Senate Convenes

We're ready. Senate would be called to order madam secretary please call the 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 are there any request for lease. Senator Leding. Leave for senator flowers on favor. Leave for Senator Irvin. Szymon favorite. Leave granted for Senator flowers Senator Irvin. Everyone please rise including those standing in the gallery will now be led in prayer by senator Dave Wallace. Thank you this state for the blessings the love you have given us. Lord. Give us the wisdom the strength and the knowledge. To govern. Properly. Indeed do the will of the people of Arkansas. Lord please watch over our troops to stay. What to write love once our family. In Jesus name amen. This will. Straw. Thank you senator now begin the morning hour Senator Hickey you're recognized. Thank you members if you what I what I would appreciate if you give me your attention for a few minutes of first of all here's the deal we're all real tired we're all been real busy tempers are getting a little bit short so let's do our best just to get only through this I'll let you know that your staff as certain members of them state all the way to twelve thirty last night there's a reason that all of this is getting done and that all of its working it is solely them and they're going to have to do the same thing this evening because of this long calendar. There's all type of you that's got a different opinion on the way we should do this or shouldn't do this the thing is I've always been that we've got to work if in front of us let's get it done in that way is not there to more so that's our intention so we're gonna be rolling today but I would appreciate if you would give the head of staff a hand and then I will. Okay it also to help them this is the thing if you want to move a bill that you filed interim study or withdraw it you don't have to come down here and do that so we won't waste those precious minutes so we have if you would just put that on a piece of paper signed it with the bill number and give that to county first or in if you give it to Connie that a PAN focus is what we need to do their I'm also going to ask you today if you do this if you would please help me I work for all of you so I can do is ask but if you would. Whenever you hear the Senator Ballinger is name whatever they start doing the roll if you're the next in line if you start making your way over here so by the time that we get towards the end of the list if you will be ready so that you can walk up here as we got sixty bills on the calendar two minutes extra bill is two more hours so those minutes mean a lot just like we're taking him off right now. This is also what we're going to do today only's house bills that have the amendments and and some of this all you're going to have to do is come down and put your bill on the amendment you're not going to have to suspended or suspend the rules to put it at the bottom of the calendar the reason is is we're gonna have a supplemental calendar and we're that supplemental calendar those things are automatically going to be put on there so that so that we will hear hear those at the end. also I have one other thing we know at the end of the session this happens every time of members begin signing bills out of the committee that's their right if there's five of you that wants to sign a bill out of a committee. That is the way it works I have a asset we don't distract us to extract the stuff from the floor but as you know of eighteen of you want to do it then that's what we're going to do but I hope we don't do that the one thing I would ask if your Senate bills out of the committee our rules says that the chair is supposed to the knowledge now we can talk back and forth with what that means or what it doesn't mean but this is the way I'd like for us to approach it if from now on that happens if you don't mind pick up the phone trying to call the chair if you don't get amount only call which is the right thing to do sentiment text so we understand that the chair he they don't have the total power over five members but that is the right thing to do so if you all could do that I would appreciate it so with that. Senate committee also address what I can't hear you Sir could you also address what we're to do with bills that were passed in committee this morning we're going to add those to supplemental calendar as well yes. Those bills are passed that were passed in committee this morning you're going to come down here and request that they're put put on the supplemental calendar but that's all you'll have to do I know I believe that it's a couple of those bills may be searches Senator Stubblefield may have an amendment. Senator Dismang so we're gonna try to help you out with that so we can so we can roll today. Okay. Okay we'll get those on the calendar at the appropriate place. Any questions Senator Hickey. Say no questions thank you. Are there any further announcements are introductions any further announcements are introductions. Hi it's so ma'am center there any items at the desk. Dear Mr President this is to inform you that on April twenty one twenty twenty one I've reviewed and approved the following measures that the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly Senate bill four fifteen ACT eight oh eight Senate bill five fifty five ACT eight online sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor. President will your committee on Amaro Bills to whom was referred Senate bill twenty six by Senator Sturch Senate bill one sixty four by joint budget zero one forty four by Senator Hammer symbol for fifty by Senator Irvin said before sixty seven by Senator Garner Senate bill five fifty two by Senator Irvin Senate bill five sixty four by Senator Elliot zero five sixty six by Senator Wallace semo five seventy four by Senator Ballinger symbol six twenty nine by Senator Irvin Senate bill six O. six by Senator Hester zero six forty seven by Senator Dismang the bill six sixty nine by Senator