House Convenes

And by the member staff and guests to stand to be led in prayer by Dr rex mourn house chaplain retired pastor of Emmanuel Baptist church in Little Rock and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance people led by representative Lane Jean. Let's pray together. Father we pray your blessings upon the women and men who gather together in this special place our capital to do the business of the people I pray that you'll guide them and that they will as always give their best efforts I would pray that we would all day think about our obligations and our opportunity. Our responsibility. Over personal preferences are our own opinions that we might value service over ourselves. And I pray that as we give our best that we do the best each day. But that we also deal with great respect for our fellow colleagues for every citizen of our state. That we might be kind with conviction but with compassion and lord we just ask that you would continue to guide us and help us to understand that day by day that is not a perfect journey. And that we can always do better still help us do our best today but be open to what might be a better path in days to come this is our prayer in Jesus name amen. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety seven members present the chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave represent Penzo for what purpose. Leave for representative ray is leave granted for representative rate. So noted representive Allen for what purpose. Is leave granted for representative Ferguson. So noted. President Murdock for what purpose leave a representative flowers is leave granted for RepresentativeHouse hours. So noted. Mr Clark please read the proclamation from the governor to all to whom these presents shall come greeting whereas an extra aired extraordinary occasion has arisen making it necessary to convene the ninety third General Assembly into extraordinary session and whereas the State of Arkansas ended fiscal year twenty twenty two with the largest surplus in Arkansas history a total of more than one point six billion dollars and whereas during the second extraordinary session of the ninety third General Assembly individual and corporate tax cuts were passed by the legislature that's our to spill into effect over the next several years and whereas the historic surplus demonstrates that the state can accelerate these individual and corporate tax cuts to provide income tax relief for taxpayers during this period of heightened inflation of personal financial and security and whereas the state's financial stability healthy reserve accounts and service spending policies additional tax. Amendments can be enacted to provide further tax relief and whereas certain reclaimed and recovered fiscal year twenty twenty to unexpended general revenue balances should be transferred to a restricted reserve fund for school safety grant program to help ensure the safety of Arkansas students now therefore I Asa Hutchinson governor of the state of Arkansas by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by article six section nineteen of the Arkansas constitution do hereby call an extraordinary session of the General Assembly to convene in Little Rock on August ninth twenty twenty two eleven AM and I do hereby specify that the General Assembly is to is convened in such cession to consider and if so advised enact laws for the following purposes one to amend the income tax brackets and rates for individuals to no lower than a top rate. Four point nine percent effective January one twenty twenty two and following tax years to amend the income tax brackets and rates for domestic and foreign corporations to deliver then the top tax rate of five point three percent effective January one twenty twenty three and the following tax years to create a hundred fifty dollar non refundable tax credit for full full year Arkansas residents individual filers make income up to eighty seven thousand dollars with the phase out of the tax credit filers having net income of a two hundred one thousand for tax year twenty twenty two to create a three hundred dollar non refundable tax income credits for for your Arkansas residents married filing jointly filed filers with the net income of up to a hundred seventy four thousand dollars with the phase out of credit for filers having net income of up to two hundred two thousand dollars for tax year twenty twenty to submit Arkansas law concerning the expensing and depreciation of property to conform with the most recent amendments to Internal Revenue Code section one seventy nine beginning in tax year twenty twenty two and two to transfer fifty million dollars from the state surplus to a restricted reserve set aside account for the purposes of school safety grant program and three to confirm gubernatorial appointees as required by Arkansas code annotated subsection ten dash to dash one thirteen and number four to provide for the payment of expenses for pretty and for the house of representatives and the Senate for this extraordinary session and over five to count to call it this call is subject to amendment prior to the date and time by which the General Assembly shall convene now in testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of the Arkansas to be affixed this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord twenty twenty two Asa Hutchinson governor. In accordance with the provisions of article six section nineteen of the Arkansas constitution. No business other than that which is germane to the terms. To the items in the call of the governor will be considered until all items in the call have been disposed of. Represent eaves for what purpose. Motion. What's your motion Mister Speaker I move we suspend for the duration of this special session House rule thirty eight P. through T. setting minimum lengths of time for circulation of fiscal impact statements related to specific types of legislation. That's proper motion is not debatable. All in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes represent beach what purpose motion to motion Mister Speaker I move that we suspend for the duration of this special session House rule forty one a bill us use me as a requiring bills to be on the desk for at least twenty four hours before final passage and prohibiting bills from being placed on committee agendas no sooner than the second calendar day following its filing that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it the motions passed. Representatives what purpose motion to your motion Mister Speaker I move we suspend for the duration of this special session House rule sixty eight setting minimum lengths of time for notice of committee meetings that's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion passes. Sir Clark please notify the Senate that the House is in session and ready for business. Mr Clark please notify the governor that the House is in session and ready for business. Read the bills Mr Clark. House bill one thousand one. Improperly introduced. House bill one thousand two. That objection read the bill a second time house bill one thousand two Revenue and Tax house resolution one thousand one without objection read the bill a second time House resolution one thousand one. Calendar House resolution one thousand two without objection read resolution second time House resolution one thousand two House Management. Represent makes. For what purpose motion place let's hear motion Mr Speaker after the announcmenet for any of the bills transferring the bill's place in the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move that we adjourn until nine o'clock tomorrow morning. That's the proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. Motion is adopted. First we're gonna move to some announcements I'm going to make a few brief announcements first are few of Arkansas state troopers with this today are corporal Richey Whitley and corporal trade counted and then also see the director colonel bill Bryant that you're with the highway patrol administrative office here in Little Rock. Then we've got one other Millett representative gene introduced the third one. Thank you Speaker got announcmenet this is captain Brad land from magnolia Arkansas. Given a big round of applause. Joint budget will meet at one o'clock we've got two items will be over big mac a. Represent Fortner for purpose. You're recognized House Revenue and Tax will make fifteen minutes after adjournment of Senate Revenue and Tax. President wing for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House Management will meet upon adjournment in room one thirty eight. Any other announcements members just to give you kind of The tentative plan for the week you've heard these announcements budget well first off House Management will meet upon adjournment. Joint budget will meet at one o'clock this afternoon Senate revenue tax is tentatively set for one thirty this afternoon and then House revenue tax will meet fifteen minutes upon their German we staggered those revenue tax committees so that we could both ends could hear from the D. F. in a officials and anybody else is there to testify tentatively. Well we've already adopted the motion so we're set to convene tomorrow morning at nine AM and then we would anticipate having another revenue tax committee meeting following the house session tomorrow and then hopefully we can come back in Thursday morning at nine AM obviously this is all subject to whatever action we take over the next few days but I know there's been a lot of questions and I wanted to let everybody know that's the tentative plan as we move forward any other announcements. If not the desk remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion The Addams named in the adjourn resolution the house would be adjourned until nine AM tomorrow.