House Convenes

I'm by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by the house chaplain Dr Jonathan Kelly of First Baptist Church build radio and to remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Almighty god an everlasting father we dial before you. Hi this afternoon. Father your word says that blessed are those who mourn. Members it please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine madam Clerk. Cast about madam Clerk with ninety eight members present chair sees a corpsman there any request for leave represent Hodges for what purpose. Leave for representative McCollum leave grant represent the call of. So noted represent once from for what purpose leave you're recognized leave a representative per table I Ladyman is leave grant represent Ladyman. So noted represent Jeffrey Wardlaw fence the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are the reports from select committees read reports madam Clerk this is speaking you Committee on joint budget. To whom was referred house bill ten eighty four house bill eleven seventy nine Beckley report we have the same consideration I have here the town same recognize that do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Lane Jean chair. Are there any Reports from standing committees reports my park Mr Speaker your committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill forty fifty four house bill sixteen twenty seven Begley report we have the same consideration here concerning the same condition that it do pass respectfully submit less eve share this week your committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill fourteen eighty six house bill fourteen ninety nine Bigley report we have the same consideration here presents a recognized that do pass concurrence in Amendment number one speak your committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill fifteen forty eight Senate bill three forty one day report we have the same consideration here but sounds same recognition that it do pass as amended number one Mr Speaker your committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty seven house bill sixteen thirty two Haskell sixty thirty three house bill sixty thirty five house bill sixty seventy one Senate bill three seventy five then the report with the same consideration here the same recommendation that it do pass respectfully submitted Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker we are committee on education was referred house bill. Ten thirty day requirement same consideration here besides I recognize that do pass concerning Senate Amendment number one Mr Speaker your committee on education was referred house bill fifteen sixteen vaguely referring to same consideration here was on the same recognition that it do pass as amended number two Mister Speaker your committee on education was referred senate bill three sixty one big important the same consideration here time is a recognition that a do pass as amended number one Mr Speaker we are committee on education to whom was referred house bill fifteen oh four house for fifteen ninety six and that's to Haskell sixteen FOR house bill sixty nineteen Senate bill two sixty two Senate bill three sixty five then the report with the same consideration here for service I recognition that do pass thankfully submitted Brian S. Evans chair Mister Speaker your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen twenty one day report with the same consideration your term same recommendation that a do pass as amended number two respectfully submitted Carol Dalby chair. Syrian finish business are there any Executive communications. Madam madam Clark please read House resolution ten fifty four. House resolution ten fifty four by representative bricks to recognize little rock Christian academy warriors winning the class four A. state boys basketball championship. Represent Brooks you're recognized to explain resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker Mr Speaker I like to invite represent Hudson and representive Collins to the well we also represent west little rock along with me. Represent Hudson Collins. You're permitted to join in the well. Colleagues I bring to you a resolution honoring the little Christian academy for a state championship basketball team on March the ninth these young men and their coaches excelled in winning their second state championship I did just get a good piece of information from one of our colleagues representive hawk who commented that and we may have a budgetary issue on this later on he commented this was the most watched game out of all the championship games on Arkansas PBS so little plug for a vote maybe later on for Arkansas PBS from representative talk. so just want to honor these young men who did an outstanding job with coach call Pennington and a number of other coaches there's one coach of their that some folks here may recognize he was formerly known as big nasty Senate and in fact so some you guys probably still have a picture of him on your wall and Sports Illustrated frame to some point for about thirty years ago so but so with coach penny ten as well as all these young men who did an outstanding job of not just showing excellence in basketball but exemplifying a great attitude and a good example coach Bennington said. We're very proud of each player they played their best on the biggest stage and their contribution for the state championship so what are these young men for what they've done and how they represent their school their community well and I'll I'll turn over to represent Collins roots into the same thing no. Thank you. Mr Speaker to please have a Clerk read the resolution its entirety. I'm court please read the resolution whereas a little recreation had anyway your voice restaurant team won the class four A. state baseball tournament on March ninth twenty twenty three at the hot springs convention center in hot springs Arkansas in west little rock Christian academy warriors boys basketball scene had a fifteen win had a fifteen wins and one loss conference record with for a five conference champions and had twenty seven wins in eight loss records overall and whereas literal Christian academy warriors with last month's a member's score scoring sixty eight points per game allowing forty nine points per game throughout the season and with lantern Walker scored thirty two points in the championship game was named