House Convenes

I thank the member staff press and guests in the gallery so standing me led in prayer a representative Harlan Breaux and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Please join me in prayer. You're like Jesus I just thankful to be here today. And I pray for you wisdom father. Not only your wisdom and guidance. Throughout these days in the days that we have ahead of us. Make the decisions that we make today. I thank not only today. But for future generations. Thank you for what I know that you're going to do in the days ahead in Jesus name I pray amen. All. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety seven members present the chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave representative Cavenaugh for what purpose leave. Leave for representative Barker leave granted represent Barker. So noted reps. This. Leave for Senate of Warren. It's leave ramp represent Warren. So noted. Representive Payton for what purpose leave a representative Miller is leave grant for Miller Pitsch. President Fredrick Love moves we dispense the reading of previous day's Journal without objection so ordered are there Reports from select committees are the Reports from standing committees report Mister Clark Mister Speaker we are committee on public health to whom was referred house bill nineteen seventy seven beg leave to report that we had the same under consideration here with turn the same recognition do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Jack Ladyman chair. Is there any unfinished business. There any Executive communications. Sir Clark please read House resolution ten fifty two. House resolution ten fifty two by representative hot to support consumer privacy. Ferguson talk you're recognized explain resolute. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I bring before you today a resolution Must many of us have a An urgency here. About a recent proposal requiring financial institutions to significantly increase the amount of American taxpayer data reported to the international the intern Internal Revenue Service. And the General Assembly does not believe this is Every American with the tax with the bank accounts the privacy of personal financial information the cost of implementation and the impact on American average Americans is. A general over reach of the government's. The unprecedented generation of taxpayer information most of which will be a relevant to the calculation of taxpayer taxable income being transmitted and stored in an uncertain environment with significant cost to taxpayers and financial institutions therefore I bring before you today resolution ten fifty two Mr Speaker would you have the Clerk read the resolution. Mr Clark please read the resolution whereas the General Assembly is alarmed about the recent proposal requiring financial institutions to significantly increase the amount of taxpayer's data reported to the Internal Revenue Service and whereas the General Assembly does not believe this is necessary and may in fact have unintended consequences and whereas specifically this proposal would require financial institutions and other financial services providers to report certain transaction level data as well as information about the outflows and inflows on account over six hundred dollars to the Internal Revenue Service and whereas this proposal will impose significant come a compliance costs on our banks and have served at that has served as the backbone of our economy these past eighteen months and whereas this proposal would not only impose significant compliance costs on our banks but also in France on the privacy of millions of Americans and whereas this proposal allows the Internal Revenue Service to monitor the financial dealings of every American consumer and business with the depository account without cause and whereas additionally this proposal creates new barriers for the unbanked and underbanked and now therefore be it resolved by the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the house of representatives supports a consumer privacy. President fox explained resolution he would like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution absent pockets close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house resolution ten fifty two all in favor say aye. Any opposed resolution is adopted. Morning hour is ended. Members right pass over house bill nineteen seventy two. Read bills Mr Clark house bill nineteen seventy eight that objection read bill a second time house bill nineteen seventy eight state agency. Person makes for what purpose. Motion place let's hear your motion after the announcmenet trading of the bills transferring the bills placed on the counters on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdraw their own bills finalize resolutions reading communications in in your committee committee report I move that we adjourn until one o'clock on Monday afternoon. Proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion carries. Are there any announcements representative Ladyman for what purpose Hausman you're recognized public health committee will meet on Monday in room one thirty at the call of the chair. Representantes for what purpose. Announcmenet let's hear your nascent state agencies will meet Monday at the call of the chair. Represent wing for what purpose ladies and gentleman we have a couple of birthdays today I'd like to recognize our house minority leader is Tippi McCullough happy birthday. This next birthday may frighten some but he bench pressed three hundred and fifteen pounds today representative Jon Eubanks. And we can't in the birthdays without an acknowledgement that tomorrow I hope everybody wishes our own Carol Dalby a Happy Birthday. President because aren't. Happy birthday on Sunday. All right. Members appreciate your work here continue to monitor your emails. And the schedule hopefully if of those committees need to meet on Monday will be able to provide plenty of advance notice as to a definite time I appreciate you being a flexible as we work through all this and hopefully everybody will be happy to go home for a few days. Any other announcements. Yeah. If no other announcements the desk remain open as needed for the reading of bills and upon completion of the items named in the joint resolution the house will be adjourned until one PM Monday.