Senate Convenes

Please call me because. Yes. Ballot. Well I don't feel that there's other bills and all. Yes. Please call. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace everybody please stand including those in the gallery Senator Ballinger is recognized for the prayer. Right okay thank you so much thank you allowing us this opportunity is privilege really to to serve here that we we do recognize someone trusted with the with the great grace here we pray to you to help us to be good stewards of that and that we would do work here with wisdom that we with the chair of grace to each other especially in these waning days and that we would to just be mindful of a of our testimony as we move forward we love you and to pray for your wisdom Jesus name amen. I pledge. The state matter in. Which is. One. You will. You know. Any announcements there's. Any items at the desk. Yes Sir will your committee on unrolled Bills to whom was referred to senate joint resolution ten by Senator Davis Senate concurrent resolution ten by Senator Chesterfield Senate bill one fifty eight by joint budget Senate bill one eighty one by Senator Garner Senate bill five O. six by Senator Tucker said bill to eleven by joint budget Senate bill five fifty one PM mark Johnson from mark Johnson said the sixteen by Senator Flippo symbol six twenty four by Senator Wallace Senate bills a six twenty eight by Senator Hester Senate bill six sixty four by Senator Leding for the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly engrossed in road and delivered to the governor at two twelve PM twenty third. President will your committee on row Bills to whom was referred senate bill three hundred by Senator Dismang Senate bill three thirty four by Senator Ballenger Senate bill five forty seven by Senator Garner Senate bill five ninety by senator garner senate six fourteen by Senator Davis compared the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly enrolled in and delivered to the government five fifty seven PM. Follow. You Mr president this is to inform you that on April twenty second twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measure the regular session ninety third General Assembly Senate bill one fifty five now ACT eight thirty sevens sincerely Senate H. the Hutchinson governor well. You Mr President this is to inform you that on April twenty second I reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session the ninety third General Assembly Senate bill five eighty five now ACT eight thirty nine sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor follows. You Mr president this is to inform you that on April twenty third twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following of form measures from the regular session the ninety third General Assembly Senate concurrent resolution seven sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor follows. Dear Mr President this is to inform you that on April twenty third twenty twenty one I am of the following the following measure from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly to go into law without my signature Senate bill fifty nine now ACT eight seventy two. Aw you Mr president this form you that on April twenty third I reviewed and approved the following measures the regular session nine third General Assembly. Senate bill one eleven ACT eight forty to senate fifty five ACT eight forty three Senate bill three fifty nine ACT eight forty for senate three sixty ACT eight forty five Senate bill three sixty one ACT eight forty six Senate bill three sixty two ACT eight forty seven Senate bill six three sixty three ACT eight forty eight Senate bill three sixty four ACT eight forty nine Senate three sixty five ACT eight fifty Senate bill three sixty six ACT eight fifty one Senate bill three sixty seven ACT eight fifty two Senate bill three sixty eight ACT eight fifty three Senate bill three sixty nine ACT eight fifty four Senate bill three seventy ACT eight fifty five Senate bill three seventy one ACT eight fifty six Senate bill three seventy two ACT eight fifty seven Senate bill three seventy three ACT eight fifty eight Senate bill three seventy four ACT eight fifty nine sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor. Our dear Mr president this form you that on April twenty five twenty twenty one I've reviewed and approved the following measures of regular session the ninety third General Assembly. Senate one seventy one now ACT eight eighty eight Senate bill three fifty five ACT eight eighty nine Senate bill three ninety three ACT eight ninety Senate bill three ninety five ACT eight ninety one senate three ninety eight ACT eight ninety two Senate bill four oh three ACT eight ninety three senate four eighty nine ACT eight ninety four Senate bill five forty three ACT eight ninety five senate five sixty one ACT eight ninety six. Senate bill five seventy six ACT eight seventy eight Senate bill five eighty one ACT eighty ninety eight Senate bill six twenty one ACT eight ninety nine Senate bill six twenty five ACT nine hundred Senate bill six thirty seven ACT nine oh one senate six sixty two ACT nine oh two sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor follows dear Mr president this is to inform you that on April twenty six twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures of the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly. Senate bill six eighty nine ACT nine oh three Senate bill six eighty ACT nine oh four Senate bills six seventy seven ACT nine oh five Senate bill six sixty nine ACT nine oh six Senate bill six forty seven ACT nine oh seven Senate bill six oh six ACT nine oh eight Senate bill six twenty nine ACT nine oh nine Senate bill five seventy four ACT nine ten zero five sixty six ACT nine eleven Senate bill five six four ACT nine twelve Senate bill five fifty two ACT nine thirteen to forty four ACT nine fourteen senate twenty six at nine forty nine fifteen Senate bill four oh five ACT nine sixteen stand on that five ninety seven ACT nine seventeen. Senate bill one sixty four ACT nine eighteen sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor well. For your committee on I write to whom was referred senate bill three twelve by Senator Blake Johnson recommend to pass to concur in house amendments one two and three counted where your committee on education to whom was referred house bill seventeen eighty three by representante men do pass calendar. Where your committee on education was referred house bill nineteen thirty one by representative Bentley recommend due pass counted Committee on Education was referred house bill nineteen thirty two by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted for your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill five ninety four by Senator Dismang recommend due pass concurrent house amendments one and two counted Committee on insurance commision was first Senate bill six thirty nine by Senator Hammer recommend to pass to concur in the house amendment number one calendar. The Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill eighteen eighty one by representative gray recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill nineteen twenty six by representative makes recommend due pass counted where your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill seventeen ninety two by reps news represented five per command do pass. Because of the water. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill nineteen thirty four by representative Miller recommend to pass as amended number one calendar where your committee on public health to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty three by Senator ari recommend to pass when current house amendment number one calendar for your committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill six eighty four by Senator garner recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred senate five eighty two by Senator Hammer recommend to pass and current house amendment number one. Counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill nineteen thirty eight by representative wing recommend due pass counted. Dear Mr all dear president Hickey Speaker Shepherd and members of the General Assembly pursuant to our article six session section fifteen of the Arkansas because constitution I inform you today I have vetoed Senate bill two ninety eight Arkansas sovereignty ACT Senate bill two ninety eight imposes criminal penalties on state and local law enforcement officers assist federal agencies are officers in the enforcement of the national firearms act which includes limitations on the possession of machine guns grenades bombs and land mines the bill also prohibits assisting in the enforcement of the gun control act of nineteen sixty eight which prohibits certain felons from possession of firearms the partnership between state and federal law enforcement officers is essential for the safety of Arkansas citizens this bill will break that partnership and put the safety of our our cancer risks. On a daily basis our state law enforcement officers assist federal agents in the apprehension of violent criminals in possession of illegal firearms this bill will not only jeopardize future law enforcement endeavors but also it will jeopardize hundreds of federal cases against violent criminals the testimony of Arkansas law enforcement officers assisting federal officers in the percent of violent criminals is critical in those cases that testimony would be barred and criminalize bass Senate bill two ninety eight additionally Senate bill two ninety eight would allow those violent criminals to suit Arkansas law enforcement officers for six fifteen their federal law enforcement counterparts this is unacceptable I am committed to protecting the sovereignty of the State of Arkansas in the constitution constitutional rights of Arkansas citizens I will continue to push back against federal overreach and regulation that criminalizing cooperation with the federal government is not the solution I understand the intent of the bill is to provide citizens with confidence that law enforcement officers of this state will not participate in the enforcement of on and constitutional laws I fully support that intention but this bill does not accomplish that go instead it creates ambiguity and uncertainty and R. state firearms laws and it jeopardizes the essential partnership between state and federal law enforcement agencies on some critical missions that ensure the safety of our Kansans. Senate bill two ninety eight specifically states that federal laws and regulations including the national firearms act and gun control act of nineteen sixty eight are not on board the bill does not provide any exception for provisions of those laws concerning unlawful possession back violent criminals those laws have been declared constitutional and have been enforced by the courts for decades in addition the laws of the state of Arkansas concerning the regulation of firearms reference both the national firearms act and the gun control act of nineteen sixty eight. Senate bill two ninety eight does not repeal or amend those Arkansas loss nor have they been repealed by any other act of the General Assembly if the General Assembly says those laws are no longer recognized it is unclear what impact that has on our on the Arkansas laws that reference the incorporated in corporate of federal law in other words Senate bill two ninety eight would be a defense attorney's dream come true and would render useless are combined state and federal task forces fighting violent crime thank you for your attention to this matter sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor. No it's a bit unorthodox but so is that. So that is why I am members the reason for that we have a few amendments that we need to adopt and then we'll send it engrossing then we'll have a supplemental calendar at the end of the day or at some point today that will will consider each the bills. Amendment one Senate bill ninety five. Senate thank you had this adds wanted position operations preparation of the salary matching increase of thirty nine thousand and seven positions the trial office preparation salary match the increase is seven hundred twenty four thousand adding one point five million to the parent council preparation to be able to be received with possible federal funding. Any questions. All the favor say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted center grossing Amendment one Senate bill three seventy five one six. Senate does mine thank you members this is the a bill that was drawn up earlier in the session I think we all generally agree to in regards to surplus there was an amendment that encompass both the House adjustments and adjustments that retired from the governor's office thank you had a schedule this for now for a little while it if any questions I'd be happy to answer any questions. All those in favor say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted Senator grossing as B. seven oh two Amendment one Senate bill seven oh two Senate is nine members this is R. as a bill we adopt the amendment joint budget the other day I bring in now before us again I think you have to schedule for a while and I'd be happy to answer any questions on the amendment any questions. All those of favour say aye. This Is have it members adopted senators are moving on to the bill's. Okay. Senate bill one thirty four by joint budget and I for the ministry of Office of the Courts preparation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year thank you house bill twelve oh eight by joint budget act for the Department safety public safety appropriation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year sentence my members were going to do these as a bastion the someone to answer the questions were like filling them out again it's Senate bill one thirty four house bill twelve oh eight any objection about these two bills. Any questions. Okay sorry. We get. We get. Any objection right to vote the please role thank Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote on the batch. Shall cast a ballot thirty five yeah zero days the two bills have passed emergency clauses are adopted for. Transmitter Senate bill to the house return the house bill. Okay moving out of the morning hour. One second. Thank you. Well but she left because she said. Our house that are. Okay. I don't okay we do these resolutions and Senate resolution nineteen by Senator Irvin to recognize the rule special girls basketball team as the class one A. state champions Senator Irvin. Thank you an thank you Mr president members of the one one second. Center for. Members of the Senate I'm really proud to have with me here today the young ladies from rule special from Stone County fox Arkansas and he or the one A. state champions of girls basketball so if you will join that are welcome them with me to this. I'm getting this is a short resolution I'm gonna read because they're here. To recognize the rules special girls basketball team is a class one A. state champions where Alice the rule special lady rebels bested the Norfork lady Panthers to take the class one A. girls state basketball title with a score of forty eight to forty at bank of the Ozarks arena in hot springs Arkansas on Thursday March eighteen twenty twenty one and whereas the win earns rules special the first state title the girls have taken though the team has made for other finals appearances and is routinely one of the top teams in their class and we're as a twenty twenty twenty twenty one season was the first for coach Lou cornets he's with us today late waiver hand to help the team finished with a twenty nine to four records. And sad basketball is all that's here inbox really the schools here but basketball is what these people love more than anything the excitement level right now is really high and understandably so this board is what they love now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate congratulate and recognize the rule special girls basketball team at the class one A. state champions beat Reserve further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution will be provided to coach Luke cornett by the secretary of the Senate congratulations ladies and coaches and administrators. All those of favour say aye. Is haven't resolutions adopted thank you all for being here with me today let's see that come thank you senator. Senator Tucker did you say you don't pass over your resolution for now or you're going to. Tomorrow Senator Tucker is passing over as far twenty eight and without objection would put it on tomorrow's calendar. You senator Johnson Mark Johnson Ferndale. Senate memorial resolution six by Senator Johnson to remember Paul Greenberg and his contributions to the state of Arkansas. Mark Johnson recognized. Thank you Mr president. And Senate I would ask leave for our special guests of Mr Lynn Hamilton who's the president of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette Mr mark lane who is president of we ko newspapers and Mr Alec Gaines who is the lead attorney for the Democrat because and also the husband of the managing editor of the democrat-gazette Eliza gains if we could have leave for them the most grateful without objection. Mr President I'm proud to offer Senate memorial resolution six today I will not read the entire resolution with the I'm grateful to all my colleagues because all thirty five members of the Senate our co sponsors of this resolution a Paul Greenberg was in Arkansas treasure. He was born in Shreveport but he spent the most important part of his life in pine bluff in little rock where you work with pine commercial and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. While he was at the pine bluff commercial for over thirty years as the editorial page editor he wrote about to a civil rights and receive the nineteen sixty nine Pulitzer Prize for editorial commentary in nineteen ninety two he was hired at the Democrat Gazette to be its editorial page director and stayed there until the end of twenty fifth July twenty fifteen and then continued to write more columns if you've read Paul Greenberg then you know his riding you know what he was like he was also a dear person my friend and many of you are also friends with his son of former state representative Dan Greenberg who served in my many served I think in the house with his first wife Caroline levy Greenberg died in nineteen ninety five in March twenty fifteen he he married separate Malloy of Little Rock who ironically this is Arkansas course is actually a distant cousin of mine but I am honored to have them come today I want to introduce Mr Lynn Hamilton. Mr Clark lane and of Mr. A. We're. L. it gains and Alec again Alex's wife is the managing editor Alisa Gates thank you Mr Hussman in this case could not be here today because of a previous conflict but this is a great way to order to honor a truly truly great are cancer so with that Mr President I'm close for the resolution. All those of favour say aye. Follows Is haven't resolution adopted thank you all. Moving on to the business agenda Senate concurrent resolution Senator Irvin. Senate concurrent resolution fourteen by Senator Irvin to encourage Congress to pass a resident physician sort shortage reduction act of twenty twenty one three for Medicare supported graduate medical education programs and to provide rural states and communities with additional resource center or an thank you members I also won't read this whole resolution but I do want to point out that in December of twenty twenty Congress passed the consolidated appropriations act which provided one thousand the Medicare support of graduate medical education residency slots and served as the first increase in