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And by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by can't job senior minister downtown church of Christ insurgency and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by represent. That is correct. Gracious god we thank you for the gift of life and for the opportunity to be here today. I'm thankful for the men and women who represent our state in government and ask that you bless them with wisdom and discernment as they address the business of the day protect them from the evil one and guarded their families we know this can often be a thankless role and I'm thankful for those who have answered the call to service in this capacity and pray that you give them long life and your service maybe act with character and conviction help them to listen with understanding and good will let them speak maturity and restraint further nurturing them a spirit of service but they always see the humanity and dignity of those who disagree with them and treat all people no matter how weak or poor with the reference your creation deserves. We know there is no perfect state this side of eternity but as we seek to constantly improve Arkansas the quality of life that it offers give these leaders eyes to see what is hidden in the boldness to address the dark areas when they are identified maybe the word made flesh in this state and in all things may receive glory and praise we ask all these things in the powerful name of your son Jesus Christ they meant. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present but per machine Adam Clark. Cast of the ballot madam Clerk. With ninety nine members present the chair sees a quorum. Are there any request for leave. Representative Jeffrey Wardlaw moves we dispense the reading of the previous day's Journal. Without objection. So ordered are there Reports from select committees. Read the reports I don't park this is thank you for your committee on an advanced communication information technology to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty a big return for the same consideration here the time frame inclination that a do pass thankfully submitted representive orders vice chair Mister Speaker we your committee on public retirement social security programs to whom was referred house bill eleven eighty eight house bill eleven ninety three house bill twelve I want to make the report that we have in the same consideration here three times the same recognition that it do pass as quickly submitted representative Warren co chair. Thirty Reports from standing committees. Durian finish business are there any executive communication. Members our doctor the day is Dr Patrick Fraley of Conway a guest of representative Bentley and our nurses days make sure you bring or. Also with us today in the north gallery we have Larry Teague Dotson and Family he is the former lead singer of the legendary R&B group the bar Kays he is a guest of representative Duffield. In the east gallery we have the Arkansas pharmacists association against a representative a court. Also in this gallery we have former professional wrestler Johnny Morton and Stephen peers they are the guests of represent Duffield. Represent Haak moves we place house bill eleven eighty one back on second reading for the purpose of amendment. That objection remember number one man Clark. House bill eleven anyone Amendment number one. Members were gonna pass over. When a pass over this and come back to it we win represent Wardlaw is here present the amendment. Morning hours indeed madam Clark please read house bill thirteen forty nine. S. the thirteen forty nine by representative ray concerning hate is E. sports tournaments. A pass over house bill thirteen forty nine. Manford. Represent represent Vaught for what purpose. Motion you're recognized for motion motion to re referred house bill eleven fifty three back to committee that's proper motion is debatable represent what you're recognized to explain The motion. Thank you Mr Speaker so I went to committee the other day and right before I went over there the a judge is an adult Adeline I'm ad line item thank you representative Barker because I can remember how to say that they had a little issue with of some words that have been taken out and it was in the best interest of a so the committee allow me to go ahead and pass the bill out of committee because my student was there that help that actually ask for this bill to be ran so they were gracious enough to pass it out I'm sending it back to fix those spots and then I'll bring it back to you and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explained the motion we would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Person Vice close for the motion. Question before the House is a motion to re referred house bill eleven fifty three back to committee all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion passes Madam parks in the bill back to committee. Members for go back up to house bill eleven eighty one. I'm Clark read a member number one. House bill eleven eighty one amendment number one president Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you for your this is a great amend that makes a great deal greater. The more laws explain the amendment would he would like to speak against the amendment. Anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Wardlaw as close for the amendment. Mission for the House the adoption of a member number one house bill eleven eighty one all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted. It's in the building gross amount of Clark. Members were moved back down to House Bill thirteen twenty five man Clark please read house bill thirteen twenty five thirteen twenty five a representative Collins the center as the hours early voting is available and some in the law concerning early voting present Collins you're recognized to explain the Bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I said this bill is designed to get us closer to a standard seven hours for early voting and a lot of counties that you may represent there's just one place that you do early voting and that is at the hours of sept eleven statute in some