Senate Convenes

The Senate will be called to order. Are there any requests for leave at this time. Senator Clark you're recognized. Any other request madam secretary please call the roll Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore hammer Hester hill Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary and if everyone in the. Chamber in the gallery would please rise for a prayer led by a friend of sentence he will introduce and then we will follow that pledge allegiance center party you're recognized. Thank you Mr president so God's word says a man. is a for a man of many companions may come to run but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother and I have the honor today to introduce who I consider my brother in Christ and and my best friend pastor paperboard and and yes that's his real name from his parents who who had a a long military extra history and career in the and left that and came into the ministry and is taught as a pastor the children the use the middle school the high school and now he's the operations and outreach pastor First Baptist Church in man beer and he's a dear friend of mine and just like many of you know behind every good man isn't even better woman and his wife is my prayer warrior she if you have something to be prayed for. She's the one she make should have been here praying today as a matter of fact but but anyway is my honor to introduce my friend pepper Borland to lead us in prayer. Thank you jim and when you pay with the followers what a privilege for me personally to be able to stand in this capital this this afternoon lord to here in the rotunda today to hear the voices going to have and to prayers going to have an from the rotunda of this capital was a was a joy that I have not seen or shared in a long time and lord I praise you for allowing me to be part of that today to be part to it right now in front of the Senate body in which they will make laws and they will they will pass bills and they will rule for to represent the people in which they come from I'm I'm one of those people and I thank you lord that we have men and women that will stand up take your time to come and look after us lord I pray that you the creator will guide every single conscious and every single vote that happens in this chamber today lord we ask your blessings on us we thank you for who you are in Jesus name we pray amen. All. Thank you so much faster for everyone for being with us today and taxable Orleans. I want to know what it also name that is because I thought only NASCAR drivers and how boys more riders within the great name like that so. Absolutely. Thank you for being here we're blessed in your presence ladies and gentleman in the gallery. Welcome to your Arkansas state Senate it's our expectation that you'll conduct yourselves an exercise proper decorum during today's proceedings. Without objection the rules will be suspended and central dispense of the reading of the Journal. Morning hour has now begun be any announcements or introductions at this time Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you madam chair would like to ask you to recognize my county judge newly elected Matt Bromley who's up in the gallery one just say thank for him being here today to represent one of seventy five counties in the state feel would please make Matt Bromley feel welcome thank you. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized well as the have a. The I. P. gallery it is judge rusty McMillon from Greene County he heard there is going to be a lot of rain so he got he got out of town before the range and that the Morrow good to have you here today rest to please give me a hand. Senator Clarke Tucker. Thank you madam president as always we want to welcome our nurse of the day missionary Bernard our doctor of the day today this is doctor James Hahn he works in anesthesiology here in Little Rock in addition to just being a standard anesthesiologist which of course is wonderful work he works is specifically a children's first especially special needs kids and high needs cases so he's he's doing the lord's work so we're very grateful to you doctor not for the work that you do and we welcome you here today the Arkansas state Senate. Any other announcements madam secretary or other items at the desk yes madam president madam president will your committee on emerald Bills to whom was referred the following Senate bill forty seven by Senator Boyd Senate bill forty eight by Senator Mark Johnson Senate bill sixty eight by Senator Dotson and Senate concurrent resolution one by Senator Penzo beg leave to report that we have carefully compared the enrolled copies with the original and we find the same correctly enrolled and have at ten oh seven AM delivered them to the governor for your approval respectfully submitted senator mark Johnson chairman. Finally. Notice to the passage of Senate bill forty three as amended number one and number two by the House. City county local. 