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 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 down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary for everyone in the chamber in the galleries would please rise. We will have a prayer led by minister the white Townsend will be introduced by Senator Tucker and will remain standing for the pledge allegiance. Thank you madam president members please join me in welcoming pastor Dwight towns of the Senate chamber today he's a pastor done at Longley Baptist Ongar springs across from what used to be McClellan and will one day in the future be of the Merion Lacey school which is another very special place but he's a wonderful pastor I've been down there to to visit at a bill some point I want to urge everybody to get down there because he will preach that the shoes right off your feet so we'll get a little sample of today so welcome pastor towns. Let us bow our heads for a prayer. Dear lord we come today and we thank you for the wonderful privilege of being able to come before you. We S. now lord that you would bless the members of this Congress. The Senate as well as the house of representatives. Your strength. Your wisdom. And your power is needed. To carry out the decisions that you have. Entered into us. Help us to see that the responsibility is even greater now. And better understanding. Your unity is a necessity. Will you please bless the work of our hands. So that we may respect those who have come before us. And we truly want to honor you. Thank you for the wonderful privilege of being in your employee and serving you in your name we ask at all. A man. Thank you for saving and Senate today. Ladies and gentleman in the galleries welcomes the Arkansas State Senate. It is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and govern yourself accordingly. Without objection the rules will be suspended and the Senate bill Spencer the reading of the Journal the morning hour has now begun are there any announcements for introductions at this time. Senator. Testing. To be with me on the. Senator Hester. I would of but I get snippy with the with the red cross here if you stand up real quick but I the from northwest Arkansas is appreciate people are willing to make the voyage down but Julie brown the executive director Northwest Arkansas James Keenan board member northwest Arkansas and Laurie Arnold Ellis executive director greater Arkansas thank you guys please make them welcome. Other announcements are introduction center mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president I want to recognize our doctor the day my friend from Conway Dr Patrick for a lease a total and colleges and of course sure Bernard are dependable nurses also here please welcome a doctor for a. Senator love you're recognized. Thank you governor. Good morning good morning to everyone I have the life of having three pages today they're all from Parkview high school in. The first page that I have is. Let me get my let me get my notes here together my idea Brown. My is sixteen years old she's in the eleventh grade me on. My my is sixteen years old she's an eleventh grader hometown is a little rocking with once again she is from Parkview magnet high school in. She enjoys tennis in she's in the National Honor Society in the future she wants to attend the artist Arkansas state university and major in psychology and get a doctorate please welcome Maya Brown. Nicks I have Mister June and. Can you let. The Christian all right he's eighteen years old John is a senior in Parkview high school he does reside in Little Rock. Johnson track football he loves working now in roading roading. Reading okay and reading are at all side road and I like what we're doing here now in reading all right. You know what that was this my wife's favorite pastime not mine but that is service Jun in the future he's going to he is he told me is going to attend you CA he plans to study radiology. Okay Jonathan who read this but he plans a study radiology so please give a hand to Mr John can you only. Okay in Lansing but definitely not release I have inside Jana Mitchell. Is Mitchell is is sixteen years old since eleventh grade she lives right down the street from issues and Mabel Vale and she is in the National Honor Society the beta club and she's in the debate she's on the debate team. The correct all right feature plans she plans to graduate with a degree in political science. In you want to go where you want to see what the law school. So who's attorney here Clark is an attorney here so we we have a couple attorneys and is senator flowers as well. So she claims to be an attorney this I. Jana Mitchell. I didn't have I didn't have another knowledge of it but I am going to knowledge Mr Jordan given C. is there actually he's my church member he was who just the other day but he loves so much you have to come back so Mr Jordan gives you all. Thank you all. Thank you Senator love. Senator Rice. Thank you colleagues I've got a friend and our new Scott County judge Brian Jones on the top of the east galley we are a bit up here he's come in behind the a good solid county judge he's going to make one to the he's been baptized by fire with these floods we've had in in Scott County we appreciate him his work please welcome him today. Thank you governor members I'd like to recognize the Miller county judge miss Kathy Horton hears and she's in there Kathy if you'd stand up I believe if I'm not mistaken to cat the is the second female county judge that we've had in the state of Arkansas and if my Democrat friends or her hold their ears I do believe that she's the first Republican county judge that we've had in the state of Arkansas so if you all would please give her a in. Senator Stubblefield. Thank you ma'am governor I I have a group of senior citizen from Franklin County. One of the two galleries. The other side. If you would just give them a hand there. Any further announcements. Other items at the desk yes madam president this form you that on March thirteenth twenty twenty three reviewed and approved the following measures the ninety first General Assembly Senate bill one ninety nine ACT two seventy four Senate bill two hundred at two seventy five Senate bill two seventy six ACT two seventy six Senate bill two eighty seven ACT two seventy seven Senate bill two ninety five ACT two seventy eight. Sarah Sanders. Ballot. Your committee on Rhode Bills to whom was referred Senate bill twenty six by joint budget Senate bill twenty nine by joint budget Senate bill thirty five by joint budget Senate bill eighty five budget Senate bill one ninety by Senator Murdock Senate bill two O. nine by Senator Irvin Senate bill two fifty by Senator Hammer zero two fifty two by Senator pro senate two fifty five by Senator McKee's Senate bill two fifty eight by Senator deas civil to eighty two by Senator Irvin seventeen ninety by Senator Penzo seventeen ninety one by Senator December three O. five by Senator Stein said bill three thirteen by Senator Petty symbol three fifteen by Senator flowers compared the enrolled copies of the original and delivered to the governor at eight thirty three AM for approval pass for your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one thirty five by Senator crawl compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed retirement for your committee on agro ten was first senate bill four O. seven by Senator McKee recommend to pass as amended number one calendar for your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred senate bill three sixty eight by Senator bored recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred senate bill four eighteen by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill twelve sixty one by representative Johnson recommend to pass as amended number one. Committee on joint budget to whom was first senate bill eighteen by joint budget recommend due pass counted. We Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill two twenty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one O. six by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one forty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one. Forty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one forty six by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one forty seven by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill two ninety six by Senator Hickey recommend due pass counted as amended. Number. Number one. Where your committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill two seventy three by Senator Pedi recommend to pass to concur in house amendment number one calendar Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill two seventy seven by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fourteen sixty seven by representative Cozart recommend due pass counted. Senate bill four thirty seven by Senator Davis to amend the law concerning the fifth judicial district and to provide for an additional circuit judgeship Senate bill four thirty seven. Sherri. Senate bill four thirty six by Senator English term in the maximum number of new or additional positions and the maximum number of passenger motor vehicles for certain institutions of higher education senate bill four thirty six education household ten O. nine by representative Pilkington to establish the nonemergency transportation rideshare expansion study work group to study expanding ride share services covered by the Arkansas Medicaid program house bill ten. Public health. Thank you madam secretary's there any further business to come before the body in the morning hour. The morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda. Beginning with Senate resolution twenty four. Senate resolution twenty four by Senator love to proclaim March thirteen through seventeen twenty twenty three as American horse week in Arkansas. What you're recognized I would ask the body to take any unnecessary conversations outside the whole way so we can begin the business agenda Senator live you're recognized thank you madam president Collins today I want to bring you this resolution first and foremost because I was an americorps promise fellow back in two thousand four started my journey public service an americorps was the first opportunity I had to serve in sauce served at the university of Arkansas cooperative extension in the for each area in so that actually began my service with americorps but also in public service so. What's the Senate resolution we're going to proclaim March thirteen through the seventeen twenty twenty three as americorps week in Arkansas. And I'm going to read just parts of this resolution is is wary of service to others is a hallmark of all of the American character in throughout our history citizens have stepped up to meet are challenged by volunteering in their community they're committee their communities where as americorps provides opportunities for nearly two hundred thousand Americans each year to serve their community through an intensive commitment to service and nonprofits schools public agencies and community and faith based groups and across the country. And we're in is americorps week is an opportunity to recognize the need in a recognized the dedication and commitment of the more than one million Americans who have chosen to serve their country through americorps in their community partners attend courage more Americans to follow the follow in their footsteps of service now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety first General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate thank americorps members for their service and proclaimed the week of March thirteenth through the seventeenth twenty twenty three as americorps week in Arkansas be it further resolved that. Upon adoption and appropriate copy of this resolution shall be provided to mention the chaplain of engage Arkansas by the Secretary of the Senate. You on please give a hand to americorps they're up in the gallery. I also want to present this copy of the resolution to mission and Chapman and thank her for her service. Calling sense for a good vote thank you thank you senator Lott all those in favor of that resolution twenty four to proclaim March thirteenth two seventeen two thousand twenty three as americorps week in Arkansas please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it members of the board thank you senator. Yes. Senate resolution twenty nine Senate resolution twenty nine by Senator Davis to celebrate recognized world down syndrome day in the state of Arkansas. Senator Davis you're recognized thank you madam chairman let everyone get in an area I need my child. I've got four sometimes you can just go with it. We're going to. Yeah and the microphone yeah Arkansas yeah can come in here and then also down on the other side is in. There. Yes. Okay. You can you want to lean against the wall we can take pictures with the. We got a big group with us today. Okay okay. All right thank you guys that we have got and that's from all over the state I'm so excited we've got people here with the Arkansas down syndrome association and people with the down syndrome connection of northwest Arkansas the Arkansas down syndrome network and the down syndrome coalition so we add that are small and less than thirty five hundred people across the state I believe that have down syndrome but a mighty group with them great connections to each other all over the state and I know whenever I found out and that I was pregnant with Everly I by chance met imam at the Mountie Neva simple and she had a kid with down syndrome and just welcomed me in and connected me to people across the state and and I'm just so grateful for it so. And I'm not I'm not gonna get emotional this year it's just an. If the it's a great great to be a part of. But typically we celebrate world down syndrome day on March twenty first and that is for an third a copy of the twenty first chromosome but since we're on spring break we are going to celebrate that today said thanks to all of you who wore crazy socks and have participated in this so I'm going to read the resolution. Whereas down syndrome is a naturally occurring arrangement of chromosomes that always have been a part of the human condition exists in all regions across the globe and commonly results in variable effects on learning styles physical characteristics or health and whereas adequate access to health care early intervention programs and inclusive education are vital to the growth and development of individuals with down syndrome and whereas it is imperative that we remember the inherent dignity worth and valuable contributions persons with intellectual disabilities and the importance of each person's individual at Tanami and independence and whereas the date for world down syndrome day is the twenty first day of the third month selected to signify the uniqueness of the Triplicane shin of the twenty first crime is and which causes down syndrome. And whereas this year marks the eighteenth anniversary of world down syndrome day which supports individuals with down syndrome and those who advocate for them now therefore be it resolved by the Senate and the ninety fourth the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate celebrate and recognise March twenty first two thousand twenty three as world down syndrome day in Arkansas thank you. And I think it really has something to say can you say happy. Seeking to make a phone can you say happy. World. That she wanted to speak microphone earlier but that's okay and I would ask for like a two minute recess and. I'm sorry I'm so sorry I got ahead of myself and I'd like I'd ask for a good vote on this resolution. Thank you senator Davis all those in favor of Senate resolution twenty nine to celebrate and recognize the world down syndrome day the state of Arkansas please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it Senate resolution twenty nine is a job. We'll be in recess for a couple of moments to enjoy this group thank you thank you. Okay now taking the pictures. Senate. Order. Senate resolution thirty one Senate resolution thirty one by Senator Petty to recognize the Cedarville high school cheerleading team for winning the twenty twenty to one a for a state cheerleading championships. Senator Petty you're recognized thank you madam president. Members obviously that is a hard act to follow but I'm gonna do my best we want to recognize these young ladies and and young man for their accomplishments while others gathering in as you all know most everybody in here both on the house in the sedan and touches some rural community and there are a lot of life lessons learned in our rural communities there's a lot of good old fashioned work ethic that is developed in these the small towns and and communities