Senate Convenes

Senate will be called to order. Any request for leave at this time. Please call the roll Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark pro 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 thank you madam secretary if everyone in the gallery and in the chamber would please rise will first be led by a player from retirees will be formally introduced by Senator Ricky Hill and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. Colleagues if you would please welcome read Terry he's a pastor at the local Baptist Church committing their within about a about a year now and so glad to have him here to lead us in prayer so any kind of comments or suggestion don't have about me please keeping quiet today. Thank you let's pray. Father your word tells us that your name is majestic and we are to describe glory and honor and praise to you and you alone and so we do that today thank you for the men and women who gathered here and the work that they have been called to do in your word tells us that we are to pray for them faithfully and so we do that this afternoon we lift them up to you and ask you to give them wisdom and guidance from above or help them to to understand your word and apply it properly in all decisions that are made or we don't forget this afternoon to pray for those who are hurting those of our neighbors around us from tornado victims to the victims of the school shootings and lord we pray specifically for those that males who are in lock down even now we ask your grace upon them Board alternately we pray that your name would be glorified and lifted up on high today and in the days ahead and you would shine bright in all of our lives and we pray this believing in the name of Jesus Amen. Strong. Thank you so much Terry here today. Ladies and gentleman in the gallery as well in the Arkansas state Senate is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and governor self supporting leaders today proceedings. Without objection. The rules will be suspended and the Senate will dispense with the reading of the Journal. The morning hour has now begun any announcements or introductions at this time. Senator Rapert you're recognized. Thank you I've got a group here from Mansfield right up here if you all will stay in. Good have Mansfield students here and that bring a class every year we've had him on the Senate floor early should you will give them a good welcome. Other announcmenet or introduction Senator Teague you're recognized. Thank you committee governor the this is ASA Campbell he is eleven years old he's in the fifth grade in the home town of mount Judy that where he goes to mount Judy's school he enjoys hunting basketball and fishing and his future plans is to be a former which I'm very appreciative of so nice to me welcome Mr Campbell here. Senate bill you're recognized. Thank you governor is my honor and privilege today to introduce this then they are read in which is kind of ironic that she has the same last name as my pastor's first name so that's that's really good she is in sixth grade she toward Arkansas twelve years old she is home schooled and as I announce the other day for so you who were not here ward the suburbs of Cabot street outside a cabin so we we we welcome those from ward and glad to have her here she enjoys playing the piano in playing with animals as well it was great to have her here and she wants to be a future animal law enforcement so it is great to have her here today and that's a very good field union in proud to have you here and with that I want to give you that thank you. Any other announcements or introductions. Senator Hammer. Thank you manager. Senator Gilmore is preoccupied at this time so I'd like to introduce is pages for him today first of all we have Christian summers who's fifteen years old in ninth grade he is from Hamburg and he is at the high school down there and he loves to play golf and he's on the chess team which means he's very smart and very talented and very skilled so if you all would please welcome Christian into the Senate chamber that. The next we have Gabriel summers who seventeen years old in the eleventh grade home town is Hamburg also it tends Hamburg high school he too is on the golf team let's play it and also the student council his future plans are to be a commercial pilot and also to study economics which is a great occupation and we look forward to great things to Gabriel would you all please welcome Gabriel. I also want to mention about Christian that his future plans is to become a dentist and so if you all lined up over here who be glad to give you a examination while you're here so I'll just express your appreciation to him for going into dentistry thank you. Any other introductions or announcements. M. secretary or other items at the desk yes ma'am president will your committee on Rhode Bills to whom was referred Senate bill sixty six by Senator Davis Senate bill ninety by Senator Hill symbol one thirty five by Senator Crowell Senate bill two sixty two by Senator Pitsch zero three forty two by Senator Stubblefield senate bill three sixty five by Senator Irvin Senate bill three seventy five by Senator Mark Johnson for the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly enrolled in delivered to the governor at ten thirty nine AM for her approval sincerely mark Johnson. Following. Are you Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill three ninety by Senator Kansa recommend to pass. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four O. five by. Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four thirty five by Senator clock recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four forty four by Senator letting recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four forty eight by Senator Penzo recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four sixty nine by Senator sucker recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill. Of four ninety five by Senator Gilmour recommend to pass as amended number one. Ballinger Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill fifteen no House for fifteen O. one by Senator gas a representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen six by representative Scott recommend to pass. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred senate three hundred by Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number today counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred senate three O. two by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health ten was referred senate bill three ninety two by Senator Davis recommend to pass as amended number two calendar. Committee on Public Health whom was referred referred senate bill four sixty five by Senator Dawson recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill ten O. nine by resentful contend recommend due pass counted Committee on have account Thames for house bill eleven twenty nine members Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health team is for house bill thirteen eighty five by representative Bob recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill fourteen fifty two by Senator Gonzalez recommend to pass as amended number one. Our Camille public health to whom was referred house bill fourteen sixty two by representative Scott recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health terms for house bill fifteen forty three members in it recommend to pass as amended number one calendar ramp have accountant was referred house bill fifty sixty two by representative shots recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health tunes for house bill fifty six by sixty five by representative Bob recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill fifty seventy five by representative parks recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health tennis for house bill fifteen eighty by representative warned recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation to whom was referred senate bill four thirty eight by represented by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation to whom was referred senate bill four forty five by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation to whom was referred senate bill four eighty one by Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number one calendar committee on transportation is referred senate bill four ninety four by Senator Stein recommend due pass counted Committee transportation was referred house bill thirteen twenty four by representative Bob recommend due pass counted three are transportation to whom was referred house bill thirteen sixty nine The representative makes recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation was referred house bill fifteen fifty five a representative makes recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation I was referred house bill sixteen twenty one by representative black recommend due pass counted Committee on act right he was referred senate bill four ninety eight by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted Committee on background to whom was referred house bill fourteen seventy nine by representative your your recommend due pass counted. Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill two O. one by Senator English recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred senate bill four eighty by Senator king recommend to pass as amended number one calendar committee on city county to whom was referred senate bill four ninety six by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred Senate bill five twenty three by Senator tackle recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred Senate bill five thirty three by Senator Colwell recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred Senate bill five thirty seven by Senator king recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill eleven seventy seven by Senator Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill twelve a seven by representative under would recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill fifteen fifteen member Senate Maddox recommend due pass counted Committee on city county to whom was referred house bill fifteen forty seven back of representative after recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill. Twelve seventy one by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill eleven six by representative Wardlaw recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifteen by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number two. House Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill sixteen by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill twenty by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate thirty by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill thirty two by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate thirty three by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number two counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill forty five by joint budget recommend to pass as an amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill fifty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill two thirty nine by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill two eighty six by Senator Flippo recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three thirty one by Senator Katie recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three thirty two by Senator penny recommend due pass counted we are joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three thirty six by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred senate bill four sixty one by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred Senate bill six four sixty two by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted. HM revenue tax to whom was referred senate bill four eighty two by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety two by representative five recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety four by representative Duffield recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation to whom was referred Senate bill five eleven by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation was first senate five thirty four by Senator coral recommend to pass calendar Committee on transportation was referred house bill fourteen eighty five a representative and it recommend due pass counted your transportation is for house of fifteen seventy nine by representative Wardlaw recommend due pass counted Senate resolution forty seven by Senator Tucker. To proclaim the month of April is school library month in Arkansas Senate resolution forty seven calendar Senate bill five forty three by Senator Hammer to amend Arkansas law concerning school district board of directors and amending a portion of law resulting from initiated act one of nineteen ninety Senate bill five forty three education zero five forty four by Senator Ricky to amend the law regarding energy to amend the law concerning cold powered electrical generation facilities requires a certain actions before the commissioning or disposal of assets and require a steady Senate bill five forty four. Insurance and Commerce symbol five forty five best of center Brian to create standards for the evaluation of claims interinsurer good faith and fair dealing in the business of insurance zero five forty five Insurance and Commerce zero five forty six by Senator Hester to amend the law concerning malls of mail sent to the state in my and to require certain credit for that occasions from of a client of file mail to a statement Judiciary. Five forty six. Senate bill five forty seven by Senator Hester to ought to permit a property owner to choose the municipal development regulations for certain property is located within more than one municipality Senate bill five forty seven city county local. Any further. Before the body. In the morning hour. Announcmenet yes Senator Blake Johnson pronounced. Members if you would with me recognized doctor of the day this doctor Shannon Cooper she is from Waller engine my district we don't get very many of the doctors of the day from that far away and our nurse censuring Bernard please give them a hand and thank you for coming and being with us. Any other announcements or. Any further business to come before the body in the morning hour. If not the morning hour has expired. We will now begin the business agenda. We'll begin with Senate resolution thirty nine Senate resolution thirty nine by Senator Chesterfield to recognize hunter brand for service to the state of Arkansas thank you madam chair this is in a special honor for me. We don't have a county figures very much in this chamber and today we certainly have one of the most iconic figures I believe in the history of this state. And so join me in welcoming to the Senate. Former senator Irma hunter brown. Whereas a remote hunter Bryant per month leave hunter brown was born on January fifth nineteen thirty nine in Tampa Florida today the story a white hunter and Joseph part will Hunter and we're as parmesan of brown grew up in Forsyth Georgia and moved to North Little Rock to which insure to college in war as Irma hunter brown received her associate's degree in nineteen fifty eight. And then transfer to Arkansas agricultural mechanical and normal college now the University of Arkansas at pine bluff for she was a member of alpha Kappa alpha sorority. And graduated magna **** laude in nineteen sixty with a double major in history and government and a minor in education and we're as Irma hunter brown served in the Arkansas house of representatives from nineteen eighty one to nineteen ninety eight and in the Arkansas Senate from two thousand three to two thousand eight and were asked Irma hunter brown was the first African American woman elected to both the house and the Senate. And then. Was elected again well was elected to the house and then to the Senate becoming the first African American to serve in both check African American woman to serve in both chambers I think that deserves a round of applause. Where is Irma hunter brown was the founder of the Arkansas legislative black caucus and served as its first year and where is Irma hunter brown was active in the national conference of state legislatures wars and the national black caucus of state legislators serving on the executive committee of both and where is Irma hunter brown served as an ambassador from NCS sale to Japan and in a number of study tours of Germany she represented the American Association of university women at the person I roll the conference was a member of rotary international served on the board of directors of the Little Rock YMCA YWCA was president of the Little Rock parent teachers association council served on the board of the museum of discovery served on the founding board of The Little Rock Central High School national historic site and was vice chair of the Arkansas educational television network foundation and where is Irma hunter brown was appointed president of Georgia college and we're as well serving in the Arkansas Senate permanent ground share the City County and local affairs committees Stubblefield. And for as senator brown stated she was proud to serve at a time when the grocery tax was cut in half and was also proud to be a part of the general assembly's work to pass legislation to encourage and support early childhood education and where is amended Bramley see the ACLU who manage humanitarian of the year award in two thousand seven was recognized for work in the passage of the clean air act that ended smoking in restaurants. Was a recipient of the distinguished citizen award from Philander Smith College and was appointed by the national conference of state legislatures wars to the American legacy foundation and whereas after twenty four years of legislative service as an advocate for human rights permanent brown continue to serve the community and became a trustee of the union African American message Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the friends of haven of rest cemetery incorporated. And whereas in twenty fifteen Vermont Brown was recognized by plaque on the Arkansas civil rights heritage trail project of the University of Arkansas at little rock Institute on race and ethnicity and she was inducted into the Arkansas black hall of fame in twenty nineteen the now therefore be it resolved by the Senate Senate of the ninety four General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognized Irma hunter brown or a dedicated service to the state of Arkansas further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution shall be provided to Omaha underground by the Secretary of the Senate madam chair I would appreciate a good vote. Thank you senator Chesterfield and thank you senator brown for making this all the legendary achievers. All those in favor of Senate resolution thirty nine to recognize amendment to brown for service to the state of Arkansas please signify by saying aye aye any oppose ayes have it Senate resolution thirty nine is adopted. Madam chair red light just a brief recess for the purpose of taking pictures can you just say what a great influence she's been on my life because without her I would be here Senate will be recess yes please everybody that the Senate. The chair. So that we could hear just some brief remarks from senator brown. Commercial. You're recognized thank you very much. And you know one of the things that I thought about when I was told that I would be recognized here today I thought about how awesome. And how. Special it was to be an usher. To open the door for so many. People. Who would serve. This body. In a diverse group and make it a place of diversity. Being able to open that door. What's important. Being able to serve what's even more important. When I think about the years that I spent here I know that. There were times when things were difficult. There were times when things were pleasurable. There were many people I remember I'll like to. I knew this call over there and the staff here and certainly we know that we went through some times of change and challenge. But we learned from those. And as a result of that. We grew stronger because we serve the people who sent us here. And we did it to the best of our ability. I want to back up just a minute and I know she told me to be brief but that's one of the things that I. Never. Being good at I want to make sure that I congratulate the lieutenant governor how many times as we. About the only time we saw a woman in the chair was when she was substituting for someone else. But at any rate we have grown into see the kinds of people who here today it makes me know that the state of Arkansas. Can be and should be in good hands. It only reminds me that loves of the quote that. Senator Chesterfield has and she repeats it's supposed that she quotes from someone else as well and she says that if there is no struggle. There is no progress. Your work is a challenge. Because you don't represent yourself basically you should be representing the thousands and thousands of people here in the state of Arkansas the people who need your help the people who look for you to make lives better for them and for our children who will come behind us. So. With all of that. I wish each of you. A successful term. I hope that your service to Arkansas will continue to be meaningful. That you too will be remembered after some thirty or forty years. As for the work that you've done and that we can look forward to a better tomorrow god bless each of you and God bless the state of Arkansas. We will now take at house concurrent resolution ten oh nine. Passing current resolution ten on manners and did a use of to designate the month of March is national athletic training month. Senator Hammer you're recognized. There's a resolutions come out just as for good vote on this one I'll speak on the next one coming after that. All those in favor of house resolution ten oh nine to designate the month of March as national athletic training month please signify by saying aye. You pose I haven't. Barking Kerr's. Return to the House. Senate resolution thirty Senate resolution thirty by Senator Hammer to this make the month of March is national athletic training month. The Senator you're recognized thank you members I'd like to actually for my guests on this resolution like to ask leave please. Thank you. Members we are recognized here in the month of March as we come to the conclusion of it that national athletic training month is held this month each year spread the awareness of the importance of the work of athletic trainers athletic trainers association founded in nineteen eighty seven emissions maintain high professional standards board members education and service advocates for physical activity in Arkansas they're just over four hundred certified athletic trainers in the State of Arkansas and athletic trainers are multi skilled health care professionals who provides treatment to a variety of athletic populations in collaboration with positions we're very thankful for their service to our state and most recently to the Legislative basketball team I might add of which I think there were few casualties so we appreciate you all represent the athletic trainers today the presentations resolutions Johnson L. rod Keetch Sharman and Krista Finley and with that manager like to read the resolution place. Whereas the Arkansas athletic trainers association was founded in nineteen eighty seven organization committed to education members the enhancement profession of athletic training integral better healthcare for the populations served wears athletic trainers across the state of Arkansas promote the practice of profession of health of athletic training athletic trainers are highly skilled healthcare professionals who specialize in immediate acute and emergency care examination assessment diagnosis injury prevention risk management therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injury and illness and we're as athletic trainers collaborate with physicians to provide quality health care for athletes in persons engage in regular physical activity the national athletic association training month is held every March in order to spread the awareness regarding the importance of work of athletic trainers and whereas the advancement of athletic trainers in the state depends on the mode maintaining and expanding its athletic trainer work force inspiring motivation the current generation of students to enter the athletic training field therefore be it resolved by the Senate ninety fourth General Assembly state of Arkansas the to Senate recognize most of March two thousand twenty three as the national athletic training month I would say this in conclusion having had personal experience had been one of our athletic trainers a few years ago had it not been for the presence TJ white it would have been unfortunate situations life of the young man was saved as athletic trainer came and rescue along with others to sustain and to maintain a life that otherwise might have been lost so for the traffic for the athletic trainers of the State of Arkansas we are very appreciative to the job they do taking care of our athletes coaches and all those that may be present at the time of athletic event and with that manager moved for the adoption of resolution so Senate resolution thirty. All those in favor of Senate resolution thirty two days in a month March is national athletic training month please signify by saying aye hi. Senate resolution thirty is about thank you members we have you would please round. Members we did our of photo shoot before so what I want to do a little bit different I wanna have them go down the center aisle if you all would you just go by get my high five as they walk by if you don't mind. Thank you madam president. About resolution forty six. Senate resolution forty six by Senator Hammer you're recognized the bend of House Bill panther girls volleyball team the mental high school boys of panther of golf team the mental hospital paying for cheerleading team of in house for panther wrestling haven't haven always. Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you madam president. Members before you today. R. five teams from that in high school there's a coach fame's coaching business name was twice fight he was a very successful football coach and what coach fight used to say it's a great day to be a band panther and today it's a great day to be abandoned panther I'd like to recognize from the resolution and if you would please follow along with me or listen whereas on October twenty ninth twenty twenty two the best high school panther girls volleyball team won the twenty twenty two classic five A. state volleyball championship in hot springs Arkansas they had a conference record of fourteen and and we're as coach shoot shoot percent this team had a swagger about them they did not get frustrated they were able to handle adversity and rally together this to defeat their opponents the chaos we created in practice made it easy for them to handle the game situation and their motto was F. T. P. feed the panther lays gem of the Senate I'd like to ask that all the volleyball players in the gallery and those that are here in front of us if you all would I'd like to recognize this part of the Benton Panthers sports programs this time with Joe please express your appreciation to them. Next in the resolution the best high school panther boys golf team won the five A. boys state golf championship in Benton and resident high school panther boys golf team won the state championship with a score of two hundred and ninety eight points and won the conference championship with a score of three hundred and one point with the golf team please raise your hand with jokes for sure appreciation of them. Next is a bit high school Panthers cheerleading team they won the twenty twenty two class five A. state championship and whereas with this wind been high school Panthers cheerleading sport our team repeated class five A. state champ cheerleading champions and placed second in the twenty twenty to state cheerleading champion ship I'd like to ask for all the been high school panther cheerleaders that are in the gallery and those here on the floor if you all would please stand in the gallery raise your hand here which expression presaging of them. And then where is on February twenty fifth twenty twenty three haven ones with that high school panther wrestling team won the one hundred and thirty eight pound weight class individual wrestling championship at the Jack Stephens center at the university of Arkansas and would like to recognize him if you raise your hand so they could see you please. Up in the gallery. He's not here all right. Page wrestling and then also I would like to recognize Emily Holleman who is the Benton high school state swimming champion were you Emily good raise your hand. Please German these are your Benton high school state champions from all of the sports like to ask all the players and family if you would in the gallery please stand a madam chair I'd ask for a motion passed resolution forty six please. Thank you senator Hammer all those in favor of the Senate resolution forty six you're recognized high school paper girls volleyball team within high school panther boys golf team the best high school panther Leding team event high school panther wrestler have an islands as well as our outstanding swimmer all those in favor please signify by saying aye. I've had in a resolution for you. Thank. Members what I did before we had our photo shoot for for because I know we have a long agenda so that the athletes if they would they're going to route the center out the door field like to high five them as they go out the double door you all can line up but thank you all for being here today. Thank. Okay. The body will come back to order. We will now take up Amendment one Senate bill two zero seven. Amendment one Senate bill two O. seven. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized the this is a franchise tax the automation system that the secretary state once and those fees will be housed in the department of treasury with this house amendment thank you members. Thank you senator all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is. Senate bill two O. seven by Senator Johnson to modify the Arkansas corporate franchise tax of nineteen seventy nine and to create the secretary of state business and commercial services electronic filing system special fund. Senator Johnson. As close. Without objection madam secretary. If there's no objection please roll the vote. