House Convenes

Call the House order. I am by the member staff pressing gas in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer. By a minister Jonathan storm it. Pleasant Valley church of Christ yes the representative Keith Brooks and to be. To remain standing to be led in the pledge of allegiance by representative Cozart. Representative Brooks told me it would be okay if I pray for fifteen minutes so. I I've got to walk around your building all day long and I've seen the giant halls and the marble floors. And I'm reminded of the sense of power and authority you have when you come here I have also seen the pictures of the people who representatives in the past from decades past who are now. Passed on. That's what I'm gonna pray for all let's pray. Father. Thank you for the men and women that are in this room thank you for the season that you have gifted them with significant amount of authority authority to make decisions that can change. People's lives all around this great state that we love we recognize that this life is a gift and that the dominion that you have given us this the power and authority that you have given us is also a gift not forever but for this season and so I pray that you will steward it well. And also pray that the men and women who are in this room. When they start to feel the weight of the world on their shoulders. Would remember the pictures of the legislation legislators who have gone before them. And not take themselves too seriously. Remember that this life and the season that they're in it's temporary. And so made a steward this life with a great sense of joy. A great sense of honor for getting called to get to represent people that they care about. And would you help them to do that with both wisdom and courage and have a special heart for the poor who are close to your heart. Father I pray that you would give them a lot of joy in doing what is often a difficult job. That lord you would help them if they're being mis understood or chained. By constituents or people that they're trying to serve. That for those who are believers and you would remember that when you came here you died on a cross naked. But you know what it's like to be misunderstood. Even when you're trying to lead. And would as they steward the authority that they have been given. Would you remind them that the most influential person who has ever lived. Died with the crown. But a crown of thorns. And so that they may steward their authority with vulnerability bless them bless their families as some are far away from their families serving in this noble task force their families back home and help them to help this legislative session to bear fruit that honors you and bless this great state in Jesus name amen. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button where the machine madam Clerk. Cast about madam Clerk. Ninety nine president. Sure she's a quorum are there any request for leave. Representative lunch from for what purpose leave you're recognized leave a representative Ladyman this leads granted for RepresentativeHendren. Represent Jeffrey Wardlaw moved to dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal no objections so ordered are they Reports from select committees. Are the Reports from standing committees read the reports madam Clark Mr Speaker you Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifty nine to Senate bill two seventy Beckley report we have the same consideration here for times I recognize that do pass as amended by one Mr Speaker you Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifty nine three house bill sixteen thirty seven house bill sixty sixty four house bill sixty fifty six apple sixty seventy two Senate bill three forty two Bentley report we have the same consideration here the time it same recognize that do pass as quickly submitted Carol Dalby share Mr Speaker we are a committee on public health and welfare to whom was referred house bill ten eleven house bill fifteen seventy four big league requirements same consideration here term within the nation that it do pass Mr Speaker your committee on public health welfare and labor committee to whom was referred senate bill three oh six make the report we have the same consideration here with time same condition that it do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Lee Johnson chair Mister Speaker you Committee on address questions even make development to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty three beg leave report we have the same consideration here to silence I recognize that it do pass as amended number one Mr Speaker your committee on agroforestry economic development to whom was referred house bill sixteen eighteen house bill sixty sixty two house bill sixteen fifty five House processing fifty six house bill sixteen fifty seven house bill sixteen fifty eight has sixty fifty nine of the sixteen sixty sixteen seventy five Haskell sixteen seventy six house bill sixteen seventy seven house bill sixteen ninety house bill seventeen oh seven house bill seventeen oh six house bill seventeen ten Senate bill three thirty eight Senate bill three sixty two Bentley report we have the same consideration here the silence I'm recommendation that it do pass respectfully submit it Jack Fortner chair Mister Speaker your committee on ageing Children and Youth Legislative and Military Affairs to whom was referred house bill sixteen sixty five house bill seventeen twenty nine House concurrent resolution ten twelve house concurrent resolution ten thirteen House resolution ten fifty six house resolution fifty seven ten fifty nine House resolution ten sixty three House resolution ten sixty four House resolution ten sixty five House resolution ten sixty six Senate concurrent resolution seven Senate bill three oh nine beg leave report we have the same consideration here with time the same recognition at a do pass. Yes respectfully submitted funny Eubanks share. Barker chair Mister Speaker your committee on city county local and fair to whom was referred house bill fifteen seventy two Bagley requirement the same consideration here concerning the same recognition that it do pass as amended number one Mr Speaker your committee on city county local affairs to whom was referred house bill seventeen oh three bigly report when the same consideration and here's the time the same recognition that do pass as amended number two Mr Speaker your committee on city county local fairs to whom was referred house bill ten sixty seven houses in sixteen thirty six house bill sixteen forty one Senate bill three seventy four bigly Report we have the same consideration here concerns I recognize that it do pass respectfully submitted Lanny Fite chair Speaker your committee on state agencies and government affairs and was referred house bill fourteen oh seven vaguely report we have the same consideration here concerning the same recognition that do pass to concur in the amendment one and two Mr Speaker you Committee on state agencies and governmental affairs to whom was referred house bill thirteen oh two bigly report we have the same consideration here for silence I recognition that it do pass as amended number three Mr Speaker your committee on state agencies and government office to whom was referred senate bill three fifty four house bill sixteen twenty six house bill sixteen forty two has seventeen thirty five house bill sixteen seventeen day before when the same consideration here concerning same recognition that do pass respectfully submitted Dwight Tosh chair. Is there any unfinished business. Are there any Executive communications. Members are doctor of the day it's not the RAF Marotta from Conway he's the guest of representative Baker and our nurses the day is Sherri Benard. We also have a former state representative Larry calling in the back of please welcome back to the chain. Madam Clerk read House resolution ten sixty. House resolution ten sixty by representative would like to commend the one high school lady lumberjacks indoor track and field team for winning the twenty twenty three class four A. state indoor track and field championships represent Wardlaw recognize Senator resolution thank you Mr Speaker. Because I wish I wore my mornings time or insured and all you see today because a Kate tell you any more how proud I am of the ward member Jackson achievements that they've been able to achieve. This team right here Senate behind me here in the VIP room is made up of nineteen tenth graders and they competed in Fayette mall to win the first ever state title in indoor track that warns ever received and they competed against senior high kids some guys if you would just give them a warm welcome to the Arkansas house of representatives. The young lady's fall two Fennell like every lumberjack does every day and they deserve recognition here at the state capitol so with that I'd appreciate