Senate Convenes

The Senate will be called to order. Any request for leave at this time. Madam secretary please call the roll Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary of everyone in the chamber and the galleries would please rise for a player. Led by our pastor today Brian Calhoun senior who will be formally introduced by Senator Hill followed by the pledge of allegiance. Thank you madam secretary for we uh the storm and I would like to ask leave for mistakes he made man we have our son back here today And so I'd like to ask for leave for her. If you would colleagues please a join me in welcoming Brian Calhoun from Saint Saint John's Baptist Church in lone oak he retired military is an Army Reserve former state trooper is married with three children it's an honor to have my brother here with us today you would you please leave to serve. Thank you so much about with me. We thank you for being sovereign safe and secure this is often we re referred for pure hearts pray that you will forgive us from our sin is that been made saying is that we may not even be aware of we pray that you will allow those that look after and care for this great state of Arkansas to lead handle and perform is sworn to do since you are safe we pray that you will meet on behalf of the state that you will keep them safe to keep a secure so we pray for the security of everyone both physically and mentally. Leslie because you are sincere we pray for peace and respect as business of this state is handled thank you for all leadership of this state says you are the savior and says because of this season we thank you for the death burial resurrection of his son Jesus Christ we pray peace over this meeting in the mighty name of Jesus we all said a man. German the galleries what will be Arkansas state Senate it is our expectation that each of you exercise proper decorum and governor sales accordingly during today's proceedings without objection rules will be suspended as Senate bill Spencer the reading of the Journal. The morning hour has now begun further into any announcements for introductions at this time Senator Solomon you're recognized thank you I'd like to welcome our new doctor of the day Dr Spence use in Jonesborough works in Walnut Ridge we're so thankful to have you here with us and thank for you came from Florida to stay in Jonesborough and I too fell in love when I landed there do you have someone with you. Welcome to give a round of applause. And what you're clapping let's welcome here you get into she's always faithful to be here our nurse sherry but are thank. Leding you're recognized. Thank you Mr president colleagues I want to introduce today living real Nolan Acheson is in the fifth grade back in near middle school in fable is right up the road from where we are no one likes math and history I'm only good at one of those but I will say we definitely more people who are good at math to serve in the legislature he also likes baseball and football and he might be the first Arizona cardinals fan I've ever met in my life I just please help me welcome though into the Arkansas Senate. Senate. Thank you Mr president welcome wapiti Medford he is from Jasper Arkansas he's an eleventh grade in high school he's involved a lot of stuff he's in four H. FFA FBLA business administration he is also a four H. state officer and was on the national four H. youth leadership team he also serves and FFA in this officer there so which require any wants to go into government and public service after he gets out of high school so please welcome Mr met for the. When you're recognized. Yeah. Hi members I have my first page today you're my first first and with me I have why it treaty is thirteen he's in eighth grade he is home schooled and he puts Leslie down as his address but if you know that's your where you get your mail right so he lives in Oxley and he loves to ride his bike hunt to play piano and health is pop all which is right up there Hey pop all. El Papa on the farm and right in the side by side and help with the cows chickens dogs and everything else right there's a great little place the breakfast to near Oxley if you are ever driving on highway sixty six which is actually where I live and you Dreiser Oxley is a great place to stop any breakfast right there too but if you'll welcome why it to the Senate for me that I would appreciate. Senate you're recognized. Thank you Mr president the with me today I have Alison Law she is a sixth grader don Tyson school of innovation she's a trombone player and she's also a member of the office of hogs so we get a swim team member here everybody would to your warm welcome. It also and like to ask for leave because she's a shadow. The. Senate bill you're recognized. Governor. Can only bring everyone's attention to young man happy with me days. Doing a page he's he's working at the pace that is a part time Pitsch simply because of the injury he suffered almost a year ago. March a dramatic brain injury months the show managed beside me today separate traffic traumatic brain injury. On Friday June the third twenty twenty two. He was in Texarkana Arkansas he suffered a bull riding accident at the high school finals. At that time. They transporting to the hospital Texarkana. Flew him to little rock this is a the getting stable he stayed in children's hospital for forty eight days. At the time I saw him when he's in the hospital at that point it was still given take with AT me with this or not to this day he does not remember me no a lot of other visitors they came to see him while he was there with the grace of god he's here with us today still recovering going to PT Otey and speech therapy as well still doing while trying to recover the bid on one of his arms to to work on and stuff but I will say when the most. Great things as he was coming coming to because he has learned to talk again. He had to learn to walk again it learned to use always Liam's again and so with that being said the first words out of his mouth was pray for me. The first war the spray. With that being said elected or do some random kid. Good to have you here with us today to tell the story that he is survived the is he going to overcome it the plans on going to university of Arkansas next year we try not to hold that to vote against it okay. That please welcome Brandon with us today. Any other announcements for introductions. That is secretary of other items at the desk. Yes we your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two thirty five. By Senator Tucker compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three twenty seven by Senator Blake Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed the Joint Budget Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three fifty two by Senator Irving compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Revenue and Tax Committee on west Bills