the four A. state championship Most Valuable Player named to the all state tournament team all state team into the archive for seamen with JJ injuries was named all stars all state tournament team all state team and all conference team to mail Wesley was named the all conference team and Ben fox's name the all state tournament team and all conference team and where the records in a county where you're with medical team is coached by a head coach called anything an assistant coaches are core list Williamson planet Barker Davis Torres and Kobe sense and with the little rock Christian academy warriors with nasco team includes J. J. Andrews Jamal Wesley lantern Walker even the Castro TJ Watson Caleb Hawkins been filed with vise Mitchell Morris trade how interesting Watson cordless wings in junior and Cooper along with and with coach managing stated our team played their best on the biggest stage we're very proud of each player and coach for their contributions to the state championship now therefore be it resolved the House represent nine four zero some of the State of Arkansas that the House representatives recognize literate Christian academy warriors with mesmerizing for winning the twenty twenty three class four A. boys basketball state championship. Senate Brooks is explain the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Represent Brooks is closer to resolution the question before the House the adoption of house resolution ten fifty four all in favor say aye. Any opposed resolutions adopted. Members are Dr the days Dr Beth Milligan of little rocket guests of representative Jon Milligan in our nurse of the day Sherri Bernard. Bills with this. married Madison Norris's paging for she's the niece of representative Eads and Ellie vines is paging with this today she is the daughter of our own John Vice. In the east gallery we have students from mount ida high school there thank here is the guest of represent Matix. Also have with this Blake Debbie wintry they're the nephew and sister in law of representative Charlene Fite. Counted. Also in the north gallery we have J. semakin Baird and Jacob right there the guests of represent Waldridge. And in the north gallery the guests of represent Macklin and we have thank you rush me and at nine yeah Swain they are both Conrad finalists they represent been Bentonville west is one of five international Conrad finals for their project titled hubris how Bach universal brain resonance imaging systems and there's a guest represent back. Represent Scott for what purpose. Recognized for point of personal privilege. Representative wing will you please join me in the well. To date you know represent approximately and I represent North Little Rock and we're proud to represent dog town it today we have some special individuals with us we have the teacher of the year Mr capris follows. We also have the Norfork school board who received the twenty twenty two leadership of excellence award who's with us today. We have our chief of police I can't see him. Okay. Thank you for being here as well so today we want to recognize officer CM and miss with that they're both standing right there. And let me tell you why we're recognizing them today. Arkansas is blessed with extra ordinary citizens who find courage and strength becoming heroes when called upon in dire situations officer Sam and miss with map of North Little Rock are such individuals on February sixteenth I present in this with that observed a teacher suffering from a medical emergency it was clear quickly determined that the teacher with I'm response of and not grieving. Prompting officer Sam an miss with that to begin performing CPR. Officers in the miss with that were able to revive the teacher he was transported to the hospital for further treatment the teacher has since been released from the hospital N. as in S. he's at home recovering so today the house of representatives of the ninety four General Assembly of the State of Arkansas take great pride in recognizing both of you for your dedication and service to the north park school district thank you so much for your tremendous efforts. Go charging Wildcats. Thank you Mr Speaker. Please read House resolution ten thirty nine. House resolution ten thirty nine by representative due to reclaim marches national speech and debate education mine in Arkansas. Thank you recognized to explain resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker I am Collins I am really excited B. here and present this today this was a resolution that was generated by one of the students back home and so introducing this I thought he's actually here today he's one of our pages eight surface over there and so I'm just gonna read what he wrote to means a senator Dotson in kind of explain why he thought this is important my name is the service and I miss it a student out of high school and grab it along with competing I also team members in speech and debate I can tell you firsthand that this activity transform students from building confidence improving copy communication and increasing critical thinking skills to better prepare students for college speech and debate activities provide life skills vital to a young person success in the future and then he went on to just encouraging us to get a resolution passed acknowledge that and since we kind of do a little bit of talking in speech and debate down here that was pretty appropriate that he asked for us to do this resolution with that I would ask Mr Speaker you'd have the Clerk read in its entirety. Where is national speech and debate education day is being celebrated in March and we're as established by the national speech and debate association in conjunction with national local partners this event serves to promote better instruction in speech and debate across all grade levels and highlight. The pivotal roles these abilities plan personal advocacy social moments in public policy making and we're speech and debate education helps students develop important skills of communication critical thinking creativity and collaboration through the practice of public speaking participants learned not only to analyze an express complex ideas it effectively but also the leasing concur question or dissent with reason and compassion and whereas across the country countless educators to vote in school after school and weekend time to supporting their students in speech and debate practices