House Convenes

And by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to standard led in prayer by the house chaplain Dr rex mourn retired pastor Emmanuel Baptist church in Little Rock and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance be led by representative Lane Jean. Let's pray together. Father we thank you for the beauty of the day on the outside of beautiful beautiful day. We thank you lord for the work that goes on here in this chamber today. And I thank you that your ever present with us. You're everywhere. You're with us and our highs and lows are joys or sorrows. When we feel that we've failed when we feel like maybe we've accomplished something. So wherever the women and men of this chamber are in their own personal lives or family live. I pray you bless them. And in their work together. Sometimes it's fits and starts and different things would just pray that you will guide them through the process we thank you for the leadership of the house we thank you lord for every person and from the districts that they come from bless our state we pray in Jesus name amen. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With one hundred members present the chair sees a quorum represent Fredrick Love moves we dispensed the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are there Reports from select committees are there Reports from standing committees is there any unfinished business are there any Executive communications read the letter from the government Clark. March first twenty twenty two to the Speaker of the house do Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on March first twenty twenty two are reviewed and approved the following measures for the fiscal session of the ninety third General Assembly Senate bill eighty five ACT one of seven Senate bill eighty six ACT one L. Eads INVL eighty seven is ACT one on nine Senate bill eighty eight ACT one ten it's well how to ninety seven is ACT one eleven house bill ten ninety eight ACT one twelve possible tonight as ACT one thirteen house bill eleven hundred is ACT one fourteen sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Represent Eubanks moves we place House resolution ten thirty four back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection remember. Member number one to House. Resolution to thirty four. Observe Eubanks recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker came to our attention we needed to add some language to this resolution I appreciate a good vote purpose of Eubanks is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Eubanks close for the amendment the question before the House the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten thirty House resolution ten thirty four all in favor say aye. Any opposed the resolution is adopted. We're gonna Passover House resolution ten twenty nine. Along with the. House resolution. In thirty six. Mr Clark please read house concurrent resolution one thousand two. House resolution tentative a representative Dotson to the joint rules of the house of representatives and the Senate of the ninety third General Assembly. Dotson you're recognized explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker members house concurrent resolution one thousand two is the final piece of the package that we've been working on this sets up the joint rules for the house and the Senate now that all the bills have gone through this basically puts it in the rule for the house in the Senate the the requirement for the three force majority vote if we are to try to take up a a a bill concerning the the health insurance policies outside of the first fifteen days of a regular session and then a two thirds majority to bring up such a change if it's at and the fiscal or a special session. More than happy to try to answer any questions. Thank you. Represent Dotson explain the resolution when you would like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the rest. Represent Dotson you're recognized close for the resolution thank you Mr Speaker if I might take just a moment my wife and son are in the gallery here and just want to. It's it's the smaller son behind in front of Blake over there. But the I just want to a knowledge they were here and the just take a moment and say I've really appreciated serving with you all in this chamber and this is more than likely last time my name will appear on this calendar in this chamber so at least as a house concurrent resolution. Create a good vote. Representive Dotson has close for the resolution. The question before the House is the passage of house concurrent resolution one thousand to repair the machine Mr Clerk. As. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mister Clark with ninety three ace three nays and zero present the resolution is passed represent Lowery for what purpose for a personal privilege you're recognized for your twenty percent relative. Members I'm certainly not going to say this may be the last some of the podium casual cheer. The. Okay I did say it did not I just wanted to take this point to perform personal privilege to apologize to the body for of my remarks yesterday I have already spoken to the Speaker spoke to him yesterday did not realize until I spoke to him that there there was a Misinterpretation of my comments I they were not directed towards the Speaker the Speaker was extremely fair in the way he handled the ruling is a matter of fact. His ruling I knew his ruling was correct I only appealed it so that there could be some debate. The point that I was trying to make it so I want to apologize first publicly to the Speaker because he's been nothing but fair especially in light of how difficult this issue has been about whether to take up the the pro life bill or not he's been very fair so but I felt like I should apologise publicly and and I do so please forgive. I also want to apologize to general very. And those of you who have served in armed conflict. My dad was a veteran of the Air Force for twenty six years and he did serve and I know that there is no equivalency. Between what the people of Ukraine and what many of you who served have experienced and the things that we experience here. It's frustrating. And what I was pointing to when talking about was how sometimes. The rules and procedures and parliamentary procedure used to try and make sure that both sides are her and that we do it in proper order and the tyranny that I was talking about is the net effect of sometimes using those rules to shut down debate. We should not do that the people of Arkansas you know they're paying for us to be here and we had the time uh we've had the time. But that's no excuse for being incorrect of making a comment where there is no equivalency and I