House Convenes

I by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by pastor warned Gazaway assistant team leader Arkansas Baptist state convention and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Morning let us pray. VOL you're so good. We're reminded during this season of your goodness towards us. That the richness of your love came and that you have blessed us. Father you are the giver of all good gifts let us not forget that they come from your hand. The father of creation of whom there is no shadow or turning you are constant you never change. Or would you bless this house today. Or would you look upon the speed people in favor them with your wisdom it is a good gift. What would you favor them with your grace it is a good gift. I would you speak to them and leave them in the ways of doing justice and of loving mercy and of walking humbly with you and with each other. God we will praise you for these good gifts we will recognize how unifying how you blessed lord for their homes and for their families they've put in so much work lord you have you've set them aside for these moments in these days in these appointed times. Where would you watch over their families and guard them. Please protect our state please guard us and lift us up is a light to this nation and to the world as a people who can love one another who can find truth together. And all under your hand and for your glory it's in Jesus name we pray these things I meant. All. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Asked about Mr Clark. With ninety nine members present The chair sees a quorum of the request for leave represent McAuliffe what purpose I believe. The representative Julie Mayberry leave granted for represent Mayberry. So no. President Fredrick Love moves we dispense the reading of the previous day's Journal without objection so ordered. Are there Reports from select committees are the Reports from standing committees is there any unfinished business the executive communication. But please read House resolution one thousand two House resolution one thousand two by representative Carter congratulate the Rogers Mounties baseball team or wanting to twenty twenty one class six A. state championship represent Kerr you're recognized explain resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker I like the Rogers represents to join me in the well. Teamwork dedication commitment focus these are the attributes of a champion today we have the distinguished Broner privilege of representing the Rogers Mounties the first ever state championship in school history under the leadership of coach Nelson these fine young men have dedicated themselves and chief an amazing accomplishment for their school history so with that I would like you to represent or support a resolution and rising represent the Mounties up in the west gallery. You make Rogers very proud with that I'd like to ask for a good vote on the resolution. Represent Kerr has explained the resolution when he would like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Absent car as close for the resolution the question before the House is the passage of house resolution one thousand two all in favor say aye. Any opposed resolution is da. Mr Clark please read house resolution one thousand three. House resolution one thousand three by representative Lanny Fite to congratulate the Bryant Hornets high school football team on winning the twenty twenty one class seven A. state championship. The fight you're recognized explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker I would ask that representing the group vermin and Brooks join the in the welfare please. I would also ask you a resident may bury her daughter's still in the hospital she's not here today but she would be down here today but she was. Okay so it looks like the solvable around me here right now look at all of this I think there's about a hundred fifty B. all here today is that correct. We're here today to honor the the Bryant Hornets they won their fourth straight class seven A. championship quite a remarkable achievement and they've done this through teamwork cooperation I heard their coach talk while ago you praise you loud loudly when he when he speaks. with a coach but the he to the coach but James I'm sorry about that call in your book but he is he came here this was the third straight championship you say that if I'm correct on that I believe. Also the today well we have Karen Walters a superintendent here with this and as everyone knows and insulin County football is big we have filled the galleries here I think there's a hundred twenty five players to my left and back behind me here so for us as a football is big in our in our community. in this we're here today to honor them for their fourth consecutive seven a class championship all out this time you would like to speak. I also sell the real quick you just want to say congratulations young men have the unique opportunity several years back to watch coach but James being assistant coach yet been assistant coach very much but our school over in west little rock had the pleasure of having him for a year or two and just watch him then and watch him now not just teach these young men and the importance of being excellent on the fuel And excelling in what they do but also being actually in their lives and being good young man who represent our community their families in their values very well that's a testimony to to coach James to coach Mike Lee and to everyone in the bright community so congratulations young man congratulations coaches we appreciate you. Mister Speaker I was going to have a read the bill but they need to get down to the Senate in the Senate in as usual are dragging their feet down there so I'll close at this time. President of fight is close for the resolutions when anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Represent fives close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house resolution one zero zero three all in favor say aye. Those Nays the red resolution is adopted. Mr Clark reed House resolution one zero zero seven. House resolution one thousand seven by representative Barker to congratulate the strong Bulldogs football team on winning the twenty twenty one class two A. eight man state championship. We're passing over that today thank you. Morning hours and it. Mr Clark read senate bill four. Senate bill four by representative Dalby to clarify the applicability of the uniform like limited liability company act to confirm and retain the limited liability status and limited liability protection of certain limited liability companies and to declare an emergency represent dobby recognized explained a bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members this is the same bill you voted on yesterday it's the companion bill it is fixing the correction when there was a drafting error in the original bill not appreciate a good vote. Dalby has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill representative Dalby