Medicare support of graduate medical education residency sought to nearly twenty five years and congressman and French Hill congressman Steve Womack congressman Bruce while at Westerman and congressman Rick Crawford along with senator John Boozman and senator Tom cotton voted for this and senator Bozeman in March of twenty twenty one has introduced the resident physician shortage reduction act of twenty twenty one to provide fourteen thousand a Medicare graduate medical education slots over the next seven years and there is a shortage of residency slots in the State of Arkansas particularly since we have now the D. O. schools in Fort Smith and and Jones Burrel along with UAMS and so this is great this is a huge economic development issue for the state of Arkansas and this this resolution is to encourage Congress to do their part in helping us increase those opportunities so that we're not training and educating people and then exporting them to other states we need to retain that talent in the state of Arkansas and provide this graduate medical education residency opportunity for those students that we are currently training at UAMS the DO school in Fort Smith and the DO school in Jones pearl this resolution is one step towards that ends there other. I think things in motion to where we as a state need to address that and that'll be a focus of the Senate Education Committee as we work into the into the interim and without all take any questions I'll be happy to and I'd ask for good vote. We speak on it all those of favor say aye opposed Is haven't resolutions adopted transmitted house Senator Sturch she. Concurrent resolution ten twenty representative grow. Senators to encourage a call while operation on the relevant entities to study and review policies related to expanding access to applied baccalaureate and workforce degrees in high demand career fields throughout the state. Sir storage of Independence County thank you Mr president colleagues the title is simply is what the resolution will do hopefully we can encourage our four years and two years to look at this potentially for legislation next session I appreciate a good vote any questions and when we speak all those all those favor say aye opposed. Is have barely. The resolution is adopted returned to the house we're gonna now moved to Senate bills two concurring house amendments just as a reminder we will do a voice vote on the amendment. And then we'll roll call the underlying bill and if passed it will be enrolled Senator Blake Johnson Clay County. Amendment one Senate bill two forty seven. Johnson members this The Amendment is narrows the the possibility of felony conviction and and drag racing situation. The question. This is only all those of favour say aye. Close as have it hence adopted now the underlying bill Senate bill two forty seven by Senator Johnson to amend the law concerning the penalties for violation of the offense of racing a vehicle on a public highway. Members this bill is brought by the state police and it helps in these situations that are happening around central Arkansas where the were drag racing occurring in impeding public client highways I appreciate a good vote any questions they always speak against or for Senators closed any objection rowing a boat please role of a. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you know was injured vote. Cast a ballot thirty five Yeas zero Nays the bill is passed in Rolette senator rand Davis we have to from Senator Davis and we have Senator Rice Senator Davis Amendment one Senate bill two forty eight. Members as promised this is that and food freedom bill that we passed earlier I promise on the house and it would be amended to exclude all at time and temperature controlled and food so any potentially hazardous food is exempt under the cottage food and bill as it is and there is also a definition for informed in consumer which was originally the bill the first time that I just and this we also and required that all pulled items have a label on it so not just a placard beside it but actual labor label on bulk items being distributed and then and on the last page we also and gave ensured that there was and I should say clarified that the Department health has authority not just investigate if they're getting complaints of food made and say conditions but the ability to go in and actually shut that down so that New and safety needs can be distributed or sold. Any questions. All those of favour say aye. Close Is have it members adopted now the underlying bill senate two forty eight by Senator Davis to create the food freedom act and to exempt certain perks producers of homemade food or drink products from licensure certification and inspection service thank you and so all this does is say that a cottage food the definition of a cottage food is a non and time and temperature control for safety food I'm allows people to sell not only a farmer's markets but online through third party vendors and otherwise happy to answer any questions any questions. They always speak against for Senators closed. There's close any objection role in the vote. Please roll Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish change their vote Loures is no Senator flowers is no anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight one nine the bill is passed enrollment center Davis Amendment one Senate bill five thirty five. And this amendment just put on an an exemption for securities department that they do not have to comply with this so we make sure we don't M. S. of anything that they're doing with the federal government. Happy to answer any questions any questions. All those of favour say aye. Closed eyes have it members adopted now the underlying bill. Senate bill five thirty five by Senator Davis to create the government into action with non profit entities act. Senator Davis at members again this just protects on profits by keeping state agencies for weaponizing a regulation in disclosing personal information about private citizens who are members are volunteers donors financial or otherwise to those five oh one see organizations it also maintains all filing and reporting currently required and authorized by federal law so does not change any federal laws at this time thank you. Senator Hendren has a question not just disclose and I have one I will be voting on this okay. You get that's right any questions which speak against. Okay we'll take it but we want to speak against and for centers close Senator Hendren was indicating that he has a nonprofit so you will be not he will not be voting on this any objection rowing the boat. With Senator Hendren location please roll vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote Loures is no Senator flowers is no anyone else. Cast up the ballot thirty three As one day the bill is passed and roll it Senator Rice in this job has an emergency clause and then we'll go to Senator Clark Is Senator Clark Johnson Senator Rice Sir Clark Johnson amendment one to Senate bill five forty four. We have to amendments on this one correct Senator Rice incorrect first amendment. Senator Rice members this amendments to the bill that I presented that I told you would probably have some more work on in House and it did that was. Taking the stimulus funds for people incarcerated the House changed that in the working with the department of correction make it workable to whether an inmate that receives funds but has no it was my intention was for fines fees cost in restitution be paid to get that out of the wire help get it Whittle down when they got out where would be as much of a burden of. They have amended or it says an inmate welfare fund established under twelve twenty nine one oh seven and the Division of correctional inmate care and custody fund account is we were those funds I will go if they have no known find an existing fees are still be far in may use also if the department is unable to confirm funds received by the person in custody or federal funds the federal relief or stimulus funds the funds will be deposited into the person persons in my bank account so they they define what was workable and what would be done and I appreciate adoption of that amendment. This is on the first amendment any questions. All those in favor say aye. Posed Is have it members adopted now Amendment number two Amendment tend to Senate bill five forty four. Amendment to simpler we had before were of the. Funds will be paid for through the circuit Clerk in the county the city's wanted also be in that so the city treasure in the municipality which the court fines fees costs and restitution is owed to reduce government county and the cities of qualities any questions on Amendment to all those of favour say aye. Close. Sometimes you're talking sound like you're voting against it but the ayes have it members adopted now the underlying bill. Senate bill five forty four by Senator Rice requiring a person in the custody of a correctional facilities funds from federal relief or stimulus programs to first pay outstanding fines fees costs restitution and declare an emergency. It members this was described before this is swirly temporary funds may or may not he did a time where they can be used again they will be used towards that person's fines fees costs and restitution art will go into a fund that will be for the. Richard good vote any questions they always speak against four centers closed any objection wrong to vote. Please please role of a. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You always change their vote Senator flowers. Senate Chesterville NO that is no Senator flowers is no thank you senator flowers Senate Chesterville NO several hours now Senator Tucker no. Senator Elliot no. Senator Leding is no anyone else. Cast up the ballot. Thirty eighth five days the bill was passed emergency clause is adopted in role what Senator Clark then senator mark Johnson then senator Clark again Sir Clark Amendment one Senate bill five forty nine. The Amendment of from the secretary of state was dismayed the reports we're asking for a little bit more specific about how they would be done and the house sponsor any questions on the amendment. All those of favour say aye. Close as have it members adopted senator Clark on the underlying bill senate five forty nine by Senator Clark to mental action law to amend the law concerning provisional ballots rejected ballots in require provisional ballot and rejected ballot reports. This requires a report on provisional rejected ballots from or county clerk's offices and secretary of state gives little information and there was no opposition Richard good vote any questions they always speak against and for the centers close any objection one vote. Please read about. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote Loures is president Senator flowers present anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero Nays one present the bill is passed in a role at centre mark Johnson Amendment one Senate bill five fifty three. Sir Johnson on the amendment thank you Mr president of this amendment that was requested by the Arkansas Municipal power folks they wanted to clarify the language relating to dealing with utilities they were near monuments to make sure they're not doing anything wrong when they do their work and they agreed to this and so we put it on the House appreciate it any questions on the amendment. All those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted now than on the underlying bill and there is an emergency clause Senate bill five fifty three by Senator Johnson to create the Arkansas state capitol in historical monument protection act and declare an emergency. Sir John in addition to the that's what I just described the amendment to also add an emergency clause at the request of the. This bill power people they want to make sure that they were protected so I appreciate a good vote any questions they always speak against for for centers closed any objection one vote. We do have an objection when the vote please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Let. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. This mine. DISMANG. Aids. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner yeah. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello yeah Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. If you wish to vote or change their vote Senator Bledsoe is off by anybody else over here. Senator Hester is hi Senator Irvin is II anyone else. Cast up the ballot. Twenty three eight five days six not voting one present the bill passes but the emergency clause is not adopted. Senator Mark Johnson Drakken nice to. And enrollment some I move explains the vote by which the Emergency Clause fail. Motion to expunge the vote by which the emergency clause field any questions the twenty four votes all those of favour say aye. Those eyes have a motion Kerry. I move we also reconsider the vote on emergency call. The call all those in favor say aye. Those. Okay please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Henderson Hendren. Hester. I Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. You wish to vote or change their vote on the emergency clause. Cast. Senate grooms NO. Because of the ballot twenty seven yeas five nice emergency clause is adopted. And roll it with the bill. Senator Clark. Amendment one Senate bill five sixty. As a cosponsor. You've heard the amendment any questions all those of favour say aye aye ayes have it members adopted now the underlying bill Senate bill five sixty by Senator Clark to be known as the Arkansas Civil assent asset forfeiture reform active twenty twenty one. Sir Clark. Make this bill makes it much harder to take an innocent third parties property of in a one to two forfeit once it's been seized and. Provide any clear and convincing evidence makes it much easier for me to get their property back past very convincingly an old does as sponsor for your vote any questions anyone would speak against for for Senators close any objection going to vote please call the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyways change your vote ours is no they're flowers is no anyone else. Cast up the ballot thirty four Yeas one day the bill is passed and roll it Senator Ballinger to amendments on this one Amendment one Senate bill five seventy three. Senator Ballinger thank you the first amendment just provide some clarification for counties and it removed establishments that serve alcohol. The questions on the first amendment. All those in favor say aye. Close Is have it members adopted now the second segment is exactly same thing with personally did it better. Amendment to the to Senate bill five seventy three any questions All the favor say aye. Close Is have it members adopted now only underlying bill Senate bill five seventy three by Senator Ballenger concerning places where a person might possess and carry a concealed handgun with a license to carry a concealed handgun Senator Ballinger thank you this is the bill that that removes the loophole with the concealed carry that prohibits people from carrying in public places that we debated appreciate a good vote any questions he always speak against four centers close any objection on the vote. Objection please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello yeah Ingram. You can Irvin. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Right. I. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Senator Ballinger was was I. Anyone else wish to vote or change their vote. Senate. Okay. I got I got Senator Garner is aye Senator Ballenger aye aye Sir Davis is by anybody else. Senator Mark Johnson is over here and not. Anyone else cast the ballot. Twenty eight six days one nonvoting the bill is passed in Rolette Senator D. Wallace as a lieutenant colonel. Amendment one Senate bill five forty five five ninety five. Thank you get all the amendment first. Member's bill originally certified that the Department Human Services is the entry regulates long term care facilities actually passes out of the Senate house bill seventeen seventy six was passed which made for sections of this original bill obsolete and this amendment simply delete slow sections from this bill. Any questions but. All those of favour say aye. Close Is have it members adopted senator Wallace on the underlying bill Senate bill five ninety five by Senator Wallace to clarify the Department of Human Services as the agency that regulates long term care facilities entry made references references to the office of home of long term care so all thank you have members this proposed legislation simply clarifies that is not just the long the office a long term care that regulates these facilities but rather the Department DHS as a whole and with that I will stand by for your questions. Any questions anymore speak against four centers closed closed injection on the vote. Lease role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured by a. Cast up the ballot thirty five Yeas zero days the bill is passed in Rolette. Senator Irvin and then Senator Eads Amendment one Senate bill five ninety nine. Thank you members amendment and requested by the banking commission. Any questions on the amendment all those of favour say aye aye opposed ayes have it members adopted Senator Irvin of the underlying bill. And Senate bill five ninety nine by Senator Irvin to establish the Arkansas financial Education Commission. Server thank you members this just brings all of the components together to to establish Arkansas financial Education Commission focusing on financial literacy and recommendations for that education level three K. through twelve and higher at any questions you always speak against four centers close I have injection one The vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace Sir Sturch Sullivan is president. Senator Hester is no Senator Pitsch is present. Anyone else wish to change their vote. The cast of the ballot thirty two yeas to one nay to present the bill is passed and roll it. Senator Eads of Washington County. Amendment one Senate bill six thirty one. Thank you Mr president this just adds the House sponsor. Any questions dollars per se I. Oppose ayes amendments adopted Senator is on the other line bill. Thank you Mr president this is the bill that just puts them on level playing ground with all the what we've done with all the other producers Senate bill six thirty one by Senator Eads to amend the law regarding Hard cider in to authorize a hard cider manufacturer to deliver hard cider. Any questions for Senator Eads who's left you always speak against for Senator his clothes by his actions any objection on the vote. Please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote Senator Gilmore is no. Senator Sturch is now Senator Bledsoe is no anyone else over here. Is certificate of anyone over here. Senate designer NO. Senator Blake Johnson is No. Service not voting senator hill is no. Senator Hester is no. Sure Stubblefield. Is president. Senator Hammer is no. Senator Chesterfield president. Sir Clark is president. Anyone else. Judge of the vote. Senator Rapert is present. Cast up the ballot. Eighteen days ten days three not voting for president zero only. Your bill passed okay. Enroll at. We're doing all the concurrence now we're down to the run of the mill Senate bills Senator. Senator mark Johnson. Senate bill seventy five by Senator Mark Johnson to amend the provisions of Arkansas constitution's Amendment ninety one and one oh one provide that proceeds may be applied to multilane highway improvements engines Klarna merchants C.. Thank you Mr president. This is something I've been working on for a long time and let me assure you a little history because you won't understand it if I