apologize to you as well. Thank you the members thank you for this opportunity to come forward if I'm going to say something public that hurts people's feelings or offends them it's not enough for me to apologize to them privately I need to do it publicly and I'd ask that you the body would accept my apology as well thank you. Go back up to House resolution ten thirty four. Mr. Mr Clark please read House resolution ten thirty four for the third time. House resolution to thirty four. Houses into the report congratulating the parents high school volleyball team for an outstanding record by representative Eubanks. Representive Eubanks you're recognized. Members this resolution is to recognize the achievements of the Paris volleyball team last year they won state championships one of their members list the comp was named the three A. state tournament Most Valuable Player but this is not just a recognized one season because they've had a they've had a remarkable decade they have been to the state playoffs nine of the last ten years and they've once five state playoffs so they have to get back to Paris so I'm not going to have the Clerk read the resolution but I was hoping that you can join me in recognizing the Paris folly ball team and their coaches. Members representive Eubanks is explain the resolution Sir one anyone who'd like to speak against the resolution. Anyone who'd like to speak for the resolution represent Eubanks is close for the resolution the question before the House is passage of house resolution ten thirty four all in favor please say aye. Many opposed the ayes have it the resolution has passed. Members are doctor today is doctor Wallace Simon. Little Rock. Members are nurse of the day is Brenda Hewitt. Members the morning hour send. Members will move to the yellow budget counter representative gene. You're recognized. Representative Jean moved to re place house bill ten thirty for the second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number two Mr Clark I remember to the house bill ten thirty four. Representative jim you're recognized. Thank you madam Speaker colleagues of. The second amendment on the Department corrections. There's a two things it does is the relative rise the ammunition ammo audit done at the department of corrections and also this creates the of seventy five million dollar appropriation for the calico rock prison. Any questions on these two issued on this amendment. Create a good vote on the amendment. Members of representatives representing as explained Amendment are there any members who wish to speak against amendment representative council recognized to speak against the amendment. Thank you madam Speaker I love saying that colleagues I am not in the well today to argue that we do not have a prison overcrowding problem we do we've all heard it from our county and our state officials. I'm here to argue that this proposed expansion that we're voting on right now. Is not the only solution to that very real problem in fact as an imprudent one first. It's expensive so this appropriation allows for anywhere between twenty six and seventy five million dollars to go towards the building of that expansion but that has nothing in that that does not include any of the ongoing costs of housing an additional five hundred prisoners those ongoing costs will be immense it cost something on the order of seventy one dollars a day to house an inmate in this state. That equals thirteen million dollars additional expenditures every year after this expansion. So keep that in mind is you're voting today. Second I really worry about staffing we know that staffing these facilities is already a huge problem there is a crisis we can't fill the positions we have right now yet today were voting to add five hundred beds without any insurance or plan for how we're going to staff those beds that poses a safety risk not only to those who are incarcerated in these facilities but the correctional officers who are already working in them. Finally I would argue that this proposed expansion does nothing to address the underlying problems that have led to Arkansas having the fourth highest incarceration rate in the country. How many are Kansans will sleep in a prison that tonight because of a failure to pay fines or fees and nothing more we need to ask that question. We ask how many Arkansans would be impacted by increased funding for things like drug treatment facilities or mental health care or job training or housing any one of those things would be a much smarter investment of our Kansans dollars are trying really hard to think of a metaphor for this in the best I could come up with was that this proposed expansion feels like putting a very expensive ice pack on a broken limb it may feel good in the short term it may ease some pain temporarily but unless we work to really address that break underlying it. The pain is going to continue to come back year after year after year so I'm going to vote no on this amendment today I would encourage you to join me let's not add more prison beds but let's work together to remove the need for those beds in the first place thank you. President Clinton spoke against the amendment would he would like to speak for the amendment. Would anyone represent Vaught you're recognized speak for the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker I don't usually do this form against staff. But I've had several kind of several counties that have reached out to me about prisoners that are sleeping on floors. I mean they don't have a bed for them to sleep in this is not adding new people to our prison system it's getting them out of our counties and off the floors that they're laying on in our counties and I mean. I get calls all the time asking for a ban to be found for their husband that's lying on the floor so I would encourage us to please vote yes for this so we can get people in bands and quit treating on like they're not humans and give them a bad so I appreciate a good vote. President Vaught has spoken for the amendment would you would like to speak against the men. Would like to speak for the amendment. Very you're recognized speak for the amendment. First of all I thank you Mr Speaker I have to agree with a representative bought on her comment because my wife is one is looking for a bed for me quite often in the county jail so and we just don't have. and I respect my colleague Nicole Clowney use of comments on the need to mitigate some of the challenges that we have with people that may not necessarily need to be incarcerated but I also recognize the challenge that are sheriff's departments have an immediate need much like what the representative Vaught said to have a space I we have a brand new county jail and one of my