Senate Convenes

Senate will be called to order are there any requests for leave at this time Senator Hester you're recognized the call. The. Thank you madam secretary please call the roll bowhead brine Caldwell Chesterfield Clark prole Davis these dismaying Johnson 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 and if everyone in the chamber in the galleries would please rise and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance followed by a prayer led by pastor will be introduced by senator jim Dotson. Senator Bob you're recognized introduce brother Galen here see. Thank you madam president Members if you would join me in welcoming pastor Galen Piercy two give our indication today he is pastor Bentonville radiant life church and long time pastor in good friend. If you would let's bow our heads. Father we are so grateful to be here today I am grateful lord to be here with these senators and this great capital and lord I just I thank you for that so much has already been accomplished to the session and there's so many more things that are on the agenda that has to be done lord your word tells us instructs us that in first Timothy two two through three that we are to pray for those in authority that they may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness and this is good and pleases god our savior therefore lord I just pray today over the Senate what I pray that you will give them the ability to walk together United to walk peacefully with purpose not as Democrats and not as Republicans but as our Kansans United to accomplish what is best for this great state what I pray your continued blessing I can your continued wisdom that we would remain prosperous in this great state I pray in your name lord Jesus Amen. Thank. Ladies and gentlemen and the galleries welcome to your 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 was transfer the reading of the Journal. The morning hour has now begun are there any announcements or introductions at this time. Yeah thank you madam chair I would ask that the ladies of alpha Kappa alpha who are to be on the floor if they would come in please. Yes. I'll have to read across this Madam here okay thank you. You have to go back over it right now okay. I beg it big that year Spartan. Thank you so much for understanding mind over into the S.. Senate resolution S. R. seven to command alpha Kappa alpha sorority incorporated for its contributions to the community and to designate February twenty seven twenty twenty three as alpha Kappa alpha date president alpha Kappa alpha sorority incorporated founded on January fifteenth nineteen oh eight on the campus of Howard University in Washington DC is America's first Greek letter organization for black women and we're as alpha Kappa alpha sorority was conceived by Ethel Page one line L. and eight other visionaries who resides at their college experience should be meaningful and productive and whereas that small group grew to a membership of more than three hundred thousand college educated women they don't they don't listen to what. Educated women from around the world with an active membership of over seventy five thousand women who represent a diverse group and we're as alpha Kappa alpha sorority's membership includes educators heads of state politicians lawyers medical professionals media personalities decision makers in major corporations and the current vice president of the United States Kamilla Harris. And. We're AS well known honorary members of alpha Kappa alpha sorority including Marian Anderson my Angelo elephas Jeremy Jamieson correta Scott king and judge Constance Baker motley we're as local and statewide members of alpha Kappa alpha sorority including judge Andres Leighton Ralph former senator from a hundred miles former representative Nancy Blount former representative will mean allowing representative Jamie Scott representative joy Springer yours truly Linda Chesterfield deputy director for the Senate Assistant Secretary of the Senate Sabrina Llewellyn. And we're as there are twenty one chapters of alpha Kappa alpha sorority throughout the state each chapter is proud of its community efforts in the areas of education the Arkansas economic development and health healthcare were as alpha Kappa alpha sorority responds to the contemporary needs of the black community with comprehensive nontraditional programs and we're as alpha Kappa alpha sorority's mission of service to all mankind began at its inception and as a result the sorority has remained at the forefront of positive change in American life and whereas during each by any a legislative session of the General Assembly a day is designated as alpha Kappa alpha day at the capitol join together Arkansas's constitutional officers elected officials and sorority members from across the state to encourage participation in the legislative process now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety four General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate Committee and alpha Kappa alpha sorority incorporated board service work and contributions to its communities and celebrate February twenty seven twenty twenty three as alpha Kappa alpha day at the Arkansas state capitol be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution shall be provided by the Secretary of the Senate to join your team As Hayes the south central regional director of alpha Kappa alpha sorority madam chair I move adoption of the resolution thank you senator bill all those in favor of Senate resolution seven to commend alpha Kappa alpha sorority for its contributions to the community and to designate February twenty seventh two thousand twenty three as alpha Kappa alpha date please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. I've had tax is. Madam chair I would like to introduce but the point of personal privilege please I'd like to introduce the individuals who have come to join us on the floor to my left. Senator mean representative Jamie Scott as a prognostication ninety five years young. A dinosaur. The thirteenth south central regional director miss Mary Louise Williams. The young lady who was president when I became a member of alpha Kappa alpha sorority is our home is Janet Tate. Representative George Springer. Arkansas cluster coordinator miss Melanie hill here. The nineteenth the spin shall central regional director miss Connelly dismissed. Our international connections and social action committee chair of the south central region misdemeanor Samson. Ladies and gentleman the current the twenty six south central regional director for alpha Kappa alpha incorporated south central region miss joy UT Haiti's. It's so few of us obviously please the those individuals in the east gallery and in the west gallery we're all here to say we're happy to be at the Arkansas state Senate. And I would ask believe of five minutes and I would also ask believed to allow ourselves into regional current director if he could say just a few words madam chair to the body. So very bottom will be at these for five minutes. Thank you so much I am so proud to serve as the sensational south central regional director of alpha Kappa alpha and one of the four reasons why this job is the greatest job ever is the members of the greatest state in that is Arkansas so I want to acknowledge them for the work that they do in your