and competitions and the example of hard work and dedication they said has a lasting positive impact of their people's and with the skills learned through the speech and debate serve students well through their lives and this occasion presents a welcome opportunity recognize such instruction as a central component of a well rounded curriculum B. be it resolved by the House representative of the ninety first General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the House representative reclaim marches national speech and debate met at the capitol. Represent due to explain the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Duke is close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house resolution ten thirty nine all in favor say aye. Any opposed resolutions adopt. Morning hour scented madam Clark please read house bill fourteen eighty nine that's the fourteen eighty nine by representative going to amend the law concerning programs and activities approved for academic credit for community service. Reserve Garner you're recognized to explain the Bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this is a bill that I talked to several of your about early on and it came to me from a group of folks at the co op the curriculum directors in the superintendents and our co op and they were having difficulty finding enough non profits for their students to do their community service and so part of the problem was that the state of the board of education had to approve those and so what we're trying to do was make sure that the local school board could approve those sites so I worked on the bill we got it done and we filed it and then the lords Act happen and so we wanted to make sure we pulled it down make sure that we didn't do anything different than what the the large act would do and we had The the folks that were writing Taylor and and Lucas who are writing the bill we make sure that they wrote the Bill such that it was simple to make sure that the local school boards had control but that the bill would sunset as the lord's Act rules came into effect so this doesn't do anything except change that the state board of education does not have to approve a site for community service so the local school boards can do that I did talk to I talked to Jamie this morning they're fine with the bill they're they're great he just want to make sure that we work limiting or doing anything different than the large act and that's exactly why we pulled it down and brought it back so it's it's to take care of the things that the large act will do once a rule making process has occurred and in the meantime we'll be able to get these community service hours for the schools that are having problems finding sites for that there was a question Julie had a question about the date on here and what so so this is the bill and it the only thing that we change was the state board of a education to the local school board with the exception of the tax exempt status he updated the date for the date of the bill which is January first twenty twenty three there is consumption certain that there will be more nonprofits that come into a in to fruition and that we may want to utilize those that can be changed either we can either look at wording on the Senate I Senator lots is going to carry the bill over there it happens to be in Northwest Arkansas issue and we can do that or it will change with the lark with the large rulemaking process anyway so with that I'm glad to answer any. There's no no no opposition like I said did talk to the governor's office they're flying. And with that I'd ask for a good vote thank you very much. Lows for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill fifteen are sorry fourteen eighty nine prepared the machine out of court. Asked about madam Clerk by a vote of ninety eight east one name to present the bill is passed I don't. Has a fifty ninety two by representative Warren to amend the law concerning job order contracting and increase the cap on job order contracting the awards for institutions of higher education president warned erect. Thank you Mr Speaker. Hello reps house bill fifteen eighty two is a bill to address a needed change in the amount that an institution of higher education can contract out of sync in a single year. This announcmenet has been constant since two thousand thirteen. This bill would change the amount to one million two hundred thousand an increase of four hundred thousand over a ten year period it has been constant at seven hundred and fifty thousand. We all know what's happened to construction cost over that time period by passing this piece of legislation we're allowing our institutions of higher education to keep up with inflation that we've all experienced over the past decade we need to update this and I would appreciate your support. I appreciate a good vote. Percent worn is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. What is. Where the house is a passage of house bill fifteen eighty two prepared. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk by a vote of ninety four U.. Past report please read house bill sixteen twenty nine S. the sixteenth twenty number represented me to amend the rabies control activated to the cop confinement of an animal when a person has been to allow an owner to confined animal who has received a current vaccination against rabies. You're recognized explained bill. Thank you Speaker colleagues this ten years from now you're going to look back on this remember this old gray hair no doctor who saved your dog or cat from from jail what this is. What this does is a pretty simple bill. If your animal anyone's animal is vaccinated and have a current vaccination and a health authority asks that we can find it simply allows you to confined animal at home in communities that have animal control facilities rental shelters. Like my count Conway they can order to be confined in their confined there at that facility and and that's a burden on the animal owners cost people money there's no need to have a confined their health departments good with this the veterinary association good with it everyone my mare loves it my chief police loved it because they won't have to commit animals day animal jail for for ten days for confinement any questions. Represent McElroy for what purpose no. No question you're recognized the this a pertain to people does. I was asset