counties and it's already popping at the seams because they have of felons in that facility and they need a place to provide some relief for our a county jails and I would love to be able to be a part of the conversation with the representative Clowney and anybody else that wants to have a discussion on how we can mitigate some of the challenges in our community to keep people out of jail and I believe representative Lundstrum her bill with the the reboot there's so many different factors that I believe that we can take in consideration that can help us solve a lot of the challenges that we have in the criminal justice system in the state of Arkansas today so today I will be voting for this bill because I think we need the immediate relief but I will say that I am committed to representative Clowney and anybody else that wants to have that discussion about finding other avenues to prevent incarceration within our communities thank you Mr Speaker. Represent the various spoken for the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. President flowers you're recognized to speak against the amendment. Good afternoon colleagues I wasn't. And I come down here Because I imagine everyone probably knows exactly how they're going to vote on this but I. Felt compelled because. We have been talking about this as a matter of fact. Before I was sworn in someone called me and told me that one of the things that we would need is a new president. Now when I think about taking almost a hundred million dollars. And then there after at least thirteen to fifteen million dollars a year. For just five hundred as. But then I also think about the fact that we have a fifty percent recidivism rate. In a state where we have the highest incarceration rate in the country. Of those who come back. A third of those people are back for technical violations. Folks. This is really about money it's about jobs. On the backs of families. The incarceration rate that has exponentially grown in this country has grown not because of an increase in crime. But just because of an increase in policy. So whether you're talking about incarcerating people because they're poor and they don't pay their rent a center bill on time which is actually a policy measure that is where there has been an effort to put that in place or whether you're talking about changing burglary from a non violent crime to a violent crime those are things that change incarceration without crime actually changing. And if we are actually going to be committed. To be policy makers and states men and women. Doing our due diligence. To make the right decisions in Arkansas to punish those who need to be punished. But also to extend grace and truly supports second chance policy measures. I don't believe that we need to be spending it with the course of the next several years. Hundreds of millions of dollars we can take much less and a little intestinal fortitude. To change the policy so that we are serving our people. So that we can have a positive impact on families and making sure that those folks who need to be punished and punished those folks we also need re entry resources. Those folks also need programming while they're in prison can get what they need with far fewer dollars. Lower our the growth rate not only lower the growth rate re referred that growth rate and lower our incarceration rate. And spend those dollars on schools. I'll say this. I voted against the Success education program. How can we. Five four dollars for our at the education in this state and say we don't have money here we don't have money there in the amount of ten million dollars three million dollars six million dollars but we find a hundred million dollars and thirteen and fifty to fifteen million dollars thereafter to build new prisons just for five hundred new prison beds and I would ask you to consider this if there are some things we can do right now we can look at our geriatric population for those who are not lifers we could look at the terminally ill for those who are not lifers. We can look at the number of inmates who have actually been parole but are still in prison. There's a lot we can do right now and not have to spend that money and I beseech you to think about what I've said today thank you. President flowers has spoken against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Slape you're recognized to speak for the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker and thank you chairman Jean for starting that sparking the debate appreciated. Of colleagues over in a jail in law enforcement for many years and the problem is is basically what you're saying there's recidivism I respectfully agree with each side of the issue that's going on that there needs to be a criminal justice reformation done in state Arkansas and it goes through the entire system of courts the jails laws in sentencing grids and get down to the actual truth with five hundred beds we need right now is mainly for recidivism one two I have had to send back to prison wasn't for technical violations they get three to seven days and are crammed in the county jails where they do theirs their time at and then the release from there and that backs up county jail which backs up the whole entire system that's not a good solution I don't think the other one is the ones that I've sent back on the ten years since I may do twenty four months they're back out committing another crime because it is easy in some Committee crime so they can go down and have their ill health issues took care of by the state of Arkansas and that's not good policy because they know they're going to get the they're all or health needs fixed we need to do something different in that way but the recidivism bus take the five hundred bids calico rock which there they have no issues hiring a calico raw the they're pretty well blessed to be in a more to props of the economic area so they do have those jobs will be filled but we need the five hundred but is not for just a temporary fix but also for others recidivism that's going on you pick a number have you been in ten times okay then we're going to you're going to go to a hard bid for X. amount of time and work your way out that way because some of them believe it or not and not and I didn't believe it until I was sure it was. As a they don't mind that lifestyle matter fact they become so used to that lifestyle that thank god I don't know how to live a free world so that's another issue but right now this five hundred beds would be a much needed thing and it can be used on for the next session that there is some reformation done in the criminal justice system I ask you for a good vote thank you. President Slape has spoken in favor of the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak favor the amendment president Lundstrum you're recognized to speak in favor. Thank you Mr Speaker as you all are aware because ninety three of us voted for the rebate bill unfortunately and died by one vote in the Senate Revenue and Tax I'm taking co sponsors I would love to have you co sponsor the bill and have all one hundred of us as co sponsors we need to stop the recidivism rate in Arkansas I think we need both the jail we don't need people sleeping on the floors but I would love to see jails be empty because people have jobs so I'm taking co sponsor see me afterwards. President Lundstrum has spoken for the amendment would you would like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for. Close for the amendment the question before the House. The adoption of amendment number two to House Bill ten thirty four all in favor say aye. Representative Jeanne moos we place house bill ten fifty five on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection remember number one Mr Clark. I member number one to House Bill ten fifty five. Member's house bill ten fifty five is Arkansas tech what this does is changes wording on how the board of trustees is picked. And I'm not sure what counties are was a select number of counties and this makes it were I think they could be picked from a statewide. Any questions represent very for what purpose request of the chairman your request of. I'll just all day that this had a amendment amendment to it and I request that we pass over this today until I find out a little bit more about it because it directly affects my district okay appreciate will honor that request. S. over. House bill ten fifty five. Represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten fifty nine on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection remember number one Mr Clark. What a house bill ten fifty nine. President Jane you're recognized. Calling the amendment to house bill ten fifty nine all this does is this is the ones that administrator the medical to tobacco settlement program it increases the line item for salaries in matching twenty one hundred dollars any questions. Create a good vote on the amendment. President Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten fifty nine all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted representative Jeanne moos we place house bill ten seventy on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection remember number one Mr Clark member number one to House Bill ten seventy cent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you members what this amendment does own House bill ten seventy it adds three billion dollars an appropriation. Or the American rescue recovery plan that funds are getting and the FNA doesn't really have a good handle on what might come in this gives them the flexibility we don't have to come in if they get anything over this I think it'll be well under federal dollars not state dollars. any questions. Represent paid for what purpose. Question you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker so is it what what categories is it gonna be qualified to be spent on you know what. Itemized lists is this for over which is given general appropriation which lowers the threshold you know future to fifty one or or if we've got the I guess it's the recovery task force that makes a recommendation and then it'll come before full council every entity that we stand will be oversaw saying by the Legislative Council it could be a wide variety of things from workplace to education to hospitals of the game is huge so by passing this here and now. We basically hand over the oversight to ALC ALC and I'll have the final word thank you Mr Speaker. Any other questions. Create a good vote on the amendment. President Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment represent Wardlaw you're recognized speak for the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker here some confusion and and whispered but what we did is amendment of the infrastructure money this coming down from the feds what we did was care is that what we do with our for money we made it to where it comes council that way are voters us we get to see where that money is being spent and we can say yes and no on the final Spender those monies to make sure your first correctly make sure they're going to things in our districts just like they should be some good Amendment appreciate a good vote. President Wardlaw is spoken in favor of the amendment would you would like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean. Is closed for the amendment the question before the House the adoption Amendment number one to House Bill ten seventy all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it before we move on I'm going to announce a few guests that we have with this today. In the east gallery we have Francesca devise io an exchange student from Italy who staying with represent makes along with Rebecca makes represent makes daughter and of course there's the guest of representative makes. All right members also in the east gallery. We have the chancellor's leadership cabinet students of the Arkansas tech university Ozark leadership Cabinet there in the east gallery along with chancellor Bruce Sikes there the guests of representative Coleman berry Pilkington and Eubanks. Represent Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling house bill ten thirty one ACT and I will let. If he feels compelled. Representative payee come back to speak on this photo what this does is just passes their budget with. Very little change except matching in and some salaries but I know we've had this a third go at it. the options are. Given the budget are given no budget are come back in a special session for June thirtieth again the budget but any questions. Create a good vote remember your one vote is for the bill emergency calls respect rather work read the bill thirty Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time house bill ten thirty one. President genes explain the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Payton you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. All you all know I like to be quiet and sit in a little corner and play my piano and make a protest vote ever down then but I guess I need to tell you what has transpired so you can be comfortable with passing this appropriation A lot of concerns by this body and from the Senate came to light after we voted down the first time. And we have met with people at eighty and then I have. Made concessions and assured us that they are willing to work with us on policy issues Wall we have time during the interim leading into the next session to address things so it's my understanding problem