communities for the work they do to advocate for those who live in this state is once said that success is the progressive realization of worthwhile dreams and there's nothing more worthwhile than taking care of our children and our communities and on behalf of all of the women of alpha Kappa alpha in Arkansas we thank you for the work that you continue to do to advocate for our communities thank you so much. Thank you ladies and gentlemen of the Senate I would ask for a five minute recess for the purpose of taking pictures thank you so much thank you for welcoming my friends. Thank you. Back in the order your Gilmore you're recognized. Thank you governor members if you would join me in recognizing some constituents I have from Drew County fine folks of their from Southeast Arkansas feel would just give her by way thank you for being here give them a round of applause. Any other announcements. Senator Leding. Thank you residents want to quickly introduce the three pages I have working with me today we have miss Piper Thomas she's in the eighth grade Haas hall academy in Fayetteville and she enjoys writing and short stories it is in the girl scouts as is my daughter with their general growing Cummins there at the end of the line as an eighth grade Elkins and let's take care of the animals on his farm we have a twelve year old and Graham as the seventh grade within junior high in Fayetteville and really likes to travel into nature for state to be in Little Rock all right welcome all right thank you very much. Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you madam president members I'd like to introduce my page for the day Abigail grizzle she's a member of the order of the arrows for boy boy scouts of America and she's currently applying to receive did receive the rank of Eagle Scout she's on the varsity lacrosse team or school she is a member of the congressional debate team and she's interested in pursuing a major in law society now I think a miss grizzle here probably has broken the record for having traveled the farthest to serve as a page she attends at Brooklyn technical high school in New York City the largest public high school in America she has fifteen hundred kids in our class it's one full city block in Brooklyn it's eleven stories high Abby's parents are very dear friends of mine I have well I haven't lived in the same city as our parents in twenty years and I'm on a tax right with her mom already talk several times a day she's one of my dearest friends of the world and y'all can blame her to some extent because the first time I ran for office her mom was the chair of the Republicans for Tucker caucus so you all can get after her for that but her parents are so committed to politics and public service the centre all the way to little rock from New York to participate in the Arkansas state Senate today so please join me in welcoming her. Thank you madam president good afternoon colleagues. I have the distinct pleasure of actually having my neighbor here with me. This is Mrs Lauren how're. A little bit about miss our. With the GPA of four point zero nine miss Howard go ahead go ahead. Ms Howard is currently ranked number one in her class in Little Rock southwest magnet high school. Upon graduation she plans to ten and pursue a career in biomedical research or engineering she is actively involved in her school's server now on the principal's Advisory Council. As in and also on the student council as treasurer. She is a member of the National Honor Society and beta club and appointed nationals of secretary for the jobs for America's graduates which is the jet program. She's a recipient of numerous awards and honors and has maintained a part time part time employment throughout her academic achievements. You all can you give me a hand as we recognized miss Lauren Howard. Any other announcements not other items at the desk. Yes ma'am. Do madam president will your committee on west Bills to whom was referred senate seventy one by Senator Sullivan compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two sixty eight by Senator Sullivan compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Committee on joint retirement social security whom was first Senate bill one twenty six by Senator Hickey recommend to pass. Calendar committee on Revenue and a joint retirement social security to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty seven by Senator Hickey recommend due pass counted. Committee on joint retirement social security to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty eight by Senator Hickey recommend due pass counted Committee on joint retirement security whom was first Senate bill one twenty nine by Senator Hickey recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill two seventy by Senator Peyton recommend to pass as amended number two counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill twelve eighty five by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill twelve eighty six by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill a House bill twelve eighty eight per cent gas way recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill twelve ninety three per cent gas we recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill thirteen ninety six by a brick representative contract men do pass calendar. Committee on transportation technology less than five years to whom was referred house bill twelve forty four by representative archer recommend to pass as amended number one. Calendar committee on transportation technology the state fair to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty eight by representative makes recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation technology they say the fair to miss for house bill thirteen thirty two per cent Cozart recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation technology legislative affairs team was referred house bill thirteen fifty one by representative Dalby recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation technology legislative affairs to is for house bill thirteen fifty four by representative Holcomb recommend due pass counted we are transportation technology legislative affairs team was referred house bill thirteen sixty eight per cent of Hodges recommend due pass counted. Senate resolution fifteen by Senator Hill. Today is a nice the month of February is national children's dental health month reps out Senate resolution fifteen calendar Senate resolution six by Senator Blake Johnson to recognize the seventy seven seven J. legislative conference of counsel state governments of an office Senate resolution sixteen hours Senate bill three eighteen by Senator Irvin to amend the law concerning the Arkansas manufactured home commission and to require civil penalties addressed by the Arkansas says by the Arkansas manufactured homes Commission to establish by rule Senate bill three eighteen public health zero three nineteen by Senator Irvin to change the name of the Arkansas home inspector registration board to make corresponding technical changes to clarify the board membership and secession and permit renewal notices to be sent by electronic mail Senate bill three nineteen public health Senate bill three twenty by Senator Irvin to provide the consumer protection for in state internet auction sales inside