Senate Convenes

Request for leave at this time Senator Leding you're recognized. Thank you Senator Leding and secretary please call the roll Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary of everyone in the chamber in the galleries would please rise for a prayer led by Michael Boland will be formally introduced by Senator Bryan King followed by the pledge of allegiance Senator Teague you're recognized thank you members as my pastor of pastor Michael Bowen from the green Force United Methodist Church asking the last time it's either been the capitals last time he when he was electricity he worked on this Senate chamber to help renovate it all the way back in nineteen eighty six and he said they left and they had the work done as well your pastor now and with this bunch right here there's a lot of work to be done and I don't think you're going to get it done but anyway but members I'd like to introduce my pastor Michelman. Thank you you please join me for a short prayer. Holy god we come at this time we pause to simply give you thanks for the day thanks for state. In our nation. Password for out your gift of wisdom upon these public servants in your guidance as well and in a company that with a spirit of charity in cooperation as they go about the business of the great state of Arkansas and it's in your holy name we pray amen. States of America and. Thanks for those words of encouragement to get started on this day. John in the gallery is welcome to Arkansas state Senate it is our expectation that each of you exercise proper. Warming govern yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings without objections the rules will be suspended from the Senate bill Spencer the reading of the Journal the morning hour has now begun. Any announcements or introductions at this time so the love you're recognized. Thank you governor. Colleagues I have the pleasure of having a patient a. Some I'm not going to tell you who is mom is the vote but I am happy to have sixteen year old and then we can. Is a tenth grader at Parkview magnet high school in. He enjoys playing video games dancing roller skating drama but he's also in junior ROTC. Enjoy socializing and he enjoys volunteering for St mark Baptist church. In the future Evan intends to plans to attend college and he's currently looking at the University of Arkansas at pine bluff. he's looking to major in communications you are please give a warm welcome to Mr Evan became the. Leding you're recognized. Thank you Mr president of colleague senator flowers has two pages today in her absence I'm honored to introduce them to the body today we have seventeen year old need to Wade who's a senior at pine bluff high school she is on the basketball team the track team she told me she does the long jump and the triple jump which just makes my knees hurt even thinking about it she also serves on student council is on the member of the ladies club future plans include becoming a business owner and investor a finance manager an officer in the National Guard we also have seventeen year old John Thompson who is a junior at pine bluff high school he served in the pine bluff junior leadership and is interested in history law and politics his future plans include becoming a history teacher before becoming a lawyer please help me welcome both to the Arkansas Senate. Senate bill you're recognized. Thank you madam chair which you ask the ladies and gentleman from the North Little Rock School District come in please. Yes me. Thank you thank you madam chair ladies and gentleman I want to introduce you to a spectacular group of individuals who are with us today we'll start with the superintendent of schools I have a little scary. They get it right. Hi NO three grant Lucienne Mr. He didn't care thank you Jesus. He's doing great things in the North Little Rock School District trying to turn that school district around and we are so delighted we also have with this other school board members the one I know the advanced. Is that the dot Williams was a former teacher and with the rest of you introduce yourselves for the members of the board. Natalie Valerie McLean Valerie back to Russia reddest. Angela person west and they are the school board of the year give them a hand. The ward Janie's but she needs to join me down you out yet Jamie and Jane. Thanks excuse me Senator English. You do this correctly they would join me here we have something very special madam chair. On February sixteenth. Twenty twenty three. Sergeants Sam's observed a teacher suffering from a medical emergency. It was quickly determined that the teacher was unresponsive and not breathing. Sergeant Sam the mist was not immediately began performing CPR. Sergeant stands in this was not were able to revive the teacher. And he was transported to the hospital for further treatment the teacher has since been released from the hospital and is home recovering. To god be the glory. We wanted to take this time to say thank you ms was not and sergeant CM's for your dedicated service to the city of North Little Rock the North Little Rock School city mean the north little rock school district and to the people of the State of Arkansas too many people just don't want to be involved anymore and for you to take the chance to save a life is just a very very special feeling and we want to welcome you to the Arkansas state Senate and to say that you thank you so much for what you have done let's give them another round of. Here I'd like a couple of minutes so that you can take pictures with this illustrious group and I might be in the pictures we hope. yeah might wanna come down and say hello to these wonderful people we have other members of the north of the North Little Rock School District. North Little Rock police department welcome to your Arkansas state Senate with delighted to have you here. Come on down let's get a picture with you guys. Order. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Senator boy you're recognized under the drive. The podium. Thank you madam president it's not often that we have a constituents from Fort Smith to come to visit the Senate so I have a couple constituents Ron and Timothy Curtis if you'd help me welcome them. The board. You're recognized. Thank you members is my honor really to have with you guys today and my second page Ethan dos and if you will welcome him Ethan is fourteen years old he is in ninth grade and he is from Mountain View and he is a home schooled student's and he is interested right now in studying blacksmithing as you know in Mountain View we've got those are folks center we also are home to the Arkansas craft school and so he's taking great advantage of those courses available to him and blacksmithing at through his home schooling and education and so his future plans he wants to a princess a master blacksmith and just be an incredible citizen he's fabulous parents chip in Astor asters up there hi mom and does so please welcome my pace today mysteries and dos. Senator hill you're recognized. Thank you governor of the great pleasure today permit introduce us the two pages there actually up from the suburbs of Canberra town called ward just right outside the cabin and so glad to introduce two brothers all sting you it. Austin is is seventeen. He's in twelfth grade. What does it have a high school enjoys trap shooting. FFA showing calles into seeing things with farming and his his goals are to be at the ten a issue being an ag business degree and they want to run for state officer in the FFA in the year twenty three twenty four which is now so he's going to run for state office so if you all would welcome Austin. Thanks to. And now we're gonna do is Tyler Tyler Is brother the sixteen years of age and I will say their mom is sitting up there because she would not let them drive in the downtown little rock today so I'll do I'll make a note of that the issue would drive so Graham all had to bring him so. So it that's how they got here this morning and so Tyler's in tenth grade Cabot high school enjoyed trap shooting FFA showing cattle racing on board which is kind of a different deal for us here so that's really really good like to work on the engine and he plans on the attending the McCabe mechanic school with foreign way it bring way in which we be either out of issue B. B. R. our Long of the full text of one of the two so welcome the Amendment proud to have them here. The. Thank you you're recognized. Thank you everyone take the great privilege of introducing my page today Annie Ross from hot springs she is sixteen in the eleventh grade. She attends gospel light Christian school. Where she plays volleyball she cheers she loves to draw and she really enjoys to bake and cook delicious desserts. She's hopeful she hopes to go to Oklahoma Christian and pursue a degree in human resources and she says she would love to travel. And Anne's mom is in the gallery with us today miss Mike a very long time family friend so if you'd please help me welcome them I'd sure appreciate a good. Senate you're recognized. Thank you Mr president I'd like to welcome an Ella Tucker to the Senate as a page they please don't holder last name against her she's a she's a cause I'm not a calendar so there's less to hold against she's a junior at amounts hammers academy she's in the beta club the investment club you got amount along right here and Senator Irvin yeah in the trap club and she's a long time softball player she batted a thousand inter inter game last night that's right yeah and she's been a dancer fourteen years she's interested in being an interior designer. At all miss university and she's got two parents and three grandparents in the gallery up appear and unethical over here my uncle who's up here I've told you before about my nicknames from my pages in their families mom because the only person on earth who calls me Jethro so yes so there's another name for you all to call me so with with that I'll I'll welcome melody and you'll help me welcome Ella Tucker the Senate today. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president I'm honored to have a constituent a great doctor Dr Beth Milligan from role in Arkansas in my district she's a family practitioner she's also she's a stroke survivor and was named to the twenty three twenty four Arkansas stroke task force and she will be happy to go to your community and discuss stroke prevention and so please welcome doctor million. And of course welcome are always dependable nurture Bernard thank you. Your doctor Milligan with his doctor Milligan comes from god's country in north central Arkansas it had. Senate bill you're recognized. Governor I just want to announce that it is delta dental day in the rotunda there there there there till two thirty day if anyone got a time circle by for them. Center Grove. Yes I'd like to recognize I've got some constituents here I've got the Hempstead County Republican committee please make them feel welcome. Any further announcements introductions that not Secretary other items at the desk yes ma'am president will your committee on Roald Bills to whom was referred the following Senate bill two seventy three by Senator Petty compared the enrolled copies of the original and find the same correctly enrolled and delivered to the governor eight oh four eight AM this morning sincerely mark Johnson our. We Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one fifty five by Senator Mark Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed retirement Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one seventy nine by Senator Hammer compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed retirement Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two eighty six by Senator Flippo the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed joint budget for you Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill three oh two by Senator Hammer compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three thirty six by Senator Mark Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed joint budget for you Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill three sixty