Senate Convenes

The Senate will be called to order. Are there any request for leave at this time. C. nine madam secretary please call the roll. Boyd Bryant Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Kroll Davis did these dismaying this Dotson English Flippo flowers Gilmore Hammer Hester Hickey Hill Irvine Blake Johnson Mark Johnson King Leding Love McKee Murdock Payton Penzo Petty rice spam Stubblefield Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Everyone in the chamber and in the galleries please rise and remain. Standing for the pledge of allegiance the Senate will be led in prayer by Senator Ricky Hill. Thank you madam chair and congradulations we're glad to have you here and for your first day sitting in the. Please join me in prayer. Your him with our thank you for this day you've given us lord we thank you for this great state in this great country that that you've allowed us to. To to to levy and lord we pray that you'll be with us and watch over us we pray lord that will make all the decisions as we set forth in in the endeavor for this year we pride order to be with our or Madame chair Hanley part or that you watch over her and help her make all the decisions on her results that we have from our issues that we face we pray lord you'll be with the military spread throughout the world we pray lord that you bring those home safely to their families are being deployed we praise you watch over them and take care of them we pray to be with the families who have been affected by deployment lord we pray to watch over us and take care of us in league got and direct us in your way your name we pray amen. All. Ladies and gentlemen in the gallery welcome to the Arkansas Senate. It is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and governor yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings. Without objection the rules will be suspended and the Senate will dispense with the reading of the Journal. The morning hour has now begun. Are there any announcements or introductions at this time. Senator Tucker is recognized. Thank you madam president colleagues please join me in welcoming our doctor of the day today Dr Naveen Patil and our nurses who we all know well and will and will be with us this session miss Brenda Hewitt and sherry Bernard. Madam secretary R. their items at the desk yes ma'am Senate bill forty four by joint budget an act for the department of corrections parole board preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty for fiscal year. Senate bill forty four. Joint Budget Committee. Senate bill forty five by joint budget an act for the department of corrections Arkansas sentencing commission preparation for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four fiscal years Senate bill forty five Joint Budget Committee Senate bill forty six by joint budget I'm not for the office of the governor legislative liaisons preparation for the twenty twenty to twenty twenty three fiscal years Senate bill forty six Joint Budget Committee. Senate bill forty seven by Senator Boyd to repeal a law that prohibits leaving a running vehicle unattended Senate bill forty seven transportation. Is there any further business to come before the body in the morning hour. Senate. C. nine. The morning hour. It's expired. We will now start business agenda. Secretary. Please read. House concurrent resolution ten for ballot. Representive shepherd Senator Hester providing that the house of representatives and the Senate of the ninety fourth General Assembly my recess on Thursday January twelfth twenty twenty three and reconvene on Tuesday January seven eighteen twenty twenty three. Senator Hester you're recognized. That's what it is. Are there any questions. C. nine all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed. Hearing none ayes have it. Resolution. The resolution is anchored and returned to the house. Is there any other business to come before the body. Senator Hester. I guess I really approach to clarify that this members what would we would recess more than three days we have to do this we're not gonna be here Martin Luther king day Monday so we need to have that agreement that we can recess for more than three days so we won't be here martlets. We will not be here tomorrow I know we were here Thursday yes. Tomorrow is Thursday beer would not be here Friday Saturday Sunday Monday some of active okay. Senator Mark Johnson. Thank you madam president just announcmenet of transportation will meet upon adjournment in the L. spring court chambers so just be organizational meeting. Thank you. Senator Chesterfield thank you madam chair this creates difficulty for those of us who owns a and C. committees because education is meeting upon adjournment and now the same committee is meeting upon adjournment so how do we deal with that because. By Senator English announced that we would have education right after German did not and now senator Johnson is. It's at eleven so so get clarity then from senator Johnson asked you when specifically he wants he wants it upon adjournment. Thank you need clarity on both committees thank you. Recognize Senator Mark Johnson. Thank you madam president Senator Chesterfield I don't expect this meeting to last more than five or ten minutes to simply organizational meeting we do not have any bills signed yet so we'll we'll get through it pretty quick and if if if the education center in this is eleven I know you'll have plenty of time between the two and I know early we're having to work out some of the scheduling issue with the city committee but I thank you hope that's adequate answer thank you. Senate held. All the new members that we have not the not anyone that has served in the house and the Senate in the past we're going to meet for about five minutes at the proteins Office directly after this so if you're a new member will meet there okay thank. Senator is recognized. Thank you madam president the Senate rules committee met yesterday afternoon to review the cabinet secretary nominations of governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders the rules committee voted to recommend to the full Senate that we confirm all of the secretaries madam president on behalf of the rules committee I move that we confirm all the secretaries nominated by governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Levelised on everybody's desk. Are there any questions. C. nine all those in favor signify by saying aye. The opposed. Five. They are all over. Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized just announcements any state agencies will have an organizational meeting tomorrow morning at nine an old Supreme Court. Senator Hester you're recognized a few quick announcements announcements if you order coins and have not paid for them your Senate coins police C. Anderson bring it today if you can we've got a few left that haven't done that and then members tomorrow we're gonna we're gonna try to pass are Senate rules so there's quite a few people with some amendments so we'll have those discussions so if you have an amendment to our rules be prepared to present those tomorrow and if you will anybody's getting questions about him clearly there some may be presented that we don't know about yet right no one no one has to disclose that but tomorrow we will start working through the amendments and we know some right Amendment twenty forty with ethics will work through that we know Senator Dismang has want to deal with commitments on campaign finance of a campaign commitments for campaign contributions during session so if there's any others please get with us and we we can talk about it if not we'll just talk about it tomorrow the floor center Dotson. Thank you is there going to be a list of the one do you know about an hour early at the Hey how are if you if you have something you want to run if you want to tell me let me know and we'll send something out this afternoon but the ones that were aware of. I guess Senator Hill you're recognized you may. What about the or flowers will always donate the flowers we wanted that feel or so we we have. It is customary the Senator turns a hundred dollars in and we use that money if if a member loses a loved one if there's a reason to send flowers so we do that so if any of you guys we would ask that all thirty five of this turned a hundred dollars in and we use that for as needed. Senate. Thank you Mr chairman pro tem one of the coming into. We are coming in at ten AM tomorrow thank you so moving forward I can we expect on Monday Tuesday Wednesday that we will come into session at one o'clock on Thursdays will come in at ten o'clock that's kind of been customary in the past I will continue to try that but like say we we've all done this enough it can change on an hour's notice but you can expect to come in on Monday Tuesday Wednesday at one PM in session Thursday ten AM. What you're recognized. Thank you madam chair of members of the city county local committee it's what you know that will be meeting it says on the website let's what website were meeting at ten AM it'll be immediately upon adjournment tomorrow so that is for members of city county local committee thank you. Senate bill you're recognized. Insurance and commerce is not going to meet until next week we're we're taking this entire week also will get started next week fresh. Are there any other announcements before the body. Saying that the Senate will stand endangerment subject to the player of the desk until at ten AM tomorrow January twelfth two thousand twenty three.