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I'm by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by pastor Jon Kate's of mount Devon shire church in Hebrew springs a. Your gun in it when the father this day lord we seek out your Holy Spirit. We seek out your will for the state of Arkansas for each and everyone that's here this day for the families and that they all represent. And god we just pray that will seek out your will. Thank god that each and every day that will pray. The father will let the Holy Spirit. Let this task at hand be known to us. And god we pray for each and every one of these is here today to make these decisions. God we know and many times in this day and this time it's hard for them to make decisions we know that or did it is a tough day but god we pray. For them we pray that you give them strength and courage determination we pray to god that you will give them the lack of fear kind of like you did David against Goliath. In god we just pray that you'll be with their families and father that they're away from their families many of them are and we just prayed god to chill touched or families and lives. God this is a hard job and we understand it is a god we're thankful that these men and women have come forward. To take on this task in god we do is pray that they'll do again things according to your will and god that even the young people that are present today god they'll be the top examples to set for them right now in in the future and that sometimes god that everybody can be happy we know that but god we know that all things we may not see today that for father when we pray we know you receive are for And father we know that you will help us to carry out your task in your will will be done bless each and everyone here father bless their families bless this nation thank you god for these that have come forward thank you god for your Holy Spirit thank you for your son Jesus Christ and go with them now day and night in this task at hand. Father we ask that you forgive us when we do failure in our C. and ask isn't a precious name of Jesus Christ a new. Members please indicate your presence by pushing Gillam present button prepared machine madam Clark. Cast about madam Clerk. Ninety nine members present chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave. Representive eleven you're recognized. Leave a representative makes. Is leave granted for representative makes. Representative Jeffrey Wardlaw moved that we dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal with no objections so ordered. Are the Reports from select committees. Read the reports madam Clark. Mr Speaker we are committee on public retirement social security to whom was referred house bill twelve a two day report the same consideration here through time with the recommendation that a do pass respectfully submitted Mark Perry vice chair Mister Speaker your committee on public retirement social security to whom was referred house bill eleven eighty three house bill eleven eighty four house bill eleven ninety nine house bill twelve hundred daily report that we have the same consideration here's the time with the same recommendation that a do pass thankfully submitted representative Warren co chair. Are there Reports from standing committees. Is there any unfinished business. Executive communications. Madam Clark read the letters from the governor. January twenty seventh twenty twenty three to the Speaker of the house there Mister Speaker This is to inform you that on January twenty six twenty twenty three I reviewed and approved the following measures from a legislative session from the ninety first General Assembly house bill ten twenty three ACT eleven house bill ten ninety ACT twelve house bill eleven hundred ACT thirteen house concurrent resolution one thousand two house concurrent resolution one thousand five sincerely Sarah Huckabee Sanders governor of Arkansas. January thirtieth twenty twenty three to the Speaker of the house you Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on January thirtieth twenty twenty three I reviewed and approved the following measures from the legislative session of the ninety first General Assembly house bill ten seventeen X. twenty. House bill ten twenty eight X. twenty one house bill ten fifty five ACT twenty two house bill ten sixty three X. twenty three house bill ten seventy three ACT twenty four house bill ten eighty three ACT twenty five house bill eleven twenty two X. twenty six House eleven thirty seven ACT twenty seven house bill eleven thirty eight ACT twenty eight house bill eleven forty five ACT twenty nine sincerely Sarah Huckabee Sanders governor of Arkansas. Members today we have with this as Arkansas state troopers both with the highway patrol Administration corporal Kevin groans grounds and also corporal Doug cash welcome them please. Members in the east gallery we have a guest from the Little Rock Air Force Base leadership nineteenth operations group yes the representative ray Karilyn Brown Perry and mark very. The morning hours into. Representative Gonzales for what purpose. Motion. Sir your motion. Moved to re referred house bill twelve forty eight to committee. At the proper motion if debatable rep representative consolidated as to explain your motion. Because I had a great idea for a piece of legislation that didn't quite get it right and it got out of committee and the to Senate back to work on it field allow me to do that I'd appreciate it or other options we can kill it in here on the floor and I can start all over a matter. President. Representative Gonzales has explained as motion would anyone like to speak for the motion. Against the motion. President Gonzales are you close for your motion. Bustin for the houses the passage of this. Of re referral of house bill twelve forty eight all those in favor say aye. All those opposed. Senate. The bill back to committee madam Clerk. Maddox Clark read house bill eleven eighty two. Eleven eighty two by representative ought to provide clarity regarding the certification of a veterinary technician specialist and other rights prescriptive authority for veterinary technicians business in a collaborative practice agreement with the veterinary. President Vaught you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. I'll probably spend more time than what I've ever spent in the whale. And first I want to say that my husband and I are large form we do have large animals and I do understand how hard it is for us to get veterinarians out to our farm you get a cow with milk fever I thank a representative DO you hop would agree you need to vet now you don't need to bet two days from now you need them now I know there's been a lot of talk about we're going against federal rules and laws there's nothing in this that goes against federal or the rules or their loss. So I'll do my best to try to explain a little bit too yeah we've been working on this bill for right at in a year from both sides am I have given the the A. R. VM eighty everything they wanted except for I didn't take out the prescriptive authority but if you look at just that part about this prescriptive authority you'll notice that there's lots of safeguards in their. it says that only if the federal government allows it to happen will it happen. It also says and that would be a if you turn to page five it's lines ten through eleven. The veterinary medical examining board may grant it doesn't say they shall grant it says that they may grant a certificate of prescriptive authorities. Yes. The federal government was to allow that to happen by having these up it passed through the federal law that they can get they can administer these are prescribed these medicines they can already administer a bunch of these. At if you look at Page six you turn to page six it covers even more of this around the prescriptive authority and paid lines fifteen through seventeen. This bill has a lot to safeguard all throughout it actually it even talks about the collaborative practice it has it right now what they have to do to have a collaborative collaborative practice and that's on pages one. And if lines twenty nine page two lines one through eight there are things in place that keeps it safe so you can't go against federal law or state law that's already here. I am. I know that somebody asked me even this morning these vets are worried about somebody coming from out of state and then have and tons of these that specialist in their in their practice in the actual bill it says I can't have more than three. And that they can't even become this that specialist until after they've had five years in training. In the field so it's not like we're turning them loose in the food supply is going to be in danger because you're talking about seven years before this person can even begin to practice. So we're not doing anything to to destroy the food supply actually what we're doing would be helping the food supply because we have animals that are sick you need to see somebody in it is awfully hard in my area to get to see about your Marion whenever I only have one vet that does to counties and I have one that that does several counties and and he's not even in my district is just in a portion of the district that I have we have this major shortage of veterinarians and yes we've got to schools that we're trying to put in here in Arkansas and I applaud that I'm excited about that and I would love to even add more money to look a Mississippi and LSU sees as long as it was tied back to they have to come back to a rule area here in Arkansas and worked for so many years be great with doing that but what we need right now is relief for our vets who are in these large mass land areas who need somebody who can help them I mean I want to say that my husband said he thought this would be a great opportunity for some vets to triple. Their income. Triple their income by hiring these that technicians. I will say Texas Oklahoma Colorado and even California. Take this even California is looking at passing this legislation and yet I thought all weekend trying to make sure that you get enough information that you could actually answer questions in an intelligent way so they would understand what the bill actually did not realize misinformation is out there on the ice. And there's a lot of misinformation out there on this bill and once it's misinformation is hard to flip that around we learn that in our elections I'm pretty sure everyone something negative to say it is nearly impossible to get it turned around before it is showing you the positive. I'll close by saying this this is a choice. That do not have to hire these people. It's a choice maybe they don't need one maybe they're clinic isn't big enough to need one but I would like my that in my area to be able to service my cattle whenever we call and we need help I would like for him to be able to come out and service my neighbor's pigs. If he's got a pig that's down and sit. I would like the opportunity for those that technician specialist to be able to go up in their fields. I will say this is no different than a physical therapist my daughter's a physical therapist if she had her own business she would have what you call PT As underneath there she is still totally in charge of all those clients that the PTA is would be saying she would still be in charge of those clients should be telling the PTAB's how to address the needs that those people need to get better whether it's or shoulder their needs are whatever it might be but she would be the doctor in charge this is no different that Merion still is in charge of their clinic they're still in charge of their animals and they can tell their vet tech specialist what to do and House today. I'm not that if you have a question I'll try to answer. Represent all the for what purpose. You're recognized for quick skews me represent thought I meant to ask you earlier and I forgot to do it but when I read the bill there seem to be something in there that a veterinarian couldn't open another office could you explain that because I didn't quite follow yes please going on I'm not I'm not against the bill but I didn't understand that yes ma'am thank you for bringing that to my attention because I did forget to to speak to that so in the bill it's clear that they cannot hang their own shingle or start their own business they have to be. An collaborative agreement with the veterinarian that they are working under and they have to work under them in that building they can't start their own business so it's not gonna be a bunch of veterinarian found here are are a bit means special technicians to hang a shingle that's not gonna be able to happen. Absentee for what purpose. You're recognized thank you Mr Speaker so you mention that Texas Oklahoma California Are there any state. Throughout the United States where they've already adopted this type of. Well they're putting these technicians out there is already a thousand of these technicians in the United States because it takes so long to get your schooling there's not as many as there is as there could be. But I don't know I don't know if there's another state that's already adopted this but why can't Arkansas be the first. Follow up recognized so. You said there there are not these thousand you mention you said thousand technicians. That have this certification specialized certification whatever. Do we currently have any technicians in Arkansas that out that are certified veterinary technician talk technologies we have three that are about to take the exam. You have to go through five years of field work and you got to do fifty case loads and you've got to do several things before you can actually even sit for the test and we have three that are getting ready to sit for the test Tucker follows they're not currently anyone that currently has that certification. They do not yet they will as soon as this test takes place thank you thank you. Represent ground for what purpose. You're recognized represented by I attended the Act meeting last week were L. issues veterinary clinic yes ma'am and made their presentation am I correct is a and what's your assessment of the situation in Arkansas accurate that we are extremely low on veterinarians in our state yes ma'am we're at a crucial point in our state actually the bets that are large animal that the average ages fifty five plus they're going to retire soon yes ma'am thank you thank you I would appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. He recognized to speak. Thank you Mr Speaker really I just want to come to the well since I have been down here this year. I respect representive all intensely and we work together a lot a lot of different selection in the past and and she's worked very diligently on this bill but what I want to do is is let everybody know a little bit about that merry technologists and technicians in the specialty there are very schools around United States and they're either two year four year programs that are approved by the American Bittner Association that these individuals go to so they get out of school and they're certified as a technician or technologist in Arkansas we have I think about a hundred and twenty six people that are recognized there like fifty six people whose licenses are no longer active for whatever reason. They work with veterinarians in their office and and to become a certified veterinary specialist or they have to spend anywhere from three thousand to ten thousand hours working under the direction of a veterinarian and then they submitted a number of cases in the and taken examination and they can get their certification as a certified veterinary technologist and they're very is feels that they can that they can specialize in they can specialize in internal medicine behavioral behavioral health if you can believe that I don't know how to do behavior health of animals but but they they're they're a lot of different fields within which they can can specialize. Once they have that certification all if you go to their website This Is vet tech dot com it said it talks about all these different levels of certification it talks about what they do in and it says once they have this level they can assist the veterinarian in the practice of veterinary medicine now they get the vets can do this now they can hire these people now and as an employee which is fine and event as a physician as me can delegate whatever they want to that person they're taking full liability and responsibility for that in my case human then their cases they animal. What this bill does though is it expand that scope of practice to a collaborative agreement and I'm not opposed to a collaborative agreement we do that in medicine with various fields it sets up independent building so the veterinary specialists can independently bill. And and they work at only the vet can only have three of them that's in this bill so that probably would work pretty well they become basically if you do a collaborative agreement and this other individual is billing themselves. Then your axe that's a ten ninety nine employee of your office you have you know that's their their their billing for their services now who's gonna pay for that I don't know if the farmers painful order of the vets paying them for that service whatever if it's if the if the Vance paying for it's a ten ninety nine that that they get those people are then liable for what they do in the van is in liable for what they do so there's a lot of safeguards in the bill which make it reasonable where I have some problems with the bill is the prescriptive authority and and the bill doesn't give anything they don't have now in other words they don't get they buy from the FDA and the DEA those individuals that there's fastest are not recognized as providers so they can't they can't prescribe right now and and and I doubt seriously that particular from the DA standpoint that they will ever have a license or DEA number to prescribe schedule to medications. Some of the drugs that are used you know they go out to use nice night animal those are those are dangerous drugs and they can be abused so even when I talk to my local veterinarians now the DA is gotten so strict on the vents a lot of them the only thing they even keep in their office anymore what they're going to use AS in anesthesia or what they're going to use when they use that as an adult they no longer your vessel different and medicine. You go to the vet and they prescribe medicine then they give you a bottle of pills most vets now don't don't even dispense schedule too because the paper work trail and that sort of thing I can't imagine there's very many vets out there they're gonna allow someone else to utilize their license to use the schedule to. So I don't know that it's going to be that that part of the bill I just don't think it's really workable so overall I kinda like the bill that I respectfully because of the prescriptive authority I'm going to vote against it. Any questions. Thank. For what purpose. You're recognized for. Representative may. I appreciate your. Approach this and I've sat here for a long time trying to figure out if you're fired again and. Which which means you've done a great job of. What do you suggest that are that are farmers do especially rural areas and in in my district it's I'm. I hear from folks all times very difficult I can understand what you're saying but I mean what what do you suggest we do to. Of art the well problems that we're having now I think that that number one they have to establish a relationship with the vendor even if they use a certified veterinary specialists that person has to have a relationship either be an employee or having a collaborative agreement if we pass this have a collaborative agreements with that bad so they have a relationship now there is a part of this bill that doesn't really go very well with federal guidelines. It says if if there's not a pre existing relationship and the veterinary specialist sees the animal then the vet within fifteen days has to personally see the animal. According to federal guidelines it's twenty four hours I think it's one day so that's a little bit out of the. Out of and it's not in compliance with what with what the the fed to do so. Any other questions. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you representative you spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representative Beatty recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members as as a member of the agforce and Economic Development Committee I sat in on the testimony or the presentation of the bill last week and I guess the key take away that that that I left with which we can put a lot of things in that bill you see there's a lot of authority and different things that we allow but the ultimate answer and and and what I took away is that the vets are in control of their practice this in no way shape form or fashion takes anything away from the veterinarian that runs at offices solely at their discretion as to what they allow the vet tech specialists to do. You know it's it's time one of the comments made is that maybe we should sit back in Arkansas and wait and see what other states do in this area and I made the statement then I'll make it again today that at some point we need to quit sitting back in Arkansas and waiting to see what other state and take a take on a forward approach and right now some time to advance veterinary medicine in the state of Arkansas this provides a career path and career track track for certified vet techs to increase the scope and and skill sets that they have in the state I thank you to promote competition it's definitely going to help in your rule areas I thank the comment that I will I heard in in Committee was there we have fourteen they acts in the state of Arkansas per one hundred thousand residents. So again the language in the bill is what the vet would allow in their practice they were even discussing what a vet tech specialists would add to a practice and that additional revenue on average from from national numbers is a vet tech specialist would add a hundred sixty to two hundred twenty thousand dollars to the income for that practice along the same lines to pay for those vet tech invent takes special somewhere around fifteen dollars an hour so you know if this if this helps one Arkansas and and and and their animals have good veterinary medicine and access then it's a good bill let's not get tied up in the details and the information in that bill of what's allowable because it is solely at the discretion of that veterinarian in their office and takes nothing away and based on that I would highly encourage all of you to support this and let's expand but merry medicine in the state of Arkansas thank you. President Beatty is spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the. Represent Vaught you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker another first for me I don't usually come close for bills. This actually came out of a task force it was actually a to the AVMA which is the national veterinarian and this ideas actually came from their own task force I wanted again say that it is the choice of a bad. If they want to hire vet technicians they can if they're not comfortable they don't have to or not like telling somebody they have to do this I want to explain again a veterinarian technician specialist board certification can only be obtained after a minimum of five years of clinical experience that's way more than what we expect of even an A. R. P. and guys and. And I must spend at least seventy five percent of their clinical experience in the area of their specialty. And they've got to do a minimum of fifty hours of advance clinical relevant continuing education with a minimum of fifty cases and complete for in depth case reports within the application year they got to do all of that in a year okay. This is not put anything at risk and I understand that anytime we play in someone's playpen may get a little bit scared and I get that but I do remember whenever we've been run a nurse practitioner staff around here I think that there was a lot of people that thought this guy was going to fall in the sky still up in the air and I would appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is closed for the bill. Question before the House is a passage of house bill eleven eighty to prepare the machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark. With sixty seven Yeas seventeen days may present the bill has passed. Adam Clark please read house bill eleven ninety six. House bill eleven ninety six by representive Underwood to modify the requirements for public housing and to celebrate the housing welfare reform active twenty twenty three percent Underwood you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker members this bill is based on a very simple principle that the government is helping you with tax payer funded public housing and you're able bodied we're simply asking that you work part time. And I believe that most our Kansans would think this is a common sense reform. Now the work required requirement in this bill only applies to those individuals between the ages of nineteen and sixty four years of age and don't have some other exemption like having a disability as a child with a disability or participating in a drug or alcohol program. In order to meet the work requirement it's very simple and reasonable you just have to have an average of twenty hours of work per week or you can satisfy the volunteering an average of twenty hours per week or having a being trained in a work training program. I quickly want to dress a few things of as to why this is good policy by passing this bill we can help able bodied adults get out of government dependency and get back into the workforce this means higher incomes for these individuals and also lower enrolled were enrollment which is great for taxpayers workers and businesses to promote self sufficiency and less government spending. And currently we have approximately sixty thousand unfilled jobs in our state and this bill can help reduce those numbers. But I'd be remiss not to talk about one of the most important items of this bill which is it preserves government resources and our governor and our safety net for those who truly need it at those who can't work those who can't support themselves and have nowhere else to turn currently forty five percent able able bodied working adults receiving public housing benefits currently do not work at all. On average family spent about a year and a half to two and a half years on waiting list to get into public housing and this includes disabled veterans homeless the elderly and victims of domestic violence so in short if you can work and you are able bodied in receiving these government benefits you should work. And this creates a reduce government the spent dependency and helps preserve these resources for those who truly need them and I'm happy to take a few questions. President Makola for purpose. You're recognized. Well yes. So public housing is a federal program administered directly at the local level does this state does the state have any jurisdiction over this program yeah I think that this issues kind of raise the committee and I believe this obviously we work out through some of that in the committee would department of labor as stated they had no issues with this bill also addressed the HUD requirements HUD has secretary has authority to waive certain requirements federal law for local local flexibility and so are asking is that we request that flexibility in the bill actually states that if you I think it's on page three count for the end of the bill it requires that these public housing authorities ask for permission from hide and is there denied then every someone like twenty four months of things with the bill says they are to request for permission again follow up Mister Speaker recognized thank you. Did you in the drafting of this bill or afterwards have you had any conversations with executive executive directors of these Arkansas housing authorities I think there's I have not I personally have not think of the members having to try to address those concerns with them. Represent Clowney for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker representive Underwood I'm we're anticipate people who fail to meet the requirements and therefore lose their spot in public housing and more importantly the children of those people where where do you anticipate they will go after leading us housing will look I think that this doesn't put them in a position where they lose this housing the housing I think that the work requirements very reasonable right it's a part time position and you can get that through working just twenty hours a week or volunteering or combination of those things and actually neglected to say this and I should I I said I would say that's not for profit representative Mayberry brought this concern to me earlier and I talked to my Senate sponsor about this currently the exemption is for people with dependents of four months of age children four months of age or younger and Senator Gilmore not gonna mean that on the Senate into trays that to five years of age so that way once they're in school you know that it should be plenty available to get that work requirement. Follow up recognized what is the penalty for failure to meet the work requirement. Well if you don't meet the work requirement you are we are prioritizing or asking public or asking the public housing authorities prioritize those people who are not that really need the services over those who are able bodied and are not being or requirements. Thank you. Represent Lynch for what purpose question you're recognized representive Underwood who will administered the the investigation on whether not these people are working and meeting that requirement it is that follow yeah the public housing authorities are required to have a program in place to implement this okay so let's go to fund this sector activity that we're asking Housing Authority to go through. Well I think in the long run I think we're saving money because we're saving these resources by helping them with keeping as we serve people who truly need them but I will also say. Two years ago in the twenty twenty one session we passed a similar bill are are in the bill in the legislature passed a requiring the public housing authorities have a child support requirement and power has those people who are current on their child support and so they're already required to meet that requirement as well so this should be something they should be able to comply with a follow up you're recognized I had a call from the person who heads up the Housing Authority and Lonoke County he's really concerned about the extra work that we're asking them to do basically said to them funded mandate so there is a concern. Yeah and I appreciate that concern I would just say I think you know again if we're being tasked with being responsible taxpayer money and we're these resources are for people who truly need these resources if you can work you should work and I think it by getting those people to work that gets them out of government dependency because it builds their skills that allows them to raise their incomes and so they don't have to come back to do it to to public housing authorities are come back to get government resources and help us get those resources people trailing him so I think in the long run we're saving taxpayer resources by doing this and. Questions I appreciate a good vote. President Underwood has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Semicolon you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. So I just wanted to say real quickly cut this that I believe this conflicts with federal law and state overreach public housing is a federal program managed at the local housing level by public housing authorities three contract with housing and urban development and there's no state funding or jurisdiction. Also local communities require local decision making local control allows PH As the flexibility to address specific needs within their communities and had has a local preference system in place to implement this flexibility. Also there would be an administrative burden administrating public housing already comes with significant regulations and compliance compliance is that must be followed. Public housing access is already incredibly scares this bill would create an additional barrier for entry fees for low income our Kansans so I ask for no vote on this bill thank you president Michel is spoken against the bill anyone like to speak for the bill represent ray you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I think this is a very good common sense piece of legislation. the number one concern I hear from employers in my district and around the state and I'm sure you hear it to is the lack of available workers to fill jobs. I sat through a presentation at the state chamber a week ago where they told me that there are currently sixty thousand unfilled jobs in our state. I just read a book called men without work by Nicholas ember stat who is a political economist with the American enterprise institute and his research finds that we currently have seven million prime aged adult males in America seven million. That's more than twice the size of Arkansas population who are just not participating in the work force to the extent possible we should require work as a precondition for many of our government support safety net programs the work requirement contained in this bill is eminently reasonable it's not even a full time work requirement it's a part time work requirement it's twenty hours a week the you can fulfill by working by training or even by volunteering. I don't think it's cruel or inhumane in anyway to ask people to work part time in exchange for government benefits. People who can who are able bodied as this bill stipulates these are not this the this requirement does not apply to people who cannot work or to a host of of exemptions that are listed in the bill. I'll finish by by saying that I think our society needs more policies that promote or promote were not less work is good it's beneficial for the individual it's beneficial for society it raises people's incomes it removes it helps lift them out of poverty it provides fulfillment and promotes human flourishing so I would ask for a good vote on this bill. Represent flowers for what purpose question you're recognized I would agree with all those things you said about work I know my many of my constituents would as well but I also wonder and worry about Areas in the state where there are few if any jobs I mean even in today's economy where we have unemployment the lowest it's been since nineteen sixty nine I heard that on the news just yesterday there still are parts of Arkansas where they're just there are no jobs or their very few jobs and very little infrastructure Where people could even volunteer so if you have a community let's say when there are two hundred people living in housing that in public housing and let's say half of them could reasonably find a part time job or volunteer but the other half couldn't there just it's just not fair what happens to those people well as I stated there sixty thousand open jobs in across the state today I'm sure there are jobs available in virtually every community across the state but even in the situation that you outlined the beauty of this requirement contained in this bill is it is so flexible you could fulfill it not just by working a job you could fulfill it by training you could fulfill it even by volunteering you can literally go to the needy Paul shelter and walk dogs and that would qualify to fulfill this work requirement so I don't think any able bodied working age adult is going to have problems complying if they want to follow up. I am. Keenly aware that there are areas that are so desolate economically That there that that doesn't exist in some places and I know it's hard to believe but I seen it and that actually is is a reality in a couple of parts of my district now. In those areas however sparse wouldn't you agree that that would be problematic for those communities and those families well there are other portions of our social safety net that already have work requirements and so I assume the hypothetical our cans is that you're talking about you know they run into this issue with other work requirements and so this is something that has worked itself out through other areas of our social safety net I think we need to promote work wherever possible and I think this is a good bill it does that. Representative ray has spoken for the bill we would like to speak against the bill. Like to speak for the bill. just a couple points that was raised on the. Compliance with federal law like I mentioned there actually is that it says an answer earlier but there actually is some areas where they're already implementing work requirements across the country Beaumont Texas for example they're doing this above me on what hi this requirement requiring and there's not any issues to that to my knowledge again heard the hud secretary has the flexibility to waive certain aspects of federal law for these requests and so but even if that wasn't worth the case the bill does state that you can that we're going to request permission for this and if it's not they can continue to at request permission to do this and at some point I mean work requirements work and so at some point at is gonna be a ministration that will recognize those work requirements it's I think that's a good thing I think there's dignity in work and the last point I want to make is on the scarcity of public housing I think that's a great point I think that's exactly why we need to pass this legislation if we have people on waiting lists to truly needed that includes disabled people that trans homeless people of the victims of domestic violence and so if we get people who are able bodied to work and those who aren't and we if those are are choosing not to work then we can get these two people who truly know that need those resources and say not someone less for you and a half to two and a half years thank you so much for your time and appreciate a good vote. President under what is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eleven ninety six. Repair the machine madam Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark with a vote of seventy nine Yeas eighteen nays and one present the bill is passed and put please read house bill eleven forty four. House bill eleven forty four by representative office created specialty court program for families involved in a dependency neglect proceeding that are affected by substance use disorders or mental health disorders president Dalby you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker house bill eleven forty four is allowing circuit courts to establish another specialty court within that to deal with dependency neglect cases that come before the court is certainly voluntary the whole goal of any specialty court particularly this one is to keep a family together let them work services and try to keep that family where they're not having to move the children someplace out of the home keeps people in employed and overall it is a great deal for the reunification of the family of the services will be provided through our traditional ways of providing services all folks are on board with this and with that I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you I appreciate a good vote and there's a vote coming in calling. Dalby is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Dalby is close for the bill the question before the House is the passive house bill eleven forty four prepare the machine Madam. Everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clark with ninety eight U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed I'm court please read house bill one. That's the one thousand nine a representative Pilkington to establish that nonemergency transportation rideshare expansion study work group to study expanding Roger services covered by the Arkansas Medicaid program represent Pilkington. Thank you Mr Speaker for some of us who weren't here in the previous session you may recall I ran a bill to create a pilot program at DHS to use ride sharing options to pay for non emergent transportation and this was a may not it shall submit enough to do it and then but luckily they did and they started the program and was running for a little bit in the Little Rock major area using lifts has a way to help pay for non emergent transportation which for those who work in the medical field no that's a massive issue with low income people there are some issues with the program they shut it down COVID happen bigger priorities around the state than doing this which I understand makes sense so we were looking to get the program back online I had some different legislation but DHS came and relates that they've much rather have this kind of work group to work through the issues bring the nonemergency Tatian vendors to the table as well as a few other organizations that do free transportation for those looking to seek medical care that's a non emergent so that is we're going to pass this we're going to give them the authority to Sir meeting and then send a report to Senate and house public health in December of this year so that's essentially the bill not super controversial but I think is a really great program and I think it's a great way to kind of fill the gaps and I'm excited to get it back on track and get it running again. seen a question to ask for a good vote thank you president Clinton is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak. Clinton is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill one thousand nine. The medical. As everyone voted. As everyone by. Cast a ballot man park with a vote of ninety five. This past and Clark please read house bill one fifty five. House eleven fifty five a representative Bentley concerning the compliance of child care facilities with local regulations when seeking licensure under the child care facility licensors Act. President Bentley recognized to explain the bill. Good afternoon colleagues for many of our members many of our constituents is very tough to find good childcare specially for those folks that are infants to the age of three this bill is simply a bill to try to make a little easier for those who have residential take years to not to follow through with some commercial zoning issues not now she's been as honest commercial fire issues that they may have they have run into so if somebody has a residential day care they have to be licensed the early childhood development so have to follow through certain zoning regulations in order to get that licensed early childhood education so this bill simply says if you look on page two a local government authority shall treat a child care family home as a residential property use of application local regulations including zoning land use development fire life and safety sanitation and building codes so this situation came up where someone wants to put it a residential day carrying the fire marshal comes and says I'm sorry have to treat this like a commercial property benefit sprinklers in here you go change of the benefit you got a protection order in here by the time they get done with them there's absolutely no way they can financially for that and we have disallow those folks to get some good childcare since very simple bill been worked through represent Mayberry is in a lot of work in this I want to thank your on it to make sure things are good with our farmers across the state and with that I'll take any questions and if you might have on the. Seeing no questions I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Bentley's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Bentley is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eleven fifty five prepared machine Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark. With ninety five Yeas one day and zero present the bill is passed madam Clark please read house bill eleven seventy one. House bill eleven seventy one by representative hi to amend the law concerning the requirements for religious denominations to qualify self insurers percent Haak you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members this is a small bill that allows a religious denomination in the State of Arkansas to self insure the only change today is that these denominations do not prohibit their members so it doesn't change any of those requirements on their behalf it just wants to make it more correct in saying the denomination's discourage their members from purchasing insurance of any form from prohibits so we're not prohibiting anything we're saying that any denomination that discourages its members for insurance because of religious tenants may do that but they currently do not prohibit so we're not require him to to purchase insurance and number not preventing them from doing that in any way with that I'll take any questions. C. non I appreciate both rounds are and what purpose. Question I'm just curious yes because I didn't study this ahead of time this is pertaining to. Nondenominational churches you know a lot of a lot of churches say their nondenominational what why the distinction so there's no change in any other laws concerning other groups it only Rick is a change in this particular part of the law this follow up so. You're just saying. Ridging them from signing up with other insurance. Yes so the current way that it stated is that these denominations because of religious beliefs prohibit their members and that's not accurate they do not prohibit their members from purchasing insurance they only discourages thank you thank you. You know questions. Senate for aids for what purpose question you're recognized I'm just trying to follow what we're doing why do we need to do this what's the whole point of this. The purpose came about from a denomination that was just wanted to clarify they do not prohibit their members from purchasing insurance they only discourage it so this just follows their actual practice in making it accurate in the law there's no requirement that or probation against purchasing and. Represent rate for what purpose question you're recognized representative hot I think I remember voting on this bill last session this is the same bill it is not the same bill it's actually a different bill and this is the way it's currently worded was passed last session so this is just a clarification that an actual prohibition is not in the active practice of this religion it's only a discouraged not from purchasing insurance okay thank you thank you. I appreciate a good vote. Represent Haak is express. Would anyone like to speak for. Pockets close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eleven seventy one prepared machine. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk with eighty one Yeas eight days and three present the bill is passed ma'am Clark please read house bill thirteen twenty one. Has the thirteen twenty one by representative welcome to amend the law concerning truck platooning systems represent Holcomb you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank the Speaker. got cut pro just like it did in committee When I was a young man which you can have a look in as many many moons ago I heard Ford Motor Company advertise a heated steering wheel and I thought to myself what kind of candy stick is going to get a heated steering wheel but last Wednesday when we were here on the house floor before I left the house floor I walked to the back window here you to follow my truth and when I got out to my truck the steering wheel was nice and he did not say it was heated all of the players were frosted that were defrosted I got on the expressway and I put it in cruise control and it's got a gap control for me when I get it behind another car in case I'm not paying attention it keeps a certain distance if he stops it stops for me and if you've got that on your vehicle you know what I'm talking about. It Levon. Back up to five don't see something behind me it Levon set out for me like a little break that way it's got laying control we're if by not paying attention it keeps me inside the land you will let me get outside if I try to get outside of the line without hitting my blinker it gives me a little shock on the seat which alerted to the fact that you get now the only. So in saying that technology and use rapidly advancing in our personal vehicles and a commercial vehicles so H. B. thirteen twenty one is actually just a bill designed to keep up with the statues update the latest trends and applications of a truck technology in twenty seventeen this body enable legislation to establish a framework for platooning technologies to B. B. to be deployed in Arkansas that legislation required the driver to be present in the following vehicles since that time this body has subsequently passed legislation for Thomas vehicles we start we did a pilot programs better back in twenty nineteen and then we did a full scale application for a Thomas vehicles and twenty twenty one so H. B. thirteen twenty one is designed to update the twenty seventeen legislation to match the the more permissive an advanced language that was adopted in twenty twenty one it eliminates the requirement for a human operator and the second truck making our stature status on it actually technology neutral so this change is needed to update the law to current model in the market place and legislative trends that are surrounding our state. if a motor carrier Kate wants to deploy an autonomous technology in the state of Arkansas we have a plan for that. if a motor carrier once deployed truck platooning technology in Arkansas this legislation updates that plan for that. All trucks deploying any top of technology or equipped with the advanced safety systems the Arkansas highway commission retains of the plan approval the number of trucks the time of day how they market the routes all that is pre planned for pursuit operations in Arkansas this model is legal to deploy an approximate thirty other states matter fact connecting states to is Texas and Oklahoma both doing this this time I'd be happy to take any questions you have many if not appreciate a good vote. Thank you represent Holcomb is explain what represent Miller. Question represent Holcomb left well represent Holcomb is explain the bill we would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for. Welcome is close for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill three. Per the machine madam Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clark with a vote of ninety six yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Madam Clerk please read house bill thirteen twenty four. House bill thirteen twenty four by representative ought to amend the law concerning vehicle had left requirements president Vaught you're recognized. Sturch Speaker I don't think this one is near as controversy maybe if the last one but right now in Arkansas it is a law that you have to have on your windshield when you have your windshield wipers on you must have your lights on and we have a lot of people that still don't realize that and this will actually allow the cop to be able to pull them over. And talked about having their lights on file and they're going to a person on our. And with that I will take any questions over. Once from for what purpose question you're recognized but this doesn't allow for ticket correct. I mean. I don't know if I mean if. Right now it's illegal for it to be done they just can't be pulled over for it. Okay they'll give I'm sure at some. One two times maybe they give him a ticket I'm pretty sure if I'm speeding and I get pulled over I get a ticket. Follows. Correct. So this will be an offense that they could be pulled over for in and take it yes ma'am thank you sorry I didn't understand the first time. With that I'd appreciate a good vote. President laws explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill Rep. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I know there's several people have asked me questions concerning this bill and I just wanna make sure that everybody understands and representative Lundstrum just eluded with her question to exactly kind of what's been a misunderstanding but currently so everybody's clear currently under state law if you're driving your vehicle and it's raining you you have your wipers all you have to have your headlights on because of the visibility issue but that is what we call here a secondary law when this law was originally passed a made a secondary law which means that if you're a law enforcement officer and you see a vehicle that violating this law you do not have the authority to pull that vehicle over you have to be if you stop in for another reason then you can address the violation with the headlights not being alone during a rainstorm what this bill will do instead of it being a secondary low it will make it a primary law were which simply means that's what most of our laws or that we pass here in the state of Arkansas related to traffic offenses when he becomes a primary lawfully passes out here today then if law enforcement see someone driving without her headlights on during a rain storm then they have the authority to pull that vehicle over an address that at the end it's simply moves this bill simply moves it from a secondary offense to a primary offense and I thought I needed to come down here and explain that I know there's been some confusion on it I like the bill I'll be voting for I think it's a great bill and I appreciate your support thank. President Tosh spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak. Long you're recognized speak against. I hadn't planned on speaking with the but Vaught. That I should have. Many people such as myself drive older vehicles and the older vehicles of course don't turn lights on automatically I found myself many times driving down the road can you know if I think about of course I I determined I think so I think it's safer but a lot of people driving older vehicles maybe they're like me they don't job don't know that they don't have the lights on Inday physically not dark enough for your prompt you to turn them on yourself I think that it's probably not to darken up to to have these folks have to paying a ticket to something to consider appreciated. We would like to speak. I sent one day clothes and. And so this is a true safety issue a eighteen wheelers can't see people if they have it in the rain with the mist coming off the tires and everything so this is really about being site have been safer roads there are a lot of accidents actually happen which I didn't realize this due to even fog and them not being able to see cars in the fall because they don't turn on their lights so this is truly a safety issue and I hope that you will help our police make our areas in our roads more safe by the yes thank you I appreciate a good vote. Person bought his clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house house bill thirteen twenty four. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot madam Clark with sixty five Yeas twenty. Bill is passed Manafort please read house bill twelve twenty four. House bill twenty four by representative Bentley to allow redemption deed or sell the to be canceled and a penalty imposed if the payment instrument used to redeem or purchase tax delinquent property fails or is dishonored. Represent Bentley you're recognized to explain the bill. Colleagues two years ago we made it possible for the secretary for commissioner state lands to do online auctions increase the number of sales across our counties help in our county seat right of land that was a TAXDELINQUENT moving things forward with deeds in the past two years we've had seventy four bounce checks in that process so people are not doing their due diligence they would go online and buy some property then they go out there look at it realized really want that property after all and they just do a stop payment on the check and then we are another year within deed in limbo not knowing how to move forward so this simply does allows the commission state lands to do it definitely does on lap twenty dollar fine or ten percent of the sale whichever is greater to to cut back on those people that are doing about checks in this kind of abusing the system and making things run smoother for counties and the Commissioner state lands with that I will take any questions anybody's got on the same. Are not Senate questions I'd appreciate a good vote president Bentley is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Bentley is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill twelve twenty four the machine madam Clark. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk. With eighty five Yeas seven nays and one present the bill is passed ma'am Clark please read house bill twelve sixty three. House Bill twelve sixty three by representative Richmond to amend the law concerning the seller redemption of tax delinquent property into the clear any emergency represent Richmond you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this is another commissioner of state lands bill that was brought to me. I will say that ninety five percent of what this bill does is it updates the language to go ahead and and and be in line with what pass legislation has been done in the past as well as changing certain terms so that is consistency one of the big terms courses changing land to partial. That's probably ninety five percent the bill but there's another five percent that we have to talk about here and what is that five percent is contained in it well eliminates mailing bids on parcels that packs the liquid options. It standardizes wording to use partial as a state of land or property or cetera changes the notification period from starting when the partial sales at any tax the link with option to thirty days prior to the date of the sale sets a deadline to redeem the online auction partial to four PM central time the last business day before the date of sale this is probably the most important point. And that right now. When you have the option at the end of that day whoever owns that land that was auction if it's been bought they have ten more days. They get an additional ten days ago and pay their taxes you say well that's great that's great but that is not a taking in consideration the fact that they've already had four and a half years. One a half years. The pay their tax delinquent property. That's more time than you'll ever get on a car loan. That's more time than you will give anybody that you are actually selling a piece of property to an carrying the long for them you're not gonna wait for half years plus ten days. So this is just saying it's time to change that to get it where we can prevent this is money that comes into the state that somebody buys this particular piece of our property and then has to wait ten more days and then finds out that okay they went in and redeem the property now another month to two months goes by before whoever that buyer is can get their check back in actually get the money the other thing that helps stop. Which I don't have any statistics but I was told that it does help stop by the land commissioner is the potential of laundry money laundering. In that if you have dirty money one of the good ways the clean that money up as you go in you by this piece of property with dirty money. In the meantime you give money to whoever actually owns the land they go when they read DeMint. They pay their taxes the state now has your dirty money and you get in return a nice clean check for whatever that amount is. And so I don't know how well widespread that is I just know it's not report will cling to the IRS for some reason. So it's a difficult thing that we can also. Reduce the financial of people taking advantage of the system. Now we were asked questions in committee about how many parcels of land is sold that then goes and becomes delinquent again the following year the statistics I have right now that is reading during that ten day period a hundred fifteen thousand one hundred thirty five parcels of land redeem after being sold at an auction and then returns to link with status in other words I went in waited four and a half years plus ten days going to pay my taxes on the land. And then I get to go another four and a half years to ten days before I pay the taxes and penalties on my land again. I know it's hard to believe that some people do game the system. It also says time. That the first bids is received and to run through four PM central time the last business day before the date of sale. That's part of one of the other thing but is the clarification. There's clarification on this. It costs money to send out these notifications so that's one of the other things is brought up is how about the notifications you know we're worried about Graham all or whoever it might be is not receiving notification that they are taxed only. Well they went back and did research so that they can answer this message. This questions that come up successful notices has reached ninety percent of those sent out the court accepts as an acceptable notification. The first time it goes out there's about a thirty six percent return. That does not get delivered or they refused to accept the notification whatever it may be that's fairly high. But then following notifications reduces that down to a point where it's only about two percent that does not actually get notified in the Commissioner lance said in the committee meeting that if someone is not notified and they come and say we never got a notification they do go ahead and consider that as a mitigating circumstance. They were they did not commit say that they wouldn't go ahead knock and whatever but they I think that they will look at that and say well maybe there's more time is needed here. And they're willing to do that how much does this cost. Well in twenty twenty one from twenty twenty to twenty twenty one there were sixty five thousand seven or ninety five notices that went out at a cost of almost five hundred thousand dollars. Twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three thirty eight thousand dollars this went out of course was just now getting into twenty twenty three at two hundred eighty four thousand nine hundred two dollars. Twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two hundred and seventeen thousand seven or sixty four notices went out and that cost eight hundred eighty three thousand two hundred thirty dollars so it does cost the state money. And we need to try to reduce this and that's what they're trying to do is to streamline the system and and when the buyers go in and actually buy land that we don't tie up their money for an extended period of time and also to reduce that possibility that somebody might launder that money. And get you know take drug money and turned into good clean Arkansas check back to the. Any questions. Thank you. Percent. Richmond has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak bill represent baby recognized speak for the bill. I feel like I owe it to representative Richmond come down to speak for the bill a lot of those questions were my questions and the Commissioner lands office provided a lot of statistical information and and I'm thankful for that this is a good bill and I will support it thank you represent Richmond I ask for it but. Eighty spoke before the bill we would like to speak against the bill. What we would like to speak for the bill. President rai you're recognized speak for the bill. You know Vince talking to Marcus quite a bit about this last two or three days you know representative markets what really got me to thinking about this was that money laundering situation where a person would say come in and spend thirty thousand dollars to regain something have dirty money it gets sent down here and then if if if they don't get it if they don't get the the lan of the House they purchased then in turn they get a check. From the land commissioner so you know that is something I really think we need to think about and I think that's a good bill. President rise spoken for the bill. We would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Richmond is recognized to close for the. Just a couple things first of all thank you representative John have for those words of sport I appreciate that and thank you representative Howard Beatty for your kind words and your support you have some tough questions but they did get a good answer for those also this bill has an emergency clause on it so. Trump it up a little bit here with the support to help get that through as well thank you I appreciate a good vote. Absent Richmond has closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill twelve sixty three prepare the machine madam Clerk. They're one voted. Voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark with the vote of eighty As eleven days in one present. The Bill an emergency clause are passed Adam Clark please read Senate bill forty three. Senate bill forty three by representative Bentley to add certain restrictions on adult oriented performance into the fine and to oversee performance. President Bentley recognized to explain the bill. In my recent primary election I knocked on thousands of doors and talked to thousands of folks my news eject in my new district I heard over and over again from constituents the concern I have for children that being concerned they had for children in sexually groomed I was repeatedly **** are not something that you can do to protect innocence of our children I believe that there's a lot that we can do and this bill was one of those things the children in our state are struggling we have a number of students on prescription antidepressants children are addicted to drugs and committing suicide the number of you struggling with gender identity has skyrocketed we continue to see an increase in child molestation and children trapped as sex trafficking. We should cherish the project the innocence of our children and everything we could possibly do to protect it this bill is about protecting our children there are multiple things that we deem inappropriate for children like smoking alcohol. Rooftops sexually explicit material we should be able to add to that list. This bill is not about whether dragons is is acceptable as what whether we should be exposing our children to sexually explicit behavior. This is not about anyone's rights this is about protecting kids and not sexualizing our children thank you committee last week I said Rep I was S. was told represent Bentley this is not going on in Arkansas this isn't happening in other states why we do this early here and over the weekend I was inundated with pictures of what's happening here in Arkansas and Saddam springs and spring Dale in Batesville all across the state this is happening in Arkansas and we want to stop what's happening torture. I was also sent a letter to read part of that letter from Mister Brian Nourse. Thank you have a Batesville this last summer. At a local pride of man. Just over a year ago I retired from the army as a first sergeant and multiple combat veteran and even spent a few months at Walter Reed when deciding on our forever home we decided to find a safe harbor which to whether the current tied crazy culture wokeness and progressivism I have three daughters age eight nine and ten and I felt it was paramount to protect them from our way which society after searching for several months we went on Batesville Arkansas a small city in the foothills of Arkansas of the Ozarks in a fair drive for many large populated area. This is the second oldest city in the state with some of the houses dating to the antebellum times surely the strange of flexion sailing the rest of the country would be here if they were surely it would be minimal. Sadly this is not the case this disease is found its way to Batesville. Also in this area this June we noticed several advertisements for a private event on historic stretch of main street we thought. Big deal some rainbow flags food silly here colors and crappy music but we were wrong turns out there's also held a drag queen show on the block streets where children were brought on stage to dance with the performers summer moments during the routine is the performers would have the genital areas exposed. The father road number citing must come to an end the pillars of our great state and our nation are riding what happens when these pillars fall. What we tell our grandchildren when the nation they inherit resembles nothing like the one that we enjoyed what we do to correct small town Arkansas to keep them from coming San Francisco. I believe that there's plenty that we can do to push back against the welcome agenda protect the values we live in the state to keep a strong for our children and our grandchildren children this very simple bill simply explains what is adult oriented performance list what those things are says what a minor semi this eighteen or younger and also says a public funds are and simply says an adult oriented performance shall not take place on public property shall not admit any minor for attendance or be funded in whole or part with public funds and to my amazement when I want to start working on this bill I found out that's not illegal for children in Arkansas to go to a strip club it was only because of alcohol that they were not allowed but actually pass this bill we will be protecting our kids under that I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Bentley's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent the call you're recognized speak against the. Thank you Mr Speaker I was gonna ask some of these questions but I did get a chance to so I just wanted to talk a little bit about this bill I think there are lots of problems with it I think some of the main problems are there some and defined terms of per rent is not defined in this bill and neither is public property and I think if people are going to get penalized for doing something they should understand what the parameters are of that and what the definitions are the terms in the bill I'm also quite confused about criminal or civil penalties in this and this bill I also think it's a very vaguely written and that it's redundant as far as a lot of obscenity laws go and I'm not I'm still not satisfied that it doesn't affect the vents or concerts or plays or other artistic endeavors could the musical Chicago play in Arkansas. So ask you to for no vote on this bill. Represent Michael is spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Bentley is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill forty three compare the machine. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark by a vote of seventy eight yeas fifteen days and to present the bill is passed. Adam Clark please read Senate bill sixty. Senate bill sixty eight my represented by. To amend the law that requires all across education and to establish Holocaust education week in the public schools of the State of Arkansas prison Vaught you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. this just designates the last week of January as total cost week it just ask the department to suggest to the schools that they honor that week if the Holocaust week it's not mandated they don't have to they can still move there. Curriculum around what fits best for the school but is just asking and that that we could be designated as Holocaust week. I appreciate a good vote represent voters explain. For the bill. Representative Vaught is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill sixty eight prepare them. As everyone voted as everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clark by a vote of ninety seven U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed madam Clark please reads. Senate bill forty eight by representative Pilkington to amend the good Samaritan law to include the certain persons and nonprofit organization provides this I prevention interventions to Pilkington you're recognized X.. Thank you Mr Speaker the title speaks for itself is expanding the good Samaritan law to cover nonprofit organizations that provide suicide prevention when we presented the bill and Senate Judiciary and house judiciary we had we are the twenty to come and tell the story about how they've saved over four hundred veterans here in Arkansas with their suicide prevention so they're just wanting the protection under the law the consumer to provides and that the clarity I like to think Senator Clarke Tucker for bringing this to my attention in writing the bill Senator Mark Johnson for running over the Senate and representative Dalby for helping me get it out of out of house Judiciary Committee I appreciate your help so with that I ask for a good vote thank you president Bill. Bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Pilkington is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill forty eight. As has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Adam Clark by a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed madam Clark please read forty seven. Senate bill forty seven by representative Graham let's repeal the law that prohibits leaving a running vehicle unattended president Graham looking recognized to explain. Counted. So Senate bill forty seven is a constituent of an bill essentially right now it is illegal in the State of Arkansas to leave a. A vehicle turned on so for the number of representatives who will not be named some names and self already to turn on the car to let the ice melt off about thirty forty five minutes. I don't know how capitol police didn't get to take it but in the State of Arkansas right now that's illegal so what with us seventy years of automotive advancement. Thank you all company explained a lot of that for me already I think it's it's time that if you want to go and turned a car on a leave it warming up for you it is time to do that so thank you. President Graham like his explained the Bill. What do you would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Graham like. Is going to close for his bill. This bill is going to allow us to do three things first thing it governor life second to me one last question on your driver's license test in third you'll no longer be able to use the excuse that's a legal when your spouse ask you to warm up the car on it February morning. Thank. The grammar because close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill forty seven per machine madam Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot madam Clerk. Five hundred ninety seven yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Rep similar for what purpose. You're recognized for your point of personal privilege thank you Mr Speaker I make this brief items will come down the middle because it takes awhile but we're about to start having a lot longer days and and a lot more bills coming through here and I'm not admonishing anybody announcing all of us including myself we're gonna start paying attention to what we're doing. And I truly mean that because literally earlier today we passed a law. That makes it legal for eighteen Wheeler trucks to not have a driver and five minutes later in the name of safety. Right what we get pulled over for not having or why personal we say pay attention thank you Mr Speaker. Resented eleven for what purpose. Motion that's your motion Mr Speaker after the announcements reading of the bills transferring the bills placing the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their bills finalizing resolutions ready communications and then your committee committee reports I move that we adjourn until one thirty tomorrow. That's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion the motion passes. Are there any announcements representative gene for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized joint budget will meet tomorrow morning nine AM big mac a rat at least three governors letters represent Lanny Fite what purpose announcmenet recognized of the county judge association will be hosting a state dinner Thursday February the ninth at five thirty at the socialization the county building. Represent lines from for what purpose two announcements you're recognized the first and Northwest Arkansas chamber Springdale chamber will be hosting an event tonight from four thirty to six thirty please join us and then tomorrow morning pastors at the capitol your pastors will be visiting with you and it will start at nine o'clock and the honorable Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be speaking percent Stan Berry for what purpose announcmenet recognized judiciary will meet at ten o'clock in the morning. Of which is to use the and room one forty nine. In. Justice camp will be with us in the morning and the cafeteria from eight to nine o'clock so if you'd like to be there to have coffee with them and ask you some questions to answer be there represent represent road for what purpose. You're recognized. We'll do our Bible study at seven AM posted by myself and capitol ministries in the old Supreme Court building tomorrow morning thank you all are invited. President Holcomb for what purpose House you're recognized the transportation committee will not meet until Thursday. Represent wing what purpose. When you're recognized House Management meets immediately upon adjournment just a few minutes downstairs in room one thirty eight. Obscenities were purpose now Smith recognized revenue tax me tomorrow morning at ten AM room one fifty one represent Johnson for purpose announcmenet you're recognized public health meet tomorrow at ten o'clock at one thirty I will also be having our pictures at nine thirty on the House steps thank you representative eleven purpose. Management recognized House education will meet at ten AM tomorrow morning room one thirty eight. Please. Any other announcements. If not the desk remain open as needed for the reading of bills upon completion The Addams named insured resolution House bi adjourned until one thirty PM to Morrow.