to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty by Senator Clark compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty seven by Senator English compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four fifteen by Senator Stein compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed agriculture Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four twenty five by Senator English compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four fifty five by Senator Stubblefield can okay the gross copper three John Feinstein correctly engrossed. Are you Committee on state engrossed bills to whom was referred to senate joint resolution fifteen by Senator king compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies. Where your committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty five by Senator Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on Education was referred Senate bill two eighty five by Senator tech recommend to pass as amended number two counted Committee on Education whom was referred senate bill three seventy eight by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted Committee on Education whose first senate bill four fifty one by Senator English recommend to pass. Allender Committee on engrossed but I'll on education of referred for fifty at symbol for fifty eight by Senator English I recommend due pass counted Committee on Education was referred house bill fourteen sixty three by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on Education who was referred house bill fourteen seventy one by representative hawk recommend due pass counted Committee on Education was referred house bill fifteen eleven by representative Scott recommend to pass. Calendar committee on education was referred house bill fifteen thirty three per cent Cozart recommend due pass counted Committee on Education was referred house bill fifteen thirty four per cent Cozart recommend due pass counted Committee on Education A. was referred house bill fifteen thirty five a representative Cavenaugh recommend due pass counted Committee on joint retirement to whom was referred Senate bill one thirty five by Senator Kroll recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill eighty one by Senator Sullivan recommend due pass to concur on house amendment number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill three oh nine by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill four oh eight by Senator pensar recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen twenty seven by representative Gazaway recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen forty three per cent to fight recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen ninety six by representative hawk recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen twenty two by representative job we recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty one or if the fight recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill two eighty eight by Senator Irvin recommend due pass to concur on house amendments one and two calendar. Committee on Public Health team was referred Senate bill two ninety nine by Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number two. Counted Committee on Public Health him is referred senate bill three forty five by Senator hill recommend to pass calendar Committee on Public Health team is referred senate bill four fifty two by Senator Gilmour recommend to pass. Counted Committee on Public Health Tim is referred senate bill four sixty three by Senator Gilmour recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health team is referred senate bill four sixty seven by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted. Senate resolution forty by Senator Mark Johnson. To commend the Conway Haskell lady Wampus cats basketball team for winning the twenty twenty three class six A. girls basketball state championships Senate resolution forty calendar Senate bill forty two by Senator Dismang to amend the income tax of nineteen twenty nine and provide and apportionment formula for the income of for a ride Senate bill four eighty two Revenue and Tax senate forty three by Senator Dismang temen acts twenty twenty three number two seventy eight to amend the law regarding bonds or acceptable financial security under the cast customer protections for net matter metering customers act Senate bill four eighty three insurance policy before eighty four by Senator Tucker to modify the law concerning charitable organizations to clarify contributions of charitable organizations and to exclude certain of the question to Testamenti distributions from trust for contributions Senate bill four eighty four. Insurance and Commerce forty five by Senator Payton to amend ACT twenty twenty three number two sixty four Intermin the law concerning the offense of theft of catalytic converter and unauthorized possession catalytic converter Senate bill forty five. Judiciary zero forty six by Senator Leding to amend the law concerning parole eligibility of a person is convicted of an offense committed when he or she is some matter for senate bill four eighty six Judiciary. Any further business to come before the body in the morning hour. Senator Murdock you're recognized. Thank you governor. Colleagues could have your attention and guests in the galleries. I like to call you to exist on the committee you may have heard over the weekend. in the last few days one of our former senators passed away Senator Royce the Bill the well and what I would like to do if you will join me in giving a moment of silence every respect and remembrance of a senator that served in this body indeed many things to help so many Arkansans in another day what we want to remember him today later on we would do some other things to honor him but I'm acts those in the gallery to stand as well as we give a moment of silence of remembers for senator Royce the bill well that please join me. Thank you. Thank you senator. Any other announcements or business the camera body morning hour. It's not morning hour has expired we will now start the business agenda. Senate you're recognized. This is to. Okay matter of. President I I just need to make a motion to withdraw the bill incentive to interim study so that bill Senate bill four twenty Senate bill four two zero like to make a motion withdrawn sent to interim study my bill. Its in state agencies Committee. All those in favor of the withdrawing senate bill four twenty. I need to and from St. Signify by saying aye. He opposed. Is Senator Hester you're recognized. There's I move that we move SB two thirty six on the sponsors and public health it's a dealing with disabilities no licensure would move it to interim study proposal. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Two thirty. Now we will take it Senate concurrent resolution seven. Senate concurrent resolution seven by Senator live today from eight March twenty twenty three is a rare kidney disease awareness month in Arkansas to increase public awareness and understanding of the genetic causes of rare kidney disease. Senator live you're recognized. Thank you Mr president Collings om I have the pleasure of the state pleasure of bringing you Senate concurrent resolution seven and I was I'm going to present this as they would say no proton which means as it if it's more March the first March is nationally recognized as national kidney kidney month and the recognition is important an important opportunity to raise public awareness and understanding of recognizes these such as Apollo mediated kidney disease my mom had recognized his season even though she did pass away from cancer rate kidney disease was one of the reasons why they could not treat her properly for her cancer and so I wanted to really. Bring this resolution just to raise awareness A poll explains the disproportionate rear. disproportionate rate of kidney disease in people of African American ancestry. Infonotice African ancestry as African Americans make up thirteen percent of the United States population. But account for thirty two percent of all kidney failure in thirty five percent of all in the sage keep disease and so as a result I wanted to go ahead and bring this to just raise awareness. And ensure that people understand the impacts of recognizes these with that madam president I'll close and I ask for do pass. Thank you senator. All those in favor of Senate concurrent resolution seven and to designate March twenty twenty three as rare kidney disease awareness month and Arkansas to increase public awareness and understanding of the genetic causes of repeating disease please signify by saying aye. Any of those. Is haven't. Body concurs. Amendment one Senate bill three sixty eight. Amendment one Senate bill three sixty eight. Senator Boyd you're recognized. Thank you madam president this is my amendment for my bills work with State Farm and chill the shelter to come up with an amendment that made the bill workable I appreciate a good vote. Thank you senator all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I had a sense. Amendment one to Senate bill four zero seven. Amendment one Senate bill four oh seven. Senator Teague you're recognized thank you madam president my bill my amendment working with the forestry folks make sure the bills exactly where it needs to be appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it please enter gross and. Amendment one to House Bill twelve sixty one. Amendment one to House Bill twelve sixty one. Senator Boyd you're recognized. Thank you madam president this is an agreed to amendments between the insurers in the ambulances to make this a workable bill I appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is had centering gross. Senate resolution thirty five Senate resolution thirty five by Senator English to command the Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team for winning the twenty twenty two class three A. boys golf state championship. Senator English you're recognized thank is my pleasure to have Senate resolution thirty five and to commend the Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team for winning the twenty twenty two class three A. boys golf state championship that's quite a feat. Whereas on October fourth two thousand twenty two the Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team won the class three A. boys golf state championship at Turkey mountain golf course in horseshoe bend Arkansas and where is the golf met Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team won by three strokes over Harding catenae with a total team score of two hundred and forty seven strokes were as the board of governors of the professional golf association national high school golf association has requested the honor of the Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team at the twenty twenty three national invitation in July whereas Maumelle charter high school valken boys golf team golfer Luke Hansen shot a one under par with a score of seventy two to win the individual class three a championship was selected to the all state team this individual championship with this third individual state championship won his first individual conference scholarship and re Seve an athletic scholarship to play golf at Arkansas tech. Whereas Maumelle charter Carter charter high school falcons boys golf team golfer Jay's holder finished inside the top ten posting a score of eighty three to earn all state honors in his sophomore season and whereas the Maumelle charter high school thousand boys golf team is coached by head coach James Mitchell and where as the Maumelle charter high school falcons boys golf team includes Luke Hansen led in. Yes. Jay's holder Andrew burns and where is the Maumelle charter high school Balcon boys golf team coach Mitchell stated it was an absolute pleasure and blessing to be around these guys this year it was amazing to watch the continual hard work and dedication at the show me and put in that allow them to achieve the goals they set for themselves their bonding cop competitive spirit carried them throughout the season and I believe they will continue to keep those close as they move forward into the future now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognize the Maumelle charter high school falcon boys golf team for winning the twenty twenty two class three A. boys golf state championship be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution but shall be provided to the head coach Mitchell by the secretary of state so I'm doing include. Actually. This is one. So could we take a moment just for a picture Senator if you don't mind taking a swing vote and it will take one month. All right thank you senator. All those in favor Senate resolution thirty five to commend the mall mail charter high school falcons boys golf team for winning the two thousand twenty two class three A. boys golf state championship please signify by saying aye. Thank you any oppose ayes have it Senate resolution thirty five is adopted. Thank you. When I come back to order. We'll take that one to Senate bill two seventy three. Amendment one Senate bill two seventy three. Than the party you're recognized. Thank you madam president members we passes before our recess this is a simple amendment were concurring in from the house the the languages basically changing from an election if the County Board of election commissioners determines to an election if a majority of the County Board of election commissioners determines the and that's the extent of the amendment I would appreciate a good vote. Thanks. Any questions any questions. All those in favor. To adopt the amendment. rather please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Amendment we will centre will now take it. The Bill. Senate bill two seventy three by Senator Petty to amend the lection law concerning polling sites Intermin the location of vote centers. All right a we passed it before I'm happy to answer any questions if there are any if not I'd appreciate a good vote. Thanks any questions or center padding one wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed to any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please wrote about. She had. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. But the thirty four year A. zero nine one not voting. S. the two seventy three one. **** and rolling. SB two forty eight. Senate bill two forty eight by Senator English to create the Arkansas challenge plus scholarship program Senator English you're recognized thank you very much Senate bill two forty eight basically looks at creating the Arkansas challenge plus scholarship program this is a an effort by the department of higher education and basically what it does is it will follow fast so um financial guidelines and give assistance to some low income students who need some assistance. Any questions for Senator English. Anyway. Senator. Question thank you this doesn't replace the Arkansas academic challenge. This is and creating a new one yes okay. Any other questions. You're recognized. That's what we are going through everything make as well what was a call for this particular one it could be up to fourteen million dollars but that will be reduced to whatever the the the of a calm well we have one of the bill in there too so that between the two of this fifteen million dollars which is what you had suggested or fourteen five is that what we have available for the forty five five all right thank you ma'am. Any other questions. Anyone with to speak against a four. Senate bill three close center has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please robot Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast the ballot by those at thirty forty eight zero nine one not voting Senate bill two forty eight passes please transmit to the House Senate bill two forty nine. Senate bill two forty nine by Senator English to amend the source of funding for in state tuition for veterans and military personnel and dependants under certain circumstances. Senator English you're recognized. Thank you very much this scholarship program is for that that the US dependents of veterans and military personnel who have being killed in action or been disabled veteran but prisoner of war things like that and so this scholarship fund because we have more requests that we have money this the supplements the Program with a lottery scholarship dollars. Any questions for Senator English. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Center I'm close janitor has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark prole Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace you senator wish to change his or her vote. Samples cast a ballot. The thirty forty eight zero nine eight one. Bill two forty nine passes please transmit to the House Senate bill two seventy seven Senate bill two seventy seven by Senator Hammer to amend the filing period for political parties to amend the law concerning political parties. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you man governor as you may be aware of there's a federal court declared the filing period on Constitutional what this bill does is it makes it necessary to establish a filing period for all candidates bill also includes a new filing period date of recognized to party a new party to file and one thing is prime most critical about this bill the law is if we don't have this bill in response to the judge to ruled the previous legislation unconstitutional she also either for whatever reason throughout the rest of it that if we don't have this bill we can have an election but nobody can file to run so to be election without any candidates it would be really good if we all passes so we could all of not only file have election but also filed for appreciate a good vote I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions for Senator Hammer Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam president Senator Hammer I'm trying to run these days for straight in my mind that this is this takes effect I guess after January July so for the twenty twenty four election the filing date for those of us who are fortunate enough to get to run and twenty twenty four I would be the first week in November did I read that correctly I think that's right okay but it but it is in effect in this cycle that's coming up that's what's really critical we get a pass because it does kick in for this next cycle and I will I'll ask you privately about what the judge says all understand thank you for your thank you for answering questions thank you madam president any other questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wishing to speak against. for. Senator you're pretty close thank you madam chair close Preciado good vote. Senator has closed any objection to rolling the vote. Man sectors please roll Boyd. There was an objection okay I'm sorry. Boyd. Yes. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Davis. Davis Dismang. DISMANG Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. One of. Mickey. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Stun. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators not voting wish to vote or was injured roads Senator Clark yes Senator Ricky yes. Any other centers on the side. Senator Penzo yes. Any other senators Senator Blake Johnson president Senator Murdock yes. Any other centers Senator Dismang yes. Any others. Sam Nunn. Please cast a ballot. But twenty nine eight two nine eight three not voting in one president Senate bill two seventy seven passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three eighty three Senate three eighty three by Senator Blake Johnson to amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized members began on this project to the in twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty one we had to pair this pair this down to a reporting requirements for foreign nations to report to Arkansas just like they did the United States government whenever they bought agricultural land in the United States. It said twenty twenty one in October we gather information there been twelve reports and seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty seven acres bought by foreign nations in the State of Arkansas. The US date DA did a report between twenty and twenty twenty twenty one and all in for the state of Arkansas in their reporting and it was two hundred fifty thousand acres have been law in the state of Arkansas about foreign ownership. This bill limits that ownership ability. The to a certain nations in in in the international traffic in arms. If if you fit within those