I guess it be A. L. C. you'll be putting together a group of legislators to to have some meetings if you're interested if you still have concerns I would encourage you to contact the Speaker or LC chairs. Or staff and and find out when those meetings are participate but at this point is representive Jean said you know. It's either funded or don't find it without any real plan on how to change those things that were not satisfied with so I'd encourage a yes vote we have made our point and we have an opportunity to work on the policy through the inner thank you. President Payton spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent wing you're recognized to speak for the bill. Real quick I wanted everyone to be able to feel very good about their vote the wireless emergency system that we have on repeating towers throughout the state is run by a ET and that is a very vital back up to the FCC requirements for us to be able to have weather alerts and amber alerts throughout the state and so it is very imperative that we fund this the FCC will also be adding new requirements in July this will put us right there in place for that to take place so I appreciate a good vote on this bill. Sampling is spoken. For the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Jean is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of house bill ten thirty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty nine yeas three days and six present the bill is passed. Members we have a we may have some other guests here not sure which gallery or if there's there that made it yet are still here but we have the Ridgeview Mennonite school of from Jones for a they are the guests of representative Brandt Smith represent Dwight Tosh represent Jack Ladyman representative Johnny rock. Representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. One Senate bill appropriation day Senate bill forty one the assessment coordination division we held this up and we had some language this is our ops budget that will. And revenge Wardlaw may want to come down explain a little bit more detail he's he was in the negotiations of use cars of how we froze that for a. this year a camper to twenty twenty prices for the working people of Arkansas but that has this is our office budget we just we do need to pass now that we've got that problem work worked out I hope. And if you will say something about it reviews Wardlaw out of courage. Any questions. Review one voted for the bill merger call for Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time. Sir Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill forty one. Percent Jean has explained the bill would you would like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill forty one. Per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. With ninety nine D. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Tim Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues we're going to batch. Senate bill these are also Clementi's mainly. A federal funds that they're still seek still spending need needed for appropriation Senate bill eighty nine two Senate bill one hundred. Of a need to pull any of these other batch for any reason. At minutes look at a. Local maps any questions. Represent Clowney for what purpose presented Jean please you're recognized I could you pull SB ninety four and as B. ninety eight please for a separate vote. Those can be together they can be together okay. Ninety four ninety eight. President Wardlaw for purpose of request you're recognized S. B. eighty nine B. pulled out for separate vote. Eighty nine yes. Any others. Okay members will pick up the batch will pick up Senate bill ninety Senate bill ninety one ninety two ninety three ninety five ninety six ninety seven ninety nine and one hundred. Riverview one voted for the bill emergency clause Mister Speaker the park rebuild third time. Miss Clark please read the bills for the third time. Senate bill ninety seven ninety one Senate bill ninety two Senate bill ninety three Senate bill ninety five Senate bill ninety six Senate bill ninety seven Senate bill ninety nine Senate bill one hundred. Repair the machine. Voting on the bills and the emergency clauses as everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight U. A. zero nine zero present the bills emergency clauses have passed. Represent Jane you're recognized. Thank you will pick up Senate bill eighty nine which is the division medical services is the supplemental any questions. Your one voted for the bill emergency clause misspeak or the corporate bill third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill eighty nine representing is explain the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent gene is closed for the bill prepared machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety sixty eight zero nine one present the bill emergency clause or past president Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker will take up these last two as a. Batch would you be Senate bill ninety four the universe of Arkansas fatal supplemental appropriation. And Senate bill ninety eight. Which the University of Arkansas System supplemental appropriation any questions. Seeing none you're one voted for both the bills and emergency clause for Speaker the Clerk read the bill Thursday Mr Clark please read the bills for the third time Senate bill ninety four Senate bill ninety eight. Repair the machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bills in the emergency clauses as everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one yeas no sorry ninety two yeas four Nays and to present the bills emergency clauses are passed. Members we're gonna go back to the red calendar to House resolution ten twenty nine Sir Clark please read House resolution ten twenty nine. Houses in ten twenty nine to represent tossing congratulate the valley view high school district on its many athletic and academic achievement. Percentiles you're recognized explain resolution thank you Mr Speaker. We are permission I'd like to ask representative Brandt Smith represented through Ladyman to join me at twelve please. College while they make their way down here let me explain this is to recognition for the ballot view high school and for their accomplishments both in athletics and in the classroom and sadly I have to report to you that they were on our way down here and the they got stuck in a traffic jam around Jacksonville and they've been there for a while so so I was trying to decide whether to go ahead and present this today and I think this is the proper time to do so so let me just stay even though they're not with us hopefully they can do this again later on. All we are here. Are you by yourself the students