four by Senator Tucker engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on west Bills to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty four by Senator Wallace compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four forty nine by Senator English compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed insurance commerce Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred to senate joint resolution ten by Senator Wallace compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies where your committee on acari team was referred to senate for three by Senator Johnson recommend due pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on I cry to whom was referred senate for fifteen by Senator Stein recommend due pass counted Committee on Friday was referred senate bill four thirty three by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted Committee on a private home was referred senate bill four sixty four by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted Committee on a credit him was referred senate for seventy six by Senator hill recommend due pass counted Committee on Iran to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty six by representative Scott recommend due pass counted for your committee on city county local to whom was referred senate bill three seventy two by Senator Colwell recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred senate bill four O. two by Senator Blake Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on on city county local to whom was referred senate bill four forty six by Senator brat recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred senate bill four seventy five by Senator brown recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill sixty six by Senator dudes recommend. Current house amendments one two and three calendar committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred Senate bill of five thirteen by. Now I'm sorry Senate bill three ninety six by Senator deas recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred senate bill four twenty seven by Senator hill recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred senate for fifty four by Senator Gilmour recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred senate bill four fifty six by Senator hill recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred house bill eleven twenty one by representative Alan recommend due pass counted Committee on Insurance commerce to whom was referred house bill fifty fifty eight a representative Pilkington recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill forty nine by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one. Our me on joint budget to whom was referred senate three thirty four by Senator letting recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill ninety by Senator hill recommend to pass to concur in house amendment number one. Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill two thirty five by Senator tech recommend to pass as amended number two. Counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty by Senator Clark recommend to pass as amended number J. counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred senate bill three ninety three by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred senate bill four thirteen by Senator Dismang recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on state agencies to whom was referred senate bill four forty seven by Senator Brock recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen fourteen fifty seven by represented Fuhrman recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen eighty six by representative very recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety nine by Senator Rapert recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill sixteen hundred by Senator Rapert recommend due pass counted Senate resolution forty three by Senator Hammer to recognize the Benton house bill paying for girls volleyball the man high school panther boys golf team and the Benton high school panther cheerleading team Senate resolution forty three calendar. Senate bill up for ninety seven by Senator Hester to amend the Arkansas procurement law and to exempt certain commodities and services under the Arkansas procurement law Senate bill four ninety seven agriculture symbol ninety eight Senator Hester to amend the Building Authority Division act and to amend the definition of unpaved trail projects Senate bill four ninety eight ACT reflections in a four ninety nine by Senator Blake Johnson regarding rights for motion to amend the assessments on brown rice and declare an emergency senate bill four ninety nine at symbol five hundred by Senator Bryant to create the stated that a vendor security act Senate bill five. Education center five oh one by Senator Payton to amend the use used tire recycling accountability act to repeal rim removal fees imposed time cycling paid to establish tire accountability signs to transfer reimbursement authority and fair emergency center five oh one public health center five oh two by Senator Petty require house so distribute distributors of controlled substances substances to educate communicate and five day process for licensed professionals before limiting or terminating sales or controls set substances including emergency simplify to public health center five oh three by Senator Petty. To amend the law concerning the destruction of traffic at an intersection by motor vehicle Senate bill five oh three transportation center five oh four by Senator Katie to prohibit pedestrians on a controlled access highway Senate bill five oh for transportation symbol five O. five by Senator Hammer to establish a means by which a public school may award a student I have school diploma before the student graduates under certain circumstances and clear emergency Senate bill five oh five education zero five O. six by Senator Davis to transfer certain entities to the department of agriculture and transfer agricultural for promotional boards to department of agriculture by can level department transfer clear margin C. symbol five oh six agriculture center five a seven by Senator Mark Johnson to amend the law concerning lighting requirements for motor vehicle Senate bill five a seven transportation center five oh eight by Senator Payton to amend the used tire recycling accountability act repeal rumor of ram removal fees and impose a tire recycling three to established accountability signs to transfer reimbursement parties and clear and merges the simple five oh eight public health. Further business to come before the body in the morning hour if not the morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda. Getting my Senate resolution twenty three. Senate resolution twenty three by Senator Dotson to proclaim March as national speech and debate education month in Arkansas. Thank you madam president like to ask for leave for the to join me on the floor for this resolution. Thank you members Senate resolution twenty three Temporally marches national speech and debate education month in Arkansas Zeke brought this to me and and because in graphics school district and is in speech debate there and want to make sure that we recognize this properly so whereas national speech and speech and debate education day is being celebrated 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 to highlight the pivotal roles that these abilities play and personal advocacy social movements and policy making and we're as speech and debate education helps students develop important skills and communication critical thinking creativity and collaboration through the practice of public speaking participants learned not only to analyze and express complex ideas effectively but also to listen concur question or dissent with reason and compassion and whereas across the country countless educators to vote in school after school and we can time to support their students in speech and debate practices and competitions an example of hard work and dedication they set has lasting positive impact on their people's and whereas the skills learned through speech and debate serve students well throughout their lives and this occasion presents a welcome opportunity to recognize such instruction as an essential component of a well rounded curriculum be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate proclaimed March as the national speech and debate month at the capitol. All those in favor of Senate resolution twenty three to proclaim March as national speech and debate education up in Arkansas please signify by saying aye hi. Senate resolution twenty three stop. Senate. Resolution. Senate resolution forty by Senator Mark Johnson to command the Conway high school lady Wampus cats basketball team for winning the twenty twenty three class six A. girls basketball state championship. I Mark Johnson you're recognized thank you madam president and if I could to ask leave for. The number sixteen girls team in the nation to have a privilege of the floor along with the Dr Jeff column the superintendent coach Ashley hatch craft coach lechon to Johnson and Conway athletic director Clint Ashcraft. And we get everyone and also of course a Another one is cat my teacher Carol and to service in the engrossing department I'm. I'm overwhelmed and I want to I'm already part of the resolution because it takes so long to read all of it but I'm just going to read part of it but I want to say that The Conway high school lady Wampus cats not only won the class six A. which is the highest classification this year in girls basketball but they were also and there's a there's a slight mistake. We have to get changed engrossed Caroline of in the Democrat Gazette is never wrong Mr Wickline can attest to that the Wampus cat lady Wampus cats are not seventeenth in the nation they're sixteenth in the nation so we wanna make that correction and but I'm I'm going to read just part of the resolution or as on March tenth twenty twenty three the Connally high school lady Wampus cats basketball team won the twenty twenty three six say girls basketball state championship at bank of ZK arena and hot springs Arkansas and whereas the Connally high school lady Wampus cats basketball team defeated North Little Rock high schools course sixty two to fifty three and whereas the Connally high school lady Wampus cat basketball team finished the season ranked sixteenth in the country by ESPN and first in the state of Arkansas and the Conway high school lady Wampus cats basketball team individual honors were led by Chloe Clardy thirty would you weigh that the folks here and she was named the Most Valuable Player for classics say to the all state team the all state tournament Arkansas Gatorade player of the year and will be playing basketball at Stanford University in the fall and I want to share this again it's in the Democrat because that's what has to be true. Fitting and and you see Chloe there with the ball down so we're proud of her and the whole team for this achievement of whereas the calmly Haskell lady Wampus cats basketball team players also receive the following all honors Savannah Scott was named to the all state team the all state tournament team will be playing at Harvard University in the fall Alexis **** was named to the all state team in the all state tournament team Camille brown was named to the all conference team Caitlyn Beckwith was named the all conference team so my Jordan was named the all conference team at Emory Bohannon was named to the all conference team I don't think anybody else got on that team today this except for lady Wampus cat so I also want to name name all the players of the of the team Caitlyn Caitlyn back with Lansing McDonald so my Jordan to carry Carter Nicole Rodriguez in rebel hands Khloe Clardy a Camille brown a levy a **** Jelani Davis collection's **** and ossia Toliver Amaya Taylor cadence Turner Savannah Scott Railey McDonald and Marley Hershey. Korea's coach had crashed IT we're extremely proud of our team the accomplishments we were able to achieve this please we are honored