a good vote on resolution and madam Clark can you read in title only thank you madam Clark could you read that resolution and title on. To recognize. To commend the Warren house school lady lumberjacks indoor track and field team for winning the twenty twenty three class four A. state indoor track and field championship. Represent Wardlaw is presented the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution representive Wardlaw is close for the resolution. Question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten sixty all in favor say aye. Opposed nay resolution is passed. Madam Clerk read House resolution ten forty two. House resolution ten forty two by representative that feel to recognize the Russellville cyclones boys indoor track and field team for winning the twenty twenty three class five A. state indoor track and field championships. Representative I feel you're recognized present a resolution. Thank you Mr chair colleagues. On the date on a mom a modern Russellville Arkansas the right to appear if you would give these guys a hand they won the. Indoor track and field team won the class five A. indoor championship for the first time to which the day since I was in high school twenty one years ago so if you would give them a round of applause. As a proud graduate a resident high school is my distinct honor to ask that we recognize today some fine young man along with their dedicated coaches from my alma mater on February eighteenth twenty twenty three the rest of the cyclones boys indoor track and field team won the class five A. state indoor track and field championships at the Randal Tyson track center at the university of Arkansas Fayetteville. This is a very special accomplishment. As it is the first indoor track and field title victory that our schools achieved in twenty one years. The boys scored eleven of fifteen events and won the championship by twenty one points earning three individual championships. Kercher herring in pole vault. A kill yes Patterson in the high jump. Entrant Reynolds in the shop. Ladies and gentlemen would you join me in recognizing once again as well as head coach Ben Goodman who when I was in high school was actually a student teacher of mine and assistant coaches John Frazier. Two twelve Tommy Parker Jacob we marinate the Linley and Brian Strauss I'm let's hear once again for the twenty twenty three class five A. boys state indoor track and field championship team the rest bill cycle. Represent the Phillips explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution for the resolution represent the feel is close for the resolution to question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten forty two all in favor say aye. Those may resolution this past. Maddox work please read House resolution ten sixty one. House resolution ten sixty one by representative will make a recognized name Lucas for her many contributions to her community in the state of Arkansas. Represented Womack you're recognized explained resolution thank you Mr Speaker of. Colleagues today we're here to recognize the life and life work and legacy of Jayne Lucas she's been a pillar in the small town of commute the small town of Arkadelphia she spent she's going close to fifty decades now of working on behalf of adults with developmentally disabled adults. I was trying to think about some of the things that I wanted to say about it today and I started thinking you know what that we can talk about kindness or love or to NASA the and I mean my list just went on and on and on to the point that I was like this can't work I can't I have there's not enough good to say and I definitely don't have the the the skills to stand here like representative wing would and and maybe get out how much good seized on our community and what a wonderful person she is. And It's always be in thinking about what I wanted to say I start looking up some quotes about legacy because that was one of the big things that came up was her legacy and so I landed on a quote by a great loss for Taylor swift. Very short very point to the point. And in Taylor swift said no matter what happens in life be good to people being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind and when you think about Jayne Lucas that's exit I don't know a single person in the world that has a bad thing to say about Jayne Lucas she's truly somebody that everybody in attendance today could look at and learn from and strive to be like so so I appreciate them very much for being here I'd appreciate a good vote on this resolution. Represent Womack has explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution for the resolution. Represented Womack is close for the resolution do you wish to close. Thank you I just like to invite miss Lucas and other attendees of the family to to stand up today for the vote and I appreciate a good vote again. Remember makes clothes for the resolution to question before the House is the passage of house resolution ten sixty one all in favor say aye. Opposed nay resolutions passed. Members we have some guests in each gallery as guest of representative Steven Walker we have the calico rock high school student council. Morning hours and. Representative Hudson recommends that we concurrent Senate amendment one to House Bill fourteen eighty six madam Clerk please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill fourteen eighty six. Represent Hudson you're recognized explained Amendment thank you Mr chair at colleagues this is the bill that we heard a few weeks ago actions law the only changes we made down in the Senate was that Senator Ricky Hill was added as a co sponsor we also added the name of one of his constituents Abby who was also killed in a distracted driving accident and then we did some tax technical clean up on some the language to make it match up with the other parts the code so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Represent Hudson is explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Represented by ten is closed for the amendment question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill fourteen eighty six prepare the machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Eighty five Yeas one nine zero president. We have concurred in Amendment number one to House Bill fourteen eighty six. Representative Pilkington recommends that we concurrent Senate amendment one to House Bill fourteen ninety nine madam Clerk please read Senate Amendment one Senate member number one to House Bill fourteen ninety nine represent Pilkington you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this is an amendment from the Senate just to allow a third party to do the Do the study if it was available so that's it that's all we we added to create a good vote thank you. Represent Pilkington as explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment for the amendment representative Pilkington is close for the amendment question before the House is concurrent concurrence for Senate amendment one to House Bill fourteen ninety nine compared the machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk. The eighty nine days one name one president we have concurred in Amendment number one to House Bill fourteen ninety nine. Representative makes recommends that we concurrence an amendment one to House Bill ten thirty madam Clerk please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill ten thirty representative makes a recognized explained the amendment thank you miss Baker my bill my amendment just give schools SO two weeks notice three weeks notice that's all does present a good vote. Representative makes has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative makes clothes for the amendment to question before the House is. Concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill ten thirty prepared machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clark. Ninety two U. A. zero nine zero president. We have concurred in Senate amendment one the house bill ten thirty represent route and for what purpose point of personal privilege you're recognized for point of personal privilege thank you. For which the well. Lest we forget. Three years ago yesterday. One of the most disasters to our tornadoes to ever strike Craighead county or courtesy of Joan or the affected many it was right in the middle of covid. Today marks the forty seventh anniversary. Of the tornado that struck Cavenaugh. Forty seven years ago today. Health several. In addition to that. I would like to lose an order prayer for the people. Impacted by low storage but those brothers and sisters the others of Oregon Mississippi today as a result of what happened to them over the weekend. And then to remember the families of the adults and children in Nashville Tennessee if you would join in the war for please. The other we come before you now with humble hearts. We just pray