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 we find the same correctly engrossed right. We are committee on aggravating his efforts Senate bill one ninety one by Senator Wallace recommend due pass counted we are committee on city county local affairs and was referred Senate bill seventy two by Senator Hickey recommend due pass counted. Your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill one ninety two by Senator Boyd recommend due pass counted we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill ten forty two by representative Allen recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill twenty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill twenty seven by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill sixty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill eighty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted we are committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill eleven sixty four by representative Bentley recommend due pass counted. Senate bill two O. seven by Senator Blake Johnson to modify the Arkansas corporate franchise tax act of nineteen seventy nine Senate bill two O. seven. Revenue and Tax Senate bill two oh eight by Senator Blake Johnson an act for the secretary of state appropriation for the two thousand twenty two twenty three fiscal year Senate bill two oh eight. Senate bill two O. nine by Senator Irvin to amend the law regarding liquefied petroleum gas tension in the law regarding the discretionary suspension of inspection and registration fees Senate bill two O. nine agriculture. Senate bill two ten by Senator Irvin two men the underground storage of gas law to include certain other gases Senate bill two ten agriculture Senate bill two eleven by Senator Irvin to amend the law concerning carrying a concealed handgun on the property of the Arkansas department of transportation Senate bill two eleven city county local Senate bill two twelve by Senator Irvin to remove the requirement for notarization for requests for criminal background checks that are required for the licensing a child welfare agencies and to declare an emergency Senate bill two twelve. Public health Senate bill two thirteen by Senator Irvin to expand the availability of screened out reports of adult maltreatment or a long term care facility resident maltreatment Senate bill two thirteen public health. There any further business to come before the body. In the morning hour. Morning hour has expired we will now start the business agenda. Madam secretary. Senate resolution five. Senate resolution five by Senator Chesterfield to recognize the Parkview arts science magnet high school patriots at the class five A. state football champions. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized thank you madam chair and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. Please welcome the park view patriots to the Arkansas state Senate. I am going to ask that the members of the Pulaski County delegation join me. On the floor. Yes ma'am you want to join me to Senator. Sorry I can't do that sorry medication one. Senator flowers you're recognized. ordered. Senate. This makes my mom a bigger. The right. Instead they often. What. Did a great job with. One senator flowers would you care to join us. At the floor thank you so much ladies and gentleman on both ends you see these handsome gentleman in these ways that are with them this is the park view patriot football team. On the on the floor with us today on the seniors representing them because the delegation was so large we couldn't get him in here. Senate resolution SR five to recognize the park view March on its magnet high school patriots as the class five A. state football champions or as a part of you March science magnet high school patriots were victorious against the Shiloh Christian Science to take the flat class by the state football title with a score of thirty one to twenty one before a crowd of seven thousand eight hundred sixty four fans at war Memorial Stadium in little rock Arkansas on Saturday December third twenty twenty two and whereas this football championship is the first the Parkview arts science magnet high school since nineteen seventy eight and the first of the Little Rock School District since two thousand four and whereas the patriots were led by head coach Brad bolding culture are you already right behind me there is our coach in the other cultures are you do you will get introduce you brand building and his team of assistant coaches who provided guidance and coaching to the student athletes on and off the field and we're as the team was led by quarterback Eric McGee who was named the game's Most Valuable Players misdemeanor. All right miss McGee. Running back Derian Bennett Mr Bennett's. He's not here and defensive back to Ramsey Commons. Ramzi Ramzi that the patriots defense with eleven tackles. And where is the page which will also successful off the field and the team averaged eighty three point oh grade point average. And we're as goes bold and stated of his team they don't have the quick mentality. It has to do with how we structure our practices and what we demand out of them they body in and I can speak highly of that now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety four General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate congratulate and recognize the Parkview arts science magnet high school patriot's football team as a class five A. state champions be it further resolved that upon adoption of this resolution a copy be provided to coach Brad bolding by the Secretary of the Senate madam chair I move adoption. Thank you senator Chesterfield all those in favor of recognizing this incredible young athletes for their accomplishments signify by saying aye hi. Any dare oppose. Thank you madam chair and I would move up for a three minute recess for the purpose of taking pictures hello thank you thank you ladies and down again say congratulations. Senator Hester has an announcmenet Hey a member's work we're not gaveled in but of we got our our Senate pens in someone walk around at hand if you if you'll take your seat I walk around him he's too so I'll make sure I got everybody covered without giving anybody to senator Bryant. We could just if you take you see real quick I'll walk through real quick. The members I'm checking you off as he's give. Senate now back in order. And secretary. S. the fifty seven Senate bill fifty seven by Senator Irvin to modify the fees charged by the Arkansas State Medical Board and authorize the Arkansas State Medical Board to reduce fees if the fee reduction is in the best interest of the state. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members this this bill allows the Arkansas State Medical Board to reduce our fees they have plenty of money and they want to act to reduce our fees but we need this legislation to allow them to do that it's been amended to where they can't exceed the amount that's in legislation and that's really that the overall and. Just of the bill I'll be happy to answer any questions. Anyone had questions for Senator Irvin. C. nine is anyone wish to speak for or against. Center which closed I appreciate the State Medical Board taking this off taking this action and I appreciate a good vote thank you senator is there any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please role that. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. For anyone who wishes to change their vote at this time. C. nine please cast a ballot. By a vote at thirty five Yeas zero nine bill passes. Transmitted the House. S. B. fifty nine. Senate bill fifty nine by Senator Chesterfield to amend the law with respect to circumstances that justify the use of physical force upon another person. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized thank you madam chair ladies and gentleman the Senate Senate fifty nine came to me as a result of one of my church members who was a classified employee who was attacked by a child. And she did not fight back so she ended up having to go to the hospital. I don't want anybody to think that there is open season on children because that's not what this bill does what it says simply is if the child attacks you you have the right to self defense I wanted to clarify to me to let people know that is not just our teachers but I support staff the person is driving a bus in their check from behind they have the right to defend themselves not to the point of just going crazy but to be safe in a public school so I'd be happy to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Chesterfield. Anyone wishing to speak against or for. Close on the bill thank you I appreciate a good vote. Thanks center any Opeth objection to rolling but. C. nine please relevant. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role 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 senator wish to change his or her vote Senator flowers. Wishes that president. Many others say nine please cast a ballot. But thirty forty eight zero name and one president bill passes transmit to the House. S. the one fifteen. Senate bill one fifteen by Senator Hammer to amend and update the law concerning survivor annuity benefits under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and to declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you and the governor the bill simply does this based on previous experiences where there has been an opportunity for the retirement system to help the survivors of those that have passed away especially children what this bill does is opens it up to where they would be able to access some additional benefits it has just nearly no financial impact at all but it has a big impact on the lives of children whose one of the parents for us has passed away opens it up to where it would allow them to be able to get access to a career tech education for example so it benefits the military survivors of the military again it came to a retirement committee without any opposition and it is based on actual experiences that have happened where they wanted to be able to help but they haven't been able to and again it has minimal financial impact in the system is okay with this bill the lead answering questions. Thank you senator Hammer does anyone have any questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator you're free Paul thank you I appreciate a good vote. Any objection to it rolling the bat and keep in mind that these we are voting on the bill and the emergency clause it will require twenty four beds. Madam secretary please role that. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark role 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. Anyone wishing to change his or her vote. Please cast the ballot. Right thirty five Yeas zero name. Bill and emergency with the urgency clause passes please transmit to the House. AS one eight. Senate bill one eighteen by Senator Dotson et al to define the term anti semitism when reviewing investigating or determining whether there has been a violation of law or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts or practices based on race religion ethnicity or national origin. Senator Dotson you're recognized thank you madam chair members Senate bill one eighteen like the title says is defining the term anti semitism in Arkansas Code this will provide state officials with an objective definition of contemporary anti semitism needed to ensure proper assessment of criminal and discriminatory incidents motivated motivated by anti semitism That's pretty much it I. More nappy try to answer any questions if you've got a I think we've talked about it I try to talk to about it with most of you guys and and the several the signed on as co sponsors so. Seeing no questions presented the. Anyone wishing to speak against her for. Senator has close any objection to rolling the vote. I'm secretary please roll the vote. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis D. ease 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 his or her vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. My vote thirty five Yeas the roommate bill passes please transmit to the House. Next S. B. eight one three eight. Senate bill one thirty eight by Senator Irvin to repeal the licensing requirement of clinics and health centers in which a pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant is willfully terminated or aborted. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you members and members what this bill actually does is just really a technical issue the executive branch in the health department we work together on this piece of legislation as you know the attorney for the health department has spent years of litigation and following abortion laws on our books and defending and our state I know that are former Attorney General has also been very much a part of this what this bill does is the cleanest way to basically rectify a conflict in state code in state statute so the state of Arkansas through the health department cannot issue a license to entities that are performing illegal activities and as you know abortion is illegal in the state of Arkansas according to ACT three oh nine of twenty twenty one and the the order that former Attorney General Leslie Rutledge signed and I was able to be there that day so um this is the cleanest language in the cleanest way that we can rectify the situation and state code is by striking this language it out I will say that we've looked at all different options we've looked at different types of recommendations but this we say we feel confident that this is the cleanest way to deal with the situation and be happy to answer any questions one question that came up in committee I think was a good one by representative of love is that if hypothetically the courts ever did overturn our laws then hypothetically you know that could happen but then we would have to come back in as the state or through executive order and issue a license I think everybody on both sides of the issue whether you're for abortion or against abortion everybody would want an entity to be licensed all the reporting requirements that we put into the legislation stays in state code to so all of those reporting requirements stay in their but I will. We have made a decision to be clean about the way that we went to the to do this act and striking this language instead of dealing with hypotheticals and hypothetical decisions that we would then potentially have to react to I'd be happy to answer any questions. There any questions for the senator. Senator days you're recognized please stand up. Thank you Sir Sir thank you for this this is a in your opinion would you say that this is one of the best cleanup bills ever seen yes I would I would personally yes thank you. Any other questions for Senator Irvin. Anyone wish to speak against. Anyone would speak for. Senator you're free to close I thank you I appreciate my colleagues and I appreciate a good vote on the bill thank you. Is there any objection to rowing a boat. Madam. Secretary please call the roll. Boyd. Brian. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Kroll. Davis. These. DISMANG. DISMANG. Dotson yes English. Flippo. Flowers. Gilmore hammer. Yeah. Hester. Hickey Hill Irvin. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Keen. Leding. Leding. Love. The key. Murdock. Payton Penzo. Petty. Rice. Stone. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. There any senators who wish to vote or wish to change their vote this time. Dismaying vote yes. Are there any others. St. No others wish to change or vote please cast a ballot. But the twenty ninety eight four nine eight and to present the bill passes please transmit to the House. I'm Secretary H. B. one thousand four. House bill one thousand four by representatives Ray at al to amend the sex offender registration act of nineteen ninety seven to include disclosure of a sex offender's address to the public and to declare an emergency. Senator Mark Johnson you're recognized. Thank you Mr president house bill ten oh four is a bill that representative right and I brought after our sheriff in Faulkner County ten road brought this issue to our attention he found that the Arkansas law prohibited. His. Website for the sheriff's office to disclose the name the the address physical address of the registered sex offenders that are deemed to be disclosed under the law of. It matter of fact after checking it to and with help from the association of counties we found that the Arkansas is one of only. Three states and the district of Columbia that does this only one state Vermont publishes less information than we do. So the situation came about parents were contacted share of saying we use this to figure out where we're not gonna let our children trick or treat and they found that when you are only the identifying an address by block number block number could be an apartment building with two three hundred units it's not very instructive the sex offender registry registry it shall probably know is something that we the state are required to have under federal law and we're trying to make this as simple as possible The bill simply changed it to where the sex offenders name and address and all the things are already required of the law instead of it being the block number it will say the house number apartment or unit number where the sex offender of a provider of sorry resides now this is the. Limited to level. What we will