comedian in small print out here to bottom it makes a bid build state calendar all right I'm. Thank you. No thank you representative McElroy. No other questions appreciate a good vote thank you colleagues. Represent McGee has explained the building would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent McGee is close for the bill the question before the House is pastor of House Bill sixteen twenty nine prepare the machine have Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk Bible ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Ma'am court please read house bill fifteen seventy six I have a fifteen seventy six by representative Scott to service the creating a respectful and open wheel for natural hair crown Act. Represent Scott you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling I'm proud to present to the crown act a bill to codify protections for individuals with natural protective and culture here south this bill is about freedom freedom for people with their natural hair south this is a very simple bill it prevents discrimination based on protective in culture here south which includes afros your natural hair color braids locs twists it adds this definition to the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of nineteen ninety three it makes it so that school districts and colleges or universities can't discriminate against students based on their natural hair spouse I carry this bill as someone who knows all too well the struggles that young boys and girls in their communities will face throughout their lives because of the texture or the styling of their hair. This I want I want to be able to fight and work for people where we can create Arkansas where your natural hair is acceptable This is a real problem that young people in our state are facing that's been a question that has been asked to me in twenty nineteen the coach of the University of Fort Smith basketball team told one of his players that his chan lead hair dryer dreadlocks that he did have was not here that he thought was suitable and that he would no longer recruit students with such care and if any of you have seen the Arkansas they all have just vibrant here they where they're here the way it's grown like Jaylen Williams and develop some of the other players and that's all I'm really fighting for is for us as individuals to be able to be acceptable in our communities and we are here in the natural state that it grows. So the example I just gave you about the player at the university of Arkansas Fort Smith I felt like the school handle the situation in a great way but I do know that students are facing this issue in our state that's why I brought it before you today and that's just one of the examples of the real it open discrimination that people who wear their natural hair south face in our everyday society we have the power to put it into these obstacles by passing the protections outlined in this bill without the protection in place we are allowing harmful barriers to educational opportunities in our state for hundreds of thousands of people some who looks just like me so I ask you today to support to support people showing up in places of learning and grant him the basic liberty of knowing that their hair would not impact their ability to reach their fullest potential in life and I ask you to vote yes for this bill similar legislation has been passed in nineteen other states including our neighboring states which is Louisiana and Tennessee now they pass bills that included the workplace I wanted to start with the higher ed because that was the issue that was worth to me most pressing that was in our front door here in Arkansas so I wanted to clarify that there is no non opposition to this bill I work with the governor's office in DHS to address their concerns and I included amendments to the them is already engrossed in the bill. And that's all I have today. Without any questions colleagues I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative Scott is explain the bill would anybody like to speak against the bill. For the bill. This call to close for your bill. Your clothes for your bill. Was for the house's passage of a House Bill fifteen seventy six. Per machine madam Clark. They're one voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about a ballot medical. Account of eighty three days six nineties one president and and zero non voters the bill has passed. The Clerk read H. B. one to ninety six. Ninety six by representative Gazaway to make technical corrections to the Arkansas code concerning the use of respectful language when referring to individuals with disabilities. Reserve Gazaway you're a recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues another technical corrections bill Came to us from code revision basically we replace certain terms that are found throughout the code like handicapped replace those with a more respectful language And then also there were some. Language about visually impaired with where we previous is that blind I think we change that the visually impaired that's all it does happy to answer any questions. Senate president good vote. President Gazaway is explained bill anybody like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Read together with your close the bill manning Clark. What's more houses the passage of a house bill twelve ninety six medical per machine. Is there one voted. Arkansas. Eighty seven days and three nights one present the bill has passed. And Clark read house bill one two nine two ninety two by representative Gazaway to make technical corrections to title twenty four of the Arkansas code concerning retirement pensions. Ferguson Gazaway your. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues another technical corrections bill simply where the ward system was used in this particular section of the code we were more specific to refer to. The Arkansas public employee retirement system so that it was specific as to which system we referring and then there were a couple of sections of obsolete language that were in effect for many years ago that there's no one in the systems that were two systems lopping and Arkansas teacher retirement system and there's no one presently in either one of those systems that falls under either of those categories so we deleted that language because of simply obsolete that's all the bill does happy to answer any questions. Sing out pretty good vote. Gazaway is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Shall I speak for the bill. Schedule your clothes free bill. Was referred house passage of house bill twelve ninety two mind Clark per machine. Is there one voted. Clark asked. Accountid ninety four yeas and zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Ben Clark read House Bill twelve sixty please House sixty by representative Johnson to amend the law concerning annuities under the Arkansas local police and fire retirement system and declaring emergency. Johnson you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman colleagues this is a bill that increases the multiplier it's used to determine retirement benefits for people in Lafayette increases it from two point nine four percent to three percent this is supported by the fraternal order of police and police chiefs association and be happy to try to answer any questions on this bill. The thing that I presented both thank you. Richard Johnson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representantes new clothes for your bill. He's close for bill matter part of the question for the house's passage of House Bill twelve sixty minute court permission. Is everyone voted. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. I'm Clark of. The ballot. The voter ninety three days zero nine zero present your pastor bill an emergency clause. Will move to regular Senate bills Clark was read SP three eighteen three eighteen by representative groundless amend the law concerning the Arkansas manufactured home commission and to require civil penalties except by the Arkansas manufactured home commission to be established by rule. Instagram that you're recognized to present thank you Speaker Senate bill three eighteen will do three things first it will bring us in compliance with the US department of housing and urban development currently four different penalties it requires a one thousand dollar penalty that's not a client that needs to change that will be done by the Arkansas manufacturing home commission and so any penalties will be approved by the General Assembly and suggested by them the second thing it will do to our manufactured homes as it reduces The number of members of the board currently this ten it will drop to eight the reality is there's difficulty finding members with some geographic requirements other than eliminate those geographic requirements job the number of members and have a full board and easier quorum Finally it provides penalty imposed by the commission is not abated by subsequent icing activity including suspension revocation or failure to right now. Answer any questions if there. Thank you Richardson. You have a question for the. Resurrect Richardson what what purpose question you're recognized you said that it changes the the penalty from a thousand but to what without so the Arkansas I manufacture home commission will decide the penalty and then we will approve it as the General Assembly currently the a US farm housing urban development hud requires us to do that so we're actually out of compliance right now so this will bring us in compliance. It relishes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Questions for the house's passage of SB three eighteen Madam court per machine. Is everyone voted. Asked about medical. At a voter ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Clark. You read SB two sixty three point two sixty three by representative Underwood to amend the law concerning the procedure for the sale of property possessed by certainly holders. President would you're recognized. I think Mister Speaker I have members currently a repairman who had a repairman who perform services on equipment and the person does not pay for the services have an absolute lean on that property but the current requirements is that they have to post notice they have to pay a bond and that bond has to be set by circuit Clerk thankfully the way that works under the way the statutes currently written which was not the intent of the statute is that they have to file a cause of action in order to get that mindset so all this bill is doing is allowing the lien holder set upon the self pay them on the cell provide notice that the set that bond and fair market value and then there's also a consumer protection requirement where if the only if the property owner feels like they have been wronged thank you Paula cause of action and then they can recoup up to twice the ballot the fair market value and that their market value set by the court happy to try to answer questions as saying and I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Underwood is explained bill would anybody like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Underwood closely bill. It's close for his bill the question for the house's passage of SB two sixty three. Metalcore per machine. Is everyone voted. Cast a ballot for. About ninety two days one day one present the bill is passed. Manafort please read senate bill four oh one Senate bill four one by representative wing the Lisa Fletcher Act. Person when you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker what we're doing with this bill this actually deals with a very exciting new technology called rapid DNA and what rapid DNA does is just kind of as the name suggests allows you to get DNA samples much faster rather than taking days and weeks and sometimes even months to be able to get a DNA sample back it allows you to get within ninety minutes where this works and how this is being applied in this bill is in the booking process when someone is arrested they are able to get that small that normal swap that they already get but now if we have permission with that which this bill will allow it will allow rapid DNA to be taken and then they can check that database so much faster and the implications for this are very significant because it allows us to possibly retain because it establishes probable cause it allows us to retain somebody who might be very dangerous and wanted in another area Louisiana was the first state to do this and they saw immediate results there are now thirty states allow us to join those thirty states to allow the use of rapid DNA now the lease of Fletcher Act reason why it's names such as many of you might remember that's the name of the jogger who was abducted and killed in Memphis last fall. Just a few days after the