Wallace semo six seventy seven by Senator Irvin Senate bill six eighty by Senator Dismang Senate bill six eighty nine by Senator Ballenger we've compared the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly enrolled and at ten thirty five AM this morning delivered to the governor for his approval follow. Where your committee on my drive to whom was referred Senate bill seven O. three by Senator Leding recommend to pass. For. Follows thanks calendar. Committee on a private home was referred house bill fifteen twenty five to represent Lundstrum recommend due pass counted Committee on engrossed to whom was referred house bill eighteen eighty three by representative Christiansen recommend due pass counted. Committee on I brought home was referred house bill nineteen thirteen by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on it by to whom was referred house bill nineteen twenty person involved recommend to pass as amended number one. Calendar committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill five seventy three by Senator Ballinger recommend to pass to concur in in our house amendment one and two. Calendar. Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill eighteen eighty four by representative eaves recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill ninety five by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill one thirty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy five by Senator Dismang recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill seven O. two by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill five forty four by Senator Rice recommend to pass to concur on house amendments one and two calendar. Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill seven O. one by Senator tech recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred senate bill four eighty five by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on technology to whom was referred house bill I Senate bills two forty seven by Senator Johnson recommend due pass counted two concurring house amendment number one calendar. We are not transportation to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty seven by representative baby recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation whom was referred house bill eighteen forty nine by representative Collins recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation to whom was referred house bill eighteen ninety three by representative brown recommend due pass counted. Senate resolution twenty eight by Senator Tucker command Jefferson elementary school on being named a national Blue Ribbon school Senate resolution twenty eight. Calendar. Calendar. Okay members will be passing over Senate resolution for the moment twenty five does senator pages guess arise when I take it Senate bills with Senate amendments Senate bills to Senate amendments Senator Tucker. Amendment one Senate bill four seventy six. Senator you're recognized president German thank you Mr my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. You've heard the explanation the amendment. All in favor of the members say aye. Opposed yeah I Senate. Senator Wallace. By Senator gross. Senator gross senator Wallace you're recognized to present your amendment Senate bill six eleven. Okay Senator Senator Wallace says a Senate bill six eleven this is just his bill his amendment of this on this particular one would just do the amendment we will not put it on the supplemental Senate to growth in gross. Amendment one Senate bill six eleven. the explanation of the amendment the holiday then minute say aye. Imposed minister Senate president. When I think that House bills with Senate amendments to House bills to Senate Amendment Senator Hammer. Amendment one house bill ten twelve. It's hard to get through. Amendment represent right I want to be put on second amendment appreciate a good vote. Explains the Amendment on faith in MSA I. All opposed the ayes have it members Senate road Senator Ballenger amendment one to House Bill fifteen fifty four. This is amended was actually done for the prosecutors just get the good bill and. We check of a third an explanation of the amendment all in favor of the amendment say aye. All those amendment is adopted by sending grossed Senator Hammer again amendment one to House Bill sixteen fifteen. Thank you this amendment that was agreed upon was so station County and got a neutral got clerks forty. You heard an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Imposed minister Dr Sanjay gross. Senator amendment one house bill seventeen twenty four. Senator recognized by Mister represent Gazaway bill represent gather was amendment. Very nice. On paper the amendment say aye. Any opposed name is adopted center gross. Senator Ballinger amendment one the house bill seventeen ninety three this amendment and prostate screenings to represent Scott's bill president good vote. You for an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Any imposed. Is have an amendment is adopted sending grossing Senator Hammer. Amendment one to House Bill eighteen hundred. This amendment that allowed all the contract for to associations get on board with this bills and appreciate a good vote. You heard an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Imposed amendment is adopted center engrossing. Senator garner amendment one to House Bill eighteen seventy Senate document. You for an explanation of the good amendment all in favor say aye. Opposed name is adopted center gross. Senator Hammer one last time. Amendment one the house bill nineteen oh seven. This is a this is a bill that was requested in order to get some of the provider groups on board. A good vote you've heard an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Any opposed. Amendment is adopted centenas Senator Hickey right okay members these next bills that will be doing what these or or bills that have passed out of the comedian of course you all know that will put at the bottom of