for our brothers and sisters who have been impacted. The other two tornadoes many years ago by the most recent one and then the loss of the young people and the adults and national levels. March is part of our world we pray for the society we live in. All right above all else for right from voters. Acted to recent events your healing hand would just touch them larger G. ridges richer arm out. In full age by his home. Closer to you because we know we serve a greater god than any of these disasters are hard thanks there were experience. And thank you thank you because. Members we have some other guests in the west gallery as guest of representative Pearce it's the leadership Batesville you can welcome them to the house. That may or may not be the leadership Bates bill but. We're recognized. They're not here yet. We'll have that opportunity here in a little bit. But to the folks in the west gallery welcome. Madam Clerk read house bill sixteen twenty seven. Sixteen twenty seven by representative more to clarify the membership dues paid to hunting and fishing clubs are exempt from sales tax. I'm members are going to have to pass over that Madam Clark read house bill twelve oh three. Three by representative want to clarify that a mayor of a city of the first class is entitled to count previous or subsequent years of service and employment with the same cities where the mayor's retirement represent Warren you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues House Bill twelve oh three is a bill for retirement plans for mayors in the cities of the first class it will allow a person who serves as mayor of those cities to add their time as mayor other time worked at the city as service time for purposes of calculating retirement. Right now time as mayor is not allowed to count toward their retirement this has nothing to do with any of the state retirement systems this is a municipal retirement plan paid for completely by the municipalities every two years as a matter will count as one year for purposes of the municipal retirement plan again no cost to the state we're just giving municipalities the ability to count serving as mayor like any other job at the city. I appreciate a good vote. Represent one as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill represent warrants close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill twelve oh three prepared machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read house bill twelve fifty three fifty three by representative Matt going to create the state government employee retirement protection at. Representative mac funding you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you good afternoon colleagues today I bring you house bill twelve fifty three hi this is called the state government employee retirement protection act this bill reiterates requires that all investing with state pensions must be solely made on the basis of pecuniary interests I they may not rely on any social or environmental interest in making those investing decisions on this is what our current investors have been doing we just want to codify and make sure that this continues because we've seen other states with this hasn't happened it also requires that voting of the shares be voted in the best interests of the participants based only on pecuniary factors and that they may not rely on a proxy farmer proxy advice unless that person also agrees in writing to have the same practice of focusing only on pecuniary interests and finally there must be an annual report letting us know how all those proxies have been voted I have worked with you a systems in a made amendments to accommodate their individual driven defined contribution systems and if there are no questions I ask for a good vote. Representative mac one in its explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Macklin it's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill twelve fifty three the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. I up the ballot madam Clerk. The eighty eight Yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed. Matter Clerk read house bill thirteen oh three as the thirteen oh three by representative wing to amend the law to clarify which municipalities may establish retirement benefits for municipal governing bodies. Represent when you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr chair colleagues all this bill does is it allows a municipality who has previously had a retirement plan in place for their leadership to be able to resume that it is at full cost is borne by the city's there's no state money there's no fiscal impact at all a fully agreed upon language no no no opposition happy to answer any questions if I have some. Representative do for what purpose question you're recognized and so who is it who is covered in leadership does that mean the city council yes all up. And I assume that the US cities responsibility if they choose to do this will be by a taxing taxing. Whatever revenue the city's however they care to generate a they would have they would be fully responsible to fund themselves thank you. You know the questions appreciate a good vote. Represent lance explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent wing is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen oh three prepared machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Gas ballot madam Clerk. Eighty nine Yeas one day and to present the bill is passed. Man park read house bill fourteen fifty four as the fourteen fifty four by representative racism in the definition of home state for purposes of property taxation and to provide that certain dwellings owned by limited liability company qualifies a home state. Representative ray you're recognized explained bill. Commission chair colleagues house bill fourteen fifty four. Addresses an issue which is that your primary place of residence if it is contained within an LLC if you're not eligible for the homestead tax credit the way other homeowners enjoy this bill would allow for a person to claim the homestead tax credit if their principal place of residence is owned by an LLC they are the owner for them and their spouse or the owner of in order to claim that homestead property tax credit they using an LLC they would have to provide proof of eligibility which in this case means number one that have to provide that certificate of good standing that you get from the secretary of state's office and then number two they would have to sign an attestation that they are not claiming the any other homestead property tax credit on another property there's a lot of reasons that people would choose to put their principal place of residence into an LLC one reason would be for liability protection in the event there sued for a large amount of money but also a lot of people do this for privacy reasons particularly people who work in law enforcement or under cover agents they don't want their home address to be easily searchable and then also people who you can imagine people have been victims of abuse don't want their abuser to know where they're living so. It's just my contention that anyone who owns a home ought to be able to avail themselves of the homestead tax credit and that is I think it is consistent with the spirit of the law and that's why bring the bill so be happy to take any questions. Seeing none would appreciate a good vote. Represent raised explained the Bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Where the bill. Represent raised close to the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill fourteen fifty four the machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk ninety four U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clark read house bill sixteen nineteen. House bill sixteen nineteen by representative Hodges to ferment a local board of community college district established additional sounds under certain circumstances. Represent Hodges you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker Collins also trying to get too deep in the weeds on on this bill but it really only deals with potentially changing the make up of a community college board of trustees. Current law lays out the process to both establish a community college district and the ability to reconstitute that district meaning to add territory to the existing district if a college wants to pursue reconstituting an election has to be held in the city or the county in order for it to join the committee because district. The issue is the current law requires nine board members if there's a successful election in the district is reconstituted the law still requires nine more members but this bill would allow the board to add seats to represent the new area instead of being captain nine trustees and therefore probably having to be forced to dissolve the board reapportioned all the zones and start over with a completely new board. Therefore committee colleges that I have elected boards and northeast Arkansas community college north Arkansas college national park college in Black River technical college we've spoken to all of them and none of them had any objections to this bill the bill is permissive it's a may not a shall so no one would be required to do it it just provides an option if adding members to the board makes sense for that college if they did would constitute the district and they wanted to remain at nine for cities that would still have that option under the existing law. I'm not aware of any opposition to the bill nor do we have any anyone against in committee. And with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Hodges explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Hodges is close for the bill a question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen nineteen prepare the machine madam Clark. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk ninety three eight one nine zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read house bill sixteen oh two sixteen ninety by representative Richmond to allow school districts to implement a school week that is not a five day school week and to allow school districts to extend the school day or school year to accommodate a school week that is not a five day school week. Represent Richmond you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. The reason why I have this bill in front of you today is because of my district I've got a a small school district that has a four day school week. But the pre K.. Asked to go five days. Because there are certain requirements that they have to make and the problem that causes that you have parents who have kids both in pre K. eight through K. and then you also have kids that that are on K. through twelve so they got kids at home this post is a preschool what happens is kids don't go to preschool. And so they come to me ask me if there's something to do about this and it it's a difficult problem because there are a lot of different regulations and federal regulations and things involved in it as far as being sure that they can get the money. So the solution was. And I'm sorry that it took three pages the say about three lines worth of information the solution is that you the school board a school district if you can meet all these requirements. Then your pre K. can also go on a four day school week if you can't meet those requirements for some reason then you're going to have to stay on the five day just trying to give those school boards in the superintendents the opportunity to try. And change if they can and that's what this bill does thank you. Represent Richmond has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Richmond is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen oh two the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clerk ninety As to nation to present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read house bill fifteen ninety that's the fifteen ninety by representative Walker to allow a public school district that implements an alternate school calendar to use alternative methods of instruction for purposes of making ever miss school day. Walker you're recognized explained bill. Right it should be an easy one. so right now we have a traditional school calendar and an alternate school calendar traditional it calendar follows days alternate calendar falls hours the traditional school calendar currently allows a on Mondays with alternate school calendar does not. And this bill here simply makes it to where I am days will be allowed with alternate school calendar Department of that still has the power to promulgate rules and this removes none of the power from them I took it straight to commissioner leave when I had the rough draft created and he was neutral on the bill so there's no opposition but if you guys have any questions I'll give you about thirty seconds. Represent Mayberry for purposes. A question you're recognized I'm sorry I kinda overlooked this bill yes so I'm just now seeing it can you help me out as a in my is not allowed for the learns Act from my understanding. Hi my understanding they've not taken the alternates are I am not days out in the large bill. And they Department of that I haven't seen any policy or Commissioner ma'am I'll that excludes a on my days moving forward. You're recognized thank you. The law on AMI's still exist but the school district has to have a hundred and seventy eight days of in person learning. And therefore am I would not qualified because it's not in person learning. Well maybe for my understanding now department of it is got to set down there to creating a task force that'll come up with the the detailed Laws and things and I have a saying what they're planning on doing moving forward and until we really know I thought it'd be logical and filed a bill I even took it to a leave to see if there was a point to and the it was a rough draft before I even filed it in a that night like it was something that should be pulled. I may not explaining it well. Follow up if that's okay you're recognized I will be honest with you I'm in support of keeping in mind I think it's a good thing to give our school districts some flexibility I just don't know how I I'm trying to process how this affects keeping it because to my understanding right now even though we have a law on a in my if the school district chooses to use a MRI they will not get funded. and what was the other thing I don't have it pulled up some something else. So basically it makes a in my not a possibility right now well this bill won't have any effect on that it doesn't change anything all it does is strike out one line in the bay of the current act I think it was two sessions ago live in last session where major they created alternate school calendar but in the bill they added a line that just so as not to be eligible for the use of alternative instruction granted under sixteen one twenty seven this strikes at one line out so if they decide later department may decide later to not allow a on my days this does not affect anything on that end so if they decide to use I am I days and then the office will counter will be allowed but what it does is it makes the traditional school calendar any alternate school calendar follow the same law. Cozart for what purpose. Question you're recognized would you agree if you ran this bill it became law that the governor can veto it if she doesn't want to compete with a large bill I agree with that all right thank you. Represent Walker is explained a bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative walkers close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen ninety repair the machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Eighty seven yeas to nays and three present bills passed. Represent Womack news that we re referred house bill fifteen sixty seven back to committee that's proper motion representative Womack you're recognized explain your motion. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a very very good bill that those on the committee members thought could be an even better bills I want to get opportunity go by the committee and see if we can make it better thank you. Well Max's explained the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. For the motion. Represented Womack is close for the motion the question before the House is the re referral of house bill fifteen sixty seven back to committee on favor say aye. Opposed nay. Send the. Bill back to committee. Madam Clerk read house bill fifteen oh four house of fifteen oh four by representative Mike right to amend the public education reorganization act to amend the conditions under which a public school district shall be administratively consolidated by the state board of education and to declare an emergency. Represent McElroy you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr chair Calling animal shoot straight with you. I've got a school this slated to close in Marvell Arkansas. In the I'm here to try to save that school I was a. The. The marble school moral Elaine school district has already been consolidated one time Elaine it came twenty miles up to Marvell I don't know if you're familiar with that district over there but Snowflakes is about the most isolated little town and probably Arkansas because of why rivers got cut off. Well from snow lake. The line is twenty miles. Then Elaine got consolidated into marble so as another twenty miles up to Marvell now marble school is slated to be consolidated. And all the schools around them really are not. Or have not reached out to them they don't want the people the other students because of their. There's already having struggles and most of them are on the level five Support already the only schools that reached out to. Our