sales to amend the law concerning the auctioneers licensing board and amend the auctioneers licensing laws Senate bill three twenty. Health center three twenty one by Senator Irvin to clarify the definition of a collection agency and concerning apartments removal and vacancies of the state board of collection agency Senate bill three twenty one public health center three twenty two by Senator Irvin to amend the duties of the state board of bar examiners and to aid ministrations states Barbara laws Senate bill three twenty two public health center three twenty three by Senator Irvin to review the secretary to permit the secretary of the department of labor licensing designated person to serve on his or her behalf on the elevator for safety board Senate bill three twenty three public health Senate bill three twenty four by Senator Dismang to exempt certain nonprofit agricultural membership organizations from insurance regulation Senate bill three twenty four Insurance coverage signal three twenty five by Senator Wallace. And that a to add certain gas pipeline facilities an exemption under the utility facility environmental and economic that a development protection act and clear emergency Senate bill three twenty five agriculture. Thank you madam secretary or any further business to come before the body in the morning hour. If not the morning hour has expired we will now begin the business agenda. Senator Hammer. Senate resolution thirteen. Senate resolution thirteen by Senator Hammer to recognize Spring Hill elementary school as a twenty twenty two exemplary high performing natural national Blue Ribbon school. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you the man governor may I request leave for some of the students and some of the school leadership to be on the floor for presentation this resolution. The kids. Senator Hammer. Thank you member stand before you are students from the Spring Hill elementary school they are the student light house leadership team from Spring Hill elementary in Bryant and today I present to the Senate resolution says where's the Spring Hill elementary school is recognized by the United States Department education as national Blue Ribbon school in twenty twenty two and we're as recognition as a national Blue Ribbon school is based on schools overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups and we're as national Blue Ribbon schools serve as a model so effective school practices for state and district educators and others throughout the nation and we're as exemplary highest performing schools are among their state's highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally norm test where Spring Hill elementary school was recognized by the United States part of education as having a strong collaboration with parents families teachers administrators and community towards efforts in educating a student of school students and we're as Spring Hill elementary has a student population of five hundred and sixty in kindergarten through fifth grade and where Spring Hill elementary achieve leader in immediate light house school status in two thousand nineteen recognizes schools a great example of a strong leadership model and of what is meant to be a leader in me school whereas each year Spring Hill elementary make significant gains in student achievement and has been celebrated as an Arkansas reward school and recognized for high growth scores through the offices of education policy and we're as branch superintendent Dr Karen Walters who I regret is home with the stomach virus today and can't be here said I could not be more proud of the staff and administration Spring Hill is so good to see their hard work dedication love for the student's recognizing with National Honor and whereas Spring Hill elementary principal Russell Cheryl said achieving this recognition is a tremendous. Honor like all schools across the state we to work hard and spend long hours to ensure that our students are academically socially emotionally successful every day I'm so thankful for the efforts of our faculty and staff the hard work of our students the support from our parents in the vision direction we received from our districts this community of learners is amazing and I'm blessed to be part of it and we're as the students to Spring Hill elementary school are to be commended for the hard work dedication and excellence in education and now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate recognizes Spring Hill elementary school as a twenty twenty two exemplary high performing national Blue Ribbon school and be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution will be provided to the Spring Hill elementary school principal Russ Cheryl who joins us today alongside councillor terra even the for and also assistant superintendent Bryan school district Pam Kenney and by the Secretary of the Senate members I would appreciate a good vote and these are hard working young our Kansans before you today great leadership team for the Bryant school district and they have worked hard to be one of two I believe schools in the state that burn the status I'd appreciate if you'd expression Preciado into them at this time. Madam governor I'd moved for the adoption of the resolution please thank you senator Hammer all those in favor of Senate resolution thirteen you're recognize Spring Hill elementary school is a two thousand twenty two exemplary high performing national Blue Ribbon school please signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Senate resolution thirteen is adopted the regulations thank you. Man governor may we have a three minute recess please so we can have a photo op if you would please the Senate will be in recess for agreement thank you. Senate will come back to order. Amendment one to Senate bill. S. B. one ninety four Amendment one Senate bill one ninety four. Senator Hester you're recognized. Thank you madam president members this is just adding an emergency clause to bill that we've already passed and I'm happy to answer any questions. Any questions for president pro temp Hugh I think you have members would like a little more than that so right now the the secretary department corrections answers to the board and we're changing the losses are going to answer to the governor instead of the board of corrections this is just adding emergency clause that. Working current on house amendment. Any other questions. Anyone with or for. I'm close all those in favor. Signify by saying aye. Opposed. We will now have a third reading and then vote on the bill. Senate bill one ninety four by Senator Hester to amend the law concerning the secretary of the department of corrections and declare an emergency. Senator Hester did you wish to speak on the bill itself. Yes that's what I just told you that now that is amended has emergency clause to this is a governor signs that the US secretary department of corrections lancer to the governor rather department corrections appreciate a good vote. Thank you senator any questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Center as close. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote well ahead Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator who did not vote who wishes to vote or wishes to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero name. The bill an emergency clause pass. Enroll. Senate bill two fifty amendment one. Amendment one Senate bill two fifty. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Amendment is adopted Senator Ingram. Amendment to the to Senate bill ninety five amendment to the Senate bill two ninety five. Senator Dismang thank you members this is the the amendment that extends out the grandfathering provision also changes the miles that you could have a facility from five to a hundred it was to reaching a compromise between the A. A. E. A. and some of the utilities that is not to say that everyone is supportive of the bill even with the amendments. You're recognized. Thank you we will be voting on the bill as amended if the amendment is adopted will be able to vote then on this is just adopted amendments to it thank you. Any other questions. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Amendment is adopted gross. Senate bill two sixty four. Senate bill two sixty four by Senator Irvin to amend the Arkansas social work licensing board removal racial requirement for membership of the Arkansas social work licensing board and declare an emergency. And Irvin you're recognized thank you members and this is an issue that has come up with in a court cases and is unconstitutional or maybe not language based on those facts be happy to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question yes thank you madam chair Senator Irvin when was it declared unconstitutional and that there are some issues that have been brought to light by our attorney general's office and and and some others that have been working through the language of of our current to make ups and this is something that may removing this quota would allow us to not be discriminatory in nature. So there has been no. There's been no court ruling on this now there is there's the. Eighty Griffin. I think that there's a problem with. I think there's just issues with the way there have been other organizations as well that have pointed out some of the issues and some of the cases that have moved through the court system. Any other questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wishing to speak against center Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against. Thank you madam chair ladies and gentlemen this. All of my life I have tried to work for equity equality. In this great state. There is a reason that these requirements were put into place and that's because nobody ever seem to get around to appointing anybody of color to any of these committees or commissions. I'm going to exercise my own hubris here. And say that I believe that I bring something unique to this body. The only somebody who looks like me and is that in my life experiences can bring to the conversation. Maybe what I say doesn't matter to you but it is important that people who look like me have a voice at the table. We never had one before these were put in there nobody ever saw fit to appoint anybody of color to any of these commissions in spite of the fact that there are large numbers of minorities represented on these on these boards and also who are whose voice needs to be heard I think it's important for people to see folks who look like them. Maybe I'm foolish but I do. I believe it's important that people here a perspective in social work that is not your own. Maybe I'm wrong but I believe it to be so. I believe that in this great state of ours it is important that the totality of the person to make it up I have a voice we never had a voice before those of us who are people of color that's why these were put in here there is no constitutional amendment there is no company or is nothing before the court. Nothing this is there's anything untoward about and they have been here for quite awhile and now we're going around systematically removing anything that has anything to do with minority participation in this great state I think we're better than that I would urge a no vote thank you. Thank you senator Chesterfield anyone wish to speak for. Anyone wish to speak against. Four four. Senator you're pretty close. Thank you members enclosing I don't disagree with anything that Senator Chesterfield side but the way the language in the way things are written do matter and have consequence and I'm just going to point to you to the emergency clause and I'm gonna read it for you it is found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the current membership make up of the Arkansas social work licensing board contains an unconstitutional racial requirement that requires the governor to meet a racial quota when appointing members to the Arkansas social work licensing board when similarly qualified Arkansas citizens would not be considered to fulfill any open positions until the racial requirement has been met that. And that the practice of social work affects the public health safety and welfare and the Arkansas social work licensing board is tasked with ensuring that the public health safety and welfare through the regulation of the practice of social work and that this act is immediately necessary to ensure that the open membership positions of the Arkansas social work licensing board be filled by a qualified citizen of the state regardless of race therefore an emergency is declared an exist. Members that is what this is about it's making sure that all voices are at the table but those that meet those qualifications have the ability to meet and are appointed to these these different licensing boards and all voices do matter and we shouldn't have to have language in there to make sure that we have good representation of all walks of life but that's the right thing to do and we should appoint those folks based on their qualifications no matter where they come from and no matter what they look like without I'm closed and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Thank you senator madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Right. Right. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Roll. Davis hi these. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson. English Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Love. Thank you. Murdock. Payton. Penzo. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Sturch. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senator who did not vote for who wishes to change his or her vote. Senator Clark Is I know. Senator Dismang is a yes. Any other centers. Please cast a ballot. Five twenty six yea seven eight one nonvoting. The bill is adopted an emergency clause read the bill in the presence of laws passed. Colleges transmit to the House. Now HB one one one five. Eleven fifteen member center Madison Senator Rice to amend the definition requirements of a master's sauce therapist within them Matt solves therapists ACT. Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you when president. Members I appreciate the opportunity to join representative Maddox on this bill and something that I believe in that will help the health and quality of life of our citizens that are able to Take the opportunity to have that in its massage therapy. Massage therapy. We live sometimes it resides in and the things but it is truly Something that many of us and I have depended on it for over a decade and I have spent a lot of money on it but it keeps me go on working six days a week and I'm thankful for it what this does is not taking anything away. Doesn't add anything to. The qualifications do you have to have but currently alasan massage therapist can only become a master massage therapist by taking a hundred twenty five continuing ed ours like my massage therapist did we can before last here in Little Rock with twenty four more people so that they could do their trade better in people with chronic pain conditions with many muscle in musculoskeletal problems that they can they can create something it works for that patient's. What this does is just creates another past path were last seen besides their bridge can take impasse over three hundred hours from an accredited institution in become a master massage therapist the other option is still there it doesn't change it doesn't add anything to it it just creates another way the Department of Health approves this and I know of no known opposition be glad take any questions. If not I appreciate a good vote thank you. Any questions for the senator anyone wish to speak against. Anyone would speak for senator has closed any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please well that would have Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. You senator is not voted wish to or wish to change his or her vote. C. nine cast a ballot. My vote at thirty forty eight zero nine. H. B. eleven fifteen passes returned to the house. H. the eleven fifty three house bill eleven fifty three by representative Bob and senator Hammer to increase you force that allow juveniles preferences concerning foster care placements and family time to be considered regardless of age if he or she is of of sufficient age and capacity to reason and to ought to establish Samantha's Law. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am chair if you turn the page to the meat of the bill is captured on line twenty nine through thirty two is reiterated throughout the bill but it pretty well captures is there says an action under this subsection concerning placement of a juvenile circuit court may consider preference of the juvenile if the juvenile is of sufficient a pass the reason regardless of the Jews juvenile chronological age in this is dealing with placed in foster care what we do is give that child voice to where the judge considerably glad to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator closed thank you appreciate a good vote. Senator has close any objection to. Early in the vote madam secretary please roll the vote Board Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral Davis these dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stumm Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker S. any Senator wish to change his or her vote. Seeing none please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine H. B. eleven fifty three passes returned to the house H. the eleven sixty two. Hi eleven sixty two by representative Hodges cincin centre Boyd. To amend the law regarding microbrewery restaurants and to authorize microbrewery restaurants to manufacture and sell ready to drink product. Senator Blake you're recognized. Thank you madam president this bill authorized Arkansas microbrewery restaurants to manufacture and sell ready to drink products this change supports market competition ensures parity and levels the playing field for Arkansas microbrewery restaurants there's no known opposition to this bill. Any questions or send a void center Chesterfield you're recognized thank you thank you manage your senate boy what is a ready to drink I'm not familiar with that. As I don't have a problem with me and I just like to know what that means wasn't it you know because I think a wasn't under a joint joint Senator Chesterfield thank you for the question is always you you asked some insightful questions they're also known as canned cocktails and we pass legislation that define that in in a previous session. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator it's close. Any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please roll the vote so it Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McGill Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice style Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change their vote I'm again on this side I see Senator Ricky is pointing. Your ticket centre Dotson is present. Senate president. Okay. These is unknown. Senator Hammer president. Senator Gilmore known anymore on this side Senator Clark president. Speak up. Senator Solomon. Anyone else on this side Senator Stubblefield president. Anyone else. Please check board. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty seventy eighty two nine zero not voting and five present HB eleven sixty two passes returned to the house. H. B. a Levin eighty six. House bill eleven eighty six by representative Collins and senator Hammer. To amend and update the law concerning immunity options under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you ma'am governor this bill allows for multiple beneficiaries for the retirees retirees survivor annuities currently retiree must choose between their spouse an incapacitated dependent child to receive the survivor benefit this bill allows a survivor benefit to be divided between the spouse and one or more incapacitated dependent children the system actually filed this bill would have very small cost impact a TRS be glad to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close thank you appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed any objection to rolling the vote. And secretary please well that Board Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark pro 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 style seven feels Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast ballots. But thirty four yeah eight eight zero nine. H. B. eleven eighty six in the emergency clause passed returned to the house. H. B. eleven eighty seven House eleven eighty seven by representative Collins is Senator Hammer to amend and update the law concerning the lump sum death benefit under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you this bill clarifies the language that defines a lump sum death benefit clarifies that the lump sum death benefit is extended to to drop participants as well as active members and retirees and the system's actuary found that this bill would have no material impact on a TRS be glad to answer any questions any questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against for for. Centuria read. Thank you appreciate a good vote Senator has close any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark proles Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice from so Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine thank you eleven eighty seven in the emergency clause passed please return to the House H. B. eleven ninety one eleven ninety one by representative Richmond center Stubblefield to amend the law concerning management the sale of tax delinquent lands by the commissioner of state lands and to standardize the use of the term partial. Sanders Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you madam president. Levin ninety one section one of eleven ninety one gives the Commissioner of State land the option to invest in T. bills and savings bonds in the