call the high level to the level three and level four these are the the more dangerous sex offenders The bill also. Make sure cover this I want everybody to understand kind of statistically where Arkansas is in this this problem. Number one Arkansas ranks number one in the nation for the number of child sex abuse okay abuse cases per one hundred thousand children that's two hundred fifty four per one hundred thousand. The national average is seventy nine cases per one hundred thousand so we are triple the national average also we're second in the nation for the most rapes per one hundred thousand people seventy four per one thousand which is more than double the national rate of thirty eight. And then the next time we're that we're we're only third in the nation for the number of sex offenders per one hundred thousand residents at five hundred ninety six now. One of the things we've learned is we study this little bit more is because we have this lesser threshold by allowing the address of the sex offender to be listed we just Bob block number We we seem to have a problem of in migration of registered sex offenders and if you think about it was that within the committee there was discussion of different sides and statistics but those of you that I understand hydraulics know that water seeks the lowest level so if we have a looser low than Missouri where we seem to get some of this migration and Arkansas then that water those people will seek the area to reside that has the least restrictive law not that ours is not restrictive it's just not as restrictive as our neighbors and the only other places where the law is done this way is Vermont and Washington state and my. So that is what the bill does it simply says instead of that the DO and the registration that that person resides in the two hundred block of oak street it will say two O. nine oak street apartment B. or whatever that is the only change from current law and to this law I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you senator questions for centre Johnson. Senator Lott you're recognized please write. Thank you. president. One look at this law I'm trying to decipher currently one sex offenders in the register. Are they registered in their address this has to do Senator what is disclosed on the registry that the public can access online I'm sure that the other officials including the Department correction here have that. Exacting formation but as far as what's available to the general public in the case of a parent that just wants to know what what houses to avoid in a neighborhood that the kids might be trick or treating or walking or something this is not currently under Arkansas law allowed on that as a matter of fact sure brought to our attention that he thought that several chairs around the state we're going ahead and publishing the entire address but technically that's illegal under current law we want to do this to tighten it up to where we have the same process that our neighboring states do as well as an additional layer protection for our children so yes they do disclose that to the authorities but it's not published in the our record that can be accessed by the general public that's what we want to fix okay all but Hammond St. Would have likely to occur well Arkansas is one of three states plus the district of Columbia that has the less for less restrictive thing or maybe they should say that the let let lesser amount of specificity about the address the other forty seven states do it the way we will be doing it if we pass this bill. Okay all right thank you thank you senator any other questions for senator mark Johnson. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Mark Johnson you're free to close thank you madam president this this is a good bill that AS one six Lattimore layer to could protect our children and and other women and others as well appreciate a good vote thank you. You senator and. We will be voting on the bill and the included emergency clause which will take twenty four is there any objection to rolling about. I'm very please relevant. Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson keen Leding Love Me she Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. There any senators who wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. Five eight thirty five yay N. zero nine. Bill passes please return to the House. H. B. eleven fifty Senator Blake Johnson. Just one moment Senator Johnson center Gilmore you're recognized for an inquiry or announcements thank you madam chair of one person privilege I have a constituent who's also the superintendent what all schools with me here today so I ask leave. Thank you Senator Gilmore and for clarification the Emergency Clause was also adopted on that last Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized after secretary reads SP eleven fifty house bill eleven fifty by representative Cavenaugh to amend the law to expand the time period authorized for the registration of a motor vehicle and to amend the law concerning temporary preprinted paper buyer's tax. Members this bill does exactly what the title says it's danger registration period and additional thirty days so lean and title process can get through and then it also the paper tags it either you know extended to the instead of the thirteenth day the sixteenth day or one registered so. What the bill does. Any questions. Senator Clark you're recognized. Senator Johnson I appreciate you bringing this bill I appreciate the recognized in that extra time is needed don't speak just for myself but for many constituents and other or cans and when I say I'd like to go right to the courthouse and register my vehicle I don't like driving around with temporary tags and I don't like getting penalized it's it's like it's given me more time and it's not we need to know is where the problem is Blake is give me more time when I'm sitting waiting for the state of Arkansas to get the dealer. The title so that they can get the title to me and then I get penalized because it's late do you think that they're not just going to get further behind. And still have is at the last second to go register or vehicles at sixty days they definitely had issues over the COVID period and and hopefully those are getting better and the time will be reduced but that is been a problem out out of proximally forty five days so operator to bring bills will recognize that states the problem of the citizens yes. Any other questions for Senator Blake Johnson. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized close precision vote. Thank you senator any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please rather that. 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. There any members who wish to change your vote. C. nine please cast a ballot. But thirty five Yeas zero made the bill passes please return to the House. H. B. eleven seventy eight. House bill eleven seventy eight by representative L. Johnson to reduce the hours of training required for licensure of a community paramedic. Senate boy you're recognized. Thank you madam president members of the the Senate this bill does two things first of all it helps bring the training in line with other states on community paramedics and just a reminder community paramedics or are people there paramedic to already have paramedic training and then they're going on to be community paramedics in a community paramedic as someone who tends to work to help people get primary care they might go into their homes and things like that so this it lowers that two hundred sixty hours and when it was first done faith they thought they might need more but it turns out one sixty is is what we believe to be the right number of hours the second thing is it strikes emergency department services on their training and talk about social determines of help those are things affecting where you live work or play any questions. Any questions for Senator boy. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Boyd. Does I appreciate a good vote thank you. Any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please row the boat 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 your vote Senator flowers you're recognized. Senator found flowers bedding present any others. C. nine please cast a ballot. By both the. Thirty forty eight zero nine and one president bill passes please return to the House. H. B. eight twelve oh eight. House Bill A. by represented Dalby to amend the law concerning probationer and parolee restricted driving permit Senator Hickey you're recognized thank you madam governor of members this is this is a good bill however this was some those unintended consequences that to that we didn't follow what we do is we allow probationers and parolees to have a permit however what we do not do whatever we did it is if they had a suspended driver's license that excuse me if they didn't have any driver's license we were still giving them a permit and then also we do not require them to get a license within a certain time so what this bill does is correct that says that to be eligible for the permit you had to of had a suspended license before without any type of a penalty that went along with that and then also that you must get your regular license with me within a year of this permit being issue to you. The questions. Questions for Senator Hickey Senator flowers you're recognized. What is the purpose of the the last portion of this section three that said the department of finance and administration may revoke a restricted driving permit issued under section at any time and for any reason right I had asked the house sponsor whenever they had done this it asked me to run it come from the house what I got to worrying about is that we said that we would issue would that we would to issue this license but will under there it didn't have anywhere that we would revoke our could revoke it if they were to have a you know some violations that come so I wanted that language there just to make sure that we had some Lee way of one of these permit holders within that year if we needed to for that license to go away. Or that permit to go excuse me. Senator flowers you're recognized for the following you the government. So why would three. At any. For any violation why would. We give the department of finance and administration the right to revoke somebody. It driving permit and I would imagine it's for them to get to work. It is time and for any reason that's the same for violation right well I guess if there was some other issues You know that would normally recalls a license to be suspended those would also be it so I said violation earlier but you know if there was other items that normally we're last in the if their license could be suspended that same thing would would would follow and be under the for the under the permit also so that the that license to bar that permit could be suspended the same way that someone that a license was. I've never heard of the department of finance and administration being able to do this this spring and I revoke somebody license for any reason seems like back to the court order. That the conditions of probation or parole. It happened bill ordered to go to work. They have a restricted license the department of finance and administration is willing. Rivel. Yes ma'am I don't think it ever be willing elects not concerned with the bill thank you ma'am. Senator Clark you're recognized so Senator Hickey were given the the power not a judge the power because of the audit power the problem with the judge have the power to revoke somebody's license because always I would think they would. The. I have a good reason but. With an agency the power to revoke a license. My main thing was this not truly a license as the permit if there was a reason that the permit needed to be revoked within that one year period that we were not just because of this legislation we didn't have an option to get out of that so that was the reason that I had to add that in I would have a problem with the judge making the determination but I got a problem with the. We want a lot of trouble to make sure that these people could be mobile and get to work because we live in a very rural state. Right and I see what you're saying again the thing was as we were allowing people that or we are allowing people that actually have never had a license to have a permit and then we're also have allowed those to carry on for. Right I agree with the general focus of the legislation I just think that's yes that that one point is a. All of the fix. Any other questions yes Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you. So at the. Who makes that determination within over the I guess it would be whoever the director was or the over the department of motor vehicles. This is this language that was a one of the questions one no this was this was actually Baltz law enforcement had told us that they that these issues were out there and this was just the. Mind representative doll Dalby the attempt to correct this problem this was not brought to us by any agency there's been some good points here and I will pull this down to look at that further if that's okay because that's the that's why we do this thank you. I think Senator Hickey. Senator Gilmore you're recognized. I'm sorry thank you senator Clark. H. B. twelve forty five. House bill twelve forty five by representative Dalby to require legislative study of financial matters related to the court system and to require consideration of legislation necessary to address the issues identified during the study. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you governor it's very simple bill it's a just a bill that sent to serve house Senate Judiciary Committee do of a study on the funding of our court system has backing of the Office of the Courts members believe your association of Arkansas counties it simply look to funding sources of records system to collection distribution of those systems and financial matters related to the court. Glad taking questions any questions Senator Teague you're recognized. So we're going to spend the money on consultants or anything I mean we've studied these things before in the past and why we had to do this again. Senator Teague I can answer that because we've got a lot of issues in the court system right now that we got judges and returned to the bench in fifteen months. And we've got some merited like Senator Murdock said didn't at night court fifteen years we've got some issues with our our court system. So we're not gonna be spending money on consultants or not that I'm aware of this is just a really a need to the enter study proposal is basically what it is so there's no money across so chooses to the judiciary committee's meeting normal business that you know of. Not that I'm aware of. Okay. Any other questions Senator Stubblefield. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Synergy which. Please close. Any objection to rowing the boat. And secretary please roll Boyd Brian Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis DES dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Heskey Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Jean Leding Love Me T. Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senators wish to change your vote. Senator king is not voting. Any other senators. Please cast up the ballot. By a vote of thirty forty eight zero nine and one not voting. Bill passes please return to the House. Senator Caldwell. Thank you madam president of the point of personal privilege in which gallery I have of constituents from Jackson County a new vision Newport I would like they've been on the house in until now what I would like feel to it will come into the Senate. Any other announcements Senator English. Thank. Of Education syndication will not meet tomorrow. Other announcmenet Senator Irvin. Senator Hammer our state line with me public health will meet at ten we are going to take a picture hopefully tomorrow so wear nice clothes. That was for Senator Flippo. The. Senator Hammer you're recognized or any announcements involving a police near required. No. A tomorrow morning prayer caucus seven o'clock down in the old Supreme Court room love have everybody there were usually there about twenty minutes not much we know got other meetings afterwards but per Krogh of seven o'clock in the morning for House and Senate members and any of the staff at once come at seven o'clock. Centerville. Member special language meet at eight o'clock in the morning and those are esteem journalists over here had point out I may have to keep more wake so I hope you can make it eight o'clock in the morning for special language if you're on there. Any other announcements. C. nine. Senate was stay in an adjournment subject to declare to the desk and till one PM February eighth.