House Convenes

And by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by represent Carol Dalby and remain standing for the pledge allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Let us pray. Further as we come to you and the quietness of this moment. Please still our hearts. Calmer minds. And help us to realize that everything that we do and this body. Is to first glorify you. And to represent the people of the great state of Arkansas. Help us to keep those two things in mind as we go about our business today. Understanding that. We win some we lose some but ultimately when we leave this body. We're your children. We are our Kansans. And that we have a job to do that will always glorify you bless this body bless this great state and be with us now as we continue this state that you have given us and your name I pray I'm in. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button per machine Mr Clerk. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety one members present chair sees a quorum. Three requests for leave representative Deffenbaugh for what purpose. If Reina is restless league Grant represent Jean. The noted represent Brooks for what purpose you're recognized leave representive Perry and for represent to let is leave grant represent Perry. So notice leave grant represent all at. noted represent Eubanks what purpose leave you're recognized is the lead leave granted for Represent Cozart is granted represent Cozart. So noted. President Cavenaugh for what purpose leave you're recognized leave a representative Barker please grant represent Barker. Though noted represent love for purposes leave you're recognized leave a representative Nicks is leave grant represent Nicks. Presented Gazaway for purpose leave you're recognized leave a representative Mayberry is leave grant represent make a late notice represent Vaught for what purpose leave you're recognized leave for representative Matix sleep Grant represent Matix. So noted. Represent Fredrick lemons we dispense the reading of previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are there Reports from select committees are the Reports from standing committees is there any unfinished business are there any executive medications. Morning hours ended Mr Clark please read Senate bill some forty three. Senate bill seven forty three representative speaks concerning the definition of the four United States congressional districts of Arkansas and to declare an emergency. The speech you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill is exactly like the bill we voted on yesterday is just a procedure and we still need you to vote yes on it so I'd ask for a good vote. Percent Springer for purpose questions represent speaks left the well. President speaks explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represents spring recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker good morning I wanted to ask representative speaks a question with respect to comments that were made on yesterday about certain persons coming before the thanks Committee on state agencies were wanting to know the foist concerns about the particular bill and I wanted to ask you did you speak with senator on the other side where they're not she had received correspondence from the Washington bureau of the national association for the advancement of colored people indicating that that that they thought that this bill was not good. That's the question I want to ask. And it's my understanding that they gave a report to the Senate saying that they thought it was racially motivated thank you. Represent Springer spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill represent love you're recognized speak against the bill. Good morning colleagues as you all know I got up to speak against the bill yesterday in regards to I its impact. In. I was very intentional in my comments because as the day went on. Race was talked about when we have conversations on race as I say they were going to be sensitive. In here we here we were and we were discussing race and we said you know people said people races and people said this nobody said any of those things. This map. Adversely impacts African Americans. Now. I did not know that my house was drawn into the fourth congressional district. And we were talking about communities that have a likeness ensure likeness. Parts of Little Rock do not belong in the fourth congressional district the interest are totally different. And so when I want to ask that because I I ask representative speak she you know she always make comments on how to which communities or in this. But never did parts of little Rock coming to that question. In so doing the committee meeting. Representative. Dotson answer. And he said yes using. South of six thirty. That was. It was south six thirty. I. thirty I. thirty you say south of six thirty. Well you say well now we're we're debating and well all right so it was it was south six thirty that was the that was the comments. Anyone that knows south six thirty. In this conversation in regards to race in Little Rock south to six thirty does mean. That race comes into play. For those that don't know about six thirty six thirty was constructed in it did actually go straight through the African American business district. DO strolling actually in essence African American business district. And so anybody that knows anything about. The sensitivity in race six starts out the six thirty is actually that line of demarcation now. As I said that doesn't go to. The sand the intent of this map is but the impact of this map what the impact is is that is going to disenfranchise African American communities period. I did not say that mystique's just because you proposes maps that you are any races I cannot say that I'm home but I want you to go to the impact of this man. And so when we discuss racial all let's not get too Jett these these different feelings because it's all about the impact of what things can what things can occur. And so as I said let's take a step back. Let's stop hurling all these different. Whatever we want to call on and that's just looking at the impact of the man in the impact is this going to disenfranchise African American communities regardless of the intent in so that's why I stand here and ask you to vote against this man because the impact of it is going to disenfranchise not the intent. So I want to make that clear thank you. President Dotson for purpose. The spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative speaks is close for the bill we do have. Question for the houses the passage of Senate bill seven forty three we do have five pairs on the desk. Representive Taglit votes yes representive Cooper votes no witness by represent Haak representive Cooper is the president member are there any procedural objections this pair. Resentment Maddox votes yes representative. Crawford votes no witness by representative Vaught represent Crawford is the president member are there any procedural objections to this pair. Representative. Barker votes yes representative Brooks boats no witness by represent Haak represent Brooks is the president member there any procedural objections this pair. President Jean votes yes represent McKenzie votes no witness by represent Dalby represent mackenzie's a present member are there any procedural objections this pair. Represent Cozart boats yes representive flowers votes no witness by representative McNair represent flowers is the president member are they procedural objections this pair. Hearing no objections please do not vote any of these voting machines. Per machine Mr Clark. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of fifty three eight thirty five days and three present the bill is passed. The House to stand in recess for ten minutes. House will come to order. Read the bills Mr Clark. Senate bill seven thirty one. The objection to the bill a second time Senate bill seven thirty one public health. Members I'm going to pass over House resolution ten fifty three as much as I would love the opportunity to present that to you today and obtain a favorable vote I'm not willing to create a greater Constitutional crisis then what may otherwise exist at this point in time therefore we will have a committee meeting this afternoon represent makes for what purpose. Let's hear your motion after the announcmenet trading of the bills transferring the bill's place in the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee report I move that we adjourn until nine o'clock tomorrow morning. That's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Those opposed. The nose have. I see five hands. A represent love what purpose. You're recognized okay thank you Mister Smith mistaken so what's the what's the vote threshold. Fifty one fifty one okay thank you. Senate conceive what purpose question you're recognized just for clarity for the folks voting. And the folks at home what what is a yea vote do what is enabled to a. But clarified majority of a quorum. Well just to clarify its majority quorum a yea vote would adjourned until nine AM tomorrow morning a no vote. Keep us here. Follow. Recognized we stay here in this indefinitely two we do another vote spend the night do business bottom line is we're not going to adjourn correct. That's that's apparently what someone to do if this is if this is. Question is voted down then I would expect that I'd have to recess and figure out. Where we go from here. Represent Lundstrum for what purpose one of parliamentary inquiry recognized. If we recess and that bill goes committee condemned Committee here it and come I have come back for us to vote on it today. No that's prohibited by the constitution can thank you. The question before the House. President Holcomb for what purpose. Mister Speaker I think there's still some confusion on a yes vote in a novo arcade can you go through that once again that to let us. Know for sure what we're doing here. Represent makes motion was for the house to adjourn until nine AM tomorrow a yes a yes vote would adjourn the house until nine AM tomorrow which is been our normal practice. A no vote would vote down the motion and. I guess we would be here to consider additional motions are to We've you know we've we've come to the end of our calendar today so. Represent Dotson for what purpose. Query you're recognized so. My understanding of it and correct me if I'm wrong that if we adjourned until nine AM tomorrow we within recess or we would then go into committees considering I've I believe the only thing left on any calendar would be the Senate bill that came out of the Senate and all go to public health and be considered this afternoon that bill. If it potentially passes could not be considered constitutionally and till tomorrow is that correct. That's correct. So if people want that to be considered they would vote yes to adjourn until tomorrow. If they don't want considered they'd vote no in order to. Stay here and continue to recess I'm I continue make motions. I can I can help. I can certainly attest that I'm that I cannot suggest the motives for a vote either way here so that would be up to each individual member thank you. Representive waiting for what purpose question you're recognized can you share wine that you didn't want to run ten fifty three. So the resolution on ten fifty three actually to clarify I would love to run ten fifty three but on it conferring with the parliamentarian and with House counsel in the bureau the concern is is that we we adopt a resolution the Senate has not adopted a resolution a similar resolution that creates greater legal questions as to where that with the status of where we sit is the General Assembly this is different I think than what happened at the when we went into extended recess because that resolution it already been adopted in the US when the Senate adjourned that day there there was already a resolution that had been agreed upon by both houses so. So that's that's the distinction but that's the concern based on conferring with legal counsel that this would create a greater issue than allowing the business to proceed at this point I appreciate that follow up you're recognized. What what do they want down there. What what is would tell us could you share with us what they will. I mean you know we the rule or we go we the voter we don't. And you know they they sent down there they dictate revenue and taxation they dictate everything else this is curry in a constitutional crisis and this this vote on ten fifty three. Again I can't I can't I can't the okay venture yes Is that and I understand. Represent Lowery for purpose question you're recognized is the determination of a next day to be able to take a bill predicated upon twelve oh one AM or is it predicated upon an adjournment and then a reconvening. Ajer adjourning in reconvening but then it clearly has to be between one day to the other okay so follow up you're recognized in other words there has to be an adjournment for us to be able to if the bill does come out of committee on a public health for to be taken up again they would have to be an adjournment that then reconvening. We have to study that but it for sure would have to be the next day okay thank you. President Deffenbaugh for what purpose. Question you're recognized is it proper for everyone of us to make a motion to adjourn. It it probably. It probably would not be proper at this. And we do have a motion to it we do have a motion to adjourn on on the floor at this point in time a motion to adjourn until nine AM tomorrow. It's C. five hands the question before the House is the adoption of the motion to adjourn until nine AM tomorrow. Repair the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty one Yeas one nine zero present the motion passes. Are there any announcements represent Ladyman you're recognized announcmenet. It's here now spent public health will meet at three o'clock in room one thirty. Any other announcements no other announcements the desk remain open as need for the reading of the bills upon completion The Addams named in the joint resolution house to be adjourned until nine AM tomorrow.