Senate Convenes

Order. Leave at this time. Senator Hill you're recognized. West leave for representive Eubanks bill floor. Thanks and. Committee secretary please call the roll Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll. Davis these Dismang Dobson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me kidi Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Thank you madam secretary everyone the chamber the galleries would please rise for prayer led by Senator days followed by the pledge allegiance. Thank you members. It's a joy that this is the first time that I get to speak to you in the wealth actually and what an honor that we get to go seek the lord together at that same time so as to those projects thank you lord thank for who you are for what you've done for us continue to do for us for your son is sent to us gotta ask that you give us the courage to be men and women of courage and that we seek your wisdom in the big things and the little things in all things that we seek you first and we and we know your scripture tells us that James one five that you will give us your wisdom generously the C. Q. acknowledge you so we asked that that be ever present on our heart as we serve the people that you've entrusted us to serve we be mindful of of what you've done for us as well his name for a payment. Thank you and ladies and gentleman the gallery's welcome to the Arkansas state Senate it is our expectation that each of you what your size proper decorum and govern yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings without objection the rules were resuspended in the Senate with Spencer reading of the Journal. The morning hour has now begun. Are there any announcements or introductions at this time. Senator Hammer. Insured like desk for point of personal privilege please read it thank you members like cast for this point of personal privilege on behalf of a the family of a bit fireman over the weekend been was unfortunately they've lost one of their up in rising star fireman his name is Tristan read better known to his friends as twister used twenty one years old on the day that he died with his two year anniversary of being with the Benton fire department it was a non work related accident but yet it's a death non the less Tristen and his family tended the church the pastor and so I would just like to ask if the members would agree for a moment of silence to remember the family in their loss and also remember the bin fire department if you would because it has been a pretty crushing blow to the members of the bench part part with that manager like gas for a moment of silence please bring it. Thank you members thank you madam chair. Thank you senator Hart certainly go out to twisters family. Madam secretary or other items at the desk. Yes ma'am where your committee on rover Bills to whom was referred Senate bill seventy four by Senator board the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health. Senate bill eighty one by Senator Sullivan to amend the law concerning obscene materials to create the offense of furnishing a harmful item to a minor and to amend the law concerning obscene materials loaned by library Senate bill eighty one Judiciary set by any two by Senator Solomon to modify the definition of our climate dispensing to include dispensing of contact lenses Senate bill eighty two Public Health symbol eighty three by joint budget an active department of agriculture appropriations twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth this year Senate bill eighty three joint budget Senate bill eighty four by joint budget an active Department of Parks heritage and tourism capital signing district commission appropriation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill eighty four joint budget senate eighty five by joint budget and I department parks heritage and tourism state parks and tourism divisions appropriations twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill eighty five the Joint Budget. Thank you madam secretary there any other further business to come before the body in the morning hour. If not morning hour has expired will now start the business agenda. Madam secretary please read. Senate bill forty three Amendment one Senate bill forty three. Senator Stubblefield. You're recognized. Thank you thank you manager this amendment simply as cosponsors to us Senate bill forty three. There any questions. Anyone would wish to speak against. Anyone wishing to speak for. C. nine. All those in favor of the amendment please signify by saying aye He opposed. The ayes have it. The Amendment has been adopted we will send to engrossing. Centerville. House concurrent resolution ten O. two by representative Eubanks in center hill to encourage the United States Congress and national security counsel to review the status of forces agreement between the United States and Japan interview review that investigation and trial of navy lieutenant Ridge. Sectors in the bill you're recognized. Thank you governor. We got the house resolution here. H. C. R. one thousand two known forty noted representative Eubanks is is back here in the back as well and. The outcome of the Stanley is watching this stream there from California in there watching the stream so long to make sure I'm not gonna read the entirety of us want to give everyone a little bit of history on what's going on here. This young man Lieutenant helpfulness is imprisoned in Japan right now. He was a best friend in college at the Naval Academy of representative Eubanks so and he's been Arkansas you saying right about football games and been all over the area we're representive Eubanks from in this as part of me because I have a son who station to pan right now in the navy it's so representative Eubanks has on a number ends in the station Japan so looking at this. Lieutenant outcome this will melt the cheese he came down from Mount Fuji with this family. Wife and three kids. He blacked out. Passed out on the way down mountains mountain sickness altitude whatever you wanna call it the blacked out ran off the road. He had been killed. Two of two Japanese citizens. Well whenever a they did the testing and everything for you no alcohol in his system and no drugs so is diagnosis Wallace how to to sickness from that he was sentenced to three years in prison in Japan. Or something could not control his family queen Hillman interest copy paid one point six million dollars to the family in Japan because in Japan this customer if an accident happens you pay the family restitution the family took the restitution then turn around press charges only. And so this resolution basically is saying we want to get to the present nine states we want them to do something about this take care of our own if we can free a basketball player in Russia one not one of our military me in this station in Japan. Will this resolution be going to the United States so our commission district congressional officer to sign off on the S. and and we will get to the president to do something for you to show me and we go back to serve this country. With that I'd appreciate a good vote. I think Senator there any questions for the senator. The nine one one to speak for against. One wish to speak for. Those in favor of the resolution please signify by saying aye. Any of those. Resolution about it and we will return it to the house. Recognized for H. C. R. one zero zero five House resolution ten oh five or Bentley and Senator Stubblefield for crying religious freedom day. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Thank you madam chair. This is simple resolution that simply recognizes the religious freedom day the reason the reason the very reason our country became a country with was because of the people came here so they could worship freely and that's that's basically what this resolution does I would like to have a good vote. Thanks center there any questions for Senator Stubblefield. C. nine anyone wish to speak in opposition to the resolution. Anyone for. That all those in favor of the resolution please signify by saying aye any opposed. Motions resolution is adopted and returned to the house. There any further business. Or any announcements at this time. C. nine we stand adjourned. I apologize. Senator you're recognized. Just a reminder rules committee will be meeting upon adjournment. Three oh nine. Thank you any other announcements. This may. The Joint Budget meet tomorrow morning at nine. Any other announcements. Say no further announcements the Senate Stanton's armament in convene tomorrow January twenty four two thousand twenty three at one PM. Subject to review process.