with the R.. Does not come in okay. That's a minute not somebody else well. I'm glad I got stuck in that same traffic going home last night for about an hour so I'm glad you're here with us Mr Russell thank you so of you would just remain standing in the as I read this resolution in honor of what y'all been able to accomplish that valley view and I'm sure that you would want me to share with my colleagues at this time I know you've told me this in the past that. This is amazing what this school has accomplished and I know a one time he told me that there was a graduate of valley view high school back in nineteen sixty six that set the bar and you all been trying to reach it ever say it's and I just happened to be that graduate is that correct mistrust. Thank you Sir all right of dower presenter resolution at this time and I am by a that is my this is my mom so this is a great honor for me it's also model why family Monticello honor to be able to do this in one of the amazing success story the school truly is we're here today to congratulate the valley view school district for its many athletic and academic accomplishments and I'm not going to go into all of those you'll hear that when the resolution is read here in a few moments but I do want to touch on just some of the some of their accomplishments and the this is the value high school the Blazers twenty twenty one for a this is what they were the state champions from the for a division they were the state baseball champs in twenty twenty one they were the state bowling champs in twenty twenty one they were the state soccer champ for the last two years back to back state titles the lady Blazers were back to back Cross County a cross country state champs the lady Blazers volleyball team I know we had a volleyball team here earlier that was honored for the three A. state championship colleagues valley view has been the volleyball state champions for seven consecutive years in the for a division that is unbelievable seven consecutive probably a record that will probably never be broken unless value breaks it this coming season we hopefully so but anyways in the men's golf three years as a state champions and the lady Blazers cheer team state champions and the I want to just mention a few individual that are deserving of recognition Mr Russell Cindy Rogers of students valley view has won the tennis state championship this is unbelievable four consecutive years in a row she wanted her freshman year so for your junior and senior year the state tennis chain. Being shall file and also I'd like to mention coli tail and and Jake up angle they are the state individual wrestling champs and also we a little was the one hundred meter five hundred meters state swim champ and academically. The young man by the name of Raymond moody scored a perfect ACT score of thirty six what a great job Mr Russell what an outstanding job college let's that Bellavia in this amazing school an amazing story I I just can't believe all these a copy but I'm so proud of the school and glad that you're in my district and representative Ladyman tear he'd like to say a few words and represents vehicles to. Well I just think a minute but you know you getting here through that traffic sales at valley view always comes through I I always and I know you have a lot of people that want to come but you didn't have enough room on the bus so. She's been here but I just want to say and and so the graduates now I believe it's the coaches since I was the first soccer coach at valley view high school. But no seriously Balaji was the first school in northeast Arkansas to have a soccer program as a club program and one is a club that we were we were there five years. Every year we finished in the top four because of the students at valley view and the teachers so Chris experiments. I don't know how to follow this. I had two daughters graduate from valley view and they made me proud as their father but I'm going to try okay. But I can tell you that Mr brown Russell has become a friend he's a not only a great superintendent but a good man on top of all of that and he's well respected in our community so thank you Brian I appreciate you. Thank you represent you smelled like represent the Ladyman. Mr Russell thank you for being here we're glad you were able to make it and obviously like I said college I didn't read all the school's accomplishment to take too long but I did highlight some of them but at this time you hear the rest of those accomplishments Mr Baker if you doubt the Clerk read the resolutions its entirety. Barclay's read the resolution its entirety. Where is the school district had many recent athletic and academic since successes and whereas the twenty twenty one valley view high school places baseball team claimed the class four A. state championship trophy and we're at the twenty twenty one valley view high school Blazers man bowling team claimed the four A. state championship trophy and whereas the twenty twenty one value high school Blazers been soccer teams in the four A. state championship trophy which give them back to back state championship titles and whereas the twenty twenty one value high school lady Blazers cross country team claim the four ACT image trophy which give them back to back state championship titles and whereas the twenty twenty one valley view high school lady please just level team come the class claim the class four A. state to which appropriate trophy which was their seventh consecutive state championship title and whereas the twenty twenty one value high school bleachers been sculpting claim the four A. state championship trophy which has at which was their third consecutive state to which of title and whereas the twenty twenty one valley view high school lady Blazers cheer team thing there the class four A. state to which a trophy whereas Senate Rogers of the valley view high school lately there's tennis team won the class four A. for state team state tournament individual title for the twenty one twenty one twenty twenty two season which has their fourth consecutive year winning this award and whereas cultural injective angle of the valley view high school Blazers wrestling team won class four A. state tournament individual title for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two season and we're as doing Dobbs of value high school won the overall state radio chairmanship for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two season and whereas will little other value high school plays or swim team won the class four A. state championship in the one hundred meter breaststroke in five hundred meter free stroke and whereas remained Rudy of the value high school to the perfect ACT score of thirty six and whereas the