counties there's multiple places where early voting happens in some of those counties we seen some inconsistent hours they open early they close late and what we found and what I've certainly found is that that leads to confusion and frustration for voters I got so many calls during this past election people who would show up at one of the early voting sites to vote on their way to work between eight to ten and the place would not be open until ten so what the bill does is it says that whenever a county decides to open a early voting location wherever that is whatever place that is it'll be at the same hours that is at this the central voting location for that county which is already seven statute I want to also say that thanks to representative mac Linden she worked with her county and we got language that is satisfactory to the county is so as far as I'm aware there's no opposition to this there have some flexibility if any it it moves us closer to standard hours which will ultimately benefit the voters with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representantes explain the building would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Collins is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill thirteen twenty five prepared machine ma'am Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot matter Clark. With sixty eight twenty three nays and five present the bill is passed madam Clark please read house bill thirteen fifty one. House bill thirty fifty one by representative Bobby. To clarify the status of personal property leased by governmental bodies for licensure purposes represent Dalby you're recognized to explain. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues house bill thirteen fifty one is simply amending a statute that's already in effect on special license plates for city or county owned vehicles all this does is allow a city or county who leases a vehicle for more than twenty for more than twenty for more than twelve months can then apply for a special license plate I appreciate a good faith. President always explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent all be as close for the bill the question before the House passage of house bill thirteen fifty one prepare the machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark. By a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Manafort please read house bill thirteen thirty two. Thirteen thirty three by representative Cozart to authorize a housing stipend for Arkansas department transportation interns representative Cozart you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Ladies and gentleman this is a bill that would allow the Arkansas department of transportation to pay a stop in to the. In terms of they're trying to get to come in and be engineer they're real short on engineers on like a hundred seventeen engineers in Arkansas civil engineering and that they need about seventy of them so the running short and so this will allow them to be able to questions across the state where they're not from Salt Lake if they don't have anybody who lives in that area the only place to live so This allows them to give them a stop and if they do live in that same area the next day at home if they have family notary like stay with them so it's just requirements if they do not have anybody that they could stay with this would give them a chance to it's about ten to fifteen positions could total up to about forty five thousand dollars it's already in their budget this is not new money is already there so. This question you're recognized for a question represent because are these summer interns or the a year long interns can you do you know how long the housing is going to be provided. Gosh I really don't know now it's summer interns it's a three month term. Okay. I'll wait for you. Represent Vaught for what purpose question. Can you tell me where the funds for this stop and we'll come from already in your budget comes out of their budget so is it budget that's already set aside for I'm sorry follow up for stockman for housing it is it is allowable if they can use their budget if we allow it with this bill but it's already in their budget thank you. Rejected by the president Wardlaw. Cozart let the well. Cozart explained ability would like to speak against the bill. President ray you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker college look I understand the labor markets tight but I just I fail to understand why are not needs to pay the housing expense of summer interns Because of legislation that passed last session state government now pays many of our state in terms so they're already receiving pay I believe and this session we're gonna come back now and add on to that by paying their housing look I've I've never run are not but when I was chief of staff for three years in the lieutenant governor's office we brought on probably about forty in terms of that period of time never once did I consider paying our interns and we never had trouble getting in terms and I sure certainly never considered paying their their summer housing expenses their apartment. You know this is money that really ought to be going to fill our potholes that's just my opinion and if you if you vote to give the highway department this authority you ought to be ready to give it to every state agency because they're all going to come back and ask for it eventually if you give a mouse a cookie it wants a glass of milk and encouraging of. Per cent raise spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. We would like to speak against the bill. President Cozart you're recognized to close. All right I really didn't hear what what you said because Wardlaw was been in my ear but Let me go back to what I've got written down here. It's a it's a Senate there we actually found nothing in the statute expresses allotment expressly allows or prohibits a housing stock on but the legislature has by statute specifically authorized place payments of certain stop into certain agencies in the past so this wouldn't change anything this this not in a you know it's not gonna make something be happening this not or happened would happen anyway so legal division look at this no problem so now I got so the brought up that this is going to take away from highways funds to pay you how much area forty five thousand dollars would pave. Probably not the size of this little deal right here but that's not where it comes from it comes out of the house of their funding for their salaries and everything else so it's not going to come from your paving budget to fill the word about that so. Thank you Mr president. President Cozart is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen thirty to prepare the machine madam Clark. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark. By a vote of forty eight thirty eight days and seven president. The bill has failed. Adam Clark please read house bill thirteen fifty four. House bill thirty fifty four by representative welcome to distribute revenues from the additional registration fee for electric vehicles hybrid vehicles and plug in hybrid vehicles under the Arkansas highway revenue distribution law. Represent Holcomb you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you colleagues yes take some real beauties abuse sometime in a on the House floor from your does is it makes the I want me to move my seatmate is but anyway will keep rolling this bill is a real simple bill for those of you that don't know most of you probably didn't know the TDS their state funding from from fuels from fees on electric vehicles and some casino money when two sessions ago when we we passed the big highway bill we we forgot to put that in and out of out of all that how we committee a seventy thirty split goes to seventy percent stays at the DOT thirty percent goes to cities and counties are you can say seventy fifteen fifteen so we forgot to put the the seventy thirty split in the funding on the electric vehicles now this doesn't change the collection of the vehicles it stays the same the fees stays the same nothing changes except distribution of the funds go to the counties and the cities that they're not getting that so if you have any questions about that I'll be glad to answer. Okay if not I'm sure your county judges in your mare's appreciate you voting for this thank you ma'am. Holcomb is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Holcomb is close for the bill the question before the House is passed house bill thirteen fifty four prepared machine madam Clark. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Manafort by a vote of ninety four Yeas four Nays zero present. The bill is passed. Adam Clark please read house bill thirteen fifty two. Thirty fifty two by representative dobby's amend the law concerning the selling of a record of a felony conviction of driving or boating while intoxicated person Dalby recommend. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues a couple sessions ago we passed a bill where you could seal unclassified felonies well there was an unintended consequence to that in the DWI vehicle in voting statute an unclassified felony could be a D. W. I. for three D. W. office which would mean that they could immediately seal those records were as anyone who has a D. W. I. that's misdemeanor they had to wait ten years to seal those records and so anybody who's gotten to the level of the D. W. five D. W. six or whatever should not be able to just immediately seal so this bill would require that they too would have to wait that's ten years in which to seal that record that I'd be happy to take any questions. I would say Preciado good vote percent always explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Dalby is closed for the bill the question before the house passed house bill thirteen fifty two. As everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clark Bob. This past members. Our. From the code revision commission their technical corrections bills someone recognized representative Gazaway what we hope to do its backs these bills as they come forward similar to what we do on the budget process I represent Gazaway. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues what you'll see a before you if you look at the agenda for bills that are on our agenda today house bill twelve seventy eight twelve eighty twelve eighty one twelve eighty two. As the Speaker said these are bills that come to us from the code revision commission these are purely technical in nature they concerning things like Conflicting terminology obsolete language corrections that are purely technical where that's grammatical or punctuation and these are reviewed by the commission during the interim after each session from all the new bills that we pass and whether technical corrections needed the recommended to us by the code revision commission and they sent us these package of bills there seventeen total bills in the package that you'll ultimately see over the course of the session but we passed the first for the judiciary just so you'll know before you voted on they were thoroughly vetted in judiciary we took each bill separately and went through to make sure that there wasn't anything substantive in that they were in fact truly technical in nature and so with that I'm going to read down the list of these bills one by one and if there's an objection to the consideration of the bill will remove it from the batch just like we do with Budget bills and to be placed on the regular calendar for consideration later. The bills are again on house bill twelve eighty house bill twelve eighty one house bill twelve eighty two and house bill twelve seventy eight. Your one vote to be recorded on each bill after they've been read for the third time so Mr Speaker invite you direct the Clerk to read the bills for the third time. I. House bills for seventy eight house bill twelve eighty House bills of anyone house bill twelve eighty two per machine member Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone vote. Cast about mental Clerk. With ninety eight zero nine zero present the bills are passed representive eleven for what. Let's hear your motion. Thank you Mr Speaker motion to re referred house bill twelve sixty six back to committee for amendment. Proper motion it is debatable represent eleven recognized to explain. Thank you