is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four where the machine Mr Clerk. The voting on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three a zero Nays zero present the bill and the emergency clause a past. Mr Clark read Senate bill seven. Senate bill seven by representative Payton to repeal the law concerning pharmaceutical discounts for insulin and to declare an emergency. Represent Payton you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members is the same song same voters course I appreciate a good vote. Representative Payton is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill represent Payton is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. The reading on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety six J. zero Nays zero present the bill and the emergency clause have passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill one. Senate bill one by representative Maddox to amend the state law the state income tax to change name and funding of the long term reserve fund and to declare emergency representative Maddox you're recognized explained bill. Bill that you've already voted on this is the Senate version and appreciate a good vote. Representative Maddox's explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Maddox is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one prepare the machine Mr Clerk. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty eight fourteen days zero present the bill an the emergency clause have passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill two. Senate bill two by representative Jett to amend the law concerning the initial appointments to the tax appeals commission and to declare emergency representative Jett you're recognized explained bill thank you Speaker college this is the tax bill which a commission bill that we passed yesterday and I appreciate a good vote. Representative Jett is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Jett is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill and the emergency clause of past. Mr Clark read Senate bill ten. Senate bill ten by representative Jett to amend the income tax credit for waste reduction reuse or recycling equipment. Represent Jett you're recognized explained the bill. I miss Baker college this is that uh recycling tax credit bill that we heard yesterday with that appreciate a good vote. Representative Jett is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Jett close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill then prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety one Yeas four Nays zero present the bill is passed. Members were going to yell a budget calendar. Representative gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. First we have on the calendar Senate bill three this is a supplemental appropriation this is the American recovery funds not the one to go through the committee and come through A. L. C. this is the the money that goes directly to the schools different agencies and cities and county government it's a three billion dollar appropriation the money that flows directly once again we if we do not oversee this this pot of money any questions. Create a good vote on Senate bill three miss Baker the Clerk read the bill for third time Sir Clark read the bill for third time Senate bill three. Representative gene is present the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill three. The machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. I about Mr Clark. With ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Represent gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker this is the same bill that we passed yesterday this the Senate version is identical its the Money fifty million dollars that were put in for infrastructure roads read of sewer water drainage for the project in Mississippi County ninety five million dollar pay roll and nine hundred employees any questions. Appreciate a good vote on Senate bill five the Speaker of the Clerk read the bill the third time Mr Clark read the bill Senate bill five. Represent gene is present the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative gene is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five where the machine Mr Clerk. You're voting on the bill an emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty seven days three days zero present the bill and the Emergency Clause are pass. Members are going back to read calendar Mr Clark reed House resolution one zero zero seven. House resolution one thousand seven by representative Barker to congratulate the strong Bulldogs football team on winning the twenty twenty one class two A. eight man state championship. Represent Barker you're recognized explained resolution. Join me at the well. Members we have the honor today of having with us superintendent Thomas from the strong Huttig school district and coach right and his staff and the strong Bulldogs who are the two eight eight man state champions this year would you help me in congratulating them. Thank you it's my privilege to present this resolution on their behalf in to tell you just a little bit about their journey to the state title. Well we all know twenty twenty was an interesting year to say the least and difficult in many ways the strong football team is no exception they lost of cement power they had many games affected by the covid quarantine restrictions they finished the season one in five and actually finished with an eleven man team I believe maybe played a game or two with eleven men total so in the spring of this year the strong Huttig school district decided to compete in the eight man classification. And in their debut year they went undefeated eleven and I'll in the south conference and won the state title sixty six to sixty in double overtime. I would say that's a pretty impressive debut year. It's made more impressive when you realize that strong is the smallest public school in Arkansas to offer a football program so good job coach right to you to your championship championship team and to superintendent Thomas we give a hearty congratulations and I would appreciate a good vote on the resolution thank. I want to say anything but that's two football championships for Union County this year. Represent Barker is presented to resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution for the resolution. Representative Barker's close resolution the question before the House is adoption of house resolution one zero seven one zero zero seven all in favor say aye. Those nay the resolution is adopted. Members having a complete the items on the governor's call we're moving to the supplemental calendar and two House resolution one zero zero one Mr Clark reed House resolution one zero zero one House resolution one thousand one by representative shepherd to provide for the sunny die adjournment of the second extraordinary session of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas representative strap Shepherd you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr chair members I have brought in front of you house resolution one thousand one which provides for the adjournment sine die of the House just to give a little bit of background I think I've probably spoken to both caucuses about you know kind of my thought process and bring this resolution as your where normally we would probably just have a motion to adjourn but given the fact that There was a lot of talk to press reports a lot of conversation about whether to extend and like so many other things that have occurred over the last two years the extension has rarely been talked about in his in history rarely been proposed so we didn't have a whole lot of precedent to follow by and so I felt like is it in providing for the efficiency and organization the house that filing a resolution well in advance to show everybody what that this is this would be where we would have that motion the thought process being that if there's enough to extend which would be sixty seven votes then there's enough to defeat the resolution that I present here today a couple other things to keep in mind the Senate I have been advised and I would imagine that probably many of you are may have been watching over the last hour or two but my understanding is the Senate has adjourned sine die so I think it goes to the point that there's really no more business to conduct a couple other things that that I was going to mention along the way is that in looking at the research on this in conferring with counsel both here in the House and the bureau that these extensions obviously they have to be adopted at both the ends but they do your respective or the opinion is that even even with certain restrictions in them that essentially they they open it up to fifteen days of any kind of bill filing so I think that's something that's important to keep in mind again I really put this in resolution format just to put it out there provide some structure to our proceedings as you can tell you should've all been provided a supplemental calendar and you can tell that all the resolutions have been prohibit that have been filed were assigned to the calendar and if this resolution fails then we would I guess I would probably. A private to recess and think about what to do now that the Senate's gone home because there's practically no reason to continue forward but with that I would appreciate a good vote. Represent Bentley for what purpose I have a motion that I'd like to make a substitute motion. Let's hear your motion I make a motion to extend this session according to article six section fourteen of the Arkansas constitution or to hear a heartbeat bill in order to extend the second ordinary session of the ninety third General Assembly for a period not a fifteen days for the purpose of considering legislation to create Arkansas human heart beat and human life human life civil justice act to regulate abortion Arkansas to save the lives of unborn children and protect the health of women through civil liability for license violations of abortion laws. This is not a proper motion it's not about. It's not a hot motion of her precedence then the adjourn motion. Representative Shepherd is explained the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. What. Representative Payton you're recognized speak against the resolution. Members we have an opportunity to take action. And to end the session at this moment would deny us the opportunity to cast a vote on that action. in a previous session this year the Senate. Preceded us and shut down. But they cannot adjourned sine die without our concerns so we have every opportunity here to extend the session to take up the people's business I encourage no vote. Represent Payton I spoke against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. The representantes and for what purpose a parliamentary inquiry. Just for clarification if we do not pass this resolution we stay in session Does the Senate have to go back into session since they've already German can they can't take up any business can I. Thank you Speaker miss Dawson I can answer this question. Representative Payton spoke against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution represent Bentley went. Represent Bentley you're recognized speak against the resolution. Colleagues I appreciate all of you no one wants to go home today more than I do today's my mother's ninetieth birthday and people all over the country for any of my pops memorial service on Saturday. But you know it's not about me it's not about you it's not about your schedule it's not about my schedule we have an opportunity to do a very simple technical corrections to a bill that we already pass ACT three oh nine that's been enjoined by a federal judge is been enjoined Texas came up with a way to get around that to civil liability is a simple technical correction we can suspend rules we can pull this bill out of committee we can take care of it very quickly and I want to have that opportunity for this there's never the wrong time to do the right thing And we can save children's lives here in Arkansas the what we're doing is already a civil liability sorry part of Ms law that we passed as well this is not something new or strange some the very simple a simple technical correction we can make we can make this the most successful extraordinary session in Arkansas history not only passing a law with the most tax cuts ever we can also save babies lives I cannot think of a better gift for Kansas in passing this bill so with that I would vote no on this sunny Die. Resident Bentley is spoke against the resolution would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Against the resolution. Representative McKenzie for what purpose parliamentary inquiry. You're recognized what is the threshold for this vote is it fifty one since it's a motion to adjourn. It's fifty one die I'm sorry fifty one fifty one follow up you're recognized so then since. A substitute motion was not allowed if I understand correctly the only other way to get along get around the fifty one would be an appeal of the ruling to not accept a substitute motion is occur. That's correct. And that appeal would go to the rules committee correct. Or to the floor or to the floor thank you. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Speaker Shepherd would you like to close the resolution. Thank you Mr chair I just to be clear vote yes Is for internment adjournment sine die The vote no we proceed to the well actually again I would probably have to recess and confer with parliamentarian as to how to proceed because again as a practical matter the Senate has already adjourned sine die. Speaker Shepherd is close for the resolution. The question before the House is the passage of house resolute Lucien one zero zero one all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. Is haven't. The machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Sixty one U. S. thirty two nays zero present the resolution is passed. And the houses adjourn sine die. Real quick couple quick