twenty twenty value high school bleachers been cross country. Ladies golf available into your team's in the twenty one value high school Blazers ladies cross country ladies basketball teams thank you for academic as athletic state to means herbs which is awarded to the team with the highest average GPA in each class and whereas the value high school the value school district has supported in these many successes by the excellent team of teachers coaches and other staff members now therefore be it resolved in the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the house of representatives congratulate the valley view school district on its recent many recent act athletic and academic accomplishments. Colleagues I present to you Mr Reid Russell superintendent about abuse school great job listing big round of applause. Santosh is explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Absent Tosh is close resolution question before the House is passive House resolution ten twenty nine all in favor say aye. He oppose the ayes have it resolution is passed. Members. We now have with this I know I introduced them earlier but we now have with this the Ridgeview Mennonite school from Jones father in the east gallery the guests of representive Smith Tosh Ladyman rock. Mr Clark read the bills. House resolution ten forty one. Objection read resolution a second time House resolution ten forty one. House Management. Members were waiting on a supplemental budget calendar. So we may recess just briefly but before we do that I'd like to recognize what we have representative Deborah Ferguson to mother with this in the. West gallery. Members of the House will stand in recess for five minutes. The House will come to order. Members you should have a yellow. Supplemental budget calendar. Is everybody have a supplemental calendar. So we got a few. All right members I thought we had the supplement on the desk we're trying to get those out to the last few. There were. All right members does everybody have a supplemental calendar. Does anybody need one. Still okay still. All right I think everybody has a supplemental calendar. All right members were gonna try this receipt in the machine. All right members represent Jean moved that we place house bill ten ten on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number one Mr Clark. I remember one to House Bill Clinton. President Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker calling the reason we're doing this is this is the work we did in joint budget this morning. To try to get out of here by the next usually. We're going to do this morning's work best when we suspend the rules and passes out will take up the Senate Bills that they did this morning tomorrow. and I think hopefully we're planning on having a joint of the RSA on the committee to ask Joint Budget tomorrow and everybody will have that through electronic means and also on your death Friday to have a three day period so we can take up the RSA on on Monday so that's the plan. And another thing is. I thought we were going to be little opposition there there's certain members in this body that are going to a Arkansas an issue basketball game tonight so they want me to kind of move this along so. All right. Our first amendment if the house bill ten ten this is community corrections this transfer of eight positions into the shared services any questions on this amendment. Appreciate a good vote women represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number one house bill ten ten all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten eighteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark. I remember number one to ten eighteen. In January nights. Thank you Mr Speaker member number one to House Bill ten eighteen energy and environment. Of what this is is this is the amendment by representative Wardlaw of the electrical charging stations of I thank you lease out a better plan that this is spread out throughout the state were they were mainly looking at just the interstates but some of the. More traveled a rule road in Arkansas that's gonna take this at any questions. Create a good vote women. Represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten eighteen all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten twenty six back on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark I never never wanted to house bill ten twenty six represent gene you're recognized. I respect what this member does is department of public safety it transfers three positions of two for the state police and one from of service last which will go to the crime victims of preparation program and any questions. Appreciate a vote on the vote on the amendment representing is explain the amendment would you would like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House the adoption of in the number one to House Bill ten twenty six all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten twenty eight on second reading for purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark I have a number one to house bill ten twenty eight. Jean you're recognized your Speaker this amendment house ten twenty eight it's for the Department of finances for the racing commission this add a new appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars to help with treatment and educational compulsive gambling. Any questions. Appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Represent Jean is explain the amendment would he would like to speak against the amendment. We would like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jane is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House bill ten twenty eight all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten fifty six on second reading for purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark I have never one to House Bill ten fifty six percent Jean you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this DHS secretary's office. House bill ten fifty six what this does is a net decrease of sixteen positions any great any questions. Appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number one to House Bill ten fifty six all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted. Represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten fifty eight on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark I move everyone to house bill ten fifty eight percent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker house till bill ten fifty eight. The FNA this appropriation what it does is Transfer five positions from the shared services to DFA any questions. President of the amendment. Represent genes explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption Amendment number one to