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Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
1:24
right members we will call this call this to order. Welcome to the administrative rules subcommittee want to remind everyone that those who wish to comment on a
rule can go ahead and sign in be be sure to specify which role you wish to comment on will be taking that sheet up momentarily. so please make your way over there if you wish to comment on a rule but members if you'll stand in let's go ahead and pray and kick off our meeting together. God thank you for your wisdom we we know that you will grant it
to us if we just ask for it solord we come to you asking for your wisdom and protection and we know you're the the same God that sent your son over 2000 years ago for us in the same god that has been with us 250 years ago to form this country and 189 years ago with this state and today you're the same before and and today and so we we asked for your wisdom and guidance for all Arkansans as we head into a a wonderful merry Christmas season that you'll just be with everybody as they get to be with their families and keep them safe and thank you for
the the honor to get to serve those great people here today and just ask that you be with us Jesus' name pray amen all right members we're called to order you'll look on the agenda we'll move to item B on the agenda which is a report from the executive subcommittee concerning emergency rules that report is in your packet you'll see the details there and if without any questions or objections that report will be filed all right that will be filed moving on to C in your packet
and we'll call these agencies to the table and so let's see this is the agency's rules for the month so let's first have the public service commission make your members while they're making their way down
Speaker 21
3:16
there are5 rules for review in this section so you can look ahead if if you'd like
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
3:22
to plan any questions otherwise they'll be presenting the rules for our review.
right welcome to the table if you'll introduce yourself for the record and you'll be recognized Sorry,
Speaker 26
3:36
good morning Danny Hofer chief of staff of theublicervice Commission. morningda Kelleher staff
Speaker 28
3:42
attorney good morning Jason Doham director of pipeline safety for
Speaker 29
3:47
state of Arkansas PSC thank you for being here. you can present your role. thank you so much
Speaker 26
3:54
for this opportunity. so we are here to present our our
amendments to our Arkansas gas pipeline code for design construction operation inspection and maintenance of natural gas systems part of the public service commission includes a pipeline safety office and the pipeline safety office is responsible for the inspe ction safety and maintenance and oversight of natural gas pipelines throughout the state of Arkansas part of the pipeline safety office is that it
it comes under the oversight of federal FEMSA and every year FfeSa makes different changes to its own rules that we must then make amendments to our rules to comply with so that we're in compliance with the federal FEMSa guidelines so the changes that we have made here in this rulemaking docket are all just compliance changes to comply with the federal FEMSA rules during the process we opened the docket so our rulemaking process is fully litigated at the PsC.
and we received comments from a number of gas utilities those utilities made some recommendations on our initial strawman rules we adopted those changes and those utilities then filed letters in the docket stating that they you know had no comment or had you know no further comment that they were good with the way the rules ended up. they did not appear at the public hear ing because they had filed those letters in the docket. So that's what we're here to present before you today.
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
5:33
thank you members any questions all right seeing none appreciate what you've done in working with alignment with federal codes and and laws and through the public comment process without objection this this rule is reviewed and approved. thank you thank you so much thank you all right members we're moving to number 2 C2. this is Department of Corrections you're welcome to come down Members, we have two rules for
review A and B and so we're going to ask them to present both together and then any action will be technically separate but we're gonna have them revi review both together so if you'll introduce
Speaker 40
6:16
yourself for the record Lana McCaslin, chairwoman postrison transfer board.