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any center wish to change his or her vote Senator Dotson president. Any other scene nine please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty four A. zero nine and one president. Senate bill two zero seven passes and wrote. I two Senate bill three twenty two Amendment one Senate bill three twenty two. Senator Irvin. Thank you and members as my bill my amendment that we were at a place on the bill on the house side create a good vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye hi any of those. I've had. Amendment Senate bill three twenty two by Senator Irvin to amend the days to the state board of barber examiners and to aid in the ministrations states barber loss. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you members we've heard this bill and pass it off this floor the amendment provides just some clarification I appreciate a good vote and happy to answer any questions. Any questions. Anyone would speak against. Less closed. I'm plus. Any objections rolling the vote. Man secretary please rowboat Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stuff Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any centers wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot by both the. Thirty five Yeas zero nine. S. the three twenty two passes and wrote. Amendment one. Senator Irvin. You're recognized. And the members I have a bill that was sent to Education Committee I've spoken to the chair and it Senate bill five twenty and I just want to re refer Senate bill five twenty from education to public health it's my bill it deals with and that in graduate medical and education of board appointments and that's all the bill does says Senator English not visit with that about it and she's she's fine with just me taking it over the public health so I can get the bill done thank you so that would be a motion to re referred to referred Senate bill five twenty from education to public health. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I said Hester you're recognized. Thank you madam president members that yesterday I. SP four sixty four on our calendar to my bill I passed over yesterday with the intent that it would be on today and it's not so I'm just asking if I put it at the end of the calendar today you know it because it was on yesterday's calendar so if you've prepared you were prepared for it but I just like to put it on the end of today's calendar if that's okay. SP four sixty four. on the supplemental calendar then thank you. Subject. Recognized. I just like within the last couple days if you had a bill in committee today that was amended in committee. We see Senator Dismang and we'll do a list like we had in the last couple like within the last couple of days so if you had a bill that was. Okay okay so it's already done. Well it's already done it you're agreement thanks to health care yeah. We will take that. One S. the three fifty five momentarily we will move on to Senate bills. Senate bill. One seventy two. Or any of the three. Are you. Yes. Do whatever I just have to be recognized. Senate ensemble. Senate bill one seventy two all right. Senate bill one seventy two by Senator Dotson to amend the definition of a non instructional duty to include the supervision of students during recess. Senate you're recognized. Thank you madam president members Senate bill one seventy two this bill really came about due to teachers that have been struggling with the recent recess taken as a designation change that made recess instructional time instead of non instructional duty time so what this does is it takes reset the reset session the recess section from the school day legislation in code six sixteen one two and adds some parts of that legislation six sixteen one thirty two physical education it also require the day recess to twenty minutes per day that would be considered duty time for teachers while allowing schools to count up to hundred forty minutes per week as part of the school day without one thing that school day so one of the other issues that we discovered as as I was working through this from one as originally filed to today is when we made the change several years ago We didn't want in the school day. But with county recesses instructional time it actually shorten the amount of academic instructional time per class period the teachers are now struggling to try to get all the content into each academic class Academic class so this will help give districts more flexibility in their scheduling and the ability to for teachers to try to get all that instructional Instructional academic instruction into their classroom periods more happy try to answer questions. Question center box and I see the boys. Thank you about a president Senator Dawson I got her email March fifteenth and so that's why the party at a time I just I remember and it said this bill cuts recess time in half and I just wanted to verify that's really what it does so so it does right now the law says forty minutes of recess mandatory per day. This makes it twenty minutes mandatory per day so does cut the recess mandatory period of time in half so that's absolutely true the it does increase the physical education from ninety minutes to a hundred and forty forty minutes per week so you increase some physical education time for students but you also allow for that instructional time the way that the minutes are counted throughout the day when we made the change several years ago to make it a hard forty minutes a day of recess only. The The designation of what recess was was changed from. Non instructional duty time to instructional time so now the kids on the playground are considered part of the instruction day and so The challenge with this is non instructional duty time are things like Carlijn lunch duty. Used to be recess so kind of the way the calendar can work is did you can be scheduled for duty time in the morning for car line and go to class that's instructional time then go to recess that's instructional time and come back to class instructional time. Lunch duty not instructional class more recess instructional and then at the end of the day Carlijn duty and so. The the flexibility of lesson planning trying to make sure that they're getting through all their lessons throughout the day it's but a lot of stress on some of our teachers. So. Talk about physical education so someone has a physical education class like a nine through twelve is that class actually require them to have physical education. So actually. I believe. This is only in K. through six this only deals with K. three six. Yep. Senator Solomon you're recognized thank you governor this kid free time not. Each time or walk around both of time it is going to have free time so I understand what the teachers are concerned about that as far as the kids are they having more or less free time have reached a true recess will throughout the day they would have twenty minutes of. Surely free time as far as the the recess is concerned actual go out outside unstructured. Really non instructional time that they're they're out that part is now physical education activity time would be increasing okay thank. A good vote. Then we just passed a bill that that passed the bill. Two years ago the preferred system based on the. Offense. We brought to testify the war. Given these kids after reserve fund was a lot better than taking a one time. So that was four years ago and and this legislation as a result of the unintended consequences of. That teachers are are struggling with keeping up with that mandate and is not prevalent all across the entire state it's more building by building district by district and some of the management and how how they're managing some of the schedules but there are teachers that are doing two hundred minutes of. Recess duty okay. Well this is this is trying to strike the balance of bills trying to ensure that we keep the physical activity requirements high for kids because K. three six you need to move around I mean that's important. That. Well. Of the recess portion of the day so you're we're increasing the physical education activity time. But. Teach you have physical education teachers that are. You know we really focused on. Physical activity so we're trying to keep the the. Activity level for kids movement getting around on a consistent basis hi but also keep making sure that instruction time is is working for the teacher's. I'm is working for the students the students are getting the instruction actual instruction academically but teachers are also not getting stressed out in the process and they have more time to to manage their their daily flow. Without a lot more stressful. All lifescan more stressful it seems here than session present a good vote. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Jett Leding Maddox secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Right. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Crawl. Davis. Davis these. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson yes English English. Lepo. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Love. Mickey. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Thank. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Statham. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators wish to vote did not vote for change of road please speak up I see Senate Bryant yes. Any others on the side Senate rickrolling NO. Senator Davis no Senator Hammer no. Senator Penzo no. English yes English yes. Any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of six J. sixty nine eleven not voting to present Senate bill one seventy two fails. We are now going to move to the supplemental amendment calendar degree. Differentiate this. The. Which is the green sheet of paper in front of you all. We'll begin with amendment to SB three hundred. Amendment to the Senate bill three hundred. Senator Hammer you're recognized. A bill my man prefigured vote. Thank you senator Hammer all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. Is haven't please send during. Amendment. Amendment. To to Senate bill three ninety two amendment to the Senate bill three ninety two. Senator Davis you're recognized thank you madam chair my bill my amendment. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it amendment is adopted please send to engrossing. One to Senate bill four zero five. Amendment one Senate bill four five Hammer you're recognized thank may present my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is haven't. Amendment is adopted please send to engrossing. I did. Not the Senate. We'll go to. One of Senate bill four sixty five center Dotson. Amendment one Senate bill for sixty five. My bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. Thanks Center Dotson all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. As head amendment is adopted please enter and grow. Amendment one Senate bill four sixty nine Amendment one Senate bill four six nine. My bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it is adopted please centering grossing we will go back and take it one to Senate bill four forty four. While the Senate bill four forty four Senator Leding you're recognized thank you my bill my amendment. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted please enter and Rosen. Amendment one Senate bill four eighty. Amendment one Senate bill four ACT Senator Teague you're recognized my bill my amendment. Thank you senator all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. As have it members adopted please enter a number of. Amendment one Senate bill forty one. Member won the Senate before eighty one Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr president my bill my amendment a good faith. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted please proceed. Amendment one four ninety five. Amendment one Senate bill four ninety five center Gilmore recognized my bill my amendment all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it is about the same thing gross. Amendment one to Senate bill five twenty three. Amendment one Senate bill five three Tucker you're recognized had filled at. Yes on this. We're going to hold off on that one moment we will. I will go to House bills amendment one to House Bill twelve oh seven. Member won the house bill twelve oh seven Senate bill more you're recognized my bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it members adopted please enter a growth. One house bill fourteen fifty. Amendment one to House Bill fourteen fifty independence you're recognized the committee president of my bill my amendment. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it. Amendment is adopted please send in your resume. Amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty three amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty three. Wallace to recognize thank you under my bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. As having amendment is adopted grossing. Okay now let's go back and. Last the job finder. When it comes. And then we'll put it out. We're now going to take at Amendment one Senate bill three fifty five and the call will. Amendment one of the to Senate bill three fifty five. This is the bottom items. The front page of today's business. Well you're recognized members of my bill my amendment. Thanks center Caldwell all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have a. Senate bill three. Amendment Senate bill three fifty five by Senator Caldwell to provide for certain requirements related to storm sent storm shelters for educational facilities under the Arkansas fire prevention code and declare an emergency well thank you Mr president we guard passes bill which is half input emergency clause owners who could go into effect to the immediately and the that's all we've done appreciate a good vote. Anyone would speak against or for. Any objection rowing the boat. Rowboat Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark. 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 stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. C. nine passed up the ballot. By that thirty five eighty eight and zero named Senate bill three fifty five an emergency clause pass and robot. The Senate will stand in recess for approximately five minutes so that way we can catch up on some administrative work you don't run off will come back in five minutes. Senate will come back to order amendment one to Senate bill five twenty three. I don't want to Senate bill five twenty three. Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you Mr president my bill my amendment. All those in favor I'm sorry. Question Senator Solomon. Thank you the amendment reads it says to amend a bill concerning alcoholic beverages tend to amend the law and the expansion about that we're dining to restaurant or bar I don't think there's a definition to a bar this was testified this morning by the B. C. documents and anything that something is not the five. This is what is voting on the member right now on all the amendment does that house sponsor So I'm we can look at the bill right now but I think. We should have that question when discussing the bill right now we're just adding an amendment for House sponsors okay thank you thank you ma'am. What. Know the questions all those in favor please signify by saying aye. You need does. Is haven't commitment is about the same. Where your committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill five O. five by Senator Hammer of. Recommend due pass counted. We will now return to the. Business agenda for the day. Two. And yes. Yes. Senate you're recognized. For some is gonna move Senate bill forty down interim study. All those in favor say aye. That's. Senate bill two thirty five by Senator Tucker to create the Arkansas absentee voter integrity active twenty twenty three to amend the law concerning counting absentee ballots to amend the law concerning elections and to amend the law concerning the duties of the secretary of state. Senator Tucker you're recognized thank you manager this is a bill to update the process for counting absentee ballots It does a few things the first thing is that it says NO one can count absentee ballots before election day that the County Board of election commissioners has to start on election day and then they have to count absentee and early vote continuously until they're finished before they start counting election day votes that's really the first change and then there's a a change to the way in which absentee ballots are counted there's really kind of two phases to it the first is by poll worker and then the second is by the County Board of election commissioners one of those significant changes that the bill makes is that if a bill is marked as provisional for any reason under the current law there is no obligation to notify the voter that their ballot may not be counted and sometimes some clerks notify some voters and not others and so what this says is that if if your ballot is marked as provisional for any reason then the County Board of election commissioners has to notify the voter that there is a problem with their ballots what it says is that they have to do it as soon as possible but no later than forty eight hours after it's marked as provisional and then there are really two categories of deficiencies which requires a different type of queue or if it's a serious deficiency. Then the only way to cure your ballot is to show up in person I'm at the county clerk's office and verify that that's your ballot the more serious deficiencies are if you don't include your voter ID with your absentee ballot voter statement if your signature doesn't match or if there your address is different on your voter statement that it is on your absentee ballot application if it's a more minor deficiency in your ballot that's that causes it to be marked as provisional for example if you just leave it to a digit off your zip code then you can cure that in writing and no later than noon Monday after the election which is the current deadline to cure and the current law so that's what it does it just provides a process to make sure that everyone gets notified if their ballot is marked as provisional beyond that it also has some provisions in there to make sure that there's a chain of custody is clean for absentee ballots so the No absentee ballot materials are misplaced but then has a an obligation for the County Board of election commissioners to retain all absentee ballots and absentee ballot materials after the election in case of a recount or judicial contest so that they can be properly challenged and then finally if there's any suspicion of fraud on an absentee ballot in the County Board of election commissioners has to notify the Attorney General of the local prosecutor I worked on this bill for a period of years a couple years ago I took a whole lot of a lot of suggestions and made amendments from former Senator Ballinger and from senator Hammer senator Hammer not sat down again on it this year and made some more changes and I've worked with a whole lot of folks quite frankly on the right even to the far extreme including election deniers to make sure that this bill complies with all of their concerns there's no rush I position that I'm aware of and and that's that's really it I'd be happy to take any questions. Any questions Sullivan you're recognized cleared of lotus know who the violation did not sure the person that works with this Clint Lancaster on this and I'll make sure what we may see our target. It wasn't easy wasn't you. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against. Four four. Senator you're pretty close I'm close appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Maddox secretary. These robot voice Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was injured by Senator Mark Johnson president. Any others. Senator Dotson president Senator Solomon president. Any others Senator Penzo president. Saying no other please pass up the ballot. That thirty one. The roommate and for president Senate bill two thirty five passes transmitted to the house. Senate bill three ten. Members just to be clear how I don't think it was yesterday enough and this is on the intervening day we're going to make a motion I make a motion to suspend the rules regarding intervening day for the remainder of the session thank you made with the confusion that may have just been for yesterday that's for the remainder of the session. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Motion carries. Senator Hammer. Make sure like to make a motion to suspend the rules to place Senate bill five oh five on the calendar. Motion to suspend its accounts Senate bill five oh five. On the on the supplemental. Bottom of the supplemental calendar yes ma'am all those in favor signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it. Senate bill three ten. Senate bill three ten by Senator Mark Johnson to repeal the electronic waste collection recycling and re use re use act. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized thank you madam president Senate bill three ten just repeals ACT eight thirty nine of twenty twenty one and let me quickly say what that is This was a bill that was sponsored by senator Wallace and representative wing he was passed late in the session there was a little bit a misunderstanding about what it did as it was getting closer to being implemented it some I will say complaints I think it's fair to call it that were raised by the folks at marketing and redistribution which as most of you know was once a Division of the FNA is now under transformation shared services of. They are cash agency they generate to revenue for that to operate from from the sales of of state surplus equipment about sixty percent of that is electronics computers other such things and that is their only source of revenue that a I don't remember the exact breakdown by believe it's twenty five percent is there Commission for this sale they operate on twenty five percent goes back. To the agencies and then The well I guess I said that about right but and the the the percentages actually scared me at the moment I apologize for that but but in our operates without a generate any appropriation so if we left this in place it was a serious problem because ACT eight thirty nine of of twenty twenty one created a rather complicated bureaucracy and according to the attorneys at the transformations shared services it also conflicted with the statute in twenty five dash thirty four dash one oh seven so I drew this bill and then was later approach to amend it to maybe just take M. and are out of it because we certainly want to make sure that electronic waste is properly recycled and repealing this act will not stop that we will be able to recycle all the waste but what we we are I was ready to maybe amend the bill and the folks at transformation tell me that the governor just wanted the bill repealed she thought it was too unwieldy to try to fix it and they'll be some of the solutions that can probably be done with that flexibility in the administration that transformation will have and so I proceeded with the getting the bill repealed and that's what we're here for days so I want to make clear that this is not putting a waste in the bight landfills there will be there has been in the past and will be in the future process to take care of that including recycling of your computers and things like that but what what this will do is take out a rather complicated bureaucracy at just want to first I want to thank a cooperation senator Wallace and representative wing who understood there were some problems with the previous legislation and supported me but going ahead and fixing it so I'll be happy to answer. To try to answer any questions. Questions for Senator Mark Johnson centre Love you're recognized. I think we debated this this committee my question for you senator Johnson is or the vehicle would be now. With the electronic waste their possibility that it will be fine can you speak about the center I'm sorry I know I'm old and death but thank you Sir can you hear me now yes Sir much better so what we have to begin to pay for our the collection of are in place to be no change whatsoever in the status quo because act eight thirty nine was never fully implemented. So it will be whatever we were doing in the past if there places a state where you might have to pay dispose of something it would continue that and if it weren't it would continue that because eight thirty nine was never actually implemented so that there will not be Hey there will not be a collection fee for he was I let me put it this way Senator if there were some region that had some kind of a fee that would still be in place if they didn't have the fee it would not be in place but this wouldn't affect that one way the other because it was never implemented and I hope I think most will have places where if you carry it in they will dispose of it within their budget I know I've been able to do this by caring old printers and things to the recycling pick up over near the of I guess now it's Simmons arena. Okay you of a committee representing County. As a recycling E. waste program I do believe the rest represent you know if there was if there is a charge for E. waste but there was seventy six they charge I'm I'm not sure around the state center I it may vary not only said that to make clear I didn't know but whatever they they've been operating within prior to the enactment of this and even after it because it was not implemented that's it is that is still whatever their status quo laws thank you thank you senator. Any other questions for. Senator Johnson. Same nine anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close Preciado good. Senator has closed any objections rowing the boat. Objection noted Adam secretary please call the roll Boeing. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield Chesterfield. Mark. Four Davis. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. She flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King. Came. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Thank. Page. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Staff. Stubblefield. Yeah. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators wish to vote who did not vote or change your vote I see centre Murdock president Senator Gilmore yes. Senator Hickey yes. Any others Senator Hill yes. Any other scene nine. He's cast a ballot. By a vote at twenty six yea two nine five not voting and to present Senate bill three ten passes please transmit to the House. Senator Clark you're recognized. Thank you governor. All members old the task you to suspend the rules to place. To withdraw. Of from education senate bill four hundred for the purpose of amendment put it on the end of the supplemental calendar. This in one of the counted but anyway just we would just hold for all from education at the moment. Spandrels to. Withdrawal senate bill four hundred from education please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is haven't. Amendment to the Senate bill four hundred. Senator Clark. My bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is have it members adopted the center and gross. Well like I suspend the rules and have it plays into the supplemental calendar comes back from a grocery. Motion to suspend the rules. To add to Senate bill four hundred at the bottom of the supplemental calendar when it comes back grossing all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it motion carries. Where your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four eighty five by Senator Peyton recommend to pass. Ballinger. Senate bill three fourteen. Senate bill three fourteen by Senator of. This is Alex Senator Elliott. You senator Elliots I'm reading that. Thank Ron Capps center where they got those kept by Senator Wallace Simpson representative Wardlaw. To amend the definition of qualified still specialty products manufacturing facility for the purpose of the income tax credit for waste reduction reuse or recycling equipment the declared emergency. Senator Wallace you're recognized governor. George is going to be angry. Because you all look so much alike. Members this bill simply extends the closing date from one July twenty three two one October twenty three four still specially products. The bill has been reviewed by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission with no issues the FNA of fiscal impact actually shows has a positive impact for the state. these projects are located in Arkansas. They'll have a total investment of least two hundred million dollars. Create at least a hundred fifty jobs and wages of least send five thousand dollars per job. Then again most importantly it provides a positive cost benefit to the state of Arkansas. And with that I stand by for your questions any questions for Senator Wallace. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat Madam Secretary please roll. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding huh Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator which to change his or her vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero named Senate bill three. Fourteen and the corresponding emergency clause passed Senator Hester you're recognized. Transmit house Senator Hester you're recognized thank you to governor a member's if I could have your attention for just a second. So we're kind of at the point in session what we got a really long calendar today we've got committees meeting after session today we're gonna have to have a hard cut off Monday because of a great event for somebody's retiring after forty four years we've got a hard cut off on Tuesday for some other event and so what what I'm going to ask is that so we're gonna batch House bills today. So what that means I don't know for some of you guys in the Senate bill that's come from the house was already heard in the House Committee on the house floor heard in Senate Committee now it is on the Senate floor. So I want if you would come to me if you have any bill that you do not want batched so we will hear every single one of them if you guys want everyone single one of debate on the floor right but if there is a house bill. that you want to to be heard. If you would come see come see me or hear. FOR C. Senator Irvin that would be great if you Committee center with the bill house bill that you want debated. and we will probably do this process again Monday and probably do this process again Tuesday but as we see a lot of these bills will just roll the vote and we're just pending time when it wasn't necessary but again happy to hear every single bill. But if we're gonna go to Senator Irvin on house bills that you want to heard. Okay and and we will make that so we just need to know that list before we get to House bills so we may have an hour to forget their right so anyway C. senator with bills that you want debated. Okay thank you. You have center. Simmer three twenty by Senator Irvin to provide customer protection for in state internet auction sales and estate sales to amend the law concerning the auctioneers licensing board inter amend the auctioneer's licensing law center and you're recognized. Thank you at S. B. three twenty permits the regulation of in state online auctions and estate sales to protect consumers and it updates obsolete and outdated provisions of auctioneers licensing act I'd be happy to take any questions any questions for Senator. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator I'm quite. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary. Boyd 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 rice stuff Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator injured voter. Page president. Any others. C. nine please cast a ballot that said thirty forty eight zero nine and one president Senate bill three twenty passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three sixty four. Senator Tucker. About three sixty four by Senator Tucker to require the state board of education to establish within two years of its assigned assumption of authority over a public school district the conditions under which the public school district shall be returned to local control Senator Tucker you're recognized thank you madam president I really view this bill in large part as a clarification of existing law it has to do with the state of part of Education takeover of local school districts it's in the law right now that it's supposed to be returned within five years for a team of about five year period eighty can either consolidate annex reconstitute the school district and in large part this really just clarifies that one part I don't want to mislead you that's definitely not a clarification and it is a new development is in before a district has returned to local control from the state government there has to be executive area that's promulgated by the department of education and this does at a time line to that that timeline is two years so if the state department of education takes over local school district they have to identified and state publicly in in writing the ex gratia by which the school district could exits taking control and and return local control. and then after that that part of the bill it just says once the school district meets those criteria it will be returned to local control if after five years this the district does not meet those criteria then the department of the state board of education can either return the school district to local control or has the same three options it's in current law recounts to consolidate or an axe and then if anything is left after that then it's return to local control at that point I've communicated with the Department about this through former representative Branscum you know they're not taking a position on the bill but in my conversations with former representative David Branscum he basically said thanks to you two years and apartment they think two years is reasonable to identify those X. criteria and five years is reasonable for a period of state takeover so with that I'd be happy to take any questions. Board center Parker center Solomon you're recognized thank you. Governor I'm not familiar with that law so within that two years is there an automatic reset if there's a violation within those two years. This is there was there's not really a violent. It's not set up for there to be a violation so there's are triggers in the law that enable the state department occasion to take over the school district and once the district is taken over there is. There's not you mean a reset of the five year period for the two years and now there's not and and there's not an and current law so this bill doesn't doesn't change that. One again I'm I'm not familiar with so there are trigger and of triggers are in current law for five years. And one violates those records under the five year clause what happened. It still has to be returned after five years under current law okay one violates the two years trigger. They still have to be returned within two years now there's no return within two years Senate what what happens after two years is the state board has to say schooled local school district this is what you have to do in order to exit local control just so they understand what they need to be working toward that that's all that happens within two years there's no return to guarantee of return to local control within two years I give up and I don't understand what the bill actually does so okay let me give you a little bit more context and I'm using the old terms they've been changed in the code and and that they're more technical now but originally when the state takeover law was written there were three triggers for state control everyone was academic distress one was fiscal distress and everyone was facilities to stress and that basically functionally is the same now even of the terms in the code or different so let's just say a school district has academic distress so the state department takes over the school district and then at that point presumably the district will remain an academic distress if they were they're not gonna get out overnight and so the Department specifically the state board they have two years to say school district in order for you to access they control and and be returned to local control the schools that have an F. rating right now you need to get them up to a D. or whatever the criteria are they have two years to say what those exit criteria are at right now under current current law they have to say with the express teary are but there's no time limit on that and this just says you need to do that within two years. Any other questions for Senator. For organic. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized to speak for. Thank you madam chair allow me to practice get some context your local school district you have been taken over by the state of Arkansas. The state of Arkansas controls everything that goes on in that school district. The curriculum standards everything they control the money they control the academics they control the facilities everything. They've had it under control for two years. So if there's anything that's wrong it's not not on the local school district is on the who is on the State. The state says I have enough sense to take you over. But at the end of two years I haven't done anymore you do in your two years that's where the problem lies my original legislation state if you take over a school district you must tell them what they must do to get out of local out of state control that's not unreasonable if I'm over here not missing up over here then you jim I got to fix this this and this I said it within the first year. Senator Tucker is bill does it within the first two years then after that you are still under state control let me tell you what some of the problems are under state control. No school district has emerged from state control in better condition and wanted winning in. Okay I'm just telling you the facts. The Little Rock School District was taken over because six schools out of forty eight schools six goals. They were taken over for academic distress. When they came out they were in fiscal distress. And fifteen schools were academic distress after five years of state control. I need you to understand this they had control of every thing there. If you'll go in. Not an fiscal distress and come out and fiscal distress as the state done its job no it is not. If you go in with for schools or six schools in distress you come out with fifteen and district state has done its job. But we still under control for a maximum of one five years. What we're saying in this bill it is after five years chalice are you gonna do transformation. Are you gonna returns to local control are you gonna merges with another school district. Those are the three options the state can do any of those three. In the learn as you will notice that there is a step between at that has been put in there because they understand that the current process is not working and that is you can partner with another charter school or another school or for an entity that can help you get your kids what they need to be. But the way it is right now files is not working. Time Blevins minute academic distress for the last seven or eight years they are still in the state control and they're not doing better. They're not doing better. Lee County has been under state control since secretary was upon they still are not doing better. The process is not working. And so at the end of five years they give superintendents how many years three he they mess up what we do we get rid a superintendent with. Kelly hearing me what do you do with superintendents of the S. three years usually get rid of them. But the state has five whole years to make this right we look to them to be the experts in education. But when school districts go into you have six an academic distress and fifteen or an academic distress when you come out there is a problem with the school district is doing so we are saying minimize it the state law says five that's what it means five not six not seven and just holding on to school districts that are getting better. That's what the bill does in two years tell me what else I need to do I've been in there two years tell me what else I need to do to get out and I'm going to do that. And then at the end of five years but has not more guess what we will do we will be the transform you into another school. More we will merge with the school or we will return you to state control those are the three options that we have I'd be happy to take any questions I appreciate a good vote on this bill because it doesn't make sense to keep leading the state do this and we're not better off with our kids when we come out. Any questions for me Medicare I'd be happy to take the Fite Fortner Chesterfield Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president Senator Chesterfield utility to the discrepancy between one the state took over the Little Rock School District versus plan went back whose fault the thing that is at the St Paul this state is very easy to fall is that Is there some mitigating circumstance that puts that entirely on the burden of the. Of education our state administrators purchased local. This state has the power to put in place programs that will mitigate the situation. Superintend the school The Commissioner of Education becomes the superintendent of schools I understand and he also becomes the school board I understand that so if I am in charge and I'm the superintendent and I am the school board to lose responsibility is at the end to make sure that things are better it's the people who had those districts and if the state is setting those districts they are supposed to have the person power to do what we're supposed to have done under that and that's to make the schools better. That's their responsibility they're supposed to have the financial wherewithal that a district that goes into distress academics does not come out distressed fiscally. What didn't have fiscal problems will within and academic distress we came out in fiscal distress under who. The superintendent of schools and the school board we hold local school boards responsible yes I hold those people at the top responsible as well. So you don't tribute any responsibility to the administrators of the district that we're still working there or other Employees in this case of the state department cation it was solely on per phone unit secretary T. the person the king who wears the crown. Has a responsibility that person could be handed out on let me give me an answer your question. Because I think he's a friend of mine. So I'm not castigating junkie I'm castigating the process. I don't wanna make it personal. What I am saying to you that if I am the superintendent of schools and I am the school board I can remove anybody who is not performing. So if there are administrators at a lower level who are not performing it is the responsibility of the board and the superintendent to do what to those employees remove them if they are not removed and they continue to provide a lower level of service to the children in with whom they are entrusted. Then what is a fall. Leave it to you to answer that question. Thank you Sir thank you very well thank you. Anyone else wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. Thank you Mr president thank you senator Chesterfield I do want to clarify just make sure everyone understands the right school district is not currently in any form of state control we have a fully our school district is fully in control of the of the district our school board is fully controlled the district so there's no active issue between the state department of education in Little Rock School District this bill just came out of my experience you know through that and it's just to say two things if the state takes you over out of fairness within two years you ought to be able to know what gets you out and that after five years you ought to be able to get your district back five five years means five years and and I think everyone agrees that a taking over us as local school district and disempowering a locally elected school board is a significant step everybody at the Department I've ever talked to about that agrees and so it should only be done sparingly and on a limited basis in this case that's five years and again that is current law on the and the bill from that standpoint it's just a clarification of current law firm from my perspective so that I appreciate a good vote thank you thank you senator has closed. J.. I'm secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark grow Davis these this mine Dotson 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 senator wish to change his or her vote I see Senator Solomon no Senator Mark Johnson no. Senator Stubblefield love. Any other Senator Pitsch president. I see no other. Please cast a ballot. But thirty one eight three nine and one present Senate bill three sixty four passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three eighty Senate bill three eighty five centers Clark and board to require records custodians to respond in writing in certain circumstances under the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven Senator Clark. Thank you governor thank you colleagues I want to thank the members of state agencies for helping us to get this bill right it really is just a very simple commonsense bill almost a technical correction. one of the biggest problems we have with for you is to simply lack of communication all this bill does is says that you need to communicate. If you don't have it all bill the law already says that if you make a for requests they have to respond with the information this is if you don't have the information you have to say you don't have the information or say that you're exempt and that if you know or reasonably should know who does have the information provided that information very simple if lots of people already doing this just because our courteous people and and the customer service type people but there are some that don't and a lot of times isn't open lawsuits and we top the courts and we get there and they say well we don't have the information so the this just closes a little closes the loop that people said this have to do what they should already be doing I'll be happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Clark. The nine one wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close thank you and I should have said under the with the last amendment I do not know of any known opposition to the vote I will to the bill I would appreciate a good vote. Any objection rowing boat. Maddox said was well that run Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis the Dismang Dobson English. Loures Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty priced Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his per her vote Senator Dotson president. Senate pro present. Senator flowers president Senator Gilmore president. The law president. Anyone else. Please cast a ballot by voting thirty eight zero nine five president Senate bill three eighty passes please bring it to the house. Senate bill three four seven three eighty four by Senator Wallace require public schools to provide instruction on adoption awareness. Senator Wallace you're recognized thank you governor. Members when you. Fifteen sixteen years old. You think you might be pregnant are you are pregnant or your girlfriend's pregnant pregnant that's a really scary time. You don't know what to do sometimes. This bill will help. This bill is going to. Have the schools have a one one class period a year or no more than one hour class. To our students from grade twelve all the way down to grade six or adoption awareness specifically. So talk about the benefits of adoption to society the type of adoption available. The difference between adoption through the foster care program or private option just who to contact if you find yourself in a situation. Hello thank. Senator Chesterfield she helped me put this in school language as opposed to soldier language folks I think it's a real good bill and I would appreciate a good vote. Any questions. What's the answer for. Senator has closed. Rowing the boat. And secretary please well the vote. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these this mine 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. The center was to change his or her vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. The thirty five Yeas zero nine Senate bill three eighty four passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three eighty seven Senate bill three eighty seven by Senator English to amend the Arkansas military child's school trend transitions Act of twenty twenty one. Senator English you're recognized. Thank you very much so this says Senate bill three eighty seven make some technical changes in the Arkansas military child school transition active twenty twenty one. Any questions for Senator English. I am always speak against her for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Secretary quite well that. Right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these displaying 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 senator wish to change his or her vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot by voting thirty five game zero nine Senate bill three eighty seven passes please transmitted to the house Senate bill four zero three. Senate bill four three by Senator Blake Johnson to consolidate agriculture boards and commissions to abolish certain boards within the department of agriculture transferred the duties of certain board members within the department of agriculture and decide declare an emergency. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized thank you members this and governor this is a Been worked on for awhile now as many of you know the this is a consolidation of sixteen boards in agriculture down to three three commissions and won State Plant Board the There were sixty three different meetings and held in two and twenty twenty two. The with the over so that through the department of agriculture with all the all those sixteen boards and commissions and committees the this rule pair them all down into for which would be forestry livestock and poultry the natural resources and the State Plant Board and it'll creates five subcommittees underneath those the four main commissions and boards. And it it has savings of almost a hundred thousand dollars and eighteen hundred almost nineteen hundred man hours and it makes consistent five year terms across those boards and commissions and and it cleans up a possible constitutional conflicts in those sixteen the that are present now the and also in the you know it is a companion bill yesterday on those conservation districts the there is three hundred and four appointments within that. The in the conservation districts and this brings it down to fifty seven appointments. Appreciate a good vote. Any questions Senator Blake Johnson. Senator Mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president Senator Johnson this is abolished the better examination board do a veteran veterinarian examination board they and they become a subcommittee of the of livestock and poultry and there's a large of it in a small that and the the they have to have two small vets in that subcommittee so ad hoc members but it does abolish existing board and it does combine them with some other entities that Kerr entity entities livestock and poultry commission okay so I guess what I'm saying is that since it is a medical type board we're we change had a lot of veterinary bills this session all this I just want to make sure that that this was you know what actually laws and then they'll be able to function in that subcommittee so what is our requisite number of the veterinarian so either large or small animals that are are required to be appointed to those boards there's two on the Commission and under the subcommittee there's a large or small that plus two additional ad hoc members of the subcommittee for that for that purpose okay thank you for answering questions thank you Mr president. Any questions for the senator. Synonymy close centers. Anyone want to speak for or against the bill. Currency none none sector role of any if there's no objections. And center please roll. Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis the Dismang Dawson 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. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote rather go to serve in the side we've got Senator Clark no vote. Senator Teague is present. Or any other another changes. R. C. nine minutes okay please because about. All right okay. There we go all right by a vote of thirty three days one day zero novo zero on leave one present the bill passes please. Trans met to the house thank you. Our center for forcing Penzo you're recognized Senate bill four four by Senator Penzo to ensure reasonable regulation of amateur radio service station antenna support structures. Service or you're recognized. Thank you. Senate bill four oh four just codifies FCC regulations on amateur radios it just insurers and reasonable regulation takes place the basic any questions of mapping answer. Per share a good vote. Would anyone like to speak for against the bill. Thanks seeing none. The objections to Roosevelt's role the. C. nine madam secretary please relevant Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile 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 step feels Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any any Senator desire to change vote for vote have not but at this time. No vote from C.. Know what from Senator Tucker. Bills. All right see none by a vote of thirty four yeas I'm sorry casts up the ballot. By a vote of thirty four yeas one day the Senate bill four four as pass please transmit to the House. All rights. Senate bill four one three zero four thirteen by Senator Dismang. To amend the requirements and procedures for appointments and confirmations of appointments to boards and commissions and declare an emergency Senate is when you're recognized I think you have members this just and provide a little bit of clarity in our appointment process the first thing it's going to do it it's a it's a ten day requirement from when we receive the notification of appointments as you know we've had some issues in the past for maybe that's been very delayed or actually notified appointments been made by the second thing it does it requires the pro tend to call a meeting once every three months to consider appointments that have been made but does a couple things prevents them from piling up but also allows us to kind of stay on top of what's happening regards to appointment as it stands right now we're only allowed to approve appointments we come into special session regular session or fiscal session so this would allow us to take these up on a regular basis the other thing is it's at least three months and so if there is a particular issue then we can come in and have a meeting at the call of the pro tem it also allows the rules committee to operate you know in that time period when route session. Are there any questions for the senator. Senate recognized. Thank you Mr so Leding of the entire body meeting of the entire body okay I mean that the theory is we would tack that on today that we're already here in A. L. C. or whatever may be wondering the interim but again by the end think we should be able to have a reasonable discussion about these point to use in a timely in it in a timely manner this would this would create that process again someone would be appointed then maybe not received confirmation for six months I mean I don't I don't think that's right for us as a body that's not right for the point two units also creates quite a predicament for the second floor if it goes differently than they thought. Any other questions for Senator accentors closed. Anyone want to speak for or against the bill. C. nine. Any objection the role of a. Secretary please roll line Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these this thing Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice them Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. The Senator wish to change their vote or vote who have not voted. C. N. nine. I'm secretary please. Please pass the process of the ballot with a vote of thirty five Yeas in zero days Senate bill four one three as pass at with emergency clause. Please transmit to the House. Senate bill four fourteen Senator four fourteen by Senator heading to amend the regional airport at to create a procedure for annexation and detachment levy of tax on retail sales on property evidence already created regional airport infrastructure development commission. Senate you're recognized. Mr for Mr president whichever you prefer. Members this is one I'm sure you've been spoken to already I'll be brief the likelihood of the changing a an opinion is probably slam and I respect that I do Want to address the the contents of the bill and **** you just honestly openly listen and I happen to change someone's mind either way I respect that as well but this before fourteen is a a bill that's modernizing regional airports so what is a regional airport it's an airport created pursuant to the regional airport Act which the Arkansas code annotated fourteen three sixty two one oh two. In nineteen sixty eight these airports are owned and operated by regional airport authority. These stories are are not private entities by definition there governmental entities with choirs I municipal powers there are three of these in Arkansas. delta regional airport in cold Arkansas Arkansas International Airport and bobble slash guys now and then the northwest Arkansas airport and houseful. XNA is the only one located in a municipality that is not a member of its authority virtually all the others are located within the city or county that owns it and therefore the detachment a portion would would not really apply. This is a very narrow bill. and and likely not to happen again or create a situation again there's only three in the state of Arkansas two of which when the original airport bill was passed and and with an amendment that I read from here in just a second of nineteen ninety nine and this bill is not likely to be an issue or a slippery slope that we go down the original bill from nineteen sixty eight is been amended a number of times but I'm a read just a. Brief section from an amendment in nineteen ninety nine. Because. There seems to be a little bit of confusion or was confusion and it says this is tax fourteen twenty of nineteen ninety nine which is Senate bill seven sixty three and it was dealing with exemption from annexation and and municipal regulation what it did was it says that the intent. In here in the emergency clause for that day for that bill it is hereby found and determined by the eighty second General Assembly that president law is unclear. As it as to the authority of municipalities to annex regional airport property that the ownership and control regional airport should remain with the regional airport authorities and that this act clarifies the law so at a minimum it was unclear whether or not the annexation was in the and intent of the original law this was meant to clarify that and say going forward that would not be a part. I'm going to address a few of the key points from the bill and then move on to some of the the comments both for and against this bill this bill clarifies immunity given to regional airport authorities by replacing the phrase governmental immunity in the regional airport Act with language identical to the Arkansas code which establishes immunity for cities counties school boards and other political subdivisions in again by definition in the act it's a governmental entity anyway so it did it manages to or it creates a mirror to those that are currently in code it has a conflict of interest provision to the regional airport Act that mirrors that currently by city councils in quorum court's. Eliminates a provision in the regional airport act that gives regional airport authorities ability to create an improvement district currently under the current law eliminates that they can impose a tax for airport