Senate Convenes

The Senate will be called to order any. Request for leave at this time. Senator Hickey. Related. Thank you. Anyone else. And secretary please call the roll ready. Boyd Bryant's Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stones Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary and this time I'd like to recognize Senator John Payton to introduce at pastor grant Bennett Inc you all would please rise after the introduction before the bill to the pledge allegiance following for it thank you madam president colleagues like tax leave first of all from a pastor and his wife grants an inventor to to be with us here on the floor. Thank you and the. If you'd looked in our we went to school together and if you look in our your book I don't think anybody within predicted to be a politician bill less likely than myself probably nobody less likely to be a pastor them brother grant now I'm sure isn't something in there about sending me in an angel she always has been but I'm blessed to be able to attend church or somebody that knows my past and still accepts me in church and that's like my lord and savior Jesus Christ who knows my past is still accepts me but brother grant has been a great mentor to me the great pastor and I'd ask all to welcoming for the morning for. This press three for the guy to we're just so grateful father for your grace and your mercy. We pray father that the. You would watch over this chambers father and just to be with each one of the senators lord and we thank you for the men and women that have. I made a commitment to this this state to serve in the same time lead we pray for you give them wisdom and knowledge to do so And father we just. Okay that each one knows your son Jesus Christ the only begotten son of god. What he done a county's cost they might have eternity with you. To pay for the just with that encouraged employed at that end of the day a father that everything's been done if things come across their their the tables lord discussion followed just a magnify him in please you pay the protection of their homes safe travel thank you for the ten the governor we thank you for each of each person here father in their and their respective districts thank you for by the job in a part of our church and a great friend we ask all these things in Jesus name amen. For all. Thank. And I want to note that I'm always tell folks from my part of the state of mind and center pays for a state because a we're versatile clothing and so I like that person shall jacket you have on the server so welcome to the Senate to both of you all. Ladies and gentleman and the galleries welcomes the 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 central dispense of the reading of the Journal of. The morning hour has again are there any announcements or introductions at this time Senate boy you're recognized. Thank you madam president just wanted to make sure everyone saw one of these cards on the desk and to remind the Alzheimer's and dementia where this day is Wednesday February fifteenth and to remind you to wear purple I guess that on next Wednesday I guess that's why I was asked to do this because I happen to be wearing purple thank you. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you madam president colleagues I call your attention in the west gallery two wonderful group of young people escorted by our friend former Speaker Jeremy Gillam this is a student government association for the university of central Arkansas please help me welcome them if you need a purple tie for the extreme the Speaker can help you. Central. Thank you ma'am president we have a group from Nevada County leadership here today they are in the V. I. P. please make them very well come. Senator Wallace. Governor members alike to recognize my friends from Blytheville Arkansas the the global chamber of commerce this is our leadership class they do every year get twenty five thirty of our brightest young folks different industry across the board and they come to see how we operate hello bobble. Senator Tucker. Thank you madam president I want to welcome the doctor of the day today Dr John Shaw who practices at UAMS right near the capitol in anesthesiology and pain management and our nurse of the day miss Brenda Hewitt please welcome into the Arkansas state Senate. Miss you would ask me to make sure that all of you all are aware that if you don't have any Valentine's day plans yet there's a flu shot clinic that they're going to take care of right over here in the capital infirmary right around the corner at the bottom of the stairs up to the up to the east gallery and that's from nine AM to two PM on February fourteenth free flu shot so if you have got your flu shot yet are you. Centreboard. For senator Hammer I want to enter introduced his pages today and so first of all we got Willie Tackett age sixteen from been in high school. And then we have vote vote Goldthorpe age fifteen from Glen rose high school and we have Jerry Tackett seventh grade from been middle school thank you for being. no other announcements Madam Secretary order items at the desk yes madam president will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill five by Senator Hill report that we have carefully compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed agriculture we are committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill ninety four by Senator Hammer report that we have carefully growth carefully compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed revenue will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one twelve by Senator Boyd report that we have carefully compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed public health we are a committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one