Brinkley school which is probably another thirty miles. And Marianna which is another thirty miles so what my bill does it does four things. If a school district office under this that was magical number three hundred fifty. And number two if there under level five intense supervision from the state. Number three if they don't have a voluntary consolidation plan in place. In the big one number four if consolidation make a child have to travel over forty miles one way. Then the state would take over and find the superintendent. Take over the management of the school until one of those factors would change. And. Well some I'm asking I was I was a member of some consolidation and where I went to school and I built a house over at community. And your schools are the heart of your community it churches and where that school left. It looks like a battle zone over there where I built my house luckily I move before all this happened. But all I'm asking you is to give a chance in here's what's happening in the delta my district. Goes from Arkansas city to almost this thirty four miles to Memphis. Where my district office over hundreds of miles less happening in the delta so when you start consolidating schools. You know the kids father and father for the kids because this further and further between the school districts so all I'm asking you do if you got kids or grandkids. Don't ask those children to do something you would want your grandkids or your kid to do is set on a school bus for sixty miles plus. Because sixty miles is not just sixty minutes you're looking at probably two hours on the school bus in the morning two miles two hours in the afternoon. I voted for the learn as bill and many of you here today. If this will filter a lot more money into the delta schools and could breathe life into it that it really needs and this would be a great experiment. Clause alarms bill and I would appreciate it and did you give me a good vote and I'm not too proud to be thank you. Represent McElroy is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent McElroy is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen NO four or the machine madam Clerk. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill and the emergency clause has passed members we're gonna go back up to calendar pick up house bill sixteen twenty seven madam Clerk please read the bill house bill sixteen twenty seven by representative more to clarify the membership dues paid to hunting and fishing clubs are exempt from sales tax. Represent more you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker what this bill does is pretty straightforward it clarifies the existing practice by the department of finance administration to not pay not make hunting club dues taxable I just read you the language right here membership dues paid to a hunting or fishing club that are paid to obtain access to land for the primary purpose of hunting or fishing or excluded from the tax levied in substance division five AA of this section this is an existing practice all it does is clarify this existing practice. Take any questions. Representative for what purpose question you're recognized so is there any cap on the fees are the on the membership fee and on how high it can go. no there's not much left to each individual club and if you want to take a look at to what type of practices is you may have a group of guys or gals a get together and buy a piece of property and equity club membership and then charge five or ten thousand dollars annually mainly for the upkeep pay somebody to push all pay for diesel pay for insurance both liability and insurance on the clubhouse etcetera and that's what these days are largely used for I'm sorry follow up you're recognized so they are sometimes several thousand. Seven eight ten fifteen thousand dollars a year on these thank you. Representative Morris explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill representative Morris close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen twenty seven where the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Yes ballot madam Clerk. Ninety six days one day is our president the bill is passed. Madam park read house bill sixteen oh four. House bill sixteen oh four by representative mark is to require that a petition of a student to transfer from one school district to another school district be placed on the agenda of a school district board of directors for review and approval. Representative Barker you're recognized explained a bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members house bill sixteen oh four set to due process for the parents and their student that is making a that the students making a transfer petition and in the process it also creates uniformity clarity and transparency the Bill those five things it ensures that these transfer petitions are taken up in a timely manner as they are received. It requires that if a recommendation of denial comes when a petition is made that that recommendation also come with written explanation of why that was denied and that should be furnished to the board into the parent. thirty tested these transfer petitions. Should be addressed or taken up or heard individually and each get a separate vote by the board. It also and most importantly it gives parents at least five minutes before the board to state the case of their student as to their particular reasons unique reasons and circumstances as to why they want to transfer their student and then last if the. Board votes to deny the transfer petition the parent feels that's been done unjustly the bill gives them the option to appeal that decision to the state board should they choose to do so. The no questions I'd appreciate a good vote. Represent Barker is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Barker is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen oh four per the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clerk. Ninety three eight one nine zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read house bill ten eleven ten eleven by representative Pilkington to require Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for depression screening for pregnant women. President Bill Clinton you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker as it previously we had to present screenings for postpartum women this is for pregnant women as well it's just kind of samples that goes into that there's no fiscal impact with this were you know we're just gonna find put in law thanks for a good vote. Represent Pilkington is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill represent Pilkington is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill ten eleven machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. The voters not eighty ninety eight one nine zero present the bill is passed. ManpowerGroup House Bill fifteen seventy four fifteen seventy four by representative vote to support positive mental health for families with young children to the Arkansas Medicaid program and to establish some reimbursement rates for preventive services for children. Representative Barker I cannot explain the bill. Tucker healthy steps transforms the way pediatric clay. By focusing research resources to work guiding families during those critical early years through one of the only systems it serves every titled before the start of a school healthy step changes lives at PCPs including PDA pediatrician say that children more than a dozen times before child's fourth birthday for well child visits these frequent visits allow the team of PDA pediatricians nurses in early childhood development experts to intervene early and check it within check it often when problems become apparent so we did a mental health working group this past this past. Year and in that I was a chair in the early prevention this is one of the pieces of legislation that came out during early prevention if we can help children much earlier rather than later than we save money as a state so let's start saving money on children today with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Boggs explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Boggs close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen seventy four prepare the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clerk. Ninety eight one nine to present the bill is passed. But performing skip over house bill sixteen seventy two right now all of. Please read house bill fifteen oh three fifteen at three by representative Gazaway to to create the offense of operating a chop shop and to create the offense of dealing in stolen or forged motor vehicle parts. Represent Gazaway you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a bill that would create a new criminal offenses comes from the Arkansas prosecuting attorneys association specifically. prosecuting attorney dance you