Speaker 43
6:21
Kevin Smith administrator postrison transfersferboard. Welcome you can present
Speaker 40
6:25
your rules thank you we're here presenting our seeking approval for our Arkansas poststrison transfersfer Board transfer to parole or postre release supervision rule
it is 16 car park 23. This will replace outdated policies and procedures and overhaul implement and implement sub substantive changes in statute as for all the different statutes that have been done in the last couple of years. Ke changes include implementation of court-imposed postrelea supervision inclusion of transfer procedures for felonies ineligible to receive earned release credit and restricted release felonies. implementation of mandatory hearing offenses as they relate to transfer to postrelea
supervision procedures for discharge for early release for offenders who committed crimes as a minor and also outlines the researchbased criteria the board uses to make transfer decisions. so the the other rule is a sixteencarar 20 and it will repeal the old policy and and just make way for this new policy. and I'll take any questions thank you members this is page 2526
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
7:31
if you're trying to stay up where we're at. any questions from members
seeing none without objection the both these rules rule A and B on the agenda will be reviewed and approved. Thank you. all right members going to number3 on our list Department of Energy and Environment oil and gas commission. you're welcome to the table. page30 in your packet members right if you'll introduce yourself you'll be recognized
Speaker 49
8:12
Amanda Land chief legal counsel of Energy
Speaker 50
8:17
and Environment. Allan York, director oil and gas commission thank you
Speaker 49
8:22
you are recognized thank you we are here today seeking review and approval of the oil and ga Commission rule regarding permitting and operation standards for pipelines that are used for transporting hazardous liquids. It is pursuant to actct 150 of2025 and it is necessary to receive to receive delegated authority from the department of
transnsportation on FESA. and there was a public comment available and we did not receive any public comments on this thank you thank you members any questions see
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
8:55
none this is reviewed and reproved. thank you for being here today Members moving to number4 Department of finance Administration you are called to the table page32 in your packet members
you for being here if you'll introduce
Speaker 55
9:29
yourself for the record. morning'mrissmith administrator of intergovernmentalervices good morning committee
Speaker 57
9:34
Paulehing, chief counseldFA. good morning. I'm Jim Phillipssistant general counsel at theFfa Welcome. you can
Speaker 56
9:43
present your role. thank you Mr Chair DFA officefice of Intergovernmental Services is seeking the subcommittee's approval of amendments to the pregnancy help Organ organization's grant programme rules the general assembly in Act 1006 of2025
extended the program and also made changes to the definition of an unauthorized pregnancy help organization we held a public comment hearing on November 13th of this year and the public comment summary was made available to the Blr and posted on the IGS website. we're happy to answer any questions about the proposed changes to the rules thank you members any questions not seeing
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
10:19
the majority of this was around matching definitions and we appreciate the work on review of their without
objection this rule is reviewed and approved. thank you thank you Mr Chair you all right members we're going to number5 second page of your agenda with the secretary of state's office oh hold on hold on. I'm sorry if we can pause here let's let's stay here on on number4 DFNA if you'll wait for a second I believe Senator Irving's got a question Senator Irvine let me try to get you here
Speaker 61
10:52
hold up it's not working here one second. thank you thank you Mr Chair and
Senator Missy Irvin
Unverified
11:02
I apologize. just quickly and I
approve of the rule I'm not but is there any is there any additional allowance for a hospital to pers to participate in in in something like this for ultrasounds to make to make a trip where we don't have pregnancy crisis centers I'm wondering if there is a way to to extend that to other
communities where they're possibly could be a rural hospital that could provide the same level of assistance the program is available to any entity that offers you
Speaker 55
11:43
turn your microphone on thank you so the program is available to any organization that offers care to pregnant females in an effort to keep them from having an abortion so it would be open to them we have had the application period so in
future programs we could do maybe an extended outreach to invite others who may not have known that they are eligible to apply so
Senator Missy Irvin
Unverified
12:14
I just think it's a for an example, I mean you have a health center, you may not have a pregnancy crisis center inlin, Arkansas but you do have an ultrasound there you had do have ultrasound technicians at the hospital there which is affiliated with Conway Regional Hospital. so but they're not going to
deliver babies there but they would by definition care for a pregnant woman if she came into the emergency room or whatever so I would just like to see this opportunity or I would like to see this grow because there's there's a lot of women Mountainview Arkansas for example. We don't have a pregnancyrient but we have Stone County Medical Center which has an ultrasound an ultrasound technician that could possibly say hey we're going to be able
to try to offer these type of same services for these expecting moms so they don't have to travel, you know an hour and a half to two hours to to receive something like
Speaker 69
13:18
this so just just something I wanted to throw out there if you
Senator Missy Irvin
Unverified
13:23
don't mind considering that and looking at that and maybe having some communication with and looking at a map of the state of Arkansas to see where these things are offered and who's taking advantage of it and then let's figure out how we can fill the map