operations on property owners many of whom will never use the airport. It creates a process for regional airport authority to detach or D. and X. from a municipality I'm sure we'll have a lot of discussion about that but it did it provides for that ability in which the property lies while ensuring that any existing municipal debt obligations are not impaired as a result of the detachment. The process requires a regional airport authority to engage in good faith negotiations regarding other special factors and considerations that should be addressed as a condition to the detachment. It creates the ability for the regional airport authorities to levy sales tax on the gross receipts of retail sales and other activities at their airport concessions car rentals parking eccentric and to create a regional airport infrastructure and development commission to collect those taxes and expand them for airport purposes economic development construction maintenance and similar purposes this only applies this tax would only apply to the people who use the airport not other taxpayers. So. Obviously those in support of it those from the board of and board members and staff from the XNA all of which are elected officials by the five major cities and the two counties in which this read this airport supports for the region. Opposition the municipally and obviously the city of high full but the board. Of the authority is elected is appointed. By essentially seventy six members of the cities and counties so what's the what's the opposition. And an off site meetings during committee and from emails I've heard from those opposed to the bill the city of Highfill staff elected officials members from families in the community who said that their families agreed to sell their farm and and and others the bottom line is it just it comes down to a few concerns and in spite of some of the other non monetary concerns that were mentioned and and not be mentioned today I really believe all down to the money city obtains a large portion of the revenue from the sales tax generated by the airport it's not one hundred percent. But. it's about seven hundred thousand I think the only other sales tax generating is the dollar general and the there's a convenience store I realize it's a big number and that's why I believe this bill goes to great lengths to be sensitive to this type situation and under this bill nothing's gonna occur immediately it's going to take at least somewhere between eighteen to fourteen year eight to fourteen years For the the loss of the sales tax revenue to occur and I suspect they'll be continued growth in hi Phil. Currently the city uses the sales tax to to to retire debt outstanding debt issues that were issued for improvement to the city this is a unique situation here a hundred percent of the sales taxes generated by the airport and paid for by the users and only the users of the airport who have no vote whatsoever on the tax so essentially one percent of the tax on the airport. Is by those users. This is a regional airport there six hundred thousand people in this region. And so It should be a. Issue that is addressed or of that is covered for the region. There's questions in terms of the time line this was annexed the authority was formed in ninety two. The annexation began in ninety five there was options and acquisitions that that happened before the annexation for the airport there may be questions there but in nineteen ninety five when I voted annexed or a hundred and four people and half full and forty seven people vote fifty four people voted forty voted for fourteen voted against I'm not saying that the numbers are not relevant but just as information so. I realize it boils down to the money there may be some other issues but this is not gonna happen for a long long time and there will be continued growth likely because of the airport currently there's nineteen hundred we've gone from a hundred and five to nineteen hundred and twenty two they're expected to almost double that and and see in the more. A recent future here so but. This tap sales tax will continue to support the fun the the the operations of high full for a long period of time That's a long time for people on both sides to plan and and so with that I'm gonna pause and see if I can answer any questions. I thank you Senator questions Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question. Thank you. The. Given thought to we we had we had a good baseball. some questions about the the. Got me to our districts for the bill I get is remote area. But the question I have you know of any any current state statute. And allows for of the levy of local sales tax. By the government agency without of a. In my could you repeat the question I'm trying. That allows for levy of a local you sales tax by a four year government by the government entity without a vote. I'm not familiar with the no Sir. you know how the the local you sales tax reform currently being used at this before. The locals you sales tax. being the eleven how that got what it was passed by the city of household. And then the do you know of any statute that authorized. A government body to purchase private land within the boundaries of another city. And be able to be an exit from that city without of a I'm not and and I don't think this bill or the existing regional airport bill allows them to do that and the Federal Aviation Administration also severely limits that ability for for those types of things but I'm not familiar with any situation there. One last question at the airport needs needs that land that's not currently known for this in the city limits apply. Well they have donated. I would say that they don't have to an eminent domain it but I would assume that they could negotiate at that point if that's if that's the need in the future. Thank. I thank you any other questions Senator dot for a question thank you Mr chair Senate budget I. I think I made for you say something in your explanation but I'm not entirely certain the the timeline for when Highfill annex the airport into its city limits was that before or after their poor start of construction out the middle of nowhere. So the authority was formed in nineteen ninety two they began acquiring parcels soon there after they acquired a number of parcels they had the slat. the number one site was called sooner tend to I think they began continuing to acquire size and then in nineteen ninety five after some acquisitions of sites had been acquired the in house for annex and and as a as a follow up to that point the intention as you can imagine was to not to avoid territorial fights and that's why the five cities in the two counties got together and said this is going to be the intention is to be in an unincorporated part of the county four for those reasons thank. Thank you Senator Irvin. If you have questions and I'm gonna get senator paid. All the. Yes. So. One of the questions I have been When this is enacted in the agreement was made between high school and and the airports and. I think there was an agreement that and allow the airport to not follow any municipal regulations laws and zoning excite or a in exchange then high school could continue to collect the sales tax. So I have not been presented with any agreement I'm not saying that there's not one there I'm not saying that it was just an oral agreement but as I understand it the amendment that I referred to a minute ago nineteen ninety nine amendment the axe fourteen twenty I think it's what was. Fourteen twenty that was where they made it clear that the into the regional airports couldn't be and extend to the municipalities and and not subject to their ordinances and so forth. Right so this is coming from a somebody who I work with he was the former and official I think she was of the former and city Clerk at high. And so she was in the city Clerk at that time in nineteen ninety nine women and when they try to de annex then and so I think they came to a compromise were able to work through that situation and and so I think. For me I my question is if you if you pass this bill. Then as the authority of the airport can they then go out under eminent domain and try to take in more of property who would who would they fall under for that a forty for annexation because you're creating kind of your own entity government entity so it's not just the tax issue that were kind of creating a completely new entity that can now tax without a vote but what about annexation issues what about those kinds of things when you have. The you know ability or the need to grow or expand how how is that going to occur and do your bill okay okay so to be two point two five if I counted around one with the taxation I'll I'll back up to I don't believe that this the annexation of of future growth is changing the the existing bill of the existing law that's in place now I don't think that's materially changing with this as far as the taxation goes they already have the authority to to charge fees user fees and so forth and in fact and in some of the previous discussions and and and I don't know that this is necessarily part of the compromise discussions you were talking about the the answer was we'll just add more fees to the users because the users are paying those at the airport and so I don't know that the the the taxation is going to have a net impact of of saving money for the airport and and more importantly the money that is generated over twenty five years very very very very little based on testimony by the the the administration there has gone into the airport and so that the tax that is currently being assessed is going to the city high full. It is being generated one hundred percent by the users of the airport and I've got a two hundred and fifty million dollar backlog of capital improvements none of which the sales tax that they generate from their service from their their you vendors there can be used for that. My last question is there a personal profit there are property tax implementation as their property taxes. Issue if your bill passes how would that affect the property tax. Not now are they would they not pay it in the future like how it's property tax going to be affected under your legislation that supports those school districts which then has. Ramifications for U. artsy three are finding insured so so I can impart answer that with I can look through I've got I've got the full existing and amended bill I don't know the answer to that what I do know is the projected growth is expected to almost double which is going to have household was is going to continue to expand I don't believe that there are currently property taxes paid but I don't know that for certain. Senate take you're recognized for a question I'll have your Clarke Tucker thank you Mr so your bill amends a section of code that refers to an airport authority not this is not necessarily the specific airport authority do we have others that currently exist other than this one or is it possible in the future that more would be created under this section of code and therefore this authority to levy a tax in section six. I mean it doesn't just apply to XNA and harmful I mean this is a section of code. By with an authority can be created and do you know of any other authorities currently exist so there are three that are currently existing two of two of which I believe have been around for for significantly longer time but they're only color currently three that exist and the only one that has commercial service where did that the sales tax would even be applicable other than fuel tax and so forth that the smaller ones is this what the exit days the only one with any commercial services in terms of it I'm sorry it would seem that sexist six gives the authority to do any that currently exist and any future ones or form under this section of code it gives the authority to levy a tax. Yes potentially the the the other two we'll talk about the future in just a minute the other two are part of the municipalities or or county and which owns the airport. Okay so your bill would give them or the. To de annex from wherever they're at because it applies to all airport or but they would not be an ex from themselves well. We don't think they would today. We're giving them the ability to do that sure sure. Thank. Senator Clarke Tucker you're recognized thank you Mr Jonathan Dismang president Senator really I ask my question It was my concern really just about the access. And so it's and I know this but I hear all of your response. Put me at ease a little bit about their ability to take and surrounding property including property that is within the city limits of a nearby municipality. That's my question. So. Hi I believe that and then I've got the code here I can answer that with certainty but I believe that by eminent domain I don't know that we're changing any of the existing regional airport authority. abilities whether that existed or not I don't think we're adding any new to what's already there okay. Thank you. Senator Stubblefield recognized for a question thank you president. thirty two. Total revenue is. On the. Per year the total revenue of the sales tax. Total revenue thanks okay so one of the numbers that that was discussed in in committee is forty eight million and that includes user fees that includes federal funds that includes essentially all funds at forty eight million and is that what you're looking for their. Yeah that Calls. One more question. Would you agree. The with the passage of this bill will give extraordinary powers. To a tax a group of tax information. That will never be voted on by the. Do you agree with the. Would I agree that this would give extraordinary taxing authority of seven to the and I'm assuming you're talking about the the commission that would be form to to collect the tax that the authority. That the forty has it would would authorize and and then the commission would. Then manage the the collection of I think it would be for for me it would be the board of the airport authority who. Sets that in play and then the the the board. Although there appointed are accountable to elected officials of approximately seventy six of the city councils and the quorum court members. Individuals have the power. elected officials. There are elected by the people. I still have the power that. The correct under the bill they have the they already have that have the power to tax but yes they would have under this bill they would have the power to tax. Senator Caldwell you're recognized for a question. The used by the board or council of normally when boards such as a water the commission things like that or appointed by mayor they're not accountable to anyone but themselves no there's no recourse to the of the elected officials will this board with any elected official have recourse to the decision of the board may or they only live the water boards and commissions throughout the state the once your appointed there are only account for themselves. Presheaf that I don't know that that that that I necessarily agree with the I am not familiar with the water situation there but I'm not I'm not disagreeing with you on that point but I would believe I would I would say I would respectfully suggest that they are in this case accountable to the the entire region and the county and the city that that there's two for for each of the this the seven entities they're accountable to those. I normally of game will will use water order of the division that do that want to the member to water board or commission appointed and approved by the city council or the of a quorum for there's absolutely no recourse for the city council or board come back to over rule a pay increase for a rate increase or anything of that nature that's what I'm trying to determine is whether or not this board would have would would any elected official four of four four four city council have any recourse to decision that the board would make a big. City council have have vetoed any decision that this board may I think they would by virtue of those that appoint them would would then be able to call in to question whatever that the did that they did yes thank. And just as a follow up to that too I don't know that this is any different than any other boards and commissions in that we as elected officials we in the Senate here we confirm but once once they're appointed. We have certain measures that we can we can actually I try to address but I don't think this is any different than those. All right thank you members may have any other questions. Senate. Thank you Sir. So the petition for the tax. Again it just says an authority may petition for that. With a two thirds vote of the members of the board so the other two this. Part of. To take the same action. They could but again they are the owners so it's like and and in their case. There's no motive to detach from their sales. For now the future. authorities made this. And this bill would require all of its not just specific to XNA. Potentially I think that there are other compensating factors that are in play in terms of of of future airports and and the the the federal aviation controls of of those I don't think we're going to have a significant amount of new airports not saying it couldn't happen but but that is Bagri. Thank you members with any other questions all right seeing them when you would like to speak against the bill. Johnson you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr president. Of. I kind of have a hundred rule back my mind that if if I'm the only gets ten percent of a bill that it's kind of hard for me to go speak against it was less a vote against it and I have a lot of thanks a lot of good things in this bill that senator Patty is brought and I can appreciate the fact that But not everything that that high full has done is something I would necessarily prove but and I know a lot members the body get tired of me talking about the old days but I hate to say it was over forty years ago I was involved with governor why was an office of creating the local option sales tax we were going through a time when inflation was so high between the time that you assess property and the property taxes received by the local entity the inflation so much it ate away at their the value and and cities and counties and school districts included but specially cities and counties were in a real by so his solution was to the local option sales tax and then we had certain areas that immediately jumped in and did that in Clark County I remember with the I think one of the very first ones was Caddo Valley if you're been in there you know that's the first exit driving toward Arkadelphia a lot of fast food places there and I think there's they might have a three percent I don't know but they have a fairly high local option sales tax It seems like a good idea at the time and I'm actually okay with that at the time but you know you live and learn you watch things happening you see the process evolve into a series of communities that are the haves and the have nots I was last year I was looking at my district I had one city that had a very large retail tax base and they had plenty of money and they could do a lot of things I had another city that was on the verge of losing your ambulance service because they didn't have enough revenue to pay the minimum cost I had to have to keep their ambulances going and then the domino effect if you lose your ambulance service you lose your nursing home so that we we've got this imbalance with these these local option sales taxes. The thing that ten percent in this bill that troubles me is that you talk about expanding things we're giving a non collected entity the power to exercise a gross receipts tax basically you're saying that This entity in yes I know it's a public entity and appointed by the City councils of the various member origins and I'm I'm all for that part that's fine I like the idea of a regional authority because airports serve regions not individual cities is not the Highfill airport this is in Northwest Arkansas airport. My problem is. We are granting to. A non municipality or non County. The right to and and non improvement district court granting that right to to have a sales tax and folks if we're going to continue to try to meet our goal of cutting income taxes and the taxes it but really do heart our state our economy then you know we have to have some some flexibility in this to where you know I would love it love us to change to take one of our pennies for that a level in college and if you're talking millions of dollars but it's pennies and just do it on a flat rate that all goes on a turn back basis on a fair basis to all the citizens around the state through the individual communities and therefore not the halves getting all this these goodies and all the you know the extrapolation ball fields and and water parks in the towns it can just barely pay for their ambulance service or trying to scrape by wall all those people are going to the next town that has a Walmart supercenter and leaving that tax dollars there but not getting the benefit of a model here. And now I'm I'm a little bit off subject only say that the that we expand this one more bit it's gonna be near impossible to continue any kind of reform in this regard we need to pull back from where we are resident expanding who can Create at a local option sales tax and that's really you know what this is it's an act it's. It's not a good idea to do this now like I said the other ninety percent of the things in the bill could be for I think it there actually many good things to to have a regional entity running things instead of a you know one little accidentally have accidentally being your little community so we're going to tax the heck out of you because we can do this and we've got all the money in the other spouse but extending that the authority is a to me a really dangerous and incorrect precedence so I would appreciate your voting no on the bill until that's changed thank you Mr president. Sir Clark Johnson spoke against building like to speak for the bill. Yes bill center Penzo you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. Hello XNA it's report a flood of the most got friends on the board and one C. and be successful I just wanted to clarify I will be no vote on this for a lot of the reasons that were mentioned the The the the ability to tax and have an un elected. Board members control that I have a big issue with but the but I just really came down here to order plan on speaking against it but I wanted to clarify some of the real estate stuff that was discussed when Senator Clarke Tucker Mention that You know can can can they buy or can they acquire land in the future that is in Bethel Heights the answer to that is yes and it's not necessarily through their eminent domain abilities they can that being that this is like a corporation. They bought the property that they're on now they can buy a property in. Hi four. D. in excess of five full annex into. Their their own domain so yes they can cannibalize hive and I believe the old goal here is to build a their own city with hotels and restaurants and and that's that's the ultimate goal here so I just want everybody to kind of understand that this is to take take additional land develop and collect tax revenues from those entities I'd I just have a problem with non elected officials having that ability and I appreciate a no vote. Sir Penzo spoken against the building like to speak for the bill. Against the bill saying none survey you're recognized to close for your bill. So. The the. One response to the to the the taxation issue my concern currently is this is a regional airport serving six hundred thousand maybe more citizens million six users every year all of that money. Is being generated by the airport and and not being utilized for the services of the airport or for the benefit of the airport that's a regional airport. With that he said more than. The my fear is that the the the city could increase to double the tax and not affect their citizens there's no motivation to keep the tax and and check because. It's all paid by the the users of the airport so with that. I'm going to pull this bill down. And we'll revisit it another day. Senator Petty is for senate bill four fourteen down and revisit. Another time. We're gonna pass over Senate bill four nineteen for now. Senate is made back Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair members so far this is the list that has been given to me of House bills are going to be pulled out of the batch and they will be considered. individually. Their house bill twelve oh three. Twelve fifty three. Twelve sixty. Fourteen thirty two. Fourteen forty. Fourteen sixty eight. Fifteen twenty six. Fifteen thirty one. Fifteen fifty nine fifteen sixty one fifteen ninety one and sixteen oh six. I read it again. From the top get your things out you can circle them twelve oh three. Twelve fifty three. Twelve sixty because I has an emergency clause has to be voted separately fourteen thirty two fourteen forty. Fourteen sixty eight. Fifteen twenty six fifteen thirty one. Fifteen fifty nine. Fifteen sixty one fifteen ninety one in sixteen oh six. And eleven oh two. I think we're just hearing all what is it everybody or your dinner with just. You know. Where a lot of debate. Senator Petty you're recognized. Senator Teague you're recognized. Thank you Mr. I believe there is still twelve that we. I'm having members to only add other ones as I'm standing up here. Hello will reconsider I'm sure there'll be more I expect lots of healthy debate hello all bills bills. Senate bill would anyone asking questions and to prepare dinner for us. You know what will will prepare some yeah thank you I appreciate. Senator call well you're recognized. Thank you. President of the I had mentioned earlier today in Agra meeting that we would meet upon adjournment with this list I'm not we will do that I have a seven o'clock meeting to go to so after I will not make today. Senator Rapert you're recognized we were. Remove a bill that we want to hear House bills well that's that's that's what I was hoping the if if if there's something that. Willing to if you were the one that struck a bill. Are they wanted to hear it now you're good not hearing it you can go see center of animal revisited here in another thirty minutes or so. Okay thanks. Senator Leding. Before twenty one by Senator Leding to date the catch safe safely and to require the entry medication information courses for athletes personnel and coaches. All right thank you president colleagues other coach safely act which is seen great success in Alabama just got passed on a Mississippi would help protect the dispensing you sports and their coaches by requiring the coaches to complete a short free online safety course that has information about concussion protocols playing sports in extreme heat and other extreme weather conditions At Central ello do there more than three and a half million U. sports injuries each year more than half of which are preventable so we're just trying to do more to protect young athletes I appreciate the Arkansas athletic association working with us on this the Arkansas athletic trainers have no opposition Municipal League supportive came out of committee unanimously and I appreciate a good vote thank you. There any questions for Senator Leding. Saying no we would like to speak for the bill. Would you like to speak against the bill saying no answer leading a closed. Senator Leding is close any objection rowing boat. C. nine nine secretary role of Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. We would like to vote that has not or change your vote Senator Johnson is president Senator Dotson is present. Anyone else. Seeing another sector please cast about. By a vote of thirty three a zero nation to present the bill has passed transmit to the House. Senate bill four thirty two by Senator Dotson to establish the conditions under which a public school that operates primarily at virtual school may offer a statewide student assessment of our tool setting. Senator Dotson you're recognized thank you Mr president members Senate bill four thirty two Basically does what the the title says as set of virtual school may administer statewide student assessments Basically and it meets the in the manner in which meets the best educational needs of the students so if if they want to establish that they can do that virtually they are virtual students it sets out the requirements in the bill on how they would have to go about doing that we're happy to answer any questions. Sir Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair of the Senate. With the other kids take their tests is it in the schools are all easy out. I do not know. The reason I'm concerned is I want to have a level playing field if they're able to use it on the day contest. Then the kids in regular public schools whether they be charter for regular schools should be able to just stay in their schools to and so it would be instructed me to know but I know it's late in the session and you don't have the time to do the research but I think we need to be very careful about setting up different standards for different keys just because of where they are thank you I'm assuming that the Students in public schools the traditional public schools take the test in the school classrooms that they In the learning environment in which they are already in this bill would allow the virtual students to do the same. Any other questions. Sing number. For against the bill saying on Senator Dotson is closed any objection rowing the boat. Singerman secretary please role of a board Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Johnson 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. Remember like to vote that has not or change their vote Senator flowers president. Senate Chesterfield's NO. Senator Tucker president. Sir Murdock president Senator love president. Senator Davis president. Senator Leding president. Anyone else. That's okay please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty two yeas one nine six present the bill has passed transmit to the House we will pass over Senate bill four thirty four until serviceman gets back Senator English. Senate bill four thirty six. Senate bill four thirty six by Senator English. Temen the maximum number of new or additional positions in the maximum number of fat of passenger motor vehicles for certain institutions of higher education. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much so this is a bill that comes before the Senate Education Committee every regular session to amend to statutes that authorize the number of vehicles and provisional positions allotted to each campus there to campuses requesting new provisional positions and six requesting additional vehicles for various reasons provisional pro positions are temporary positions generally funded from outside resources like federal grants and contracts. Each campus has a current out allotment of vehicles for each campus in this bill addresses new vehicle needs for campuses for things like transporting students for academic and extracurricular programs. There any questions Senator English. So what you're recognized. Senator English on from just looking at this bill quickly look at it is this is this increase in the number of vehicles for cooperative extension from two hundred and fifty to five hundred. I'm sorry I didn't hear you is this increase in the number of the vehicle two hundred and fifty to five hundred is up I guess on the on their overall system wide yes. Not for the school each school okay. All right thank you. Any other questions to. Sing number it would like to speak for against the bill or for the bill. Seeing none. Is closed any objection rolling the vote. Seeing number of secretary please role of a poet prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll 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 system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would any member like to both that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero maze the bill is passed transmit to the House. Senate bill four fifty cent before fifty by Senator Stubblefield to amend the law concerning possession of a handgun on a journey. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. College under current law journey as defined in statute. conflicts with the journey a description that was passed the last session but it was mistakenly put in the definitions this bill is only a technical correction. To allow the Arkansas Code has nothing to do with carrying guns to school as a new statute regions now you can have to break you you have to break the law under than the statue we are now it breaks the law in leaving your own county to be legal outside your county this will correct that. Take a question any questions. Sir Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you will be the. Anyway. what. I I had nothing to do with the journey bill we passed a last session but apparently they when it was passed it was mistakenly put to the definitions the word journey in this might this might it were if you put a gun in your vehicle you backed out of your driveway and your county. You're breaking the law but if you go to the next County you're not breaking the law but if you drive back to your county your break the law this correction at all it does. How. If no changes it changes the wording to align with the code. Back out of my driveway you said I'm breaking the law that's right in your in your. In that same part of god we would go to another county with that breaking the law that's right thank you in the driveway you're breaking the law. Hey number. That's what this bill that this bill is paid please explain how that happens this bill that guide listen. Smyl fixes that problem. Any other questions. Are there any other questions senior would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Seeing none Senator Stubblefield as close any objection rowing the boat. CNN secretary please role of a board for a Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would you ever like the vote that has not or change their vote Senator Tucker no. Senator Leding no. Anyone else. Senator flowers no. Anyone else. Seeing none better secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty two yeas to three nays the bills passed transmitted to the house Senate bill four sixty six Dotson. Senate bill four sixty six by Senator Robinson. To amend the Arkansas state protection act and to include offering or providing abortion referrals as a prohibited transaction by a public school or open enrollment charter school center Dotson your. Thank you Mr president Senate bill four sixty six. Add this one sentence to the current Arkansas student protection act currently the student protection act reads there are three things that are that a public school or open enrollment public charter school shall not knowingly knowingly enter into any type of transaction with an individual or entity that performs abortion induces abortion or provides an abortion this adds one line that says offers report provides abortion referrals. Senate bill that might happen take questions any searches because you're recognized for a question. All senator Wallace is doing indeterminate happy to be able to down to it. As whatever happens so a school district or first referred you for. and I have read stories about it I don't know specific instances. This is in this state I would submit that has done. And then it won't be a problem. What is what what you just so that we just don't feel better. I don't think a school drug school districts should offer. Nor provide abortion referrals to any students that's the language of the bill. Any other questions. Would like to speak against the bill so Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr chair ladies and gentleman sent I guess I'm in my small government mobile today. The government is just doing stuff. There is not a single as in this state that anybody would be stupid enough to refer somebody for an abortion in a state that is pro life. Everybody knows it. Everybody knows that and yet we continue to put stuff into law. But no real good reason. And I guess I'm beginning to be more and more we just thank them we thought in there we think some else we thought and this is not happening. This is not necessary government. I appreciate a no vote. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Senator Solomon you're recognized to speak for the bill. We all know there's a lot of things we thought would never happen five years ago and they are happening across schools happening in our early day care and other places that people are changing pronouns changing genders having surgery center being recommended by our government officials and school people that's happening it's happening in other states every day and the state will isn't happening now may be a very true statement it may not be a true statement tomorrow. What I would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Seeing answer options like to close for your bill. Thank you Mr president of members I said this. Only adds five words to the code or offers or provides abortion referrals I think it's fairly simple. Common sense thing to do personally and that's why agreed to run the bill and would appreciate a good vote. Madam secretary please call the roll VOL eight. Yeah. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Roll. Kroll. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Payton. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Staffan. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Would you like to vote that has not or change their vote. Senate senator Blake Johnson yes Senator Rice yes. Senator Kroll yes Senator Clark yes Senator Hickey yes. Any others. Any others cinematic secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty seventy a six nine two not voting the bill has passed transmit senator Clarke Tucker you're recognized. Thank testing thank you Mr president I move that we re referred Senate bill five twenty three to the city county local for the purpose of amendment. Without objection. I also like to move Senate bill three oh three to interim study. Without objection to education. And then Senate bill four fifty seven to enter Saudi state agencies without objection I mean yes that is without objection. Senator Irvin you're recognized for motion. Thank you like to read through all my bills Senate bill five twelve from Education Committee for purpose of amendment without objection. Amendment one Senate bill five twelve. My bill my amendment. I appreciate a good vote all those in favor of the amendment signify by saying aye aye opposed say no motion carries thank you. Amendment adopted. Senator grossing. For the. I got the TV is not on the the body or. Okay we're not we're not quite ready yet. So we're gonna move those motions the last two motions Senate bills to inner study and re referred to committee. So right now we're going to do since Senate bill. Four seventy seven for senate bill four seventy seven set service when you're recognized I can make a motion to suspend the rules adopted amendment to to Senate bill four seventy seven. And place it on the counter for second reading. All those of favour spending the rules. but on second reading for the members of the minute thing by saying aye aye opposed say no motion carries amendment to this Senate bill four seventy seven all this does is add a co sponsor and after adoption I'll make a motion to add it to the end of the counter. All those in favor of adding a minute signify by saying aye aye opposed say no motion carries. Center Senate. And I make a motion to add Senate bill four seventy seven as amended to the end of the calendar. When it comes back from gross sales Senate bill four seventy seven to the in the counter when you get back from engrossing without objection. Okay. At the end of the supplemental calendar is one that will be here. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you I'd like to make a motion withdraw Senate bill five twenty eight from city county local firm further consideration. Without objection. Senate bill five twenty eight remove from further consideration senator John Payton you're recognized. If the proper time I'd like to make a motion to add Senate bill forty five to the end of the supplemental calendar. It was read across the desk earlier. So we want to add Senate bill four eighty five to the end of the supplemental calendar there's no known opposition without objection. Okay and members and. And just a few bills may come back up and what we'll try the try the bad we'll see how that's looking into whatever Senator Irvin is ready. So what if you just give us a second we're going to read some bills across the desk. Yes the the the the the screen will come back on when when we get going again. Is that right. We love the screen. No we're just reading some bills across the desk so. For your committee Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred senate bill three hundred by Senator Hammer compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two three ninety two by Senator Davis per the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four O. five by Senator Hammond compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill four forty four by Senator letting compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four sixty five by Senator Dawson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar committee on verse Bills to whom was referred senate bill four sixty nine by Senator Tucker compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill four eighty by Senator king compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill four eighty one by Senator Hammer compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill four ninety five by Senator Gilmour compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill twelve of seven by representative Underwood for the rest with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen fifty two by representative Gonzalez. Committee west copper three John Feinstein correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill fifteen forty three by Senator India compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized for motion. Thank you Mr president I moved to withdraw from consideration Senate bill three seventy nine. Withdrawal Senate bill three seventy after further consideration your bill. Thank you Sir I would also. Like to move to referred senate bill three ninety five to interim study. Okay on the first the first motion without objection and what a second motion second motion moved to re refer Senate bill three ninety five to interim study. Senate bill three ninety transportation. Transportation. To enter study without objection. Thank you Mr president. Secretary. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four hundred by Senator Clark for the rest of the original find same correctly engrossed. Counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill five twenty three by Senator checker compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. What we. They are just a second. Senate resolution forty eight by Senator love to recognize the University of Arkansas at little rock Trojans women's basketball team for being the twenty twenty three hello I have a House valley. Conference regular season conference champions Senate resolution forty eight calendar Senate bill five forty eight by represented by Senator Boeing. All to require can consent to the assignment of benefits to healthcare provider and to mandate that is generally of the assignment of benefits to healthcare provider Senate bill five forty eight. Revenue for insurance and commerce center five forty nine by Senator Dismang to reduce income tax rates to individuals trusts estates and corporations Senate bill four of five forty nine Revenue and Tax. Senate bill four one nine. Senator Dismang you are recognized to present Senate bill four one nine. All right to. Senate bill four nineteen by Senator Dismang. To extend the sunset date for the Arkansas medical marijuana special privilege tax act of twenty seventeen an emergency. All right members this bill just extends the special privilege tax medical marijuana for two more years we do this every session we commend. Any questions. Senator dot you're recognized. Of service thank you tell me what that is is that like a. What what are we what is it actually includes tax medical marijuana there's privilege tax on medical marijuana it generates I think BFA said roughly sixteen million a year. Thank. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Any objection rolling vote scene madam secretary please role of a board for I Caldwell Chesterfield Clark grow Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. We would like to vote that has not or change their vote Senator Dotson no. Anyone else anyone else seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty four Yeas in one day the. Bill has passed emergency clause adopted transmitted to the house Senator Dismang senate bill four thirty four Senate bill four thirty four by Senator Dismang reduce the number of employees required to mandate the electronic filing of a of annual withholding statements and to reduce the methods by which an employer can file an withholding statements certifying you're recognized all right thank you members this drops the threshold for having to file electronic W. two from two hundred fifty two one hundred twenty five there are exceptions for those that are not able to meet that may because of technology the technology issues or internet connectivity or whatever it may be just for reference our staff has to manually enter three hundred and thirty three thousand W. twos a year for this. You give them an active everyone's interested I'll look up the number I was not prepared to be here at the second but it I want to say it's roughly two hundred payers would be impacted by the bill I will tell you as someone who does pay riprap I think we're good to go on this thank you any questions sing none we would like to speak against the bill. For the C. nine Senator Dismang is close any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stones Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would anyone like to vote that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero made the bill is passed transmit to the House senator. Dotson were recognized for S. the four seventy. Senate bill four seventy by Senator Dotson concerning career and technical education. Third option you're recognized thank you Mr president Senate bill four seventy is very similar to another bill that we've already heard Senate bill three sixty nine in fact it's identical in the first. Three sections as well section five the difference comes in section four and after we sent this down to the house or the other bill down to the house The department as well as the various career and technical education folks. Trying to work some of the the the the the language to make it as as smooth and as functional as possible had some additional language changes recommendations so worked on that and if you recall just to back up a little bit this bill. does the is for waiting credit for career and technical education courses is to make sure that those current technical education courses are at weighted and can be used by institutions of higher education for post secondary that transcriber will credit for gaining postsecondary technical degrees and so that's what the first two sections that I. Didn't mention did then the last section that is the one that has changes in it is regarding the computer science and making sure that that. that career path those that pick a career pathway has either the computer science or computer science related course requirement and it gives instructions to the Department on who will make those minimum standards for that that requirement within career and technical education pathways going forward. More happy to try to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Dotson Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president Senator Dotson we pass the bill we could to go to that. Your science course at. Placed it with I mean I I thought it was OK what we're replacing with but this is reinstate that one single course because I've caught some Flack from some of my constituents that is maybe not such a good idea well what we past couple weeks ago was an attempted compromise language within that that section of the bill and that's the section of the bill that we're continuing to try to work on to make it as smooth and functional as possible so really the If you look at the line before like the existing code right now reads in department education approved high school computer science course before the student graduates it adds the words or computer science related career and technical education course so that career and technical education think of it this way someone is required to take career and technical I computer science course or if they're in a pathway a computer science. Related course which the department and according to the legislation the career and technical education division within the department and the Arkansas computer science initiative will work together to develop the minimum standards of what that computer related course requirement is the minimum course requirements so we'll make sure they're still focus on computer science within every pathway but to me make that graduation requirements it'll be a career and technical education course that has that computer science component in it so I am thank hearing this right. You take what we've had the last few years and thank you senator Eric computer science courses or if it's specifically related to your career pathway that's been determined that more. The more tailored right more tailored to that specific pathway but still with a a emphasis heavy focus on that computer science related components within your career pathway because is about every pathway is going to have some type of computer related Stuff in today's today's world we're living a more specific computer science course would be okay compared to a more general one for someone that's not going down that. Right yes if they're if they're not going down then then the I think I get it thank you senator thank you Mr president. Any other questions. So Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you your Senate agree to build. I would not say so. Who disagrees the computer science the code. Code folks that are are a that they do not agree with it in a computer science related field they feel that the coating is being disregarded. High school. They're very hyper focused specifically on on a one components but not all the students in the state that are needing. Training a robust training and one of their field is for completion. Thank you. A good vote. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Any objection rolling the vote sing number of secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES 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 stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Senator Alan Clark president Senator Chesterfield no senator flowers no Senator love press. Senator Clarke Tucker president Senator Murdock president. Senator Leding president. Senator Dismang president. Senator Irvin president. Anyone else everyone happy with the board. Madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of twenty six chase two day and seven present the bill passes transmitted the House. Server do you want to presenter talk about the batch. It was I think we have twelve bills that will be in the back I've got a written now okay if you have the ones that are extracted or the ones that are these are extracted these will not be in the batch so the only one that's different is fourteen forty seven fourteen forty goes back in the batch. House Bill fourteen forty will be in the batch the server so I'm going to read off the bills that are actually in the batch. Okay the bills that are actually in the back which. Twelve five four. Twelve nine two. Thirteen oh three. Thirteen thirty three. Thirteen fifty eight. Fourteen forty. Fifteen seventeen. Fifteen twenty three. Fifteen twenty seven. Fifteen forty one. Fifteen fifty and fifteen seventy one. So when we finish with the Senate calendar did you read we will vote on that action at fourteen forty. I did okay. So what would. But. What we get back to that time the then we can remove Senator English. I read that list again this will be the the the batch. House bills twelve five four twelve nine to thirteen oh three thirteen thirty three thirteen fifty eight fourteen forty fifteen seventeen fifteen twenty three fifteen twenty seven fifteen forty one fifteen fifty fifteen seventy one that will be the batch clearly we can adjust it again but we will address that when we get to House bills. A moving on Senator Irvin SP four second two. Senate bill four seventy two by Senator Irvin to amend the law regarding alcoholic beverages and authorize a state park to sell alcoholic beverages on on premises consumption without obtaining a permit from the alcoholic beverage control division. Serving you're recognized thank you it members what this does is allows our state parks to be able to generate their own income they are able to sell on site from is only alcoholic beverages they actually will have a permit it's just not the permit that you would get through ABC but it's its own state permit and ABC would be regulating under all of their regulations that exist for everybody else so it's just providing a pathway for our state parks to and to generate those those that needed dollars and compete with their local areas and increase our tourism for the state of Arkansas and and but still fall under the regulations of the permitting process through the ABC board and all the regulations that go with those apartments add this is part of and I think I this is part of the first gentleman at initiative to grow the natural state and this is and so I can answer any questions. Any questions or service. Sir John Payton you're recognized. Thank you Mr program So if the state park is in a dry county what is that going to change anything so it it does allow for that the part director to apply for a permit through the state parks director the secretary of state parks and then be under the same permits as at permittee regulations and that ABC regulates but they would be able to sell on premises only just for consumption in that and what county or dry County. So in a dry county. Right. Currently you can have a private club which right lies a lot of things this is basically the laws yes it will be it will be basically the equivalent of a private club license that's correct but it's just going to be under state parks as well as ABC. Okay thank you get any other questions seeing none would anyone like to speak against the bill for the bill Senator Irvin you're recognized close I've closed appreciate a good vote service close any objection rolling the vote saying I'm secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark. Davis the Dismang doubt Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace remember change their vote has not senator Dotson no. Senator dis no. Senator Hammer president. Senator love no. Senator Chesterfield no. Senator Gilmore president. Senator Stubblefield president. no sorry. Senator Kroll president. Senator Hester no. Senator Chesterfield yes. Would anyone else like to change their vote. Senator stone no. Senator Gilmore no. Anyone else. Senator John Payton no. Anyone else seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot by voting twenty five Yeas eight in a and to present the bill is passed transmitted to the house. Senate bill four seventy three Josh bright. Senate bill four seventy three by Senator Bryant concerning public school employee professional or labor organizations. Senate prior you're recognized thank you Mister Pro Temp. Members this bill amends out the payroll deduction for labor organizations. I know that you guys have been contacted a lot on this bill because it's it's an organization Scala members. To address their concerns about gun email with this bill does not do is keep any educator advocate or advocate from participating in this group that also does not prevent or discourage this group from communicating within its own membership. This bill is about potentially removing any fear intimidation in the workplace I just wanna give you a few examples of that. We will undoubtedly past the most when most comprehensive bills and education history so got a lot of activity got a lot of emails a lot of discussion occurred. Now some of those calls I answered I could easily I couldn't call it was just it is what it is you can they're very passionate about being opposed to the issue some of those I could I could call I could go through the the merits of the bill we can agree to disagree but we can get there have a good call rational conversation some calls I got were for the bill but I had a lot of confusion about the bill. And those those calls are probably the easier ones to have but as I discussed where they're getting their information from they let me know it was from there their labor organization. And so I said what what do you what do you pay for organization which you obviously disagree with and I was told. Well they felt like it just wasn't worth the risk to upset the veteran teachers or their co workers to back out of an organization which they. They didn't want basically to be ostracized in a little small member group and I had a personal experience with that being a member of the federal workforce and you know as a group I watched how how unions operate in a it it is what it is. You can choose to do it in choose not to do it that's that's still part of the process. They said that they have annual fairs or the the the organization or the the the the very pro labor workforce comes and talks about the merits talks about the good of the organization but if they felt like they that it would be a part of an organization they felt like they were gonna be ostracized from the group. When I say what would correct this they said well we should all just have to be able to do this on our own. Like the technology is there to easily just pay our dues direct what we have to go through and fill out a form check a box and annually let people know what we're doing what can we just take this like we do everything else and take it to our home. All we know what we're debating this I got an email last night I'm gonna quoted. They're obviously opposed to the bill. But they said I've never been pressured to join or get others to join as a matter of fact because I am a member I have a target on my back by the administration there are several in my district have to hide the fact that they belong to this organization and therefore they have to pay their dues on their own. I think of all member simply had to pay their dues on their own. Because we have modern conveniences that we can do that. Employees would not have to bother with the stress. Now you've probably heard how this takes away ploy choice or how this this is all about the sessions all been about choice so you're taking away the employee's choice or which will take away the employee's voice I just don't believe this is true employees can pay for the subscription just like any other household bill. In fact I called our state auditor to ask if I could have dues withdrawal from my check for this body to go to a labor or political organization. I was informed that I did not have that privilege but they did insurer and back to encourage me to go to my bank and have an automatic deduct set up to pay those dues forming. So I just want to restate that this bill does not force anybody to do something which they don't agree with or have a passion to support. But it does take the potential for workplace fears and and intimidation out of our workforce. So I'll be happy to answer any questions are there any questions. Seeing none we will speak against the bill center Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr chair ladies and gentleman the Senate. Hi may be the only member in here who is a life member of the Arkansas education association. Association has been around since the eighteen eighties representing the interests of public education and public school employees. When I asked senator Bryant why he was writing this he told me because a couple of people didn't like to be asked to join. Nobody made him join. It's a poor reason to take away the ability of everybody else who wants to join. It is a very very poor reason and then he said. Those folks who do join feel they have. Area of stone something on their back thanks gonna cause them some problems I've been doing this for some fifty years now I joined the union and set not in nineteen seventy six and I've asked people to join and they told me yes and I've asked people to join and they told me no. And I respected whatever their decisions were. But to punish people. Put simply warning to be a part of something by making it more difficult I think it's unfortunate. I think it's unfair. I don't understand how a couple of people who don't like something get to change everything others who do want something this means the end of your retiree Arkansas retired educators you can't take it dues after that. Can't take it does al if you're buying a card to a credit union that may be owned by one of these entities. It is a horrible thing to just continue to bash institutions that are made up the majority of women. It's easy to just punch a button it the administrative didn't say that in one. School boards didn't say that in one it but a couple women said I just don't like it because somebody asked me to join and they make me feel good. It's a heck of a reason to do away with something that this state is allowed. For as long as I've been around. And I've been around since it was a pup and he's since died of old age so I would say to you this is very very bad legislation. It's in bad faith. We have a choice to every thing here. Parents ought to have choice kids choice but educators don't have the choice of saying I want to have some dues taken out of my paycheck by paycheck that doesn't make real good sense I think it's for public policy and I would appreciate a no vote thank you. What it would like to speak for the bill. But Sir Clark you're recognized. I thought the center bronze bills point was about someone who was for the bill but pointed out that they thought they were the other teachers were targeted by the administration because that there was be deducted and they knew that they were members my dad had the opposite experience as a teacher he was a member. And something happened he disagreed severely with the decision that was made and he canceled his membership and he was warned that he would lose his job. The best if he canceled his membership he we did it anyway but it would be best for all concerned this doesn't stop anybody's choice they can still join they can still do it easily because I can have a draft another bank account like we do on so many other things if not everything but there's no reason for the school to know what they're doing and there's no reason for to happen there I appreciate a good vote. Would you like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator Solomon you are recognized to speak for the bill. Educator for thirty years belong to unions not belong to unions in multiple states multiple years everyone every school that I was ever in had the discussion about joining the union it was mostly a political discussion because and there was pressure in every instance about joining the union so that you would support certain causes so the idea that this doesn't happen is in my experience it's not true thank you. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized for a question. Senator Solomon I know your of my age when you did this did you have the same kind of bank the automatic withdrawals electronic transfers and all those things in those days that you have now that could perhaps substitute for someone who wanted to do this I don't know if we had electronic or not but yes it was taken out but at by the employer the. About now yes Senator Rapert mentioned that you could set up a thing with any organization correct whatever not just a union or anything or they would deducted from that regularly the draft from your checking account yeah I don't know how it works I know how right now in every school I've been to you have an opportunity to have those dues taken out but I'm saying it was a political discussion in order to support an agenda and if you join the union you knew with the agenda was if you didn't join the union then you knew there were everybody knew who you were as of today but it is a political decision and to say that it doesn't happen in my experience it's just not true I I appreciate what you said Sir I'm simply trying to clarify from those days to these days if someone wanted those dues paid from their checking account they could do it without the employer having to be a party to that under today's so would you agree yeah I think that's great thank you Sir thank you Mr president. Would you like to speak against the bill. For the center these you're recognized to speak for the bill thank you Mr be brief just when researching this talking to folks I think that the biggest thing that frustrated me was about a third of the budget and stay in Arkansas and that's a concerning things so a good vote thank you. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator Rapert you're recognized to close. I'll just close real quick because I didn't turn my my pager read my last statement I think it it might be permanent to my knowledge the current payroll deduction process is subject or for your loss which could be used to generate a report and pressure employees to join or leave any on which side to agree with so as as a right to work state I believe we should leave these private this these decisions to our private homes and be able to do that that way so with that I'll close thank you. Secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Bryant. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. You speak dismaying Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello yeah. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Penzo Petty. Petty. Price. Staff. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. What a member like the vote that has not or change their vote Kroll hi. Anyone else. Anyone else seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of twenty six J. seven eighty two not voting the bill is passed transmitted the House Senate bill four seventy nine Senator Dismang our way hang on senator Dodson you're recognized for motion. Thank you Mr president I had a bill that. Amount and out of committee and found a technical correction we need to send back so I need to make a motion to suspend the rules to place S. B. for sixty five back on second reading for an amendment. All those of favour suspending the rules but that's before sixty five back on second reading for minutes signify by saying aye. Opposed say no motion carries amendment to the to Senate bill for sixty five. You're recognized my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote all those in favor of the amendment signify by saying aye. Opposed say no motion carries. motion adopted. Amendment adopted send to engrossing. Now senate bill four seventy nine Senator Dismang Senate bill four seventy nine by Senator Dismang to amend the district distributions from the general revenue fund account and transfer revenues to the restricted reserve fund to be used to address food insecurity in health needs center Dotson Senate dismaying you're recognized. Thank. I member's bill does exactly what the title says it it directs those funds for the rich The New restricted reserve fund to be sure to address food insecurity in health needs. Are there any questions for the senator. Senator Solomon you're recognized second Billboard effect about where that's going at this point I mean there's there's nothing set in stone but the the hope is that this will fund the GME program understanding is being about ten million dollars per year to be able to get that off the ground and it would be then sustain their after that additional revenue additionally and again it had to be determined we don't agree on this but we we hope we'll pass the bill later day that takes care of the copayments on the free and reduced lunch if the federal government does not cover that amount then I would hope that would be able to use a portion is to cover that copayment. But one thing to keep in mind is just with this particular fund we just extended for two years it only exists for two years if recreational marijuana or whatever does happen then is a potential that these funds go away. Any other questions saying nobody would like to speak against the bill for the bill Senate dismaying is close any objection rowing the boat. Seeing none madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role Davis these dismaying English Flippo flowers Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace would anyone like to both that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero Mays the bill has passed transmit to the House. Senate bill four eighty eight Senator Hickey Senate bill four eighty eight by Senator Hickey to repeal an obsolete reporting requirement regarding property tax revenue Senator Hickey you're recognized thank you Mr president members the time on this is really. I'm I hate to see a little misleading it does more than that so I wanted to say that on the front end what what this does members is Right now or what what the voters are done as a they had passed an amendment of course for the homestead property tax credit and it was three hundred dollars then what the legislature did as they pass they had to pass a tax of one point to actually fund it which they did it I haven't seen it. Of course that has grown over the years The I have sent has ended you all know what we do is we put to we've raised that. Instead property tax credit which we just did it the first of the set of the session from three seventy five to four twenty five. The thing is. The we have a bill in place right here we have some legislation in place that says if there's any additional money in this that the chief fiscal officer of the state will transferred that to our catastrophic reserve fund the money right now whenever it comes in it goes into what is called a property tax relief fund and does take an act of the legislature to remove it from that. In the last couple years what we did is we are trying to reworked everything because issues to go into our wall into the long term reserve account we changed the name of that to the catastrophic reserve account so that there would be independence to watch out for that that we don't take any money out because there's a lot of benefit that we keep it that way and what we are also done had passed was to pass legislation that says that we keep that catastrophic reserve account at twenty percent of our budget. So the thing is we really don't want to get any a lot of extra money in that catastrophic reserve account more than twenty percent of our budget because we do that at the end of the fiscal year and the reason is is we want to maintain that balance of for several different reasons one of them is that we get the best bond rating. And the thing we don't want members to to try to take money out of that as you all also know what we've done in the past with some of our tax cuts as we've actually. put a trigger in place if we took money out of the catastrophic reserve account. That in the the tax cut would go away so we don't want to get a lot of extra money in there and then limit ourselves from being able to use at some point. I will attempt to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Dotson you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Senator Hickey just if you would what is going to happen now with those funds that are not being swept in Castro Reserve. They will they will stay will stay into the fund that they come into which is which is the property tax relief fund trust if I remember correctly so so this is not really obsolete language it is I mean that was kind of a thank you. That was the only question I had on whether this is really off and I thought maybe just a reporting requirement that you truly are the leading that whole section yes Sir and and the sweeping of those funds so they will begin to accumulate. For someone to try to come in and. Raise them in the future and that. Well that that would be harder because that money right there is going to be specific for that use more more than likely what's going to happen of course is that the wages of the future legislators legislatures will look at at at giving more property tax relief or is you of my you and I have discussed an option could be an option could be that that the have seen this coming in the into that phone could be lowered. The the challenge with that is my understanding that definitely that we can only lower stuff it like an eight an eight that a term so what we have to do we would have to make sure that it would cash flow off of whatever the current collections or they're coming in okay so. I don't know obviously you may look at this but. What a better option not be to start redirecting those funds into some sort of a catch also we know when we're we're getting to that point so we can lower that a cent sales tax or something with those funds or have that and restricted reserve or some other type of funds so it's not pulling their looking like we're having more and more than were actually. bring and I wouldn't think so because if we did if we did parking in a restricted reserve or something that would probably be if you did a restricted reserve of course that could be done in the offseason and a majority of the members could pull it out because we always have additional language you know that if we were to you know with the legislature wants to do it and they all say they could that's why I made mention that the property tax relief fund that actually takes us to be in session for us to get the money out of there so it's really safe and it's a it's readily available want to you know what the balances of that account or I mean I I. I would like to see is maybe do something but not just believe in the property tax relief fund I don't know if it's kinda late session to start making a lot of changes is this something that's really urgent that we do or so we're not over getting too much accumulation that catastrophic fund. Well in my opinion it is because again with the legislation that you all passed a couple years ago you know what what we've done some we've done some pretty of prudent things is pole as far as to get us in a situation that you could call the catastrophic reserve fund are true rainy day and you know conversations leadership in the house in the past and everything with the amount of money that we've got in there right now what you all know it shall be somewhere around one point three billion and as our budget increases of course on June thirtieth July first right in the in that time the first moneys if we were to be under twenty percent the first moneys of our surplus would flow into that and that's the reason that we really don't want a lot of extra money in their. I if I remember correctly the property tax relief fund is probably somewhere around a hundred and thirty million right now it wouldn't surprise me there was a little bit of talk about the possibly trying to go above the four twenty five that you all did earlier in the session personally I didn't want to do that I wanted us to go back to pre COVID numbers and make sure we cash flow is what we did but after we watch set for another couple years it wouldn't surprise me that that there will be a push to try to provide more relief to consumers. Yeah thank you thank you Sir. Are there any other questions. C. nine is there anyone to speak for against the bill. Right Senator Teague you're recognized the close I'm close. There any objection or on the. C. nine nine secretary please all that Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark we'll Davis the Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty have done stuff Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would anybody like that that has not voted or would anyone like to change their vote. Senator Dotson is no. Would anyone else like to change their vote. All right madam secretary please cast the ballot. I'm sorry by that F. thirty one days one day and Senate bill four eighty eight passes. Transmitted house. Senate bill four ninety two Senate bill four ninety two by Senator Irvin to allow for an alternative to the requirement for notarization are of requests for adult and long term care facility residents maltreatment registry checks and child maltreatment register checks and declare an emergency. And before I present this bill house bill eleven oh two can be put back in the batch. Well it. No eleven of two sorry. No Senate. Yes I'm sorry okay. That members Senate bill four ninety two what it does is just allow for an electronic signature M. as in not notarized release on these registry checks and this is for child maltreatment registry it's just to release with an electronic signature versus are in a very. Okay so it to allow for alternative to the requirement for notarization of requests so that they can use an electronic signature instead of a notarization of requests for adult a long term care facility resident maltreatment registry check and child maltreatment registry checks is just allowing for electronic signature verses a notarized paper copy. Are there any questions Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question how do we then for check the person in the long term care facility from having that you Sir and they end up being screwed as a result of that I can't find a more refined term for that. Than that. Okay so it does not eliminate the requirement for a registry check it's just saying instead of a notarized written signature you can provide that with an electronic signature yes ma'am thank you for the question any other questions. Saying I would like to speak against the bill. For the bill centerman is close any objection rowing a boat seeing none madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bryant 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 rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would you like to vote that has not for change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas in zero days. The bill is passed emergency clause adopted please transmitted to the house. Three of these. Okay a member's. So. So if if if everybody would look up for second you got this piece of a metal counter it's massive. We're gonna do the same process as we did before. On on the batch if you will see Senator Irvin if there's something that you are unwilling to backs on this. Si Senator Irvin. Okay. And so what we've got time to do that you're not going to be rushed on this it's it's C. my goal is to get through some of the easy ones office. And then we can determine as time before going to start hearing these bills. As we've got quite a few House bills to still here. But if we can get some of these bills off our calendar movies that are non controversial I'd like to that Senator Clarke Tucker you're recognized. What what about batching Senate bills or we. Yes there are there are some noncontroversial in any may be you may want to hear all. But if there are by subsection is most of these. I want to be debated in here. But we got along calendar before we get over these. So the question I asked my follow up question is if you object. Does that mean it just won't be bass but will still be heard today for that will be heard another that. What we're not going to hear all these bills today okay right yeah so. I guess what I'm saying is are there some of these that are easy to we can get on that we can get moving because we're going to back some House bills and we've got. Our house bill still here. I thank the senator Hammer you're recognized thank you share what you're saying is if we object put it on our list Senator is that correct that's correct thank you. Senator flowers you're recognized. Ninety first session. There is not a current cut off time for tonight's session. What I would like to move. For a time certain to cut all. Many of the law. The year I don't. The whole before The. Seven. Senator flowers okay what we'll do. This let's get to the back to the House Bills and start working on the House Bills and and and then I will revisit that so before so. I do I I'm not willing to shut down for six thirty for sure or seven but I soon we can get to the back to the House Bills and start working on many of them before the you know in the next hour and ten minutes. I would appreciate some consideration having to travel forty five miles. Point well taken their their members that to drive home that Senator English you're recognized. Are we are we. Senator Irvin. A bill to ban or bills we don't want to have we're telling her bills if you do not want to bash so like something that you believe should be heard on the floor which should be most of these bills because they're Senate bills. If if not all. So we we've got some time I mean we've got hours before that's going to be an issue so that the do not feel rushed Center Johnson you're recognized. We had recess for state agencies. No state agencies will take that up next week. Okay we're we're going to move on members on the batch I've got to remove some bills from the backs because they were amended. So there are there are three Bills I'm removing from the back because they were amended house bill eleven oh two. House bill twelve fifty four and house bill fifteen fifty nine so those three will be removed from the batch. Because they have amendments and they will have to be addressed differently. So we're going to do two different batches one what is House Bill. Page one. And that's the person that we're going to do so House Bill Page one is. It will be on the screen. Twelve ninety two. Thirteen oh three. Thirteen thirty three thirteen fifty eight fourteen fourteen and fifteen seventeen. This is the bash Page one. More about we're going to vote on these. Six. About the ask madam secretary to read these titles and we're going to vote on this backs do I see the junction to the six bills in the back. Seeing objects in Madam Secretary. Please. Proceed. House bill twelve ninety two by representative gas one Senator Tucker to make technical corrections to title twenty four of the Arkansas code concerning retirement intentions. House bill thirteen oh three by representative wing and Senator English to amend the law to clarify which municipalities may establish retirement benefits for municipal governing bodies. Houseful thirteen thirty three by representative Lundstrum and Senator English to amend the definition of a student under the Arkansas concurrent challenge scholarship program. Hassle thirteen fifty eight a representative Johnson and senator Hammer to amend the law concerning the rules and regulations that must be adopted for in this poll fire and police departments. Haspel fifteen seventeen by Burson Andrews and center sign the separate the offices of share from tax collector in Washtenaw county and to consolidate the offices of tax collector and county treasurer and Ouachita County fourteen. House Bill fourteen forty by representative Cozart and senator. Senator Patty to amend the law concerning prohibitions and limitations on the use of certain refrigerants and to amend the powers of a municipal corporations and their their back of licensing board in relation to the regulation of certain refrigerants. Any questions for members. Seeing none. We would like to speak for against seeing none madam secretary please role of. VOL eight Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark pro Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill. Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Iraq the voter has not or change their vote seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot by a vote of thirty five Yeas zero nays the bills have passed transmitted to the house. Members we're not gonna put on the screen the second batch. On the screen we have the second batch of six bills these are on page two. Please review it. House Bill fifteen twenty three fifteen twenty seven fifteen forty one fifteen fifteen fifteen seven one. Any objections to batching these bills. C. none madam secretary please proceed. Fifteen twenty three by representative more incentive dismaying to provide a sales and use tax exemption for certain sales by nonprofit youth organizations. Haspel fifteen twenty seven by representative Bentley and senator Brian clarify the requirement that public school districts grant excused absences to students are participating in four H. activities or programs. Senate bill fifteen forty one by representative gene is Senator Hammer Terry gross amounts paid by form courts for the continuing education of county officials and to increase the amount of real property transfer tax revenue distributed thank you for continuing education county officials. House for fifteen fifteen by representative of under and center Penzo to amend the law concerning restitution payments and require restitution to be paid before court costs and fines. Haspel fifteen seventy one one by representative Gasol why. And senator Wallace to amend Arkansas law concerning audits of counties and municipalities. Any member have questions sing none in me want to speak against or for seeing nine. Adam secretary please call the roll. Please role I'm sorry. One of Boyd Brent Caldwell Chesterfield Clark wrote 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. With Iraq to vote that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast up the ballot by voting thirty five yeas and zero nays the. Bills have passed please transmit to the house so members yeah transmitted aus. Return to the House. Yeah either House bills. R. A. members after I just received some sound advice from a colleague. So I think we're probably done with House bills for now. What I'm going to ask us to do instead of batching Senate bills which is probably not a great plan. If you were gonna start from the top tier of the sub supplemental calendar. If you have a bill do you believe will not have one question. OR one no vote. Then please come presented. Dot matrix. You understand what I'm saying like if you have a bill that's no one's no opposition we want to roll through those that makes sense. If you have a bill all start from the top here that's no opposition you fully suspect no questions we're going to roll the vote. Come present please be respectful of your colleagues on this. Right you know I mean we can clearly get surprised let's go Senator Dotson you're recognized. Yes question Mister I mean we we got this calendar like fifteen minutes ago maybe the most. And I haven't read their any of these bills I mean I may have heard some of the committee but I haven't even got through. The first four on this list so I don't know if I have questions on it or not. I would respect respectfully requests we recess for a little bit. Or maybe come back tomorrow. This on Monday or something they give us an opportunity at least read these bills before voting on thanks we've we had an opportunity to object on all these as everybody went down the well and so we want to put on the supplemental calendar and we amended we had opportunities to object so anyone certainly welcome to vote no what I'm asking for today. Is just if. Both of bills Senate bills that are non controversial. Bill to move on. It and and we know what we know what those are most of us do. Senator Chesterfield. Mr chairman of one controversy it may be the one individual is ultimately opposed to a to a bill does that make it non controversial how we define. Well I I guess what I would say is if you were in committee and there was no question so we'll maybe one it was a Kato in committee and you know if you've received feedback per year expecting knows you know how the committee went and clearly sometimes of course the opposite committee will have a debate on. We had a bill that came here before and they get no votes on bills bills that came in here before then we need to go ahead and hear those bills. No I want to hear bills that are easy not bills that have knows. Bills of recent expect that we're going to roll the vote on this issue and I. Serviceman you're recognized just for clarification misprint and you're not saying that someone can ask the question would reduce if you anticipate to have a controversial bill that's going to have you know twenty minutes worth of debate that I think the request is let's pass over your bill for the day if your bill really had no objections everybody's questions were answered and everybody pretty seem pretty satisfied in your committee with the workman present your bill to some questions that's fine if you get into a big long debate step away move away I think the thing is we're just trying to get some the Senate bills over to the house because the time for injury and clearly some of these are not controversial some of the map all of the responses. And and I think that's what we're trying to get to at this point is kind of moving things through the best we can without a whole lot of you know contention on non conditions is so that that's the best we're just asking for senatorial courtesy. If if you get in the well it starts to become drama just say Hey I'm gonna pull this down we'll talk about money here's what we're gonna do right now. We have we have dinner here. We're gonna recess for twenty minutes. We can talk amongst ourselves about this what we would give the staff a break. we're recess for twenty minutes each we can we can talk about this back there we come back out will have a good plan radio. so we work with Senate will stand in recess. Until six o'clock. All. It. Okay members members what we're about to read if you were going to read some bills across the desk. But we're going to start off. We're gonna start off. I members what we're gonna for about three to a few bills across the desk. But here's what we're gonna do we first come back in we're going to hear three House bills with amendments and one more the we're gonna hear house bill eleven oh two. House bill twelve fifty four. House Bill fifteen fifty nine. The house bill fifteen ninety one. So we're gonna hear those four bills then Senator Dismang is trying he's doing some great work trying to talk to everybody about the supplemental calendar right now. But we're gonna hear those we're gonna hear eleven oh two twelve fifty four fifteen fifty nine and fifteen ninety one. Those four Bills but right now we're going to read some we're gonna read some bills across the desk Madam Secretary. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Members were not going to have public health today after US session is going to be too late and I really want to let our staff go home so public health is going to meets instead we'll just meet tomorrow morning at nine AM okay tomorrow morning at nine AM public health. So we will not be having session tomorrow but if if if the bodies need to have committee meetings that is that is great we will be able to rebuild across the desk tomorrow. If that happens to be hopefully we're about done reading bills across the desk Senator Hill you're recognized. Thank you Insurance and Commerce the is going to meet tonight we're gonna go we're gonna get Arjuna clear at all and so we will be meeting the night after ten minutes after we adjourn here do you know what task force I said we're going to get out. My commitment is between the time of seven seven thirty we we will adjourn tonight between the time it will find a good stopping spot between seven and seven thirty and injured and I thanks are. Senator Tucker you're recognized. The House bills we're going here the House bills house bills that we're about to hear house bill eleven oh two. Twelve fifty four. Fifteen fifty nine and fifteen ninety one. Madam secretary you're recognized. House bill eleven I to the representative Pilkington center Penzo. To create the universal newborn screening at and to ensure that their boards or screen for conditions recommended by the United States department of health and Human Services. It was a pool. Okay. Yeah. Senator Penzo you're recognized for house bill eleven oh two thank you Mr president house house bill eleven oh two establishes the universal newborn screening act if anybody like me to go into details I can. Per should give the. Any questions. Any questions saying number like to speak for or against the bill. Seeing none center Penzo is closed any objection rowing the boat seeing none madam secretary please roll vote. Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll 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 Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What any member like to both that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill has passed transmitted the House. returned to the house house bill twelve fifty four fifty four by representative may very Senator Hammer to amend the script of State financial participation amount by using the basic project costs per square foot for public school new construction projects. Senator Hammer. House bill twelve fifty four you are recognized. Thank you Mr thanks for sharing what this bill does is it does establish a cap on the facility partnership program what it would allow is we all know with the high inflation rate what is done to the construction cost for our schools and so this would establish a cap but it would allow some tools go on and finish their project right now that there be about seventy five is what I remember that it would take care of this was amended in order to establish a capsule would be a run away and I'll be glad to answer any questions Senator Irvin you're recognized for a question. Senator Hammer this is a dramatic increase to the cost of per square but that is this is going to be what the state funds under the new partnership funding it is as far as additional as it conforms to what is budgeted but what it does is allow those schools that are currently that that are currently already approved for their their building programs it allows it to go up to this to this new level we did work with with the facility group and and we we did work through the process that this is what was have that has a reasonable ballots to get to that but. This code this this is not just for those schools this is for those schools and all in the future right she will be is read I'm sorry I'm sorry I mean because my understanding is we have raised the per square foot reimbursement Our funding from light to we have raised to dramatically in the past couple years. It takes the same it takes the money would allow is for those schools that are already in the process it will allow them to have this new cap and I too would like to do Mr chairman. What I'd like to do is because our C. two three Stan or trying to get done tonight so what I'd rather do is let me pull this and I'll talk to some members it is a house bill so we've got time you know for going to be here next week I think that the the better thing to do okay thank you you're welcome. Senator Hammer is pulled down house bill twelve fifty four and the okay back on the counter when you're ready yes Sir well district yes Sir thank you for okay you may put it on my calendar put on the discount or money thank you okay Madam Secretary gonna reach deals across the desk now. Okay House Bill fifteen fifty nine House Bill fifteen fifty nine hassle fifteen fifty nine the first of the month cleaned them and Senator Hammer concerning the implicit bias training required by a public school or state supported institution of higher education. Thank you Mr chairman what this bill does is if you're teaching you object with some of what it may be you are required to sit through in the way of implicit bias training it would allow you the option to opt out on last is required for national standards in a nutshell that's what it does. Are there any questions. Seeing none would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill saying none Senator Hammer thank you appreciate a good vote the hammers close any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none better secretary please role of a Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark formal Davis these 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 down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What any member like to vote that has not or change their vote. Senator flowers president Senator Leding president Senator Tucker no Senator love no. Anyone else. Senator Chesterfield president. Anyone else. solutions not voting. Sir Clark not voting. Anyone else senior member secretary cast up the ballot. By a vote of twenty nine yeas to nays one non voting in three present. The bill has passed return to the House. A senator Mickey you are recognized for motion thank you Mr president members I make a motion to suspend the rules pull Senate bill five forty four out of insurance commerce for the purpose of amendment. And put on second reading motion to suspend the rules for the but the bill on. What bill five forty four five forty four on second reading for purposes of amendments in the rules and do that person any of. All those in favor say aye. Opposed say no motion carries my bill one Senate bill five forty four. Senator Ricky you're recognized thank you Mr president my bill my amendment. All those in favor of the amendment say aye. Posay NO. Motion amendment adopted. Police and engrossing. Members I have just a received quite a bit of kick back on this fifteen ninety one that it is going to be substantially objectionable and spend some time on it so Yes I think we will move on. You are resolved. The So on the Senate this on the supplemental Senate calendar the pain calendar. Everybody with me on the calendar I'm just going to go over the first page the bills that that we. That I know that we will that we that we're going to hear. So on the first page is all I'm gonna talk about the bills that we plan to hear okay front page bills that we plan to hear. Two oh one. Three hundred. Three oh two. Three nine zero. Three nine two. Four three eight. Four four four. Four four eight. Four six one. Four six two. One more time to a one. Three hundred three oh two three nine zero three nine two four three eight four four four four four eight four six one four six two. These are not consent hat sich. Okay she's just displaying them so you can see. So. So we're just. Are going to. The Division forms we're just gonna start hearing them right I don't know for any the third one or all of them. These are not consent these are ones that are going these are ones that are going to be heard. Okay we're gonna read some reports madam secretary please read the reports we are a committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four sixty five by Senator Dotson for the rest copper three John Feinstein correctly engrossed calendar. This is the latest engrossment this is placing Grossman he just a. Should go back to the Committee. The city county local. This is when you said that. That's what I'm call for sixty five. Public health. Senate bill four sixty five to public health. The Committee on west Bills to whom was referred Senate bill five twelve by Senator Irving compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four seventy seven by this Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy which I find same correctly engrossed calendar. Remix Committee on acari to whom was referred senate bill four seventy four ninety nine by Senator Blake Johnson recommend due pass. Calendar. Senate bill five fifty you by Senator Irvin to create the K. through twelve public school education funding legislative task force and the five fifty education some of five fifty one by Senator Dobson. To amend the Arkansas code as it pertains to references to the Director of the Division of higher education declare an emergency Senate bill five fifty one education. Senate resolution forty nine by Senator love to proclaim April as an A. R. P. month at the state capitol in fine April five twenty twenty three is a a RP day at State Capitol Hill resolution for. Calendar. And. Some members we're going to start on the calendar now. Senate bill two zero one Senator English. Well one by Senator English to amend the law regarding local option elections and. The facts are township that resulted from initiator Act one of nineteen forty two. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much so we have had this here before this is sure would that annex at the front counter chip and part of that that the phone township was dry and this will allow the city to hold a local option tax I mean the election and they will have to get thirty eight percent of the petitions and all of that and they will not have the election until November twenty twenty four at the next presidential election all the parties have agreed to this there is no opposition. Any questions Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question. That question. Twenty four vote yes takes twenty four months so vote Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you this is Jerry thank you senator. I received a call from a liquor store owner who was very despondent about the visit with the Dennis alone for purposes yes all the liquor store owners have are now on board and the county. Because people are all on board everybody work together to make this happen okay when did he call you. The first of the bill. Well that's that was before they're all on board now. Senator flowers you're recognized for a question. What you said there will be another petition circulated. They will collect signatures after the thirty eight percent of the accessed township. The property that has been access to and and and next I mean into the city or sure would that property they will have to have an election. That currently in the law yes requirement of thirty eight percent yes yes your your bill to put that in there yeah. I have presented is the first time. There was a petition circulated that. Is that correct my. All of a petition that failed no. The Bill failed by two votes. But. Member asking you about a petition that the law allows us now to be circulated and. And that was done and filled with for this bill was filed. Not that was that was previous that was two three years ago yeah yeah but that was a hole in the of the whole township it wasn't the annexed part of sure what it was the whole township. When was it. Hold five and three years ago four years ago. That. This would only be the annexed portion of that great and ship your original bill before the. Right to get around the clock is that right I think yes that could be a big part I could be what could be. Yeah I don't I don't remember what exactly was I think it was the idea and the law allowed for people to be able to. Out for the city to do it I'd ordinance. But the little people decided that was not the proper way to go they wanted to have a petition and of thirty eight percent and that's what everybody agreed on. And that they would hold the election in November twenty twenty four. And that for now that's what this will be about what no. No yes. All of that And. Not yes that was four years ago outside the annexed areas this is inside the annexed area with. The whole. What we have been announced throughout the in the newspaper and city council meetings and they've all had but this was that they have agreed to this just the liquor store owners. The city council has agreed to it. The city council. City of Charlotte as a city council. Now yes that's part of the city of sure would. It's like they would be part of the city of pine bluff. Representational. Yeah. And how many members. I don't know. How many read that and makes the area there's about. Twenty thousand. Thank you. Senator love you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr. Senator. If we don't pass this measure them what other option did there are no other options. That's it there are no other options we can do it this way and we can collect the thirty eight percent of the folks who live in that at the annexed the fun countship there is nothing else. They're doing everything that the law requires. All right thank you. Any other questions C. number you would like to speak against the bill. For the bill senator mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you Mr president when Senator English brought this bill it before I opposed it I spoke against it I've had several folks are my friends that reached out to me about the problems with it Senator English amended the bill addressed all their concerns and then since then I've also had additional people they explained to me that they have being able to basically sell beer in grocery store could be the difference in them getting a good grocery store in their area not getting one and they said they're kind of in a food desert so not only is it the the additional problem that we brought up before has been addressed by Senator English for amendment and this will help alleviate the situation of what's basically a food desert so I appreciate a good vote on this bill would you like to speak against the bill for the bill senator. Dan Sullivan you're recognized folks I haven't seen much more masterful job of dealing with everybody we went through several committee meetings and everybody pulls bill down she backed off of it Chief mended she has done a masterful job of working with both sides of this to have a resolution and I ask for a good vote. There's all spoken for the bill anyone speak against the bill. For the bill sing ninety seven like to close she is closed. madam secretary please call the roll Boyd. Bryant. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll Davis. These. These. Yes my. Dotson. Dotson. English English. Five. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester Hickey. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. The key. The key. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. Thank. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Staffan. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. What a member like to vote that has not or change their vote Senator Rice hi. Senator me qui five. Senator Dodson no. Anyone else Senator love no. Anyone else Senator Payton no. Anyone else. Sing number secretary please cast up the ballot by voting twenty five Yeas four nine six non voting the bill has passed. Transmit to the House Senate bill three hundred. Senate bill three hundred by Senator Hammer to create a data repository to collect report track and trend data regarding nursing education nursing work forces in Arkansas Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you of members you know that we have been dealing with the nursing shortage in the state along with shortages in other medical fields one of the things as we've gotten into the discussion about this is we realize as far as a centralized repository for information where we can narrowly look at the nursing issue that's one thing that is lacking this is a permissive bill that allows for the state board of nursing to create a deposit repository to collect this information if funding is required in order to do that it says that it may apply for one time funds from there can rescue plan active available so it's totally permissive what we're trying to create that centralized repository be glad to answer any questions. Any questions. C. nobody member like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Seeing none Senator Hammer you're recognized to close for the bill appreciate a good vote. Sir Clark for the bill any objection rowing the boat. Seeing none that secretary please role of a. Prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for all 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 Rostom Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would anyone like to vote that has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill has passed transmit to the House. Senate bill three zero two seven three oh two by Senator Hammer to create the clinical nurse education portal. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you sure what this bill does is establish a pathway in order to get a a portal in which not only the nursing field but also other fields that require clinical hours that it would be a one stop site for both the provider groups but also for the various disciplines that require clinical hours to be able to participate in a portal it is totally permissive worked with all the parties at play in order to get it to a point where everyone is supportive of it it also identifies if there are funds that are needed to do this that they could also apply to American rescue plan act if there any funds left in order to do that is totally permissive but yet what we'll do is create a one stop does all portal in order to be able to let all the various medical fields have a place to put in the request but also providers are willing to do that also be there as well be glad to answer any questions any questions for senator Hammer. C. number you would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator Hammer you're recognized to close Preciado good vote. Senator Hammer is close any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a board prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace would ever like to vote that has not or change their vote. Senior Madam Secretary please cast up the ballot ballot vote of thirty five Yeas zero maze the bill is passed transmit to the House Senator Hammer you're recognized for motion thank you Mr I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules to withdraw Senate bill two seventy five from St H. is C. for the purpose of the purpose of amendment have it sent to a grocery. You've heard the motion all those in favor of. Withdrawing the bill for purposes of amendment signify by saying aye. All those opposed say no. Motion carried. That the state agency. I do bring to. Senator Hammer do you have an amendment. You have it. What aid withdrawal that okay. Center Clint Penzo you're recognized Senate bill three nine zero. Three ninety best center Penzo to amend the law the civil penalties and establish criminal penalties related child labor violations and clarify the workers compensation law related to child labor resulting from initiated act four of nineteen forty eight. Sir Penzo you're recognized thank you Mr president if you if you remember when we were working with the the the work permits in debate it came up that we're talking about penalties and I realize that there were no criminal penalties for people that violate child labor laws so what this does is it puts some some some teeth in the law where they can be charged criminally I believe if there was like a Max of a thousand dollar penalty for somebody that you know even if somebody was hurt or killed so this put some criminal penalties in law I'd be happy to elaborate a field lacquer we can go ahead and get a good vote on. Sir Justin Boyd you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president just wanna verify like if these related if you own a business and put your own child the work they apply their or is it no that did that is an exemption and and the business community had some changes they wanted to the original language so we put in knowingly violate that way you know. Clarified the language significantly. Create a good vote any other questions anyone want to speak against the bill. For the bill seeing none center Penzo is closed on the bill any objection rowing the boat. Seeing none madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral 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 Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would any member like to both that has not or change their vote. Singerman secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill has passed. Transmitted the House. Senate bill three nine two Senator Davis said about three ninety two by Senator Davis an act to amend the law concerning body art into amend the law concerning the cosmetology a technical advisory committee Sir David you're recognized thank you Mr chair at members this bill is in response to ACT nine hundred of twenty twenty one we ran a bill that separated the permanent cosmetic industry from the body art industry and and simply put that because a lot of issues and there was not enough clarity in it for DHS excuse me Department of Health to write rules and so it's sort of been a mess for the last two years so a lot of this bill is clean up and pages nine through twenty three we strike out most of what we did back in twenty twenty one essentially we now we are putting body art back into permanent cosmetics where it was prior to twenty twenty one we also add two positions to the cosmetology technical advisory committee to include tattoo and piercing artists to have representation on the board that regulates them and we also change the instructor student ratio to one to eight we at instructional hours for artists wishing to become instructors we at an annual inspection of the body art establishments by department of health and we also change the ratio of online instruction and in person instruction from fifty fifty to twenty eighty I'm happy to take any questions. Are there any questions. Seeing none with any members like to speak against the bill. For the bill Senator Davis is closed on the bill any objection rowing the boat. C. nine madam secretary please role of a board prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile 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. Would any member like to vote that has not or change their vote. Senator hill no. Any other. C. number secretary please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty four Yeas in one day the bill has passed transmitted the House members after we get through this front page we're gonna go back to our green calendar the three bills at the bottom with a minimum. And they're they're gonna be back. I would like to do those because they have to also get back to the house. So once we get to the front green page will go to these three bills. Okay. Senate bill four thirty eight Mark Johnson Senate bill four thirty eight by Senator Mark Johnson amend the law concerning the issuance of a driver's license to a military licensing centre Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president Senate bill four thirty eight is a the FNA bill clarifies what happens if a active duty military member or their spouse or dependent is deployed and their driver's license expires during that time this gives them an opportunity to come back in and present their ID's and everything and their license can then be reinstated I'll be happy to have for answering questions. Any questions. Seeing none would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senate senator Johnson you're recognized to close I'm close pretty good vote is close any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a board right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty priced Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would anyone like to vote it has not or change their vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill has passed. Transmitted to the house House or Senate bill forty four Senator Leding Senate bill four forty four. To amend the law concerning the termination of parole for a person who was a minor when he or she committed the offense. Senator Leding you're recognized. Thank you Mr president colleagues Senate bill four forty four is intended to clarify a law that this body passed unanimously in two thousand nineteen the provides a path to having voting rights restored and to having a path to having your parole discharged for minors who were sentenced to crimes Our cans into a sinister crimes as minors originally this was applied to our Kansans who had been sentenced to life without parole we in the juvenile life without parole in twenty seventeen we created that path for those people who would be a freed under that act and in the interim it's been discussed that that should also apply to our cans into our sins for lesser crimes of this is not expanding any opportunity it's just making sure that is played fairly to all Arkansans who are synced as minors Senator Rice that's a good question to committee last night prosecutors are able to address those prosecutors have no opposition to the bill came out of committee unanimously I appreciate a good vote. Senator Leding is explained bill. Any questions anyone speak against the bill for the bill Senator Leding is closed for the bill. Transaction rolling vote. And secretary role the. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these this nine thousand English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rhinestone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. It is any Senators desire to vote have not voted or change their vote at this time. Seeing none cast ballots voted for thirty five Yeas zero nays and zero present the bill has passed transmitted the House. Speaking. Senate bill four forty eight Senate bill four forty eight by Senator Penzo to amend the definition of serious harm another human trafficking at twenty first. Soon Senator Penzo you're recognized thank you Mr president. Senate bill four forty eight means a definition of serious harm two years ago ran trafficking bill that had a definition in it slightly changed the definition is already in statute code revision caught it and wanted this to clean it up to this just kind of cleans up the definition Ruth and restores it to what it was before we ran the bill two years ago. President of the center but it does explain the bill you know like to speak against the bill. questions. Are there any questions. But like to speak against Senator Dismang now. For the bill online Seeing none. Senator. Penzo is closed for the bill. Any objection rowing the boat. C. nine minutes secretary call the roll Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these are Dismang Johnson 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. Thirty centers like to vote and voted or change your vote. Seeing none cast a ballot the voter thirty five Yeas zero Nays the Bill pass is transmitted to the house Senator Dismang. You're recognized Senate bill four sixty one by Senator Dismang to amend the Arkansas historic rehabilitation income tax credit Intermin the amount of the Arkansas historic rehabilitation income tax credits. Senator Dismang you're recognized our members this does not change the credit threshold we're only allowed eight million dollars in credits in the year but it does change part policy for how those are applied in a particular is beneficial to small communities if you're in a town of under ten thousand you have historic district or historic building commercial building that you like three model that the credit amount will get bumped to forty percent if you're if between ten and fifty your credit amount would be thirty five percent in your furnace city above fifty your credit amount would be thirty so it's really changing the policy in trying to create some advantage for smaller communities with historic districts. Are there any questions. In what like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator this thing is closed for the bill. Section a rowing boat. Madam secretary please role of a board Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. With the centers like to vote or change their vote. Seeing none please to cast a ballot. The thirty five Yeas zero Nays the bill is passed please transmit the House. Going to. Senate bill four sixty two by Senator Dismang to extend the application period for the Arkansas major historic rehabilitation income tax credit Senate is going you're recognized for senate bill four sixty two currently the program has an end date of twenty twenty five this extends on out twenty thirty. Centers explained the bill any questions. Against the bill. For the bill centers close for the bill any objection the rolling vote. Madam secretary please roll the. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. But any senators like to vote have not voted or change your vote. Seeing none please cast ballots. But the voter thirty five Yeas zero Nays the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Page one has been completed we are now moving to House bills to Senate amendments on the bottom of the supplemental calendar those that had amendments that we did earlier. That will start with house bill twelve zero seven. Senator Gilmore. House twelve oh seven bass representative all under wouldn't Senator Gilmore. To create the fast track permit that. Senator Gilmore you're recognized thank you Mr president members this bill just states that if if there's a permit that the city or municipality has take action within sixty days of either to approve deny or or request additional time and if they requested some time then the clock starts again for sixty more days there's no opposition to this bill and so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Senator Gilmore aye explained bill any questions. You may like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senate bill Morris close for the bill. Is there any objection to rolling the vote. Seeing. Madam secretary. Please call the roll. Roll roll the sorry Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me keep Murdock Payton Penzo Petty I rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. We would like to vote who has voted for change your vote. Seeing none. Please cast a ballot. With the vote of thirty five Yeas zero Nays the bill has passed please transmit to the House. House Bill fourteen fifty two. Senator Penzo. Thank you Mr president. Hold on. House bill fifty fourteen fifty two per cent of Gonzalez incentive Penzo require hospitals in this state to comply with federal hospital pricing transparency regulations and require the department of health to enforce compliance with federal hospital pricing transparency regulations. Senator Penzo you are recognized. Thank you Mr president House Bill fourteen fifty two codifies the federal hospital pricing transparency regulations think this will help of. Lower of healthcare costs in Arkansas For sure good vote. Any questions. And I like to speak against the bill for the bill senators close for the bill. Any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a board writes Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Remember like to vote that has not or change their vote. Sing number of secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero Macy's bill is passed returned to the house. House Bill fifteen forty three hassle fifteen forty three by representative in it And Senator Wallace. To amend the cemetery Act for perpetual you maintain cemeteries and to modify the law concerning the state board of embalmers funeral directors cemeteries and burial services. Senator Wallace you're recognized Mr president. Members during the session I ran for. Bills for funeral homes now running one four cemeteries are moving up. We've got some folks that own cemeteries that have not kept them up to what this bill does is it gives the state board of embalmers funeral directors and cemeteries more bite and the ability to find those individuals if they do not keep the center is the bottom line is if you do not own a cemetery people make money off of it you need take care of it and with that I stand by for your questions. Any questions. Seeing none would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Seeing none. The walls close any objection rowing the boat seeing none madam secretary please roll the vote. Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role 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 Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What any member like to vote that has not or change their vote. C. nine. He's cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero nineties the bill has passed senator Patty you're recognized. Return to the House center Petty you are recognized for motion. Members I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules to put senate bill four fourteen back on the menu for the second reading for purposes of amendment when it comes back from a grossing to put it back on the calendar. No not the committee. Yes. That's one member you've heard the motion will suspend the rules for purposes of amendment. There would. For fourteen or fourteen. For purpose of amendment part of that is a in the amendment but it did for the procedure for annexation and attachment and other purposes. Right we're just suspending the rule amendment it will have to go back to committee. The what we could suspend but for right now okay separate okay all those of favour say aye. Opposed say no. Amendment to the Senate bill four fourteen. Center center Petty you're recognized for your amendment. My bill my amendment. Thank you. We appreciate a good vote all those in favor say aye. Jose knows motion carrier amendment added amendment adopted. Send to a grossing. It Senator Hammer you are recognized for purposes of a motion. The motion for. Like to make a motion to refresh my memory. I felt like to make a motion withdrawal Senate bill two seventy five state agency for the purpose of amendment. Second reading without objection. So thank amendment three to Senate bill two seventy five my bill my amendment. Members. So we've got about twenty five minutes left. Okay I got up this amendment. You heard the amendment all those in favor say aye. Opposed say no amendment adopted. Senator grossing. Okay so we've got about twenty five minutes left I'm not sure how many of these will get to put on the back page of the PDF calendar. Yes back. Back page of the preceding calendar we're going to hear. Four seventy seven. Four eighty one. Four eighty two. Four eighty five. Four ninety four. Four ninety six. Five oh five. Five eleven. Five thirty three. And five thirty four. I'm gonna go there again on the back page four seventy seven four eighty one four eighty two for eighty five four ninety four four ninety six five oh five five eleven five thirty three and five thirty four. Okay here we go senate bill four seventy seven Senator Dismang. All right thank you I members this is the reduced lunch bill it essentially says that the copayments. Okay. Copayments would be covered if funds are made available there's no mandate that they are coming I'm sorry I got ahead of ourselves we were read the title. You may. Senate bill four seven seven by Senator Dismang to create a means by which students are qualified for reduced price meals at school receive free meals at school. Again members so this is the reduced lunch this it creates if there is money money available for the co payments to be paid for there's no mandate that the payments have unless there's funding made available by the I'll go and take questions that that's what the bill does. Senator Solomon you're recognized for a question thank you this state any skin in the game out for those that are paying for free or do they have a limited payment that is it for moved that concept of skin in the game for that well right now you have unpaid balances all over the state that are not being paid by the parents understand what you're saying how are things Fortner these kids receive the mails are being fed anyway and it shouldn't be turned away because the parents are not able to able to make payments you're not apply but I don't care about the kids not anyway okay thanks. Any other questions. Seeing none anyone like to speak against the bill for the bill Senate is being is closed for the bill any objection rowing the boat seeing none madam secretary please role of a board Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would anyone like to vote that has not or change their vote Senator Solomon president. Senator Teague president Senator Clark president. Anyone else everyone satisfied with the board. Madam secretary please cast up the ballot by voting thirty two yeas are amazing three present the present the bill has passed. Transmitido house. Senate bill four eighty one. Senate bill four eighty one by Senator Hammer to amend the law concerning the operation of an automated enforcement the bass. Thank you Mr chairman what this bill the am here in the sun of the benefit of on behalf of our dot this bill simply put if you see a state trooper saying on top of the top of the by doc in their shoes the radar and somebody coming down the road and then there's trooper about two miles down the road that that trooper his radio to the ones said this vehicle speeding gives the description everything then then what this bill does is allow technology to replace that trooper that's standing on top of the bridge part of the this this does not say the license plate when the trooper goes off duty it all gets wiped away and so there's no saving of the data in there and one of the reason this is in construction zones only and it specifies what type of construction zones and if you all just ironically when this bill is filed the other day the next day there were six construction highway workers that were killed I think in the state of Maryland because of somebody speeding and so this this is just intended to be able to use modern technology it is the same principle we're using now and it'll help stretch out our manpower and be glad to answer any questions. Are there any questions for the senator. Sir Dotson you're recognized. Thank you Mr president Senator Hammer these these types of bills are always a little concerned because you don't have someone who is standing there. Right at the time of the infraction making a judgment on whether or not something's happened. is this are you talking about cameras that are videoing things are what what type of. Technology detection devices are we talking about and and I mean that the judgment of an officer when someone's in an act is the concerning part of the okay this is this the first meeting so the car goes by the camera takes a picture of it it is it is not a license plate reader and that officers able to get that transmitted down the road and it would identify the speed at which the cars is traveling so is very specific imagery that the that the officer would see and the intent is that that officers parked outside of the construction zone because I can tell you with the I. thirty down here in sterling county they really don't need to be present in the work zone because it'll just absolution are left the traffic so like that camera would be in the works on it would take a image of that car record that speed it transmits it to the trooper sitting outside the work zone and then they're able to stop the car using that imagery again it does not keep the last one that trooper goes off duty all that information is wiped out of the camera so so there far enough away they're not actually witnessing personally the infraction just like it is now the trooper stand on top of that by doc dressed up like a construction worker and he's got that radar gun pointing at you and he radios to the car this two mile away the card is two mile way that didn't see that infraction it's exactly the same thing just using the technology we have available today. I see in the bill or you're striking it says something about. The. The place of infraction the time and place or something like that in there right now the ward and place. On line twenty one. Of the second page there so. So they no longer have to. Like I guess under current law they have to have. Give it to him at the time and place that's being removed well that would mean that that officer would have to stop the car like it happened right here I believe what it would mean is that officer would have to stop the car right there in that place where as now the B. two miles down the road but again it's the same principle as a trooper stand atop that bought out. Is not stopping the car place right there is two miles down the road I'm not sure that I mean I think that that current law that you're straight through so I think there stop right now but. Thank you thank you. Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question. Senator Hammer this is just one more the president has last year headed home. Between your last night within three different issues one way here services want to get one in Jacksonville monitor. And there are no workers present thank you said all those that the barrels. So. Thank you I think the answer the question and I may be a little they gonna but I'm mostly on page one line thirty six work is performed so would be when their president of. Follows. Arkansas. It's for setting up work zones two miles long from two hundred dollars. Thank you. Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question. All. All state finances work. Thank you for. forty in order to pull over and got off the road. And they're doing the. Here are the. That it would not apply the same this is I'll give the illustrations like I thirty down down here in Slane county. Is an established work so not not a repair so I guess I'd be the best way so it's not it would be in the works on where work is actually happening in the construct it says a construction zone. Sir Clark you're recognized for a question. Of course. Of. The Baltimore to consider with me in my office the other day on this bill and it is only a construction worker the president Senator to Senator Pitsch question thank you senator Clark because I'm a skeptical was anybody but you there's no way. There's no way is there to do things within those barriers. As far as I can. To put the law except from outside. What without the stopping traffic. Yes sure that's exactly what this is to do we do not want them there there is no way to do it right now if you go down I. thirty and they clock somebody they're going to fall in it is just going to back everything up so the you're you're exactly right and this also includes those not them putting up a sign. That informs problems. Yes Sir but both a despondent being poor and it is camera it is it is a cameras on yes Sir yes this of. As much as I don't like cameras and slippery slopes of trying to construction workers. I think they've got this about as far as they could get it to make us happy would you agree I would agree and I think on this the camel's nose is not under the tend to keep to the outside but it protects our our construction workers which unfortunately in Arkansas we've had that experience. Thank you senator Clark. Sir John thank you have a question. No any other questions Senator murder you're recognized. Senator Hammer would you agree that this also provides for not only the general public as well as the one everybody involved so this is for what you guys talk about construction this is the only way to really should do is wait and to protect the officers as well yes Sir thank you for that center Murdock is our stand along the back wall it's not about the construction workers as everybody around it but statistics prove in fact we have personnel out there now they've been doing this it's a task force and it shows that since I've been out there using this approach it has reduced significantly the number of incidences in the works on for work is going on so thank you for pointing that out Senator Clark. Leave at the end we. Thank you any other questions saying nobody would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Sir Hammer joint close for the sake of the workers appreciate a good vote. Any objection rowing the boat. Send Junction Medicare please. Call the roll Boeing. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Davis. The. These. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Gilmore. You Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. I Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. Mickey. The key. Murdock. Page. Payton. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Staffan. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. What a member like to vote that has not or change your vote Senator McKee hi. Senator dis no. Senator Hester hi. Senator Penzo hi. Senator love hi. Senator Leding hi. Senator flowers hi. Anyone else everyone good madam secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of twenty eighth three days three non voting in one present the Bill pass is read transmitted the House. Let's continue with those non controversial bills in. Senate bill four eighty two. Senate bill forty two by Senator Dismang to amend the income tax act of nineteen twenty nine and to provide for an apportionment formula for the income of our wives. Send this man you're recognized all right members there was conflicting statutes in regards to how we of apply the apportionment factor for railroads that we kind of came to light when it first started on the tax returns there were they were going to promulgate rules trying to provide clarity as you all understand there were some executive orders in regards rules that was gonna be lengthy process to get to that results quicker this is going to allow what would have otherwise been in rule which is the of a railroad entity can pick between the three factor apportionment which includes property payroll and double weighted sales for the a single sales factor of our sales factor apportionment there is no revenue cost again it's what was allowed there's was a rule there were conflicting rules and conflicting law that I'm tired. Get their dismay. Say no money would like to see speak against the bill. For the bill. Say no certifying is closed on the bill any objection rowing the boat. CNN secretary please role of a Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield royal Davis these Dismang Johnson painless Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What a member like that has not or change their vote. Senior manager Secretary cast up the ballot by voting thirty five Yeas zero major bills passed bills pass. Transmitted the House. Members as a committee we got about ten minutes left will close around around seven thirty so Senate bill four eighty five Senator Pitsch Senate bill four eighty five by Senator Payton to amend acts twenty twenty three number two sixty four and to amend the law concerning the offenses that fast of a catalytic converter an offense possession of catalytic converter to the pain you're recognized colleagues this bill has no opposition and it tracks down catalytic converter theft and makes a dorm prosecuting there's a good vote. Any questions. Seeing. We like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator paid as close on the bill any objection rolling the vote saying aye madam secretary please role of a crime 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 thank you Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise system seven feel Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Would any member life. To vote that has not or change their vote. Singerman secretary please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill is passed transmitted the House. Senate bill four ninety four Senate before ninety four by Senator stand to amend the law to require that for the state highways and transportation for perform additional duties center stone you're recognized Mr president members Senate bill four ninety four dresses safety issue for log trucks in the State of Arkansas currently log trucks can carry a Max gross weight of eighty five thousand pounds legally in Arkansas on all roads except interstates. A lot of the mills are located in around interstates and what happens is to federal law prohibits any truck for having over eighty thousand pounds on and apps make and log trucks route back through town to get to a meal it put some driving in and around schools owns in around residential areas just by way of example that meal paper mill in pine bluff evergreen past four hundred log trucks come in every day five days a week in those trucks are being routed through town but they can almost drive right up to the front door the Interstate this bill will establish a twenty mile corridor for trucks travel state highways the county roads and wrapped after final approach fail to get on the interstate is safely go into the meal this bill will direct are not to petition the federal government for a waiver on those corridors in and around the meals and it just won't be just a freelance if the troubles to participate in the US that I'll have to petition are not for a permit to do that are there any questions. Yes Sir what you're recognized. Thank you Mr. Is there any opposition to this bill there is no known opposition to this bill okay the Arkansas State Council on this bill. I beg you pardon Arkansas association of counties that haven't re I had heard from them at all. Thank you. Any other questions. Seeing what it would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senate on you're recognized to closing your bill I'm close appreciate a good vote is closed any objection rowing the boat. Singerman secretary please role of a Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What a member like that has not or change their vote. Senator love president. Anyone else see number Secretary cast a ballot by voting thirty four U. A. zero nays and zero nonvoting and one president the Bill pass. Transmitted the House we're gonna skip over Senate bill four ninety six we're gonna go to Senate bill five zero five. Senate bill five O. five by Senator Hammer to establish a means for which a public school my awarded student a high school diploma before the student graduates under certain circumstances and declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr remembers this does not happen very often but when it does happen it is so important not only to the student but also to the family from time to time will happen is somebody may get right into the last semester of high school they develop a terminal illness or maybe they're fighting an illness for a lifetime and they get right up at the threshold of being able to graduate but because their illness I've not been able to complete all of their required credits what this bill does is allow with the approval of the school board and under the conditions that are mentioned in here with regards to the student being diagnosed by a physician is either being terminally ill placed on hospice or end of life is imminent and it is been medically diagnosed that end of life if that happens within the window of that last semester that students life it would allow the school board to award that diploma as a full fledged diploma and it is very rare situation that happens but I can promise you when it happens is heart wrenching to the family specially someone that is work hard sometimes against illnesses to get right upper threshold graduating and and then not be able to get that degree before they before they die I'll be glad to take any questions this was reviewed by the department of health in there or not sorry but department support of also ran by the governor's office and and they there's no opposition supporters shall appreciate a good vote be glad to answer any questions any questions for Senator Hammer. Seeing none we would like to speak against the bill. For the bill saying answer Harry you're recognized to close Preciado good vote. There were closed any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a. Right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Love Me keep Murdock Payton Penzo Petty you have done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What a member like that has not or change their vote. C. number secretary please cast a ballot by voting thirty five Yeas in zero days the bills passed transmitted the House. Senate bill five thirty three Senate bill five thirty three. Senate bill five thirty three by Senator pro. To create the Arkansas rocks mining and. In mineral royalty. It's five thirty three call well that's five thirty forms used. At five thirty three by Senator Caldwell. To amend the local government Bond Act of nineteen eighty five to amend the definition of capital improvements of public public nature to include center facilities an apparatus. Senator Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president I'm running this bill through questions Senator Caldwell he has a city this district that up they want to build a provision in a city cemetery and they can't find it because of the little quirk in the law we want to add Cemetery facilities an apparatus to the law I appreciate a good vote there any questions seeing none with any member like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator Johnson are you closing pretty good vote any objection rowing the boat. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a board right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang. English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me came Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise style Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. What a rock the boat that has not or change their vote Senator Pitsch no. Anyone else see number secretary please cast up the ballot by voting thirty four Yeas in one day the bill passes. Transmitted the House. Members we're gonna have one last bill the more gonna have a couple of amendments and will be wrapping up for for just clarification on a few things with Senate bill five thirty four Senator five thirty four by Senator Crowell to create Arkansas rocks mining and mineral. Senate pro you're recognized we are simply purpose for old chamber of commerce is asked are not are that is a hundred percent behind it we are making a mineral trail for tourism and they're paying for all the signs from his per. Any questions saying nobody would like to speak against the bill for the bill. Senator Crolles close of the bill any objection rowing the boat. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a board right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Davis Dismang Dotson aimless Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love he became Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Remember what that has not or change their vote. Seeing them madam secretary please cast up the ballot by voting thirty five yeas and zero nays the bill is passed transmitted the House. Members I want to clarify one thing and then I'm going to recognize Senator Kroll consider Petty was up here earlier on Senate bill four fourteen he did say he was suspending the rules to amend the bill and put it back on the calendar I said send to committee. But is intent now I believe is to go to committee so it but just so we're all clear on that he did say he wanted put on the calendar I misinterpreted but he's good with going to committee without objection that's what we're going to do everybody good okay Senator Kroll you're recognized. I move to suspend the rules to remove Senate bill one thirty six from committee to consider and adoption of amendment one. Second reading on second reading. All those of favour suspending the rules to move it to second reading. say aye. Opposed say no. Motion motion carries Amendment one Senate bill one thirty six my bill my amendment. You've heard the exploitation amendment all those in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Amendment adopted center grossing senator Alan Clark you're recognized. Thank you Mr like to ask that we suspend the rules to place as P. four hundred on the second reading for purpose of amendment. Motion the rules to place SP four hundred on the calendar for back on second reading all those in favor say aye opposed say no motion carries amendment three to Senate bill four hundred. Sir Clark you're recognized. One more time trying to make a happy. I would appreciate a good vote. You've heard exploitation Amendment holes in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Amendment adopted Senator grossing and will be sent will be sent back to committee and to be sent back. Okay members would not have a few announcements here so it's important one thing to note on Monday we will we will start session at twelve o'clock noon so eat before you get here just trying to work in our state anywhere we can so I'm not sure how are committees are gonna go follow the chairman we will start session at noon on Monday senator hill do you have an announcmenet about your committee. Okay I just. At the United insurance and commerce is meeting upon adjournment insurer to cover to me upon adjournment right now any other announcements yes Senator Irvin you're recognized public health will meet tomorrow morning at nine AM Public Health tomorrow morning nine AM any other announcements. Senator Terry Rice you're recognized we. Formalities into the. Anything you wish to spend a lot of time. I'm not sure what's on the calendar for Monday that's a great point we're gonna spend time doing resolutions and introduction starting each each calendar day I will I will be prepared for a motion on that on Monday on Monday when we get here service mania. We'll talk with. Just enter so so I think the expectation we get back here Monday this will there were not many introduced pages anymore we're not gonna take the time at the beginning counterfeit to it to introduce people that are in the gallery or on the OR in here pages that makes sense. I and members we have five resolutions Monday so we're just in the first hour whatever doing resolutions because that is priority I guess make sure I heard you were no longer going. Do what did you say we're no longer going to introduce a place where not many entities pages. So members Hey so I will be prepared Monday before we start to talk about what we're gonna do with pages and introductions and resolutions but but we we kind of ask is a body that we would do one resolution per day now we've got five and I'm sure so like I'm I think we're going to move resolutions to the end of the calendar each day and then you can do as long as you want but maybe after Monday resolution to move any calendar will be prepared to discuss that on on on Monday senator Johnson. Hey you Mr chair are we is that what the desk be open tomorrow for things being read across the desk and signed for yes that the desk will be open tomorrow will have members around the desk will be open tomorrow. Senator Irvin okay that what you're saying will not affect your Monday resolutions because I'm assuming people are the ones Monday is that okay. We also have people traveling for the ones that we that that day Tuesday Wednesday I would we can always hear things at the end of the calendar we will discuss that before Monday. Senator. Senator center paid you're recognized thank you Mr chair members will have a retirement members just a second here retirement committee Monday at nine AM retirement. Anyone else. Senator Hickey soon revert Revenue and Tax to be at ten members need to try to make you also be doing the tax cut bill. Anyone yes. Ten o'clock Monday the Senate will stand in recess. Senator Senator English. Education will meet Monday morning at nine o'clock in room two zero seven thank you. Anyone else. Say no minute. It will stand recess until twelve o'clock in the morning subject. Senate will be adjourns during cross the desk. The clearing of this. And assigning bills to committee tomorrow as needed.