event that the interest rates are much higher than they are on CD rates which most of you realize they were this last year section to have to clean up a problem where the Commission state lands and not have the ability to return back to the county us incorrectly certified parcel which many times are are they have been on the existing incorrect name incorrect legal description the Commissioner Thailand as do you keep the partial sale it deal with the fallout after the sale and return the tire certification back to the county section three five six seven eight nine thirteen fourteen or all simply replacing the ward land and property to the ward partial to help standardize a code section four removes requirements to publish the assessed value of the partial notifications of the sales made assessed value is played no role in selling tax delinquent property since two thousand thirteen section ten delete obsolete language referred to changes in the code made two thousand five two thousand eighteen section eleven clarifies how long it says proceeds shall remain in escrow notice to your section twelve specifies that when someone who is not the owner redeem someone else's tax delinquent parcels the redemption date goes to the owner and the redeem receives a redemption receipt if the owner. Is the redeemer the owner would receive both the date and the receipt section fifteen simply repeals obsolete language. If questions Senator Stubblefield. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close close centers close any objection to rolling about. And secretary please well that the board from Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these this mine Johnson 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 any senator wish to change his or her voter. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine. H. the eleven ninety one passes returned to the house H. the twelve twenty four twelve twenty four by representative Bentley Senator Stubblefield to allow a redemption date or sale of the the council and the penalty imposed if the payment and instrument used to redeem or purchase tax delinquent property fails or fails or is this honored. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized thank you madam president. House bill twent twenty four cents to allow a redemption date for sale the to be canceled in a penalty imposed the payment instrument used to redeem or purchase tax delinquent property fails or dishonored. one of the growing problems with the Commissioner of State labeled lands is a number of hot chicks that are being issued for delinquent parcels and partial redemptions in the last four years a hundred fifty for bad checks have missed have been dishonored submitted for payment needed or just honored for the payment was stopped by the purchaser purchaser our redeemer that added up to one million six hundred thirty seven thousand three hundred eighteen dollars of its insufficient funds are bad checks a growing problem seventy four those check for bad. Section twenty six thirty seven three seven three seventeen simply duplicates language found elsewhere in the Arkansas code it allows a commission state lands to implement a penalty ten percent or twenty dollars whichever is greater in the bill to pay or stops payment. Or the payment is is honored that twenty ten percent or twenty dollars that simply matches what D. F. and I. eighty currently has in its code it's existing language that DFA currently has an immense prior stops payment or the payment is six honored this language is a duplication language found in department of finance administration. Primary problem is that when you write a hot check. You have a second chance of the pay he and all of a parcel up for sale at a TAXDELINQUENT our auction can redeem the property by check just prior to the sale. And then stop. The check will be good and then the commissioner of state lands is stuck with that partial for no the here you cannot sell it for another year. Personal purchase the property tax delinquent auction travel to a partial side after the purchase and decide how to make the purchase one of the examples he gave was a purchaser from Minnesota purchased the property in excess of sixty thousand dollars travel to the property after the sale decided not to go through with the sale so the other state purchaser then stop payment on the check. Let the Commissioner of State land with. Sixty thousand dollars worth property sped business for the state of Arkansas. Close would take any questions. Any questions. You're recognized for a question. Thank you senator Stubblefield opportunity bill that certainly sympathize with the Lancaster's office on the hot check issue shares of ever had US currency or cash balance. Not that not yet thank you. We get going on this little bit options. Any questions. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator has closed. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please well that Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson came Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stones Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Dotson president. The other senators. C. nine please ask the ballot. But at thirty three eight zero nine am one president. H. the twelfth twenty four passes and returned to the house. H. B. twelve sixty three. House bill twelve sixty three by representative Richmond center Stubblefield to amend the law concerning the sales and redemptions Tax delinquent property and declaring an emergency. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. House Bill twelve sixty three. Let me give an example if you senator senator Dismang goes to the sale. And he takes a million dollars in cash with the. He buys a piece of tax delinquent property he paid for with a million dollars. Then he goes and helps the guy who owns the land redeem the land back. Then the commissioner of state lands has to send it is dismaying a million dollar check. So he's paid a million dollars. Could be stolen money the next way to launder money even the feds and state of doctor Commission state lands about this problem. They don't have to by Senator Dismang back million dollars which they do not report to the IRS. But then the guy who owned the land. Can can stop his check. The reading the land for an the state has to hold the land for now the year before the seller. This will stop at. Second even as you were individual what to see if parts settlement for the routing property doesn't property selling today could be redeemed by redeemer who simply want to see if the property sold at auction or not. Of. Up to a hundred fifteen thousand one and thirty five parcels it's going through the process of being retained within the ten day window at least once and then return certified to the commission state lands as tax delinquent. One parcel has been certified here's TAXDELINQUENT ten times and has been retained in the ten day period every single time the next nine round trip parcels it gone through the process the same way nine times. Commission state lands is a budget to process a refund of somewhere in the range of twenty five million dollars simply too large part just a money transfer process that can be totally eliminated by the passage of this bill. But for some of a field center Chesterfield you're recognized for a question. Thank you