don't. About the turn of the twentieth century there was a movement across the country to allow initiative and referendum where people could initiate amendments and that the General Assembly is in different states could refer items to the people to vote on directly. In Arkansas it took about six years to enact what eventually became amendment seven to the Arkansas constitution. And the call amendment seven is very clear it says that that any measure. Approved by a vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly. Except. On a yeah in a roll call vote of two thirds of all members elected to each house of the General Assembly now most of you all are familiar with that process on initiated acts that person initiated act. Then if we need to amend it Well it takes two thirds vote to do that in in both houses of the constitution defines measure to include any bill law resolution ordinance charter constitutional amendment or legislative proposal or Nachman of any character. Now the plain language of the constitution in article five section one clearly includes amendments to the constitution. Despite that. Clear definition in nineteen fifty one the Arkansas Supreme Court in the case called game and fish commission V. Edgemont declined to construe the language literally in hell the General Assembly lack the power to amend or repeal amendments to the constitution by two thirds vote of each house. So let's come back to twenty twenty one. A since that was seventy years ago let's let's talk about today. three years ago the Supreme Court overturned years of precedent by saying that the General Assembly cannot waive the state's sovereign immunity. Movement. And they more or less said the same thing last year on the one on Toby Gibson case that said when the Amendment ninety one at a later amendment one oh one said. Four lane highways. They meant very clearly that it didn't mean six lane highways are eight lane highways it meant four lane highways in other words the Supreme Court ruled that words mean things now I think that those of us that supported they have sent. A highway the headset sales taxes for highways two years ago we're very much in favor of it meaning multi lane highways but this was an instance where the absolute plain language was interpreted very strictly by the Supreme Court to say that didn't say six line it said for lie. So the real guts of this bill is to change that language the word is consistent with what I think most of us agree was our intent this is for multi lane highways what we often use call freeway. But. We get into an interesting thing when you talk about something being precisely as it reads we have to have a way to fix things now my view of history and I want to thank some people that have helped me interpret this including our chief counsel Steve cook and Matthew Miller at the bureau as well as doctor Bobby Roberts former of his central Arkansas library system who has studied this as a historian. The. This this needs to be done thanks we've done for two reasons we need to clean up the language for line six line that needs to be done but we also need to set a precedent that when the General Assembly around nineteen twenty one. A past finally pass this and gave the people that ride they put in it a safety valve that is if there's some language that is wrong then we by an extraordinary majority and I think it's a important point this is not a **** nilly thing I don't think it'll ever be looked at is something we do **** nilly can can fix errors and omissions and and and change things now let me give you yet another example. In the early nineteen eighties some of you remember we had very very high interest rates in Arkansas was sitting here with a ten percent constitutional usury ceiling. Because of that money wasn't being borrowed money wasn't being along a lot of people needed credit but because of that constitutional provide a prohibition of interest rates over ten percent there was a lot of work needed to be done so amendment was drafted and it changed the use re write in Arkansas in into tears one was for business loans it would be no more than five points above what at that time was called the federal discount rate and for consumer loans it would be limited to seventeen percent. That amendment passed became part of the constitution but there are lawsuits filed over the language one of the the ultimate result was spring court ended up saying now it's both it's seventeen percent and it's five points above the federal discount rate. Yet another example hal if the plain language in Amendment seven was followed this could have been tweaks could have been fixed clarified and allowed us to get interest rates where people could fit seventeen percent could by car and people businesses could get credit at five points above the discount right uh we muddle along for a few years and finally Congress did a I move that essentially overrode our state usury limit in the constitution. Now again on its face all this bill would do is. Allow. R. dot to spend this money on multi lane highways not just four lane highways but the most important thing we do here is a precedent that we. Stand up for the General Assembly is right to do what the General Assembly. Sent to the people and was ratified for the by the people around nineteen twenty two of the late not quite a hundred years ago that gives the right to initiative and referendum but has a safety valve with an extraordinary majority where we can fix problems that crop up much as the four lane highway six lane highway or the usury law about forty years ago now are not is made it clear that they can move money around and they can not use money that came from I have sent tax to pay for anything it was more than than four lines so that they could do that. But this is an important precedent that we place forward. It's not going to change any projects. That I was authorized to say that are dot was neutral on the bill they don't have feeling one way the other on it. But you could see how this could be this president can be put in place to where when we see a problem much is this in the future rather than it be subject to endless litigation. Actually on issues may be a little bit more complicated than this one laws that we can as the General Assembly step four clarify the law allows state to move forward I'll be happy to answer any questions. Senator Elliot and then Senator Solomon the. I thank you senator I will tell you this bill made on the agenda at numbers without Senate bill seventy five got my attention because it's that it's been around so long I would assume And so notwithstanding what's in the bill. Is there a reason that is taking you so long to maybe present this bill to us because I understand it was signed out of committee which I don't I'm not that bad I to shape. But since is Senate bill seventy five it's been around a long time I know people asking about it originally but I thought it was going on. What and people didn't have a chance to weigh in on it so just talk me through why we're just hearing it I'm asking you about it because you know we have some issues here in especially in central Arkansas why we haven't heard. All this time if you don't mind. Well. Rather than beat around the bush center we're talking about thirty crossing I believe about and I this was not done against or for thirty crossing it that seem to be the test case but again that that was not how it is to answer questions about the timing to avoid confusion with the Constitutional amendments are presented in state agencies as joint resolution I waited until we had or at least one on the way to having those are two in this house is one resolved now Senator Rapert can verify he's not in the room at the moment but here it comes he can verify that I've tried to have this on his committee agenda for several meetings I don't know how many center but least what about ten days perhaps been trying to get this bill or but to there were pressing matters and I referred to in more than one saying take care of the important things that you've got on your calendar of your committee will do this later that's why we it didn't take long I was certainly not trying to bury it anywhere but I knew it was relatively complicated and the rest was a long calendar and state agencies and I was simply deferring to some of my colleagues including couple I had very important bills that need to come out when did you file this and in January was pretty early center is Senate bill seventy five yes ma'am and I put it out there so everyone could could read it in a lot of people haven't came and asked me questions and and the answers were basically the presentation I made a few minutes ago but not my to my concern that I wanted to address too is you know as I said when we had the issue with senator Clarksville not my issue was not fitted signed out yes in the case was in the Clarksville I don't it was a matter of the committee asking for amendment amendment he was responding to them so I don't want you to think that's my issue is not Did you have to make any amendments did you make an amendment to the bill looks like you did not as far as I can tell so what I would like you to think about and speak to is. The Bill man file since January early January I think and people not having a chance to come and speak on the bill thanks to seems on it to people. I tried Senator who's as I've Senator Rapert can verify it and I've tried to have it heard. At least four times center that's I think I'd be fair in saying that but it was down the list and I simply just deferred to people I went to committee the one there was one evening that I left after eight o'clock and in the evening and the bill has not placed the top yet so I told him and I would go on home allow others others amend others bills to come up. Thank you senator. Sullivan. Thank you Mr president when the tax passed and are not figured out that they couldn't use it on the six land they said oops and now I'm hearing that we will not take money to go fix that problem even though they came out publicly and said we've got to fix this and now they're willing to say we're not going to use money for that project now for in the future. Let me. Answer this way Senator this is my best understanding of our dots position they have multiple pots of money is just being one of them and they can get the projects they anticipate done. Using the if it's a four lane exclusively for land shall we say project then they can use amendment one oh one or I guess we're still under Amendment ninety one but the the one half cent sales tax month plan they can use that and then on other projects that are bigger than. For line in they can you will use other funds that is my understanding of of what they're doing and it's. Ask personally think that's rather silly but that they should even have to do that but that's their answer how they're doing and again. We're trying to set a precedent here that will allow. Future problems such as that as they may have to be addressed in regular order by the General Assembly thank you I hope I answered your questions Senator so thank. Any other questions Senator Tucker and then Senator Sturch. Thank you governor by Senator Johnson I understand I just wanna make sure that I'm clear you're basically advocating for the General Assembly to be able to amend any constitutional amendment by two thirds vote. Any amendment that was voted on by the people this will not you can't touch the corpus of the constitution except by the. Either of the initiated a constitutional amendment for one like the three that we tend to refer every Two years right but the yes it would allow us five of this this process And on extraordinary majority two thirds of each house to amend the constitution I don't I don't consider that something that will be taken or even done anyway frivolously if we look at very seriously because amending the constitution even for something that's an oculus or or truly believe it was a mistake like this for line six line issue and I know people can differ not the last thing I want this to be is a referendum on the thirty crossing it's gonna be built in and that the process that I described to Senator Solomon is hats going to be built but lawsuits not withstanding I'm not touching anything related to litigation except for the fact that. This is a power that. Was. It took six years to get initiative referendum on. The ballot and passed Arkansas simply because in my opinion I didn't just make this up by a doctor Roberts gave me a very thick file of the history this thing it's fascinating because you can imagine the people sitting in this chamber a hundred years ago had to decide to share powers they had with the people. And they wanted to do it but they also wanted in my opinion a safety valve of a way where if it was something that was not right it could be corrected because in those days you didn't have lawsuits about ballot titles and secretaries of state certifying it if someone got the signatures it went on the ballot even if it was pardon my expression goofy or ill ill written so this was there to to clean up language in the law we know we do this with statutes and it is my honest opinion that the General Assembly in those days wanted to have a way to fix something that came up by initiated constitutional amendment that needed to be fixed and that was why this was in the law of clearly there until nineteen fifty one point it in an opinion that if you read it there wasn't a whole lot of of logic or this is why we reach this conclusion it was just sort of a summarily all they didn't mean that well I believe they did mean it and I believe it's important that we get that issue clarified much as the issue of this two line four or four lane six line issue which was at spring court last year and the sovereign immunity ruling a few years ago which we all been kind of bopping along thinking that we could make certain exceptions until the Supreme Court slapped their hands and said no the plain language of the constitution means what it says words mean things. Okay my real question did the follow up on that is that some constitutional amendments include in the language that the General Assembly can amend by two thirds and others don't and so you're advocating that that language is essentially irrelevant because the General Assembly ought to be able to amend all of the amendments is that what you're saying that's what I believe that amendment seven actually did okay and everyone there and and and to go bit further we just talked about this amendment fifty one the other day on your bills just a few days ago there is little difference in when it's it's explicit but it is implicit in Amendment seven that that is the case but only on measures that have been voted on by the people not anything it's in the Corpus of the constitution right but one potential impact of that is that people could vote to adopt a constitutional amendment by ninety percent the polls in November and in January conceivably under your interpretation we come in here and an overturned that that could happen. The radically could I personally believe that that is a hi. Our and that none of us in this chamber would in anyway not take that very very seriously not just a two thirds part but the fact that we're amending the constitution I think I think it's the burden of proof would truly be on those that would say we need to make this change and unless it was something just you know an outrageous thing I think we would defer to the will of the voters specially it was ninety percent thank you thank you senator. Thank you Mr president Senator Johnson I want to just ask about the logistics even if we would passes today have you been in contact with the House state agencies Committee or even the Speaker as far as it getting on through the process between now and tomorrow. Senator Sturch I will do the best I can I was supposed to bring it up last week and I as you know we were here for nine thirty Thursday night at it's it's just it is what it is I wish it were we were two weeks away two weeks ago now but yes I plan on taking it to the house and have yet presented in state agencies Committee and if in the they voted out I hope it goes to four pass. Thank you Mr president so. Would you be able to add amendments to the constitution with two thirds or just amend current amendments only amend something that is occurring like men select a homestead exemption that we put in in the twenty five mil that mandatory property taxes school districts we could amend that with two thirds vote. If it were a voted by the people as opposed to something in the original constitution it could be amended this way although as you. A no Senator Hendren is mentioned by Senator Tucker. there are certain provisions that specifically outline the fact that by an extraordinary majority we can make those changes term limits even though is that it passed by eighty or ninety percent supposedly it could be amended with a two thirds vote of the legislature. Theoretically yes Sir I don't again it's subject to the same political pressures that we we have now but again it's not a it's not a low bar if if there's that kind of opposition out there I think it would as a practical matter be impossible but is it a technical matter two thirds is again is is my position this is in the constitution right now this is not no it hasn't been used there was a court case that said no no no no no you can't do that but up until that time it was this was an active it's in the constitution and I encourage all of you just read amendment seven to use it for yourself. And see what conclusion you draw because it uses the term met measure any measure. It doesn't say yes initiated act but not Constitutional amendments it doesn't say that it says any measure thank you thank you Sir. Well. It might be pretty simple only yes or no so with that with this if we vote for this we're saying that twenty four members this body can over ride the will of the people the state of Arkansas. The red no yes or no yes thank you. Sir if I could Mr president intent to further answer center hills question. We can do a lot of things here that override the will of the people and and I hate to say it was a few times even this session but when we do that we know full well what we're doing and we hear from and we let them let them know of two years ago. Some constitutional amendments passed we know about some of the things that went on with the petition circulators I we've had some wonderful legislation trying to clean that up because some of the canvassers were from out of state they're getting paid by the by the signature and there's there was a lot of the things that I think we're propose that people have gotten in the habit of voting for initiated constitutional amendments even though they might not be a great idea in the long run I'm one comes to my under a lot of people people voted for the gambling amendment but people in Polk County overwhelmingly are opposed to it but because they had for five million dollars to run a campaign they were able to pass it and I'm not going to speak for against any amendment that's already been adopted however. This gives a sloppy if this had been in place we could have tweaked amendment one hundred and said that's fine they can be a casino in Polk County but the people Polk County have to by referendum approve it and so yes to say with the you can turn it that way and say it would override the vote of the people on the other hand I think if you hold the people of Arkansas everyone of them that went in that poll not everyone of them but many of probably a vast majority when the poll voted for amendment one hundred if you'd said what do you want to force this on some county that really really overwhelmingly doesn't want it I bet you'll most of would say now I don't want to force it given away at this is that kind of safety valve that can potentially. Angeli fix the problem and stop loss it It I want to get into much litigation it might say but it would stop. What I consider unintended consequences. Senator Blake Johnson motion for immediate consideration thank you senator. Please come to the well might make your motion I think we were about there anyway but. A motion for committee consideration. A question all those in favor say aye. Those eyes have a motion is carried. I think proper interjection role in the vote please call the roll. Ballinger. That. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Right. Rice. A sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. You always change your vote Senator Hammer is no back on. Is no Senator Bledsoe is no. Senator Hickey. Is no Senator Dismang is hello. Anyone else. Cast a ballot. Ninety eight seventeen days seven operating to present the bill fails or circles. Motion sensors recognized. Mr president I move that Senate bill seventy five be sent to interim study. For the motion all those of favour say aye. Those. Is haven't. Motion is carried before we Senator Mark Johnson your next we're gonna quickly go to Senator Garner cities in the well he's got a quick easy motion. Yeah I talk to staff I got a bill that had a Senate amendment as a House bill we need to get on the calendar for the more someone make a motion to suspend the rules to and Senate amendment one to House Bill nineteen thirty four to get engrossed today's for me on the calendar more. Okay motion to suspend the rules any questions all those in favor say aye aye ayes have it motions I'm here amendment one to House Bill nineteen thirty four. Senator got a comebacker to dump the Amendment. Or not. Please adopted thank you senator. Once I get all the questions of the amendment. Centerville. A quick slide rule for certain offenses that we change it to make the prosecutors as mother people more in favor of an ex so we can have that debate about the merits of the bill tomorrow one as engrossed. Any other questions all those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted to doing grossing Senator Mark Johnson this one only requires eighty. Still pretty high bar. Thank you Mr president emergency clause which requires twenty four Senate bill six ninety nine by Senator Johnson to amend the law concerning campaign finance to amend the law concerning mandatory electronic reports filing and it's clear an emergency. Senator Johnson. Thank you Mr president this bill does three things. I have not taken a formal scientific poll but my gut tells me that most people this chamber if they were asked or not hundred percent happy with the online electronic reporting system for campaign finance as operated by the secretary of state's office so this bill does three things to address that number one it takes away the need to have the excuse that you don't have a broadband connection or other technology necessary to be able to file a paper report. Second it allows and mandates that the secretary of state develop electronic reporting forms including without limitation a cover sheet for the reporting period campaign contribution reports and campaign expenditure reports and. To somebody so what does that mean it means that they would have likened a. PDF form you could fill out or an excel spreadsheet template that you could fill out and save in a read only format and either delivered by paper or delivered by electronic means that means tax to an email or take it to them on some kind of a flash drive recruitment thing in file your quarterly campaign or all your campaign reports the third thing it does it to. He has the Secretary of State develop a better and you. campaign finance online reporting system now of I've talked to the secretary of state's office at length about this Sir Clark have a similar bill and he chose not to pursue it but. They want to have in the system they dislike it as much as we do as matter of fact I was told by people that have worked in the elections division secretary of state's office for some time that when they got this system that was the only one vendor the company country they could actually offer it now there's like least seven that offer competing product that I pray is much better but but again it does three things it let you file on paper. It lets you file with a. What I will call an electronic paper that is something that can be a searchable and machine readable or and also mandates that they go find go fix the system and we have a funded that and we've also made everything given them everything they need to get that accomplished as soon as possible I'll be happy to answer any questions. And Senator Trent Garner of. What are you needing county or the other either war thank you. Aw almost will be counted I'm working on and their governor But not. So my issue with with this is it if somebody decides unless they have a hardship to do about paper isn't kind of hard sometimes attract actual paper because I remember my first election would actually standing committee and sometimes you can make out how the much the amount was it was all kind of. Prehacks haphazardly put together versus now with electronically do it makes a much cleaner in my estimation you disagree with that concern. Senator that's why had the second option which is I call it the like tronic paper it would be a PDF or something I know that if you do if you do take away the hardship that more people could be following paper leak which means it would create more of an issue is that correct I do get the very last part of your stay I will draw my question okay thank you. Any other Senator Hammer and then said put Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president Senator Johnson do you know occasions where we as legislators have tried to file online and because the system was down we were not able to file online which gave the appearance that we didn't file on time when in reality it wasn't our fault but it was systems fall. Yes Sir and I've been a victim of that I've the act and I and I talked to the secretary of state's office in this is one of the shortcomings of the existing system of thank knowledge to it doesn't seem to allow you to enter a negative enter integer in your expense side I had a expense that would have paid that related to out of state travel in on official meeting and when reimbursed by The folks at the O. R. and and miss Cornwell that give us our expatriate's I paid one to pay my carryover count back it would not let me do it so it basically showed that I had a deficit when I didn't have one so this is this is even will improve transparency at least by making what we file accurate and would this bill allow for the backup system that's currently not there that if the software system fails we would at least be able to be able to show that we got to report in on time or had it ready to be in time yes Sir thank you. Any other questions Senate. Senator Johnson I'm one of the biggest opponents of what we've got for software right now but I'm concerned that we're changing the law rather than doing a study to get the right software I like the idea of one of our colleagues who said let's put two people in secretary of state's office and do what you're talking about and give it to them to keep a man because and the reason I'm for that is because our constituents want to see that. Statistics show they look at those campaign filing reports and if we get into PDF files they're not going to see those PDF or they're not gonna read the handwriting or the whatever they can't do the math that is associated with numbers that are readable have you looked at this I mean we're changing a law to do away with what's banned probably to be fair of a more transparent than the hand written submittals. None of us like that software and I'd like to fix the problem rather than go back to an old method that had a lot of problems for constituents. Senator Pitsch you you bring out a very good point and let me address it. yes someone could file with paper but if we make it easier for them to use a PDF basically a template and electronic template which would simplify the process you just tab to the next field fill in the blanks and then when you're through with it you say that in a read only format and upload it and that uploaded file is the equivalent of what we have now which can be searchable by keyword or by name or by a mount and allow someone to to read it it it it hence is a transparency I think rather than. Herding transparency which is what our present system half and again this is a stopgap measure until such time as they fix the system. Quick follow the problem of the PDF is it's a picture display format PDF it is not allowing for mass to take place the numbers on that picture and that's what the software does when you key and when we as members Kian. Two hundred dollars that's a number that can be added subtracted totaled do whatever the software tells yes two hundred dollars on a PDF isn't capable of doing mathematical functions sent pictures two kinds of PDS and I I work with the the bureau on this matter of fact one of the bureau staff mention to me that their spouse actually created these types of PDS that would allow the kind of searching that you just talked about that some PDF's are nothing but a photograph of something that was hand written on the other hand PDS can also be documents that are as searchable as Microsoft Word document or Microsoft excel document as far as the numbers and I'm sure that that actually can be done it would not preclude someone from having a a PDF that permits just a photograph of a page as I described but by doing it this way making it easy for people to comply I think we'll get more accuracy and in the meantime the secretary of state's office can up date the system which I think will be more accurate more transparent and a whole lot easier to use both for the those of us that are presenting their ports and those that are reading the reports. So opposed to a question any other questions anyone wishing to speak again at four Senator Clark speak for. A bill that of. Where we talk about putting two more people in the secretary of state's office to to handle of. The force being filled with paper was filed and I meant by me met with the secretary of state's office they asked me not to run it that they're they know their software problem they're trying to deal with it in the next two years in the mean time. This would provide a way you know I've gone through Jenna was here earlier she quit on me After month after month complaining and crying and. Of that this just doesn't work and then we turned it over to a friend who retired as a chief financial officer of a very successful company and she had the same problems and offered to meet with the up secretary of state's office turns out they knew about their problems then I turned it over to the CPA who is my treasure for by campaign who had the same problems and talking to you I know that many of you if not most of you are the same problems until it's fixed this is providing an alternative our way we would all like for the data to be easier to get to any easier to find but for those of you who have spent hours and hours on something that should be taken twenty minutes of time after time this is trying to provide you some relief I appreciate a good vote. Speak for Senators closing. Thank you Mr president I think Senator Clark it on this this is a stop gap while they fix it and they're going to fix it and it will make it easier for everybody both on the reading in and the per preparation in so I appreciate a good vote. Any objection or on the boat. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote. What about Senator Pitsch is not. Senator Sturch. Is in now Senator Bledsoe. Is no the body was. Senator flowers is president Senator Senator Hester is no anybody else Matt Senator Irvin. President Senator purpose present cast up about twenty seven days six days the bill is passed emergency clause is adopted transmitted to the house Senator Stubblefield recognized for motion. Thank you Mr president I have a motion I. I make a motion to I move that the Senate reconsider the passage of Senate bill two ninety eight was standing to be told governor. You for the motion any questions on the motion. All those of favour say aye. Bose. Please call the roll call. Alme motion. On the motion. Jordan. Right. This is on the motion that Senator Stubblefield. Not. Bill. To reconsider the bill in its a majority of those voting not a majority of the senators please call the roll. Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Eakes. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers you know Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. He said no Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace aye. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote Senator Bledsoe is no anyone else. Anyone else Senate is my is no. Senator Davis is off anyone else cast the certificates are. Senator Rapert is high anyone else cast a ballot. Nineteen days thirteen days three not voting the motion is carried Senator Stubblefield. Is recognized for the reconsideration. The president as you would any other bill will go through the questions and the speeches in the clothes just like normal. I make a motion as president vote on the motion to reconsider. What we. Yeah we already know that the one that got this president. It's ready for the re here you present the bill well if everyone enters her the bill I think everybody's in years for mayor with the bill we have a I have worked with Cody Hiland for the last. Few days in making it amendments to the bill in regard to some of the governors issues in regarding those individuals in the state that would give them the opportunity to testify before the federal so we make sure that some of these guys that are are the baddest of the bad serve a long long time so we we of. We amended the bill to take care of that we also amended the bill to remove the misdemeanor and the five hundred dollar of fees that were tied to the misdemeanor. I am. I'm sorry I I didn't really I don't did did you make amendments to the bill after it was vetoed no no no we we have another bill ready to run. With those amendment. Okay I'm sorry you so you're asking us to vote to override the veto to vote for the bill again that what you're saying is you have another bill that has these other issues address is that correct that's correct and that that bill is going to be run at what time. That dependable. You guys. Okay question I I still have the Senate or what one second center just to make sure we're all we're all clear so there's there's there's a bill bill that got. Correct is. You have omitted from that correct you made a motion I got. You made it will be clear you made a motion to rehear the one that. Right. The governor's beach correct this is a direct correct so that I understand. Well I did want to make sure because we got a lot of people this is important okay so this is the veto override Senator said so you mending a bill that is currently filed or is this a new bill that you're filing this will be a new considered a new bill that we are following that addresses the issue that the concerns the governor brought for these letters and heavy file that the bill yet we have not followed okay it has been it has been drafted okay and then it has. No drafted is not been okay okay. I. My other question is I have been I have been contacted so I understand that those are the cases that I think that are pending the cases that you reference to that the issues that the prosecuting attorney's office U. S. prosecutors office and your meeting with Cody Hiland that those issues you're saying it's going to be addressed in this new bill that is drafted but not filed yet I've been contacted by a gun shop owners and who are concerned page four of the bill the language on page four that talks about the taxes. And. Under lines twelve through fifteen gun owners that gun shop owners have been contacted contacted me about the language on page four lines twelve through fifteen that if they. The way they read this is that if they do not collect those taxes then they're federal firearms license could be in jeopardy and that they would not be able to sell firearm accessories or ammunition or firearms and that they would perhaps lose their license we're we're looking into that to make sure that's accurate I'm not sure that's accurate. So we are looking into that and if that needs to be fixed we will fix that thank you you're welcome. Then senator Hammer the Senator design then senator Chesterfield Senator Hickey. VOL. I mean you also have a grievance that you backed up on is that not correct. I said you and I've had multiple conversations this morning and you also have we are you and I have an agreement that you backed up on this morning that you did that you we talked about a separate agreement this morning yes we did Senator K.. Okay as long as we all know that that you're back in the fold old what we agree to that you and I had walked out of the guys I'm not gonna get into a debate about this this morning if you want to if you want to talk about everything that went on this morning let's talk about it all okay. Let me ask another question so what you're doing is you're trying to you're trying to ask us to override this veto which means that you would put the original wall totally in effect so that law will go into effect. But you're now telling us that you have an amendment. What you won't be amendment it will be a new bill it will be a new bill. That bill does not totally repeal. What you're recognized override. So basically we at that point we would have two pieces of legislation that would be in place so the original that you're trying to. Trying to do away with that's still going to be there. The original bill will be there until the total of ninety days runs out we all know this bill did not have an emergency clause it will go into effect ninety days after which could take this almost to the extended session of special session where we take up taxes and we take a redistricting. And then the I I'm pretty sure the governor is going to put this on the the special session call. To to fix these problems. Follows no Sir that's not the case. That's not the case at all how do you know the answer to because you would have had those discussions in this morning. This morning what was supposed to happen is we're going to take the bill that you had. Wired so called agreement if you were gonna take the bill that you had we were going to incorporate that into the into the what's called the Montana wall and that you're not going to walk down here and ask for the override Bacall's. Everybody or or a large part of the people there in this chamber or definitely second amendment type people however this is about guns this is about those eight hundred these this is about those eight hundred. People that we have on trial. And we've all agreed that since those people are on trial. That if we were to pass this law that could allow for either the case to be. Not for evidence not to be presented and that type of stuff and that was why you and I had that agreement this morning this is one hundred percent totally against that a good cause dire consequences for our citizens. Well I don't I don't entirely agree with that because Tony Holland told us he's told me all weekend we had seven eight hundred cases that were backlog because of covid those cases most of those now the court to make again most of those cases are going to be tried in the rest will plead out before you come to the court date so that's not entirely true