purports met some of you may know him he recognized Arkansas does not have a specific law that addresses chop shops which is Places where people who take stolen vehicles they will take stolen vehicle come up into multiple parts and then sell the parts of come on the black market also scratching out the vin numbers making on whether these cars can't be recognized that they are in fact so in every state that surrounds Arkansas Missouri Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana. Every state that were targets Oklahoma Texas all have chop shop laws everyone Arkansas does not so this creates a chop shop law similar to what the other states that surround us have and this is a problem that you that is observable their statistics that say that automobile thefts are on the rise not only around the country but specifically in Arkansas and so this bill seeks to address that problem I think it does it well and that's what the bill does I'm happy to answer any questions. Senate appreciate a good vote you got a question Pilkington all represented Gazaway is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen oh three pairs machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety two yeas to ninety two yeas to nays zero present the bill is passed. Man park read house bill sixteen sixty four sixteen fifty four by representative Gazaway some in the Arkansas law concerning the membership of county law library board. Represent Gazaway you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is a very simple bill every county has a law library board. All libraries are funded from fees that are paid through the legal system by defendants and and also in part funded by the county the county judge makes appointments to who sits on the law library board and the people who sit on the law library board or defined by statute to a one of the noticeably absent members of who can sit on a law library board was judges for some reason they were not listed in the statute is being able to be a member of a law library board which doesn't really make sense because judges have so much to do with the materials that should be available to people who appear in their court the primary purpose of the law library board for an eight and a law library that are kept in counties is to ensure that members of the public who otherwise don't have access to legal research will have access to that legal research so what this bill does is it simply says that a law library board shall consist of all of the members that are currently of a eligible to be appointed plus a circuit judge who presides over court in the county or resides in the county and a District Court judge who presides over court or resides in the county that's all it does is that those two people can be appointed to all our reports happy to answer any questions. C. nine appreciate a good vote. Represent Gazaway as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill represent Gazaway is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen sixty four prepared machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. I guess it the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety seven yeah zero nine zero present the Bill pass. Madam Clerk read house bill sixteen sixty six S. the sixteenth. And it goes away concerning the prepared schedule property ordered when a judgment calls for property subject to execution. Represent Gazaway you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is a bill that came to me from the Bar Association basically this bill concerns judgment debtors who. have to file schedules of property after a judgment has been entered against him so let me can tell you how this process works if in a civil lawsuit a judgment is granted against someone within forty five days of the entry of the judgment the person against whom the judgment is entered has to file a schedule of property basically a list of assets that includes both real and personal property that they own so that the person who has the judgment knows what property they have so that they can execute the judgment or attempt to collect their judgment that's existing law when there was a review of the law what we realize was it only applied to Arkansas residents and it only applied to people it said if you are a person and it refers to he and she and so we know that corporations are often sued and we want to make sure that this covers entities and then in addition to that it only applied to Arkansas residents is that if a resident of the State of Arkansas basically is subject to a judgment they have to file the schedule of property within forty five days well it doesn't apply to people and businesses who may do business in the state of Arkansas against whom a judgment may be granted so we wanna make sure that if you're an out of state person who does business in Arkansas in the judgment is granted against a person in Arkansas that they too have to file the schedule of assets the schedule of property just like a resident of the State of Arkansas would have to do and also if it's an entity as opposed to a person that the entity would have to file the schedule a property as well what the bill does And I'm happy to answer any questions. C. nine appreciate a good vote. Represent Gazaway as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen sixty six prepared machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. I a ballot madam Clerk ninety six J. zero nays and their presence of bills passed. ManpowerGroup house bill sixteen thirty seven S. the sixteenth ninety seven my representative Collins to specify the couple mental state for certain offenses president Collins you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker we were in Judiciary Committee few weeks ago there is a bill that talked about a crime where you have to know or should know about something and it was brought up that it would be better if it's a no or reasonably should now the reason for that is in a criminal law you the vagueness doctrine holds that you cannot be unduly vague when you're setting forth the elements of a criminal offense if you say reasonably should know your specifying that it's what a reasonable person could be expected to now not that specific person so we looked at the existing criminal law there were eighteen places where it said reasonably should now twelve words should now and so we just are changing in this bill all the places where it says should know to reasonably should now to more objective standard more exact standards and really what it'll do is it'll help make sure that our laws are not held unconstitutional or challenged in court the prosecutors the criminal defense bar any ages office all good with this it doesn't really change anything it just clarifies and strengthens what we're trying to do in the law happy answer any questions. Representive fight for what purpose question you're recognized thank you just want to be clear by doing this we won't have to go back and take each individual law and change that correct this would do a uniform change that will that's right that that will do uniform change and actually it was your bill that was in committee and every have a conversation and so with respect to yours we just re stated that section with the reasonably should know so your yours will be covered as well that's it I appreciate a good vote. Represent Collins has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Where the bill. President Collins is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty seven machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clerk. Ninety six J. zero Nays one present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk reads Senate bill three seventy five. Three seventy five a representative acre to amend the law concerning the distribution and use the funds in the commercial driver license one. Represent maker you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr chairman calling us a pretty simple bill brought to us by DFA that this attempting to maximize use of current fee structures they have and modernize the way in which they're able to apply that to more than just the limitations that are shown in current law at as you may be aware there are five special revenues deposited in the commercial driver's license fund this addresses to with outdated restrictions that being the commercial motor vehicles fee and the rush title fees a current law restricts the fees collected for this to solely quote system enhancements to the Arkansas motor carrier system. At in contrast to one of a similar fees such as for commercial driver's licenses those are permitted to be not only maintain the program but also to carry out related purposes functions powers and duties of the Revenue Division this simply copies the current language from existing fee structures to allow them to use it for more purposes than just system enhancements