifty four is part of the batch. All right let's get an amendment it'll be coming out. House bill twelve sixty. That is coming A. as come out house bill twelve seventy one. As an amendment will not be part of the batch house bill twelve seventy three. It's good to go house bill twelve seventy three is good to go it is part of the batch that you say otherwise. House bill twelve seventy four. All right twelve seventy four is part of the batch twelve seventy five is part of the batch. Twelve ninety six is being backed. Thirteen thirteen has been pulled out thirteen twenty four has been pulled out thirteen sixty nine is part of the batch thirteen eighty five has been pulled out for a separate vote House Bill Fortino weight is part of the batch Fortino nine is part of the batch. One four fourteen oh nine. Fortino nine it's been pulled out. House Bill fourteen thirty two has been pulled out fourteen forty nine pulled out fourteen fifty eight fifty four is sold out for a separate vote next page. All right fourteen sixty two is part of the batch fourteen sixty eight has been pulled out. Fourteen seventy nine is part of the batch. Four time sorry Sydney Petty pull that out for separate vote. It's pulled completely. All right fourteen seven as been pulled completely fourteen eighty five separate vote fifteen NO one part of the batch fifteen oh three part of the batch fifteen eleven. Full fifteen oh three. I'm sorry. Fifteen eleven pulling fifteen eleven. Pulling fifteen fifteen. Fifteen sixteen was re referred to committee. Fifteen twenty six and fifteen thirty one will be separately voted. Next page as soon as they catch up. All right fifteen forty seven is a separate vote fifteen fifty five as part of the batch fifteen sixty separate vote fifteen sixty one separate vote fifteen sixty two fifteen sixty five in fifteen seventy four will be part of the batch. All right fifty six fifteen sixty two it's been pulled for a separate vote. And seventy four. K. fifteen seventy five is a separate vote fifteen seventy six batch fifteen seventy nine batch fifteen eighty pole. A separate vote fifteen ninety one separate vote. All right fifteen ninety two batch. Full separate vote fifteen ninety four batch. Full. Dotson sixteen oh four batch. All right members pull to sixteen oh six has been pulled sixteen nineteen. Batch. Sixteen twenty one. Pull. Sixteen twenty seven batch sixteen twenty nine. Your bill that went to which one. Which one. What. He would pull the rest of them. All right we're gonna pull the restaurant for a separate vote. So twenty one sixteen twenty one sixteen twenty seven sixteen twenty nine sixteen thirty seven sixteen ninety five and seventeen twenty nine we'll all be separately voted. Are we recess right now. Okay. Welcome back to order. Senator Hester you're recognized members I'm here to present batch number one it's from page number one it's appear on the screen. In the Senate secretary's gonna have to read each one but it's up on the screen batch number one from page number one. Haspel ten O. nine by representative Pilkington center board to establish the nonemergency transportation rideshare expansion study work great to study expanding ride share services covered by the Arkansas Medicaid program. **** eleven twenty nine by representative Johnson Senator Irvin to require the Arkansas Medicaid program insurance policies to reimburse for behavioral health services provided in certain settings. Haspel twelve O. three by Senator I can represent a warrant to clarify that I made a mayor of a city of the first class is entitled to count previous or subsequent years of service employment with same city toward the mayor's retirement. Hounsell twelve fifty three by representative McAlinden and senator Bragg to create the state government employee retirement protection act. And house bill twelve seventy three cent representative Johnson sent Irving to amend the healthcare payer identification card act and five short term limited duration insurance. Any questions that. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close close centers closed any objection to rowing the boat. Madison. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis duties dismaying Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding all of the key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty writes down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Senators who wish to change your vote. Senator king not voting. Any other centers. Please cast a ballot. But thirty three eight zero nine eight one not voting. The batch at house bill ten oh nine eleven twenty nine twelve oh three twelve fifty three and twelve seventy three. Pass please return to the House. Senator Hester. Members as you see the batch number two from page two on your calendar today on house bills page to House bills batch number two. On the screen. Spring. Pasal twelve seventy four by representative Johnson Senator Irvin to modify the prior authorization Transparency Act to amend the appeal process for dental then I'll under the prior authorization transparency act house bill twelve seventy five by Senator centers Irvin and I represented Johnson to regulate electronic medical records and to prohibit a healthcare pay higher that has a Lexus has electronic access to medical records from requesting medical records in a different format from a healthcare provider house bill twelve ninety six by representative counseling center Tucker to make technical corrections to the Arkansas code concerning the use of respectful language when referring to individuals with disasters. House bill thirteen sixty nine by representative makes the Senator English require public entities to create a policy concerning the authorize use of technology resources in a cyber security policy and amend the duties of the state cyber security office has a fourteen oh eight by representative brown Senator Tucker to create the uniformed easement relocation Act. The