Mr Speaker members house bill twelve sixty six had some questions came up this morning really appreciate the input that came out of that like to refer this back to committee work with those that had questions and see if we can get this typed up just a little bit to make it even better. Appreciate a good vote represent eleven. President eleven is close for the motion the question before the House is the re referral of house bill twelve sixty six back to committee all in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes by reports in the bill back to committee. Members were to pass over. Clark please read house bill. House bill one thousand six by representative consent to amend the law regarding employment is requires certain employers have paid maternity leave. Pilkington you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker today I present. House Bill thousand and six is the one the first bills I filed this session back in back in November if you recall during the summer there is the Dobbs's Asian which overturn roe V. Wade and what I noticed in a lot of people notice was that we actually saw that a lot of companies started saying that they would provide abortion services to their employees and so for Arkansas what that meant is they would pay for women to go to Illinois as are other states to receive an abortion by circumventing Arkansas law. They did is they reference what Cavenaugh said is to sit in his decision about not being able to fear interstate commerce and I'm saying that is a lame and And so obviously there is not much we can do about this circumvention of Arkansas's ban on abortion. It was interesting though is why this was going on in these companies are making these announcements what I found interesting was that a lot of female friends that brought this to my attention is these companies say they clarity claim about we care about women but yet they would pay you to kill your child if you want to keep your child they weren't offering any sort of paid family leave. That blatant hypocrisy is where this bill came out of was trying to correct that wrong so these companies that say they believe in choice say they believe in a woman's right to choose. It's not true choice if you incentivize one but not incentivize the other and so that's what we're trying to do here we're trying to give those women who feel like they're in a situation where the company's pressuring them to do one they have the option to have paid family leave on the other so I I've talked to employers who do offer that too often also offer paid family leave and we work through the process of trying to hear it a lot like antimalarial and so that's kind of how we got to this point I'm excited about this bill I think whether you're on the right or the left or something you could generally enjoy about this bill I think it's I think it's a good idea so with that I ask for a good vote thank you president Pilkington is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent Collins you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I you know I do think first of all this is unlikely to really drive anyone to provide paid family leave it's hard for me to imagine an employer seeing this choice in deciding that only with this kind of club being used against them are they going to finally start providing maternity leave but I think the bigger issue for me is this is just such a heavy handed big government move why do we as a government need to get involved in what a company spends its money on vis a vis its employees as far as paying for their travel expenses no matter what it is it's very invasive and I also think that then what we do is we say if you don't follow what we are demanding then you're gonna have to adopt this policy which is an expensive policy to policy I believe and I think companies should do it but I think we should know more required in this back handed heavy handed way it just is not the way I think we should be going about things I'm strongly opposing in again I wanna emphasize I think paid family leave is a great thing And we should offer is competition offered as much as possible and we as a government could incentivize companies to do it but using it as a punishment this is the wrong way to go about it thank you. President Collins. For the bill. Represent Pilkington is wrecked. Thank you Mr Speaker. So it's interesting my colleague brings of invasiveness you know it's really invasive. When you're a eight month old child in the womb and you're in Illinois is. You're getting torn limb by land on your mother's womb because the company would rather pay for you to go across state lines an offer paid family leave that's invasive. Eleven other states already offer paid family leave. I I these companies can these companies will do it the provider maybe they won't maybe maybe they will provide paid family leave and we'll show the for the hypocrites they are but because of that they will not be paying for children to get murdered in the window and with that I ask for consent. The bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill one thousand six per the machine metaphor. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of eighty eight. Bills pass. Adam Clark please read how. House bill ten seventy six by representative Ladyman to amend the licensing fees for septic tank cleaning licensees and to clarify licensing fees Ladyman you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker up Collins this bill was brought to me by the department of health and it's it's really a clean up or clarification bill for the septic tank cleaners I've got a number of questions this morning about this this increase their fees I just talked to the health department a couple minutes ago and they said no it does not increase the fees that they're requiring right now it's very confusing as you all saw this morning so this bill clarifies that but it does not increase their fees let me give you a couple bullets things that they're trying to correct here. This bill clarifies the language that one vehicle is included in the annual permanency so if they pay a permit fee covers a license if they if they buy a licensee covers the permit for