twenty five by Senator Sullivan report that we have carefully compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Cation will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one seventy eight by Senator Hammer report that we have carefully compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed insurance. We are committee on aggravating was referred Senate bill two O. nine by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted we are committee on Agra two is a first senate bill two ten by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted we are committee on Insurance and Commerce was referred house bill twelve sixty five by representative Dalby recommend due pass. Calendar we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill thirty four. By joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill thirty seven by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill sixty nine by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seventy by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill two fourteen by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on state agencies and governmental affairs in the deferred Senate bill one ninety four by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted we are committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill one ninety six by Senator Tucker recommend to pass as amended number one calendar we are committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill eleven ninety eight by representative Graham like recommend to pass state agencies. Senate bill two thirty three by Senator Tucker to clarify the length of time for which an application for an absentee ballot is effective to amend the law concerning absentee ballot applications and to amend the law concerning voting by absentee ballot Senate bill two thirty three state agencies Senate bill two thirty four by Senator Tucker to clarify create uniformity in and simplify the absentee ballot process into middle law concerning the application for materials furnished to qualified voters with an absentee ballot Senate bill two thirty four state sens Senate bill two thirty five by Senator Tucker to create the Arkansas absentee voter integrity Act of two thousand twenty three some in the law concerning counting absentee ballots to amend the law concerning elections and to amend the law concerning the duties of the secretary of state Senate bill two thirty five state agencies Senate bill two thirty six by Senator Hester to establish licensure for prescribed pediatric extended care centers by the department of health and for the Arkansas Medicaid program to reimburse prescribed pediatric extended care center Senate bill two thirty six public health. Any other business if not the morning hour has expired we will now start the business agenda. And secretary H. C. R. one thousand one house concurrent resolution ten O. one by representative ray to urge Congress to permanently extend the tax cuts and jobs act of two thousand seventeen. Senator Dotson you're recognized thank you madam chair members of this house concurrent resolution one thousand one simply encourages Congress to extend the current tax cuts that are set to expire December. Sorry I lost the date December thirty first twenty twenty five if you recall when the tax cuts and jobs act was passed in twenty seventeen there's about a ten year time for many of the things that were cut were temporarily cut and they would automatically revert to the old tax rates so this resolution encourages Congress to extend those items. I'm happy to answer any questions. Any questions for the senator not appreciate a good vote. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. All those in favor. The vote to concurrent resolution please signify by saying aye. He opposed. Is haven't. Passes concurrent resolution return to the House. S. the seventy one. Amendment to the Senate bill seventy one. Senator Solomon thank you governor folks this is a very short just changing the House sponsors all but it does not appreciate a good vote thank you. Any questions Senator Solomon anyone would speak against. For. Senator has closed. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. Is haven't. Has passed Senator Ingram. One two S. B. one eighty nine. Amendment one to Senate bill one eighty nine. Senate thank you madam governor of members this is senator Evans bill in her amendment and what will happen is a it'll go to engrossing come back. Any questions. Anyone wish to speak against. For. Senator you wish closed. Yes I'm close. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. It's passenger engrossing. One two S. B. one ninety three amendment one to Senate bill one ninety three. Senator Hickey you're recognized. Okay same as this one assigned just as other wonder if you would to Senator Irvin as. The Senator Irvin as bill Centerbridge bill in her amendment thank you. Anyone had questions wish to speak against before. Centers. Close thank you. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed. It passes censuring gross. Because Senator Irvin is not here we are going to pass SB one eighty seven in S. B. one eighty eight. I move to the House bills Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized. Leave for Senator Hill please. Got it okay sorry as other. House bill ten twenty six by representative ray and senator Payton to prohibit local governments from enacting an income tax. Senate pay here recognized. Thank you madam president colleagues is the real simple bill the problem doesn't currently exist in Arkansas we do not have a local income taxes that have been imposed yet however the Arkansas code does allow for that possibility to occur several states have hundreds of cities that impose income tax and with our recent reductions in Arkansas income tax statewide and the stated goal of trying to reduce that even further we can't open the door for it to be back filled by cities and counties. They could impose a tax so this bill just simply strikes the language that permits that and so they will not be possible for counties and cities to improve employment. A income tax. Questions for Senator painting Senator flowers you're recognized for a question. Senator Page. If we approve this bill. Then it becomes law. And we further reduce the state income tax. Can we expect more sales tax local and state law. But I believe that would take a vote of the people or a vote of these chambers to do that this bill has no fiscal impact because there is not currently a tax so it's not limiting any existing taxes but yes that's always a concern as you reduce taxes in one area somebody may propose to raise another area but that would be elected representatives or it would be you know the citizens I think we've outlawed taxation without representation long time ago. Thank you the possibility that we would have more sales tax the option for the income tax yes ma'am there's a possibility that you would have more sales tax without the reduction. In income tax. That. Bills. Better than income tax. I guess I'd answer that by saying nothing no taxes better than tax taxes that it dis incentivizes things in income tax this incentivizes work we have have taxes it's a necessary evil but I would prefer a be lower. Or nonexistent in as many cases as possible. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against the for. Senator. Senator has closed is there any objection to rowing the boat. Maybe secretary please call the roll. Boy. Brian. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield Clark. Clark. Kroll Davis. Davis. These are Dismang. DISMANG. Johnson. English. English. Let. Flowers. Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. He. Health. Health. Irving. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. Leding. Love. Mickey. Murdock. Page R. Penzo Petty. Rice. Stone. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who did not vote who wish to vote. Chesterfield. Clark yes. DISMANG yes. Davis yes. Any others. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty seventy eight six nine one non voting. Has returned to the house. H. B. ten ninety. House bill ten ninety eight by representative Mayberry at out to clarify that a volunteer fire department may create a newborn safety device under certain conditions under the safe haven Act. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you madam chair and members this is a great bill that representative Julie Mayberry works on with Arkansas right to life and our first responders and what this bill does is it expands our current safe haven laws as you know the safe haven laws were put in of and place to allow for the surrender of a newborn baby without prosecute prosecution threats to that is that mom would that that that would be surrendering that baby under those the great leadership of Cecile Bledsoe we have safe haven baby boxes and we had a a woman from the Maumelle fire department testify and who they have had a baby surrendered to in this fashion and so what this bill does specifically is that allows for volunteer fire departments particularly those in rural Arkansas that do have access to twenty four seven EMT emergency response services to be able to also utilize the safe haven baby box but it also on if you look on page two it also allows for a parent upon delivery of a baby if they want to then also at that moment surrender of baby under the safe haven act that allows for that to occur as well currently as a the law is written that mother would have to exit to the hospital and then walked back in to surrender their baby so that just eliminates that I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions percent urban. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close thank you S. Preciado the the really bipartisan support we've had on the safe haven acts and I think it's great policy great legislation that our state has put in place I appreciate a good vote thank you. Any objection to rowing the boat. Maybe secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators who did not vote to wish to vote or wish to change your vote at this time. C. nine please cast at the ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine. Bill passes returned to the house. Senator Gilmore you're recognized. Thank you madam chair I would just like to ask leave of my colleagues for to guess the minor here representing the trucking industry both from my area and work in businesses in my area so I would assess leave for them to be on the floor for a few minutes thank you. Now S. B. one eighty seven Senate bill one eighty seven by Senator Irvin to repeal the health care quality and payment policy advisory committee act. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you madam chair members actually this is repealing that the healthcare quality and payment policy advisory committee that I established in law and the reason why now I'm repealing and take getting rid of this Committee is because it worked and so I'm I'm really excited to a rise in and report progress because if you look at the language that were striking the purpose as it was defined in the original statute that I wrote and created in that we passed was to have meaningful engagement on different types of policies of the Department of Human Services particularly DMS were were chasing after one of those being the make it Medicaid payment and reimbursement as it related to the development of episodes of care under secretary Gillespie's leadership and the folks at DHS and to the members of this advisory committee we did a and end up fiscal analysis and looked at the R. O. Y. on what we were spending to develop and maintain this methodology on episodes of care and our our I came back and that we would actually only see a benefit And seventeen years from now. And so obviously that was not a good R. O. Y. and so this did its job and we repealed and got rid of those contracts and saved a lot of money time and effort to eliminate a lot of bureaucratic mess for those in health care providers and also within DHS and so this is just repealing something that works and I'm grateful to be able to do that so I appreciate a good vote I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. I wish to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close I'm close any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please relevant. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Anyone who did not vote or change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. My vote at thirty forty eight zero nine. The Bill pass transmitted House. S. B. one eighty eight Senate bill one eighty eight by Senator Irvin to clarify that the Division of provider services and quality assurance of the Department of Human Services certifies and regulates long term care facilities and services in urban you're recognized thank you members that's exactly what the bill does happy to answer any questions any questions for center and center Chesterfield. Thank you madam chair thank you senator for taking my questions online twenty eight to twenty nine you have deleted the. The reference to aging adult and behavioral health services. So are we doing away with that term now I'm going to provider services and quality assurance could you tell me about that yes said things just change in the name yes ma'am thank you. Any other questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator close present a good vote thank you any objection rowing the boat. And secretary please role that. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark cruel Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to vote who is not voted or wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Fite thirty forty eight zero named bill passes transmit to the House. Now H. B. eleven oh eight. House bill eleven oh eight by representative Ladyman to modify the number of members of the Arkansas dietetics licensing board that constitutes a quorum and that may call a special meeting and authorize use of email for renewal notices. Senator Wallace you're recognized governor. Members this is a cleanup bill ACT five fourteen two thousand seventeen reduce the board number down from seven to five but we didn't change a quorum numbers so this bill establishes a new quorum of only three. it also allows to members and pass it was three members only two members have to be wanted to call a meeting and they can call me and with that I stand by for your questions any questions for Senator Wallace. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator you're pretty close closed center is closed for any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll believe Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace the senators who have not voted wish to vote or who wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine. Bill passes returned to the house. H. B. eleven twenty seven. House bill eleven twenty seven by representative L. Johnson to create the rule emergency hospital Act to authorize the licensure of rule emergency hospitals by the department of health and to declare an emergency Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you thank you madam chair and members at this bill and what it does is it really allows you to have as an additional certain additional certification process and so one of the things that I think is so important for us to be able to stabilize our our rule healthcare infrastructure is that is to being able to take advantage of what CMS is offering so CMS at the federal level has recognized that tool access to critical access hospitals access to health care out in a rule parts of the state of Arkansas or throughout the country is vitally important to saving people's lives and that they have a special purpose in that process of getting somebody an immediate attention of care and then getting them transferred to a specialist where they can have their life be saved so with advances in technology with advances in all the different types of things that we can do that are life saving techniques this is very important and this allows a hospital doesn't for some or mandate them but it allows a hospital to choose this new designation and get reimbursed at that same level This is a Medicare program so it's it's not a state program but it allows for those hospitals and very rule settings to choose their designation and if they choose this designation and allow them to do more outpatient care but also not meet that high thresholds the high threshold requirement of having existing hospital bed so they can't fill so it's really a cost balancing issue for a lot of our rural hospitals that do have the bed capacity but they just can't afford that can't fill them all the time you know there's peaks and valleys to that so this gives them the ability to choose is designation created more stabilizing effect for their budget and then allow them to really kind of more. If and to what our state needs particularly when it comes to behavioral health needs and that space and how we can better utilize them as existing infrastructure for long term care or behavioral health or or what have you so um this is an excellent bill and I love that critical access hospitals like I said with less than fifty licensed beds in these rural areas will be eligible to change that licensure status nothing else changes as far as how they are licensed in the State of Arkansas to operate again this is more of a designation that exist at the federal level that I'm like I said I can't re reemphasize this is a huge opportunity for the state of Arkansas a lot of the small rural hospitals and having that presence is a matter it's it's really the difference between life and death for a lot of our folks and rule places so I have I have a friend who was having a massive heart attack arrived at Salem hospital they stabilized him immediately transferred him to Baxter regional amount home because they were in Salem Arkansas and transfer him immediately it saved as life and he's still with us today so they perform a great function and I love this flexibility it's a game changer for real health care in the state of Arkansas. Questions for Senator Irvin centre Dotson you're recognized thank you madam chair Senator Irvin I looked at the look at the bill and it says there's a five hundred dollar fee for this designation is that covered under the designation said. Yes I guess. Give them more reimbursement or something higher reimbursement it'll give them higher reimbursement they're gonna be offset by that. What. Any other questions for Senator Irvin I mean I I have the specific answer if you want me to give it to you but and The New licensure requires hospitals to give their inpatient beds in exchange for higher reimbursement for emergency department and other outpatient services of a hundred and five percent of what Medicare would otherwise pay for the same service so that's your office at. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Rapert you're recognized close and and just like I said I mean it's so important that we have all of these level one and level two transfer agreements it's important we have critical access hospitals those will still remain if they choose to have that and retain that licensure designation this just allows for another level of licensure and and and designation I think it's going to really help rule healthcare in Arkansas appreciate a really good vote the great bill. Any objection to rowing the boat madam secretary please roll the vote bullied Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role Davis dis DISMANG Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Are there any senators did not vote was injured vote at this time. Please cast a ballot. Eight thirty forty eight and zero nine. The Bill an emergency clause passed returned to the house. H. B. eleven forty four house bill eleven forty four by representative down the to create a specialty court program for families involved and dependency neglect proceeding that are affected by substance use disorders or mental health disorders. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you madam president college this is a this is a good bill this bill allows a circuit court to establish another specialty court within the court to deal with dependency neglect cases and come before the court it's this is a voluntary program the goal is to keep families together. Some work services that allow the families to keep those dependents in the home rather than move them to some place other than home keeps people employed. And overall it's a great bill for the reunification of families the services will be provided to the traditional ways of providing services and all those. And everybody else that's involved in family take any questions any questions for Senator Stubblefield. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator you're free to close. Centers close. Any objection rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismayed Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any center wish to change his or her vote. Same manner please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine the Bill pass is returned to the house. H. B. eleven fifty five. Senator Irvin as stepped out we will go to. H. B. twelve hundred. Bill twelve hundred by representative Perry concerning an active members eligibility for free military service credit and ability to purchase military contributory and federal service credit in the Arkansas teacher retirement system and to declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you madam governor this is the bill that I pulled out from yesterday the member that expressed concern to me is going to try to resolve it through working with another member on the shell bill basically what this bill does is it adds to existing opportunities it was actually left off so this is technically a clean up but it opens up the doors for those that have military service center in active to be able to participate in the services that are offered this is allowed in many other areas and this is just really and oversight work got left off last time so we're admit to what's already being allowed in other areas as well glad take any questions any questions for senator Hammer. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Hammer you're free close clothes FOR should good vote. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Please cast a ballot. Fite thirty forty eight in the room may the bill and the emergency clause passed please return to the House. H. B. twelve fifty house bill twelve fifty by representative L. Johnson to amend the prescription drug monitoring program advisory committee and to amend the confidentiality and the providing of information by the prescription drug monitoring program. Senator Boyd you're recognized. Thank you Matt thank you madam president house bill twelve fifty does three things first of all it gives access to the prescription drug monitoring program to the medical aid examiner so you know if someone dies and they need to do a death investigation and make sure that they have access and it is a much more timely case when it happens that way the second thing it does is it adds to members to the advisory committee for the prescription drug monitoring program advisory committee first of all it as an obstetrician gynecologist there are a lot of cases in the in natal abstinence syndrome and so they the board feels like if it could benefit from the use of are the addition of an obstetrician to the board the second thing it does is we have the opioid settlement funds that have come into the Arkansas Arkansas and so it would have someone from the Arkansas opioid recovery partnership representative on the board as well so that we can match up some opioid issues potentially with what we're saying and the prescription drug monitoring program and then finally make sure that if they were if a mortality review were being done that they would have access as well with that said happy to try to answer any questions any questions for Senator void. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator Boyd you're pretty close I'm close I appreciate a good vote. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the vote Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis DISMANG Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace any senators to which changes or her vote at this time. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight is the roommate bill passes please return to the House. H. B. at twelve fifty. House bill twelve fifty one by representative L. Johnson to clarify the criminal background checks apply to all emergency medical services personnel and to amend the criminal background check law to include offenses prosecuted in other states or by federal courts. Boyd you're recognized. Thank you madam president of this bill just clarifies that emergency medical services personnel when the background check is done that when it should if something shows up from another state that it can be considered by the emergency services personnel board so it's just clarifying just making clear what what should be happening. Any questions for Senator Boyd. Anyone wish to speak against her for. Senator what clothes I appreciate a good vote thank you. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please roll the bullied Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators which change their vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty four Yang zero nine bill passes returned to the house. H. B. twelve sixty seven. House bill twelve sixty seven by representative J. A. Mayberry it out to require a specific number of hours of dementia training for home care givers. Senator Penzo you're recognized. Thank you Mr president. Currently home care givers are required forty hours of training two and some that training includes dimension Alzheimer's training this just ensures that at least four of those forty hours or specific to Alzheimer's and dementia training it does not increase the required hours appreciate a good vote. Any questions for Senator Penzo. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator Penzo has closed any objection to railing about. Madam secretary please relevant. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty Bryce stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators who wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty four E. A. zero nine. Bill passes please try to return to the House. Now H. B. eleven fifty five. House bill eleven fifty five by representative Bentley about concerning the compliance of child care facilities with local regulations when seeking licensure under the child care facility licensing act Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members and I appreciate that y'all having the ability to be patient with me I'm running literally between here in the House Public Health committee right now for any bills I'm a little out of breath M. anyway and what this bill does is a great builder represented Bentley worked on with that departments and agencies we want to encourage more people to step up and provide good child care in their homes and there are some issues as it relates to fire codes and things like that so what this does is ease those regulations and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in an area that we desperately need which is child care for our working moms and dads had appreciate any questions in a good vote on the bill. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against sorry. Recognized for a question thank you Mr president just a clarification This Is physically related matters not the care of children that is being that's correct yes yes all those things stay in reply to stay in place and for the licensure yes. Any other questions. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Senator you're pretty close again really appreciate though a lot of work that a lot of members have done on child care and trying to encourage more childcare options for working moms and dads it's very very needed in our state representative of. Any objection to rowing the boat. Secretary please relevant. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to change his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. But at thirty forty eight and zero nine bill passes returned to the house. Any announcements Budget. Yes I apologize. If the body would sit at ease for few moments where pausing. Right members you've got on your desk the budget counter Marie to that real quick if you'd like to hold one out for a separate vote R. V. RT read the first one okay I'm gonna read those by number just let me know and we'll hold those one out for super vote if you've got questions on one okay. All right so first up house bill ten fifty nine I believe Senator Flippo wants to hold that out for a separate vote. So that one separate ten fifty nine ten sixty. Ten sixty one. Ten sixty six. Sixty eight. Sixty nine. And seventy. Would anyone like to pull any of those out for a separate vote with the exception of ten fifty nine are you get on that one Senator you are. No would you like to hold out to the nine for separate voting will put in the batch. Okay all right. So we will vote house bill ten fifty nine first and only to the batch. Any questions on H. the. House bill ten fifty nine by joint budget back to the office of the treasurer of state animal rescue shelters appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year. All right thank you I members this is a twenty five thousand dollar preparation for animal rescue shelters Again just held up by Senator Flippo shooter he just sending its cats and dogs. No questions for Senator Dismang. Anyone wish to speak against for questions okay question by Senator Pitsch followed by Senator Flippo. I guess my question is is twenty five or fifty thousand because there's like this is the city's twenty five I'm sorry at twenty five twenty five thank. But appropriation only not funded at this point Senator Flippo you're recognized the governor. This is an ongoing preparation we've done this and and previous year so like what. Office on understand the you know what the requested information. But not. The legislature. We don't have the preparation that we could do something like that with that's what you are reading I'm going yes Joint Budget Committee the preparation is. All I'm not not quite sure of. Thank you. Any other questions regarding H. B. ten fifty nine anyone wish to speak against her for. Center I'm close. Any objection to rolling the vote. Please recognize I'm sorry wait and junctions roll call madam secretary please call the roll Boyd. Brian. Brian Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Roll. Kroll. Davis. Davis. DES. DISMANG. Dotson. Dotson. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Hi. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester. Hester. Hickey Hill. Health. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King. King second. Leding. Leding. Love. Love. The key. Mickey. Murdock. Page. Page. Penzo. Petty. Rice. Price. Stone. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace. Senators I wish to. But not voted was injured vote Senator Hammer is a yes. Senator Chesterfield president Senator Dotson president Senator Bryant yes Senator role yes Senator Davis yes. Senator Tucker yes Centerline yes. Senator Caldwell yes anyone else. Gilmour Senator Gilmour yes. Any others. Please check the board. C. nine. Please cast a ballot. By a vote of twenty six yay zero nine six not voting to present. The bill and the emergency clause passed on. I apologize. We're all learning to try this one more time and like to move that we reconsider house bill ten fifty nine. And we'll just keep that in the studies and kid so it's Senate is. I have expunged vote on in preparation. I'm sure moved for reconsideration when voting in. Senator Rice were expired may not be a problem what my problem is I'd like to know that I should have done is a budget that you gave and I just saw regional twenty five thousand. I'd like to know how that's divided the. Because. First time I played I'm not against. Okay all right. That's my question. Ninety three for some question so did it matter. Okay we'll do pass over then today and we just try to see if we can get a little background on it gets its appropriation at this point only it may never get funded and it may not be funded just preparation this point set up we'll pass over and I think will move to the batch at this point. Contested house bill ten sixty by joint budget an act for the office of the treasurer state general obligation bonds appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year house bill ten sixty one by joint budget and that's making appropriations for state turned back for counties municipalities by the office of the treasure of State for the fiscal year ending June thirty twenty twenty four and for other purposes house bill ten sixty six by joint budget and that for the office of the treasure of State Amendment seventy for property tax appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year house bill ten sixty eight by joint budget and that's for the office of the treasure of State City County tourist meeting and entertainment facilities assistance appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year house bill ten sixty nine an act for the office of the treasure of State refund of local taxes a appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year house bill ten seventy by joint budget and not for the office of the treasurer of state assistance for local law enforcement and emergency medical appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. Any questions on the batch. I wish to speak against her for. Any objection to rowing the boat. Madam secretary please relevant. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis dis DISMANG Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Please cast the ballot. But thirty four yay zero name. The batch of H. B. ten sixty ten sixty one ten sixty six ten sixty eight sixty nine ten seventy all pass with members as he closes. Return to the House. Any other announcements. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Station will meet Monday at nine thirty. Any other announcements center Penzo. Rules committee meeting Monday upon adjournment. And if you all can come to the welfare announcements. If there are any more announcements please come to the well. But that no one else. Senate will stand and adjournment subject to clearing of the desk until one PM on Monday February thirteenth.