the example given to me is that if in the rush titled department if they need to hire somebody or purchase computers those for whatever reason are not considered system enhancements so that I welcome any quick. C. nine appreciate a great vote thank you. Representative maker has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative makers close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three seventy five where the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clark. Ninety five Yeas zero nine zero presence of bills passed. Madam park read Senate bill two sixty two Senate bill two sixty two by representative Miller seven the public education reorganization acted to remove the authority of the state board of education required administrative consolidation for certain school districts. Representative Miller you're recognized explained bill. Anyway. I went to the Senate my my network this is bad news is everything's falling apart. What I was saying we just passed Michael is built unanimously serving by so I'm no it's personal thank you all for. Represent Miller's explained the bill would anyone like to speak for against the bill. For the bill. Represent Miller is close for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two sixty two the machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety five Yeas zero Nays zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read Senate bill three sixty five Senate three sixty five a representative Bobby to create the Arkansas student due process and protection act and to establish procedural protections for student conduct disciplinary proceedings at public two year and four year institutions of higher education. Dalby recognize explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker member Senate bill three sixty five is making sure that there is a fair procedure in place in regards to due process rights when a student a higher is higher education institution is facing suspension or expulsion from that institution this bill is ensuring that our students yes constitutional rights are being protected some of the safeguards that are in this bill in these situations are that the higher ed institution must maintain files VOL disciplinary proceedings the files must contain certain documents such as evidence of exculpatory evidence statements of witnesses electronically stored information written communication skills are just some of the items that have to be in there those files would not include privileged documents or evidence it's not going to be admitted in the case additionally the accused student would have the right to receive a copy of the procedures so they know how it's going to operate they would also have the right to counsel of their own choosing they pay for that council or the right to a non attorney advocate because obviously in most of these cases we're dealing with students from eighteen to twenty one maybe twenty two years so. Senator Irvin and I Senator Irvin worked very closely with higher ed. we sought the input from various chancellor's throughout the state appreciate those chancellor's input the system attorneys for the University of Arkansas and for UCLA both also worked on this bill in there is no known non opposition with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representative office explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative office close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three sixty five per machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clerk ninety five Yeas zero Nays zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk read Senate bill three forty two about three forty three by representative facts to create the Arkansas says sorry threshold for settlement agreements involving minors at. Represent Maddox you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is another pretty simple bill so what this bill does it raises the amount of a settlement involving a minor from five thousand dollars to twenty five thousand dollars it does of course still require all parties to sign off and execute an agreement and it has the reason for this change is the five thousand amount has been the same amount since I've been practicing law for instance for over twenty five years so we're removing that cat it increasing to twenty five thousand it'll just make things more expeditious and they're still safeguards in place for everyone else so this bill did pass unanimously out of the Senate there's no opposition I'm aware of so glad to take any questions. Thank you I appreciate a good vote. Senate Maddux's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Maddox is closed for the bill the question before the House. Is the passage of Senate bill three forty two. Jean madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. I up the ballot madam Clerk. Ninety five Yeas zero Naseer present the Bill pass. Madam Clark read Senate bill one thirty five one thirty five I representative genes amend the law concerning the duration participation in the local police and fire deferred retirement option plan is to declare an emergency. Representative gene you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. Of this is a bill before a lofty all it does is raise the dropped from seven to ten years I think originally the drop was five than it was step to seven it does I've got letters here from the R. actuary and also Lafayette does not hurt any time you'll drop it does not hurt the bottom line on your retirement system any questions raise it from seven to ten years on you draw for police. Appreciate a good vote. Represent Janice explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative gene is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one thirty five machine madam Clerk. They're one voted. Cast a ballot madam Clerk. Ninety two days three days since their present the bill an emergency clause has passed. Senator Jeanne moos that we place house bill ten eighty four on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one amendment amendment number one to House Bill tend eighty four representing you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is a amendment number one to House Bill ten eighty four of the FNA what this is This Is increases a two eight hundred eighty point five million dollars in this comfortable governor for port on a the software for financial accounting system. That's what this amendment does any questions. Create a good vote. Representative Janice explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative James close for the moment the question. Before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten eighty four all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. Members of the doctor. Representative Jeanne moos that we place house bill ten ninety six on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one madam Clerk asked the amendment number one to House Bill ten ninety six represent gene recognized. Thank you for calling house bill ten ninety six. No the DFM a bill it does four things it in the miscellaneous fund it increases it from six to ten million this is to help our overtime pay if if need be. On the cash appropriation for various state agencies as an increase of appropriations not necessarily funds from three hundred to seven hundred fifty million to this insurer sufficient appropriation for any cash appropriation. Of number three. What it does for state agencies this is comes off the top is not hit on general revenue this increases from three hundred fifty to seven hundred fifty million dollars for any appropriation request. For fiscal year twenty twenty four and the final of the federal appropriation of the infrastructure investment job active twenty twenty one if they're getting some more money for that it increases the appropriation from five hundred fifty million three point five billion that's what these amendment to do any questions. Appreciate a good vote. Represent Janice explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten ninety six all in favor say aye. As may. Amendments adopted. Representative Jeanne moos that we place house bill eleven seventy nine on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one madam Clerk Amendment number one to House Bill Evans seventy nine. Representative gene you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker calling this is house bill eleven seventy nine this is the Department of Parks heritage tourism this amendment brought before by Senator Dismang and others three entities in the state there's the old Lafayette hotel downtown. There's the veteran hospital out their own Roosevelt road and then the Arlington hotel in the hot springs Arkansas this allows for us to have it it's a forty million dollar but we we just started working on the RSA it's really a twenty million dollar calls with the appropriation here's forty