questions. Anyone would speak against a for center is closed. Any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace and Senators wish to change your vote Senator king not voting. Any other senators. Please cast a ballot. But at thirty three a zero nine and one non voting. This bad pass please return to the House. Senator Hester members a batch number three from page three of the House bills. House Bill fourteen sixty two by representative Scott Senator Irvin to amend the law concerning use in foster care and to clarify and the company homeless use house bill fourteen sixty eight per cent of long center Johnson to create the given name act and to prohibit requiring employers always a public schools and state supported institutions of higher education to use of herbs a person's preferred pronoun name or title without parental consent. Sixty eight. Okay. I'm sorry fourteen sixty eight was pulled out we didn't have a. Okay house of fifteen oh one by representative Gazaway center Gilmore to amend Arkansas law concerning when I prosecution is commenced house bill fifteen oh three representative Gazaway Senator Mark Johnson to create the offense of operating a chop shop and to create offense of dealing in stolen or forged motor vehicle parts. Any questions on the bass. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close center has closed. Any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please rolled over Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice doesn't Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators question injured vote Senator king not voting. Any other senators. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight zero nine eight one not voting. The third batch including house bill fourteen sixty to House Bill fifteen oh one to House Bill fifteen oh three all pass please return to the House. You're recognized. Members this is Page four batch number four plus sixteen nineteen from page five and this is our final batch by batch number four from page four plus sixteen nineteen from five. As for fifteen fifteen by representative makes an Senator English regular meetings of. Fifteen fifty. Fifteen fifty five to regulate meetings internal policies and guidelines reports to address the cybersecurity incident involving or a cyber attack on a public entity. House for fifteen seventy six by representative Scott Senator Davis to establish between the creating a respectful and open world for natural hair crown Act. House of fifteen sixty five representative brought Senator Tucker to create the Arkansas Legislative study on mental and. And behavioral health. House fifteen seventy nine by representative Wardlaw and center Gilmore to amend the law concerning the Arkansas motor vehicle commission act. House Bill sixteen nineteen. About representative Hodges and Senator Bryant for me the local board of a community college district to establish additional signs under certain circumstances. Any questions on the bash. Anyone wish to speak against for center has closed any objection. Sorry. The seventy six out of one of the bill president I don't want to do that. Can't we have to pull out and start over okay. The survey shows any objection to rowing the boat. C. nine Max secretary please rowboat. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any centers wish to change your vote Senator came not voting. Any other. Senator Solomon president any others. Any other. Please cast a ballot. By thirty two yeah eight zero nine eight one not voting and one president. The batch which includes house bill fifteen fifty five house bill fifteen sixty five House Bill fifteen seventy six House Bill fifteen seventy nine and house bill sixteen nineteen pass please return to the House. Senator Hester you're recognized. Member so we're going to go back to where we left off on the Senate bills soar to go back to the Senate calendar now where we left off. the the target goal tonight is it's four clock so about forty five forty minutes from now if we should finish the Senate bills then we will go to House bills that have amendments right so would the Senate bills if we should finish those would House bills that had amendments in the mall will be lucky lucky to get there okay thanks. Senate bill five zero six. Senate bill five O. six by Senator. To transfer certain entities to the department of agriculture the transfer agriculture promotion board to the Department agriculture back cabinet level department transferred and declare an emergency. Senator Davis you're recognized thank you madam president and members there's been a lot at flurry about this bill today and so I just wanna be clear that it does two different things the first thing is that it fixes the constitutional issues with the way that promotion boards are currently appointed based on that twenty twenty one McCarty first Plant Board case the state Supreme Court ruled that it's unconstitutional to delegate public power to private interests so I took language from all the permit all six promotion boards and incorporated into this bill and the way that they'll be appointed and all six boards are neutral on this bill and they know that they constitutional issues do you need to be addressed the second thing is that it moves the registered agent and the administrator of the boards under the department of ag so boards will keep all their money they will still be able to carry out their mission and their priorities they are still in charge of how they do business but the administrator of the board and the registered agent will be the Department of act and this puts it in a neutral place and and enables and the boards to continue doing their business the department of ag is able to absorb these duties at no cost to the board I have a commitment from the governor's office and from department of act that this will be at zero cost to any of the boards said this will be no money for them they will continue to carry on as they do and not be