nations then you can't own property in the State of Arkansas with this bill I'm a read a few of those nations China. Iran North Korea Syria Venezuela Afghanistan Haiti Iraq. Lebanon Libya Russia some all year. That's just a few of those nations there's twenty four in all. This this limits those nations. We had a balloon flower over. And everybody was worried about a balloon taking pictures of the land below it. If we don't want a balloon flying over our nation. We shouldn't want to moan in land we can't go over there and buy property so. This is what this bill does And I would appreciate a good vote. Any questions for Senator Blake Johnson Senator Tucker you're recognized. I know this was the case with your legislation two years ago but this does not affect the ability of someone who lives in the United States the only in the United States correct you know and and and it it it has a the You can be a hello a legal alien it's in the bill yeah and own property as long the thank you senator yeah. Any other questions Senator Blake Johnson. Anyone wishing to speak against four four. Senator has close any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. Leding Love thank you Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice some Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. Five of the thirty four yea zero nine and one not voting Senate bill three eighty three passes please transmit to the House. Senator Penzo yeah. Thank you Mr president I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules for the purpose of this send in this to a second reading for purpose of amendment. Senator. Senator Penzo has made a motion to seize suspend the rules for purposes of placing. Senate bill three ninety. Per second reading all those in favor of suspending the rules for that purpose please signify by saying aye any oppose ayes have it amendment to the Senate bill three ninety. I know you're recognized bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. All those in favor of the amendment. Please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Please enter a gross. Senator Hester you're recognized a madam president with with with with the body if you didn't told me I would like to take a recess until two twenty four committee members want to go to a a press conference right now about the public safety criminal justice bill I recognize it is an ill advised to time nonetheless it is a two o'clock press conference and so I'm gonna ask that we recess for twenty minutes so members can attend that press conference. Twenty. Yes. Man. Senate will come back to order. Senate will first take at Senate bill four eighteen Senate bill four eighteen by Senator Dismang to transfer the administrative functions of the state securities department to the State Bank department into amend the law concerning the organization of the state securities department. A bill does exactly what the title says combines the two is anticipated to be some minimal savings from that all parties as far as I'm aware of agreed to it and it's something that sought by the commission happy take any questions. Any questions for Senator Dismang. Anyone wish to speak against or for the center has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please role of a Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker. You senator changes. C. nine please cast at the ballot. Batboat thirty four game zero name one not voting senate bill four eighteen passes please transmit to the House. Johnson. Yeah. We will now take at house bill ten thirty. Page ten thirty house bill ten thirty by representative makes a Senator English. Concerning aging residency requirements for attending public schools and to expand the number of individuals for whom public school shall be open for. Senator English you're recognized. Thank you very much this House bill ten thirty really has to do with helping to define for international students when they host family has a student coming from a foreign country to live in their community and where they can go to school. Any questions for Senator English anyone wish to speak against four four. Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the vote. Madam secretary please Robert Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell's Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change your or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty forty eight zero nine one not voting house bill ten thirty passes returned to the house. We will now take up house bill eleven oh two. Penzo you're recognized. Thank you Mr president of like to make a motion to suspend the rules send this to a second reading for the purpose of amendment. Senator has made a motion to suspend the rules for purposes of. Second reading for amendment. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. As. Amendment one the house bill eleven to. Senator. My bill my amendment appreciate the. All in favor signify by saying aye. Any of those. Is. And as adopted please send to and receive. I'm scared this. I make a motion plays house bill thirty thirty loan six. Second reading for the purpose of amendment. All those in favor of the motion please signify by saying aye. I. Amendment to house bill thirteen thirteen my bill my amendment although not saying aye. Any opposed. Is haven't gross. We will now go back and take at Senate bill four zero three. Senate bill four O. three by Senator John Blake Johnson to consolidate agriculture boards and commissions to abolish certain board in the department of agriculture to transfer the days the circuit boards within the department of agriculture's and it and declare an emergency. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized like to send for three back to committee for amendments. All those in favor. Hi seven. Without objection Senator Blake Johnson is the re referred senate bill four three back to agriculture committee. House Bill fourteen oh seven. Fourteen oh seven by representative McLaurin Center McKee to create the voter registration secure voter records active twenty twenty three to amend the Arkansas constitution amendment fifty one and amend the duties of the secretary of state. Senator Teague you're recognized. Thank you madam president members this bill allows for the cleanup of voter rolls to ensure accuracy at a data resources for better voter reconciliation procedures enhances legislative oversight and authority of a voter rolls and it'll help with many things including jury rolls and helps in the vetting process of voters to reduce any suspect or legal voters I'd be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Ricky centre Tucker you're recognized for a question. I just wasn't up on what happened with bill I know we talked about amendment and I know you committee meeting one of the things that we talked about was putting a bill that person would get notice if they were purchased on the voter rolls that did you put that into the bill not in this bill but that's sure we can take care of that another bill. Thank you. Any other questions Senator Ricky. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Teague you're free to close a good vote Senator has closed any objection rolling the vote. Maddox secretary please roll the vote Boyd have Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change your vote. I think Senator Tucker president Senator love president. Senator Leding president. Any other centers. Sam Nunn please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty one Yeas zero ninety one not voting and three present. House Bill fourteen oh seven passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen twenty four. Fourteen twenty four by representative Madison center McKee to amend the law concerning court proceedings for unlawful detainer. Thank you you're recognized. This is the thank you madam president members this is kind of a clean up bill allows them to. research inquire the order of the court in circuit court proceedings. Any questions. Any questions for Senator Ricky. Thank. And everyone was just take against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. At a secretary please roll away 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 rhinestone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. The thirty forty eight zero ninety one not voting house bill fourteen twenty four passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen forty one hassle fourteen forty one by representative shall soon Senator McKee to restrict the use of by a political subdivision or competitive bidding for medical emergency medical and ambulance services. Thank you you're recognized thank you Mr president this bill simply adds medical emergency medical and ambulance To the process of using request for qualifications. Any questions recentemente. Senator Dobson you're recognized thank you madam president Senator Ricky this was if I recall a bill that you brought before us before then pull down to amend that I don't see an amendment on it if the the purpose for pulling down was basically just to make sure any member concerns were addressed I thought we had. Still have the same concerns but thank you okay thank you have a question Senator Solomon you're recognized for a question can you explain what you just said what I do recommend. Which part when the when you first start off and you said we have changed it to I've got the description you're going over for the day basically any services procured by the county whether it's legal financial advisory architectural engineering construction management land surveying professional consulting services don't go through the competitive bidding process the requirement of the to request for proposals request for qualifications and we're simply adding medical emergency medical and ambulance to that list of services and the threshold was still the same correct okay. Any other questions. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Irvin you're recognized to speak against. Thank you and. I need. I'm speaking against this bill because it's bothering me that your county would not have to goes through a bid process when you don't go through a bid process you're closing down competition and when you close on competition you're not going to get the best deal for your county and especially if you have a rule County where you have an ambulance service it's very important for those counties to be able to secure through a bid contract the best opportunity for their citizens to be able to get served by the ambulance service if you call us out competition and you just go with some one person one entity then they're not going to give you the kind of guarantees that you're going to need for your rules citizens to be able to have a timely transport by ambulance so I think by doing this because a lot of problems I've seen this in many of my counties where this process has not gone well for the counties and they would love not to have to contract with this or have a bid process. But that's not good for the people or the citizens of those P. counties service so for me I'm against this because I think it's so important for those citizens to be able to have that competitive process so that they are better served by your ambulance services and I can tell you and assure you that is not happening in several of my counties thank you. Anyone with to speak for or against. Thank you your free clothes. Members I would just say that to require counties to use a competitive bidding process and accept the low bid on medical services whether it be for your county jail or whatever it is that's your area one of the areas of highest liability for any county. And this basically just puts medical services namely on services in the same pot as we put all these other services that don't have such a high liability in most cases Just put some of the same part As those I think it's a good idea appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed any objections rowing the boat. Junction's noted madam secretary please call the roll Boyd. Right. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. Days. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. English. Lepo. Flowers. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Staff. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators voted not votes please speak up I see Senator Chesterfield now. Senator Bryant yes. Senator Hammer president. Centre Kroll NO. Senator love present. Under dis president Senator Tucker president any other centers on the side. Tucker is no sorry. The side center leading present thank you for speaking up Senator Penzo no Senator English. Now. Yes my no vote. Not voting. Senate. I got it thank you for speaking at any of the centers please check board. Please cast a ballot. By a vote at ten A. sixteen A. for not voting five present HB fourteen forty one fails. Senator Ricky you're recognized thank you Mr president like to make a motion to expunge the vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Fourteen sixty seven. Haspel fourteen sixty seven representative Cozart Senator Hester to amend Arkansas law concerning appeals of decisions of the Arkansas state claims commission Senator Hester your record. Thank you Mr president members the so being represented Cozart where the chairs of claims commission for quite some time and ultimately when someone files an appeal to a claim and they're out of time like so say it was fifty days in a file it at sixty days or three years later our our claims commission still have to go through the formal process because they don't have the ability just to not based on time without going through the process this just saves a lot of effort so every time on our agenda it's has all these that are outdated these appeals over