to represent state of Arkansas and the city of Conway on a national level finishing our season the state champions proved that all our hard work and dedication paid off. Now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognized Conley high school lady Wampus cats basketball team for winning the twenty twenty three six say girls state basketball championship be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution shall be provided to head coach such craft by the secretary of the Senate and I might add the the. Some of these ways you know maybe someday elect to the Senate and so we will continue our dominance over the house in our annual game against the house and we did win this year that's about it so we don't want to be caught recruiting so but will we would love to have you in the Senate some but not maybe after I retire since they're all my constituents but very proudly madam president I move adoption of Senate resolution forty thank you senator mark Johnson all in favor of Senate resolution forty two commended Conway high school lady walking fast basketball team for winning the two thousand twenty three class six A. girls basketball state championship for being sixteen in the country all the labor signify by saying aye hi. I have a motion. As for three four minutes of picture taking time thank you will be in recess. We'll be back in order. Senate resolution thirty seven. I apologize. We will now take at house concurrent memorial resolution one zero zero one. House concurrent memorial resolution thousand one representatives right and Senator English in respectful memory of Arkansas department of corrections sergeant Joshua Caldwell. Centering you're recognized. Thank you where are concurring in the House resolution for Joshua caudle who was a the department of corrections field sergeant and he died as a result of his wounds incurred while I was pursuing a gunman who had fired shots at Pulaski County deputies your mom mail we appreciate him and give thanks and maybe we could have a second of silence. I move to adopt them at. Thank you Senator English. I appreciate you and represented Great Britain in this I was at a funeral on March fifth last year Warsaw sergeant Dale and I know how much namely appreciates the State of Arkansas recognize the life jacket fines and Josh. All those in favor of. House concurrent memorial resolution ten oh one in respectful memory of Arkansas department of corrections sergeant Joshua Carville please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Body confers. Return to the House. Senate bill eighty one. Amendment one Senate bill eighty one. Thank Senator Solomon you're recognized thank you governor folks this is a Senate bill eighty one library bill went to the house they found a few things to correct an they were good corrections if you're looking at a distance because because back to claim from determined incidents state of the ward removal and has three locations and talk about what that means again it doesn't change the intent of the bill at all and I appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. We oppose. Senate bill eight hundred by Senator Solomon. To amend the law concerning libraries and obscene materials to create the offense the offense of furnishing harmful item to a minor into amend the law concerning obscene materials long by library folks a representative here. We have already debated this bill endlessly in both the Senate and the house so I'm going to ask for a good vote on the bill thank you. Thank Senator Solomon center has closed any. One against or for. Any objection rowing the boat objection noted. Secretary please call the roll away. Boyd. Right. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Kroll. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Penzo. In the. Padding. Price. Stan. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. I'll be in on this signing centers who did not voted wish the voter passenger Clark's signal to me that he is a yes vote. I see Senator Bryant is a yes vote Senator Boyd and yes any others on this side. Davis yes. Flippo yes. Any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote at twenty forty eight five nine five not voting. Senate bill eighty one passes. Rolet. Senate bill two eighty eight. Amendment one Senate bill two eighty eight. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you This Is my house sponsor. Create a good vote. And it says we will have to separate amendments this is amendment one all those in favor of amendment one please signify by saying aye aye any oppose ayes have it members adopted amendment to the Senate bill two eighty eight. That Irvin yes this is an a substantive change and my bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye hi any opposed as haven't. Senate bill two eighty eight by Senator Irvin regarding the environmental law to amend the law related to certain permits to amend the law regarding certain permit fees and to amend the law regarding appointments on the licensing committee related to wastewater treatment plants. Senator Irvin you're recognized. At correct so members we've we've heard this bill and what we're trying to do here is to deal with a permit section on the bill and we've made it to where it is a neutral at neutral language so there's no fee increases but it is to just amends and the permits and and the and the related to these these permits regarding environmental law works with the agency on this bill and I'd be happy to answer any questions but we amended language in the bill that Four of seven with any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Hello I'm closed thank center has closed any objection rowing the boat. That injection madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty forty eight zero named Senate bill two eighty eight passes Centerton road. enroll. I apologize I can't read my own writing. Senator Davis you're recognized. Thank you I need to and withdrawal Senate bill four ninety one from Senate education and re refer it to you and Joint Budget. There's a motion to. Withdrawal Senate bill four ninety one from education and re referred to joint budget all those in favor signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it. Amendment to the Senate bill two eighty five amendment to the Senate bill two eighty five. Senator Tucker. Thank you my bill my amendment representative of. Thank you senator for all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I had sent to a group. Senate bill two ninety nine amendment to December ten ninety nine. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am present my bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have a. Amendment adopted center gross. Amendment one Senate bill four zero eight Amendment one Senate bill four way. Senate you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. My bill my amendment. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I've had as adopted please stand. Amendment one Senate bill seventeen Amendment one Senate bill four seventeen. Senator Stubblefield you are recognized. My bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Many of. Hi this is Dr please centering grocery. Amendment one to House Bill fourteen seven member one this house will fourteen twenty seven you're recognized. My bill my amendment all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it members adopted please send resume. Amendment one to House Bill fifteen twenty two. Amendment one to House Bill fifteen twenty two. You're recognized. Thank you governor by bill my amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it members adopted please send to a grocery. Senate bill seven. Senate bill seven by Senator king to add the criminal offense of prescription drug harm or homicide. Senator Teague you're recognized thank you madam president members what Senate bill is about is about the produce farm an oxy cotton in the damage that they did And misleading and lying to people. Oxy cotton was approved by the FDA in nineteen ninety five and first opiates before that mostly dealt with into the lock cases oxy cotton was the brain child of Purdue pharma and the Sackler family with the primary owners of that and they're based in Connecticut the promotion and sales arms was out of the corporate tax saving of Delaware in nineteen ninety six a training video for doctors showed it said It diction rates were exceedingly rare in fact Purdue pharma lied and misled when they said the drug addiction rates of less than one percent. Produ we give higher bonuses for sales people for selling higher milligrams of oxy cotton and from the state from the start produce farmer hand pick doctors and gave incredible bonuses luxury vehicles and vacations to sales reps early alarm ringers of the dangers of oxycontin appellation mountains consistently were labeled as troublemakers coach rebel rousers are really good people like Dr art van C. and sister Beth Davies from this is from the Appalachian region raise concerns and we're consistently labeled as those troublemakers Purdue pharma tried to buy off people or the early ringers with grants but they refuse by those people. In one case reporters were pressured not to write anything critical of oxy cotton we did go on the media sometimes we its immediate people trying to expose those things early and felt pressured to you subdue those stories that were critical of. Get critical sometimes the federal government the US attorney John Braun Brownlee has been praised for his work and not quitting and going after oxy cotton and Perdue pharma and holding them accountable other people like Greg ward for art fraud investigator for with the US attorney's office people like Randy ram singer and Richemont castle were U. S. attorneys at cap after this and even back with lawyers brought cases that help to get the case and get oxy cotton exposed to the point in the civil penalties that we are to do here today. Make no mistake the pretty formoterol to do other things in the former US attorney the John McClusky push proxy caught many of his office to to drop doctor junkets in the hundred sixty Mr Graham milligram pill he later left his work to go to work for produce farmer the reason I tell you about these people that stood up and everything is because now we have the benefit of millions of dollars in settlements to deal with the crisis caused by the opioid epidemic. SB seven is pretty simple it's just about holding currently responsible standard to the damage and harm people did buy those drugs the same way we would to street drug dealer or country drug dealer it's no different they should be protected just because they have money and power and influence and able to by politicians are justice should be equal to those people because they're just is criminal and probably more evil than the people that we see out here that we think a regular drug dealers because they told this was a good drug and was going to help people when in reality they knew something different. So what I want to do with this bill it is number one it sunsets in four years this will be a big task to do something if it's prosecuted and I want to say this will a lot of work to the people in the media that wrote books on this if you've ever watched the series dope sick on Hulu with Beth Macy and it's a it's a be fearing government it is a must read book about how oxy cotton got approved and went through the process and did the damage there's probably not anybody in this room or anybody I know existing rule areas that don't have the danger of oxy cotton in the destruction that it caused to them and remember we're dealing with it in all today because of oxy cotton and how it was misled and prescribed to people which later turned her one which later turned offense law. So members I think this is a good bill and I think this is one thing that like I said it's going to be a big task but if you look at the task before us is very small in comparison to the damage it did it did to people out here and that reality is a mention the names before of the people that did a lot of work with the US attorney's office the people that