Memphis police arrested the suspect they found a they they receive the result of a DNA test from nearly a year prior on a previous rape charge. Have rapid DNA been involved in that that person very likely would not have been on the streets in September in Memphis and that's why we have the names of the Liza Fletcher Act Happy to answer any questions. Seeing none I appreciate a good vote. Begets the Bill. We would like to speak for the bill represent wing is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill four oh one per machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about member. Zero present. Pass Manafort please read Senate bill three twenty two three twenty two by representative staff also amend the duties of the state board of barbering seminars and to aid in the administration of the state's barber. Barman falls resist. Thank you Mr Speaker. All right they said Hey Trey wanna run easy bill no problem well after ninety three eighties And and this bunch later we're here bringing your new and improved bill and one lesson I've learned is when Frank Cavenaugh says stop I'm going to stop from now on I promise I learned my lesson but what it is is there is some language in there that we have taken out it just makes it now legal for someone that is not a barber profession to now own a barber pole so that that was taken out on advisement and so I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three twenty two per machine. When voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark. By a vote of ninety two yeah zero nine to present the bill is passed. I'm Clark please read Senate bill two forty eight Senate bill two forty eight by representative eleven to create the Arkansas challenge plus I'll ship program. Thank you Mr Speaker members this is the first of two lottery scholarship bills that have advanced and the joint Education Committee the first one is the Arkansas challenge plus scholarship fund this program was created at the request of the department of higher education to provide financial assistance to students who have received the Arkansas academic scholarship program it is solely based upon their financial need as determined by the facts that's the free application for federal student aid form that is filled out and to establish financial need that that individual student has it's awarded in increments of a thousand dollars per eligible student per academic year the amounts may vary this is a floating funds that may very based upon the total applicants that meet the eligibility guidelines joint education have a total of about fourteen point five million available in surplus revenue this scholarship fund will take about thirteen million of that however because there were other scholarships that advanced out the department had agreed that this fund will float up and down depending upon the need of others and will not use up all of the allocation this this bill passed out of the Senate with a thirty four to zero vote and I would appreciate a good vote on this one. Represent eleven explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent eleven is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill two forty eight per machine mount park. Everyone voted. Has. Cast about man Clark. By a vote of ninety six C. A. zero nine zero president bill is passed. First served. I believe represent. Watson has a group of constituents from him state county they're sitting in the east gallery you would do when someone. And we also have with this former state senator senator but more importantly former state representative Traci Steele. Clark please read Senate bill two forty nine. Two forty nine by representative Evanston in the source of funding in. State tuition for veterans and military personnel dependents under certain circumstances represent eleven you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members this is a second bill that that that came out of joint ad for the lottery scholarships the purpose of this bill is the expansion of eligibility of in state tuition for dependents of certain veterans these would include a spouse a child born naturally a child adopted a child under legal guardianship or a step child of a disabled veteran a prisoner of war a person declared missing in action killed in action or killed on ordinance delivery the maximum fiscal commitment on this is one point six million dollars this one passed out of Senate thirty four zero as well we appreciate a good vote on the scholarship opportunity for our of students across state. President eleven is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent eleven is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two forty nine per machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety four Yeas zero nine one present the bill is passed. President Jean moved that we place house bill eleven oh five on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one man Clerk and the minimum one house bill eleven oh five percent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker calling this house bill. Level five minute one all this does is no new money it's a netter one position for the of State election board and any revenue derived from a statewide race statewide elections will go into the of Election Commission appropriation. Any questions. Create a good vote on the memo president Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Jean is close for the member question before the House the adoption of amendment number one house bill eleven oh five all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted representative Jeanne moos we place house bill eleven eighteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one man of Clerk house bill eleven eighteen an amendment number one to House Bill Levin eighteen percent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker house bill eleven eighteen the amendment number one what it does is add one minute position. Any questions. Appreciate a good vote on amendment represent changes explained the amendment would he would like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment percent changes clothes for the amendment the question before the House the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill eleven eighteen all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jean moved to place house bill eleven nineteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number