madam chair currently centers to help me. We have a problem. From the country my. Land say and pulled off the Arkansas state out of state and state so people from out of state can't buy land here is it what is like to buy land. Okay I'm just totally can know people from out of state but later. People from out of the country. I think so yeah. Forgive Ballinger already current law we creating this. And what is the problem. What is the problem yes I'm trying to fix the problem the problem is if someone brings a million dollars to a TAXDELINQUENT sale. Page the auctioneer commissioner state lands a million dollars and then backs out of the sale the commission state lands has to pay him back with a check. With the Commissioner state lands transfer million dollars back to little rock. Okay. Not me one thirty three an individual entity whose home of record is outside the United States is prohibited from purchasing a tax delinquent parcels. That's all that's all in all it already and what you're doing is what. Just keeping somebody from being able to launder large amounts of it through the state lands. All right thank you and tell the conviction. Thank you senator any other questions Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you madam president. Senator these are options only for people who haven't paid property taxes rise not for a loan or anything of that sort Tax delinquent property. so my understanding is that currently a homeowner they can redeem the property for up to maybe ten days after the option that that's what this bill is address correct two names that so what what I was made aware of is that somewhere in the neighborhood of a third. To half of the people who within their homes do it in that ten day period after the auction have you have you learned that are that but for those who don't. And they can't select checkers both payment on it check the last day. It has to go back to auction. Right but I'm just. People in their homes through this process because they have to pay property taxes and so I'm just concerned about people losing their homes and a lot of people with the the taxes after the option up to a third up to I have we're getting rid of the opportunity for them to do that with this bill and and we're gonna be putting some people out of their homes they still have Senator to the Steelers for for half years. To redeem that property. The sale of our forty four half years for for that yes before the auction. Yeah the red they are notified for forty years that's plenty of time okay so this is this is the anti Christ look at I did. Anyone wish to speak. Okay. Senator Hammer you are recognized for a question thank you Senator Stubblefield as this bill in reaction to something that is actually happened either in state or as happened in other states and by any chance that the land commissioner weigh in on this bill. Well this is our land commissioner bill because they've been spoken to by the fed in the State. A law enforcement about transporting large amounts of money okay so this is all a commissioner bill you're correct. Okay. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Well I'm gonna go ahead and do this for I thought so I'd admitted disclosure in committee that I do work for a company by sales tax on the properties you have all heard this before for quite awhile now I think it was not at the top of the notice packet so they're gonna read that best wanna make you aware that I do buy sell tax on property via some particular questions of a bill to help with those two but. President Senate rule twenty four oh six of your committee on Revenue and Tax are hereby report receipt of the attached as closure first from Senator Jonathan Dismang on two twenty two twenty twenty three. Regarding House Bill sixteen twenty six twelfths sixty three. Each bill of with sales tax disclosure property I work for All entitlement the policies that they will have affect on the tax of property. Thank you madam secretary any objection to rowing the boat. I'm secretary please read about. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark coral Davis Davies dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote I see Senator Chesterfield president Senator love president Senator Tucker. President. Senator Penzo president. Any other center with the changes or her vote. Senator Tucker is center Dotson is at present. Any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty ninety eight zero nine. Fite president. H. B. twelve sixty three as amended passes with the as well as the Emergency Clause returned to the house. And. Now we I believe we're going to take a. Fite bills as a batch. H. B. twelve seventy nine H. B. twelve eighty three H. the twelve eighty four eight twelve eighty seven H. B. twelve eighty nine. You're recognized. Thank you madam president so we have nine technical corrections bills on the calendar for today I'm happy to address any of them individually just like with the budget bill if anyone wants to pull a bill out of the batch then we can do that but again I don't want to get too nervous about me sitting here bashing bills these are only technical corrections bills so the for mortgage support we're doing two batches one of five bills and then want to for the the first batches as the total corrections bills for titles five ten twelve sixteen and twenty one if anyone wants to pull one or have voted separately or have a question be happy to take a. Okay. Senator Rapert you're recognized for a bill or you have a question I just I move that Senator Clark to go through this process a little bit for the. Senator Rapert serves on the collision Commission with manta as assisted in this process. What. No one wants to pull any of the bills. Twelve seventy nine by representative Gazaway Senator Tucker to make technical corrections title five of the Arkansas code concerning the criminal code. House bill twelve eighty three by representative Gazaway center Tucker to make technical corrections title ten of the Arkansas code concerning General Assembly. House bill twelve eighty four by representative Gazaway and senator Tucker to make technical corrections of title twelve of the Arkansas code concerning law enforcement and declaring emergencies emergency management and Military Affairs hassle twelve eighty seven by representative Gazaway search Tucker to make technical corrections to title sixteen of the Arkansas code concerning practice procedure and the courts. House bill twelve eighty seven by representative Gazaway Senator Tucker to make technical corrections title twenty one of the Arkansas code concerning public officers and employees. Twelve eighty nine the last one. Any questions for Senator Tucker center love you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. Senator Tucker Mr came to me so I know that we're we're talking about technical corrections. In C. was passed this service in the constitution but upon further review what if something was found not to be technical correction maybe with substantive in nature what what's happening. Member would have to introduce their own bill to change that but that's that's really the vetting process you know with the code revision commission So there's for legislators who serve on the cover version commission the two House members or Speaker Shepherd and represent Gazaway the senators are senator Bryan myself during the last interim period when we really went through a lot of these bills it was senator garner all on the Senate and and then there's a number of attorneys in. Other members of the public who are on the code revision commission and will the number one question that we have that we're trying to to go through is whether the changes technical or substantive in nature if it even gets into the gray area of a substantive change we say someone's going to have to introduce a bill not a technical rex's bill in order to make that change so I mean that's the vetting process that it's been through if if any member has a different opinion which obviously you're you're entitled to to change something that's in a technical corrections bill I think you would just have to fire on separate piece of legislation to change the thank you. Any other questions for senator Corker homes first bash. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator as follows any objection to rolling. I'm secretary please rowboat Boyd Brown Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Crowell Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please pass up the ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine. H. the twelve seventy nine ACT twelve eighty three eighty four of eighty four H. the twelve eighty seven and eight to twelve eighty nine passed return these to the House. Now we will take it. Senator Tucker. What's that sure sure going to. House bill twelve ninety by representative gas once Senator Tucker to make technical corrections title twenty to the Arkansas code concerning public property house bill twelve ninety one member center Gazaway center Tucker to make technical corrections title twenty three of the Arkansas code concerning public utilities in regulated industries hassle twelve ninety four by representative Gazaway and senator Tucker to make technical corrections to title twenty six of the Arkansas code concerning taxation house bill twelve ninety five a representative gas one Senator Tucker to make technical corrections to the Arkansas code concerning Arkansas rehabilitation services. Senator Tucker you're recognized. Thank you madam president so this is the second batch of four Bills these are the total corrections bills for titles twenty two twenty three twenty six and then to the Arkansas code concerning Arkansas rehabilitation services but a member of the question or wants to pull a bill out of batch please just say so. Any questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator your proposed I'm close appreciated well thank you Mr president Senator has close any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary of the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis the Dismang Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By those that thirty forty eight and zero nine H. the twelfth nineteen eighty twelve ninety one H. the twelve ninety four and eighty twelve ninety five all pass please return these to the House now the thirteen eighteen as amended. Thirteen eighteen by representative Cavenaugh and senator Bryant. To come up concerning the allowable rate basis basis for bids for certain municipal purchases and contracts Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you madam president members we discussed this a couple weeks ago this gives municipalities the ability instead of just looking at the lowest cost they can also factor in the lowest lifecycle cost we're term cost or combination of the two Senate back for amendment to add in Language to make sure that they keep the retain those records in accordance with their statutes pass that through I got it just make sure they're covered with it. Five a any questions I've got answers. Any questions Senator Dismang you're recognized for a question and so I'm and I'm sorry I didn't catch this until you're walking up and up so this is for you as it stands right now they're able to the mayor on its own or with the representative can award. To the lowest possible better this opens it up so it's going to me to for test I thank and my question is is so. Who is who is that reported to me says it all post purchase they're going to take this case to the council does and say I'm a determination that we should buy these this item based on these two things. So it's a. Is that in my reading yes to the mayor the mayor or his representative have exclusive power and and typically they'll go through that on the Council whenever they're going through their their budget items so the council's ability to say time out. Let's let's check that again but at the the mayor has the authority they do have the because this is what and that's what I'm under that's what I guess I understand it all has to go to the council anyway. Are you saying the council could only Wardlaw most prized prior to prior to this the mayor had to pick the lowest bid on then seal the biz it was a slow speed. Okay thank you. Any other questions for Senator Breanne. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote. And secretary please well the vote. Boyd Bragg Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senator wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By both the thirty three eight and one may. Thank you committee thirteen eighteen as amended passes returned to the house H. the thirteen eighty one. House bill thirteen eighty one by representative Wardlaw and centers Wallace to amend the law concerning Arkansas's contribution to the national statuary hall collection in the United States capitol. Senator Wallace you're recognized mental prison I like to pass on this bill day. H. the third one is passed over thank. Thank you senator Wallace. Madam secretary or other items at the desk. Yes ma'am where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two fifty five Senator Hammer compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Calendar for your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two nine two six ninety five by Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed I wonder. Any other announcements at this time. Senate will stand and the Germans. Senator ways to have announcmenet centerpiece has an announcmenet I would ask that the body. Members pay just quick announcmenet two things real fast referred senate basketball game is this week please be stretching please be taken pre IB Provan says okay we need to be the House members that are talking trash down the hall is Wednesday spread the word and tell your friends and family to come and raise money for two great charity causes seven o'clock as tip off if you haven't picked up your Jersey yes our wonderful miss Sabrina has them in her office please go by and pick that up so bashful games Wednesday night get your Jersey everyone's needed to be there secondly and lastly Northwest Arkansas chamber is welcoming us to night five to seven PM for a great evening help see their next event next events next level events thank you thank you any other announcements. I would ask Is recognized for the announcmenet I would ask you Mr president the just a reminder rules committees meet. Rules committees meeting in three oh nine upon adjournment thank you. I can't believe we are finally made me by. Any other. All right Senate bill Sandrich Germans to the clearing of the desk until one PM tomorrow February twenty eighth.