wrote books the reporters they did a lot of work exposing this in taking this on and face a great adversity many have had their jobs threatened had their credibility threatened to make sure the trees got out anyone to treat got that we got the civil penalties today that once again that we're gonna be spending an appropriation bills the money from their work so this is about holding the drug dissected executives criminally responsible the same way we would a country drug dealer or street drug dealer and with that I'd answer any questions. Any questions for Senator T. centre Dotson you're recognized for a question thank you madam president I'm sorry if I missed it in presentation but on the the last section do not covered by it says it expires. In December of twenty twenty six yeah and the reason we did four years is because it would give us four years out and it's one of the things there's a lot of bills I think the quite frankly we need to sunset and see what happens this is going to be a big task I mean there's going to have to be a case found there's going to have to be money that's given enough gave an Avenue given avenues that money can be funded to prosecute such a criminal case because it would be the case but if it's something that we can't do then the bill goes away. How do you see our new big pharma that spot in this bill in the halls but won't come testify said well there's laws that already deal with this Watson why you spend so much money to fight it in. Any other questions for Senator T.. Anyone would speak against four four. Senate close. Proverbs twenty one aces we could fully if when none pursuing this bill is about pursuing the people that mislead and lot of people and cause destruction and harm all because millionaires wanted become billionaires and they use the pain and suffering of people and lied about it to make sure that they became billionaires in this is about holding him criminally responsible in making sure our justice system applies to everybody it's that simple. Senator has close any objection to roll. Madam secretary please well the vote. Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these this mine Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me kidi Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change your vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. But thirty four ENE is zero nine Senate bill seven passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill eight Senate bill eight by Senator king to correct the criminal offense of vaccine harm. Senator Teague you're recognized thank you Mr president I will go through the same spill again for everything in this bill but this deals with vaccines and I don't want to get in the vaccine debate that's not what this bill is really about it's about the same thing with the executives holding them currently responsible if you look on the next page the big key to making sure that if this case can be prosecuted or should be prosecuted is it the person of the key executives CEO knowingly hides conceals omits or otherwise withholds evidence documentation information that the vaccine does dangerous it has dangerous effects it's once again it's just about blind and misleading people. With that I take any questions. For any questions. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president Senator Teague this is limited to that I can executive for pharmaceutical company wouldn't be a executive of some government agency it is the same type of. Offense correct no it would not it's about the executives of the company would not apply to a pharmacist it would not apply would only apply like I gave the previous case in the case of oxy cotton with the executives that lied to misled and develop the drug this is not anybody in the middle of that. So if there was a. Government official I'll just say that way that was input it complicit in such a cover up of some information like that this would be able to be applied to him no it would not in the me and six against the question of like people get hit with the FDA approved the drug well that is true but yet on the other hand if you look at the money situation FTA represent us in a great video that I've shared with some members where they did a study in certain drug assessors with the FDA fifty eight percent I'm left to go to work for big pharma so once again that they're approving the drug in my saying that's the case and and that no I'm not I'm saying as we know with money situation changes things so it's possible thank you senator thank you Mr president. Senate bill you're recognized. Thank you Matt you to or exactly what we're trying to accomplish by this bill what were you trying to go out what we're trying to actually do with this you know you're trying to protect people we sit there and and Republicans want to sit there and say what we need to hold concurrent people criminally accountable if they murder somebody. Okay well what if they're a big drug executive misleading people and they could they harm someone just hold on to the same standard if we continue with the drug with amount of money that were spoken into tax dollars whether it's for vaccine prescription drug whatever it is if these executives know they're only going to be civilly responsible for it and all they can do is write a check and get off of it well then that's what they're gonna do they make a billion dollars off the drug and in turn around and pay a two hundred fifty million dollar fine that's not consequence enough to the people that had destruction Harmon were killed by their drugs quite frankly because they lied to misled people and knew they were lying to mislead people. Senator Clark you're recognized for a question. Yes. Under this bill. Requires two things if I understood it correctly. The. They have to knowingly mislead. And there has to be proven hall is that correct that's correct thank you. Let me just say about the proven hard part with a made a settlement like they did if they had no harm people on the civil side of course not so. Any other questions. Speaking against or for. Senator you're pretty close which is seen with proverbs the thing that we could fully it's when none pursue. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please well the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis the Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of. Three yes. A and one present Senate bill eight passes please transmit. The House. Senate bill one twenty five. Senate bill one twenty five by Senator Johnson concerning free speech rights of state supported institutions of higher education. Senator Rapert you're recognized. Thank you madam president. Senate bill one twenty five this bill. Builds on the form act that was passed in twenty nineteen to create the free speech standards on college universities and campuses. in in includes eliminating free speech zones and designating outdoor. the form Act eliminated free speech zones and. Designating outdoor campuses outdoor areas of campus is public forms for free expression free expression activities. An art I'm speaking today since that time there's been a desire to expand the form the public forms to include indoor non academic areas that are open to the public and traditionally used for free expression this bill accomplishes that while still allowing universities reasonable time place and manner restrictions to help avoid disruptions to the learning environment. this bill is consistent with the first amendment case law and requires the colleges and universities to update their policies to comply with legislation I've worked with as many people as I can find on this and there's no known opposition to it at this time. One happy trying to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator center Chesterfield recognized for a question. Thank you madam president Senate doesn't mean going on and on and on about this bill that we not. Sort the bill number yes. But is it not true that the universities are on board with your bill yes yeah I think that's important to be said in speaking with them is it not true that they said that this is what they ought to be doing in the first place what what was here I don't want to put words in their mouth but I would agree with that sentiment thank. I appreciate a good vote. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has close any objection to rolling the voter's. Madam secretary please for the vote Boeing prime Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Seeing none please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty forty eight zero nine. Senate bill one twenty five passes please transmit to the House Senate bill one thirty five Senate bill one thirty five by Senator Kroll to amend the law concerning the duration of participation in the local police and fire deferred retirement option plan and declare an emergency and the crow you're recognized Senate bill one thirty five it is proposed by lot the members while it is not a lot the bill lot the retirement system does support this this will change the length of the drop program from seven to ten to bring it in line with all the other retirement programs the average participant only does forty months on the drop program so they believe this will be a limited number of members and it has no financial impact on the retirement system. Any questions for Senator pro. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any object vote. Objection noted. The Secretary. Okay Jackson withdrawing. Maddox secretary please well the board Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark. 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Senate bill three zero nine Senate bill three oh nine by Senator Hester to clarify the licensing regulations of psychiatric residential treatment facilities of the child welfare agency licensing act Senator Hester you're recognized thank you Mr president members a couple sessions ago representative five I ran this bill of the Senate for a licensed facility under the child welfare agency was in operate not operable for twelve months then they had to start all over again with the licensure that was too broad that they they they license more than just a psychiatric residential treatment facilities and that was our intent back then so we're just narrowing it down basically there's a there's a bunch that were grandfathered in that were out of state and we're just saying if they're not functioning anymore on that specific license after twelve months they've got to come back happy to answer any questions any questions for the senator. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat and secretary please roll the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator which changes are her vote. C. nine please pass up the ballot by a vote to thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill three zero nine passes please transmit to the House Senate bill three forty five three forty five by Senator Hill. To create the position of dementia services coordinator within the Department of Human Services senator hill you're recognized. Thank you go. I'm not going to start out by quoting a Bible verse like Senator Teague did earlier but if there's any group that does need a Bible verse it would be this group these to me the dementia Alzheimers group they do they do need to the prayers the seventh leading cause of death in the in the United States as well as the sixth leading cause of death in Arkansas with this for creating a position to to expand dimension al timers in the state of Arkansas because we are clearly doing very little for these people and that there's no fiscal impact going to be absorbed within the the agency the answer this And this drastically needed there's more than sixty thousand people suffering right now in the state of Arkansas with this disease if you take that new compound with the care givers looking at about three hundred ninety six million dollar impact to the the state of Arkansas so with that I'll take any questions questions Senator Hill center love you're recognized. The I'm just curious as to why we have to have legislation to this position. And they told us to the Department we had to have it created positions. DO DHS. Okay I'm in. They just said we just have the how many this is a group we work with them on this all the way through is an Alzheimer's committees that work with them as well thank you everyone in this group right here the the coordinator will coordinate everything between the the general public all times committee the governor and the legislature. Thank you. Other questions Senator Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you thank you Mr thank you senator bring this piece of legislation let me clarify what you said if there's one with the standing in need of prayer I thought you were talking about us. Will be clear to everyone that would be great. This group as well To me is what I'm most. Regis diseases we at. Because when you lose yourself you've lost everything would you agree yes ma'am is a very degrading disease and is one of the reasons that I will I commend you for the status thank you thank you so much thank you ma'am. Thanks center Chesterfield any other questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you are free to close appreciate a good vote I can say if you if you're a member this General Assembly and you have not been affected by this disease consider yourself lucky to get prepared for this coming your way. That project developed. Thanks Centerville center has closed any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please rowboat Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dawson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Ross done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any center wish to change his or her vote saying nine please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill three forty five passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three sixty eight Senate bill three sixty eight by Senator board required disclosure by an insurance company the monetary amount of a deductible based on a percentage of the insured by you under an insurance policy. Senator Boyd you're recognized thank you madam president colleagues we passed Senate bill three sixty eight at two or three weeks ago after I've been passed out here the there were some concerns brought actually after problem passed out of committee there were some concerns brought up so we send it back to committee and rectify those concerns the State Farm and chill the shelter had and so this bill simply requires an insurer of a residential property which sells a policy using a percent duck deductible to include a monetary amount for the deductible on the declaration page a renewal notice so if you if you have a million dollar house and you got a ten percent deductible then yeah that be a hundred thousand dollar deductible and so that and then you know so you yeah you're like will someone million dollar house I'm I'm sorry for them but that works its way down to to all of us right and so this is just about transparency there's no known opposition at this point in time it does clarify earthquake policies which have historically been sewn it sold as a percentage deductible can still be so that way that said I'd be happy to take any questions any questions for Senator Boyd. 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That the thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill three sixty eight passes please transmitted to the house Senate bill three seventy eight Senate bill three seventy eight by Senator Davis I'm in the computer science education back investment act twenty twenty one to allow a public school district to employ a computer science teacher at each high school Senator Davis you're recognized thank you madam chair this bill simply changes the word shall to may and so allowing districts to hire a computer science teacher rather than requiring them to hire one the next school year is the first time that they were going to be mandated to hire computer science teachers say we are simply lifting that mandate they continue they can continue to utilize virtual Arkansas or and share a computer science teacher with other school districts for those that need to if they're smaller districts and don't have a class size and that of course larger school districts can and employ a computer science teacher if they so choose as many of them have happy to take any questions. Any questions for Saturday. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator repose center is closed. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please will the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson came Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. Scene nine please cast a ballot. Five thirty forty eight zero nine. Senate bill three seventy eight passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four zero seven C. before O. seven by Senator McKee require energy produced from certain sources be considered carbon neutral and require energy up for days from certain sources in conjunction with carbon capture technologies be considered carbon neutral Senator Ricky you're recognized the manager. So as before seven members provides a definition of bio mass or recognizes it as a carbon neutral energy source bill doesn't cost the state any money but it made alternately help. Roll and maintain jobs while also help in Arkansas with any future carbon goals Arkansas forests are robust and sustainably managed by mass produced from these forests is an organic material derived from plants and animals that can be burned to produce energy biomass is considered carbon neutral because the carbon dioxide released released when it is burned is reabsorbed by new growth creating a natural balances that does not contribute to increased levels of atmospheric carbon. this definition in this bill is recognized globally this bill will help provide a degree of certainty here in Arkansas for or timber resource. Healthy markets for forest products help conserve forests and keep our forests working. Also help Arkansas force manufactures on a level playing field with other countries in the states surrounding us the recognized carbon neutral biomass energy I'd be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close thank you madam chair this bill really just puts Arkansas in a great position moving forward to utilize our natural resources and be competitive with states that surround us and the country and countries overseas appreciate a good vote. Senator has close any objections rowing the boat. Secretary please roll Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Brighstone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator which changes vote Senator Tucker president. Senator Chesterfield president Senator love president. Any other senators. Please cast a ballot. Thirty one eight zero nine and three present Senate bill four zero seven passes please transmit to the House Senate bill four fifty one Senate bill four fifty one by Senator English to amend the law regarding career education workforce development. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much this bill basically just make some adjustments in the membership of the career education workforce development board yes. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you thank you madam chair and thank you senator thank you my question on page two. My greatest concern with all the change is that you have removed representation for rehabilitation services. And I have services to me represent a very unique group of individuals who are disabled. Mentally sometimes physically and we've taken that representative representational what will they do that basically these are industry people these are not people with disabilities on this board their industry people will understand that but the industry was considered the rehab folks were part of the industry before they're still part of all this but they're just not the industry representatives on the board. SO we also took all financial image of the hospitality so to smaller board. I guess what I'm. In this environment we call work there are individuals with disabilities by and yet they're not represent industry in this bill and I need to know why. One well this is the bill in the end the agencies that are ex officio members of this agency rehab services as part of that you know far better services that is my concern yeah I just needed to know that they were there and that prices are thanks. I have a question for Senator English. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Enter your. It closed center has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice doesn't step feels Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote Senator lob present any other senators. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. Five thirty three eight zero may and one president senate bill four fifty one passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four fifty two Senate bill four fifty two by Senator Gilmore to amend the Arkansas family planning at and to modify the legislative declaration within the Arkansas family planning. Senator Gilmore you're recognized. Thank you madam president members this bill just removes the legislative intent from the family planning act that was passed I believe in nineteen seventy three we've never removes this language and I'll just read you a sample of it continuing population growth either causes or aggravates many social economic and environmental problems both in the state and the nation and it goes on to talk about House sterilizations should be used to help with that what they call problem we're just removing that legislative intent language from our code and I would ask for a good vote assuming there are any questions. Any questions for senate bill Maher. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please welcome Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dawson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Rostom Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator with the change of. C. nine please cast a ballot vote votes at thirty forty eight zero may Senate bill forty two passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four fifty eight Senate bill four fifty eight by Senator English. To amend the Arkansas that public school choice active twenty fifteen Intermin the eligibility of children of active duty uniformed services personnel to participate in Arkansas children's educational freedom account program. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much so this bill basically what it does is it aligns the military military children act with the educational freedom accounts that the governor's pass. Any questions for. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rolling the vote. C. nine madam secretary please will devote. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark. Prologue Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. But at thirty four E. A. zero nine Senate bill four fifty eight passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four sixty three. Senate bill four sixty three by Senator Gilmore to amend the about abortion and inducing drugs safety at and to add revocation of a physician's medical license to the professional sanctions authorized for failure to comply with the abortion inducing drugs safety act. Senate Gilmore you're recognized thank you madam president members all this does is add this section there F. forces of by finding upon the state medical board that a physician has failed to comply with the requirements of this subchapter the board shall revoke the physician's medical license that the that subchapter is in regards to obviously the the drug induced the abortion inducing drug safety act so if a physician is found in violation of that then they can lose their license if the medical board deems fit with that I'm happy thinking questions any questions for Senator Gilmore. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. I'm close center has posed any objection to roll in the vote. Maddox secretary please while the vote Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis dis dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. Senator Chesterfield no. Senator love no. Senator Tucker no. Senator Leding no. Senator Murdock knows. Please cast a ballot. That twenty nine yea five nine. Senate bill four sixty three passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four sixty seven Senate bill four sixty seven by Senator Irvin to amend the law concerning the Arkansas pollution control and ecology Commission and to amend the membership of the Arkansas pollution control and ecology Commission. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you members what this bill does is it takes the Arkansas pollution control and ecology Commission from fifteen down to seven so for members would be at large instead of two from each M. congressional district it would now be one and that we go through the normal process and then instead of seven appointments of agency directors that seven we got down to three so that's the four and the three and And then the bill just creates the ability for a majority of the members to call a quorum. And that. That's all the bill does be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. I'm close to create center has closed any objection rowing the boat. As secretary please role that Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark rolled Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. You senator wish to change your vote. The same nine please cast a ballot by those that thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill four sixty seven passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill four eighty three Senate bill forty three by Senator Dismang to amend acts twenty twenty three number two seventy eight to amend the law regarding bonds or except for financial security under the cost customer protections of net metering customers ACT and Claire an emergency. Senate dismaying recognized all right members this was an agreement that we reached after the bill had already made it out of our chamber and and was on his way to the governor's office but essentially we knew that there was most likely a problem with the bond language that we had in place under the consumer protections the solar industry propose this as a fix to that and so we're just going to run as quick as we can to get it back down the governor's operate or so that they continue operations but essentially sets out a single ten thousand dollar bond obtained under a particular code section and that they are a commercial generalizations limit of at least one million dollars in it and also have a applicable contractor's license issued by the contractors board again just to help with the protections in this was brought by the solar industry. Any questions for Senator Dismang. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Rostom Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change your vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot that thirty forty eight zero nine Senate bill four eighty three corresponding emergency clause passed please arrangement for the House. House Bill twelve. Sixty one. Twelve sixty one by representative Johnson and senate bill would turn act the Arkansas. Trying to a dog treat and transport to an alternative destination act and to mandate insurance coverage for ambulance service retirees treat and transport patients to an alternative this of this nation. Centreboard you're recognized. Thank you madam president colleagues this is a very innovative approach to a problem that we have it so like if you're in an ambulance and you're called out to a scene and you get there and you're like well I understand why you call but I'm really not needed you know you really I don't think you need to go somewhere with this bill does is it allows the EMS to be paid for non transport and transported to alternative destinations for lower negotiated payment or treat in place it could you know this legislation could help prevent someone from being transported to jail if the E. R. is an appropriate there is. I do have a question but overall there's no no no opposition it we expect long term this will reduce costs by reducing ER visits and this I just wanna say this is thinking outside the box solution to a more efficient use of ambulance services happy to answer any questions. Question for Senator boy Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam president Senator board we we kind of talked about this I would like to hear your explanation on. With regards to set Page two line twenty eight twenty nine. Also on. Another page page Page five lines thirteen and fourteen where it's defining telemedicine and it says it does not include the use of audio only electronic technology I know we we have discussed a lot with regards to telemedicine in the last session and Just nervous about. Defining it any differently than what we went back and forth on and of course that was a scope of practice change you can you can you dress how you view this as not being a coach scope of practice change so it needs to be amended in the future you would not have to go through a scope of practice in. Senator Dotson that is an outstanding question I appreciate you bringing it to my attention and in this change so right now this is about an EMT working with a physician so the physician already has the ability to to do telemedicine so. This is telemedicine in a school very specific defined situation where an EMT has come to your home has come to your business come to you on the side of the road maybe you've got a cut on your arm and the anti looks at and says well I don't think it would require transport but this is beyond my scope so I need to put you in touch with the physician who can who is qualified to make that decision and so in those circumstances specifically the you need to be able to have the audio visual component because we're talking about emergencies so. So this is only in reference to the M. T. onsite with the patient communicating with the position off site that they have to have the audio visual. Themselves not the patient calling the physician trying to that the tenements that is my understanding in the weights strapped in that it is based on the specific area code regarding ambulances and EMTs thank you. Any other questions Senator Hammer. Thank you ma'am chair just up in a scenario where. Somebody called Sammy once they arrive at the scene and it is that the determination of the medic the physician whose telemedicine or the patient that makes the determination that they don't need to go I would say that the intent of the bill is to make it between the physician and the patient I mean there's nothing in here that forces you know the like the patient says I don't want to go with the patient's still saying I don't want to go but the physician that's where you're bringing in the telemedicine is the physician can make a triage decisions that the EMT doesn't have the scope of practice to make okay so say the physician determines that the patient. Doesn't need to go with the patient the bill for the service will be the insurance company who's going to be paying the bill if the physician makes the termination for patient doesn't need to go so that this will this allows for non transport and transported to alternative destinations for looking lower negotiated payments with insurance that's what this is set up to do because I know a religious show of all a lot of times there's transport their stuff without the bill but this is intended to help reimburse the ambulance service for those calls where they don't actually transport yes senator Hammer so the way I understand it I believe it was in committee a third of the time they show up in the transport so that's like it is what I recall from committees two thirds of the time they're just showing up there doing something and there's no mechanism in this is really an innovative approach to keep people out of the emergency departments that don't need to be there and to help triage people to the right place it's a good use for EMTs last question if the patient calls and maybe there Pitsch will call or that just rather call anyone should have to get up and go the R. is there any way in this bill that the patient could be charged for the services patient term not to not to go. I. I don't I think we're getting beyond the scope of the the bill and the technicality but it's a great question thank you. Senator Murdock you're recognized yes. The the. The. Four of the. Another great question again. People working within their scope of practice have liability for what they do so if the physician is the one that makes the ultimate determination then I would see that the physician would be the one that would have the the liability if the physicians never brought in then the of the then it be the anti working within his or her scope of practice where I would think it would would live but that's the point is what this bill does is it facilitates being able to bring a physician to that point of accident to the home where ever that call comes in it brings the physician into the to the situation and it would work just like any other situation if there is a doctor and a nurse or anybody else. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator proposed hi appreciate the questions out the again I want to reiterate I think this is a real thinking outside the box solution a more efficient use of ambulance services and I appreciate a good vote thank you. There has closed any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please well the vote. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark scroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English. Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love. The key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stones Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. You senator with changes or her vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty forty eight zero nine house bill twelve sixty one passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen twelve House Bill fourteen twelve by representative may very and Senator English to require the Division of higher education to promulgate certain rules concerning the administration of scholarships funded with state funds and lottery proceeds and to declare an emergency Senator English you're recognized thank you very much what this bill does is it allows a students to be able to use a scholarship lottery funds to go to summer school previously with dot VOL been able to the from semester to semester but not to summer school so this would just they could use these their scholarship dollars over the summers well. Any questions for centering. Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stones Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. Nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine house bill fourteen twelve and the corresponding emergency clause pass please return to the House. House Bill fourteen forty three. House Bill fourteen forty three by representative fight and Senator Irvin an act to amend the law concerning rights of victims of crime and to provide that victims of misdemeanor crimes have rights. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members and this is a small change that will really have a big big impacts and it's a simple bill but it does a lot what this bill does is it extends the victims rights at especially in cases of domestic battery to all victims of domestic violence this will provide victims of class A. misdemeanors them which are the most serious of misdemeanors the same victims rights as afforded to felony victims which include now that will if this bill passes this victims will be entitled to know where the defendant is confined information about the defendant the Victor of the defendant's release furlough or X. gate have the op and then it gives victims the opportunity to testify or submit a written statement to the parole board and most importantly it have it there is a right to protect their personal information so if we pass this bill and extend the victims rights acts this gives approximately three thousand survivors of domestic violence the same rights that other survivors currently have under the victims rights at. I'd be happy to answer any questions and I will say to M. women's own worth as an organization that supports them survivors of domestic violence also stop diem stop TV in Faulkner County and so it's important to these organizations that we do everything that we can to give victims the ability to protect themselves and to know when their violators are up for parole or at four release or for low M. as that might be the case and to have that opportunity to testify or come before the parole board. I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close I just as I as I close so I think it's important for us to use these voices in these opportunities just to talk about how important it is for us to continue to work for the victims of domestic violence and divest the mystic violence is one of the hardest crime sometimes to prosecute it's also one of the most dangerous calls that a police officer or law enforcement officer will take is a domestic violence call and I had a good friend sergeant Mike Stephen that was killed in the line of duty in response to a domestic violence call so just wanted to give that opportunity for us to talk about how bad domestic violence is and and I appreciate that represent a fight her work on this bill and I'm closed thank you. Thank you senator. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please well the vote. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis Steve's dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator changed his or her vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot by voting thirty four yeas and remain house bill fourteen forty three passes please return to the House House Bill. House Bill fourteen sixty three by representative L. Johnson and senator Dotson concerning state board of education rules for a tiered system of educator licensure and to amend the law concerning the type of license issued to certain applicants in an alternative educator preparation school. Senator Dotson you're recognized thank you madam president members house bill set fourteen sixty three just allows for Certain individuals who are applying for extra. The licensing and provisional licensing for areas of endorsement at the the product that is a more streamlined process in order to be able to get those endorsements for teaching and then in section four it also makes it a lot easier for someone to get the driver's education license endorsement so they can do driver's ed. More happy try to answer any questions. Any questions appreciate a good vote anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objections rowing the boat. Madam secretary please vote. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator would change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Five thirty forty eight zero nine House Bill fourteen sixty three five passes please return to the House house bill fourteen seventy one. House Bill fourteen seventy one by representative hack and Senators stone to repeal the redundant reporting requirements that public school district board of directors review and approve certain salary increases. You're recognized thank you madam chairman members house bill fourteen seventy one is to repeal act eleven twenty a two thousand thirteen. what is happening school board approve raises to teachers and faculty and staff and what happens is they end up having to come back and compare salary increases from the previous year there's more than a five percent increase to have to justify what ends up happening is the increases all too often go from a full time part time employee to a full time employee our teachers out on maternity leave one year next year she's there gets all for salary it is just a redundant reporting of information that's already been approved by the school board and then the then the information is collected is just put in a volume said ownership and not really ever utilized. I don't be open for any questions any questions for Senator sound. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I close for the I appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary Robert. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Scene nine. Please cast a ballot. But at thirty forty eight zero nine house bill fourteen seventy one passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen seventy four House Bill fourteen seventy four by representative Gazaway and senator Irvin to amend the Arkansas criminal code and to add an underground storage facility to the definition of critical infrastructure. Centerman you're recognized. Thank you madam president and members of the committee on page two at the top on lines one and two you'll see that what we're doing is just adding underground gas storage facility as critical infrastructure at which adds this to the criminal code to to protect a protected and recognized it as critical infrastructure in the criminal code I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're free to close I'm closed I would appreciate a good vote thank you senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat Madam Secretary please rowboat. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine was cast a ballot. That vote at thirty forty eight zero name house bill fourteen seventy four passes please return to the House house bill fourteen of ninety six House Bill fourteen ninety six by representative Haak and senator Kroll to amend the law concerning abuse of an athletic contest official Senator crow you're recognized what this bill does is it enhances the penalties if you assault in a official we have an official sort shortage we've had a lot of attacks the fifth last few years simples that. Yes ma'am. Question. Thank you thank you madam chair thank you senator Kroll taking my question is that we can't talk about a bad call Mr yes you can talk you can yell as much as we wanted but it would be a hit on that that's a bad yes ma'am is that out is that's all it thank you. Any other questions saying nine anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please while the vote. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator would change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty forty eight zero nine house bill fourteen ninety six passes please return to the House. House Bill fifteen eleven House Bill fifteen eleven by representative R. Scott Richardson and senator Dotson to create Charlie's law and to require an electronic child safety alarm system to be installed in a school bus. Senator Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam president Senate bill fifteen eleven. if you may or may not have seen news in Northwest Arkansas last year when a student was stuck on a school bus for several hours because. It was a I believe is actually kindergarten or made in first grade but it's stuck on the school bus for several hours left on there in the in the the the bus barn parking lot area. Because when they got back the driver didn't go through the school bus and check fortunately he survived was very dehydrated and that's our thing the Charlie. Charlie's law is named after him and this would require the the safety alarm system. To be put installed on every school bus by statute currently the rule but this would codified at ten make sure that every school bus has that to where a school bus driver once they parked the bus they have to go through turn off the safety device the back of the bus and make sure and check first for students as they're going through their more happy try to answer the questions. I have a recognized. sorry and just look at this you're saying that law schools already complying with this financial impact so it's a hundred and seventy five dollar piece of equipment how much overall for the ones that don't have. They should all have it but. Whether or not they're complying with the rule or not I can't say for sure this codifying. Did you have a financial impact that they have with this well it won't be any additional financial impact of the state but it's one hundred the the financial impact statement was no impact it's it's worn by the district and it's a hundred seventy five dollar device per school bus if it's not already installed in overall figure of what many school buses now again in the state. If the bus driver would have done its job job. This wouldn't have happened. If the bus driver doesn't turn left right and there's going to be an impact. So. I'm. These kind of bills probably when people were do the job we K. Michael do their job the required to do the job. Is this gonna. Wells malfunctions is not going to work well like anything if if there's a malfunction or there's a You know someone I guess is part of hearing they don't hear the the device going off when they shut off the school bus they have to go back to the back to turn it off We all will safety for kids there's only so far you can go back thank you. The question is for senate Dotson. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator pretty close I'm closing just create a good vote on Charlie's law. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Judge Jackson noted madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Boyd. Bryant. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Katie. Leding. I love. Love. Make a. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Stone. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. For. I'll begin on this side any senators who did not vote for who was injured vote I see senator Hammer president. Senator Gilmore yes. Anyone else on this side. Senator Murdock. Yes. Anyone else center Chesterfield yes. This side. Senator Mark Johnson president. Any other centers wish to vote we have not voted for change of roads. C. nine. Senator Kroll president. Senator Davis president. Please cast a ballot. Five twelve gauge three nine eleven not voting in a to present House Bill fifteen eleven failed. Senator Bob you're recognized. Thank you madam president I make a motion to expunge the vote by which Senate bill or house bill fifteen eleven failed. Motion to expunge the vote on house bill fifty eleven all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. House Bill fifteen thirty three passed a fifteen thirty three by representative Cozart Senator English to exclude certain students from inclusion in schools dropout rate for purpose of the school performance report. Senator English you're recognized. Thank you very much so every year the there's a each school district is required to produce their school performance report card and what this bill does is it takes away or excludes those people who are home schooled or who have got a GED from their average daily attendance. Any questions for. Anyone wants to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty closed center has closed any objection rowing the boat. Secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for all Davis these this mind Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator questions changes are her vote Senator Ricky present. Any other senator Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight zero nine and one present House Bill fifteen thirty three passes. Please return to the House house bill fifteen thirty four House fifteen thirty four by representative Cozart Senator English to repeal requirements placed on school districts that have a ten percent or greater minority population out of the total population. Senator Hammer yes ma'am thank you madam chair the title is pretty self explanatory note school district just a few points no school district should be required to have his own elections less voters of the district or school board decide that the voting rights act does not require zone election no city council is required to have zone or wards and with twelve hundred thirteen her school board positions Arkansas talent should be empowered to serve regardless of address majority minority school districts would no longer be forces on and left unchanged many districts in