House Bill ten fifty eight all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion is that the members adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten sixty on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number two Mr Clark. Whenever two to House Bill ten sixty represent gene you're recognized explain the amendment member to one house ten sixty is the apartment apart from tourism what this does is transfer Levin communication positions to shared services any any questions. We had a good vote on amendment. Represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number two to House Bill ten sixty all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jean Mr place house bill ten sixty four on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark amendment number one to House Bill ten sixty four. President Jean recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues helpful ten sixty four parking Human Services this is the Division of County operations with passes out this morning of this adds to the long term services and support of Medicaid eligible units to increase of two hundred and thirty nine positions of most of this is federal funds any questions on the amendment. Create a good vote of the members represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number one to House Bill ten sixty four all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted. Represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten sixty seven on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number two Mr Clark event over to the house bill ten sixty seven represent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment house bill ten six seven second amendment this is the Division of career technical education what this does is remove two positions any questions on Amendment. I appreciate a good vote. Represent changes explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent gene is close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption amendments over to the house bill ten sixty seven all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted. Represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten seventy four on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark never one to House Bill ten seventy four represent gene you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Speaker house bill ten seventy one partner Human Services the provider service and quality assurance program what this does is re reallocate resources for two positions and upgrades to a divisional director this is a net increase of there's one transferred as an increase in one position any questions on the amendment. A good vote amendment represent genes explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Representing is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill ten seventy four all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill ten eighty on second reading for the purpose of amendment read a member number one Mr Clark and their number one to House Bill Tennessee represent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment. All right this is our last amendment house bill ten eighty part of education school of the blind of death what this does is to governor's letter of government or twelve in government or twenty. Remove three positions from the school of the deaf. And removed three positions school the blind. There are approximately fifteen billion dollars in capital improvement in the second one any any questions. I appreciate a good vote on the memo. Represent genes explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Jean is close for the amendment the question before the House the adoption Amendment number one to House Bill tend eighty all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted represent gene you're recognized. All right members will try to match these alleged give you time to look at him property to pull one or two out. We're going to start at the the House bills by joint budget. House bill ten forty three will go all the way down second page house bill ten seventy six each member look have a look at a new police other batch we will. Seeing none of them will be pulled out. Respect will will start at ten forty three all the way down to ten seventy six remember your one vote for the bills emergency calls the Speaker the Clerk read bill third time Clark please read the bills for the third time house bill ten forty three house bill ten forty five house bill ten fifty four house bill ten sixty one house bill ten sixty two house bill ten sixty three house bill ten sixty five House within sixty six Haselton sixty nine house bill ten seventy one house bill ten seventy two of the ten thirty five house bill ten seventy six. Repair the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast of the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight yeas zero nine zero present the bills have passed. President makes for what purpose. Motion place let's hear your motion after the announcmenet trading or 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 we adjourn until eleven thirty tomorrow morning that's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it are there any announcements represent Jean your for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized joint budget will meet at nine AM in the morning big mac a. Represent wing for what purpose Smith you're recognized House Management meets upon adjournment downstairs and one thirty eight House Management one thirty eight. President Hudson for what purpose you're recognized. At this serving up solutions event there save the dates and everybody's boxes I know that a few people have been asking so this year it scheduled for June sixteenth twenty twenty two there's information and everyone's box with the web address if anyone wants to sponsor has any questions please let me know. Any other announcements. All right members you've heard the announcements we have joint budget in the morning House Management upon adjournment right now and then we'll go into session tomorrow eleven thirty as we sit here right now we we don't plan on meeting on Friday likely will be back for Monday and Tuesday is the plan right now okay so I'll keep you posted keep watching your email and legislative website. Any other announcements. Represent Vaught for purpose you're recognized as one remind everybody that prayer breakfast is in the morning if you bought tickets you know we had to reschedule so the pro breakfast will be in the morning. Any other announcements. Seeing none the desk will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion The Addams named in the joint resolution the house will be adjourned until eleven thirty tomorrow morning.