Senator Hickey. If. So what what you're saying is is we're thinking that most of these cases may be done before this law goes into that forty to come hell if if I'm a defense attorney if I'm a defense attorney why do I not do everything to delay this thing until it goes into effect my client has covid. My court has some other deals I need I need to wait a while so that we can wait to that goes into effect so that they can get all that's the reality of this Sir. Well I disagree with you're welcome to come and speak against thank you Sir. Take any additional questions does not appear. Okay does not appear that Senator that's gonna take any more questions so we're. With me recognized against I'm for immediate consideration. What one might as well. He wasn't in the well you're recognized he was recognized I here and recognized what if you were here you'd be able to say that I'm not it to him. I just. Senate members. Senator here's the deal for me I mean. Senator Stubblefield not talk about this the the date that the bill passed out of the chamber we had a conversation that the risk concerns by law enforcement about how this particular bill would apply to ongoing cases it was my understanding in that discussion that you know that was something going to take a look at an even off of a further discussion something that we were going to handle in the house that was my understanding. And here's why that's a big deal. We we had a multi year investigation that led to the thirty three indictments in White County. My understanding is twenty eight of those were on weapons charges. That puts all of those that in jeopardy. That was a big deal that got people off our streets admit need to be there they got folks that were dealing drugs to our kids. Off the streets and out of White County. Look look. I am. Pro second amendment. But I am not for sending these kids but are these folks back out on to the streets because we don't have the prosecutor will tools that we need to ensure that they find their place to print away to prison. I hate the situation we're in I really don't understand the situation that we're in. When we agreed that we're going to do something that we can agree I think even you Senator because you have a bill that I haven't seen I don't know what it looks like but I'm on faith. Supposed to say you know what I'm going to override this in whole. That will fix it through another bill you yourself acknowledging that there's a problem in this bill. But we are not doing what we need to do to fix it. There's no guarantee I don't have the bill it's not even been filed and we're going to say that Hey we're just going to go on in faith and we're going to pass that in the next forty eight hours. You wouldn't take one of mine. Okay anyone wish to speak at. Okay. He spoke again in favor Senator Clark. Before you start senate Clark. We got you in favor. Senator Hickey. There anybody in favor after Senator Hickey Senator Mark Johnson. Anybody get after Senator Hickey flowers as against cry Senator flowers. Okay then sunrise. Clark Hickey mark Johnson flowers rise Senator Clark. I'm not just in favor of this bill I'm in favor of our process. I sit on the committee that this bill came through. And we ask everyone that showed up vigorous questions you can go back and watch. Just like several bills that I have filed the people in question worked there as far as I know they work their in house committee either. Then they show up the email the call after you've gone through the process I'm was center stumble field you want to fix it if there's a problem will be glad to fix it but deliberately killing installing because you don't come to committee is not acceptable I appreciate you override the veto. Please note all calls in the gallery. You should Clause inside your more like in church what we saw Barker said. And you know this is this is where I'm at on this thing did not vote for this when it went through I did because yes I agree that we want to attempt something we want to do that for our constituents all these people that are in the gallery we understand that we all are your elected representative representatives senators the way that you want us to be but in the end what is happened is we pass something down. And as president of the Senate if I have to take the blame for that I will do that. Because this is where I'm at with that we pass something out of here and it passed the house and it got down to the governor's office and the governor's office his staff is legal people or because that process had more time. This issue has arisen that the possibility exists that these eight hundred people who are who are in our federal court systems which we transferred there and there's a backlog because of covid that the possibility exists that some of those individuals get all. Since those individuals are there for a variety of circumstances they may be there because of drug charges they may be there of. Because of firearm charges because they act sexually molested kids but that's what they're there for so if. So. If we have the opportunity to fix this. Which we did this morning. As you've already heard me say Senator Stubblefield when I posted my office in agreed that this thing had some bad issues and the way that we had done that was going to incorporate parts of his bill and that's separate than what he's talking about this today about this other being the bill that we were going to do that and not overrides the veto because if we override the veto in this bill goes into effect the way it sets. Then it's gonna it'll be sitting there and we'll come wall and the circumstances that I'm talking about with these potential criminals is going to come into play. This is all just is beyond me why we're even in this situation because of what's transpired today and you in the gallery I want to speak to you because this is the thing this is the way this works down here. If you think that us as your representatives I'm one of the biggest sportsman that there is I guarantee you have had more guns and I've I've been involved in that more than anyone my life but I cannot let that wine the fact that when there's other issues involved that we have to step forward to fix those and still try to get we're where we need to be. So with that I would ask that the you all vote this down. Senator Mark Johnson then senator flowers Senator Johnson. Thank you Mr president. I'm also on the committee that heard this bill was introduced on February eight in center still feel amended on March seventeenth. He presented in in the city county local committee shall I sit in a passed out on March thirtieth it passed the Senate on March thirty first. Now I cannot do the random through this in my mind. If he has a draft bill that would address the issues that so many people are starting with the governor's seem to have a problem with. Then the shape of that bill that would amend this act when it becomes an act would say one thing. If we. Do not override this veto he would have to have a bill to accomplish the same thing which would basically be this bill is with amendments that would be a new bill that would amend the language in Senate bill two ninety eight. Follow me on logical order we override the veto he presents he introduces and presents the bill that he already has drafted and and work with Mr Hyland on and I think other prosecutors I can't vouch for that but I believe so. And that's a regular order you pass up the we want changes well we fix it we have another bill that amends it in Texas that's what this body to do so I would appreciate a vote to override the veto thank you senator flowers is recognized. Yes I've asked to speak against it. Only because you wouldn't accept my motion for you media consideration which I do right now make a motion for immediate consideration thank you very much. You for the motion. All those of favour say aye. Opposed. Noes have it. Senator. Rice. Then we'll go to Senator Hendren. Colleagues I wouldn't let him come down here I speak in favor of the override. Because of the process. That I've seen. This bill has been out there I'm not one repeat everything everybody say that but I've been in city council with the gun bills go I sit in Judiciary with gun bills used to go and we still get things related to that. To try to focus on our second amendment rights. And I stated in our caucus this morning. When are you going to do something. In what are you going to do. Because federal government. In the leadership. That they're listening to as I said before. A common for guns now I'm not saying you're going to come to your front door and not I'm telling you they're going to do everything they can to will your second amendment rights down. To take away our tax. Until you don't have anything I'm not I'm not scared to die. I'm not scared somebody shoot me but I am scared to death and fearful of my grand kids having to live in a country where they cannot have their second amendment rights and protect them sales now does this sign and I use it per the term warts quite a bit. The people the sky has not fallen. When you nine potential of eight hundred prosecutions out there. That doesn't mean eight hundred cases are going to be lost. Are there for the conversation outside of the federal funds that can be withheld. Federal government do about anything they want anymore because they're not following the constitution. At least not very close. There is. When you have serious stuff. This country has not had. What I see coming. In a long time. In the people that tell me. This can happen in the United States were to be a good country when I speak about history. Read you history. I understand what people stood by it didn't do anything because the just in which up in the morning to get a law. And I had. I want to get. But at some point you've got to make a state. This bill. Was there for a long time. They could come to our committee and the. The governor had this bill for a good while. That troubles me. We don't. It gets vetoed and were. Basically out of time. Give her run that law. Not saying he did but I'm saying is it didn't leave any time. We're going to recess. This is simply something we had in the not since I've been down here for thirteen years. I don't know what exactly all can be done. The other bill is a completely different bill. We're talking about the override of the governor's veto of Senate bill two ninety eight that past basically with three quarters of the simply on both lanes. Some people get buyer's remorse you know sometimes they want to bring some of my merchandise back. After the flight. Or after the use the. And after the figure out how much money they didn't. I can't do that. It used product. This is important to us ask you to override the governor's veto. And we'll do what we. Can down the road thank you. Senator Hendren recognized anyone would speak after Senator Hendren for. Senator Ballinger Senate. Well this is day one hundred and six of the session and I think it's time to go home this is a this is not the time to file a new bill to fix a mass and we just clarify a couple things I'm on city county to and I heard the bill presented and the sheriff's did sit at the end of the table and did testify that this would be a real problem for. And in fact I came and spoke against this and I relate that to the chamber and in fact I made I made the comment that the previous bill that we passed even the sponsor said absolutely it's unconstitutional because there was some real questions about whether or not this one was unconstitutional. I'm just going to tell you that the answer to this problem that we. We worry about. There there's two problems we have one we worry about that we've been told that the federal government is going to come get your guns. I don't think that's going to happen I I I really don't. But here's what I know is going to happen because the federal prosecutors have told told us this cases are going to be endangered our streets are going to be made more dangerous because people that are subject to prosecution now will not be subject to prosecution this was a bad bill it's not the first bad bill we passed and the last thing we need to do is try to. Refused to to to override this veto out of pride and let a bad bill go into on the books with the hope that in the next forty eight hours we can magically pass another bill to fix it. The over I need to stand and we need to go home. Senator senator we take questions Senator Ballinger is recognized. Thank you Mr president you know I I fell into the same kind of category as everybody else and once we started hearing about some of the concerns some of them I mean some of the concerns I've heard I've I thought I would have voted for this I said you know what no it's worth it is worth it to vote for so my did you no ongoing prosecutions that's an issue that needs to be fixed and and I got pretty excited about about you know move real quick try to fix it but you know. We're we're in a position where we're not even going in and the journey. We're going to go into recess. We have months before this law goes into effect we have a bill sponsor who said I'm willing to fix those concerns I've I said M. visit with Cody Hiland he's he's not talking about getting the bill is got very specific you know things like to fix it. You know I'm not honestly I believe I believe in the process I believe that we are in a in a really good spot to be able to continue with this bill and get it fixed however let me say this if we don't have. I think nothing happens. If there is one issue that I've heard from my constituents coming in is protected me from what's coming from DC. It whether or not you believe that that is X. it is a real legitimate threat or not. It is the health of our constituents feel. In late I feel this. And so I do think that there is a way to to make this working to fix it and fix all the concerns to make aware where the the bill the super majority of the legislature passed to bill in effect that policy can go in effect and we can also make sure that the bad guys stay stay locked up and and I think that if this if we read the veto I think it's almost guaranteed that if we don't get this done the next two days we'll get it done next two weeks. And there's nothing to stop. I just think the panic. Maybe part of its intentional because they want to see the the the the override died but I think some of the people just don't really thinking through we think we're gonna cram everything in in the next next forty eight hours twenty four hours whatever and I don't think that's true I think we get all the stuff done we get this override would put the policy in place of regular constituents vastus do why we all voted for the first time and do it in a way that's clean and sharp anti with another another bill that the bills sponsored agreed Senator Ballinger we take a you have a question centered under. Okay Sir Clark do you have a question for Senator Ballenger did not okay thank you senator. At. I want to make sure that I'm not clear exactly what you're saying. What we have. I'm so sorry we said that one yes Sir what what you're saying is what Senator Stubblefield and myself have worked out this morning and I want to make sure that that I had that I'm able to really really that because that is what we were going to do we were going to take this part out that we were taking the part out as far as these federal cases were involved right we were getting that corrected we were going to go ahead and put the the things that affect that we're going to help our constituents that the worry about about this federal overreach that they've got we had all that worked out and then I'm just Warren cited because we won't be able to do this override which we already discussed that if we do the override. And this is the whenever we do the override the bill with all of its mistakes going to place. I don't have the in this was some I don't like to do is would you agree but I'm also going to say one other thing this extended recess that we're going into everything stops from that standpoint unless we had listed it is unless we have listed in the resolution itself and the only thing that we could list in the resolution it's itself would be what could be dangerous unfinished business that that initiative business would have built like you hear on the last day if there was a veto and the governor waited five days we were here that would allow us to come back. The only other issue that they saw which would by this constitutional force to do this is that since we're required to do the redistricting. That were one hundred percent required we have not gotten federal data we have not got the federal data that we could stay open for that reason that way that the governor would not have to call us into special session the one issue that I have had with all of this. Is that if we were to have to come back even for a code override a veto that does push the time that all of these laws that were passed out so that they would be ninety days from that date so in other words if we waited two weeks to come back in in every other all that we got that we spoke back in ninety days now would be would start from that point forward after we got finished so I just wanna make sure that that everybody understands that and like safe I guess I'd say is that understandable well I I I would discreet other Senator Flippo see I was right I told you so but but I would be really important we get in and fix it within the next couple weeks and then we're talking about is pushing everything off week and I honestly I don't know what what happened between you and Senator Stubblefield that's not my thing is what's right here in front of us and what I was hoping to to do is say Hey look like guess what guys we're not this is not life and death nine day this is not we're going to put that policy in place we can fix it I've been around long enough to know that if leadership but I I would agree that I would assume at this point you would agree trying trying to fix the issue is on board and this bodies on board we can do whatever we want to do if we're willing to do it and so from like eight and let me say this if we don't override the veto there's no incentive to get it done there's no energy to get it done then then the constituents or holler at us are waiting two more years to to be able to get it back to you Sir yeah. But this is not correct because whenever we go into the extended recess it is the same as signing die with the exception of the redistricting after that is done. As far as any other bill that we have in place and and our heroes verified all this because we look into this in detail any of these bills that are left in place out here. Their own we don't pick those back up. This is what I would say is Senator Hickey. Eighty members of this body along with fifty one members of the House body we can do whatever we want to do if we have the energy and the will to do it and you know that as well as I know that and everybody in this room knows that we can get it done if we want to get it. So the question for Senator Ballenger Senator Ballinger Martin two points you here. Constituents back home have talked us intensely about this bill and I appreciate that comment but you also reference that Senator Stubblefield is going very another bill to improve on that bill and I'm not sure I heard that and maybe this is for his clothes that he will reiterate that that's important that we deal with some of these things that clearly aren't right in this bill and I was led to believe we're going to know whether that was a party to the questions but I was told about an hour and a half before this session by Senator Stubblefield themselves that we weren't going to be dealing with the veto. So I need to kind of hear