the supplemental calendar so we'll start with the centre back home which is gonna be house bill fifteen ninety one. And then we'll go to House Bill sixteen ten. Okay. You committee so on which ones they are. Okay okay members these of these will be on the bottom of the supplemental calendar they're not going to read on this going to be house bill fifteen ninety one. House Bill sixteen ten. House Bill fifteen twenty five would you senator Bledsoe Senator Hammer is going to have S. B. four eighty five and Senator Stubblefield yours is going to go on for house bill nineteen twenty. Senator Dismang Mang has a House bill. Eighteen eighty four. We got Senator Clarke Tucker Clarke Tucker. Is Senate bill four seventy six. Senator Leding is seven oh three Senate bill seven oh three. We got Hammer which is house bill two in twelve. Senator Ballinger is fifteen fifty four. Wait hold on hold on we've already we've already done this because we just did the image we don't need to repeat it again. Yeah. Just give us a second. And we have one more than I'm being told the supposed to be on there is Senator Wallace nineteen thirteen. Okay. Thanks centers. Read. Okay. So this all be put on the supplemental calendar that will have at the end of the day this will keep us organized you'll be getting a copy of it on your desk at the end of our regular business today thank. We are now taking Senate bills to concur in the house amendments. Sturch. James. Okay Senators. Sorry for the. Sorry for the delay but will be going to Senate bills to concurrent house amendments I remind you that we will have to hear the amendment and then we'll vote on the underlying them so Senator Dismang to present Senate bill three hundred Amendment one Senate bill three hundred nine Amendment just removed a co sponsor. You for an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Any imposed. M. as adopted the concur in center and enrolling. Senate bill three hundred by Senator Dismang prohibiting parole for a person convicted of the offence of possession of a firearm by certain persons under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency Senate is that you're recognized to present the bill Senate bill three hundred same bills before again the only change was a changing co sponsored. You've heard explanation of the bill is there anyone who speak for or against this bill. You saying nine senators thanks indicated he's close for the bill. Is there any objection rolling vote on the bill. Saying no objection madam secretary please rowboat 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. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote any senators wishing to vote or change their vote on this bill Senate bill three hundred. Saying. Ma'am second Senate joint change of. Okay. St nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty three As and zero nays the bill has passed. Enroll. Senator Flippo. Thank you Mr president members if you would please help me welcome our nurse today Dr Kimberley garner Maumelle she's in family practice this car we're happy to have you with us today thank you. Error page that you're recognized for an introduction. You have the. Senate you're recognized to present Senate resolution twenty five Senate resolution twenty five by Senator Pitsch to command Mr Behrendt there on the on the aisle Now hung them on her selection as Miss Arkansas twenty nineteen twenty twenty. Page you're recognized thank you Mr president members I could have your attention you have standing in front of you something that has never occurred in the history of Arkansas you have a miss Arkansas from Greenwood Arkansas we serve two years as miss Arkansas all due to the pandemic name is Darren dalam she is dynamic young ladies you'll ever meet her parents and other family members are out in the hallway you have an entire Senate resolution in front of you what you need to know is this lady takes on all comerciais first year medical school hopefully she'll be taking care of all of our needs for with public health in the future she's an extremely brilliant lady who won the miss Arkansas pageant did quite well at the national competition and serve two full years so in lieu of reading the entire Senate resolution it is in front of you I would just ask that we approve the Senate resolution as a matter of record. Low on favor of the resolution say aye. Any opposed resolutions adopted. Everyone who would like a picture going right out front in front of the doors take picture I recommend no recess the. No recess today. Thank. Thank you senator. Lessing one announcmenet Senator Pitsch not to trying to be collaborative father wanted to know if the legislature would automatically grant for a medical degree from UAMS. Going on with Senate bills two concurring house amendments without taking up Senate bill three thirty four amendment one Amendment one Senate bill three thirty four Senator Ballinger my bill my amendment. Third explanation of the amendment on favor the amendment say aye. Imposed. N. as adopted to concur we now take up the underlying bill Senate bill three thirty four by Senator Ballinger to amend the law concerning the use of eminent domain by state agency and to add new definitions under in a month I'm not dumb Senator Ballinger you're recognized to present the bill I'm pretty sure a good vote saying that we were heard before. You heard an explanation of the bill is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Saying nine Senator Ballinger is indicated he's close for the bill is there any objection rolling the vote on this bill. Any objection say no objection I'm center please call police broke 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. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote on this bill. Any senators wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Clarke Tucker is no Senator Keith Ingram is no. Senator Linda Chesterfield is present. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast about. With the voter thirty As to nays and one present the bill has passed please enroll. Senator garner president Senate bill five forty seven Amendment number one Amendment one Senate bill five forty seven. In a garden you're recognized my bill my amendment. You've heard an explanation of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Got any opposed. Her name is adopted when I take it the underlying bill Senate bill five forty seven. Senate bill five forty seven by Senator Garner to amend certain provisions of initiated act four of nineteen forty eight and regulate a direct sell or as an independent contractor Senate foreign you're recognized Senate we passes out for direct sellers in the Department labor seventy to make a couple technical changes to get in the regulation that's all it doesn't explain anything strange about the bill they'll take any questions. You've heard that expression of the bill by senator garner are there any questions. Say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Say nine senator garner you closing your bill yes Sir Senator is indicated he's close for the bill is there any objection rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection madam secretary please roll the vote I reminded by this takes twenty four votes. 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote on this bill any senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying that absent today please cast about. The voter thirty three A. zero nine is the bill has passed please enrolling. Not take that Senate bill five ninety Amendment number one Amendment one Senate bill five ninety. Senate garni recognized presenter Amendment my bill my amendment. You heard explanation of the amendment Senator Chesterfield has questions. I thank you changes about make sure we flew private businesses kind of take away some of the more restrictive languages and kind of excludes a few more people who want to be excluded on the house and. Any further questions Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question clarification from the chair please yes Sir this is on the amendment but then the underlying bill will be discussed after right and that's correct thank you. Any other questions about the amendment. Say no further questions you've heard an explanation of the amendment on favor of the amendment say aye. Any opposed. Minister Dr we now take up the underlying bill and its emergency clause Senate bill five ninety. Amendment one Senate bill five ninety. Senator garner you're recognized Centerville mass mandate under the terms with it you like you don't like it I'll take any questions. You heard activation bill senator Hammer has questions thank you Mister senator garner two things one does is it's just going to capture schools one of the concerns is that in a lab environment and other environments it would remove the requirement for that could you address that issue please yes Sir should address school does education as well. I'm I'm sorry yes Sir does dress school does education within the bill correct and foster care. This has an emergency clause on it so it would require twenty four votes to get the emergency clause will be voting at separate. We will be voting it together signs that pass Senate doesn't passed and if there's by determines we don't need to put the Emergency Clause on their I would play respect this body in that decision make sure we pushes past the total summer make sure everybody who has it now and get the final part of it okay thank you any further questions for senator garner. Senator back in. The way of bills written a does it prevent chemistry labs or things like that and and high schools from a requiring face mask now I don't think so I think that is related to the COVID I mean right to kind of a pandemic if you look at the languages I think normal use last mask any all capacities would be fine I do not think that the issue I just kind of formally disagree with that legal principle okay yes Sir any further questions for senator garner. You further questions saying no further questions is anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Saying nine Senate garni recognized because I'm close thank you Senator Garner syndicate is closed for the bill any objection to rolling the vote on the bill. There is an objection to madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. Aids. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace. Are there any. Senator Wallace aye aye are there any situation voter change their vote Senator Clark Is I. Senator Bledsoe is no. Senator Gilmore. Is hi. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Stubblefield design. Senator Eads yes I. Any other senators wishing to vote or change. Thank you senator is wishing to vote to change a vote. St nine AM secretary please cast about. The vote of nineteen yeas and nine days zero present the bill has passed but the emergency clauses failed. Enter. Yeah we're good general. Senate Davis will now we'll pass over Senate bill five nine nine when I go to Senate bill six fourteen Amendment number one Amendment one Senate bill six fourteen. Senator is recognized to present your moment thank you this amendment and it does what I promised that I would do when I ran the bill on the for the first time which was more narrowly defined misdemeanor and so it it does that and and focuses more on and fraud and theft and things like that happy to answer any questions you for an explanation of the amendment are there any questions on the amendment. Say no questions will not take up adoption of the amendment all in favor the amendment say aye. Any opposed Meneses opted. Now take up the underlying bill Senate bill six fourteen by Senator Davis to amend the Arkansas law concerning paid canvassers to amend the law concerning the compensation paid canvassers and to declare an emergency Senate Davis you're recognized president Senate bill six fourteen and it's emergency clause thank you at this bill just deals with paid canvassers saying they have to be and