and small schools like Cedarville and so we're here today to recognize them. For their work ethic and the dedication that they demonstrated and I'm not going to read all of the resolution. But I am going to read part of it because it has the the the information that's important resolution obviously to recognize Cedarville high school coed cheerleading team for winning the twenty twenty two one eight to for a state you're leading championship as a team whereas on December sixteenth twenty twenty to the Cedarville high school coed cheerleading team won the twenty twenty two one eight a for a state you're leading championship and whereas this was the first state to cheerleading championship for the Central High School quit cheerleading teams whereas the Cedarville school coed cheerleading team placed tenth in the nation at the national high school cheerleading championship and whereas the Cedarville high school cheerleading could coed team has received nineteen college scholarship offers were as they cheer Central High School quit your leading teams head coach Trevor rice the assistant coach is dusty Steele and the student manager is Andy Wallace. And I'm gonna skip some of this but I wanted to read what the coach rice says is whereas coach rice's stated Cedarville to your is not your typical competitive high school cheer program our program is founded on the belief that when young people find the place where they belong a place that they that is filled with love and encouragement that magical things happen these fundamental values are the reasons are athletes believe in our program push themselves and persevere to become outstanding athletes and obviously future citizens here so now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognizes Cedarville high school coed cheerleading team for winning the twenty twenty two one eight a for a state to Leding championship and be it further resolved that upon adoption of this resolution a copy shall be transmitted to head coach street have by the Secretary of the Senate. Thanks for reading all those in favor of Senate resolution thirty one to recognize the Cedarville high school coed cheerleading team for winning the two thousand twenty two one a for a state championship please signify by saying aye hi. Is headed resolution thirty one is adopted thank you. I would like to request a brief two minute. Recess. Two minute read. Senate will come back to order. Senate memorial resolution one. Senate memorial resolution one by Senator Irvin remember Dr Kenneth Lloyd came senior and recognize his contributions to the state of Arkansas. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members it is my honor and but it's also sad for me to present this memorial resolution but I am honored to do it in standing with me today is the grandson of Cancun HESTAN cue and I will tell you a little bit about who he is and how special he is to me and just a minute but I want to read this memorial resolution and to remember Dr Kenneth Lloyd Kane senior and to recognize his contributions to the state of Arkansas whereas Dr Kenneth Lloyd can can senior was born on October fourteenth nineteen thirty five and died on December eight twenty twenty two and whereas after moving to Arkansas Dr Kuhn joined the Arkansas Jaycees and became the charter president of the Tuckerman Jaycees from nineteen sixty six to nineteen sixty seven and from nineteen seventy one to nineteen seventy two served as the president of the Arkansas Jaycees during which she was named one of the five outstanding state presidents in the nation and whereas Dr king was integral in the establishment of the two party system in Arkansas and was determined to build to the Republican Party in Arkansas for over twenty years and we're outs doctor can ran for the position of the lieutenant governor in nineteen seventy two the position of governor in nineteen seventy four and for United States Congress in nineteen ninety six and while and successful in those campaigns he believed in the Republican Party and wanted to give the citizens of the State of Arkansas credible candidates and both parties to vote for and we're as in addition to running for elected offices in Arkansas Dr king served as executive director of the Republican Party of Arkansas from nineteen seventy two to nineteen seventy six serves as a county chairman district chairman and the state chairman of the Republican Party from nineteen eighty eight to nineteen ninety which is when I first met him in high school and we're out of stock. can left his position as the executive director for the Republican Party to begin work on his doctorate in counselor education at the university of Arkansas Fayetteville and after completing his doctorate bill a successful management consulting practice serving central Arkansas and became a pioneer in Arkansas for developing new methods of improving the effectiveness of individuals work teams and organizations and whereas not busy in his practice or civic endeavors Dr king spent time on his beloved farm with this family and my kids and we're as doctor can leaves behind his wife of sixty six years suit land Thompson came to children Catherine and can junior and neighbors loved ones including this handsome young grandson standing next to me family friends and co workers who laughed and with and benefited from the joy of knowing doctor can. And before I read and ask for a vote I want to and. Welcome to the Senate and the VIP gallery if you can stand up for me please Norman Clifton Jimmy Wallace Brett Stephens and do away a and as you know these these gentlemen is served in Arkansas Jaycees with him and they've been by his side many many years and Doyle was at the obviously a former senator of this body and former executive director of the Republican Party of Arkansas and Kansas city advice to you is my PO sister and has sting came became my son's best friends growing up in Mountain View so it's just amazing how god works in your life and how I met can can senior when he was executive director of the Republican Party when I was seventeen years old and I've known this family all my life and his contribution to the state of Arkansas is on believable hasn't really had no idea he just knew him as grandpa and and my son I just knew him as grandpa king but that can can just to deserves to be memorialized in this chamber and in this capital for all that he's contributed to the state of Arkansas through his civic endeavors to the Arkansas Jaycees but also in building the Republican Party into a viable two party system and with that and be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate remember Dr king for his service and dedication to the state of Arkansas and we extend our sincere condolences to the family be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution be provided to the family by the Secretary of the Senate. And with that I'd ask for a good vote members. Thank you senator. Johnson. Before the vote. Thank you madam president and I wanna thank Senator Irvin for for bringing this resolution. Cancun was my dear friend of almost fifty years we've shared office suite one time we work together on both on political in some business things but everyone knows them knew what a gentle money was what a loving person he was I've never met anyone on either side of the I'll ever have anything negative to say about doctor can K. his. Biggest thing a dental evidence my my friends in the gallery is he was an activist in the Arkansas Jaycees when they were doing tremendous work in this state and hi he transferred that into politics and course serve the Republican Party of many of you are here in this room because of the you stand on the shoulders of doctor can K. I was honored when he wrote the definitive modern history the Republican Party in Arkansas and he asked me to write a chapter in his book so and I'm just so honored to get to say these words about him and I wishes will sue in fact Kinney's sun screen sign. So much slack and it's amazing but to it I'm so honored to be here and appreciate you all also a good vote on this wonderful resolution thank you Matt senator mark Johnson I also want to know that as I told this young man my father Keith Rutledge was long time for any J. C. as Dr king pin and was the chairman Dockins at the coral campaign in nineteen seventy four and spent many years together working closely together greatly miss and all parts with the family so with that all those in favor Senate memorial resolution one to recognize the line service and dedication of state of Arkansas a doctor can him please signify by saying aye. Oppose ayes have it Senate memorial resolution one is adopted thank. Well now take up amendment one to House Bill ten thirty amendment one the house bill ten thirty. Senator English you're recognized you my bill my amendment. Thank you Senator English all those in favor of amendment one to House Bill ten thirty please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it amendment is adopted please Sanders road. Amendment one to House Bill Fortino seven member one to House Bill Fortino seven. Senator Ricky. You can take a break. You're recognized thank you madam president I think we just need to adopt the amendments that were passed in. Senate state agencies. All those in favor of amendment one to House Bill fourteen oh seven please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have a commitment is adopted please send. Amendment to house bill fourteen oh seven. You're recognized for should know good vote all those in favor of amendment two to House Bill Fortino seven please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it to the house bill fourteen seven is adopted police integration. Amendment one to Senate bill one. Amendment one Senate bill one eighty five Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized. This is a House amendment to just to change the language in the tax bills commission or they can the the the head Commissioner that is appointed by the Supreme Court could be either or not an attorney or a CPA or both so. All those in favor. With. Amendment to Senate bill one eighty five per signify by saying aye. Any opposed to men Is haven't. Senate bill one ninety five by Senator Johnson to amend the appointment procedure for the tax appeals commission to provide for filing filing a vacancies on the commission and declare an emergency. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized thank you members just like we had the passed it down here this just clarifies and gives the governor the ultima appointment authority on those Commission. Without objection madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll 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 injured by the same nine please cast at the ballot. By votes at thirty five Yeas zero nine. Senate bill one eighty five. Senate bill one eighty five passes a law enforcement emergency clause in real. Resolution ten eleven. Concurrent resolution ten eleven by Senator VOL Senator John Blake Johnson and representive all triggers the United States Congress to encourage the use of unit dose packaging for narcotics and opiates to preserve the health and safety of all citizens of this nation. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized. Members this is appealed to Congress to use unit dose to the. Keep the opioid abuse down appreciate a good vote. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Ninety first please return to the House. Senator Teague. You're recognized for motion. Members I'd like a motion to suspend the rules in place Amendment on Senate bill seven it's just a minor change it was hard to distributors concerns brought up and basically I'm not gonna run this bill in this bill will be out there for ten days not run it today but just suspend the rules to my bill my amendment to the bill and be engrossed in and it can be here Monday Monday when we come back to be voted on. Okay we're not a minimum of four. Okay I see what you're saying okay. All those in favor of the spending of rules for purposes of Senate bill seven Senate bill seven please signify by saying aye. Any of. As having been at the purposes okay amendment for the Senate bill seven hundred you're recognized yeah it's just a change to trying to dress some of the concerns Attorney General Association counties there okay the announcmenet and I've sent in to be approved and it just states that takes out a concern of theirs that's it and this bill will have ten days sports voter again two we come back. All those in favor of the amendment please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Senator Teague you're recognized. Same thing on Senate bill eight these are almost mirror bills and it's almost a mirror Amendment. All those in favor of suspending the rules for the amendment to Senate bill eight please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it rules are suspended for the purpose of amendment on Senate bill a four to Senate bill eight Senator Teague you're recognized same store it's just about getting grossed in the B. out here too we come back towards vote on it will not be built on the. All those in favor of amendment four Senate bill eight please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it members adopted please and then rose. Senate bill eighty six. Senate bill eighty six by Senator Penzo require the department of health to study and report on the status of neuropathy of physicians in Arkansas and other states. Senate you're recognized. Thank you Mr president to Senate bill eighty six a pretty much amended all the language out of the bill that would have changed that you Senate but do not codified a section asking the department of health to do a study on natural Pathak positions I worked with the medical society and we were able to get everything all the Kinks worked out before then the session so I'm gonna have the department of health do a study and we'll come back better informed in two years and and hopefully get this license established in Arkansas so this bill just sets of study there's ninety questions a as for good vote. Any questions for Senator Penzo anyone wish to speak against her for center has closed any objection rowing the boat and secretary please well that Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change of that scene nine please cast a ballot. By those thirty five Yeas zero named Senate bill eighty six passes please transmit to the House. Three zero six Senate bill three three O. six by Senator Dismang to amend the asset limits for the supplemental nutrition assistance program and direct the Department of Human Services to request a broad based categorical eligibility waiver Senator Dismang you're recognized thank you governor members the bill is not very complicated all does is allow the state DHS request an increase from the federal minimum or the Federal mounted set on the federal level to six thousand dollars for the asset limitation for those receiving snap in the state I would argue and I've heard it you know turned around this is a little idea whatever it may be obvious to you that this is not a left or right issue this is a new ride issue on your desk because I'm kind of walking through this bill a little bit if you're not gonna listen to me that's fine but I want you to look at this page or something is very pertinent to the conversation and what we're looking to do here with this bill I would argue that it is cut conservative policy and it's consistent policy to make this change. You know people ask why six thousand well because if we were to adjusted for inflation would actually been an eight thousand I thought six thousand was a lot more reasonable so what does that number mean what is the asset limitation what all falls into that on that page you're gonna see some different things are excluded from that so one vehicle poor house sold a vehicle worth four thousand six hundred fifty dollars for any student or someone going to and from work those would be excluded from your assets are not just talking about cash essentially in the bank. I think it's inconsistent in how we look at this number one we don't even allow families to save enough to pay for their first and last month's rent deposit. I had someone argue with me that the rent rate in our in central Arkansas in in Little Rock average seven eight hundred dollars a month. I'm gonna tell you that is simply not the case you can find a house for twelve hundred dollars a three bedroom house for twelve hundred dollars you're pretty lucky. Second I think it contradicts everything that we said we wanted with learns. With learns we said we wanted for people to have the opportunity to attend private schools to be able to lift themselves up and out of the current situation. That's roughly about seven thousand