Senate Convenes

The Senate will be called to order are there any requests for leave at this time. Senator Johnson please rise you're recognized. Senator Flippo. Thank you Sir. Please call the roll Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love Me key Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stem Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace thank you madam secretary for everyone the chamber would please rise for prayer led by Senator stone followed by the pledge allegiance. The guy we're just thankful for the opportunity that we have to just come before you and pray the lord we just want to acknowledge you is the one and only true living god. Dear lord I just pray that everything that's said and done here today will bring glory and honor to your holy name. The largest be with this bit and just play with our country I just ask these things in Jesus name amen. Which it stands. It. For all. Thank you. Yes center Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you and your personal privilege if I may come to the WEF you may thank you. I'm sure ladies and gentlemen of the Senate it is my distinct honor to present to you our doctor for the day and I'll tell you why because when I went to him I was probably at sixty percent of my breathing ability this is my allergist this is my friend this is our doctor of the day please welcome Dr GM Ingram. What is it It ways he's now my constituents that of US representative Scott and me the inevitable brindar Hugh it is our nurse of the day welcome OR is. Thank you both so very much for being with us today thank you madam chair. Thank you senator Chesterfield and ladies and gentleman in the gallery as well your Arkansas Senate it is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and governor sells accordingly during today's proceedings. That objections the rules will be suspended and the Senate will dispense the reading of the Journal. Morning hour has now begun. Are there any announcements or introductions at this time Senator Hester you're recognized. Members I just want to go over something Really quick here when when you want to be recognized to speak we don't push a button in here just kind of get the lieutenant governor's attention or if you stand up but if you push your button it sends feedback to people watching online the only time you push your button is when you are finished talking then you turn it off. Okay said simple rob is watching it he will turn you on when when when you're recognized by the governor that he'll turn your back on. Good night thanks. Thank you senator Paul try to do the best we can. Madam secretary other items at the desk yes ma'am. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill forty two by Senator Solomon compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health. Senate bill seventy one by Senator Sullivan to prohibit discrimination on preferential treatment of the state of Arkansas and other public entities Senate bill seventy one. State agencies bill seventy two by Senator Hickey to amend the law concerning reimbursement of council calls for holding state inmates probationers and parolees and Claire and emergency Senate bill seventy two. City council senate seventy three by joint budget I'm not Department of Education Arkansas school for the blind and school for the deaf corporation for twenty twenty three twenty twenty four physically or Senate bill seventy three Joint Budget. Thank you madam secretary is there any further business to come before the body. In the morning hour if not morning hour has expired we will now start the business agenda. Madam secretary please read Senate bills before so that. Senator Dismang you're recognized House Senate bill ten by joint budget and that for the Arkansas catfish promotion board appropriation of twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year Senate bill twelve a night for the Arkansas beef council preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four first here and Senate bill forty six an act for the office of governor legislative liaisons appropriation to the twenty twenty three twenty twenty fourth fiscal year. Thank you very Senator Dismang you're recognized all right thank you have members just to give you heads up we're going to do I have these will have three of them were gonna backs them just so we can make sure the machines work staff is I got some questions just wanna make sure everything's going to flow properly on the machines so with that we have to Senate bill Senate are Senate bill ten and Senate bill twelve those are both at promotion Bills one for beef in a and then one for catfish for motion the last is the governor's office liaison since for paid per diem ten or twenty six thousand and with that we're gonna vote those in batch if you'd like to pull one out from the vote the batches let me know so gonna read those quickly Senate bill ten winning like to pull it out. Senate bill twelve. Senate bill forty six. Senator Dotson you're recognized. All right we're gonna pull out Senate bill forty six four separate vote the means will still batching ten and twelve again mostly were doing this to make sure we don't have any issues with machines. R. C.. Are there any other questions for the senator on the first batch. You get. All right. Is there any objection to rowing a boat. Secretary please well of a bill in front Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis these dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice some Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. It is time to any Senators desires to vote to not voted or injured at this time Senator Dotson you're recognized you wish to. I have I'm sorry all right members a. Very ready to cross so he questions on Senate bill forty six best protect. Sorry I'm sorry. My past service my. No ma'am. By the Secretary cast a ballot. Okay motion ten and twelve. Yeah that's next. Okay. That's why I was recognizing you Senator Dotson is because I believe that you wanted to change your vote to a no. Thank you. The. I can I can make a motion to expunge vote by which Senate bill ten and Senate bill twelve past. Section. Vote is expunged. Secretary lease roll. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis vis dismaying Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice system Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Your. The change of the. DO any senators wish to vote who have not voted or change their vote at this time. Senator Dotson you're recognized change veterinary. Any other centers. Madam secretary please cast a ballot. By a vote of thirty three eight one nine. The. Bill passes and please transmit to the House. What. An emergency clause is adopted. Please transmitted House. This man is recognized for Senate bill forty six. Senate bill forty six by joint budget an act for the office of the governor legislative liaisons preparation for the twenty twenty to twenty twenty three fiscal year. This may you're recognized the preparations for two to twenty six thousand hundred fifty dollars has in Laos for the payment of per diem for nine legislative liaisons. And it's no change from prior administrations scale. Are there any questions for the senator. Without a. Jackson added secretary transaction to rowing the boat. Mattis secretary please rowboat. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis Davies dismaying Johnson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice stone Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Twenty senators who did not vote wish to vote or change their this time Senator flowers you're recognized. Senator flowers notice. Voting present. But thirty three eight zero nine. One president. It has passed with emergency clause and effect. Transmitted house. Any other business. Centerville you're recognized. Let everyone know that you have an insurance and commerce bill that you're going to file that's going to affect the retirement system's they must be turned into the Committee by the twenty seventh. We have to have a third party feasibility study completed on or before we can contract passing so keep that in mind the twenty seventh of next week. EBT yeah yeah any any any benefits on it thank you Mr okay that in mind. Any other announcements. There are no other announcmenet. And it is adjourned we will convene at. Ten AM tomorrow January nineteenth. Subject to read across the desk.