Senate Convenes

Senate will now be called to order. Are there any request for leave time. Madam secretary please call the roll Boeing line Caldwell Chesterfield Clark ruled 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 stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary for everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise for a player led by our own Senator Kim Hammer followed by the pledge of allegiance Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you manager join in prayer please father god we come before your throne today father we just one first and foremost thank you for our freedoms that we enjoy we thank you lord for those that have preserved that have purchased with their blood our freedom and father that protected today while we're in here so we ask your blessing upon those that serve in our armed forces as well so to serve here at home in the in the the close secretary to us such as our troopers and others that are within this facility we ask your blessing upon them thank you lord for health that we're able to be here today and we pray for those who are less fortunate today's we deliberate let it be done with the understanding we answer to you one day face to face one on one so helpless father to keep that mind as we deliberate and we just prayed lord above all Jesus prayed on cross I will be done it will find contentment that president should bless today thank you lord for just being able to be here we ask that all your name amen. States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with. Raw. Ladies and gentlemen in the galleries welcome to Arkansas state Senate it is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and govern yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules will be suspended and the Senate will dispensary dean of the General. The morning hour has now begun are there any announcements or introductions at this time. Senate role you're recognized I would like everybody to please give my mother in law a warm welcome she sitting up in the gallery up there sandy leave Preciado yeah. Members as you all know I'm takes a cannon in Texarkana the. You know we share one water company with both both the taxes in Arkansas. We have two boards to mayors we have to police departments but they operate out of the same have the same building we have one airport is actually owned by both sides of the town we also have our one chamber up here I think they split up between the house in the city but if you would please welcome the Texarkana chamber from members of both sides Arkansas and Texas thank. Senate bill more you're recognized. Thank you madam chair members I have something really unique and special today I think so I have with me my page Connor foot Connor comes from a very old respected family actually County and he is a relative of senator mark Johnson's and that's why I say that Senator Mark Johnson is a very distant relative of this very old and distinguished and respected family but with that Connor is eighteen he's in the twelfth grade he's from Hamburg Arkansas goes to Hamburg high school so just a few things that Connors and I think there's actually more than he does but I was asking him what does he not do but he plays tennis and soccer he volunteers for the first United Methodist Church he's a volunteer thank gives tennis lessons works on the form he's a member of the National Honor Society member of future future business leaders of America member of the Hamburg Spanish club and also a member of the first priority which is a Christian. Group that was started this year so he's very busy young man very proud to have him here and I think Senator Johnson like to say just a couple words as well. What colleagues say that the I I claim Conner whether he claims me or not his mother Laurie Switchfoot I don't know she made it back she went out for a little while but her mother his grandmother is my first cousin and his great grand father and my grandfather were brothers so that's how close we are I'm very proud of this young man and and his family I will even add one thing the late over to Switzer who was a senator from Ashley County in the thirties was his great great grandfather and while the mentors of mine that and someone who I highly respected my whole life so this is a family thing and I'm grateful to Senator Gilmore for for bringing card and I have to say people like this and the other gun wonderful pages we have it gets optimistic about the future so thank you madam president. Members I have one other announcmenet. I'd like to recognize one of our doctors of the day Dr Jeff Kirsch he's from Conway he's with UAMS he's in a letter to Golgi and head and neck surgery and really glad to have a man I know that Senator Tucker has yet another so we're fully covered so if you guys if we start beating each other up we have two doctors take care of this today so thank you doctors and courts are nurse. Senate. You're recognized. Thank you madam president I'm excited have three pages here with me today they're all close family friends of ours first I've got happy may lord she was my son else is best for an in preschool so that's how long I've known her still hard for me to believe she's almost grown now she's a thirteen year old eighth grader at the end of the school she of places and she's in the national junior honor society I miss the other day that one of our one of my pages was the only person on earth who called me Clark Kerr and handy's family they call me Chuck in there the only family that calls me Chuck so explain that to you all later if you want so welcome welcome Hattie and then we've got a two other young men here who are both very close friends with my son they play all sorts of sports and everything together they're both seventh graders at Pulaski academy we have Jack steed right here and then William Taylor who I like to call Willie T. so if you need to page today and Williams around is called **** T. his family has that is else is baseball coach so he has to deal with me as a parent so I don't know what they call me in their household but it probably involves some four letter words but now these these are both great boys expense and I'm a house a hundred times and we're very excited to have both Jack and William here today with the so please join me in welcoming them here today. I've got two of the reason now since first I do have also doctor of the day Dr Katie Marino she's one of only three board certified thoracic surgeons in the state of Arkansas she practices that both you and mass and Baptist I'm so course always with our nurse of the day Brenda you would please welcome doctor Marino and and And then I just want to recognize the fact that we have some Arkansas hospitality association folks here at the state capitol today it's their day capital for the session we have some up in the gallery so just help them feel welcome in the state Senate today as well thank you. Senate. Read. And any other announcements will be the resolutions are. This is our any other announcements. Page. Thank you senator Wallace. Thank you. Members I'd like to introduce to you. Mr Riley what head. In miss Whitney Hawkins. Folks this is what point guards look like come before all and will lead to a big tall was behind. Raleigh plays basketball for a home school but will island is a National Honor Society student council these program member of a really good B. I. see basketball team high school choir the place school Arkansas northeastern and hopes to work at bigger still. With the two little bit into me. Those to be acid. She's poor the National Honor Society high school choir ease program she volunteers at the local nursing home she's B. I. see high school cheerleader. She was a two thousand two. Two thousand twenty two homecoming queen and was voted miss BSE by the junior high student body that she intends to go University of Arkansas. And to pursue a degree in the medical field and I ask that you all welcome them to our. Thank you thank you governor. Thank you senator Wallace. Senator Caldwell announcmenet or introduction. Thank you Mr president I want introduce First Rachel Hodges from when she's eleventh grade over paging me today she's been here before but I want shall welcome or and I have my grandson John Weatherford who's not paging known **** leave for him today where you can coming out the chamber thank you very much but between senator Wallace and I if we will keep recruiting will keep the continue beating the house in basketball so you all make peace twelve my appreciate you letting them come in today thank you. Senate bill. Thank you madam chair members I have the honor having with me and I would ask leave for Scott beryl who who's here on the floor today I probably just missed that name up because I was talking to about it beforehand he's from Louisiana case you didn't know but he actually is my constituents runs the hospital in Monticello glad to have him here I think with is it administrator's day or. Yes great so I would ask leave for him to be in the chamber thank you. Any other announcements or introductions. If not by the Secretary other items at the desk. Yes madam president will your committee on inroad Bills to whom was referred Senate bill ninety one by Senator hammer Senate bill one twelve by Senator board Senate bill two fifty four by Senator pro Senate bill two sixty seven by Senator Blake Johnson send up to eighty by Senator Dismang Senate bill three oh seven by Senator hammer Senate bill three twenty three by Senator Irvin Senate bill three forty three by Senator hammer Senate bill three forty four by Senator Hammer for the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly have to the government. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three twenty by Senator Irving compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Ballot. Calendar for your committee on education was referred senate bill three sixty five by Senator Irving recommend to pass. Calendar committee on education was referred senate bill three sixty nine by Senator Dawson recommend due pass counted Committee on Education whom was first senate bill four sixteen by Senator Tucker recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Education whom was referred house bill ten thirty by representative makes recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill seven by Senator Penn recommend to pass as amended number three counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill eight by Senator king recommend to pass as amended number three counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill three fifty nine by Senator Stubblefield recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate three seventy seven by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred senate bill three ninety by Senator pensar recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen twenty six by representative Devin recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen thirty four by representative Bob recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen forty eight per cent Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen fifty nine The representative fight recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen seventy nine represent representative fight recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen seventy three percent Dalby recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health team was first Senate bill eighty six by Senator pencil recommend to pass as amended number one House Committee on Public Health time is referred senate bill three oh six by Senator Dismang recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Public Health Tim is referred senate bill four ten by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted Committee on Senate disclosure on Senate bill on. Among the house bill one ten oh seven by this is by Senator Boyd is to disclosure pursuant to Senate rule twenty four I was six. Ballot. We agree on public health to whom was referred house bill ten I was seven by representative Pilkington recommend due pass counted for about ten was referred house bill ten oh eight per cent you can recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house concurrent resolution ten eleven by representative Bob recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health two was referred house bill ten thirty five a reserve Pilkington recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health team is referred house bill ten eleven ten by representative bill Clinton recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health ten was referred house bill fifteen eighteen by representative may very recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health ten was referred house bill fifteen twenty per cent Ladyman recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on Public Health tennis for house bill fifteen forty six by representative warned my recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred Senate bill one eighty five by Senator Blake Johnson recommend due pass to concur in the house amendment number one calendar committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred senate bill three sixteen by Senator Irving recommend to pass. Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill ten thirty two by representative fight recommend to pass Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill fourteen seventy five a representative value recommend due pass counted Senate bill for twenty seven by Senator Hill to provide an exemption for special events to allow certain new motor vehicle dealers and the motor vehicle manufacturers or distributors is to display and sell certain vehicles at certain special events Senate bill four twenty seven Insurance and Commerce. No further business to come before the body in the morning hour of the morning hour has expired now begin the business agenda. Senate. Your record Senate resolution nineteen by Senator Stein to recognize March fifteen twenty twenty three is Arkansas they're late day in Arkansas. Senate challenger recognized your committee and Duncan line up here and come right on down from the. stage right here. Yeah come on in. Madam president members I want to recognize today's order of DeMolay we have Act rushing junior who organizes a bit today and brought these young men down also wanna next row recognizes son exasperation he's the the MLA State master counselor for the group and the Senate resolution regimes a to recognize March fifteenth two thousand twenty three of Arkansas Babel a day in Arkansas where is it it's important for children of all ages to develop conscious social and historical awareness through practical leadership training hands on learning modern dynamic extracurricular activities in education and. Where is the future of our community state and nation as well as the preservation of our sacred values are dependent upon giving every child the opportunity and inspirations exceeded last and. Whereas standing ally international was founded the candidacy to Missouri in nineteen nineteen for the purpose of providing young people guidance in life and environment to develop critical leadership skills social values morals ethics greater intellectual learning in the inspiration to succeed through service to others and in our world at large and we're is dimly international is the use leadership organization built on wholesome fundamental values to transcend religious political ideology school affiliation Love apparent's reference for all that is sacred CURTESY freeship for ballot the cleanliness and patriotism they worry as there are numerous delays chapters in the State of Arkansas including over one hundred ACT today Malaysian hundreds more and on the high end alumni who serve their communities now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of a ninety four killer simply of state of Arkansas that the state rex that the Senate recognizes March fifteenth two thousand twenty three it Daniel a day in Arkansas I recommend that the citizens of the State engage in activities that highlight the importance of youth leadership and learning the significance of freedom of religion and speech yeah we all give me around at help me welcome the order. Thanks to all those in favor of Senate resolution nineteen to recognize March fifteenth twenty twenty three of Arkansas the late day in Arkansas please signify by saying aye. Opposed. Senate president resolution nineteen is adopted thank you. Thank you thank you pictures and they will. We'll be in recess for one minute for photos I would like to know that my face. I am. This will deter. It worked with me when I was the Attorney General so welcome will tear Arkansas. A member's father taking pictures. Senate order center making. Senate resolution twenty six by Senator thank you to recognize the lake Hamilton wolves girls indoor track and field team for winning the twenty twenty three five A. state indoor track and field championships. Senator Ricky you're recognized. Yes. Yes. Here we need to. Send a couple down there they want you to get. Make sure fit everybody you're fine you're fine you stay I think we've got room. All right thank you members. Senator is resolution twenty six on February eighteenth twenty twenty three to the late Campbellton we're gonna do don't want to time adopted one of time kids Billy chemicals girls indoor track and field team won the class five A. state girls indoor track and field championships dramatize Center tracks solely at the university of Arkansas Fayetteville. in the four by eight hundred meter relay race Lanny in men Audrey Harel Blair turban livia. I'm not gonna say that word polymer won their second conservative consecutive title with a time of ten seven sixty six and Libby Appel maar broke the previous Arkansas girl state records and won the sixteen hundred meter race with a time of five sixteen one eight hundred meter race with a time of two seventeen twenty seven when the Herald Valentine outstanding award for all classification combined in the girls division. And we're as this championship was a true team effort as girls indoor track and field team also had athletes place in the four hundred four by four hundred meters in the sixty meter hurdles the long jump the sixty meter dash in the four hundred meter run the coach of the girls indoor track team is Brandon star with assistant coaches Brandon Smith Maury Sanders David Davenport macaroni the girls indoor track and field team is comprised of makayla Miller Maggie Dampierre. Naomi Smith Riley burns Sarah Humphries eleva Pelham here. Blair turban Audrey Harel Lanny in men can we can cannon Sheila pretzel. Wrecking crews Reese lackey Breanna roading and Nancy Kaufman I know the coaching staff is very proud. The girls all worked very hard to be resolved by the Senate of the ninety first General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate Committee to lay Camden whirls group roles girls indoor track and field team for its twenty twenty three girls indoor track and field championship be it further resolved that upon adoption servlet resolution a copy shall be transmitted to head coach Brandon star by the Secretary of State. Thank you senator McKinney all those in favor of Senate resolution twenty six to recognize the lake Hamilton wolves girls indoor track and field team for winning the twenty twenty three five A. state indoor track and field championships please signify by saying aye Oppose ayes have it the resolution is adopted graduate. Senate making. Senate resolution twenty seven Senate resolution twenty seven by Senator key to recognize the like Hamilton was wrestling team for winning individual weight divisions and the in the twenty twenty three class five A. state wrestling championship. Senator Teague you're recognized thank you madam president on February twenty fourth and twenty fifth wrestling team like Hamilton competed at the university of Arkansas and won several individual weight class divisions in the wrestling championship Justin Kretchmer won the five A. wrestling championship in the hundred ninety weight pound weight class in this championship by Justin is his fourth individual state wrestling championship just as the only wrestler in Arkansas that is one for state wrestling championships in four different weight classes Justin was also voted the outstanding wrestler for the class five eight hundred seventy five to eighty five weight classes senior Isaac cleaning won the five A. wrestling championship in a hundred sixty five pound weight class received all state honors freshman Adeline Jackson won the five A. wrestling championship in a hundred ten pound weight class and received all state honors freshman walk Riley hunter won the wrestling championship and a hundred twenty pound weight class and received all state honors the head coach for the lake Hamilton wolves wrestling team is John Utley and the assistant coaches are John Gardner and Austin welcome. We know that the coaches are extremely proud they become respected around the state now therefore be it resolved by the Senate bill ninety four general so with the state of Arkansas the to Senate commended like Hamilton was wrestling team for winning individual weight divisions in twenty twenty three wrestling championship mifir resolved upon adoption this resolution a copy shall be transmitted to head coach John Utley by the Secretary of State. All those in favor of Senate resolution twenty seven to recognize the lake Hamilton wolves wrestling team won an individual weight divisions in the twenty twenty three class five A. state rest wrestling championship please signify by saying aye. Many opposed. I. Senate resolution twenty eight Senator McKee to recognize like Hamilton was always swim and dive team for winning the twenty twenty three individual class five A. state championship and replacing in various women that advance. Senator Ricky you're recognized thank you madam president one more because like Hamilton's full winners right. Twenty twenty three Lee County high school boy high schools Colby Qualls won the twenty twenty three individual class five A. state diving championship in the late Camden boys swim and dive team competed in the five A. championships addressable Arkansas the individual event one by call because the first diving state championship won by Lee Campbellton athlete they also placed in many other events the coach of the lake Hamilton wolves boys women dive team is mac Curley and the assistant coach is Karen Smith. again coaches are super proud of these kids Blake Hamilton doesn't have a pool so I assume they just drive down to the bridge and practice in the late. But these kids worked hard and they did it without a pool so now therefore be it resolved by the Senate ninety four General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate Committee lay candles boys swim and dive team for the first classified class five A. state diving championship and for competing and placing in various events and be it further resolved upon adoptions resolution a copy shall be transmitted to the head coach Matt Curley by the Secretary of State. Thank you senator team all those in favor of Senate resolution twenty eight to recognize the late payment to moral voice man and nineteen for winning the twenty twenty three individual class five A. state diving championship and replacing and very swim and dive events please signify by saying aye. Opposed. I had resolutions about president of the prince two minutes pictures. Senate will be in recess for two minutes. Senate back in order. Amendment. One two Senate bill two zero nine. Amendment one Senate bill two O. nine. Centerman. At members this amendment clarified that language and making sure that we they were reviewing this within the fiscal year so it was a representative Payton I mean senator Payton and I worked on this is a long time ago that we pass this bill but this is to concur in the house amendment we made on the other side to clarify that language. All those in favor. He per please signify by saying aye I oppose ayes have it. Senate bill two fifty five best. At the rate. Two oh nine this. Senate bill two fifty five by Senator Irvin to amend the law it is two fifty no that's two fifty five here you've got down there. Similar to a nine by Senator Irvin to amend the law regarding liquefied petroleum gas and time in the law regarding this Russian a suspension of inspection and registration fees. Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you members the only thing that the amendment changed again wishes to clarify the language which would it needed to be clarified the Senator Hickey center Payton and I discussed and we made that amendment on the house side nothing else changed on the bill create a good vote. Thank you senator center has closed anyone wish to speak against her for. Secretary there's no objection. Rowboat Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these this minor Dobson 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 who wishes to change his or her vote. Senator flowers. Any other Senator. Please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty forty eight zero may and one president. Senate. Bill two O. one passes. R. J. O. nine. We just got that number all messed up some. Senate bill two zero nine houses and roads. Senate bill two fifty five amendment one Amendment one Senate bill two fifty five. Senate making you're recognized the man president of my bill my amendment as some clarifying language. All those in favor of the number one place signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have a second or two fifty five by Senator McKee to amend the law concerning the allocation of election expenses and to restrict the source of election funding. Senate making you're recognized. No need to pass a bill that we passed already appreciate a good vote. Any objection rolling the best thing nine madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these Dismang Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Statham Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. St nine please cast a ballot bad votes at thirty five Yeas zero nine Senate bill the five classes and rolling. Amendment one Senate bill two fifty eight Amendment one Senate bill two fifty eight. Senator babies you're recognized the manager this amendment and clarification added for the definition of Dropbox we appreciate and adoption. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Amendment. Senate bill two fifty eight by Senator Davis to amend the method of voting absentee and to prohibit the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. Senate days you're recognized we appreciate a good vote on this thank you. Senator has closed. Any objection rowing the boat. Secretary please call the roll Boyd. Boyd. Bryant. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis hi these. DISMANG. Dotson. English Flippo. Flowers Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Leding. Love. The key. Mickey. Murdock. Payton. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Statham. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. I served on this side any senators who did not vote we wish to vote. Boyd yes. Lark yes. Gilmore yes. Chesterfield no. Any others on the side for the side Payton yes Caldwell yes rice yes Hester yes. Leding no. Thank you. Yes. Any others please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty ninety eighty six name Senate bill two fifty eight. Passes enrollment. Amendment one Senate bill three twenty four Amendment one Senate bill three twenty four. Members this just added a co sponsor. All those in favor. One please signify by saying aye. Hi any opposed. At center Grove. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules to add Senate bill three twenty four to the end of the Senate counted calendar after two grossed. Motion to suspend the rules to add Senate bill for today and in the Senate calendar afterwards engrossed all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Is haven't. One two Senate bill three eighty one Amendment one Senate bill three eighty one. Senator Clark. You're recognized. Thank you governor of amendment just changes to hours training to one hour training. I appreciate a good vote. Thank you senator Clark all those in favor of an amendment one please signify that often I read. Let me rephrase that so you all can understand me. All those in favor of amendment one please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it. Ma'am as adopted please Centerton road Senator Solomon you're recognized. Thank you governor members if you think you've heard this before you did I'd like to ask to suspend the rules to pull Senate bill one twenty five out of education. Four members. Motion to. Suspend the rules to withdraw Senate bill one twenty five. From Education Committee for purposes of amendment please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Amendment is adopted. Senator Ingram hopes are. We've all together. This amendment three Senate bill one twenty five. Senator Solomon my bill my amendment. The. No questions on the amendment all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Amendment Is have it members adopted please send a grocery. Amendment one to House Bill fourteen thirty eight. Amendment one to House Bill fourteen thirty eight. In the best. I thank you members all this does is remove references to payroll companies they were had some concerns in the bills this destructive them from the act thank you. All those all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Many of. Amendment is adopted center road. Senate bill two zero one. Senate bill two O. one by Senator English to amend the law regarding local optional elections in the five townships that resulted from initiated act one of nineteen forty two. Senator English you're recognized. Thank you governor so. This is a little story I'll tell you. This is sure would city of sure but who live who is. Part of Pulaski County. All of Pulaski County except for some defiant township is wet and one small little area in southwest little rock. Well the city of sure what has annex some years back part of this the phone township that at the time and nail was voted dry in nineteen fifty four. So part of that that township that the fund township is now part of the city of sure would. So sure wood is wet. Sell alcohol that little detail township part was not wet so what they city of the sure what is asking us to do is to give them permission to be able to hold a special election for those people who are in that annexed area of that the fund countship to vote on whether or not to be wet or dry to be able to join the rest of the community that's what this bill does. Yes. Flowers in a mark Johnson. How many how many people in in this little town. How many people in the whole township in the little town to the mall and that township that define township is North Pole and north Pulaski County. You said you wanted this bill all this bill is now for the the city of sure would that the number of residents in that the phone down ship I'm not exactly sure what that how many there are maybe ten thousand. And one with this is a special election yes. It will be S. best special election will be in the or the city will call for a special election they've already done public hearings they've done resolutions. What the city of yes the ball no there's really no people and there's no government there was at one time probably a constable. But there's a whole The lakes Alexion it be for those people inside of that annexed area of sure would that was that the fund township. As outside of the live. They pardon could not do that by petition that was tried that there was not enough people. The sign saying yes they pardon hello people signed a petition saying yes no well it had to include all of that the vote township which is even property that's not inside the church city of sure would. And that's what I'm asking yeah the of those people there were not enough sign Fite. So obviously they said that if you take everybody outside of the in that the fund area north Pulaski County that might be true people inside of the city of sure would that have been annexed that's not true. Senator Mark Johnson did you have a question. Any other questions. But not. I'm. Thank against. By Senator Mark Johnson a centerpiece. Senator days you're recognized to speak again. Members thank you madam chair that I'm speaking against because when I when I view this week we have a process that we go through that that all counties and cities go through already that is tried and true each county gets to decide for themselves of voters get to decide for themselves if they want a a what county or dry county and seventy counties about have have gone through it and made that decision I don't like setting the precedents that this bill it appears to me does to continue to to by pass or short cuts that system and it takes away at the the signature process that the current system is set up in so it bothers me that we that we think about opening up the door of an exception process to make it easier just because of of some some a few exceptions here and so for those reasons as well as another possibility of a cost and headache of a special election I will be voting NO. Thank you. Anyone to speak for. Speak against. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president of I was a speech on two issues and senator days did an excellent job on the first issue which is the fact that we have a process it involves a petition drive and that was certainly something could've been done it would have been a little bit more work than just going the legislature and saying give us some a little loophole that we can avoid it going to do in the petition drive and I absolutely agree with Senator days that that's a bad precedent we start doing that for two reasons one it's just not fair because we have an existing process and to I can't imagine our calendar being clogged up with more and more Bills the company and say we'll give us this one little special special bill a local bill and if you look carefully the constitution you know that that local legislation is supposed to be unconstitutional we know there instances where they only apply to maybe one community or just a limited number but the there is a answer for this they can do the petition drive safely return for everyone votes for it'll be fine maybe they can do it on the the general election the primary election day like we just passed the bill to do that the second issue is I first had understood that there was no opposition really in the community about it and from from the competitors to this area where it would be with hi I have since learned that that was not true and consequently I will be voting no but to most important be being is we don't need to open this particular Pandora's box of where we're coming in and giving out of exception to the way the process that's been established thank you members. Anyone else wish to speak for or against Senator English you're recognized close. One of the things we there were not enough people there are not enough people inside of the. Annexed area told a special election for I mean I don't petition election thank you there there's not enough people to be able to get a vote but I know side mark don senator John to just talk about opposition and there has been opposition from one liquor store who has contended that if a grocery store were to be built three miles from his liquor store that that would be competition for him and yet within and across the parking lot across the street within a two mile radius there are already twenty different. Venues that sell beer and wine and liquor alcohol so I'm close. Thank you senator. The senator has closed. Any objection to rowing a boat objection is noted. I would remind the body that because this is an amendment initiated act it will take twenty four voters. Secretary please call the roll. Oh eight. Boeing. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Kroll. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Health. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. Page. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Price. Rice. Stun. Staffan. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Sullivan. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace. I'm gonna start on this side any senator who did not vote who wishes to vote or change your vote. Please pick up center board president. Senator Kroll yes any other centers on the side. Senator Tucker yes senator Murdock present any other centers on the side. Senator Flippo yes. Senator Solomon yes. Senator Rice yes. Ninety Leding yes Penzo president. Chesterfield yes. Love yes. Any others Murdock yes. Dotson no. Please check the board. Please cast up the ballot. By a vote of twenty two yea six nine five not voting and to present Senate bill two zero one fails. The voter. On Senate bill two a one. Senator English has moved to expunge the vote on Senate bill two zero one all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. Is have it. Senate bill two seventy two. Senate bill two seventy two by Senator Petty to create an election integrity review process to amend the duties of the state board of election commissioners and to amend the law concerning election law violations. Senator Petty you're recognized. Thank you Mr president members the state board of election commissioners brought this bill to us it's a continuation of the and election integrity bills that you've been seeing throughout the session here this particular one the state board of election commissioners board directed the staff to develop strategies to better ensure that the prosecution of criminal Election vote law violations were pursued and to ensure our Kansans have confidence in our election laws that's the purpose between from all of these we've been trying to make some key elements to this proposal are it establishes a process in the law that would allow the State Board of Election Commission commissioners to conduct a proactive review of election related documents in order to identify possible violations of election or voter registration law there's a post election audit process conducted following the primary election as well as the general election there's an additional felony provision and adding related added relating to the forging of a signature in the absentee voting process and then associated with the Joint Budget there is an amendment. That is coming and and a lot of the very reasons that we talked about today in the in the earlier we're going to allow that amendment to be attached at the house and and then concurred in on this in but it dealt with staffing they had asked for originally three additional staff through discussions that's now going to be substituted out for basically a a staff position that is not currently field being required to reclassified to it a staff attorney position so so that's part of that election and basically this is you know how the bill works it clarifies it's a felony to forces for just signature of a voter on documents it adds the election integrity review process to the authorized activities for the agency in the state board of election commissioners enabling statute. It allows the state board of election commissioners to initiate investigation of an audit finds evidence of criminal activity. it extends the agency's responsibility to conduct post election audit of the machine results for the general election to include an audit of the preferential primary and these audits will be randomly selected within that county at a public meeting so they can't do it in in the back office and and single out certain individuals counties it is flat is establishes election integrity review process for and for the first time a process which documents related to absentee voting and voter registration are proactively reviewed to ensure that no violations occurred. the board well the idea is that over a ten year period the entire state will have been reviewed in Leicester or others that accelerate that process the the board will submit a review of its findings by the end of the odd number year to the AG and J. P. R. and then if there's criminal violations or violations found those they'll be required to initiate a full investigation or for the matter to prosecution if there's noncriminal violations of election or procedure we can address those through training and notifying the person or group work or county that supervises that and then if the council refuses to hand over section subsection after the council refuses to hand over the requested records it will be if the but will form the basis to open an official investigation under section three of the bill and this will allow us to use the subpoena to get the documents are requested and then there's other non codified language in there and and I'm happy to to answer any questions. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam chair senator duties in the Republican Party we in overwhelmingly in the last election cycle. Sir. Arkansas Senate senator duties is behind you he's better looking he's better looking than I am. He's better looking he can he can play basketball better than I can but I can get him on the bowling. Senate. The Republicans won overwhelmingly in the last election what is the problem. That you had more election laws appears slightly did something terrible there were no reports that one will not then so what all these bills Senator Pitsch. So I think it just boils down to we want to ensure that we don't become a state that makes the national news and and in terms of ensuring whether you're Republican or Democrat you want to make sure that the intent of the election integrity laws of the state cover and this is a full and open process that will be of extremely public and transparent. One more question how many reports. File with the secretary of state's office challenging the integrity of the. I do not have that data thank you. Anymore questions. Anyone wish to speak against. Which begs for Senator Tucker you're recognized to speak on. Thank you madam president members I'll be brief I understand what's center page trying to do here and I'm really supportive of the notion to make sure they elections always run smoothly in the and the way they're supposed to run. Part of the process of the bill is that a county can be audited and no one likes to be on it is going to be a significant undertaking for that county every single time it takes place as Daniel Schultz the exact address the state board of election commissioners said one wearing Committee fifteen counties will be audited every election cycle so over the course of a decade everybody gets audited once that makes sense to me that's not exactly what the bill says it just says you'll select fifteen counties randomly after every election but Mr Schultz testified in committee that he would make sure that and and the rule making process and and the way that is administered that all seventy five counties will be audited once over the course of a decade and I take Mister fields as what I've got no concern about that the second way that a county can be selected to be audited is if the state board of election commissioners receives reports of some nefarious election activity and they make a two thirds vote for council be audited I got no problem with that either once again. You have a report that brought something to the attention of the state board of election commissioners and then secondly in a public discussion a public vote the state board has a takes a two thirds vote for that county to be audited then there's a third way for a county be audited this is really where my concern is join performance of you can select any county they want to be audited at any time so there's no restriction on that they don't have to have a basis for conducting the audit and I'm just concerned that J. P. R. will be auditing some counties more than others and I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out which counties will be the subject of audit more than others of J. P. R.'s making those requests I would go for the bill if that J. P. R. provision was not in there again I'm supportive of the notion but with that I think that subject for abuse and so because of the inclusion of that one J. P. R. process I'll be voting present on the bill. Question for Senator Tucker center days you're recognized here but is is it random that's that's where I want to understand your understanding or perception of of that process to choose an audit because I knew that as as a random so you sound like you were treated as a potential to target certain counties areas difference is that correct what's your perception of that so there's there's three different ways for county to be selected to be audited and they're totally independent of each other so can be one of any of the three ways the first manner is totally random. they'll be fifteen counties after every election cycle Mr Sewell says he'll make sure that it's a different fifteen counties every time so that are over the course of a decade each county will be auditor randomly once. I got no problem with that the second manner in which the council can be selected be audited is if there's a report of some problem that occurred in that county like happened in Phillips County this last election cycle is an example that I might think of that's brought to the attention of the state board of election commissioners. Then the state board takes a two thirds vote to audit that county no that's not random but I also don't have a problem with that because there's a legitimate report being brought to the state board of election commissioners they have a public discussion at a public vote and it takes a two thirds vote and we're select that county to be audited the third manner that a county can be selected totally independent of the first two methods is that J. P. R. can pick whatever county they want for any reason they want to be audited now that's what I have a problem with because I think that's not random that could be subject to abuse and you can the J. P. R. if they see and this is not particular to the members of JPR do we make laws not for personalities but for institutions and so I have a problem as a matter of principle whoever's on J. P. are now twenty years from now they might pick a county and we're just going to audit this county after every election cycle because we don't like that county we don't like the candidates they elect we don't like the way they vote we're going to audit them every single election cycle to me that subject for abuse I wish that would be stricken from the bill. Senator Hammer you're recognized to speak for. Thank you measure just to follow up on a couple points that were made number one the reason why this bill along with some of the other ones is yes we do enjoy a good election integrity in this state right now we will do everything we can to preserve it as we see other things happening in other states we want to be ahead of it so that we can maintain that also number two is being called into question as far as the integrity of the machines one thing that this will do is just to make sure that there is a fair auditing process too sure right now as of last week there were audits that were done I thank in seven counties and of the fourteen thousand five hundred plus audit should it was a hundred percent accurate we want to maintain that fact one increase that to give voters confidence that the system that we have in place is accurate fair and produces good solid results regardless whatever party you're from with regards to the selection of the counties right now it's done in a public forum at the state board election announces it's a random draw this is expanding that same process also reminded that last session we expanded the capabilities joint performance review to be able to call in any a county that there was questionable outcomes are questionable accusations whatever gave joint performance review that ability to do it and so this is just plain additional ground work so I just want to point those things out to you in response to some of the things I've said and at the end of the day what we want to be able to do is make sure that through the election process that everything is done to the satisfaction were vote voters can feel confidence in their in their vote being cast. I Mark Johnson questions for Senator Hammer thank you madam president Senator Hammer Senator Tucker seemed to take exception to the provision that shall be ours included in this list you are a recall chair JPR is that correct this time around the key issue I believe the chair that when you're in the House do not I did do you believe that J. P. R. is a fair arbiter and looks at things objectively in cases that are brought in instances are brought before them as much as as much as I do any other committee that we have down here so this is just another set of eyeballs which include both the our legislators from both houses and and both parties is that not correct I would I would say that is correct I would also say I did not take anything in any of the comments previously stated that would call into question the integrity or anything about J. P. R. any other member I just point clarification with that any any inference that that I believe that too I just want to clarify that J. P. R. is a good committee I guess I should say. I would hope that thank you senator thank you madam president. Question Senator Tucker and center Chesterfield. Thank you Mr president thank you for the clarification Senator Hammer I appreciate that can you speak to whether JVR will be a fair arbiter and twenty thirty one. I would I would hope. I would hope that it would be and I would hope that the body that is currently in twenty thirty one and for all I know J. P. R. may not even be around the twenty third one because it could be voted out by the body eighteen members can do whatever they want down here I've been told and so I think that I would I would hope that it would be yes Sir. But there's no way to know for sure right now is that fair I'm only guaranteed of today senator thank you Sir I appreciate that thank you. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized thank you in I thank god. Senator Hammer to take the question. Some of us some of us have you to spare some of us have you design fair doesn't really matter if people don't have confidence that what we do. The state would you agree with that. Yes and that's the concern I think with JPR. Sometimes when we're in committee meetings it's obvious that. We lean toward our own understanding and that's fine but I am concerned about that what are you thoughts on J. P. R. being the arbiter. I thank the JPR both now and in the future and in the past has been a fair arbiter I think that. I would trust the confidence that the people that send us down here would have faith and confidence that we would maintain that somebody has to do it somebody needs to be involved legislative branch needs to have the ability to intervene or to be asked to take a look at things I have as much faith and confidence in J. P. R. as I do any other are committees down here or any of our other agencies that work down here and it is not anything that is bothersome to me. Thank you ma'am. Senator Clark. Yes. Senator Hammer all you just had a. Of my question but in twenty thirty one or twenty fifty or wherever the members of the APR will be senator and representatives who are elected by the people still have. Let's say team members change differently but yes Sir I would interpret it would be the the senators and representatives elected by the people and this gives the legislature placer problem with elections of voice to to take a will. That's the reason we structured the way it was so that if there is a question and maybe somebody else's and taking a look at it I would hope that the people would want us that are elected to represent them would want to take a look at it in the event that maybe the state board of elections and then the question is what's the state board of elections going to look like in twenty thirty one I think all these things that we are doing now is building toward making sure that the people that are elected or the people that have these responsibility over elections are accountable but also will hold people accountable the people representative serving on JPR have done that on a great number of issues that have been ignored otherwise have an yes Sir going back to when you were very much involved in an issue thank you. Create a good vote when it gets to it. Anyone else wish to speak against or for. Senator your clothes. Thank you Mr president so for me I as you guys know I am a CPA and. Several years ago when I was when I was on a national board in the state board they had conducted a survey that said the the Health the public perceives in terms of favorability in for in favor and in terms of trustworthiness and the constantly at the top either the top or the second profession. Is C. P. ace and I personally believe as does most of the industry that that's because of what's called our our self regulation or peer review not to be confused confuse with joint budget peer peer review we're auditing ourselves. And and so for us to have when we have a long ways to go in terms of favorability in terms of of confidence but for us to have the ability to to. Make headways in the confidence in our election systems and keep that I think this is a good first step and and ensuring that we keep the confidence of the people that that that sent us down here and so with that I would appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed. Madam secretary. Please call the roll. What. Right. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. These. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Johnson. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Hi Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Price. Steinem Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Again on this side the senators who did not vote or wish to change your vote I see Senator Bryant president. Senator dis yes. Senator Murdock president. Senator Davis president. Any others on the side. The side center Hickey yes Penzo yes. Hester yes. Any others. Dotson president. Many others. Please cast the ballot. By a vote of twenty five Yeas three may two not voting and five president Senate bill two seventy two passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three twelve. Senate bill three twelve by Senator Clark to amend the period of limitations for when an action the paternity may be brought. Senator Clark thank you governor thank you colleagues of SP three twelve amends and clarifies of. When you can bring a paternity action of. The most important point is there is no known opposition to the bill of Page two of the. Line ten a proceeding to adjudicate the parent of a child may be commenced at any time but shall only be commenced after the child reaches eighteen years of age of the child in this case the proceeding after Patel reaches eighteen only the child can bring it. it spells out what you must. Due to bring to disprove of of. Vote per hood if you should wish to do that of and the. Change to the law in the very last page of the bill is from the C. N. S. the CNS DCFS and of child support of something that they ask for the DYS that they. Are not limited to what they can do to establish paternity I'll be happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Clark. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator your free quote I'm close to appreciate a good vote Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat objection noted and secretary please call the roll Boyd. Right. Right. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Kroll. Davis. These. Dismaying. DISMANG. Dotson. English. But. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Johnson. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. The key. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. Penzo. Petty. Price. Stam. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. You senator did not vote or wish to change your vote I see centre Murdock yes Senator love yes Senate Bryant yes. Any on this side. Please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty one eight one nine eight three not voting Senate bill three twelve passes please transmit. To the house. Senate bill three fifty eight. Senate bill three fifty eight by Senator days to prohibit industrial hemp that contains certain delta of. Animals of substances to include certain cannabis of services in the list of schedule of six controlled substances in their emergency. Saturday's you're recognized. Thank you madam chair and thank you madam secretary that's a hard to read As hard as we it's hard to watch our kids suffering through this. This this bill. Is about protecting children Senate bill three fifty eight that's why we're here today. This bill bans. Products that I believe are actually already illegal. In fact a lot of our prosecutors believe there are the illegal because there's four cases pending right now with prosecutors across the state related to these these products. Delta delta eight in like products are on the shelf today in convenience stores and gas stations across our state across the country and unfortunately that is the reason me say this the reason that I got on this trail and wine so passion about this is because I believe this industry is intentionally marketing to and selling to our children if you look at packaging on these products there are a lot of them that are multi color cartoon character appealing to our children and to appealing to young people I'm actually surprised or has been trademark violations with a lot of these items as they try to mimic other mainstream candy products but what we're seeing is literally thousands upon thousands of poison control calls across the across the country right now related to delta a products this is synthetic recreational marijuana. That's what this product is that's that's what the that's what we're talking about enhanced T. H. C. items that are sold across on regulated open to the public and open to our children and that's why I'm so passionate about that I don't want my kids I don't want any of our kids to continue to be hurt by these type products out there. In our state today we're seeing increasing amounts of poison control calls on these products. And that has to stop we have to protect our children. This does not ban industrial him. This is this does not stop the textiles in the road manufactures in the the home building manufactures this has to do with the consumer products with more than point three percent THC. it does not violate federal law so we have we have a farm bill that is out there today this is in an alignment in agreement with with that. In fact we taken learnings from cases across the country when other states have have gone down this path of look to this legislation and we've learned an added to make sure that we don't disrupt the inter commerce interstate transportation we related to ten projects. But however if you have any fears of the legality of banning these types of products you're in luck because we have a trigger bill section this law in this bill that kicks into a regulation a trigger. And so upon injunction if the court rules that at an injection to be placed on this our our Attorney General will move forward with the the trigger portion of this bill. I'm confident this will hold up in court I can tell you this has the support of our Attorney General himself Tim Griffin has the support of our governor and her staff has put support of our secretary of agriculture what's ward in many others we work together with the Department health on the language of this bill. And courage you to vote for now if you are let's say you you don't care that has all the support of those members those agencies and I just said is mentioned. I will tell you you will care to know that our voters in this state are against this these products we've continue to vote down recreational marijuana in our state and in neighboring states. And so the will of our people have told us they don't want these types of products on the shelf these products are acting as a synthetic recreational marijuana in their harming our children and I believe they're harming our citizens and so I'm happy to take any questions related this bill. The question is for senate days. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator your free flows thank you manager. It's insane to me that the opposition to this bill. Is related to the industry that is is marketing and selling and profiting off these products. It's interesting to me that we did not hear of a concern for our children. From the same from the opposition Intel this bill is filed. When we threaten to take away their profits all a sudden they thought well maybe we should just regulator maybe we should care about our children finally. And that drives me to frustration. And so I would urge us to make a loud statement that we will not protect the profits of these organizations of these companies over the protection of our children so please please help me protect our children with a good vote today thank you. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Maddox secretary please roll Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. Scene nine please cast a ballot. I'm sorry. Leding no Loures present thank you for speaking up Senator flowers. Please cast a ballot. Leding was no flowers present. But thirty three a one night and one present Senate bill three fifty eight and the corresponding emergency clause pass please transmit to the House. Senate bill three sixty three. Senate bill three sixty three by Senator Wallace to amend Arkansas law concerning reports of improper or illegal practices Senator Wallace you're recognized governor thank you. Members. This bill. Is to allow the attorney general's office. The legislative audit and the prosecutors to work more closely together. The Arkansas legislative audit currently refers his findings to the prosecuting attorney and other individuals under certain circumstances. That's how we do it currently. This bill would require legislative audit to also notify the Arkansas attorney general's same findings. The bill will allow the Attorney General stay more informed and available to assist local prosecuting attorneys in the state of Arkansas in prosecuting in the. Potential crimes. And Furthermore the current law the tribunal would have to follow up with a legislative audit committee as to the status. Of these matters. So we work together with attorney general's office we work with the prosecuting attorney's office. Legislative audit was involved they all got together and this is a bill that like to help you with that I'll stand by for your questions. Any questions for Senator Wallace. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you are free to close closed Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please will the vote Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Arvind 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. Please cast a ballot but at thirty five Yeas zero Senate bill three sixty three passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three seventy four three seventy four by Senator McKee to amend the laws relating to the county treasurer and financial operations of the county. Senator Ricky you're recognized the Committee president members this is a clean a bill updating language as we have updated technology happy to answer questions. Any questions for seventy. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you are free to close. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please roll the vote Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for all Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero nine Senate bill three seventy four passes please transmit to the House. Senate bill three eighty three. Members I'd like to suspend the rules and put Senate bill three eighty three on second reading for the purpose of amendment. Senator Blake Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules purposes of Senate bill three eighty three on second reading for the purpose of amendment all those in favor please say aye. Any opposed. Is have Amendment one Senate bill three eighty three. Johnson members this amendment this clears up some title the. Work and title insurance issues of that was raised in was in the committee and I'd like to fix that before the bill Ford. All those all those in favor the amendment please signify by saying aye. Many oppose ayes have it Amendment. Dot Senator Ingram. Senate bill three ninety seven Senate bill three ninety seven by Senator Dobson to amend the administrative procedure act and rollout mistreated Education decisions to be served electronically. Senate often you're recognized. Thank you madam president members Senate bill three ninety seven is is a I mean it's something I can't even believe as amending done already but we need to change a law and allow allow for a electronic or email notification of administrative adjudicative decisions that are made by the Department of Human Services it does require that the party consents to receiving their communications by email so. That's all the bill does. If you have any questions. At questions for which a good vote. Anyone wish to speak against or for the senator has close any objection rowing the boat. As secretary please roll Boyd Bragg 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 senator wish to change her vote saying nine please cast the ballot. By votes at thirty five Yeas zero nine Senate bill three ninety seven and the corresponding emergency clause pass. Please transmitted to the house Senate bill four zero three seven before three by Senator but Johnson Blake Johnson to consolidate agriculture boards and commissions to abolish certain boards within the department of agriculture to transfer the duties of certain boards within the department of agriculture and declare an emergency Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized we'll pass over this the Thank you Senator Blake Johnson. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three twenty four by Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed under this name you're recognized all right thank you members this adds a nonprofit agriculture membership organization to the exceptions are as one of the accepted entities underneath the Arkansas insurance code defines a nonprofit agricultural membership organization is one it's incorporated in the law state of Arkansas to as a put physical presence in every single county three has a purpose promoting the interests of farmers or their affiliates in the state and for that provides coverage for health services. Health service for members and their families pursuant to the contract between members an organization or its affiliates I'm happy to take any questions. Senate bill three twenty four by Senator Dismang to exempt certain nonprofit agriculture membership organization from insurance regulator. We have several questions I saw centre Boyd Senator flowers and I believe Senator Stubblefield. Thank you thank you madam president Senator Dismang this question may sound familiar but I wanted to ask again in the chamber so if there's an issue between one of the health care providers and this non insurance healthcare plan is there going to be an ability for the the healthcare provider to just say I don't want to participate in yes that's correct. It's not mandated participation and they can go out and find a health insurance plan just like anyone else in the private market. Senator flowers you're recognized for a question thank you governor. No. Call for organizations and now in the state there would be one that would fit the definition of all four parts that's farm bureau Palmeiro yes ma'am. So we're exempting. This is to allow them to establish a health insurance plan for the members as a member benefit our option for the members and I said we've already got several scenarios in which that can occur this adds into the list that they would be able to go out in and explore that in an attempt to make that happen that's something that already exist in seven other states in fact exist and Tennessee and has been successful for seventy five years the issue is it and as we all know health insurance is very expensive it's very difficult for a farming family specially if the husband and wife both spouses want to work on the farm you're finding right now that often times one of those two has to seek employment someone else somewhere else just to be able to have health insurance so this is just hopefully to be able to create option to help our farmers in the state defy to have affordable health insurance the plans at least you know pulmonary the goal is to mere that of a bronze or silver plan that would you currently think of on the ACA. For mineral sales or insurance they say they sell property and casualty insurance they do not sell health insurance I mean I well. They can sell Blue Cross blue shield plans but this is separate apart that this is a member benefit that the opposing that would be available to members to select if they chose to do so. And so. They have a health care plan. It wouldn't be subject to. Regulations by the insurance department could be very similar to a self funded plan which is already has the ability to stab us their own plan designs. So this is this is something that fifty percent of all health insurance plans state it's already I mean that's already how it works so we're not we're not it is not a wild notion. So if there was a claim filed by one of the members. That purchase this health insurance from farm bureau. Would they not have the ability to go through the insurance department to. If complaint and address whatever their concern is yep my understanding that complaint process would need to exist inside the plan not with the insurance department. So they inside that they could say you agree to go to mediation with some. Body they made in the. But now the one thing you've got to remember the whole goal is to make this something that successful for the members and if it's not something sex success for the members of benefits for the members that is not something the members going to take in and and then and then you've got a whole of the problem all the way around so I mean it yes we can make that argument but I would also say they've got a very vested interest to make this work at any given because of what they're trying to do is create a new possibility for their members to have affordable health insurance and and be able to. I would think you would agree that a lot of times. People don't understand their health care plans. The companies that are large companies. It question is. This. Because there are has a membership base that. The membership vote for this yes it's it's actually one of the at my understanding you've probably been getting the emails one of the bigger issues if not the biggest issue for then the session. Not right for the. I don't think it's quite that controversial but. We have another question on the side not Senator love you're recognized for a question. Thank you. Thank you governor Senate this thing I just want to clarify something the party said of the state. This operate like a self insured plan yes usually yes all right. Any other questions for Senator Dismang. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please well the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis duties Dismang Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me kidi Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Senator flowers present any of the senators. Please cast a ballot by both at thirty forty eight zero name one president Senate bill three twenty four passes. Transmitter House. Senate Dodson you're recognized. Need to make a motion to suspend the rules to amend Senate bill three sixty nine for but on second reading. And it's just co sponsor amendment. The by Senator Johnson to suspend the rules. The purpose of amendment on second reading. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it members three Senate bill three sixty nine. Senate Aksener recognized thank you that's what the amendment is is that co sponsors appreciate a good vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Many of those. Is habit. Please enter. Senator Dismang. And we need activities it. We don't do these one at a time. We did okay. All right members you bear with me we talked about this is a a little bit ago we're going to do is go and adopt the amendments today that way these bills can be engrossed night and we can run them as engrossed tomorrow that's majority everything that I'm aware of is a you know we're adding the sponsor whatever maybe so I'm going to spend suspend the rules several times to drop very sentiments and you're good to go and so yes ma'am. Senator flowers you're recognized. Thank you governor. So would just the bill right before you got to the will this be three six nine will that be one that'll be voted on tomorrow or. Tomorrow so all the ones you're about to name all. You go into a girls and then we'll vote on them tomorrow right and then I can assume that that's the end of the agenda today. Know what we have House bills we have House bills today. I thank I thank. What does the house hello we have read the in the Senate counter. The other bills that are listed here on the agenda no one's coming before today I'm not aware of any. We do have a. Budget we have a budget budget counter. That not not aware of any. All right members make a motion to suspend the rules on SB seven or Senate bill seven and to adopt the amendment. We can't find seven okay. Getting all right members make a motion to suspend the rules adopted minister amendment three to Senate bill eight. Amendment three to Senate bill eight. To suspend the rules. To adopt the amendment three to Senate bill eight. All those in favor signify by saying aye. I haven't. Okay. Have you seen the amendment so it's just amazing nation okay these are all amendments that were adopted with the exception one for Senator Tucker that were adopted in the committee today the issue is is if we don't do this today and tomorrow we're going to drop the amendments in the bill won't be heard until two Mondays from now and so to be able to get these things heard and kind of move that process not my option you might want to see I want to make sure that it's saying these amendments I know I have not yes I'm supposed to vote on a bill with him. And I'll explain Senator Tucker is amended that's what it's about. All right so we get on that one. Amendment three to Senate bill eight. All. All those in favor of amendment three Senate bill eight signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it members adopted. Our members are gonna circle back to Senate bill seven to make a motion to suspend the rules to adopt amendment three to Senate bill seven. All in favor say aye opposed. I've had amendment three to Senate bill seven. All right members make a motion to adopt amendment one to Senate bill eighty six. Okay. All the favor of adopting amendment agreed to Senate bill seven which would just suspended the rules to take up please signify by saying aye. Many opposed. As. Amendment agreed to settle seven is adopted please send take a moment one Senate bill eighty six. I make a motion spin the rules the document one Senate bill eighty six all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it. Amendment one Senate bill eighty six. All those in favor of adopting Amendment one Senate bill eighty six please signify by saying aye. Any of those. Is have it members adopted please send a gross. Per. All right members make an amount or a motion to suspend the rules document one Senate bill three oh six all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Any exposed as having. Amendment one Senate bill three oh six. All those in favor of adopting Amendment one Senate bill three eighty six please signify by saying aye hi. Those guys have been adopted. Where your committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty nine by Senator Penzo recommend to pass as amended number one. Members make a motion to suspend the rules stopped Amendment one Senate bill three eighty nine. Please signify by saying aye. Any oppose ayes have it Amendment one Senate bill eighty three eighty nine. All those in favor of Amendment one Senate bill three eighty nine to signify by saying aye. Many opposed. Amendment one is adopted please and then gross. I'm members make a motion to suspend the rules to document one Senate bill three ninety. All favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. As had it Amendment one Senate bill three ninety. All those in favor of Amendment one Senate bill three ninety three signify by saying aye. Amendment one Senate bill three nine is adopted and doing gross. All right members make a motion to suspend the rules adopted amendment one and two to Senate bill four sixteen amendment two was the one that has not gone through community center Chesterfield and it is to. At a co sponsor. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I'm in Amendment one Senate before sixteen. All those in favor of Amendment one Senate bill four sixteen please signify by saying aye. Opposed as amended one to Senate bill four sixteen is adopted amendments to the Senate bill four sixteen all those in favor amendment to the Senate bill four sixteen please five a saying aye. Any of those. Hi seven amendment to Senate bill four sixteen Dr please. I make a motion to suspend the rules document one to House Bill ten eighty two No Way. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I have it members one house bill ten oh eight all in favor amendment one to House Bill ten oh eight please signify by saying aye I. As head of. Amendment adopted please and in person make a motion in the rules to document one to House Bill fifteen twenty. All those in favor signify by saying aye time. Those. At. Amendment one to House Bill fifteen twenty all those in favor of amendment one to House fifteen twenty please signify by saying aye. Any of. Is have an amendment one to House fifteen twenty as adopted please integration. House bill thirteen thirteen. We will go to House Bill thirteen eighty. House bill thirteen eighty. By representative calling the center Penzo. Senator you're recognized hassle thirteen eighty to amend the law regarding alcoholic beverages and to amend the law regarding tasting events. Thank you Mr president. House bill thirteen eighty is a bill that makes improvements to existing retail tasting event law the bill is not opposed within the industry retailers and wholesale distributors hold in store tasting events so consumers can sample new products and learn more about the wine beer or spirits they may consume. These are educational opportunities that help retailers connect with their customers and help wholesaler's get the word out about new products this bill makes three simple changes it permits wholesaler or manufacturer reps to pour the I'll call where they're conducting the educational testing tasting if they choose to. Current law only allows a store employee to pour the alcohol. The Bill Coates tasting permit fees in half current permit fees are just too high the combination tasting fee which includes spirits wine and beer is a hundred or a thousand dollars which is more than the annual retail liquor license that's eight hundred fifty dollars this bill would make combination combination tasting permits five hundred dollars in a single alcohol tasting permits two hundred fifty dollars DFAT has scored this bills having no fiscal impact on the budget H. B. thirteen eighty also minimally just serving mounts from everyone else to two ounces for spirits three ounces to six ounces for wine and four ounces to eight ounces for beer. To be clear only one type of alcohol can be ported a tasting it's either two ounces of spirits six ounces of one or eight ounces of beer. Importantly participants in a tasting are not served enough to become impaired in fact this bill ensures that the tasting is focused on only one L. call type and does not permit a consumer to drink multiple types of alkyl at the tasting. The purpose of adjusting the poor languages to give retailers and wholesalers more flexibility. For example as many eight different beers to be poured and everyone else servings or four different beers and to help servings or three different lines in two ounce servings which gives tasting participants a wider variety of products to sample. Any questions for Senator Penzo. Anyone which that speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Injection noted madam secretary please call the roll Boyd. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Roll. Davis. These. DISMANG. Dotson. English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. thanks. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Mark Johnson Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King. Leding. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Murdock. Payton. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Rice. Stun. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators injured vote or voted not voted I see senator Hammer no Senator Chesterfield yes Senator Gilmore no. In the role no. Caldwell yes. Sullivan president Hickey yes. Any others. Any other. Checkerboard please cast a ballot. Batboat twenty one yay eight made for not voting and to present house bill thirteen eighty passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen thirty six fourteen thirty six by representative Madison Senator Dismang to amend the Arkansas securities act and to modify certain actions against a registration under the Arkansas securities act. This might. All right this just clarifies disqualifying language regarding felony misdemeanor offenses this mir's essentially what they're already having answer on their applications. Any questions or Senator Dismang. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm closed fender has close any objection to rowing the boat. Secretary please roll the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark for awhile Davis these this my 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 centers who wish to change your vote. St nine please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty five days in a nine House Bill fourteen thirty six passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen thirty nine fourteen thirty nine by representative Madison's dismaying to modify the fair mortgage lending act to clarify the process of sponsorship under the fair mortgage lending at intermission the requirements for a license under the fair mortgage lending Act Senate this mania recognized thank you this bill amends the fair mortgage mortgage lending and to allow the Department securities department to issue an approved an active license to mortgage loan officers and so these are gonna be folks initially then training and in order to help create a more streamlined process especially if they decide they want to maybe move to another mortgage company when they're in process for the the individual that's overseeing their training is fired or or lease their position is to really help the applicant's. Any questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. Secretary please world about Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis dis DISMANG Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stuff Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator was change your vote I see centre Dotson is I know any of the senators. Please cast a ballot by voting at thirty four Yankee one nine house bill fourteen thirty nine passes Bills returned to the house House Bill fourteen sixty nine fourteen sixty nine by representative wing is integral to amend the election procedures of municipalities. Senator Kroll you're recognized this is a bill to uniformed deadlines for various municipal municipality filings the city's the counties of the state board of elections all agree in this language it's simply to bring everybody into the exact same deadlines. Any questions for Senator parole. Anyone with to speak against or for. Senator has any objection to rolling the vote. Madam secretary please rowboat rowing Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral 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 down Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote C. nine please cast a ballot by a vote of thirty five Yeas zero name house bill fourteen sixty nine passes please return to the House. House Bill fourteen eighty one. Fourteen ninety one representative anchoring center board to create the healthcare insurer share the savings for you I can't act and to create the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager share the savings at. Senator boy you're recognized. Thank you madam president House Bill fourteen A. one this bill helps patients with commercial insurance plans which utilize co insurance and deductibles this bill intends for one hundred percent of the rebate for that specific prescription to lower the cost of the medication at the point of sale this is fair for the patient and we'll have nominal impact on the plan remember these rebates don't occur without a patient in that plan who takes that medication the only person who will benefit from this from this will be patients at the point of sale West Virginia has done that without any notable issues. Any questions for Senator boy. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator you're free flows I'm closed at appreciate a good vote think Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please rowboat Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice done Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote saying nine please cast up the ballot. By a vote of. Thirty five EA zero nine House Bill fourteen eighty one passes please return to the House house bill fourteen ninety eight House Bill fourteen ninety eight by representative brown is Senator Irvin to amend the law related to microbrewery restaurant private clubs. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you M. thank you minute madam president members at this bill what this bill does is it just provides parity with regular private club restaurants that already exist so there are microbrewery restaurants and they just want the same parity as private club restaurants so that's what the bill does And it also just and allows a retail purchase and sell for consumption of spirits as liquor just like other restaurants do this primarily is affecting some folks and Faulkner County and and really that's just all it does is just provides parity and clarification that microbrewery restaurants are considered as private club restaurants. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator has closed some clothes representative at thank you. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please rowboat Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell 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 stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote I see centre Dotson know any other senators. Please cast up the ballot. Okay. Sorry. C. D.'s no no more no. Stubblefield no. I say Kroll. Hester noted. No. Any others. Now's the time. Please cast up the ballot. Five twenty eight yea seven nine House Bill fourteen ninety eight passes please return to the House. House bill fifteen twenty five fifteen twenty five by representative Hodges is Senator Dotson to amend the definition of rebates as used in the business of insurance and to modify the minimum threshold value of taking gifts in the business of insurance. Senate often you're recognized thank you madam president members house bill fifteen twenty five just allows for the token gifts of one hundred dollars or less and wholesale value to be used for advertisement purposes and you know things like pens calendars notebooks other items like that are not prohibited to be used for. As token gives. Any questions. I appreciate a good vote. Mr speaking against or for. Senator has closed any objection to rolling the vote. Secretary please will the vote Boyd front Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these this is mine 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. Please cast a ballot for the thirty five eight zero nine House Bill fifteen. Twenty five passes please return to the House. House Bill fifteen thirty two. House Bill fifteen thirty two. By representative Hodges in center Boyd to amend the law concerning charitable organizations and modify the requirements concerning annual financial reports of charitable organizations. Senator voicemail recognized. Thank you madam president this bill had it does three things first of all it raises the total contributions from five hundred thousand to a million dollars for a chat or charitable organiz organization to be required to provide an audited financial statement that'll save charity some money an independent certified public account account will still need to review but this will help reduce costs especially for those organizations that are close to the five hundred thousand dollar threshold to avoid the ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars expense each year for a full independent audit by CPA it gives the secretary of state the option to grant a second extension for an additional three months per request by charitable organization this is the line up with the IRS and charitable organizations that request an extension from them and then third and finally it increases the contribution exemption for entities from twenty five thousand to fifty thousand this will ease the burden on many local our small local charities like volunteer fire departments school fundraisers in animal shelters and aligns with the iris requirement on tax form nine ninety in which is fifty thousand dollars or more. Any questions for Senator boy. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close. I'm close and appreciate a good vote thank you. Senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please rowboat 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 McCaig Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change their vote. Seeing none please cast a ballot. Batboat thirty five eight zero nine house bill fifteen thirty two passes. Please return to the House. Take up the budget. Senator Dismang. All right members these are all Senate bills plan is to batch all those that you're comfortable with batching in any not we will pull out for any discussion separate vote I'm on a you have the sheet at your desk and read through those just let me know if there's any like pull out a Senate bill twenty three. Senate bill one O. two. Senate bill one O. three. Senate bill one O. four. One oh five. Senate bill one O. seven. Senate bill one oh eight. First Senate bill one O. nine. All right thank. Twenty three and that for the department of finance and instruction assessment coordination division of preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four facilities civil one or two of Act for the Arkansas State University Three Rivers the preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year seven one oh three an act for the university of Arkansas community college at Batesville preparation for the twenty twenty to twenty twenty three fiscal year Senate bill one O. four an act for the Arkansas state university Newport appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year seven one oh five and that for the Arkansas Arkansas state university Beebe appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year seven one oh seven an act for the university of Arkansas community college at Morrilton appropriation of twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year several one oh eight an act for the southeast Arkansas college appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill one O. nine an act for the south Arkansas college preparation with twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year. Any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please we'll both Boyd prime 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 Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. Sandline please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty five Yeas zero name. Senate bill twenty three Senate bill one O. two Senate bill one O. three Senate bill one O. four Senate bill one of five Senate bill one of seven Senate bill one oh eight Senate bill one O. nine passed along with their corresponding emergency clauses please transmit to the House. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty five by Senator Sullivan compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty one by Senator Clark compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate three eighty three by Senator Blake Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen thirty eight cinematics committed the gross copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. Senate resolution thirty one by Senator Petty to recognize the Cedarville high school coed cheerleading team for winning the twenty twenty to one a four H. state cheerleading championships Senate resolution thirty one calendar Senate bill four twenty eight by Senator Caldwell to amend the law concerning the pantry research station to allow the board of trustees of the university of Arkansas to enter into a lease agreement the Department of Human Services and clear emergency senate bill four twenty eight agriculture center for twenty nine by Senator Clark concerning the handling reading possession or viewing of electronic related data and about electronic electric related data and is is exempt from the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven for a period of time senate bill four twenty nine Judiciary symbol for thirty by Senator Clark to amend Arkansas law concerning challenges to election results see before thirty Judiciary center for thirty one by Senator Clark amending Arkansas law concerning the handling of absentee ballots Senate bill four thirty one judiciary civil for thirty two by Senator Dotson to establish the conditions under which a public school that operates primarily as a virtual school may offer a statewide student assessment impartial setting set before thirty two education center for thirty three by Senator Irvin demolished Arkansas Geological Survey to create the office of the State Geelong geo Arkansas geologic the transfer of the authority and duties of the Arkansas. A Geological Survey to the office and care to merge is essential for thirty three ACT or cultural for thirty four by Senator Senator Dismang to reduce the number of employees to have a mandate electronic filing of annual withholding statements and to reduce the methods by which an employer can file annual without a status symbol for thirty four Revenue and Tax. Any other announcements. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you. Senate Judiciary will meet fifteen minutes when the German sent. Senate pro. Zach will be calling if you have not turned in your forms act will be calling if you at not turning form and we will have budget tomorrow Joint Budget tomorrow nine AM. Senator Hester. Members will have session eleven o'clock tomorrow as we've been doing on Thursdays they believe that we can have. budget done by nine thirty so if you're chairman you can start committee at nine thirty tomorrow just because of how busy our agendas are getting you may consider that but here's a new members we have almost fifty bills are counted Morrow we recognize that we're leaving we're gonna be gone for a significant recess so we're gonna do our very best to finish that tomorrow but as some you new members may know when it gets to House bills we may consider batching them so we will talk more about that tomorrow when we get to that time. Yeah. Senator Hester I remind the body that we are Razorbacks play three thirty tomorrow. Senator English. Yeah other members to to to clarify if you're chairman and it's on your calendar ten you gotta started ten but you may say you know ten minutes upon adjournment of budget if you got a full calendar the X. thirty minutes matters to you in in in your committee just make sure you adjusted whatever's on the counter okay thanks. Senator English you're recognized. In a House and Senate education committees will meet fifteen minutes after German for the lottery scholarships. Senator Rapert you're recognized. Members if you have a bill that is basically non controversial that you need to run through public health I will call a meeting at the call of the chair upon adjournment tomorrow after session and just trying to these are for Senate bills not for House bills so if you have a Senate bill that you want to move through public health I will allow for us just on Senate bills not House bills that are non controversial we will have a call of the chair upon adjournment for public health tomorrow afternoon thank you. Senate. Centers this weekend of the Arkansas run for the fallen is a non partisan remembrance team of runners will run a hundred and fifty five miles starting in Ozark and ending in Little Rock on Sunday they will have a ceremony though this post and at two o'clock the ceremony will be at two thirty. And it will be at the angel memorial I believe is what it's called but that'll be Sunday here at two thirty the Arkansas run for the fallen. Thank you senator McCain senator Davis. At members we have personnel were finishing up from this morning personnel ten minutes upon adjournment none of the items or controversy all so we think we'll get there pretty quick in time for joint education for anyone that's both on personnel and education thank you. A further announcmenet. Senate stand and Germans to the clearing of the desk until eleven AM tomorrow March sixteenth.