in the clothes that he is in fact going to improve on the problems we've got that are exposed here before we cast a vote yet yeah that's what I I talked to Senator Stubblefield before I made the comments that I think it would be good for and reiterates that he at the bill he sent me of the draft of the bill I visited with former the prosecutor Cody Hiland about it so I'm confident that there is a is a bill out there that does the does the fix that makes me feel better about it and it's just going to mean that we're gonna have to have the world in order to do that and improved that what we're doing is responding to our constituents that follow up with you thank you I don't know where there needs to be done in a day and a half or a third so as you say fifty one Hundred Days Senator Hickey is clearly in disagreement with that but it I feel like there needs to be that commitment for side quests I agree a hundred percent. Red Johnson. Or are we operating currently under a resolution and maybe joint resolution I'm not sure but between the house and Senate that our deadline for recess is April thirtieth which is this coming Friday is that correct is that our current. Measure not what's been discussed but what we're operating. Is that correct Senator Hickey said driver's side you senator mark Johnson. But. Once we go into. Rick recess there are specific things that were enumerated that's my question was present my question is how we officially by resolution resided day we will go into recess as April third that is my understanding is that is correct thank you Mr president. Sir Clark. Should you have any questions. I did or. You can't if we. Are going to deal with this. We want to put in law someone we know is low. What we wait and get a bill fixed. On my end of the day I was happy to go home tomorrow. But if this will fix this. Why can we not just stay here and get it fixed before we go home that way the preclude all of these you already know I'm not. But this. The point is if we can do something to make something better before we go home rather than passing something that we know is low why we not yet and get this over with so that we can eventually go home yeah and I was acting Curt with you the only thing is that we've already passed the question now is whether when override the governor's veto and I and I think that the we don't have the energy to to do the the fix unless we override the governor's veto but but I would agree let's get it done before we go home. I'm always Ballinger go someone has a question for okay one second I want to go to prison broke down because he. Look at a different understanding well I just want to and I understand I need to go through ball Senator Ballinger presenter Chesterfield but I that members to see if there was some way that we can extract the bill from the governor to bring it back here so that we could correct that specific bill the thing is is we cannot extract that building or what with the way that we could since the governor has already the. So that that is the reason that the work is being going home to do this new bill. And also why I'm somewhat blindsided so thank you thank you senator that was not a question for Senator Ballinger that was a question no that was me recognizing you get clarity on your point now Senator Clark has a question for Senator Ballinger after senator Clark is anyone else last questions Senator Ballenger okay we'll get senator Baldwin. Senator Ballinger you express that your belief that if we override the veto that the. there be another bill and we will have the momentum to fix any problems that need to be fixed yeah I think that's in the legislation I think it be appropriate for Senator Stubblefield to commit to that that way it's all clear before four we leave and vote on the over and if we don't overrides the veto. Of and this bill there than ours it be the Bill. Of help suspend the rules and do everything that has to be done to get this bill passed the what I heard president pro tem se is basically we have once we leave here we have no power or almost no power until two years from now to do anything about this bill or wall. The correct and the fact that it was not given back to us is vetoed until now rather than last week sometime is a bad sign isn't it Senator Ballinger it just makes things more difficult thank clearly. Thank you. Urban's recognized. You speak or speak on this I'm on the bill because I'm an address what has been discussed that there's no energy to get this fixed or get it done. I'm to speak on this bill. When you say that there's no energy to get this fixed or get it done I drafted the bill that was passed in Montana. And I have it ready to file I was told to let Senator Stubblefield filed the bill and run the bill why did I filed this bill that was passed in the state of Montana. Why because the sheriff who testified for senate bill two ninety eight in the House and I spoke over the weekend and not sure if he supported Senate bill two ninety eight and I had a discussion and he said to me there are serious concerns and issues in this bill he spoke for the bill in the House Committee. We talked yesterday last night if you say to me that there's no energy to fix this you're wrong I have the energy to fix it because I am a pro second amendment person I believe in the United States constitution and so don't tell me I don't have energy to fix a bill when I myself went and did the work to draft a piece of legislation that the sheriff who testified for senate bill two ninety eight sent to me last night and said this is what we need to pass because this is will address the issues with the prosecuting attorney and the current active cases. This will address it and this will fix that and so I was told I then was told that Senator Stubblefield was going to run the bill and for me to withdraw this bill which I'm happy to defer to Senator Stubblefield this is his issue and he's worked hard on it and I appreciate that but I for one am not going to be accused of being somebody who has no passion or no energy or who's not going to put in the work of the time to get a bill passed on an issue that's important to me but you're asking us to be put in a moral dilemma. You're asking us to put in a moral dilemma between second amendment rights to hi I have an a plus rating with the NRA my grandfather was a gunsmith for Pete's sakes. But you're telling me that criminals to go free if these cases are prosecuted and that's that's a problem because you're putting people in a moral dilemma now because those victims are not going to be able to get their restitution those victims may not see those criminals go to trial and that is a problem in an issue so I will direct miss corn well if you will follow my bill for me please and I will have it on record that I have been working to address this issue and to correct it and I'm willing to stay here all day and all night twenty four hours a day to get that fixed but I was told to stand down which I respect it but I'm a senator in this body just like each one of you are and it's not. Right to file a piece of legislation that I want to file I was trying to deferred because I understood that the situation was fluid and that we were going to try to work on that bill and I support that and I'll defer to Senator Stubblefield but I'm not going to differ if we don't have a piece of legislation in front of us that we can't see and we can't read so please follow my bill and I want that to be on the record. At. Anyone wish to speak against or for any Senate rates closer Stubblefield ready close. I'm ready for your close. Sir so recognized. Saturday we spent three hours I did with Coney Island. And we address the federal code nine twenty two nine twenty four that would deal with this eight hundred case overload and allowed on law enforcement officer to testify against the people to make sure they stay in jail a long time. I have agreed to fix any other issues whether it's the game and fish whether it's the pawn shops I've agreed to fix all those. We we said within resolution that we will stay here till thirty th if we can pass another bill with the Montana law and it we certainly have time to pass this one ever been amended because it's setting there it could be ready this afternoon to be files so I would close and I would appreciate a good vote. Right this is this is the vote to override the the governors the to. Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Dismaying. DISMANG. Aids. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore yeah. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace hi. You know wish to vote or change their vote Senator Teague is anybody else over here anyone over here so Irvine's II anyone else cast centered design you have a cat. That is at odds design Sir designs on cast up the ballot. Twenty one days twelve days two not voting the over the governor's veto was overridden. Senate to the house OR. In in the gallery I make a motion to recess for five minutes that's non debatable. I'll just grant you the recess for five minutes you'll need a motion. We're recess for five minutes. I'm just want to. The other staff for catching up. You're doing house bill right your next. Okay. Okay I'm going to budget first okay. Senate will. We'll come to order. Now. Been done. Okay. New stuff. You're gonna and substitute but any items that Then your do that then the going to go back to here I'm here. This. I don't. One. Thank you. We just. Right. You're recognized go ahead Madam Secretary. When you Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill ninety five by joint budget compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three seventy five by Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill seven O. two by joint budget committee the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill nineteen thirty four a representative Miller compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. Senator Dismang. Members were going on the the budget bill Senator Dismang you're recognized. We ever gonna run these H. into the members were gonna run each one of these individually there's different vote thresholds and I got I'd I'd like to shine some light on some good things we've done this session something that we as a chamber worked on this session to gather both Republicans and Democrats recent general agreement in this chamber that we were going to do what we could knowledge you read across and we'll get to that. Senate bill three seventy five by joint budget an act to define the moneys to be available to the restricted reserve fund and to allow that additional funds may be made available for state agencies and institutions of preparations for the purposes. It. Senator Dismang you're recognized. So members this is the bill that we discuss the very beginning this session like I said the Senate kind of had a vision of the path we want to go into regards surplus monies with the biggest part of that being we want to put everything we can in the long term reserve there is a recognition that we are in a volatile economy that they were federal dollars to come in this state that we probably could not intent anticipating the future and so again there was a kind of a development plan with Senator Hickey and and everyone else in this room that we're going to put everything we could back in that long term reserve additionally one we wanted to make sure that we had proper legislative oversight of the expenditures of funds we utilize restricted reserves to be able to accomplish that again I just want to thank you for your work and I and I appreciate the camaraderie and the fact that everyone stuck together we I think we have a really good deal here and some that we should be proud of and something we're going to be able to take on very constituents explained and I think they'll be proud of thank you. Senator Dismang is presented Senate bill three seventy five they're very speak against it for a. Senator Chesterfield. One of revision discussion I appreciate I just want to say I appreciate the leadership of the two year budget we have been favored by the knowledge of this young man of SCS lead us through this process and I also appreciate President Pro Temp leadership in making sure that we have the stability that we need in order to continue to operate efficiently as a state so I just want to say that for the record I think we I think Senator Dishman. I think that's a very proper. What a privilege aside I believe we have a motion about for against and for seeing none pretty close. Senate is mine is closer Senate bill three seventy five. Madam secretary please. Or any objections rolling the vote madam secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Their vote. Seeing none madam secretary cast up the ballot with thirty five yea Senate bill three seventy five is passed returned to the house we will move on to Senate bill ninety five. Your. Senate bill ninety five by joint budget and I for the Arkansas public defender commission appropriation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two says. I would remind members this has a higher threshold as it is an appropriation bill Senator Dismang you are recognized at appreciate any questions. Senator Hester you're recognized for a question. Senate dismaying at have you noticed the. Credible percentage of increase of funding to the A public defenders in do you think the of budget chair will remember this coming fiscal session. I lost the last part of that something about remembering next session I was saying you the the do you believe that the budget chair will remember of this increase come the budget can has been named Senator Hester we happy to remind thank you. Are there any other questions for Senator Dismang it is my very close friend bills. Senate is my indicate is closed for the Senate bill any body speak for against the none Senator Dismang is close for his bill he objection rolling the vote the none madam secretary please role of a Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace the senators wish to vote or change their vote right to left seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot thirty five Yeas Senate bill ninety five has passed the high threshold of twenty seven returned to the house Senator Dismang we will move on the Senate bill seven oh two seven of seven I. two by joint budget to amend the revenue stabilization law and declare an emergency. This is when you're recognized thank you a member's revenue stabilization this is the fundamental reason that we are here I'd be happy to take any questions. Are there any questions for Senator Dismang yes let the well would anybody like to speak against or for this bill. Seeing none Senator Dismang indicates he's close to the bill any objection rolling the vote. Being non madam secretary please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace the senators wish to vote or change their vote right to left. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with thirty five Yeas Senate bill seven oh two as past transmit to the House we will move on to House bills for a third reading and passage House Bill. Of. What purpose well I just want referred some bills to interim study is a proper time to do that away just giving her okay we're good all right we will continue on will proceed to house bill ten twelve representative Ryan Senator Hammer. House bill ten twelve by representative right to amend Arkansas law concerning scrap metal dealers and to require buyers of used catalytic converters to maintain records. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr president this is a revisit of the bill that we looked at earlier and expunge those Gilmore information may help somebody with your vote so basically what this bill does is it establishes a process and if you are a scrap yard you do not have to pay the two hundred fifty dollar fine because you're already doing the leads online what would require is set of catalytic converters brought in they would have to take a picture of those and that and treat him special because the problem with catalytic of theft is increasing if you are a salvage yard where you're buying vehicles as a whole you would not have to do this because that's the business that you're in is buying those however when they sell those catalytic converters they are numbered so that when they go out they can be traceable this is narrowing to a very specific group and that would be the group that would only be buying and selling catalytic converters they would have to pay to our fifty dollar a registration fee which would be to the sheriff's department because now the sheriff's department is going to be the ones that are going to be tracking out there by if a trooper should stop some is got ten catalytic converters in the back of their truck then what would happen is they would ask to see the registration if they didn't have it that would give them cause to look and see if those were stolen or not and so that is part of the reason why the salvage yards are willing to pay the one time to a fifty dollar fee because they know it's a problem and they are willing to pay that to a fifty dollars nor to get this thing started is the reason the scrapyard turned against it because there are any part of Leeds online and they're not have to pay the two or fifty dollars but it would get it all in the system and it's a process of elimination to catch the bad actors that are out cutting off catalytic converters all vehicles which I heard they're gonna hit capital not so good vote would be appreciated but anyway if you if you understand. That this is intended to narrow the news now the one thing I didn't mention last time is the national insurance crime bureau provided a letter that said they are in support of it because it is an increasing problem and this is going to help narrow it down the only ones are going to be paying the two fifty will be the salvage yard to want it paid because that's going to force the other ones who are out just taking the catalytic converters to have to register and so it's kind of like her name into issued is what it amounts to and I'll be glad to answer any questions are there any questions for senator Hammer Senator Ballinger you are recognized. You have been amended this since the last time around right it was amended in committee to address the concerns so the bill that's on there has already had engrossed into it an amendment that was expressed and the the recent data for twenty two on the bill posted had address in that's why I want to salvage yard owner sat down the end table and said they're okay with. Senator hill you're recognized for a question. Thank you going back to the question of the day the to earn fifty dollar fee you alluded to while ago that they go to the sheriff's department in the county where the one of the sheriff department needed to earn fifty dollars is minimal amount for no more than what we'll be doing. Sure and what I did not go back and look and see what the original fee was when the scrap yards had to get into the leads online to our fifty dollars is a chunk of change however it goes the sheriff's department because they are the ones are going to have to be spending the time to look at the leads online and and and do the actual investigation in case there's a report of theft so it's it's kind of like a one time shot of money then I think it's twenty five dollars every year thereafter. Are there any other questions for senator Hammer. Sir anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill. Senator Hammer are you close for your bill. Just pre shave because I think it'll help narrow it down as far as these people are out cut now catalytic converters which is a real problem it's going to continue to be a problem because it has some precious metals in it they're in rare form a rare demand right now and it would just help get it get it address appreciate a good vote any objection the rolling of a. Here yes okay madam secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Let. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Flowers senator flowers. Okay he's quite. When we came here you Senator flowers it's because I didn't say anything. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page hi right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace aye. DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote with the right side of the chamber first I got senator Bledsoe with nine anybody else Senator Gilmore is a no anybody else. Seeing none left side of the chamber Senator Irvin. Is president anybody else Senator Elliot is by anybody else on the left side. Senator Dismang is no anybody else. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with nineteen eighty nine day five nonvoting to present house bill ten twelve has passed return to the House moved to house bill thirteen forty nine. Representative warned senator Hammer this. Mr president may I before she reached you may thank you last Thursday before session I made a statement Senator Rapert that if house bill thirteen forty nine failed that Thursday afternoon I would not run it again course I thought the boats would be there as they had been before but through perfectly allowable Senate rules the Bill failed I have not been released from my commitment Senator Rapert so I would honor my word and would like to asset house bill thirteen forty nine to be removed from the calendar. That is a proper motion all in favor please say aye. Opposed. And house bill thirteen forty nine as been removed from the calendar we will pass over house bill thirteen eighty six and moved the house bill sixteen ten. Representative Gazaway Senator back on. Thirteen eighty six No we'll pass over thirty. Sixty. Okay. Sixteen sixteen ten by representative Gazaway concerning the use of student restraint in public schools or educational settings center Beckham you're recognized closes bills one of president last week agreed to pull down to questions or concerns the senator garner and the. Senator Solomon had I believe we have those questions answered in the concerns answered the that this does follow along with current department education rules. Take any questions Senator Beckham has presented his bill are there any questions for senator back on. Seeing no questions for senator Beckham is there anybody to speak against the bill for the bill Senator Beckham are you close for your bill close of like to thank the members of the chamber that worked on this bill and even those just found out worked on Sir Malcolm has close for his bill any objection to rolling of a. You saying none madam secretary please roll the. Thirteen eighty six. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace any senators wish to vote or change their vote right to left. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot thirty five Yeas house bill sixteen Janice passed return to the House will move on to House Bill sixteen sixty eight representative Gazaway senator Johnson. Sixteen sixty eight representative Gazaway concerning the penalties for the offense of stalking. Johnson you're recognized members this this increases penalties for first and second degree stalking for that first degree stalking it is very rare and in this case it would be the fear for their lives and and with the armed and deadly weapon and the second second degree is is the same as the first degree is now so it just bumped him up. Are there any questions for senator Johnson. Seeing no questions would anybody like to speak against the bill or for the bill. Senator Johnson is indicated he's close for the bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please role of a Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Do any centers wish to vote or change their vote will do right to left flowers is president Senator flowers is present anybody else wish to vote or change their vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot the thirty forty eight one president house bill sixteen sixty eight as passed return to the House moved to house bill sixteen sixty nine senator Johnson sixteen sixteen number absent Gazaway concerning the offenses of domestic battering in the second degree and domestic battering in the third degree senator Johnson you're recognized it was explaining committee that the the sections C. are redundant and that is just to clean up bill. Are there any questions for senator Johnson. Saying no questions would anybody like to speak against or for the bill. Senator Johnson is left the well indicating he is close for his bills or any objection rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please roll the Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace twenty senators wish to vote or change their vote will go right to left flowers is president Senator flowers is present anyone else wish to vote or change your vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with thirty four yeah a one present house bill sixteen sixty nine has passed returned to the house well moved to house bill sixteen seventy senator Johnson house bill sixteen seventy by representative Gazaway concerning the commencement of prosecution and concerning the statute of limitations for certain offenses Senator Johnson you're recognized this same way was explained is this clean up languages is handled in and section J.. Are there any questions for senator Johnson. Seeing no questions would anybody like to speak against this bill or for this bill. Senator Johnson has left the well indicating he's close for its bill are there any objections rolling the vote. You saying none madam secretary please roll the Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace many senators wish to vote or change their vote we're going to go right to left. Seeing none. Madam secretary cast up the ballot thirty five yeah eight House Bill sixteen seventy is passed return to the House moved to house bill sixteen ninety three Senator Ballinger. Sixteen ninety three by representative matter. Transaction uniform fiduciary income and principal act and repeal the uniform principal income at. Senator Ballinger you are recognized thank you Mr president this bill is from the Arkansas Bar Association they have a committee that deals with uniform act we currently have the uniforms to be checked already this update that just brings it gets a little more technology happy to answer any questions are there any questions for Senator Ballenger Richard. But anybody like to speak against the bill or for the bill. Seeing none Senator Ballinger is left the well indicating he's close for his bill the objection to rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please roll the Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote will go right to left in the chamber. Seeing none. Madam secretary cast up the ballot with thirty five yeah a House bill sixteen ninety three has passed returned to the house will move the house bill seventeen eighty nine Senator Ballinger is seventeen ninety nine by representative Payton to revive for jurisdictional cooperation regarding arrest searches and seizures a federal employees. you're recognized this bill just codifies the share for the chief law enforcement officer and in each of the counties and it requires any federal agents to work with or through the through the share thank you do that by working have an established memorandum understanding with local share or the there are exceptions in here obviously the sheriff itself is implicated in some action or if they're if they're not enforcing federal law or if they are working you know witness of a crime happening I'm happy to answer any questions are there any questions for Senator Ballinger Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president so Senator Ballinger. If the FBI's doing investigation in the county they can't do any searching the rest anything without getting permission from the share well that work to the share thoughts that they have to have notification but my guess is the FBI will probably have a memorandum standing with the local sheriff's that will have that communication already in place or if it's a situation where or for whatever reason there it would would there's a risk of flying is one of the exceptions it's in there or if the the sheriff obviously is the individual who is is implicated in the in the corruption scandal they would have to otherwise I got to work through the local share. So yes unless the sheriff give it because this is a federal employee who is not designated by state laws of Arkansas peace officer may not make an arrest and a search or seizure in this state without permission written permission of the county sheriff or county sheriff's designees correct yeah except lines twenty one through thirty six are the exceptions correct. So basically the FBI has to get permission except for those exceptions whether it's like you say quite risk or or whatever yep provide notification. And one of the sheriff says no because it's a one of his buddies or something well I think and actually work through the turn General's office in that case. Okay. Are there any other questions for Senator Ballenger center hill you're recognized for a question. With the other bill would just up over the veto while ago with the fed's working with the with with the locals and how's this going to tie into that house is going to affect that seem like almost Conway contradiction on some of this yeah I think that I think nobody argues that we shouldn't have cooperation between law enforcement branches in communication and I think that's that's what this will would entail and and if what we're talking about is is actually a federal crime it's this is one of the exceptions listed in here so I don't know there's any conflict affect that maybe the two work together really well. Are there any other questions for Senator Ballinger anybody like to speak against this bill it. Senator Ingram I apologize you're recognized for a question. What if the sheriff is the target of the investigation yeah that's an excellent question one of answer twice but answer one more time there is an exception specifically in here that says that he's not a target investigation you don't work to the third so if you will if you look at it and a Page two the second half there's a whole list of exceptions and that be one of the exceptions. Because I just broke it a couple times I just missed. If you were a. Look down and see for into the subject of the research seizure is an employee of the office of the county of this year for elected county or state officer. Is that it's a way. So that would require the sure that's correct because he's an employee well it is also elected officer. So yes vote thank. We'll go Senator Hester and I think Senator flowers as questions Senator Hester you're recognized questions Senator Ballinger I have a I've heard from spoken to and to re reading emails from US marshal saying this is a real concern for them can can you tell me why they're concerned or not Allen. One thing I can think of is if they have concerns they should set up a demo you with the with the county and to me that that's that would be a fairly easy solution so I don't I'm not sure exactly the March will be a good example of a law enforcement branch that would have more interactions with the with the local sheriff mission set up of a an agreement beforehand and then at that point there they don't even have to make contact other departments to should before they come into into account. Senator flowers did you have a question. No I'm just ready to vote no okay. Senator Elliot and then we'll go Senator Hendren. Yeah I'll senator Bob Ballinger subcommittee I lost in the conversation but what is a problem that things aren't working out right now what's the problem that things are not working out right now the the change this legislation is actually really old I can remember when it was raining two thousand thirteen and that we would result at that time in a raid that was done by by federal agents with the local law enforcement was not communicated with and frankly the rate pick up documents that primarily tax issues where the the individual the the company I think it was it was a House water bottling company but it where they would just communicate with them they could just provided if they actually contacted the share so that's where it starts but it's just an effort to try to build that type of cooperation before they come in to accounting for a share to the chief law enforcement officer of the county. So what have we had any issues. Since twenty thirteen what did we have an issue in twenty thirteen it was initialization twenty third though it was it was an issue of relatively around that time that that happened is what sparked the original legislation which representative Payton is just stayed on top of since that time so the the the issue is still there right where it's it's possible that you will not have that cooperation and if you don't have the cooperation a lot of times we just contact with people with boots on the ground you will there's a new angle that that can be beneficial most the time they do that this is just encourages. Thank you Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question yeah I haven't read all the exceptions but is there any exception for a military police or federal police upon military bases yes it is because it's a it's a federal establishment which is also specifically exempted out. So it would if that would happen with a national park in a park ranger National Forest and their agents so if its federal enclave which included base its Pacific Lee exempted out what about if military police are investigating somebody in off base housing. At if it is a federal crime that they still would have to but if I were a former military police located in the county in the state I would develop that demo you have and that's not even a question and so to be clear for instance all the investigations that were all imports the aware of that have happened here in Pulaski County in regard to some of the operations here all of that would have to be run through the county sheriff well if they had a demo you in place than it would already be be done a yes man that they would either have to go through the local local sheriff or established in a unit coverage my guess is the thought that. Okay present a good vote. Senator Ballinger is less well is there anybody like to speak against this bill. I see against first will come back on okay Senator Tucker you're. Speaking against the bill then we'll go to Senator Irvin on the bill. Thank you members of the roof I think Senator Ballenger aye very accurately stated what the bill does I just think there's one point that I wanted to emphasize on page four there's a section created by the bill section three oh four this says that if a federal agent conducts any arrest search or seizure in violation of another section created by this bill that federal agent will have committed a crime and they're subject to prosecution for the crime not only that the person who they were arresting who conceivably could be a violent criminal a drug trafficker human trafficker whatever the case may be at that point that person becomes a crime victim and can access state funds maintained for crime victims I just think that is very problematic and and that's why I'll be voting on a record shall be the same thank you. Senator Rapert you're recognized speak on the bill number someone speak on this bill I have great concerns with the language that is is before us in various Bills and I I didn't get a chance to say this but I'm going to speak about the US. I had a young little girl. In my district that was kidnapped. And she the only way that she was able to be recovered was by cooperation with federal law enforcement agents US marshals and federal law enforcement agents you might be rolling your eyes this is a true story the little girl was kidnapped and within forty eight hours she was raped she was abused her head was shaved and she was put in a cage like a dog not making this up. Within forty eight hours the only way that we were able to retrieve that young girl was through cyber technology that the federal law enforcement agents had available to them to come in and assess my rule County there was no way that any of the share of scad the ability to pull this off there were multi state raids that had to be coordinated to act to simultaneously so that we would not jeopardize losing that little girl. I don't know if there will be time to ride an MO you. For the federal agents to come in and to provide cooperation and that little girl could have been sold into sex trafficking industry and disappeared forever. These are real things that we deal with and I am very very concerned I understand I understand where the intent of legislation is coming from but I am concerned that we are not being thorough and thoughtful about these other situations that are occurring in our state with our kids and with our citizens. It is a big concern of mine it is my obligation to speak on that concern on behalf of my constituents I represent thank you. For. Server to close. Thank you I mean it is true that there are resources the federal agents have that we don't have a state I would also say there's resources of the county sheriff has with knowledge on the ground that the federal agents don't have and that's why it's absolutely imperative the law enforcement work together to figure these things out and that's the intent of this legislation to help people like that to help individuals who are faced with that and and to encourage active operation I appreciate a good vote. Search close I'm center please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. But. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Thank. Davis. Did you hear. No. DISMANG. Eads. Eight. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rapert. Bryce. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Centre gars NO. You senator Bledsoe no. Senator Solomon is no anyone else. Is there anyone else cast a ballot. Two days twenty eight days of not voting. The Bill. Did not pass wasn't close to passing. Return to the House. Just kidding by Senator Irvin. House bill eighteen twenty six by representative may bring Senator Irvin require school nurses to participate in nursing professional development require the development of an education program for Sir school nurses and requires public schools to participate in a health service services Sir right. Service. He represented Mayberry has done a lot of work over the years and when it comes to public school and nurses and what this bill does is ensure that these not that our school nurses have the training they need to provide the best healthcare services in our school districts provide students and faculty and so the Department of Education works with her as well as the Arkansas department of health and to provide an online training for and the school nurses and I'll be happy to answer any questions on the bill. Any questions Senator Johnson. So how many schools do not have or in in in in the in the district not now not many and so it it just requires that at least one M. R. and from a school district to have a professional development focusing on school nursing what does that I don't. This doesn't require a school district or school to have in our in which is just talks about the professional development professional training and they have to have fifteen hours of professional development every two years to maintain our license and what they're trying to do is make part of that and specific to School nursing and an education age where I read the school district has to have a foreign. Okay one are in which would be the head of it and then the you know what they have to have continuing education as a nurse this would be a requirement on top of the continuing education is nurse let me I'll call the bill down and get that question for you. We before you pull down we take only use our reserve stuff for Senator Johnson. I'll get with okay Senator Hammer is recognized thank you just a couple things my understanding is this was agreed upon bill that was work with as far as department head nurses and all those plants that are going to be affected by the bill is that not correct yes that's correct okay and when it comes to the requirements of the foreign this is. Only one our information district. Hash to attend the training and it is in conjunction with all their other sort specialized after school situations correct correct okay thank you. I'm I'm gonna have a go ahead go ahead and answer to ask your questions I'll make a list and then I'll come back to you my my question is or school nurse is not already overworked do not have enough regulations paperwork doing everything already you advocation those what I'm hearing from our nurses this we've they have to put medicine that they have to check here to serve a purpose that they have enough going on in making this the back of someone with their job it to me we're adding more on this state you need more education than what you already health will tell me what to do so I mean I hear what you're saying but so in order to maintain your licenses so like a physician has to do a certain number of hours of continuing medical education nurses have to do the same they have to do continue medical eget or semi or professional development so what what they're doing so all all nurses that whether they work in a hospital a clinic a nursing home school or somewhere else they have to complete fifteen hours of professional development every two years to maintain their license and what this bill does is requires at least one foreign from the school district to have professional development focusing on school nursing to help them with what they're doing to help maximize their efficiency and what they're doing I think it's the whole idea and goal behind this it is free and so it'll be less than three hours long a year and scheduled in early August and it would be counted towards their already fifteen hours that are already part of their professional development in order to maintain their nursing license but I'm gonna pull it down and get the answer to senator Johnson's question. Service. The senator you have another question thank you senator I just you know right now we don't required to be in our and I thank some school districts I mean they have to be supervised by an already and right there LPNs and then to check off on what the LPN is done but this would you would have to have an already in the in the district and there's some small small district that contracts with our in the check off and it might be a concern and even though it is agreed upon this I'm just saying I'm happy to pull it down so that your concern can be addressed thank you senator Paul in the battle Senator Leding. Nineteen forty nine. Collins and center leading to amend the law concerning a vehicle may be driven up on the lifeline of a multilane highway. Things get seven. Thank you Mr president colleagues in twenty thirteen we passed the laws in the left lane is for passing only we gave authority to the highway department to decide what portions of multi lane highways that law would be in effect with this bill all we're doing is taking that authority way and we're just saying that what's been the law for basically the last eight years is now the law everywhere Department transportation does not oppose the bill the trucking associations not support the bill as opposed the bill our state police are in support and thank they testified on behalf of the legislation in committee I appreciate a good vote. Any questions they always speak Saturday. So tell me what is what do you consider multi lane is that like a. Four lane highway two lanes on either side to life neither side three later for nine or six like having yesterday when I was on my way back from state law. And cars were kind of. All. They are. But in people couldn't get past each other sometimes you find yourself on the interstate and then I saw how terrible the road was it it was just absolutely a mess and I thought well no wonder people get in the left lane. The laws that the twenty thirteen law we passed and this law does not change the exception for situation stretches of road where the right lane is very rough and disrepair it allows you to get over to the left lane to get past that okay good. For thank you Mr Senator Leding and I was doing a quick scan the bill what is this bill allowing what would this bill allow they could currently be enforced by law enforcement it's the end. Nothing really changes with the bill except that we are taking the authority from the Department transportation away to designate whatever stretches they want this all to be in effect so does be in effect all across the state uniformly. So this would give it's just going to give them the authority to designate that lane that they currently don't have the authority to do now is that the intent of the bill. No to my knowledge right now this is the law all across the state department transportation would have the authority to designate if they would if they change their minds about where this law could be in effect we're taking that authority away just to make sure that it's consistent all across the state the left lane is for passing only I will say that no one sitting in the room right now who is here in twenty thirteen voted against the bill in twenty thirteen thank you thank you any other Senator Clark and then Senator Pitsch. Central you know how encouraged I am pleased to be on the right side of an issue right. I am I'm pretty religious about the right way and that this bill does encourage everybody to move to the rock doesn't. Yes. Senate. Serious questions for the senator. Well I was in committee when we talk. Help me with this again I was a big supporter of getting out of the left lane when your words preceding traffic you're causing a problem at cetera but I thought this bill as described committee was to be out of the left lane all the time and now I'm hearing that this is areas where can be described elsewhere in the state when you look at the twenty thirteen bill which I did not do prior to coming to your committee and this bill the language is the same all we're doing is striking than forty department of transportation has. So we're not follow up we're not following we're not allowing other spots in the state for law enforcement to look for people in the left lane slowing traffic correct to my knowledge when the department of transportation acted on the twenty thirteen legislation they made this policy across the state okay I must have misunderstood you. Any other questions anywhere speak against speak for centers close any objection or on the boat. Please roll down the left line Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote Senator hills no Senate Beckham's NO Senate Gilmore's NO center Page. Is no Senator Hammer is president anyone else Senator Blake Johnson is present as well. Senate Reis's president. Cast the ballot. Twenty seven days four days one not voting three present the bill is passed return it to the House announcmenet. One thousand again later I'm going to tell you is you can make your plans. We will be here at ten AM tomorrow. And we are going probably. Going to be here for a little bit we might have to take a little recess while folks you do some other work and gets more bills and so it will be The New that's to be flexible being here at ten AM. And we'll keep on rollover pass over. Senator Stubblefield. No more moving on down the hammer it's time for senator Hammer. House bill eighteen ninety by representative Ladyman to create a study on the commercial application of existing technology to reclaim and repurpose spent nuclear fuel loss brought. Senate. Thank you in carrying this bill for representative Ladyman it creates a study as the title says for commercial application of existing technology reclaim and repurpose spent nuclear fuel rods this has to do with nuclear one over Russellville and technology that is becoming available to deal with recycling or re purposing nuclear fuel rods and the reason for this study is because it wants they want to make sure that it's well vetted in determining it does have a sunset clause December thirty a December first of twenty twenty two and that's what the bill does be glad to try to answer any questions you have a new or a question. Any any anybody any questions but for those in the nuclear field. Anyone wish to speak against the nuclear fuel for all closed close any objection or on the vote lease role the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Cast of the ballot. Thirty four yes zero days were not voting the bills passed return to the House Senator Mark Johnson Farndale. All. If not you didn't give the different Sir so feel actual but I'd like to present the bill be eight eighteen three the one we passed a representative is very. Yeah H. B. eighteen eighty three. Thank you John. There it is. House Bill eighteen eighty three by representative Christiansen. Working animal protection act. Senator. Thank you Mr president the members what this does is protect the local horseshoe rodeos Dog children feel trial from having local municipalities Passing ordinances to not allow those it does not affect any of the This thing laws for a all three state law rules that regulate animal care public health or public safety of annals. Any any questions Senator Hammer. Senator call well thank you for running the bill and if you don't know the answer this question. Somebody somebody has expressed concern this is going to protect puppy mills do you know if there's any thing in this bill that's not correct notion I mean if someone this is a working animal only it the Bill very clearly states it does not alter any other rules or laws working animal for instance would be a a come it may have a carriage of operations in in it allows them to have that but it does not to protecting puppy mills does not change any of those laws at all basically what it protect would be the the working class such as a horror show a rodeo or dog field trial and that would also include like when kids shoulder four H. animals it would cover them in all this listed in paragraph that those animals have shown that this would protect that that's correct and all it does is is a municipality cannot pass orders to outlaw a working animal of the function and then the last question is. We regarding regarding the pop from puppy mills that everybody's concerned about those would actually be protected under other places in the law that are not touched in this bill will direct the district this is not alter any to put the bill law at all that's correct thank you any other questions anyone we speak against for for service closed appreciate a good vote any objection on the vote. The program Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You always change your vote flowers is no. Senator flowers Noam Senator Tucker is no Senator Elliot is known. Senator Davis is president. Senator English is president Senator Chesterfield is either president or has a sun in our eyes. I'd say your present. Anybody else. Cast of about twenty eight three day. Bill as passed return the bill to the house we got three more you all. Hammer Ballinger in Hammer. I Mark Johnson first the. House Bill eighteen ninety three by representative brown center Johnson to amend acts twenty twenty one number three twenty eight to exempt certain types of vehicles from the required additional fee for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles Senator Mark Johnson thank you Mr. Of this is represented brown's bill she has a constituent that brought to her attention that there was a quirk in the law that said that if you registered low speed electric vehicle that it would inadvertently be included in the extra two hundred dollar per year registration fee that we charge on regular electric vehicles now. There are people who for different reasons and communities that they can use of have what's called a low speed electric vehicle and that means it weighs under three thousand pounds and has a maximum speed on a paved level surface thirty five miles an hour and this is kind of those I column will shuttle vehicles and things that that many of you saying that it does that does not include a golf cart but it's they're more like a golf cart of this just excludes them I checked with Mister Hamrick at the motor vehicle and he thought it was a mistake he thought that whoever at the revenue offices was doing this was making a mistake and then he found that there was incorrect and inconsistent information so the FNA is okay with this clarifying this and we did actually do a. Rev this will cost thirty six hundred dollars a year so this clarifies that if you got one of these low speed vehicles you don't pay the added two hundred dollar registration fee that True electric road cars hi be happy to answer any questions any questions in one wish to speak against for centers closed and closed a good faith gesture on the vote these are vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it always change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero zero nice bills pastoral House Senator Hammer then Ballinger then Flippo Flippo is going to handle the last one that was for Hammer. In nineteen ten by representative Christiansen to amend the law concerning the authority of the Arkansas fire protection services board. Senator Hammer thank you Mr president pretty simple straightforward bill the Arkansas fire protection service board may revoke the certification a firefighter who's been convicted of a felony under seventeen dash three dash one oh two has the right to appeal and this is intended to deal with whether it be volunteer firefighters are full time firefighters in the event there convicted of a felony which if you look at seventeen dash three dash one or two those are pretty egregious felonies and gives the board the right to revoke the certification of the firefighter and to be glad to answer questions any questions Senator speak again or centers close contribution actual the vote. Lease role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone was injured vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nine eight. The bills past due to the House Senator Ballinger. House bill nineteen thirty seven by representative Gonzalez to amend Arkansas law concerning administrative fees and penalties thank you amend the law concerning review of agency rules by the Legislative Council Ballinger yeah this is just basically any fee increases any rules that affect the increase on it would require a LC approval before they go into effect which is a good vote any questions they always speak against or for centers close any objection or the vote please reload Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It always change their vote that was all I I'm sorry Senator flowers with president Senator flowers president Senator Rapert is by anyone else. Cast up the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero Nays one present the bill is passed returned to the house the last bill of the day but not the least senator Flippo okay well we have another one. What what. Eighteen forty four by representative waiting to facilitate the conversation the conversion of plastics and other recovered materials through advanced recycling process. Senator Flippo thank you Mr president members before again I need to tell you that I have some bad news and that is that I have lost my voice however I have good news and that is that I've lost my voice. Members all my legislation is this is agreed upon bill there are no new regulations all this bill does is allows for definitions to set the framework for dance recycling and I see Senator Pitsch wondering what is a dance recycling will Senator Pitsch advanced recycling is the taking of plastics down to the molecular level so that more things can be recycled thank you members I appreciate a good vote. Sir Michael. read on the bill. Excuse me who agreed on the bill. Who is what you senator greed upon bill whose three. The people in the best recycling industry Senator Beckham. Any other questions anyone would speak against. Four centers close interjection one vote we have an objection. Thirty one speak you have an objection please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Allen. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Thank you. Health. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Price. Okay sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. We're gonna go real slow. If I were injured reserve Chesterfield is present. K. next row NAAQS row last row. Senator Wallace is hi. Senator Teague is I. Okay we're going over here Senator English is hi. Senator held by. For all the. Senator Ballinger order or Senator Ballinger is not. Senator garner hi. There were make sure to bring to get this Senator Hester is by. Senator Mark Johnson. Is Senator Flippo. Esign. Senator Stubblefield. Design. Senator Caldwell. Design. Senator sample. Esign. Anybody else. Thank you senator Pat this is what is what we have to do we don't do this other page design you can avoid this by answering the call your name Senator Blake Johnson is aye. Senator Hammer is not senator Beckham is what everyone else. Senate Gilmore is not. Senator Bledsoe is not. Senator Tucker is not. Senate design is awe Senator Solomon is alive Senator Elliot is and. Senator Clark. Is hi Senator Chesterfield is flip flopping back to. Zero zero voting gymnast. Anyone else. Make sure this reflects your wishes center Davis is what we'll do with that at the time okay Monsignor Davis is on anyone else cast off the law. Ballot. We go to break. Twenty six chase to nice six not voting one present the bill is passed returned to the house let's not do that again Senator is recognized this is a bill added to the bottom of the counter yeah right now eighteen twenty six House Bill can I go back to eighteen twenty six okay answer the question all the sum was pulled out yeah Roger that okay. So at anyway I just all districts. Okay yeah I do yeah I've got runners this is the school nurses. Okay we'll just give us a second okay H. B. eighteen twenty six. This is the one that Blake Johnson had a question. On campus or they are contracted within the district and so this training would be on available online and it was the free so that would be a service to the school nurse who would normally have to pay for that professional development so three hours of their fifteen hours now will be free under this bill instead of them paying for it which is a benefit to the bill so I would appreciate a good vote. The question do we speak against four centers close any objection on the vote. Lease role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was change their vote Senator Hester is no anyone else cast up the ballot thirty four Yeas one day the bill is passed returned to the house any announcements any announcements I'm gonna reiterate my down payment ten AM tomorrow and remember we will be here intermittently will not necessarily be here. Straight throughout the day will take some breaks during the day depending on the flow of legislation from the other body. He journal of the desk.