one truck. It clarifies that an owner is charged for each septic tank pumper vehicle. That is always the way it's meant but it's been confusing people would send into much money health part has sent it back so they have to pay. Twenty five dollars for each vehicle but that first vehicle is included with the license. there's no increase in the fees current law has been confusing. just clarifies that a licensee is an individual and then at the vehicles have a permit. That's the confusing part so let me say that again I I see some people that didn't understand what I said the first time. When they buy a license it includes the permit for one truck. That's the twenty five dollar fee. Then each additional truck they have to pay twenty five dollars which is what they've always had to do. But they would send an extra twenty five dollars for all the trucks they paid twenty dollars for a license without knowledge for all the trucks are missing the point at all back so they actually pay less with this clarification they do currently. I don't know how to make it any plainer than that. But I'll try to have a question. This gives let me give you some numbers there are approximately two hundred licensed septic tank cleaners in Arkansas. A business may have from one to ten trucks so they're limited to ten most of the businesses have one or two. So I that's the bill I'd be happy to take any questions. Seeing none present a good vote. President Ladyman has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. What I would like to speak for the bill. President Ladyman is close for the bill the question before the House is passive house bill ten seventy six prepared machine madam Clark. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of ninety one Yeas four Nays and three present two not voting bill has. Members are moving to the Senate bills. Madam Clerk read Senate bill eighty so. Senate bill eighty seven by representive Eubanks M. in Arkansas law concerning the creation information of the code of Arkansas. Representive Eubanks. You're recognized present your bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members as a senator Dobson's bill the system he's been working on for some time to create a code of Arkansas rules is a this bill facilitates the implementation of a system whereby as new rules are Implemented the state they're posted to a as. Single site so people don't have to go to all the separate agencies in order to be able to see what the rules are and when they go into effect and that's the basis of this this bill I'm sure senator Dotson would appreciate a good vote. Representive Eubanks has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Review banks are you closing your bill. The question before the House is a passage of Senate bill eighty seven. Repair the machine medical or. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted mobile ninety eight EA zero nays the bills pass. Madam Clark please read Senate bill one eighty. One eighty by representative. Jean to amend the law to adopt certain times the requirements established by the governmental accounting standards board. Representative gene you're recognized explain your bill. I miss Baker. This is another D. F. in a clean up bill this just change words of the to make the government accounting standards board I thought it does any questions. Appreciate a good vote. Representative gene has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. And the question before the House is passage of Senate bill one eighty prepared the machine madam Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. I voted ninety eight zero Nays the bill is passed. Madam Clark please read Senate bill one ninety eight. These rules Senate bill ninety nine. Senate bill ninety nine by representative rasam in the certificate for the benefits for the very associations and to clarify the percentage payable to substitute services providing funeral homes based on membership data and proximity to the contracting on. I representative right you're recognized president bills Senate bill ninety eight. Thank you Mr Speaker got a of a bill today folks is is simple but it's important If you have barely insurers in one part of the state say one town and you move to another part of the state. It's call follow you so in other words you've been paying does to a mother funeral home and you move to another one then the mother funeral home reimburses the one that's actually doing the service and that's all. Our representative Rais explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. The question before the House is passage of Senate bill ninety eight per the machine madam Clerk. Everybody voted. Everyone voted. By a vote of ninety As cast a ballot madam Clerk. Pavel ninety eight zero nature bill is paid. Madam Clark please read Senate bill ninety nine. Ninety nine The representative rack to amend the reporting requirements for burial associations. Representative right you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you again Mr Speaker this is even. Even simpler but it's it's important to In this case. The government we're actually having to send a report from all burial homes. Twice a year and it's is is not needed they all agree on of the burial associations for this all way and basically it just give one report each year of the deathly as it goes to a funeral. Representative Rais explained the building would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative rise and get it is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill ninety nine prepare the machine madam Clerk. Has everyone voted. Everyone voted cast about madam Clerk. By a vote of ninety ninety A. zero nays the bill has passed. Representative all for what purpose. Motion. Let's hear your motion Mr Speaker having voted on the prevailing side in consideration of house bill thirteen thirty two I'm giving notice of reconsideration. How did you vote on the prevailing side. President of all the vote nay I did. Enter the notice in the Journal. Madam Clark please real Senate bill one eleven. Senate bill one eleven by representative Ferguson. To allow certain insurers offer family leave insurance. Representative person you