one matter park Amendment number one to House eleven nineteen percent gene you're recognized explain the amendment. I respect. This amendment number one half eleven nineteen. Of the Department he would services it delete an assistant director position that's what the member does it delete twenty as if any questions. Richard good vote on amendment. President Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amend represent gene is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a move number one to House Bill eleven nineteen all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted. Jean recognized present budget. We respect your colleagues will of take these first couple House bills number going to try to match the university bills that follow after that on the house and Senate side the first one is house bill ten fifty three this is the governor's mansion this is the operation not the reconstruction of renovations going on now that's done through private money this yes operations for the governor's mansion there no increases any questions. Your one vote for the bill number to call for respect for the park be built third time. Compare please read the bill for the third time house bill ten fifty three percent Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent gene is closed bill the question before the House is passed house bill ten fifty three prepared machine ma'am Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast a ballot mental Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas one nine zero present the bill emergency clause a past president Jean your. English Speaker college we're going to pass over for today house bill ten seventy four. We're gonna pick up house bill ten seventy eight this is a ET and. Once again there are no changes no increases. You know our our goal is to maybe end of this week or next week at the RSA on the. On the desk and try to go home to our love ones. So be it may whatever you feel hope you're feeling good after the spring break of we appreciate a good vote your one vote for the bill emergency clause for Speaker at the park with bill third time. please read the bill for third time has built in seventy eight percent genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill sent brown you're recognized before the bill. College as you know like the count on sesame street a big numbers guy so I'd like to go over some of the numbers what we're voting for the TN Arkansas PBS is called now we're voting for two point nine million our Kansans who live within the range of it Arkansas PBS transmitter signal we're voting for ninety jobs in Conway in my district we're voting for eighty five thousand registered users of the Arkansas ideas program which an online professional development program developed by Arkansas PBS and eighty E.. Which now offers nine hundred thirty two courses and through which our teachers have earned to date four million hours the professional development credit we're voting for twenty two hundred hours of programming offered by Arkansas citizens access network which streams local government thanks and commissions that don't stream to submit to us citizens. You're voting for twenty five hundred hours of pre K. through twelve educational programming including eighty seven hours which are produced here in the state last year. Five hundred hours of local Arkansas specific content made last year including his Arkansas history culture which is one thirty national public media awards in regional Emmys. And finally we are voting for ten transmission towers throughout the state which I did not know this would serve as the backbone of our Arkansas emergency alert system so the next time you hear weather alert radio go off when you think about Arkansas PBS. Many may argue that government should not be in the business of television I completely understand the argument I'm response would be is that PBS serves a purpose that is not and cannot be met by commercial network television. PBS offers educational cultural programming commercial free to the citizens of this state and we're particularly to children can you imagine programs such as Sesame Street being broadcast on commercial television children today we're going to learn about the letter E. sponsored by Kellogg's but the next break here word from our sponsor. Mattel toys and tonight be tuned in for CSI Downton abbey. Whatever problems we may have some of the things the national PBS is done we should not take it on our local station PBS stands for public broadcast system not please buy stuff. And with that I'd encourage you can vote on this bill and I would also point out for anyone in the room he's had a small child in the past twenty years or so they canceled a copy what more could you ask for without appreciate a good vote. To the Browns. Spoken for the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent park you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I will keep this real brief I I want to say exactly were they he said board add one thing to this session but about the kids right we've done a lot for kids we just saw fifteen kids in the gallery the made memories this year because not only do we have the transmission signals in the education material but those kids are gonna be able to look re live their memories and state basketball state championship that almost a hundred thousand our Kansans watched. Everybody is want to know about numbers I've heard that over and over we we don't know how many people watch this now with additional content we have numbers on how many people are actually watching Arkansas PBS would like that I would really appreciate a good vote. President Hawkins spoken for the bill we would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. It is close for the bill the question before the House is pass house bill ten seventy eight per machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. Cast about Manafort by a vote of eighty one Yeas fourteen A. zero president bill emergency clause or past represent Jean. Thank you Mr Speaker College World a batch. In a given time look over the House bills starting at the house bill twelve fifteen the University of Arkansas bioscience. House bill twelve sixteen house bill twelve twenty nine house bill twelve thirty two house bill twelve forty nine and house bill twelve seventy. Of a point out that house bill ten seventy four we should bow sciences of