claims and so that's all it says it just really it simplifies it like you have a certain time on to meet if you don't meet it then the claims commission does not have to go through the normal process. Senate questions for Senator Hester center Chesterfield you're recognized for a question yes thank you madam chair senator does this include your email and cannot be there are there any excuses at all. This is this is an appeal so you have so many days to your appeal yeah there's no excuses you either meet your appeal the amount of days for your bill you don't and. Even if your afterwards with they don't have the ability to hear something out of date as it currently is so we don't have the ability to have a you know if I was ill during that you know three four weeks or six month period of on or off and it can get down here to make the appeal of the supreme of that battle right well I think that the appeals is the is it's a paper work but I can't get paperwork if I'm not able to get people working fine he cannot that tried but I will say this is not changing that process this is just saying that is just saying. Timelines timeline in our our staff was having to go through the work even though there was nothing that the claims commission every time civil your past timeline. Any other questions for Senator Hester. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator free flows I'm close center has closed any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please rowboat. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral 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 please cast the ballot. By those thirty forty eight zero nine a one not voting House Bill fourteen sixty seven passes please return to the House. House Bill fifteen twelve fifteen twelve by representative McCollum and senator Hammer to amend the law concerning absentee ballots of qualified electors outside the United States Intermin the law concerning absentee ballots. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr chairman chair to bring this on behalf of the state board elections is a cleanup bill that aligns the dates for absentee ballots from overseas to where the civilian and military time frames are the same be glad taking questions. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Thank you measure appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please roll the vote prime 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 stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator we should change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine eight one nonvoting house bill fifteen twelve passes please return the House. Senator Hester you're recognized members I'd like to make a motion to send senate bill eighteen back to budget committee for purposes of amendment. Any questions. Anyone. All those in favor of sending senate bill eighteen back to the Committee for purposes of amendment please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. For days you're recognized manager. At like to suspend the rules for reasons of amendment to be engrossed to be ready for committee tomorrow. But motion to suspend the rules. Senate bill three ninety six three ninety six. What do insurance and commerce for amendment. I was saying aye. Any proposed. Is haven't. Amendment one Senate bill three ninety six. One of these you're recognized the manager my amendment my bill appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed yeah. I haven't. It is adopted please proceed. Senator Dismang you're recognized. Of those one by one okay. Amendment one Senate bill eleven. Service made. Thank you this amendment adds four new titles no new positions no additional preparation so be a governor's letter. All. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any of those. Hi seven. Amendment is adopted. Amendment one Senate bill fifty one this request Vice ten positions from the licensed practical nurse title to the registered nurse title in order for the Division provide a higher quality of care for residents at the facilities it is also from a governor's letter. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is have it members adopted. Amendment one Senate bill fifty three. All right. Members this is also from the governor's letter decreases positions by a total of two delete section eleven to twelve which code amendment section eleven was unnecessary as program court cases referencing has been replaced by another program then section twelve is necessary because it's reference it references programs that existing rules promulgated by the department so codifying would restrict the building department make needed changes. Anyone had questions. They none all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose. I have it members adopted. Amendment one Senate bill fifty four. Members also governor's letter reclassify as thirty three positions for the registered nurse hospital title to the registered nurse title and then also it leads a foster grandparent line item to reallocate the amount of the preparation to capital outlay line item. Any questions. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it members adopted president and gross Amendment one Senate bill fifty five. All right also governor's letter governor's letter ten adds to administrative specialist position to the corporate and to incorporate changes made in the reallocation of resources. For any questions. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is have it members adopted. Member one Senate bill ten ninety six This Is Senator Hickey's Amendment wish all the no. It just removes him and represent Wardlaw sponsors and change sponsored two joint budget committee. Any questions. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed no ayes have it. His name is adopted. Hi members were going to batch the Senate bills in the House bills Senate bill eighteen I think was just referred back to committee for the purpose of amendment so we're gonna start senate bill twenty four to read to that list there's anything that you'd like to pull out for several questions or discussion or vote let me know and we'll do that so Senate bill twenty four. Senate bill one O. six. Senate bill one twenty four. Senate bill one forty four. Senate bill one forty five. Senate bill one forty six Senate bill one forty seven. And that is the end of the Senate bills. Sing on any questions. Senate bill twenty four by joint budget and that to the Department transformation ensures services Building Authority Division of preparation for the twenty twenty to twenty twenty four. Twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. Senate bill one O. six by joint budget an act for the University of Arkansas pine bluff preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill one twenty four and I for the Arkansas State University appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year Senate bill one forty four hi for the University of Arkansas System in various divisions the preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year zero one forty five an act for the immersive Arkansas Fayetteville appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill one forty six by joint budget act for the membership Central Arkansas preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year several one forty seven by joint budget active University of Arkansas at Monticello appropriation through twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. Any questions. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Sorry sorry I apologize record any objection to rowing the boat. I was so excited golden so well today. Any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please well the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator would change his or her vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine one not voting. The backs of Senate bills pass. Please. Transmit the House. All right members for gonna batch the House bills when read through those let me know if there's any that you'd like to pull out for separate both questions or comments Senate bill ten seventy one. I'm sorry house bill ten seventy one house bill twelve eleven. House bill twelve twelve house bill twelve thirteen. House bill twelve fourteen. House bill twelve seventeen house bill twelve nineteen. House bill twelve twenty. House bill twelve twenty two. House bill twelve twenty three. House bill twelve twenty five. Twelve twenty six. House bill twelve twenty seven. House bill twelve twenty eight the house bill twelve thirty. Senate. House bill ten seventy one by joint budget in that department of commerce Arkansas development finance authority appropriation twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year also twelve eleven by joint budget an act for the northwest Arkansas community college appropriation twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth this year house bill twelve twelve by joint budget for the Phillips County community community college of the university of Arkansas preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year House Bill twelve thirteen by joint budget in Iraq for the university of Arkansas community college a rich mountain appropriations of twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year hassle twelve fourteen by joint budget an act for the immersive Arkansas Pulaski tech college preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year house bill twelve seventeen an act by joint budget act for the Arkansas northeast northeast Arkansas college college preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four fiscal year house for twelve nineteen by joint budget an act for the National Park college appropriation of twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. House Bill twelve twenty eight by joint budget an act for those Arkansas to preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year ask for twelve twenty two by joint budget an act for the north Arkansas college preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year house bill twelve twenty three by joint budget after the Arkansas State University mid south preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year hassle twelve twenty five by joint budget an act for the Arkansas state university Mountain Home preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year house bill twelve twenty six by joint budget an act for the East Arkansas Community College preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year house bill twelve twenty seven by joint budget for the cost top community college of the university of Arkansas preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth this year hassle twelve twenty eight by joint budget impact for the Black River technical college appropriation of the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year houseful twelve thirty by joint budget lacked for the University of Arkansas community college at hope Texarkana appropriation of twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth this year. Any questions. Thank against a for any objection rowing the boat man secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile 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 rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. In center wish to change his or her vote. Senate please cast a ballot. Five thirty forty eight zero nine a one not voting. The House bills along with corresponding emergency clauses pass. Return to the House. Items at the desk. Per your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three sixty eight by Senator board for the gross copy the original find same correctly engrossed calendar committee on grass Bills to whom was referred senate bill four O. seven by Senator McKee compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill twelve sixty one by representative Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Per your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred senate bill four eighty three by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted. Senate bill four eighty seven by Senator Bryant to amend the law regarding alcoholic beverages to authorize the third party delivery of alcoholic beverages from certain retailers integrate create third party delivery permit senate bill four eighty seventy city county local Senate bill four eighty eight by Senator Hickey to repeal obsolete reporting requirements regarding property tax revenue center for eighty eight Revenue and Tax. Senate resolution forty one by Senator Tucker congratulating Benson Henderson second administrator for the bureau of legislative research in kind of a visor on his retirement commending him for his contributions to the state of Arkansas Senate resolution forty one Allender. Senate bill four eighty nine by Senator Tucker to amend the law concerning maximum allowable cost less to define a similar situated pharmacy clarifies our pharmacy prevent benefits manager of provided if the maximum allowable cost with an established a private right of action soon before eighty nine. Insurance and Commerce symbol for ninety by Senator Leding concerning coverage for genetic testing for inherited cancer mutations and genetic testing act Senate bill four nine. Insurance center for ninety one by Senator Davis to amend the Arkansas law concerning employees of institutions of higher education and declare an emergency. Senate bill four ninety one education. Any further business to come before the body. Announcmenet Senator Solomon. We're having the Jonesborough chamber will be if a issue Systems Office today from five o'clock to seven o'clock I hope you can come. Any other announcements. The Germans to planet desk until one PM tomorrow March twenty eighth.