fill it fill it up. Absolutely. Yeah and I think it would be really good and we could see this program grow and it'll be beneficial to the expecting moms you we appreciate that thank you thank
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
13:51
you senator any other questions seeing none thank you again for your time today you all right members we'll go to number5 Secretary of state's office. you're welcome to the table
Welcome as you get situated if you'll turn your mic on and
Speaker 75
14:22
introduce yourself for the record. or n ath th an Lee
Speaker 76
14:26
chief counsel Arkansas secretary of state's office. Good morning Tanner Thomas senior counsel secretary of state. Welcome you can present your role. thank you senator senatorpresentative thank you all for being here today and reviewing this rule with us Act998 was passed this previous session in order to ensure transparency for politically active organizations that take money from hostile foreign nations think China Iran
and it lists in the act itself the secretary of state in that act was given the mandate to implement these rules and or implement the statute via rule and to implement forms to make it easy for those parties involved to register with our office on that and our focus on this was to make it easy, efficient and fair for all parties involved and to make it practical on this when we open it up for public comment for30 days we received zero public
comments and we're here today to answer any questions we appreciate your time
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
15:22
and review. thank you members any questions all right seeing none appreciate your work on this this is gonna really help us thank you that sounds like the public agrees that you've done a great job with with no comments as well so without objection this will be reviewed and approved. Thank you. youenator. all right members we are going tod on your agenda. this is the evaluation of the ruleviroup3. and those agencies so we will now continue to review those
reports under actct781. today we have the division of elementary and secondary Education and its review and its report is in your packet. report outlines each agency's rules and it categorizes those into rules that are recommending to repeal and those they are recommending to keep or to force continue to enforce can we have the department of ofducation come present those please members there's only two and that they're requesting to repeal so we'll have them come to the
table all right if you'll introduce yourself for
Speaker 77
16:24
the record good morning Courtney Salifod Department of Education. um, yes, so as you stated we do have two rules that we are proposing to repeal, um, and then that would leave us with 99 rules that we would be requesting to continue sorry I should have said my name first. Courtney Salisford Department of Education or I think I did. sorry I'm just not with it this morning. the first rule that we were asking to repeal is
governing professional learning communities. this originally was promulgated pursuant to Act427 of2017 as a mandatory rule then in 2025, it was amended by actct791 which removed not only the statutory requirement for funding for PLCs but also the rulemaking requirement and so we are requesting that those rules be repealed. you want me to go to the second one? Yeah, let's go ahead and do both thank you the second one is rules governing payments under
the Arkansas Children's Education Freedomccount programme. These were temporary rules put in place until the full and final version of the rules could be promulgated, um, because they were just temporary in nature to facilitate funding until the final rules were done. these are no longer needed all relevant provisions were included in the full and final version of the rules and so we are requesting as well that these be repealed. um, and as I state d that would leave us with 99 remaining rules that are necessary to satisfy our
statutory requirements as well as the administrative procedure Act requirements um, and so we would can ask for continuation of those rules. Is it fair to state
Senator Tyler Dees
Unverified
18:02
that a large part of the request to repeal these is to match current state law with learnarnsxxx and other acts that have been passed as of late is correct thank you members any questions ok we're going to need a motion to accept the recommendation from the agency on our pill these two and and the
continuance of the others get a motion in a second any discussion on the motion seeing no seeing none all in favor signaled by saying aye opposed like sign all right it has passed. thank you for your time. appreciate you being here today. all right members we're going to in your on your agenda and E is updates on the status of outstanding rulemaking. so we will
we have inperson updates concerning the rulemaking from the 2023 regular session one second here. but if you've got any questions you can see those are in your packet. They do the agency stand ready for any questions if if we light up anything but otherwise we will move forward your updates are in the agenda too for as well right seeing no questions we'll move to F
this is our agency monthly report pursuant to the actct of 25952021 concerning the rulemaking of the 2025 session. there's no action required at this time but do we have any questions on those any discussion all right see none those reports will be filed.embers that's all we have in front of us any other further business seeing none thank you for being here today safe travels merry Christmas all we're adjourned
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Report from the Executive Subcommittee Concerning Emergency Rules
C. Rules Filed Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 10-3-309
D. Evaluation of Rule Review Group 3 Agencies Pursuant to Act 781 of 2017 and Act 65 of 2021
E. Agency Updates on the Status of Outstanding Rulemaking from the 2023 Regular Session Pursuant to Act 595 of 20211
F. Agency Monthly Written Updates Pursuant to Act 595 of 2021 Concerning Rulemaking from the 2025 Regular Session
G. Adjournment
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Senator Tyler Dees
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Senator Missy Irvin
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