million but that you know that the the cost will be twenty million this is for a tax credit for the in the most I thank all of these entities are outside entities bring in money of rehab in these buildings and giving them up to where they can be used again of so this is a twenty million dollar tax credit but the the funding line is forty million just more make that clear any questions only men. Representative talk for what purpose question you're recognized so you to the Arlington right and this is. In that privately owned now to did they just taking a funding mechanism to to do the Arlington I'm just asking because I will their their historic buildings and their their store buildings have the ability to get tax credits up to fix them up because they're they're they're big entities are very expensive and if you if you don't have these. Both times just start falling down but anyway this gives a tax credit of for these entities to be restored and if you do any building they've got to be historically designated. What purpose question you're recognized be sure I understand this this is not this is like a private school. Thank you I'm not following in their. Thank you. Thank you. Representive ray for purposes the question you're recognized representing this is this state funding correct this is a state tax credit and state tax okay yeah thank you. Any other questions represent Mack London for what purpose question you're recognized could you just help me understand representative gene if it's twenty thousand dollars that you need where we appropriating forty thousand forty nine well that was the I guess early on when he found this bill we didn't really know but I just came to meeting at lunch and and the and the actual costs will be closer to twenty million but this is just the appropriation is not what we're spending but but the the tax credit from what I heard in the committee will be more line with twenty million. And that'll be in our one time funding sheet that we have when we present our essay. Represent Mayberry for purpose question you're recognized could you just tell me understand why this doesn't go through Revenue and Tax to understand that if it's a tax credit will just help me understand that process because this is this is the appropriation this is the funding bill became the Joint Budget. Any other questions. Create a good vote on the amendment. Represent Janice explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative James close for the amendment question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill Levin seventy nine all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. Is haven't adopted the amendment. In January connived. Thank you member's house bill ten seventy four this is the FNA this is. Which shall shut down a couple times and he felt. Nasmith pass AT and so I just thought I'd try this today many questions. Appreciate a good vote your one voted for the bill emergency clause is because the Clerk with bill third time man Clark read the bill for the third time House Bill ten seventy four. Representing as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill ten seventy four machine madam Clerk. You voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Okay I said ballot madam Clerk. With with seventy two yeas twenty two nays and for president. The bills failed. Read the bills matter Clerk. House resolution ten seventy three that objection read the bill a second time House resolution ten seventy three House Management house memorial resolution one thousand four. Without objection read resolution second time House somewhere resolution one thousand four. House Management. Members the house is going to stand in recess for about ten minutes. Check check. One. House will come to order. Person makes for what purpose motion let's hear your motion after the house of three of the bill structuring bills placing the counters on the House members amending their own bills on Amendment Mars withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions recommit cations and any remaining committee report I move that we adjourn until one thirty tomorrow afternoon that's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed the ayes have it okay members before we go into announcements I apologize for the delay but I was trying to determine whether we need to meet on Friday or not I believe we don't have to meet on Friday. So here's here's where we're at. we are not going to meet on Friday that's the plan we're not meeting on Friday we're still working towards wrapping up. A week from Friday which we could meet on that date there I would say that depending on how things go here over the last ten days that we may have to look at pushing back maybe a day or two into the following week but I'm trying to avoid that and I still believe we're still on pace to wrap up here by next Friday so sorry for the delay but I was trying to count days with the Senator Hester and with the parliamentarian and others to make sure we had time our committees continue to continue to to meet B. committees plan on meeting on Monday and if if committees need to meet in other times let me know so we can work to try to work those in obviously if you've got a house bill we need to get it out of our end to get to the Senate in and then hopefully we can primarily focus on Senate bills as we move towards the end okay so I appreciate your patience and hopefully I think we're moving towards a successful conclusion hopefully next week. All right to any announcements representative McElroy. Thank you Mr Speaker state agencies will meet in one fifty one in ten minutes all the bills on the agenda will be cleared so if you got a bill come on down we go run today thank you represent we represent Hodges. Announcmenet you're recognized House Management meets upon adjournment and one thirty eight justifica it'll resolutions we need to get through today represent Beatty for purpose announcmenet recognized chairman knees wanted me to now sit revenue tax will meet tomorrow on one fifty one at ten AM president Jean for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized joint budget will meet tomorrow morning at nine AM big mac a represent very for purpose you're recognized judiciary will meet in the morning at ten AM represent fight for purpose city county local meeting might be in fifteen minutes representative Cavenaugh for purposes now you're recognized special language will meet at eight AM tomorrow morning and they made me. The flowers for purpose point of personal privilege following the announcmenet okay represent Holcomb for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized public transportation will meet in the morning at ten AM and mac B. represent what what purpose announcmenet you're recognized personnel committee of joint budget committee of the the upon adjournment and big mac a thank you represent Vaught for what purpose announcmenet. The rules will be meeting tomorrow at noon. President Maddox for purpose announcmenet you're recognized insurance commerce women ten minutes. Representantes for what purpose public health committee will meet tomorrow morning ten AM room one thirty. Represent eleven for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House education will meet tomorrow morning room one thirty eight upon adjournment of joint budget. Represent flowers your. Representative makes for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized of the technology committee will meet Monday at noon that will probably be our last meeting of the session so if you got technology bill needs to be properly filed by today. President flyers you're recognized for point of personal privilege. So apparently I can't hide when I have a health issue and make and it doesn't make the paper so that I needed to come before my colleagues today and first of all let you know that I really am very much okay secondly I want to thank everyone for your taxing your calls and your well wishes and hugs and thirdly I want to say that the dramatic you know issue that happened for those of you don't know I had a little spell and fainted and but I'm okay I did learn that and was reminded that health is wealth and I want to let everyone know here on this floor that my heroes for ever. Our representatives McGee and Johnson we already know that they are wonderful public servants in this body but I got a chance to see them in action firsthand as service as positions and I so appreciate it because you don't know what you don't know about coming into a situation like that and how that feels you know when you don't have someone there to help you so I just appreciate that and if you ever do have something wrong it doesn't hurt to have it happen right outside of public health meeting. The death will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion of the items named in the adjourn resolution the house would be