are recognized explained bill. Thank you representive Evans and colleagues of unlike representative Pilkington's bill this bill does not require any payment for family let. This is just a regulatory bill that we worked on with the insurance department of out last year I learned from several other states that they have an insurance product that pays it's a paid family and medical leave policy that are typically of their disability insurance carriers that provide this product not that well that's a great idea particularly you know we've really had a hard time keeping and attracting employees in a part of that is providing benefit packages you do things like four oh one K.'s and of health insurance and this is just another benefit that insurance can that provide employers can provide to their employees it doesn't require anyone to do it but when I came and talked to the insurance department about it Senator Irvin and I talked to him and I said it actually that product couldn't be sold in Arkansas without some statutory change so that's all they see if we work debts of of with the insurance department the language in this just allows life insurance disability insurance companies to sale paid family medical leave insurance. I appreciate a good vote thank you. I members representative Ferguson has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Or the bill. Representative Ferguson is closer bill the question before the House its passage of Senate bill. One eleven prepare the machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about mine Clerk by a vote of ninety eight zero Nays the bill has passed. Madam Clark please read Senate bill one forty one. Senate bill one forty one by representative Johnson to amend the prior authorization transparency act and to clarify that a healthcare insurer from out of state is subject to to the prior authorization transparency active the healthcare insurer has subscribers in the state. President Johnson you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker ACT members this bill clarifies that if you're an insurance company that's located out of the State of Arkansas that is per are providing insurance for a person in the state of Arkansas that you have to abide by Arkansas law as it pertains to the prior authorization Transparency Act not be happy to answer any questions on that bill. Senate president give a thank you Senator Johnson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Johnson is close for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill one forty one prepared machine madam Clark. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot madam Clark by a vote of nineteen ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed madam Clark please read Senate bill one fourteen. Senate bill one fourteen by representative eleven to amend the filing of campaign finance reports to amend the law concerning candidate contribution filings and to amend portions of initiated act one of nineteen ninety and initiated act one of nineteen ninety six represent eleven you're recognized to explain the bill. Members if you filed a. In the campaign report on December the thirtieth and then had to turn around one day later and file a report for that month this bill will clean that up so that you don't ever have to do that again just moves a language that that those reports go at the end of the month not thirty days after the election. Questions. Appreciate a good vote represent eleven has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent eleven is close for the bill the question before the House is passing Senate bill one fourteen prepared machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety eight Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed by a park please read Senate bill one hundred. Number one hundred by representative Johnson to amend a law permitting a law enforcement officer to transport a person in crisis to a sobering center. President Johnson you're recognized to explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker members right now if you want to transport someone to severance center they have to be under the influence of alcohol this change the law to say they would be under the influence of any intoxicating substance not specifically alcoholic that other substance abuse issues so it's brought in here you can and can't be taken to the separation represent Wardlaw happy to answer your questions person Wardlaw for what purpose question you're recognized can you tell me how they determine that they're intoxicated under any other substances and I'll call when all they have is breathalyzer and Kerr it's going to be subject to call in the clinical basis into their center whether it's law enforcement or EMS. President will what. Just recognized for motion what is a sobering center and how many do we have in Arkansas I don't know the number that we have I mean serving centers a center where we take people that we don't think that are either to the talks can go to jail and supplies we can set him up so that they can sober up while they're there and have a place to stay maybe get in contact resources of the treatment. Tosh what purpose question here. Can you give me an example you tell by law enforcement trains transporting someone to a sobering center that's in a crisis I mean other than being under the influence of alcohol or some type of subject to abuse what kind of classes would that would have to occur for them to be taken to a sobering center and not the. Taken to the jail I think that would be up to the officer that was picking them up you know if they were creating a specific disturbance if they got called and saw someone who's maybe stumbling around on the street was a really creating a specific to service our car or disrupting the peace this is something that would see and pick up and then have that option as opposed to use the emergency department or taken to jail this is would be another option for them based on their. Perception situation. Say no more threat no further questions I appreciate your vote thank you president Johnson's explained. We would like to speak. For the. Representive Johnson is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill one hundred prepared machine ma'am. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark with eighty three eight thirteen nays and three present the bill is passed Manafort please read Senate bill forty. Senate bill forty two by representative vote to amend the practice and regulation of counseling in marriage and family therapy and to remove the requirements for full time employment and for seeking additional training and specialization we're pass over Senate bill forty two madam Clark please read Senate bill one thirty two. Senate bill one thirty two by representative Eubanks to reduce a license application deadline for advanced practice chiropractic in the state reserve Eubanks recognized experts. Thank you Mr Speaker this merely changes the. Deadline from forty five days to thirty days it allows the applicant more time in order to get there whatever so I appreciate a good vote absentee banks on the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. I would like to speak for the bill represent Eubanks is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill one thirty two per the machine metal parts. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety one yeas to nays and for present the bill is passed man Clark please go back and read please read Senate bill forty two. Senate bill forty two by represented by some in the practice and regulation of counseling in marriage and family therapy is remove the requirements for full time employment and for seeking additional training and specialization what you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill removes unnecessary requirements for full time employment under supervision and for those seeking additional training and set a specialization this bill will greatly reduce requirements for licenses and eliminate unnecessary obstacles to those who wish to gain new professional skills under competency the the board believe this proposal offers subs gets rid of red tape production have gets rid of red tape and removes unnecessary barriers to loss injury and with that I would appreciate appreciate a good vote represent Vaught has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed Senate bill forty two prepared machine ma'am Clerk. Everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of ninety seven yeah zero nine one present the bill is passed madam Clark please read Senate bill fifty seven. Senate bill fifty seven by representative Johnson to modify the fees charged by the Arkansas State Medical Board into authorize the Arkansas State Medical Board to reduce fees in the fee reduction is in the best interests of the state. President Johnson recognized to explain the. Thank you Mr Speaker members this bill just gives the medical board the authority to lower fees through the rule making process it does not give the forty increase fees and the process so as to get to the legislative body either through the legislature in session or through LC and I'll be happy to answer any questions. Three nine percent event thank you represent Johnson is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Johnson is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill fifty seven prepared machine right of course. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about madam Clark by a vote of nineteen ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. President makes for what purpose motion place that's the motion. After the announcmenet reading the bills transferring the bill's place in the counters on the desk members amending their own bills own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move we adjourn until one thirty tomorrow afternoon that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion passes are there any an ounce mince. Represent Fortner for what purpose. Announcmenet you're recognized this is a little early but I don't get to announce that much work act committees going to meet Wednesday morning at ten o'clock in room one thirty eight. Representative Stan Berry for what purpose you're recognized of the Judiciary meets in the morning at ten o'clock and one for forty nine. Representive hawk for what purpose. You're recognized. It's a moment that we've all been waiting for its the Legislative basketball game practice and so we've got a field are all star team we are practicing Wednesday night at a piss couples with we're going to counters and others a lot of events going on this week but if you wanna play it is Wednesday night at a school high school right here off cancel so I know the Speaker and many others are going to be here it's gonna be at six thirty on Wednesday night so would love to have anybody and everybody like to play. President Dalby for what purpose you're recognized this week is the courthouse of civility dog week in Arkansas and so at three o'clock in the rotunda come out and see the new facility dogs this is the result of legislation from a couple of sessions ago. Represent wing for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House Management meets right now upon adjournment in room one thirty eight represent eaves for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized Revenue and Tax me tomorrow morning in room one fifty one ten AM. M. Johnson for what purpose you're recognized that public health me tomorrow ten AM room one third represent maker for what purpose. Announcmenet you're recognized. The Arkansas pharmacists association is hosting a legislative reception right down the street from here at the corner of victory and capital and their brand new building we would love for all of you to come down from six to eight PM. The end. I appreciate a good showing. Represent eleven for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House education will meet tomorrow morning ten AM room one thirty eight. President Graham like for purpose announcmenet you're recognized as Wednesday February fifteenth is the birthday of Susan B. Anthony I ask that you wear a bow tie to celebrate the work she did for the passage of the nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote. Any other announcements. If not the desk will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion The