State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs-Senate

Begin with house bill ten twenty three. She. Thank you Mr chairman this is a very simple bill but it's very important to me. Of all the bills that I have run in you know that I don't run committee I have gotten such an outpouring of support this bill it was almost unbelievable what this bill is it's says that all flags that are purchased with government for state funds with taxpayer funds in the state of Arkansas will be made in the United States that's simply what it says and I would certainly appreciate a good vote. Thank you Fortner is enjoyed questions from the committee. Twenty nine the your clothes your bill I'm closed all right what's will motion second all in favor say aye All opposed Like sign. Thank you thank you thank you all so much so I have one more order of business and that's the committee photo. When when when would we like to do that next Tuesday or next Thursday before probably before the committee meeting. Anybody got any preference. For for Thursday. You look better on third. Okay. Your any objections Thursday before before we There's no jet injection will do thirsty before the meeting. Senator Tucker had ones that he he was running a bill another committee and whenever we were under code protocol we had rules that whenever bill come in here it was under What was it called. The inactive. In an active status is just something for you all to think about Senator Tucker I thought it was a good idea. It would go in an active until the sponsor requested it be placed on the agenda see we have three bills in two of them wanting are run but they're always going to be on the agenda. And Health. Until they run on and less they deferral later questioned me deferred so. Yes. Well. No or the rules in here but that's that's what I if a bill is been on the regular agenda. For so many times three times I think it three times three times and if okay so this SP four. It's been on here this is the second time. Yes so it is one more time before it goes to differs yes okay. This is just another option though where the sponsor could requested be put on the agenda. And we would put it on the agenda rather than me just two columns there would be inactive a regular and the deferred so if the will of committee so and I had one other question. at I thought I had pulled up the calendar. On Saturday. And I thought I saw where the Senate state agencies. Meeting was canceled. And then I just happened to. All of the calendar again last night. I thought it was on for today with an agenda yeah so what to expect in terms of. What we see on the calendar I mean how many. Hours or days or we try to set that two days in advance so weekends are considered. For purposes of establishing one day two days whatever. So wish we said on Sunday I think it was under. Friday Friday okay for choosing in there said on Friday I'm fairly certain that I didn't see. I saw. I did see. Meeting canceled and. Friday. My go back and look when I was kind of thrown it was Friday afternoon whenever I responded because I'm elected to Beals. And it was Friday afternoon whenever I responded and I don't know when when did it go on the calendar. Friday. I thought I had pulled it up this we can install meeting council. So I'd like to. Make sure we follow. The rule on that and have at least two days to notice so. We were here Thursday we were here third okay yeah because I'm like I thought I had I pulled it up and I saw deferred I mean saw canceled and I hit refresh refreshed it showed. But that was last night or early this morning when I pulled up and when I hit refresh than it shall we have made a yes this gallery for it sure it'll go back to your your last it'll go back to your last viewing so go ahead Senator not. Just back to your original question on deferred A senator can request or a member can request that their bill that's on active regular agenda go to deferred that does it have to be there for three right now well we would have to suspend the rules and let you wait two days the we would have to suspend the rules to take it off of the first but just so if you have like S. before we heard it it'll go off after Thursday's meeting is actions not taken but if if you reach out to the bill sponsor and and staff says you wanted on there or do you want to send it to differ if they're not ready to run it they can do that without needing to have a another act inactive status yeah bill right yeah we I mean he can come Thursday and amended and then run it next week. However you want to do it or are are to put it on deferred and we can do it do it next week but bills when they get filed are automatically put on after two days there's a one day period because I've filed something yesterday is it's not read across in the committee yesterday so that didn't give it. So it need to be on Friday to be for this days and need to be filed Friday for to automatically come on today's calendar okay. Thank you. So just think about the the possibility of going back to the an active calendar or it is it's up to the wheel at. Senator Tucker had suggested that the there's people that see our agenda and and don't remember what Pat was before the COVID where it we just had a list of bills and so. If will we can discuss that if Senator Tucker feels more passionate about it but I just want to put it before yes so. That possibility but if there's no other business we we are adjourned.