Fuseli House Bill twelve fifteen which is the biosciences of Arkansas and also House Bill. Of twelve twenty nine those have tobacco settlement money there's no no general revenue impact on on and the rest of them are of held flat. I need to pull any of these bills I the batch. Any questions joining these bills. Okay within started house bill twelve fifteen sixteen twelve twenty nine twelve thirty to twelve forty nine and house bill twelve seventy your one vote is for the bills emergency clause Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill for. House bill twelve fifteen house bill twelve sixteen house bill twelve twenty nine house bill twelve thirty two house bill twelve forty nine house bill twelve seventy six Clark. Voting on the bills and emergency clauses everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas one nine zero present the bills emergency clauses are passed represent. Collings we're gonna. Step out a batch a good number the use. Senate bills we're going to start. Senate bill twenty three. Senate bill twenty four Senate bill one O. two. Senate bill one O. three Senate bill one O. four Senate bill one O. five Senate bill one O. six Senate bill one O. seven Senate bill one oh eight. Senate bill one O. nine. Senate bill one twenty four we're going to pull one forty forty one forty five out of the back. And then we're going to continue pick up and Senate bill one forty six and Senate bill one forty seven. I need to pull any of those either back. Party have any questions on any of the present Cavenaugh for what purpose request you're recognized if you could pull out Senate bill twenty three for a separate vote place. Senate bill twenty three. Separate vote. Any others. Questions. All right members will take up Senate bill twenty four. Senate bill one O. two Senate bill one O. three Senate bill one O. four Senate bill one O. five Senate bill one O. six Senate bill one O. seven Senate bill one oh eight Senate bill one O. nine Senate bill one twenty four Senate bill one forty six and Senate bill one forty seven. one vote is for each of the bills emergency calls Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill thirteen. Madam Clerk read bills for the third time in the twenty fourth senate bill one O. two Senate bill one O. three Senate bill one O. four Senate bill one O. five Senate bill one O. six Senate bill one of seven Senate bill one eight Senate bill one O. nine Senate bill one twenty fourth and twenty six Senate bill one forty seven. Per the machine madam Clerk. Counted on bills emergency clauses. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Please call of the machine mental Clerk. With a voter ninety five BA one may. The bills have passed. Representive lane here Lane Jean you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker colleagues will pick up Senate bill twenty three assessment coordination division there are no increases on the General Revenue. Any questions. You want voted for the bill number for calls Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time. Handcart read the bill for third time twenty three. The Bible speak for against the bill. The N. nine per machine by a court. Voting on a bill emerge because. Everyone voting. Is everyone voted cast a ballot for work. The vote of ninety eighty four Nays one present Bills emerge because of past representative gene you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker colleagues will take up to the University of Arkansas one is you of a fable the other is the system of a system. Any questions. The need of swapping these out for any reason. Seeing none your one vote for Senate bill one forty four and one forty five and the emergency clause Mister Speaker the Clerk for the bill third time. Mandler read the third time please Senate bill one forty four Senate bill one forty five. You want to speak for against the bills. See non prepared machine mount park. Voting on bills emergency clauses. Is everyone voting. Cast a ballot now correct. The vote of eighty ninety eight three nine one present bills emerge because past. Representative makes what. A reserve bank you're recognized. On a personal privilege you're recognized. Members take just a moment today while we were taking care of the people's business day at two o'clock One of my former constituents so long time public service James Hamilton passed away last Friday and his family was later arrest someone take just a moment as thirty two year public servant served city attorney in almost all of my rule cities in south Arkansas so if you join moved just a moment of silence for James I appreciate. Thank you all. Representative makes what purpose motion place you're recognized after announcing three other bills transferring the bill's place in the counters on the desk members amending their own bills own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move we adjourn until one thirty tomorrow afternoon. As proper motion autos favor say aye. All opposed ayes have it. Are there any announcements. Representative berry what purpose announcmenet you're recognized Judiciary Committee remember that we meet ten minutes after German today. Representative. Fite you're recognized. City county local will meet tomorrow morning at nine o'clock the big mac B.. Resented Fortner for purpose. You're recognized. ACT will meet tomorrow morning at ten o'clock one thirty eight. President Barker what purpose announcmenet you're recognized aging children youth will meet in the morning at nine thirty in room one thirty. President of all. Purpose to announcements you're recognized per caucus tomorrow morning seven AM all spring court and rules tomorrow at noon. Representive Tosh purpose announcmenet you're recognized state agencies ten AM in the morning room one fifty one. Representative Maddox what purpose announcmenet you're recognized insurance and commerce way tomorrow morning at nine thirty in the morning. Representative Johnson what purpose announcmenet you're recognized public health meeting ten minutes in room one thirty thank you. Anymore now so what's. Representative gene what purpose management you're recognized up here subcommittee will meet tomorrow morning at eight AM and I think it's big mac a if not of the B.. This will remain open. As needed for the reading of bills and upon completion of the items named in the adjournment resolutions the house would be adjourned until. One thirty tomorrow.