charged for this and the governor's office supports this bill and with that I'm happy to take any questions. Any questions Senator hammer Senate leading. Thank. Question something that made me want to ask this question based on that a Supreme Court ruling do you know or any other board any other private entities that are going to remain in the capacity that we would need to look at doing this or other board. Research. Hello. That Senator Hammer I think there are several and I think they'll be even a bill later today that I'm gonna try to have amended and and put over ends and Senate education to address that but there are a lot of boards that needs to be readjusted based on this based on that ruling. Talk about the this section. I am not I'm just dealing strictly with the six promotion boards thank. Senator Leding. Thank you president Senator Davis can you give us a little idea about how we expected from agriculture to be able to manage the processes more efficiently department of education yes so and DFA's role won't change the role that they have currently with the boards it's not gonna change the boards or something to be subject to state budgeting procurement laws like they are now and we're also adding an annual and reporting requirement in this bill and that's going to provide the additional transparency and accountability and that's been lacking that many of that producers who paycheck off lines have been complaining about so we're trying to address those concerns as well. Also my understanding that we reduce the Department agriculture budget a little bit this year so how do we take on these extra responsibilities despite having fewer resources well and we had a bill earlier this session that condensed all the boards and within act from like seventeen down to four and so that's actually what took me so long to file this bill because we're making sure you know to see what that would look like and then also waiting to ensure that the department of ag would be able to take on this responsibility and absorb those costs and so we have those guarantees that they'll be able to do that and absorb those duties easily thank thank you. Any other questions. Thank you again for. I'll close rival asked forget that thank you members center has closed any objection to roll the boat objection noted. Madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd Bragg. Boyd. Right. Caldwell's. Chesterfield Chesterfield Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. These. DISMANG. Johnson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. King. Came Leding. Leding. Love. Love Me key. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. Payton. Penzo. Petty. Price. Rice stubble Statham. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Senators who wish to vote who did not vote or change their vote Senator Kroll president. Leding no. Right no. Gilmore road. Stubblefield allowing. Any others. Please cast a ballot. That vote at twenty. The eighty six nine six not voting and to present the bill passes with the emergency clause fails. Please transmit the bill. The House. Senate bill five ten senate five tennis center Irving to amend the criteria is considered in a school district's reduction in force policy. When you're recognized thank you members that what this does is it allows for a reduction in force policy to align with that learns acts and. That's what the bill does that encourages districts to make employment decisions based on merit attendance performance effectiveness and ability and the goal is to drive districts incorporate their ad tests and leads performance evaluations into the roof rubrics be happy to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close I appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty have done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change their vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. By boat at thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill five ten passes please. Transmit to the House. Senate bill five Senate bill five twelve by Senator Irvin concerning school district personnel policies and concerning a school district committee on personnel policies Senator you're recognized thank you members that Senate bill five twelve at all districts have personal policy committees what this does is put the PPC rulemaking into the same process as other policies each H. sister can adjust to their own situations it also requires transmittal of transparency with the election process but it also gives the PPC veto power over any mid year policy changes which will give them more flexibility to adjustment made year at if the personnel policy committee at sees that they need to change that policy mid year I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed Senator has posed any objection to rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please robot Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these dismaying Johnson Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. And Senators change of voter vote voted Chesterfield not voting. Any others. Sandline please cast up the ballot. But thirty three eight zero nine one not voting Senate bill five twelve passes it to the house Senate bill five fourteen Senate bill five fourteen by Senator Irvin to amend various provisions of the law that relate to topics covered by the composition of in the meeting requirements of the school districts Committee on personnel policies for classified employees. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you and members Senate bill five fifty four fourteen M. senator Chesterfield helps and we amended it it's engrossed in the bill in committee it is please subscribe in the legislation that each school district shall have committee personnel policies with the classified employees that are listed for certain categories they use are maintenance operation and constitutions transportation food service secretary and Clerk and aids impair professionals we leave that in the statute but we create an exception that if those school districts outsource any one of those then they can fill those spots with other folks. And that. Create a good vote. Just give them that flexibility in case they outsource any of those categories any. Thanks for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed thank you senator has close any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please Robert Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill five fourteen passes please transmit to the House Senate bill five nineteen hassle five nineteen by Senator Irvin to create the final bill person protection act and to expand protection of certain types of persons in this state by seven string additional criminal. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you all this does is add on page four to the current state statute is actually to a clearly defined what available person is we're adding two categories one over the age of sixty nine or older and the other is to cover inpatient facilities receiving twenty four hour care and that's really what the bill does it update the language of it adds at with definitions but as those two additional categories. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed and closed representative of any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please for all that Boyd prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. That thirty forty eight zero nine. Senate bill five nineteen passes please transmit to the House Senate bill five twenty four House Bill Senate bill five twenty four by Senator Petty to clarify non non criminal background check request submitted to the division of Arkansas state police. Senate recognized thank you madam president members this bill was brought to us by the Arkansas state police it's a very simple clarification is going to clarify that non criminal background check request to be submitted to the Arkansas state police or via a live scan which is just a machine evidently people have been trying to present them and email and other means and this is just to clarify that that's it. Any questions for. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed centers close any objections rowing the boat. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled Davis Dismang Dotson painless Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love the key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Senator wish to change your vote Senator Clark no. Senators. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight one nine Senate bill five twenty four passes please bring it to the house Senate bill five twenty six thank you Mr president five twenty six by Senator Petty concerning the taking of a DNA sample for a person arrested for a felony the clarify the retention of a DNA sample for a person arrested for a felony. Senate you're recognized thank you now miss madam president so another simple bill coming from the Arkansas state police concerning the taking of DNA sample for a person arrested for a felony and to clarify that the retention of the DNA sample for a person is to not be retained. It basically says if you are rich if the receiving criminal detention facilities using rapid DNA technology but they're not to retain that DNA profile. That's it I'm available for any questions. Questions for centre Petty. Speaking against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed center has closed any objection to rolling the vote. Secretary please robot boy before I Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty writes down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was injured. Senator Clark president. Any other senators. C. nine. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight zero nine and one present Senate bill five twenty six passes please transmit to the House. Senator Hester you're recognized members we're gonna we're gonna transfer to the Budget bills because they have to get done today submitted to the Budget bills and soon Senator this means that with that we'll start with the the next page starting with the Senate bill five thirty two. All amendments are done. Read. Members are going to batch the Senate bills in the house bill summary through the Senate bills this is going to read through all of run after one full one firm the batch that will no Senate bill fifteen. Senate bill okay Yemen retirement ask they want to pull up in it so Senate bill sixteen. Senate bill thirty three. Senate bill forty five. Senate bill two thirty nine. This is on your desk. House bill ten seventy two. House bill eleven oh five. House bill eleven eighteen. House bill eleven twenty that's impressive house bill twelve sixteen I had no idea that was happening behind me I'm. All right every time as say all right members would you like to any of those out for a separate vote. Artsy number gonna batch the Senate bills first. Senate bill fifteen by joint budget an act for the Arkansas state game and fish commission preparation with twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year civil sixteen and by joint budget act for the offer of state operations and claim property program a preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year Senate thirty three by joint budget act for the department of commerce division of workforce services in preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year several forty five by joint budget act for the department of corrections Arkansas sentencing commission of preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year two thirty nine by joint budget active department of commerce capital improvement appropriation. I appreciate a good vote. Persons. The nine and one was speaking against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace and centers which to change their vote Senator king not voting. Any other senators. Please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty three eight zero nine and one nonvoting. S. V. fifteen SP sixteen as we thirty three SP forty five SP two thirty nine all pass along with corresponding emergency clause please transmit to the House. House bill ten seventy two by joint budget an act for the department of commerce State Bank department appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year household eleven oh five by joint budget in mind for the state board of election commissioners for correction to twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year house bill eleven eighteen by joint budget an act the Department of Human Services secretary's office in preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year House eleven twenty by joint budget act the Department of Human Services division of provider services and quality assurance preparation for twenty twenty three fiscal year twenty fourth fiscal year houseful twelve sixty nine by joint budget an act for the rate of mass rental center on aging by this man college of public health Arkansas biosciences in this state and the area health IT center in Helena appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. Any questions. I was just speaking against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd. Boyd bright Caldwell Chesterfield Clark rolled Davis D. dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love the key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change your vote. Senator king not voting. Any others. Please cast a ballot. That thirty three eight zero nine and one nonvoting. House bill ten seventy two house bill eleven oh five house bill eleven eighteen house bill eleven twenty and house bill twelve sixty nine all pass along with their corresponding emergency clauses adopted please return to the House. Senator Davis. Thank you madam president members I'd like to suspend the rules withdrawal house bill fifteen forty four for an Senate education for the purpose of amendment. House motion by Senator Davis to suspend the rules to. To pull out house bill fifteen forty four from education purposes of amendment. All in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I said. Amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty four. Senator Davis. My bill my amendment. But. Any questions. Three nine centers closed. All in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Amendment is adopted please grossing. We will now return to the Senate calendar. Senate bill five thirty two. Senate bill five thirty two by Senator Penzo. To amend the law concerning nonpartisan elections to amend the law concerning the local school boards of directors in school board elections and to amend the date on which an election of a school board district school district board of directors is held. Senator Penzo you're recognized thank you Mr president to school board elections take three. we Changes to we took out the partisan initially now we've taken out the term limits what we did was when when center Chesterfield was making some comments about the you know the primaries and the general I got to thinking that if it's in the general then the run off if there was one would be held after the general so I thought it made more sense to put the election during the primary and then if there's potentially is the run off then we will the runoff will be held in the general election still has a four year staggered terms the association counties had some issues with dress those school boards had had a couple of points they wanted address so we dressed through the for those not saying that the. supportive but we we did address some of the concerns that they had and I think what we've came up with is the. The good refined bill. I'd be happy to answer any questions that still staggered four year terms. Questions for senator Penzo. Anyone to speak against or for. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against. Thank you madam chair ladies and gentleman the Senate. There is nothing wrong with the way school board elections take place today. School boards association is opposed to this bill. Because they feel it imposes certain things on them that will make it. More difficult. To serve the people there elected to serve. If there was some outcry about school board elections being. Horrible not run properly people not having involvement it would be one thing we changed it several years ago to have school board elections either in. During the primary or during the general election now we're saying you're going to have the election the primary but if there's a run off or something you gotta wait till November. That's not good government. If there's a run off in our elections it's almost immediately or within a couple of weeks now you're talking about waiting until November for something that happens in March one year may the next year there's no consistency. Let us leave this alone and let the local government work it is working it has worked and there's really nothing broken to fix I appreciate a no vote. Anyone else wish to speak for against. Senator Dismang you're recognized. I understand Senator Chesterfield concerns and I mean in there is some original provisions that a bill that amended out but there is a lack of awareness when school board elections occur we actually have had districts in the state didn't have school board elections four years even at the request of the constituents that those districts serve matches a fact and so I think bring some consistency some awareness to the fact that their elections and in it being understandable when they're going to take place is important for constituencies again it's as I understand it might be happening everywhere but there are districts that bypass the will of the people and did not have elections for years so I appreciate you bring the bill. Anyone else. C. nine center Penzo you're free to close. Thank you Mr president I just want to point out that all non nonpartisan elections are handled this way this just a lines school boards with other as the as are non partisan it aligns them with non par other nonpartisan elections like judiciaire judicial races you're not necessarily going to have a run off but if there is one it held when there is a good turn out all purposes to have more robust more robust voter turnout there's some races up in my area and they said that the I think one of them was quoted at forty three votes and school board election that's very low turnout so um I think I think this will help improve a school board elections and you know right right now they can be held in off election years during random times so this this. Makes it uniform and I appreciate a good vote. Senate close any objections rowing the boat. Objection noted madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Right. Brandt. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Call. Davis. These. Days. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Hickey. Health. Hello. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Clark. McCaig. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Penzo Petty. Rice. Rice stem. Stubblefield. Stubblefield Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Senators not voting or was injured Rosa C. centre Kroll yes. Senator Bryant yes many others Gilmore yes. I've come to this side Senator needs of the president. Senator. Irvine yeah. Senator Hill yes. And remember you all can always speak up as I've requested many times over the last two and a half three months. Anyone else. See no one else please cast a ballot. By a vote twenty two yea at five nine eight six not voting and one president Senate bill five thirty two passes please. Transmit to the House. Senate bill five forty three. Senate bill five forty three by Senator Hammer to amend Arkansas law concerning school district board of directors and amending a portion of the law resulting from initiator Act one of nineteen ninety. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am sure what this bill does is that if there's a complaint against school board member it would be sent into the Arkansas ethics to be determined whether or not any ethical violations have occurred if indeed the determine that at the core violation has occurred could be referred over to the prosecutor one of the things it does is that upon being sworn in to the office of being a school board that they would have to accept or it would sign that they've received a notification similar to what we do here whenever and Senate whenever we sign and say that we've been notified that we are responsible to know the laws of our ethics to guide us as an institution they would have to do the same thing there is on page seven that the commission may promulgate rules that it deems necessary to perform the duties under this section to administer and to work out the fine details I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions for Senator Hammer. St nine one wish to speak against or for. Senator free to close thank you madam chair depreciate good vote. Senator has close any objections rowing the boat. This does take twenty four votes. As secretary please call the one Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis the Dismang Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice doesn't Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator injured. That. T. no. Any other senators. Clark president. Any other centers. Same manner please cast ballots. That thirty one eighty eight to ninety and one president. Senate bill five forty three passes please transmit to the House Senate bill five fifty one. Senate bill five fifty one by Senator Johnson to amend the Arkansas code as it pertains to references to the Director of the Division of higher education and declaring emergency. Senate often you're recognized thank you madam president members this bill. It's several pages long but it just goes through the code and it changes the title of the Director of the Division of higher education to commissioner of the division of higher education and it also makes it to where when the governor appoints they can just a point and then we confirm The position serves at the pleasure of the governor as it is right now so doesn't change that. Any questions. Any questions for Senator not create a good vote anyone wishing to speak against four four. Senator has closed any objections rowing the boat. Was there an objection for the. Okay making sure. As secretary please role of a board Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change your vote. Sam nine. Please cast a ballot. That bodes at thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill five fifty one and the court passes an emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the House. Hammer. Members of the all with this not for me I wanna make sure something it was I was questioned while ago if I need to make a public disclosure because my wife is a member of the business school board I consulted with Steve I didn't think I needed to because there's no gain for me and so check with Stevie said no it's not required that I do that of voice that before on previous bills that have been run but just to heir to the side of caution even though upon consulting with Steve it's not necessary I do want to remain above reproach let's NO my wife is a member of the school board shows these bills come through I want you to be aware of that she has no problems with being held either to a higher ethical standard just for the record so thank you. Senate bill five fifty four. Five fifty four by Senator English to amend the law fire prevention act Intermin the law relating to fire drills and exterior doors it educational institution thank you very much this bill five fifty four basically changes the fire code to insure that all outdoor all doors are locked at the school except when they're in transition. Any questions for. Anyone wish to speak against or for. You're pretty