a United States citizen resident of the state and they cannot have and felonies or certain misdemeanors on their record and it just outlines and. Just the process and for those canvassers happy to answer any questions are there any questions for Senator Davis. Any questions say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. Sandsynligvis indications closed for the bill James action rolling the vote on the bill. Say no objection absent today please rolled up 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Hendren is no. Senator Clarke Tucker is no Senator Linda Chesterfield is known. Senator bill sample is no. Senator Elliot is known Senator Leding is no any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other senators reason to vote or change their vote. Senator sample is yes. Okay. Hi any other Senator wish to vote or change their vote Senator Teague is not voting. Hi any other senators wish to vote or change their vote saying nine AM secretary please cast a ballot vote of twenty seven yeas five nine zero present the bill and it's emergency clause have passed enrolled. Yeah. Senator Hickey you're recognized as members we have one more center Gilmore that are going the sample the supplemental agenda it's house bill eighteen twenty seven passed out of committee this morning that objection then added to the supplemental calendar. When I take it the amendment on the bill amendment one to House Bill eighteen eighty four this bill the Amendment was actually one that was proposed by the council Senate essentially just requires or make sure that there's not prepared Terry information being disclosed when the data is issued. For an explanation of the amendment. All in favor the amendment say aye. Any opposed members adopted Senator grossing. Senator Stubblefield. Senator I guess status means catch up. Senator Stubblefield. No you're okay. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized president member number one to House Bill nineteen twenty amendment one the house bill nineteen twenty. My bill my amendment. You heard an explanation of imminent any questions on favorite Amendment say aye. Imposed name is stopped in sending us. I can go back calendar. Thank you. We are. Please read the letter from the house. Notice of notice of concurrence and Senate concurrent resolution ten by the House. Compare the letter from the house ballot. Senate. Senator Hester when I take a House joint resolutions for third reading and passage. Hold on the second letter read across. House joint resolution ten O. five by representative right in Senator Hester a constitutional amendment to be known as the constitutional amendment and ballot initiative reform amendment Senator Hester you're recognized president joint resolution thank you senator members this is the House choice for a for the constitutional amendment. The basis of it is moving forward at if should this pass will take sixty percent to change the constitution Arkansas we all know how important it is we have different thresholds in here for different to want to do based on importance we're just saying it changed our constitution deserves it up most importance one state that I'm aware of does this currently since two thousand six Ford has it's worked very well there California basically has open game and every other year they change our constitution by eighteen amendments we know we don't want that we prefer to be more on the cautious side and we seen as of lately what what a billionaire from the west coast or in these codes can do our constitution so I'm happy to answer any questions any questions Senator Hester Senator Hendren with a smile. Thank you Mr president so as not just the constitution of this put that same sixty percent threshold on initiated acts right now on initiated accident is not like a. On on on an initiated act or referrred act if they just want to change the put a law to citizens would put a lost is fifty percent of the citizens want to change the constitution it would be sixty cents sixty percent I'm not I says an ballot initiative but it doesn't change the putting initiated acts on the bill on the well I would say a new she aided Act to change the constitution or you talk about just an initiated act to just change law I'm talking about like for instance was done with minimum wage your marijuana initiated acts that don't change the sixty percent sixty percent sixty percent that's correct so it's not just the constitution is initiated act to. So. That the people of Arkansas can can by signature they can put on the ballot to change law or to change the constitution if they're wanting to change law just like we do Binay sheeted act that fifty percent of their wanting to change the constitution by initiated referendum then then that would be sixty percent. But marijuana and minimum though it does change the constitution so those took sixty percent but but it's not it's not what you're talking when you use the word act it's not a very common thing but they could put on the ballot just to change the law. It's very rare that would just be fifty percent plus one just like we do. Okay thanks. Senator Elliot you're recognized for a question. I was trying my best. there is a new issue an initiated act to change the constitution that's the sixty percent that is correct that be sixty percent on by initiated that consensus on some of them we were mixing up referenda Rep referendum and initiated that so I'm go through these and you can tell me the presenter so we'll all have our had a straight it if it's we just going to change the law because we wanna yeah. Make minimum wage whatever let's just say it's a law that's the that's not sixty percent that's correct but if I decide I want to amend the constitution so that says a sixteen year old good vote then I'm gonna get a sixty percent threshold right that is correct that's initiated act coming from the people that's correct okay thank you. Senate Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you Senator Hester. Is