Arkansas have to rezone elect all new boards following each senses this bill is a hundred percent permissive of and local control in that no district would be required to zone appreciate a good vote. You're recognized for a question thank. Many years ago. Make sure that we have. It is very small in the community and to all of our. Of voting the. Part of the wise. With minority. Possibly. Right so as I was told in this is a the answer they'll give you is that when this was established back in two thousand which was twenty twenty three it was a different scenario different different setting at that time the one thing people also need to realize about this as far as I'm doing a the federal requirements those federal requirements remain the same remain in place and so what we are doing as I pointed out awhile ago is that were opened up to allow for the local area to decide how they would like to handle the rezoning instead of being forced to do it after each census and share with all due respect I know there's others your come up behind me that will probably speak to point so more yield to them to let them speak what your concerns are thank you. Anyone wish to speak against the center field you're recognized to speak against. Thank you madam president Senator thank you for that gracious introduction. We appreciate it. You know amendment into the constitution says that the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution. Not prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people we are here to amendment ten in the constitution all the time in this state. And we express our dismay when the federal government comes in and tells us what we have to do. This legislation went into effect in nineteen ninety three. And since then we have been able to elect boards. By zones. We have been able to draw those owns up we have used hopefully a better price than we did when we do of our own but we have been able to draw up in these zones and the cities and the school districts have done it and they have done it in an objective manner. You and I represent various areas of the state we don't all come from the same area we are not elected at large. Because our voices matter and the people that we represent matter. I don't represent the same area Senator Rice. He then represent the area I represent. We agree that government is important and the participation of all citizens is important that's why we're redirected by districts. And now all of a sudden we're saying that the same thing should not be applicable at the local level. All the voices of the people in the local governments should matter. Their representation shouldn't matter. And when we do away with that we're trying that a particular group of people will have more power than the folks. Folks I ask us to look at our sales. Look at Dave Wallace was up in northeast Arkansas he didn't represent Central Arkansas. Fortune is not Jonesborough. What Stubblefield come from is not where I come from but I'm voices matter because we represent unique interest in the state of Arkansas. And I submit to you today that the people who are on our school boards should represent unique entities as well. And that they ought to be able to vote on those persons. In zones. In some school districts we have a combination of both zone and at large but when we have built at large members we also have people elected in zones represent you in the constituencies those constituencies you steal matter and we should vote against this bill because it takes away the power of the individuals in those unique areas. Then school districts. Just as if we were elected all at large. Would we be represented. How would have folks bill Senate Linda Chesterfield making decisions but the representation that they elected Blake Johnson for. It matters that we are unique it matters that we represent particular areas of our state it shouldn't matter that we represent particular interest and individuals within our school zones that's why this legislation is important and I would appreciate a no vote and I'd be happy to take any questions. Questions for center Chesterfield Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you Mr president Senator is it true that this bill will strike language from the codes that we passed a law to be consistent with the federal the federal voting rights act of nineteen sixty five is it will it will thank you. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak for anyone else wish to speak against or for. Senator you're free to close. I apologize Senator Clark. Sometimes you stand quietly and sometimes you get paid motions I apologize for not recognizing you. Senator Clark you're recognized. I'm not sure the purpose of this bill. But. Senator Chesterfield has many times. Brought up issues. whether it had to do with education whether it had to do with discipline whatever and and how it was affecting minority students. and with good reason. whenever we look at our scores that we are costly trying to bring up. our minority scores are going to be the lowest. Shouldn't be. There there's no reason that they should pay. We'll get a graduation rates we're gonna find the same. Our minority. Representatives and senators bring these things up. Because their constituents are concerned as they should be and I know you are. I don't understand why at the school board level this will of the effect many schools because not that many schools have ten percent. Or more population before they do. The ability to have someone. Who you believe. If elected. Is hearing you and hearing your concerns about your kids. Is so so important. And I can understand why we wouldn't do it I'd appreciate to know what. Anyone wish to speak for anyone else wish to speak against. Senate. Thank you Mr president couple things point on closing for small districts may still choose to be zoned at large for a combination thereof so puts it down to the district to make the decision second one no one should be forced to be on these owned and then a majority minority districts benefit from not having to be is owned and with regards to the voting rights act it does not require zones so want to bring those points of clarification I would just close on this point I have full faith and confidence that the best qualified candidates will win regardless of whatever their differences are whatever their backgrounds are whatever the races are the best qualified candidate should be the ones that we want on the school board not being forced because of something that we do so I appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed and secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Yeah. Right. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. These. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Page. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Stun. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. I'll start on this side any senators was devoted a devoted injured vote Senator dis yes. Any other centers on the side. Centers on this site is to vote or change their vote. Scene. Mark Johnson yes. Say no more please cast a ballot. By a vote of the eighteen eight eight nine eight eight not voting House Bill fifteen thirty four passes. Return to the House. Fifteen thirty five fifteen thirty five by representative Cozart Senator English requires certain information be provided monthly to school district board of directors. Senator English you're recognized thank you very much so. Typically on a monthly and the school board school districts issue a report can have a a data sheet on how the softball basketball baseball the football all those things are doing but they don't really ever have any data on academics so what this law does is it requires that the school district's monthly. Monthly prepare a. data presentation on the academics that in the district. The questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Centers close secretary please relevant Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators change their vote. Same manner please cast a ballot. But thirty four J. zero nine House Bill fifteen thirty five passes. Please return to the House. We're passing over house bill fifteen sixty one. Items at the desk for you Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two eighty five by Senator Tucker compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two ninety nine by Senator Hammond compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate for eight by Senator Penn compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar for you Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate bill four seventeen by Senator Stubblefield for the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three forty five by Senator hill compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen twenty seven by representative Gazaway compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill fifteen twenty two members shall be compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. Cymbal five oh nine by Senator Flippo to amend the law concerning stipends for members of the board of corrections and to amend the law concerning stockings or members of state boards Senate bill five oh nine state agencies some of five ten by Senator Ingram Irvin in English to amend the criteria considered in a school district's reduction in force policies Senate bill five ten education Senate bill five eleven by Senator Hammer. To amend the law concerning participating in a drag race on a public highway Senate bill five eleven transportation center five twelve by Senator English concerning school district personnel policies and concerning a school district committee on personnel policies Senate bill five twelve education center five thirteen by Senator Mark Johnson to amend the law concerning annual disclosures of for the secretary of state to amend the law concerning nine availability and to amend the annual report requirements for certain businesses and entities for the secretary of state senate five thirteen. Insurance and comparable five fourteen by Senator Irvin to amend various provisions of the law that related to topics covered by a composition of in the meeting requirements for school districts Committee on personnel policies for classified employees senate five fourteen education center five fifteen by Senator Irvin to amend the Medicaid fraud act and the Medicaid fraud false claims act Senate bill five fifty judiciary other announcements I would ask the body to. Listen to your colleagues as we make final announcements before we turn Senator Solomon you're recognized thank you folks up in the gallery appears one of our most loyal members of the Free State of northeast Arkansas Bradley ledger would and his parents are up there he does a great job and very engaged in politics throughout our area strong advocate for disability rights and many other things a good friend that we appreciate you being here Bradley thank you. You're recognized. Members were gonna gonna have a change up on Thursday we're gonna come in at one o'clock which instead of eleven o'clock on Thursday were coming session at one o'clock so and hopefully clean out some of our some of our Committee calendars thanks. Senator English. Thank you very much Senate education will be tomorrow morning at nine o'clock in room two oh seven eight Senator Irvin. Thank you members public health is actually gonna meet at ten twenty tomorrow morning to give my committee members time to run bills and other committees so ten twenty and if you and then we might go back upon adjournment at at the call of the chair tomorrow thank you. Any other announcements. Senator Flippo. Thank you governor member city county local meeting to miss part of German please be there. No other announcements the Senate. Senate judiciary will meet at ten in the morning we have a special order of business the. Criminal justice bill so be sure to be there members ten o'clock. Any other announcements if no other announcements at central standard German subject to the clearing of the gas until one PM tomorrow March twenty ninth two thousand twenty three.