close Senator has closed yes any other action rowing the boat. Robert Bryce Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love thank you Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rhinestones feel Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. Nine please cast a ballot. By thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill five four. Passes please read the House Senate bill five senate five fifty six by Senator Johnson to create the religious viewpoint anti discrimination act Senate often you're recognized thank you madam president members several five fifty six is based off a Texas law the past several years ago and this just ensures that to protect the students right to express their religious viewpoint in the public school Make sure that they they are not discriminated against either positively for their their viewpoint or negatively we're happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator dot. You should senate bill you're recognized. Anyone with. Senate you're recognized. Thank you madam chair thank you and does senator Dotson I agree that every child it should have his or her own religious beliefs X. be able to express them. I think we need to be careful. Because we tend to think of religion as our own. We're sitting here as Christians and so we think it's okay for us to express our Christian belief but there are not only Christians in our school. We have members who are Muslim. Can do Buddhist what we gonna be comfortable when they start expressing there's. And so as we look at these things I just want to think about. Yes it's important because the constitution says you have the right to what freedom of religion expression of religious expression I believe that just know that that does not mean they're gonna be expressing things with which you agree. And how you vote on it is your business but we need to know that we are not a monolith as Christians in public schools there are a plethora of religions. If a kid comes home saying this is what I heard it was from a Muslim perspective or Buddhist perspective I think it's healthy but I want to make sure that you know when we do this instead of just leaving it alone. Because the constitution already protects all of that just understand is not going to always be the religion that you are comfortable with thank you so much. You're recognized thank you as president Senator Chesterfield I was reading the bill I was trying to find where it is separated. Christian religion community does not it does not. It doesn't it does not agencies that they should have the right to have freedom of religious expression in the classroom as a classroom teacher I think about all of the settings that probably nobody else thinks about and here we are in a classroom and we're discussing say world history. And a great deal of world history all right now is talking about Shia versus Sunni. Our kids don't know very much about it because some of the home school some of the from places like my hometown Michel Arkansas. We have to be careful that we are talking about all religions that's what I'm talking about just make sure that we're comfortable with it I appreciate that so trying to figure out how this bill would in any way prevent that it would not discriminate against any other religions or anything like that it would certainly not and I'm not speaking against the bill I'm speaking on the bill just to make sure that we don't sit up here and think that it's all just about us thank you madam chair. Thanks any other questions or rather anyone else wish to speak against her for. Senator Dotson you're pretty close. Thank you so just one other thing that and I forgot to mention this this allows for the voluntary expression of the student's religious expression it doesn't require them to do anything and it also has to make sure that the school district enables policies that If it around if a a speech is bolder how obscene offensively lewd or indecent they they can put policies in place that insures that that that expression is not any of those things without appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Secretary Robert Bryce Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stands Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Senator which is injured by Senator Irvin no Senator Chesterfield president. Senator live president Senator Tucker president Senator. Let. Any others say ninth place cast a ballot. By a vote twenty nine a one night and for president Senate bill five fifty six passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate bill five sixty two. Cimber five sixty two by Senator Clark to amend the law concerning car serration incarceration of a parent who was ordered to pay child support. You're recognized thank you governor this really decides clarification almost a technical correction of I think when the worst things you can do in this world is not support your kids not support your family this to says you can't send somebody to prison for not paying child support and Leslie willfully refuse with the our prisons are not debtors prisons we don't believe in that and that's all this is a disaster this will forty is wanted ads here I'd be happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Clark. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator you're free. I'm closed appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to rolling. Madam secretary lease roll. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Rostom Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator which the changes are her vote. Sam nine please cast at the ballot. By both the thirty four year a resume Senate bill five two passes please transmit to the House Senator Hester you're recognized member center English has for bills left finish out this page and we'll conclude the day after these four after these four Bills thank god. Thank you. As the five seventy five seventy by Senator English to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the Arkansas opportunity public school choice act in the public school choice active twenty fifteen. Thank you once you're recognized thank you very much to the Arkansas opportunity public school choice activist says of amendments to it make sure that students have the opportunity to be able to move from one school to another and it make sure that military children have that same option. Any questions for Senator English. Anyone would speak against or for. Senator creek flows. Close to any of the vote. Madam secretary please well. Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty priced Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any centers change your vote Senator flowers present any others. Saying that the ballot but that thirty three eight zero nine president Senate bill five seventy passes please transmit to the House Senate bill five seventy one Sentifi seventy one by Senator English to amend the Arkansas code to clarify which individuals are required to demonstrate proficiency and knowledge and practices scientific reading instruction. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much basically it does exactly what its title says it's dead dead determines who's going to have to be proficient in the science of reading and that's everybody from kindergarten through twelfth. Any questions for centering. Anyone speaking against or for. Senator is close any objection rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please rowboat. Right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change. Senator flowers present any other senators saying nine please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty three eight zero nine am one present Senate bill five seventy one passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill five seventy two. Senate bill five seventy two by Senator English to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning school employee misconduct and background checks Richard volunteers. Thank you very much so basically what this says is that if the soup it paid. Teacher working in a school system is found guilty or of sexual misconduct that superintendent may not the clear them fit for job someplace else and the other thing is is that It requires everybody to have a background check. Any questions for Senator English. C. nine anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator had closed. Any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll. Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang dot from English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator or change your vote. Senator flowers president. In any other senators saying nine please pass up the ballot. But at thirty three eight zero nine am one present Senate bill five seventy two passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill five seventy three in the five seventy three by Senator English to amend various provisions of the Arkansas code concerning public education. Thank you very much so basically this does make some technical changes throughout the code one of them is on the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military families and changes active duty to of the service in the thank. Basically any questions for. Anyone to speak for or for. Senator has closed a section to read and the vote the. Madam secretary please we'll both have Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Senators wish to change your vote Senator flowers present. Any other senators saying nine please cast a ballot by votes at thirty three eight zero nine one present Senate bill five seventy three passes please transmit to the House Senator Hester you're recognized So we're conferring on something over here we but we will come in at twelve o'clock tomorrow. And I imagine efficiency chair will schedule us dinner because we're going to need it and we will try to clean out our calendar tomorrow. we we possibly have a motion here we just roll the vote on something that senator flowers wanted to be and no one to see if members are okay expunging and re voting that rolling the vote. Senator Leding do you want to you okay with that certain. Okay. Just. Five Senate bill five fifty six. Senate Senate bill five fifty six I guess we rolled the vote so I'm gonna make a motion to expunge the vote by which Senate bill five fifty six passed. Motion to one vote by which Senate bill five six past also we can. The same nine five. Those eyes have a motion carries. And I move that we. Revoked Senate bill five fifty six zero five fifty six center Dotson to create the religious viewpoint anti discrimination act. Senator has close any objection rowing the boat. Maddox. And secretary. Please roll the vote. Madam secretary please call the roll. Well it. Boyd. All right. Caldwell Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Page. Penzo. Petty. Petty. Yes rice. Statham. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators who did not vote for who was injured vote Senator Clark yes. Senator Davis president. L. seven here. I'm here. Payton yes. DISMANG yes Stubblefield yes. Anyone else. Anyone else. Please cast a ballot by voting. Twenty five a. Five may two not voting and to present Senate bill five fifty six passes please transmit to the House. Senator English. Senate education will meet in the morning at eight o'clock in the big mac for our combined House and Senate committee meeting and then we will be as soon as budget is over tomorrow. And Health. Commerce will meet tomorrow at eight AM room three oh nine will recess for joint budget and reconvene in the same room right after. Any other announcements Senator. Public health will meet tomorrow morning at ten AM to consider House bills or Senate bills I have gotten. Amendments to concur. Any other announcements. Right now further announcmenet the Senate with senator German until noon April fifth two thousand and twenty three subject to clearing of the decks.