it gonna require sixty percent of us to put some of this stuff on the ballot from the Senate no not but only fifty four fifty percent plus one is required to put it out there that's correct the sixty percent is needed to approve that's correct. All okay. Senator Hendren another question I do. So I understand that this is an amendment to the constitution or proposing. When I read this in section two says under the definition of approval used to say majority approval with regard to. any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become a law when approved by it used to say a majority in this is changing it to sixty percent of the votes cast upon such measure. So I get that will put it in the constitution but what we're putting in the constitution is in order to change any other laws. R. sixty percent correct. Well at which we may just be doing that differently not my interpretation of that is for amending the constitution by initiated for the people or the legislators can be sixty percent would if the people want to do signatures and just change the law will still remain as fifty as fifty percent. Plus one okay. Any further questions for Senator Hester. Senator Hester safe well is anyone who wish to speak for or against this resolution anyone speak for against this resolution. C. nine Senator Hester judge close. Close appreciate a good vote thank you. Hi. Senator Hester is close for you the resolution is any objection rolling the vote. Hi ma'am secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Hi. Beckham. Let. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. He. Allen. English Flippo. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Is a. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Bledsoe is no. Senator Hendren is no. Senator Hester hi. Senator hill is I. Senator sample I. Senator Rapert is I. Senator Sturch is aye. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Teague is no. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying that ma'am secretary please cast about. The vote of twenty two yeas eight nays and one present the resolution has passed. Please hold in the Senate. We will pass over Senate joint resolution fourteen. Well now move Senate bills for a third reading and passage. Well now moved to Senate bills for a third reading and passage senate bill four sixty. Senate bill four sixteen by Senator Ballinger to amend the law regulating private investigators and private security agencies to amend licensing requirements and re establish minimum requirements for private investigator instructors Senator Ballinger you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president this bill basically codifies what the rules are dealing with private investigators now taking steps with authority it also provides statutory authority for remote so during the pandemic thank you to promote normal classes this gives them makes a permanent that they have the statutory authority to remote classes I'm happy to answer any questions. Questions Senator Ballenger center Chesterfield you're recognized for a question yes thank you what is a baccalaureate degree necessary to speak louder. As follows yes I would and I know that as well and and the answer is they really probably shouldn't have to have one I think that that's probably probably too much that's currently what is in in the rules and so you know if it were if it were bill that I dealt with earlier in the session I may have a may push back on that but but it in order to keep you know peace and harmony we just kept up with that and and there's no opposition to the bill that I know any further questions for Senator Ballinger. Any further questions. Say no for the vote is anyone to speak for against this bill. C. nine Senator Ballinger is indicate he's close for the bill is James action rolling the vote on the bill. Senate Jessamine sector 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 are there any senators wish to vote or change their vote Senator Clark is no. Any other senators wish to vote or change their vote. Same manner ma'am secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty two eighty eight okay one may the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Sir Clark Johnson is not here. We'll pass over will now take up Senate bill six twenty seven. Senate bill six twenty seven by Senator Garner to prohibit the publication of a device of this kind concepts and to review state and state training materials senator garner you're recognized present your bill thank you Mr chairman. Now the other day I heard a great presentation by many people and state agencies whatever Senator Elliot ran a good bill that has been strong disagreements with but I appreciated the discussion that happened. Right a critical point right now we're starting to kind of. Live with some of our historical mistakes in the past the knowledge them and make sure historically we start to include all voices. But as we are at that critical moment we need to make sure we don't replace bad history with bad history or bad concepts with bad concepts what this bill does is put certain prohibit cations on government entities on what kind of training in other methods they can do that teaches the viziv hateful or otherwise wrong concepts it doesn't allow this weighed from having real honest discussions but just make sure we do not go down some of the avenues that could produce bad results and increases the Division this in our government without take any questions any questions for senator garner. Any questions Senator Elliot you have a question yes I do Senator Garner Where you talked about people not no one being made to feel uncomfortable. What what is how would I hi my supposed to see that in Prague and in the operation yes ma'am can you point out exactly what is at. yeah I just move my screen and I lost it so give me just a sec yes ma'am I have to see the whole context give the I I'm not know what off top of my head I apologize. I think I was on page I'm looking