dollars. We'll tell you the average tuition to a private school is not seven thousand dollars. It's way in excess of that we're saying that they cannot save enough to make the remainder payment to send their kids to private school. That that's just contradicts what we would said we wanted to do it seems absurd to me. And remain on food stamps. Second what I'm allowed to save up enough for car repair we've had our tires changed we've had wrecks we we know what that means it's not cheap two thousand two hundred fifty dollars as detailed by DHS is enough to copper most major mechanical expenses on a car. One at one fifteen contradicts we have a state law that we mandate financial interest in schools what is the foundation of financial literacy saving but we're saying if you're poor. You should be able to save and maintain your food stamps for your family yeah I think it's absurd. So if you're looking at this and saying well man at two thousand twenty dollars that's a lot of money but again to get it taken in context by Senator Payton earlier today what an average car that you'd be willing to let your kids travel to and from school for you know in what would that cost five thousand dollars that's probably on the low end. Hello I'm so you're right an average will be ten thousand I would guess. But five thousand our car that's cheap as you could buy that might be mechanically sound enough to get your kid to and from work we're saying with the way that our policy is right now you can't even save enough to buy that car. You can only say two thousand two hundred fifty dollars to applied towards the purchase of that car or you lose your food stamps. That's absurd to me. And beyond that we're saying if you bought that five thousand dollar car by the way that whatever's in excess of that four thousand six hundred fifty dollars counts against your asset resource limitation. That's three hundred fifty off the twenty two fifty that you've been able to say. Get it this is not a conservative or liberal issue I think it is a do rights issue and we should do right by those that are willing to make the sacrifice to create savings to try to lift themselves out of poverty in with that I'd be happy to take any questions questions for Senator Dismang center these you're recognized. After thank you senator. This isn't this is not a question yes this is not a state. Wiry is this program more or less people. Does it draw more in this program. And create a tendency. On welfare of the nation I think it does the exact exact opposite nothing common sense will tell you that it does the tax office's. I mean if we're not allowing people to have nest eggs and savings and home to try to divert from the crisis that may or may not occur then we're we're creating essentially a weight that's held on their head to keep them underneath. You have the water in in poverty I mean I think this is an arbitrary restrictions when it shouldn't be there the vast majority of the states don't even have an asset limitation at all in all I'm advocating for that we increase our six thousand now do I think that there are going to be. Thank you all these people that are currently receiving snap go into start saving no I don't but if one percent decides they want to take advantage of increased savings for the family or that they would rather save the money to buy a car as opposed to meeting up with a loan sharking paying fifteen to twenty percent interest and pay for that car five times over the next year that I think we should allow them to make that savings and we should applaud them for doing that we shouldn't discourage it if we submit it should be something that we encourage again we do this already K. through twelve schools we mandate Hey you got to have some financial literacy we don't want you going on the world not knowing what it means to pay your bills in two things are important savings and not getting your head under water in debt. The way that it's set up right now I think that you know the latter is the problem one quick follow how many are on snap benefits today and I don't know the answer to that yeah thank. Other questions for Senator Dismang. Senator Rapert you're recognized. The man. Is is there a time limitations on how long we can remain that and I really appreciate that question because kind of my on going joke with mostly in the chamber that were hesitant about the bill was what if we put in place to work requirement. Any all I mean almost. Every single one that I asset to said all that I could do it if put a work requirement place. We are only talking about the working poor you have to be working with some very minor exceptions to be able to receive food stamps that already exist that's what the one better you get a registered work to be able to obtain food stamps that's already here that's one reason I want you to look at the sheet. You can go through this on at the Conservancy this makes sense there's a work requirement helping people lift themselves up out of poverty were creating incentives for them to better their lives you can go column by column you get to that column on asset resources it makes no sense because it doesn't even make sense with all the other parameters again I can go through the car scenario again you what we're not even allowing them to save enough to buy the four thousand six hundred fifty gar car which by the way not a single one even this room would allow your family to drive to and from school. There's no one in this room that we feel safe for their children to drive a car that was valued under five thousand dollars and I think Senator Pitsch would agree with me on that. You got kind of the inside track but. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you madam chair thank you Senator Dismang. This bill just says that I can on something worth more. Then two thousand dollars two thousand ten fifty dollars all kinds stipulations it is not giving anybody any money no ma'am it is saying that if you have an automobile that is worth six thousand dollars if you have an automobile is worth more than ten thousand whatever it is right now you're not allowed to get any assistance at all is that correct one vehicle Barker house so is you know eliminated from the conversation allowed one but in a family of four so two working parents and a child at sixteen those in the both of the two cars for the second working parents and the in the child's in school cannot be worth more than four thousand six hundred fifty dollars each car or it goes against your asset resource that so we're not talking about giving people anything which I don't like giving people a chance to do that corrected in is already stringent work requirements that are in place committee and look at your sheet they're all of the kind of cabinets and and you can that that she even be able to to receive snaps and one thing any kind of right to life. This isn't impacting general revenue dollars state of Arkansas these are federal dollars and I've heard some argument well I don't wanna grow the federal debt. Be consistent. Don't know today come down here and you file your bill to send back all the art of mining. I can see that happening it be consistent come down here you file a bill to send back all the infrastructure money I bet you won't do it. And I'm asking for us to be consistent in our policy and easily some common sense as it comes to snap and what we're trying to do to help poor people achieve what we call the American dream yes Sir Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you measure my takeaway is worth helping working for you said that a minute ago but the bottom line is we're helping not freeloaders but working for so. I have not heard you speak or maybe I just didn't hear you. The all this is audited for all of all of this is to verify that the people that are on the snap program actually are meeting the requirements and I don't think you can get on that or maybe I did hear you should we get I mean there's a process at my understanding you simply turn over the right for them the exam your bank account I'm not sure how it all works have not been in snap I'm I'm blessed as best majority people in this room are. But yes there the image do we trust our executive branch shot at these things I think the answer is yes and in that not we're not changing a single thing except for the resource limit which will still be able to be audited review now what I can't change the current policy that we have in place that read really inquire every it encourages people to cash or checks and put any other mattress. Right I'm just going to be honest I can't change that type of behavior. But what I can do is an honest person that wants to save money that's trying to better their family. And I want to do that for saving some additional money this bill would allow them to do that thank. Other questions Senator Solomon. In is there a time that. Yeah and it's inside this bill right here if you flip to that not to the bill into your your work requirements they all able bodied adults between the ages eighteen to forty nine or not pregnant or the parent of a minor dependent child must work at least twenty hours per week per state in the program individual who fails to comply with this requirement for at least three months out of a designated thirty six month period will be ineligible to receive snap benefits for the remainder of the thirty six month or thirty six month period. Other questions Senator Clark you're recognized. Senate. Full disclosure I'm probably not reasonable for your bill today this is the primary question. This bill. The person who goes out and all. Go here and buy something that makes payments in store here knows money versus putting some money over the money aside in purges the behavior where you owe money versus putting a little bit more money aside is that correct correct thank. Other questions Senator. Right. Tell me what what people office that. But when is it what is that is that. Any time when you're able to I mean it income get you off now getting of of that asset limit that was it says right now that will get you off snap buying a vehicle that's too expensive would get you off snap there's a bunch provisions in the and that's that's the value in that she I mean we're only talking about working toward this point we're not talking about people that are you know sitting on the couch that's not to say folks don't game the system I'm sure that it happens but we're talking about honest folks here they're just trying to better the situation the. To the families that you get a clear when I got to make a choice to hide money or Max's are suspended not make that extra effort to go beyond this. This state to six thousand dollars that's right which is not a negative thing sources when they get to six with. If they're not doing that three thousand what makes the bill due at six thousand not just continue to expand the program. But again I mean I I think if you're disciplined enough to be able to save that money. And be able to use it for something purposeful which of things if you're saving money you're trying to do something purposeful. When you're you're you are attempting to better your situation there's really no other reason. To save money right I mean you're you're trying to stave off some type of catastrophe or you're trying to pay for your kids tuition or you're trying to save up to buy that use car because the guy told me he's going charge twenty percent interest. And a fifty percent down payment. It is a again I think I mean if your question is are we worried about a whole bunch of people saving saving money now I'm not. But foreign reward those few that do and I don't want to discourage you. Any other questions. Senator Tucker. One. This is about thirty five states including Florida and Arizona have no less than one minute all that's absolutely correct again most states have seen this in and I've talked to some policy experts and I know you've got a maybe a couple or whatever that purport to be that if communicated to you about this. What matters is the work requirements and how those are followed not the asset limits. And that's why you see other states that have zero asset limit including many conservative states. The little. Right here right. So that is a very large program. Is it a work requirement under the whole program or just small section now it's it's the whole program in order to receive snap I think it's a hundred thirty percent of the populism on here it's going to detail out how much you make double making gross income if you have a family forced three thousand seven dollars a month once you get above that engrossed in is that's gonna be prior tax whatever they need you know then you're out of the snap program in a family of four there are certain deductions from that amount that you can take and that's what you'll see in the how to call next to. Senator dot recognized. Thank you madam president service my I just re read the last line of the bill we're talking about the automatic in inflationary deal says it's on a bi annual. By annual basis so. I guess. I'm trying to figure out is the inflation adjuster is once every two years but is it just. For whatever that current year is or to take into if inflation over both years over both years the reason it's going to be buying those because the amount is set here six thousand dollar cap we would have to change that amount. In the legislature is solid regardless what the inflation adjusted and so kind of like we did with the charitable contribution amount of the contribution limits we removed the cap you know there was not treatment that we kept changing even though we required the ethics commission to make that inflationary adjustment you can only be changed by statute simply the same things that happen here thank you. Now the questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. Most of them better than I thought it'd so. Is I'm not talking to any of the well maybe are there some conservative Democrats I think still out there right but. So to my colleagues public colleagues when every all ran your campaign. I would guarantee you it somewhere on some major somewhere at that some time it said that you were common sense conservative. I've had one member say that I never said that you know that they never thank you and they never pretended to be and we laughed about it. And I guess that when I went through and we talked about this bill individually almost every to T. says this does not make sense. You're right it doesn't make sense so many new some common sense and I think that's what this bill is trying to do. And the last thing I'd say is we ran a bunch of bills down here. And just because we're conservative. Doesn't mean we can't be compassionate. And we should be looking for opportunities in our laws in Ark Code Ann are rules to lift people up and out of poverty. We should try to be creating artificial weights that holds a minute if the water. And again I think this is a small step in that direction it's only six thousand dollars and what I'm saying dollars that your total value again we can go through the numbers again but with that let's do something makes sense thank you. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these Dismang 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 wish to change your vote for. Voter is not voted I see on the front Senator Clark is president Senator Ricky no Senate boxing NO Senator dis no Senator Bryant president. We're Gilmore I heard you but I didn't see you but you voted no. Senator Penzo no Senator Solomon no Senator Mark Johnson no. Senator Stubblefield no Senator Teague no Senator Caldwell president. Senator Kroll president any other senators. Senator Pitsch president. Any others please check the board. Please cast a ballot by a vote of twenty one EA nine A. and five president Senate bill three zero six passes please transmit to the House. Senator Irvin has stepped out. We will go to Senate bill three three nine. Senate bill three thirty nine by. Senator Caldwell to amend the law regarding working animal protection and Brad the working animal protection can counties center Caldwell you're recognized thank you Mr president members this is clean up bill from our last legislative session basically we want to to find very clearly what activities of using animals are protected these would be livestock shows rodeos horse shows field trials in legal funding of this is what it studies throughout their it it does On the. Page two line six the city council shall not an action orders that terminates bands effectively bans or creation undue hardship relating to the job for use of the working animal or animal enterprises in commerce service legal hunting agriculture pose with three transportation ranching entertainment education or exhibition. It does leave some wiggle room further on down the bill the that would allow on front pages is municipality on the back pages is a a county from date they can offer of an ordinance that would allow them to affect the sale of dogs and cats basically we left enough room in the bill that if of a county or a municipality needed to address a puppy mill that they would have the legal authority to do that. Any questions Senator Caldwell Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question thank you Mister you responded to a message I sent you but I just wanna get public non record chance to dresses I've got a family and friends that beer hard with all the rabbit hunt with dogs they do other sporting activities with dogs and there's a concern that was expressed this is going to be somewhere another backdoor the elimination of dog hunting or the usage of dogs for the purpose of the could you just address that public do this is to protect those Russian Hammer I'm a of adult fan in the head dog hunting dogs all my life and so it is very clearly states said the county cannot in action orders it terminates banter effectively bans or creation of undue hardship relating to the job of legal hunting. St station right there and per row okay thank you Mister the center Dotson you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam president Sir Caldwell on page one one twenty seven This this appears at least to me it It allows for a a prohibition on free commerce within municipalities that may prohibit the sale of dogs or cats and dogs and cats I guess is what it says on the uses that phone on the front page and back pages is County and again served up to lifting of wiggle room in there to have them address the puppy mills an undue burden it to some people calls on of the animal industry. So that was intentionally put in there thank you. Any other questions Senator Caldwell. Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator there are three close I'm close I would appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat matter. Objection noted madam secretary please call the roll bowhead. Boyd. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Love. The key. Murdock. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Staffan. Stubblefield. Yes Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. I'll start on the side any senators who did not vote wish to vote I sees Davis yes Senator Blake Johnson yes. I see Senator babies president. I see Senator Penzo no Senator Kroll yes. Any other senators. Please cast a ballot. By a vote to add twenty ninety eight to ninety two not voting and to present Senate bill three thirty nine passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three fifty nine. Senate bill three three fifty nine by Senator Stubblefield. Concerning access to medical records for legal proceeding concerning fees charged for duplication of of electronically stored medical records. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you madam president our colleagues this bill simply of is a bill concerning medical medical records it makes the Both of the same price for the claimant and the defendant there's been on the books a statute for a long time there's a certain fee that can be charged for these records and it's typically not the local hospital most of these hospitals have outsourced of these records to a for profit company over the years and those fee for medical records got to be fairly expensive if you've ever tried to get him so this. This body says a statute that sets a reasonable fee this body here. Such a reasonable fee but it only applies to the claimants and not the defendants this one makes the same for billing available for both it also recognizes that most medical records are now electronic not over in the file folder it does does allow for the company to produce the record electronic format all subject of course to the privacy statute that most of us are certainly concerned about so basically all this bill does is make the three the same for both the claimant and the defendant. Take any questions any questions four Senator Sturch. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please world over run Caldwell Chesterfield Clark rolled 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 wish to change your vote Senator Dotson president any other senators. Scene nine please cast a ballot by voting thirty forty eight zero nine and one president Senate bill three fifty nine passes please transmit to the House. We will pass over Senate bill three sixty five. Senator Irvin would like to request that that particular bills put on the bottom of the calendar I put that in the form of a motion if the. Bill three sixty five to be placed at the bottom of the Senate calendar of calendar days if we can put if the bottom of the house that that's appropriate I'd like that motion. Three sixty five at the bottom. We'll take that. Thank you. Senate bill three sixty nine by Senator Dotson concerning career and technical education. Senator Dotson you're recognized. Thank you madam president Senate bill three sixty nine is a bill will. The the point of which is to help with career and technical education and the waiting of courses within career and technical education so few things that does this requires the Division occur and take a look at it education to review new and existing career technical pathways for weighted credit. It requires the credentialed. Credential received from the ACT work keys in C. R. C. examination to have either platinum gold silver or bronze at. The. To be instituted it to be used by institutional educate higher education as transcribed a bill credit towards gaining a postsecondary technical degree. And it also requires the student to earn at least one career and technical education course that has at least fifty percent of the content being in computer science. It also changes up the weighted credit in section five the bill at the end it is there's there's a do not codified section that Anything any weighted credit that has already been received still counts after the change of this bill so more than happy try to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Dotson. Senator Murdock you're recognized. Thank. What is the. Thank you for. Administrator is that. Yep. A lot of a lot of the. Do you have. The. the quick all the air out. One make sure we have a proper consideration that they. About That's that's the entire purpose of the bill is to try to make it more functional and workable for districts in fact worked with city coordinators at local school districts they they brought some of this to try to make the the the current practice and what they're trying to do through various waivers and things like that more functional within the the statute itself also worked with does the in order to try to. Make the language of the bill work as as smoothly as possible so I think we're in. A really good spot the best spot that we can come to at least at this point to make the the functionality as smooth as possible. The problem but may. The. This. The program offers programs utilize. Of we. After the. So the with the weighting of the credit that if if they have If they're doing like a career pathway that's where the waiting of credit comes in for the transcribe a bill credit for higher education that's where that would come into play It's not giving them the option on whether or not they wait the credit it'll say that will be developed to be waited credit for that as far as the CTE course requirement that is. There is currently the computer science course requirement and this is rolling that into a career and technical education pathway to making making a little bit more expensive to make sure that the the computer science already mandated course is actually part of their career pathway specific career pathway. Why don't have to have everybody believe. That the resource five. At believe that's the goal for. Everybody has been involved. This. Preciado give a. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rowing the boat Jackson noted madam secretary please call the roll Boeing. Bryant. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. What was that. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Yes. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester. Hickey yes. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Leding. Love. The key. Mickey. Murdock. Payton Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Petty. Rice. Stumm. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Any center there is a change your vote Senator Clark is a yes Senator Davis yes. Senator Dismang president. Senator Leding president. Senator Caldwell yes. Any others. Senator Penzo yes Senator Ricky yes. Any others. Please Senator Irvin president. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty seventy eight to ninety one not voting and five president Senate bill three sixty nine passes please transfer to the House Senate bill three seventy seven Senate bill three seventy seven by Senator Hammer to amend the law concerning initiated tuitions to create a misdemeanor offense concerning initiative petition signatures and to establish the definition of an regular regulate paid petition walkers. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am chair currently we have petition gatherers in the industry has also now introduce the idea of signature blockers those are defined on page three what this bill does is that if people are going to be signature blockers it sets the same expectations and requirements as set up petition gatherers shall be glad to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator Clark you're recognized to speak for. I believe. I don't think that this building to any help but. For those of us in committee yesterday I was pretty hard on the proponents some pretty hard on everybody of. But I was hard on not because of the bill itself because we're trying to put lipstick on a pig. we have a process is supposed to be democracy that's supposed to be the people initiated petitions and amendments but turns out to be that if you have enough money you can write your name in the state constitution. And. It gets more and more. Irritating and worrisome and then when we heard this testimony yesterday. It's one thing that we got people who had people coming in and we're paying people to go out and gather petitions and what's supposedly grassroots. We had hired criminals was the testimony. Of people with criminal records came in from out of state hello it's not record hearing in fact I know. It is record hearing Committee on threatening people. The threaten people with death threatened with bodily harm continually the police would come and then they would they would lay off a little bit and they would do it again following people home of Levon had Orson had trained Providence here that works for the insurance companies and I know enough have friends in that line of work that knows that that's an exact science and the people in having motor to burn their own House down they don't have homeowners insurance and. I hope that this body will do some investigation into this if if no one else is going to take it seriously because we this bill doesn't keep somebody from burning somebody's house now. It will control people coming in from out of state to agree it will control but no one who they are who's out there blah Coleman that so they supposedly can't while the you know people other side too low even though it's against the law. But. This process. If there were anybody listening and I don't know that there is this process has got to be amended it's got to be changed because it's not about the people's rights to petition the government and make changes it's about big corporations and about spit in any amount of money they want to spend and I would hate to have this business in my neighborhood. Who would stop at nothing to come in what will they do now if they're there. so yes you should vote for this but we need to look further into these top of practices of and who's doing these type of things and that our citizens are protected I appreciate a good vote. Anyone wish to speak against. Four four. Senator Hammer you're free to close. The bill is a big step in the right direction but anytime anybody doing like what was testified I hope that what this bill will do is open up the door for prosecutors to be able to take it to the next step there is a case where the prosecutor couldn't prosecute because this bill this law is not in place and hopefully this will be a step in the right direction we still got time this session to do more if we need to but for now I wish you make it you know give this a good vote shall we get started on this thank you very much. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Injection noted madam secretary please call the world. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark. By mistake Boyd. Boyd. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Davis. These. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey Hill. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Leding. Love. The key. Murdock. Murdock. Thank. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Petty. Rice. Steinen. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Stacker. Wallace. If any senators wish to vote to did not vote for who wish to change your vote Senator Chesterfield yes Senator bees. Yes. Senator. Dismang yes. Senator Murdock yes. Senator Penzo yes. Senator Leding yes. Any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of. Thirty two year eight two nine eight one nonvoting Senate bill three seventy seven passes please transmit to the House Senate bill three eighty one Senate bill three eighty one by Senator Clark to amend the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven that require certain regular training for public governing bodies Senator Clark you're recognized. Thank you of as I hear news reports across the state on problems with for you always comes down to two things. A lack of training and lack of communication three eighty which is not a committee addresses the communication three eighty one addresses the training originally had two hours and it had a lot of objections to that and we amended in committee to one hour and we had no one testified against it and I think it's a much needed and be glad to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Clark center Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you manage your thank you senator Clark for taking my question I guess was troubling me. As we are insisting on. Other people being trained but we're not insisting on our sales being trying. Why did you not include us in this mandatory training. Valid point senator Chesterfield and I think that would make a good bill always look at the scope of what can be done. You saying enjoyable it in no way I'm not saying we're a trainable we do sometimes referred to assist trying to herd cats but but no ma'am I think that a limited scope makes the the bill easier to pass I think I don't think the training for us is a bad idea at all and you're not the first person to bring it up if I if I thought that it was not easy getting this part done and I thought we could have got all that done it would be in there. What we're imposing we hate we are the tenth amendment people down in the south. And we don't like the federal government telling us what to do. So why are we insisting then on telling local government what must you. We do that every day center Chesterfield and I'm a former court court members so I I know about chafing about what rules or regulations of the legislature put you under but this is what we're having happen is. For your request not being answered the people doing a lot of stupid things sometimes when it comes to meetings and other things and a lot to talk to comes that they just didn't know. And the I don't envision this being something that doesn't happen during the normal training of other con so she's counties municipalities school boards are all equipped school board association a quick ride that the tourney General I and I was told by the for the task force Prodi puts out of our video every year on the updates from court decisions except for that was news to me but but the it's out there and it's much needed and so what do we what do we and for some things like how many credits you have to take a cut percent because it's needed and that's the reason all right thank you thank you thank you for any other questions for Senator Clark. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close. I'm close appreciate a good vote. Jackson noted by Senator flowers. And secretary please call the roll Boyd. Boyd. Bryant. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. K.. Leding. Leding. Love. This. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Payton Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Petty. Rice. Staff. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. One. I'm gonna begin on this side I'd ask members to please speak up I don't Senator Chesterfield no. Anyone else on this side Senator Boyd no. Senator Dotson president. Boyd yes sorry. Senator Bryant yes. Anyone else on this side Senator Leding president. Senator Hester no Senator Flippo no. Senator Irvin. Senator Penzo president. Anyone else senator Davis president Senator Kroll no. Stubblefield yes. Anyone else. Please cast the ballot. By a vote at fifteen eight ten eight three not voting and seven present Senate bill three eighty one fails. Senate bill three eighty nine Senate bill three eighty nine by Senator Penzo to amend the law concerning members of the local school boards of directors to amend the law concerning school elections and to amend the date on which an election of a school district board of directors shall be held. Senator Penzo you're recognized. Thank you Mr president the Senate bill three eighty nine changes how of the school board elections are handled it changes the date to fall on general elections on gubernatorial and presidential years to increase voter turnout it also staggers four year terms and then also sets a campus sixteen consecutive years for term limits there are any questions such as for good vote. Any questions I'm going to begin with. Hillman get you Senator flowers. Thank you madam chair and thank you senator Penzo taking my question you know I have a very grave concerns about this bill Could you tell me what you're fixing because right now we have elections for school boards and county primaries and the general election. Is it still going to be the case it will only be during the general election and so we can have primary elections. Primary election times cannot be used for school board elections that is correct unless you'd like to add a partisan component to the bill. You're good it. Because that and could you give me the rationale but not including the primary as well as a general because the primary election the whole thing is designed to set the voter turnout is that correct that is correct and we have good voter turnout when you and I are running in primaries there's good voter turnout there's good voter turnout but there's better voter turnout during the general okay and during the general election the majority of the people do not hold down ballot although you do tell me that some that is better than in the off year that they run that is like you can elected school board member with five six hundred votes and yet they're sixty nine hundred thousands of bills being at the top of the ballot. It's called voter fatigue because people vote so long and they've been down about the Senate is not voting anymore so I have a question you understand my concern yeah thank you we just discussed a little bit you Committee yeah. Senator flowers you're recognized and then Senator Hammer thank you governor senator you mention of sixteen year. Limits on the use of board member may serve it now it probably changed in that or what do there are no term limits on school boards and my initial bill had a eight year term limit head of several requests from rule Arkansas asking me to expand that to sixteen years so in this bill had a sixteen year term limit Senator Hammer also mentioned in committee that he would like to see it we're it's like term limits for us to where they can lay out for four years and come back and I pointed out that the bill it says sixteen consecutive years so if there is a break in their their service they can come back for another sixteen consecutive years. That would be your bill record that stood for and that that side and then come back that is what it and service sixteen years that that is how it's currently written Senator Hammer asked that I have a discussion with them over spring break and make sure he may want to clarify some language there's also some other quest for some technical corrections that happy to make over on the house side but dozers and discussions told senator Hammer I'd have with them and make sure he was comfortable with with that thank you. Senator hammer and then Centerville mark. Thank you ma'am chair and just for public disclosure just for transparency want to defy my wife is a member of that the school board so I want everybody in the room no that before a vote on this bill the a couple questions I've got is what you just said about the If you say you say you run two years now. You get me to come back in four years and you win. Does a sixteen in your interpretation what the bill is written does a sixteen years start over so that no matter when you get B. the past it would start over the next time you got elected. Like I said that is how I interpret how we're treating written the you know it does say consecutive so if there is a break in service I would say that that is not consecutive service years so okay that that's already but like I said I'm I'm happy to clarify with some attorneys and you know because. You know laid out for years this this could just be a two year depending on if a person moves into another zone schools of well and. And we'll talk but I got a question but Regis say that is because a couple school board members wanted to get get you run this time and then you quit next time and I'll run next time this thing is going to the same could perpetuate in future if if a couple school board members got together and I'd like you to think about that we talk about twenty now the house no of the the second thing is played out for me how it is right now so no school board members summer elected to a one a three to five a draw so if this bill passes how's it going to affect school board members that are currently elected state to a three year term or a five year term is it going to it's just going to reset when. My understanding is it would be handled kinda like how we do every you know cycle after a ten year census where we come in and have of this drew two year terms and half of us through four year terms I believe there's a provision for that and I think I think the school boards could probably establish rules kind of like we establish rules for how we're going to operate so that's that's my understanding how that would work okay so if somebody is saying a three year term right now. And If the if they're in a three year term right now. Well like you will they continue the pattern there in until the next census does is kick in the date in there thank for kick Center or to kick in at the next census. I think. I think there's also the ability for a school board to fill a vacancy I I don't know that that's in this language but I think is that language might be available outside the bill if if that's something that might fall in the lines of some of the the technical corrections that the school boards asked us to look into and I told him that I would clean up any of that language on the house side that needed to be cleaned up so there there will be an amendment done on the house side I can commit to you that now so you will have the opportunity to vote on it when it comes back and determine if we made all the corrections the way you. K. R. thank you. Senate bill more than Senator days in Centerville and not one of. Thank you ventures senator if you don't mind can you tell me what the difference between was it is a two oh six that was originally filed out there with this between this and and that bill. The the the only difference there's a few like I said technical corrections will improve some language in this one some things are pointed out to us but the the major component was the other bill had a a partisan component to it and there was a significant amount of push back on that there these three other things were important to some of my constituents so we went ahead and move forward well without the partisan component of the bill. Yeah and I'm I visited with your house sponsor on this bill some about this I I have a school board that I think all the members on the school board currently would be affected by this water going down the line of questioning of think Senator Hammer so when this goes into effect if everyone is beyond the limits set out in this bill what happens this currently serving on the board. Women if they've served sixteen years there turned out. Under this bill under this bill yeah okay thank you. Senator Hill. In the letter as middle more clarification on or are you look at the school district they have registered for terms one two three four and five years. For for each member. Those that do have. The the longer years. What what we learned about that and go back to the three year that is for the you have a point someone for years to so we mean by the longer years the the law so they have a five year term for yeah how that will affect the stripped them back in four years and make them run. So they would they would serve their four year I guess you're saying you know it and then here they'd have a year left after is what you're saying and then it be in the middle of the term but like I said that's that's something that we may need to address the technical my understanding is and I could be wrong about my understanding is that that appointment can be made yes then then that is correct yeah okay so so if if the board chose I mean they've serve their five year term that they were elected for and Andrew for so if there's a vacant spot for that twelve month period the the school board could reappoint that individual to serve out the remaining term correct. And that's my understanding how would work in do you agree. We'll see. Senate. Thank you. Senator Penzo I think I know the answer that scope bill but I want to make sure this would not in fact anyway the members of a charter school board this is public school only the public school district thank you senator thank you ma'am thank you any other questions anyone other questions Senator him. Is there is there anyway one we're looking doing an amendment on this education grandfather call those in their serving now to their term expires. In the in. The original map will be nice if if there are any other elected to a position which they'll be a cycle before this goes into law from the missing standing I mean there's act I think you know we we switch our primaries in Arkansas to different dates so a lot of times the school boards are doing election cycles when we're not have a primary or general so chooses to maybe get a hold of cycle only even numbered years. Every whichever it is only I mean like like the example you gave if if that person has the ability to fill out their five year term with their elected for In. Then they could be appointed to the next cycle. So I mean I don't I don't know that that needs to be. Address. In the end and I will have a discussion with you over spring break and talk to you about the the technical corrections we're looking at making an and how to make sure it's seamless. Any other questions for Senator Penzo. Anyone wish to speak against center Chesterfield you're recognized. This is a life his next bill madam chair ladies and gentlemen of the Senate I'm opposed to this bill once again it is put it is fixing a problem that does not exist. School boards association is against the bill. Not that we have to pay attention to school boards but I think it's important that we do. I think it's important because we continue to fix problems that are not happening there's no problem there's no problem with school boards at this point. And once again I ask you to think about this we don't want the federal government imposing on us and we should not impose on local governments unless they are doing something on toward. Our school boards are elected by the people. They do a great job every day we have the chance to elect them twice a year. If it's more convenient to let them in the primary we can do that we can elected in the general election but with this bill we can only put everybody on the same ballot. And then we decide that we're not gonna let school boards to be three to five years we want to tell them what they're gonna do we want to we want to say that only if we can be here but sixteen years you can't be here for sixteen years I think it's a bad bill I think that we are the school board's alone the school board and I own areas are doing a great job and they are to be left alone to continue to do that great job I appreciate a no vote. Anyone wish to speak for. Or dance center Penzo you're recognized close. There was a question about The. Hold on a second. So the first election this would take place in would be twenty twenty four. And those with one to two years left would run in twenty twenty four those with three to five years left would run and twenty twenty six that that helps clarify some of the questions Like I said there's there's a few. Technical corrections will make on the house side so if you support the the the the principle of the bill I'll chat with anybody that's got concerns and go over kind of some the amendments were looking at making to to make it seamless but I think this is a good bill it'll increase voter turnout the the argument about it not you know the down ballot people don't care to the people that care DO go down ballot vote I know that I vote for everything on the ballot when I vote lot of times school board elections happen at times like I said sometimes are not a primary sometimes there's not a general this will increase voter turnout and I think that it's important for our elections so would appreciate a good vote. Any objection to rolling the vote. Objection's noted. And secretary please call the roll Boyd. Boyd. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. For all. Clark. Davis. Davis. Senator Kroll publishers. Not. Davis Dismang. DISMANG. Dotson yeah. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Came. Leding. Love. Mickey. Mickey. Murdock. Page. Hi. Penzo yeah. Petty. Petty. Rice. Rice. Stammer. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Senators who wish to vote or change your vote Mickey president Boyd president any others on the side. Roll president. Petty yes. Any others on assigned for this side. King president. Stubblefield yes. Many others. Irvine yes. No others please cast a ballot. That the fourteen year eight nine and a fine not voting and seven present as the three eighty nine fails. Senator Penzo you're recognized. Thank you madam president the like them make a motion to expunge the vote by which Senate bill three eighty nine failed. The motion to expunge the boats on Senate bill three eighty nine all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed. Motion passes. And we are passing over Senate bill three ninety and Senate bill four zero three. We will now take up Senate bill for ten. Following for ten we will take up Senate bill three sixteen. Three sixteen and three sixty five that were vote Senator Irvin filled in with Senate bill fourteen. Senate bill four ten by Senator Irvin to facilitate the administration of or inspections and declare an emergency Senate foreign you're recognized thank you members this allows them those folks that are that have these boilers and that needs to have them inspected for them to and as. Allow for the chief inspector to extend the date of that expectation and then also have an inspection in a more timely and flexible manner and that this fee would be then at the time of the inspection and that's what this bill does we had some folks on Green Bay packing industry in the State of Arkansas that deal with this and they need to have those boilers inspected you know win win at different periodical time so that gives them that flexibility. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator Irvin you're pretty close I'm close center has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please robot mode right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark rolled 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 rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators wish to change your vote. Senator Dotson president. Any others please cast a ballot bad thirty forty eight zero nine and one present Senate bill fourteen in any corresponding emergency clause pass please transmit to the House now we will take up Senate bill three sixteen Senate bill three sixteen by Senator Irvin to amend the contractors licensing board residential contractors committee and department of labor and licensing the list of climate agencies for purposes of set off against state tax refunds Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you madam president this bill came to the Revenue and Tax Committee sauna think Senator Hickey for handling this for me and that the this just defines at the expense definition of climate agency to include the contractors licensing board the residential contractors committee and the department of labor licensing there is already existing statute that prioritizes the orders of those claimants receipts and be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed I'm close. Any objection rowing the boat. Mattis secretary please roll the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll 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 rise stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty five eight zero nine Senate bill three sixteen passes please try to the House we will now take that Senate bill three sixty five Senate bill three sixty five by Senator Irvin to create the Arkansas student due process and protection act and to establish procedural protections for the student contact disciplinary proceedings at public two year and four year institutions of higher education Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you madam president and. Members the United States Supreme Court held in costs versus Lopez that when a right is protected by the due process clause due process clause a state may not withdraw the right on grounds of misconduct absent fundamentally fair procedures to determine whether the misconduct has occurred also the principle opines upon and in this case was re emphasized in Dover says Purdue University has authored by United States Supreme Court associate justice Amy Coney Barrett's noting that quote a hearing must be a real one not a sham or pretense and that even in the disciplinary context the process to do depends on a number of factors including the severity of the consequence and the level of education the eighth circuit court has a pint in weniger verses to Maureen. That the fundamental requirement of due process is the opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and it ends in a meaningful manner which was originally declared by the United States Supreme Court and Matthew Matthews versus Eldridge the eighth circuit has further asserted in Esteban versus central Missouri state college that procedural due process must be afforded the way must be afforded by way of adequate notice definite charge and a hearing with the opportunity to present one's own side of the case and with all necessary protective measures. it is necessary for us to statutorily guarantee fundamentally fair procedures that will ensure disciplinary proceedings at institutions of higher education carry out the necessary and steps to ensure constitutionality and constitutionally required due process and members that's what this bill does And I worked on this with all of the folks with a division of higher education and university of Arkansas systems with all of their attorneys I want to say thank you to David Burren and let's have and the chancellor of the university of Arkansas in particular what you have in front of us is the Arkansas student due process and protection act so that any type of serious allegation that is made on the campus of higher education has the ability to speak for both of those parties to be represented by an attorney and that their due process rights which are a right given to us under United States constitution are held and respected and that process and ensures that they have a fair hearing when it comes to these disciplinary actions and the I worked with a lot of folks from around the country for over a year on this bill and you'll see this bill has been passed in Maryland and Louisiana and Kentucky and a very bipartisan manner and and I just think it's so critically important that our students have the protections afforded to them by the United States constitution when it comes to due process I'll be happy to answer any questions. Questions for center and center Hester field you're recognized. Thank you manager is my hope that I'll have to estimate more questions today Senator Irvin I visited with you about this and in education I'm not against the bill but I just find it so ironic that we're giving more rights to kids in college then we are giving to our teachers in the public schools. As a as one of the sponsor of that bill I'm just trying to understand the already can you help me with this. I appreciate your question one is an employment issue and and and employments and the other these students are not employed by the universities I think there's a very distinct difference between the two thank you for the question. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against. Or for. Senator you are free to close I'm I'm free to I'm closed I would appreciate a good vote thanks thank you Senator has closed any objections rowing the boat. And secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these DISMANG Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Many senators wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast up the ballot. By bills at thirty five eight zero nine Senate bill three sixty five passes please transmit to the House Senate bill four sixteen Senate bill four sixteen by Senator Tucker to create the imagination library of Arkansas program and to create imaginary library of Arkansas program fund. Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you Mr president here's a bill that we can all feel very good about voting for it concerns the imagination library the full name of that program is Dolly Parton's imagination library she founded this program it's an early childhood literacy program because her dad was illiterate but she considered him to be brilliant and so her testimony about that is that when it says to honor your father and mother in the Bible then it means more than just to obey them it means to actually honor them so she founded this program to honor her father the way the program works is it delivers one book per month to any child who register for the program from their birth until their fifth birthday now she just found in her home town of pigeon forge Tennessee but it had such a monument mental impact on the lives in literacy of the kids who lived there they grew and they now have delivered over a hundred million books worldwide in Arkansas every single zip code is eligible for the program all seventy five counties we're gonna live versus several hundred thousand books in Arkansas this year alone the way that it works and the way that works everywhere the United States is that uh there has to be a nonprofit affiliate in every county in order to administer the program in that county the way that it works in the state of Tennessee is that the state government pays for fifty percent of the money for that and then each nonprofit county Philly and matches that with another fifty percent in Arkansas the way those work the last several years and the way it's working this year is that the state is is providing that fifty percent match through a federal grant so there's not any state dollars being spent and I want to make clear this bill is not asking for a single state calendar that we're not exactly what the future of that federal grant program is going to be so all this bill actually does is create an account at the department of education for the imagination library if we determine that money is available or necessary to be spent at some point later that's for that's all the bill does it creates that account again not asking for a single dollar visited with the governor the governor's office about this and and more recently I've visited with. commissioner Jake I believe about it I think it's fair to say that he was very enthusiastic about this program in our conversations it's obviously very consistent with the governor's focus on literacy and our last conversation commissioner said he was all in on this so there's if there is some enthusiasm there for what that's worth I could talk about this four hours but I won't do that I'll be happy to answer any questions. Questions for senator mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president of Senator Tucker is you know this is near and dear to my heart. Are you familiar with the experience of the deaths are school district over many years yes Sir could you share that with the body absolutely thank you. In two thousand and fifteen excuse me in two thousand and five and does arc Arkansas the there's a kindergarten assessment and there are three performance metrics you're either exceeding at a performing at level or not exceeding and then they introduce the imagination library into that program and as our. And they took another assessment in two thousand thirteen so that first graph it was green for you if you're exceeding a blue I think if you're achieving that level and then read if you if you needed a little bit of work in an there were five different met metrics and does Arkan two thousand five in all metrics all five of those there is a significant amount of red and the bar graph when they did the same assessment in two thousand thirteen there does arca across all five metrics the red bar that was zero it gone from whatever the number was it varied from twenty to fifty percent down to zero because this program and made such an impact I intended to mention you're reminded me senator Johnson because we have had this program around in Arkansas for for so long a good while now we do have metrics for the performance of Arkansas kids who were enrolled in the program as opposed to those who are who are not and kids who were enrolled in the program are twenty four percent more likely to be exceeding in science fifteen percent more likely to be exceeding in math and eighteen percent more likely to be exceeding in reading their twenty four percent less likely to be held back in kindergarten and twenty eight percent less likely to be held back in third grade so there are are real results it makes a real difference for the kids who were enrolled in the program. Any other questions for Senator Tucker. Anyone wish to speak again. Close as Dolly says if your peacock in your resting on your father you're just another Turkey so let's not rest on our feathers today and and pass this bill. Senator has closed. Any objection rowing the boat Madam Secretary please will bow in front Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role Davis these dismaying Johnson 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 saying none please cast a ballot by voting thirty five Yeas zero named Senate bill four sixteen passes please transmit to the House Senator Hester you are recognized members I'm going to ask that we recess until one forty five so that our staff can maybe use the facilities maybe a quick bite to eat certainly we all are able to do that we have through the back but anyway I ask we recess until one forty five. Senate will stand in recess until one forty five. Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you madam president members I do I want to make a motion if my bill and to pull Health house bill twelve seventy one out of insurance and commerce just so I can engrossed the amendment it's pretty long amendment I just wanted to have it grows so that people can read it over the spring break. Put it on second reading motion is to withdraw from committee and then to insurance and commerce in the put it on for second reading for the purpose of amendment. Irvine is on house bill twelve seventy one four out of committee the purpose of second reading. For a minute. All those in favor please signify by saying aye hi any opposed. As one to House Bill twelve seventy one. Thank you members my bill my amendment. All those in favor. Please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. As having the doctor please send and road. House bill ten oh seven. House bill ten I was seven by a representative that the tenements center Penzo to authorize pharmacists to dispense HIV pre exposure and post exposure. Penzo you're recognized. The I heard it's a good bill and I'm closed. Questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Any objection rowing the boat Madam Secretary please world about mowing Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote scene nine please cast a ballot. H. B. ten oh eight. Senate. I by representative Pilkington and Senator Davis. Want to. I want to modify the coverage of continuous glucose monitors and the Arkansas Medicaid program. And this bill is just allowing and continuous glucose monitors to be eligible and are to be a pharmacy benefit so it will be eligible for a rebate it is You still have to have a prescription I'm sorry excuse me. Okay you still you still have to have a prescription for it but it is a lot cheaper for the state the fiscal impact at statement shows that it's actually a savings of four point three million dollars which and for the state share is one point two million so this is a great conservative bill and it's also bill that helps provide better health care to people across our state and then with that I'm happy to take any questions any questions for Senator Davis and everyone. Thank you madam president I just want to remind a licensed pharmacist. Thank you for asking questions but could you reiterate how much money this will save the state yes this is a great savings it's four point three million dollars in savings for our state well for all the savings one point two million for our state specifically. Any other questions. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close as forget that thank you senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Mattis secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg 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 rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change your vote. C. nine please pass the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill ten oh eight passes please return to the House house bill ten thirty to ten thirty two by representative find Senator Hickey to increase the amount homestead property tax credit. Senate. Thank you governor members this just as it says it increases the homestead property tax credit from three hundred and seventy five to four twenty five. Any questions I'll attempt to ensure. Questions Senator Flippo. Senator Hickey. Houston the person would benefit from this probably as much as you do Sir. I wish to speak against for for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed. Senator is close any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark groaned 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 done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change your vote I see Senator Ricky president Senator Dotson president. Many other senators please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight and the roommate to present house bill ten thirty two passes please return to the House house bill ten thirty five ten thirty five by representative Pilkington Senator Irvin require screening for depression of birth mothers at the time of birth and a mandate that insurance policies cover screening for depression of birth mothers at the time of birth. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members of the Senate and thanks to the members of the staff per share we are doing today for us and members this does what the title says it requires that you there is a screening for depression for a first month mother and and suggested outlines the fact that you need to record that the patient refusal and any of that if it's refuse an interesting to be documented and this is really just aims to offer coverage for depression for screening for maternal and. Birth mothers be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close and I think it's a great measure and something that would need to be addressed happy to vote for this bill and hope you will too. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd right well Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love. Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Senator making the president Senator Dotson president. Any other senators. Senator Gilmore president. Please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty two yeah eight zero nay and three present. House bill ten thirty five passes please return to the House we are passing. House bill eleven oh two. Where likewise passing house bill thirteen thirteen we will now take that. House Bill fourteen eleven of fourteen eleven by representative Michael and then and US senator Stein. An act to amend the prohibition on the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications elect orders to amend the law concerning absentee ballots to amend the law concerning materials furnished to qualified voters with absentee ballots. Senate you're recognized thank you madam president members of this bill is a establish a chain of custody for absentee ballots when the ballot is a printed it must be printed by it can be filled out in any way with someone picks it up that prohibits delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications if an applicant is given as two sisters a statement to be filled out with the name and signature which also wishers voter integrity also the person picking up the ballot will be must must provide voter ID. Are there any questions. Any questions for centers. anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're pretty close this bill is agreed upon by the Secretary of State the state board of elections in Arkansas counties I appreciate a good vote. Centers close any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Vaught. Any centers wish to change their vote I see Senator love no Senator Tucker no. Any other senators. Senate Murdoch NO. Please cast the ballot. By a vote. A thirty two year eight three nine House Bill fourteen eleven passes. Please return to the House. Yes ma'am. Members of. I would like to explain to vote by which house bill fourteen eleven past we're gonna revoked so that senator flowers can get recorded properly. One is the best. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. Is have it. We vote. Secretary without objection. Please rowboat. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rise stone sub Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace I want to begin on this side Senator flowers no. Senator Leding is no Senator Tucker no Senator Murdock no Senator Chesterfield no Senator love that. Any others. Please cast up the ballot mad at twenty ninety eight six nine House Bill fourteen eleven passes please return to the House. Fourteen twenty three. Fourteen twenty three by representative pattern Senator duties to amend the law concerning the recount of ballots and to amend the election procedures. Senate you're recognized. Thank you madam chair of the members. House Bill fourteen twenty three this is a election technically a bill that we've been working with the state Election Commission on it really does a few things it's it cleans up the old languages along apartment in obsolete voting equipment because currently in the state and it codifies the procedure process for conducting a recount and this bill specifies the deadline for the recount petitions submission basically we've had some issues where recounts have been requested late and causing delays of getting certifications out. we saw some issues in Phillips County this last year and this is an attempt to clean that up and make that a better process to appreciate any questions you have thank you. Any questions for Senator days. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat and secretary please welcome one 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 writes stuff Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change their vote. C. nine please ask the ballot. Buy photo thirty five Yeas zero name house bill fourteen twenty three passes please return to the House House Bill fourteen twenty five House Bill fourteen twenty five by representative very is Senator Blake Johnson to date the military code of Arkansas. Senator Johnson you're recognized members I'm running this for the military department clarifies the licensing of judge advocates based on duty duty status clarifies the that qualified individuals concerns military judge trial counsel and defense counsel makes a required changes based on recent national defense authorization act that only impacts National Guard only and it only involves the practice of military law and does not impacts of the civilian civil or criminal courts. The coordinates for the administrative office of the courts that falls rules of professional conduct appreciate a good vote. Any questions for Senator Blake Johnson. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. It has close any objection to rolling the vote. And secretary please roll Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark 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 to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. by both thirty five a zero name house bill fourteen twenty five passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen twenty six fourteen twenty six by representative Jett field in Senator Stubblefield to amend Arkansas law concerning fees for issuing summons or subpoena. Senate bill you're recognized. Thank you members. House Bill fourteens of. Twenty six is very really very simple mayor the bill clarifies the dishonesty cannot be assessed in small claims case in District Court the current statutory fee of two fifty is not changed by the bill thank you will remain the same fees assessed in civil cases under the current statute bills not change that proceeds from the fair pay decision counties under current law the bill does not change at. So does. We have to take any questions any questions for Senator Stubblefield. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to vote. Madam secretary. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark road Davis Davis Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice them Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. San please pass the ballot. Back to thirty five Yeas zero name house bill fourteen twenty six passes for the time of the House. At fourteen thirty four House with fourteen thirty four by representative fault and Senator Blake Johnson to amend the law regarding agriculture and to place the burden of proof on the party bringing an action against an agricultural operation is a nuisance. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized. The members of the this is a senate bill and the burden of proof is on the the person who who claims an action against an agricultural operates a up operation this bill simply a forms that we are of fact pleading state you can't sue a farmer for his practice on his farm without the facts. Thank you members appreciate a good vote. Eight. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized thank you madam chair and thank you senator for taking my question he said the burden of proof is on the person who brings the suit the suit was the burden of proof on prior to this bill well this this affirms that action and we are fact finding state now so this is just give affirmation to that price isn't always man that the burden of proof was on the individual bringing that okay thank you yes. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. And secretary. Boyd right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark groaned Davis dis dismaying Dotson angles 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. Senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. But the thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill fourteen thirty four passes for the House. House Bill fourteen. House for fourteen thirty eight by representative Madison dismaying. To amend the uniformity Services Act. This man you're recognized. But members this is eliminate really the need for any federal intervention there's number states are trying to adopt measures that are you know why can some among states and so this is hopefully something that will be able to do also to see Texas Missouri Arkansas currently considering I think last week it was on Texas Florida chance to follow up on how to vote ended Arizona and South Dakota with the first two adopted be happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Dismang. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection rowing the boat. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell 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 done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please pass the ballot. Fite thirty five eighty eight zero name House Bill fourteen thirty eight passes please return to the House. We are passing house bill fourteen forty one. Fourteen forty eight House Bill fourteen forty eight fourteen forty eight about representative gas wire center Stubblefield. To modernize probate proceedings and to amend and affect the law concerning adoptions guardianships and the administration of the sentences sites and to amend the probate court. Senate Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you governor House Bill fourteen forty eight does release five things For smaller raises dollar amount to require guardianship when selling personal injury cases from five to twenty five thousand it is number two to status is better procedures to sell real property in and state case particularly given reasonable flexibility on sale price forward it makes it more affordable to carry out adoptions but wave in the home study requirement when the doctor paired is related within three degrees great grandmother great aunt or has been a guardian for more than one year before give the court the authority to order parts to pay attorney fees guardianships when they are in contempt of court and filed a guardianship case in bad faith. Number five it removes a mandatory requirement for bonds and that contract cases are deceased person cases. While creating for procedures to set bond when they may be appropriate. Truly a modernization bill. For the court. Take any questions. Last four. And a lot of a recognized. Senator Stubblefield you all are aware on the. Five to twenty five okay are you familiar with home study or home study to. You're talking about a home study yes is what let's for thank yous bill does. So if you committee of the House of the yeah I don't understand it. There is a document set out. This. And I'm going to the. One of the bill out of the box. The United in the home state you do understand the definition of state things at that house well the requirements for doing away with home study to simplify the process or they can only they have to be adoptive parents in related either related to the to the person the child. In order to qualify for the. Okay. Okay thank you. And they have to have been a guardian for more than one year. Why was recognized for that for that child. Okay. Senator Stubblefield. Is that part discretionary with the court correct court may discretion or to the court thank you. Senate questions. I think Senator flowers is cleared up. Not only do the home study sometimes even our relatives don't treat us well correct and so that's why I'm concerned about the whole state but with this whole by her saying that that's going to happen anyway well it will be to been on the court. Or to the side. Discretionary based on what the court decides. Well. But discretionary then sometimes courts getting I'm not a market this week the sentencing court you do get busy and I worry that we don't mandate that people go in there and make sure that it's okay that's all right thank you understand. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator flowers you're recognized to speak. For. This bill was brought by the judicial council. And it's to expedite and it deals with the efficiency of the court. But. To allay your fears about. Not having or waving a home study someone can bring up that issue and a home study can be ordered. Some states in fact. If if if state of Texas. Has a child over here something they may want they may order. Through their courts in Texas a home store the study be done in Arkansas if a child is going to be placed here. So it doesn't rule out home studies but is trying to make it easier for the kinfolk of the child. To not have to go through a process home studies cost a lot of money. And so this. Can be used to help people get their child without a lot of rigmarole. So that's why I'm voting for. Anyone with against or for. Senator has closed any objection rolling the vote. Maddox secretary please roll. Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral 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 would change your vote. C. nine cast a ballot. Five thirty five Yeas the room may House Bill fourteen forty eight passes please return to the House. Senator Wallace you're recognized. Governor elect of a moment for personal recognition we've got a former senator Sturch James Sturch of the audience. I'd like to recognize that thank you senator. Senator Wallace beat me to that I'm going to recognize Senator Sturch in the gallery as well as arriving As here today with. Monson researchers allmodern the superintendent schools of south side schools high beyond seasons is here as well as. The principal Jenny Rogers and we have juniors and seniors out of high school I believe. But not sure about that but we also have this group is later former senator David why would everyone. It's always. Welcome. The amount. House Bill fourteen fifty nine Pasco fourteen fifty nine The representative finds senator Hammer to amend the law concerning human trafficking and related offenses and amend the law concerning fines for human trafficking. Senator hammer before you're recognized Senator Gilmore. Did you have. Thank you governor I just want to ask leave for my father Phil Gilmore is on the floor if I may be granted leave. Thank you thank you. Senator Gilmore Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you ma'am chair of this bill is presented as a part of the AG package it's been vetted by the AG's office also I've taken consultation from our in house counsel which would be Senator Clarke Tucker who's in agreement and okay with the bill What the bill does it changes the culpable mental status increases the fines from two fifty to a thousand it adds the same special fine to additional rolling criminal offenses and its pledge to find revenues between safe harbor Fund and sexually exploited children it is a good bill for the purpose helping in the area of dealing with human trafficking and related offenses and as I mentioned it is that it by the attorney general's office to on bring it on their behalf and also I have in all seriousness checked with a senator Clark because whether you're a of of shoes Senator Clarke Tucker because what you're Democrat or Republican independent where the case may be none of us like the idea that human trafficking continues to be a problem we all want to link arms together and and put a put a lid on the thing so I appreciate a good vote. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Senate pair recognized. Thank you madam president Senator Hammer I'm just noticing the. We are. Imposing a five. And giving those proceeds to two organizations this I have a great title so I want to do great work how they organized what kind of a board. Manages their money I mean sure we're going to be imposed a fine and giving the money to the safe harbor Fund. Or into the human trafficking victims support fund of a where are they Arkansas. Five oh one C. threes are the are they have elected board to details I think about those funds sure can I'm just going to give you a verbatim quote okay the safe harbor Fund is administered by DHS is used to provide services and treatment such as securing residential housing health services and social services for sexually exploited children and grants to service providers working with sexually exploited children and that is covered in another section of the code the human trafficking victims support fund is administered by the Attorney General and currently can be used to provide grants to nonprofit religious and other third party organizations that provide services and treatment such as securing residential housing health services and social services for victims of human trafficking the funds are similar but there are a few key differences the safe harbor Fund appears as it can be used to pay for services offered directly by the state the human trafficking victims support fund cannot both funds can provide grants and third party providers and the safe harbor Fund can only be used for children victims while human trafficking victims support fund can be used for victims of any age I really appreciate that information and so you would say that they're not parents of a mental. Organization at all thank you thank you. Any other questions. I am always to speak against for. Senator Hendren recognized to speak for just to add to the safe harbor fund was created under our initial legislation of the human trafficking act that we passed in twenty thirteen I believe. Anyone else wish to speak. For or against Senator you're pretty close thank you measure everything we can do to put human trafficking either out of existence or really take those individuals that just do the deplorable things that they do I think we all need to link arms and just hold them accountable to the highest standard and this will help create a good vote. Senator has close any objection rowing the boat. Mattis secretary please rowboat ride 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 rise systems Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wants to change his or her vote. Please cast a ballot. At thirty five Yeas zero name house bill fourteen fifty nine passes please return to the House house bill fourteen seventy. House for fourteen seventy by representative five by Senator Hammer to amend the law concerning conditions for crime victims reparations for victims of human trafficking and child sex victims. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr president the Arkansas crime victims reparation Board provides financial compensation to victims who have suffered personal injury or death as a result of a violent crime the current law states that if the victim has not fully cooperated with law enforcement officers in a criminal case than the Arkansas crime victims reparation Board may deny withdraw or reduce an amount or award of reparation to the victim this bill simply provides an exception to that general rule for children who are victims of sexual offenses as well as an exception for people of any age who fall victim to human trafficking if either of these two types of victims are too scared or call Hurst into silence or for any other reason do do not feel comfortable answering questions or otherwise to comply with its investigation this bill will allow them to do so without keeping them from reparation to which they might otherwise be entitled this exception helps further protect those two types of victims from being subject to read victimization appreciate a good vote be glad to answer any questions. Any questions for senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. Thank you think of explain to fully and I appreciate a good vote. Close any objection rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please well that way right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for a loan Davis these 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 Walker. Any senator wish to change his or her vote saying nine please pass up the ballot. Five thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill fourteen seventy passes please return to the House house bill fourteen seventy three house for fourteen seventy three by representative Dalvin Senator Irvin. To amend the law concerning the procedure for a name change and to require a name change petition to be verified and ensure contents of a name change court file and Medicaid. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members I am working with representative Dalby on on this bill and it's really just to amend the law concerning the procedure for this name change requiring that it be verified and to ensure that the contents of that name change court file are redacted I'll be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close and close thank you senator has closed any objection rowing a boat madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Ron rhinestone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change your vote. Sam nine please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill fourteen seventy three passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen seventy five fourteen seventy five by representative Beatty and centre Health to identify the tangible personal property of self service storage facilities that is exempt from property taxes and require a court SS are to provide an explanation related to taxpayers in town intangible property personal property. Senate bill you're recognized. Thank you governor colleagues all this bill does this real simple for many storage is that it makes the tax the same throughout the state as far as how the assessor assesses the facilities. And there required a trip to with transparency to build provide the the taxpayer with information is needed to be straightforward about it. Any questions for Senator Hill. I wish to speak against her for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close and presented vote Senate bill has closed any objection rowing the boat Madam Secretary please Robert Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Mike Johnson Mark Johnson came Leding Love Me kidi Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote seen nine please cast at the ballot by bill to to thirty five Yeas zero name house bill fourteen seventy five passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen seven of fourteen ninety seven by representative Lundstrum and senator Hammer to create the balance security active twenty twenty three interment election law concerning the handling of election ballots. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am sure this bill allows the tracking ballot delivery in space specifies the precise methods of delivery allowed it adds a process for the preservation of spoiled ballots if there are remakes or provisional tablets it also qualifies to procedures specifically or specify the process regarding damaged or defective ballots and this bill requires an actor change of custody for Belgian transportation of ballots that is the essence of what the bill does have the glad take any questions. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close thank you appreciate a good vote Senate has close any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please Robert Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me keep Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot by those at thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill fourteen eighty seven passes please return to the House. House Bill fifteen eighteen pass for fifteen nineteen by representative may very center board to set minimum dementia training requirements for staff members who are employed by assisted living facility. Senate boy you're recognized. Thank you madam president House Bill fifteen eighteen is from the Alzheimer's and demented visor Council it establishes minimum training standards for assisted living direct staff ensures at least four hours of initial training two hours of continuing training and it prompts DHS to up to update the rules and rags governing assisted living facilities in our state it's supported by the Alzheimer's and dementia Advisory Council the Arkansas health care association Arkansas residential assisting living assisted living association DHS had input and there's no known opposition to the bill and there's no fiscal impact. What is for senate boy. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you are free to close I appreciate a good vote thank you. Centers close any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irving Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thanks any center was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast at the ballot. But the thirty five Yeas the remaining house bill fifteen eighteen passes please return to the House. House Bill fifteen twenty house bill fifteen twenty by representative Ladyman and senator board to amend the petroleum storage tank trust fund act to amend the payment limit per occurrence for a corrective action and Claire an emergency. The boys are recognized. Thank you madam president House Bill fifteen twenty simply raises the petroleum take trust fund corrective action amount payments from one and a half million to two million this represents a thirty five percent increase but there's been a seventy five percent increase in inflation since this cap was set in in the nineteen eighties this is not expected to have a negative impact on the trust fund balance eighty Q. is neutral on this proposal. Any questions Senator Boyd. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free. I appreciate a good vote thank you senator is closed. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll away right Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll 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 done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator questions changes over vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. But thirty five Yeas zero nine house bill fifteen twenty passes along with its corresponding merges the clause please return to the House House fifteen twenty four House for fifteen twenty four by representative very center Dotson to amend the law concerning publication of notice is that is requirement for certain public works contract procurement. Senator Bob you're recognized thank you madam president members this bill is basically clean up bill the law was changed a couple years ago in this regard but this section was missed in order to provide consistency with the rest of of how it's working so they brought this to me to say Hey let's make it consistent All across so any questions. Create a good vote. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please Robert Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis vis 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 senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Five votes at thirty five a zero nine house bill fifteen twenty four passes please return to the House house bill fifteen forty six house bill fifteen forty six by representative warning Senator Davis to amend the law requiring individuals with disabilities and to recognize and protect organizations holding certificates issued under section fourteen say of the fair labor standards act. Senator Davis you're recognized thank you madam chair members this bill is simply a bill to protect fourteen sees there is a national movement right now to do away with fourteen season and so in fact fourteen states have already done so this bill just protects them in our state as long as the federal government allows it and it's important that we protect individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by continuing to provide a work environment that allows them to work at their own pace and helping them to fill a basic human need which is working a sense of community and a sense of belonging so it's a very simple straightforward bill and I'm happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Davis. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Follows. All any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary. Please read our privacy 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 price down seven feels Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any Senator changes The ballot. By the votes at thirty five Yeas the remaining house bill fifty forty six passes please return to the House House Bill fifteen fifty seven. House Bill fifteen fifty seven by representative Taschen Senator Blake Johnson to amend the Arkansas law concerning the confidentiality of certain records related to a corners investigation. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized members of the this is protecting this a criminal investigation and and tell after trial in and this is the during a death investigation right now the law enforcement and the state crime labs records are are sealed into Intel the time of of trial or investigation is over this will just simply put those corners investigation in that in that same time frame because the corners and the crime lab share an information database so that information will not be open to the public and until after the criminal investigation or trial. Questions for Senator Blake Johnson senator mark Johnson questions Senator Blake. Thank you madam president will just call this the Johnson and Johnson dialogue. Senator Blake Johnson. Two years ago there was a bill that was and city county local and it seems together a lot of attention had to do with the there the newspaper had published basically have some people that had covid they dive in county just a short thing of what they were and there's a great exception taken by some people that their loved one's name was in the paper by having died from code now I oppose that bill and it was eventually pulled down because of the fear that any time you exempt you you you close corners records then some anything that might be nefarious would not be subject to for and therefore I hate say someone can get away with murder but that was a fear that was brought up that time this would not affect that. Status quo that we agree we need to keep two years ago except in the case of a of an open or ongoing investigation in my reading that you're recognized we work with them in this meal keeping those records confidential and and they're and they're not opposed to this bill so this is just the takes care of the loophole in in a criminal criminal or are you investigation whether death occurred during the investigation what is closed it's a record that all all those records you know and up into the prosecutor has the discretion of opening all right now thank you senator thank you madam president any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me kidi Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stand Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator with the changes or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. She battled that thirty five eight zero nine House Bill fifteen fifty seven passes please return to the House. Items at the desk. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill seven by Senator king further gross copy the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate I center can compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill ten thirty by representative mace compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen oh seven by representative McClure compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. The. Senate concurrent resolution seven by Senator alive today tonight March twenty twenty three as rare kidney disease awareness month in Arkansas to increase public awareness and understanding of the genetic causes a rare kidney disease Senate concurrent resolution seven calendar Senate concurrent resolution hi Senator coral recognize America now you high school boys and girls swim and dive teams for their many successes throughout the years and to recognize the magnolia community for its support and swim and dive team Senate concurrent resolution a calendar I would ask the body to a low murmur while we finish out items at the desk. Senate bill four thirty nine by Senator Tucker to the Legislative recidivism reduction task force Senate bill four thirty nine. Senate bill four thirty eight by Senator Mark Johnson to amend the law concerning the issuance of a driver's license to military licensee senate bill four thirty eight. Transportation center for forty by Senator Caldwell to allow public high schools that offer vocational agriculture training to contracted vocational agriculture teachers on a twelve month basis Senate bill four forty eight station symbol for forty one by Senator Wallace. To amend the sales and use tax laws concerning exemptions. Related to certain machinery and equipment and to allow sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and equipment placed in inventory Senate wanted to make revenue tax bill for forty two by Senator Leding to ensure that any court costs and fees paid by defendant in a criminal case shall be refunded to him or her if found not guilty or acquitted symbol for forty two Judiciary symbol for forty three by Senator Leding to create the Arkansas employment first act to salvage the Arkansas office of employment referred to savage the employment first advisory committee and to establish the employment first business program Senate bill four forty three Insurance and Commerce four forty four by Senator Leding to amend the law concerning the termination of flowers for a person who was a minor when he or she committed an offense Senate bill four forty four Judiciary center Caldwell Senator Irvin you're recognized for an announcmenet members we were gonna have public health that I we're not gonna have public health after this I think a lot of members are leaving so I we will have public health committee on Monday when we get back from spring break okay Monday morning at ten o'clock we get back from spring break instead of today thank you for sticking around center Caldwell you're recognized for you members and Senate ag committee will return in two minutes. Any other. Senate bill four forty. Four forty five. Senator Mark Johnson chairman the provisions of Arkansas constitution Amendment ninety one and one on one provide the proceeds may be applied to Nelson past middle line high highway improvements in care and emergency Senate bill four forty five. Transportation center for forty six by Senator brought to allow municipalities counties and other political subdivisions to state by resolution that they have a pro life policy senate bill four forty six city county local. Thermo further announcements the Senate will stand in the German subject to the clearing of the desk until one PM March twenty seventh. Overall.