Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs- House

Places you could be today but we appreciate the quorum thank you guests and stakeholders for being here as well without objection we're going to skip over house bill fourteen twenty five today and move to Senate concurrent resolution for. As representative gene is here to present that. I feel Jennifer yourself you're recognized to present your resolution. Thank you madam chair members of the committee for state representative Lane Jean this is a concurrent resolution that we're doing for the elementary school in Emerson Arkansas within my district it's One of two schools in the state that received a Blue Ribbon of recommendation recommendation and Bryant was the other one. Which is one of the largest schools the state immersion with the smaller schools of state so what this tells you is it doesn't matter the size of the school. You can get a good education anywhere if you have the right teachers parents school board and in the community behind yeah and the community is definitely behind Emerson we've already honored the the school board and we had some the students and the principles and some teachers down the sanity and so we're just trying to finish this resolution out to send this back in person so they can hang on the wall of the schools and it's a it's a great honor that what they've done is is closed the the gap between the lower student in the and the high students so they're they're they're they're making progress on educating young children so this that's what the Blue Ribbon is all about but I'll take any questions. Are there any questions by committee. Seeing none is there anyone here in the audience to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. What's the will of the committee. I'm sorry would you like to close the resolution hello okay I just took that for granted in the okay. Springer what you're. Motion. Okay we have a motion to pass. We have a motion do pass with the geographical references all in favor say aye. Opposed no. Congratulations you passed a resolution thank you madam chair thank you members of the committee. Okay we're going to move back up on the agenda to House resolution ten twenty two and I believe are presented to consent to present that. Thanks. Thank you madam chair I'm president is for a representative Haak she's got another K. as a couple different positions you today but it is very simple it is just a recognized asylum springs chair teams there and it's not my district but their neighbors they've won two national and state championships which all you guys know national state championships are big deals in whatever sport or area you achieve it in so which that you just want to recognize them. Thank you are there any questions by committee. Anyone here to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. July to close for resolution I'm close by make a motion to pass thank you have a motion to pass all in favor say aye. Opposed no. Education's youth pastor resolution thank you welcome and also we will have another resolution by representative Graham like House resolution ten twenty three. thank you manager House wrist resolution ten twenty three is a I'm comes directly out of my district we have a a private Catholic middle school in our district that One the Department anti national school science bowl regional competition this is going to allow them to go to DC and compete in a national competition here in a few months so we are simply recognizing their achievement and ideally we're gonna if we pass this resolution was if the kids can afford Pitsch that day we uh announcmenet for some. Two or three questions by committee. Anyone here to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. Joint close for your resolution I'm closed. Anything else you'd like to say I guess of the motion okay thank you we have a motion to pass all in favor say aye. Lows NO. And while you're there would you like to present House resolution ten twenty five please thank you. without objection. Okay thank you so House resolutions in twenty five is a resolution that is near and dear to my heart Watson asked if I could Senate today it's recognized Hicks funeral home for eighty nine years of service to the hope community he there was. He said there is a senator made in Chesterfield I I forget the name who that brought this to him to run over here and it is again it's just recognized sixteen home for eighty nine years service the hope community. Thank you are there any questions by committee. Anyone here to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. Joint to close your resolution and clothes and a motion to pass thank you have a motion to pass all in favor say aye. Pose no congratulations you pass the resolution feature. Okay and now back up to House resolution ten twenty four we have an amendment thank you that will be coming around to you. Just. Okay members representative Scott has signed on the amendment in person and now she has asked representatives from the to present it to we will start with The Amendment. You're recognized. Good morning thank you Mr madam chair The Amendment is to add yours truly representative Springer as a co sponsor of this resolution. Are there any questions on the representative fight you're recognized. The. I just wanna be sure that this is as it should be it has represented Springer as a cosponsor of the bill when the Senate actuality a resolution does that matter. Good point. Well I'm not sure because but just tell me he can't make that call. So. Is this a timely matter you have people. To both of you have a group coming they're coming on Monday. So yes so. I certainly have no objection whatsoever what you're do without objection we will hear it pass it deal that with that today and then and then later maybe deal with that in between now and Monday. Okay so you say you want to pass until Monday I'll go off well here will do whatever motion we're going to go ahead and hear it today okay all right thank you thank you for sharing that no one thank you madam chair this is a house resolution to committee and alpha Kappa alpha sorority incorporated for his contributions to represented Springer I hate to interrupt we need to deal with the amendment alter origin was on the amendment at all element the amendment okay are there any other questions on the amendment. Okay would you like to close for your clothes okay. The correct image recommendation do pass on the amendment thank you so we have a do pass on the amendment all in favor say aye. Lows NO. Okay now you're recognized to present the resolution thank you madam chair now it's time of the I'm bringing this bill it does Aleutian on behalf of every representative Scott and myself as members of alpha Kappa alpha sorority incorporated this resolution is to commend the work and contributions to the community and to designate Feb February twenty seventh as A. K. A. day at the capitol alpha Kappa alpha is a service organization an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University on January fifteenth nineteen oh eight we have over three hundred and fifty five thousand members worldwide and locally they are active that number includes of approximately a hundred and fifty five thousand so with that I would appreciate a good vote. Thank you are there any questions by committee on the resolution. To anyone here to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. Joint to close your resolution I'm close and make a motion to do pass. As amended as amended as amended thank you we have a motion do pass as amended all in favor say aye. Opposed no. Congratulations your thing because you resolution and thank you committee for your lenience on that especially since it didn't make any substantive change to what was going on but just a clerical error we'll we'll get that fixed. Thank you and with no other