back at my page look at page two real quickly so if you see in there and I'm looking to the same time Page two line what ma'am I'm looking for because I move my screen and I lost it line six is that it sentence. Yeah line six SG on page to any individual should fill. discomfort guilt anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race I was one trying to figure out how would you know how to operationalize that or recognized. My discomfort is something I should not feel in because I don't even I might be for something. But I feel discomfort why would we want to protect folks you know I don't think that means yeah what is it me I don't think it means a traditional added this compromise you know we will have committees or what I might feel some discomfort when you're asking for questions like I kind of do now but I think it means with the whole context is that discomfort is beyond a point of reasonable debate and understanding where the discomfort is more intentional in more calls not psychological stress which restricts later on I think it's beyond just having a real discussion more uncomfortable topics may came up come up I think it's understood that that would be more targeted more specific about those gender race issues where you're targeting that person making a feel a discomfort on a higher level the Department. Now I I I get what you just said but I just don't know how I'm going to prevent that for example because I know many times I'm discussing things and it's it's very uncomfortable for me but I need to feel that and I don't think anybody intended to just make me feel uncomfortable as I'm learning. Yes ma'am I would like I said I'm I think in practice. We're just trying to encompass a word that if you're doing that directorial in the person's feeling a higher level of that discomfort because you're single in an amount that would be whenever this becomes a divisive concept I do not think having hard conversations where people get all their normal comfort zone VOL five for that I don't see in practice to become and that I think we may make sure sometimes got to make the word and broad enough that it covers you can't get too narrow in the definition because in there might be a bad situation but the law doesn't address all right and I just had You know as a second question about this if. For. If I am. Not just in se a classroom and I don't need to make somebody feel uncomfortable and so forth but the but they are Would would would it be up to me them to figure out when somebody is uncomfortable and just move on to try to mitigate it but that seems like that I don't know when I should do something about it. no ma'am we put exception there that if it's part of a larger curriculum then you can touch on those subjects as long as it's more the larger subject I think that exception would preclude you from being included in this if that situation arises I think it's more. Lan targeted kind of behavior that would get you in trouble but if your teacher like you work into my brings up a sensitive subject we know there is a big trial that's we can you're discussing different concepts to inform I don't I think that's a academic freedom you should be able to do it well I just have one last question of the it's not to be a discomfort question either I will do that I'm way beyond. One last question if for example I am I am teaching huckleberry Finn and There is a group that that's it in the in the book for example African American people in my classroom might feel some discomfort and maybe maybe others as well because I'm target I'm I'm going to be talking about a certain group of people in order to teach the novel. Does qualify is okay or not okay because I've had people ask me not to teach huckleberry Finn for example because it would be perceived as picking out a group to talk about the way African Americans were talked about and talked about the book. She wanted to do that or not I think you're a more than able to do that. Seriously I know you will do this but when you do that you'll give the proper context both sides you won't say this race or that race is worse than the other because of these things happen you'll explain them you explain the context and like I said I think you will be more than covered under the academic freedom for lack of a better word for this thing I don't think there's any situation where you could be encompass this the reality of this this is more about contracting with a third party vendors who do certain kind of training that is very defensive in my opinion should not be told that is what this is trying to encompass not think that's the majority or this law would actually come into practice okay thank you senator yes my Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question. Thank you of. Every year the standards committee comes together with the Department education review what is that next cycles material how do you see this harmonizing with what the standards committee does as far as approved curriculum and not recommended recommended curriculum if you did you explore that any no I I don't understand the product process described in concept not reality I've never been a part of it what I'll say is I ran this by Department transformation a lead the hi read has implied it's I made a few a bunch it is the people took out contractors department head never came to me and said they had a problems bill I'm not saying this supportive of it they never brought up an issue where that process would be impacted by this and negative way so I'm not saying that it couldn't happen but I don't understand the process described well enough to know what this would encompass it I've measure did department education were came to me with the issue on this so that's that's the best answer I can give okay thank you. Any further questions for senator garner any further questions say no further questions is anyone who wish to speak for against the bill senator Chesterfield you're recognized to present to speak against and. Thank you Mr ladies and gentlemen of the Senate I get put Senator Garner is trying to do. The propagation of the viziv concepts if that's the case as I come into this chamber each and every time and we talk about certain issues to me it's a propagation of the viziv concepts. Because we have a right to choose what we will believe and we're going to be divided predicated on those believes it does not mean that we're bad people it means that we have different concepts about what is going on. It's unenforceable how does one judge what is consciously or unconsciously done. It's virtually impossible to do so and it says in the bill an individual by virtue of his or her race or sex is inherently racist sexist or press it whether consciously or unconsciously how does one know what is unconsciously on an individual's mind one does not know. It also says an individual's mall character is necessarily determined by his race or sex we don't know what how people judge people. We have an eight instances in American history where. In the teaching of slavery we would tell our children that it was based on oppression of a particular group by another group and even though Senator says that it is under the purview of academic freedom it's still questionable. We are in we are about to engage in. I think a huge encroachment a huge encroachment on the first amendment and I would urge a no vote. Any other speak for against the bill. And speak for against abstain nine Senate guarding recognized close. Thank you I understand Michael is concerned I don't say that. I did I disagree with her but I understand your position the reality is is that we've seen clean examples and corporate and government world where such divisive third party training is coming in impeded each other against people against each other putting concepts and theories that are disgusting and disgraceful is propagated a lot of different things that does not lead to a healing and unifying body in government but more Davis this is a small step to address state that on common problem and ask for a good vote thank you. Senator Garner is close to his bill is an objection rowing the boat is objection madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner yeah. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester yes Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert aye. Rice. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. There any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Gilmore is hi. Any other senators wishing to vote or change your vote Senator Dismang is I. I Colwell as I. Incentives wishing to vote or change their vote Senator sample as I. Senator Bledsoe is present. Senator Pitsch is hi. Senator Leding is no. NCAA's mission voter change their vote. Say no ma'am secretary please cast about for twenty As six names and everyone present the bill has passed please return to the House. Okay. Senator Hester you're recognized for motion it members if you'll stick with me for just a second when I presented the house joint resolution earlier I was factually wrong on something I I knew better it reads clearly Senator Hendren and several you guys are asking questions were correct so what I'm gonna want to do I don't think it's going to change one vote but just because I presented incorrectly I want expunge that vote presented correctly ten seconds and revoked I make a motion that we expunge vote by which house joint resolution one zero zero five past for the motion all in favor of the motion say aye. Imposed. Motion is carried Senator Hester will go back to house joint resolution ten oh five house joint resolution ten out of five a constitutional amendment to be known as the constitutional amendment and ballot initiative reform amendment. You're recognized president resolution thank you senator so the the the piece that I was incorrect on it is fifty votes plus one for referendum to block an act that we send that we make law so of members don't like a law that we passed or if the people don't thank you to referendum with fifty percent plus one to block something that we did on Law but they can't pass a law with fifty plus one. It sixty percent to do anything constitution. So with that be happy to answer any more questions and any further questions Senator Hester. Any further questions se no question is anyone who wish to speak for against the resolution. C. nine Senator Hester you're recognized because I appreciate a good vote Senator Hester is close for the resolution. Absent today please call the roll. Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. No no Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Vote Blake Johnson is hi. Senator Bledsoe is price. Senator Clarke Tucker is no. Senator Caldwell is hi. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote any other sanitation vote or change their vote saying nine ma'am secretary please cast about the vote of twenty three ACT six names and to present the joint resolution has passed please hold in the Senate. We'll go back to Senate bills for a third reading and passage Senator Hester is up again Senate bill six thirty four. Six thirty four by Senator Hester to prohibit state agencies counties and municipalities from restricting the right of a land owner to perform tree maintenance on the land owners property Senator Hester you're recognized present your bill thank you senator members thank you for helping me fix the first mistake I've made in here in five sessions I've got that handled. The. Anyway this is only from the well. So this is a bill you probably heard from your mayor this is a this is a bill it just says a city county municipality stage you can't regulate how you maintain trees shrubs on your property it does not prohibit planning so if the planning department wants to require something whenever you build or whatever they certainly can reach they can require that during that part but if you choose to remove a tree or shrub something from your property they cannot cannot prevent that I'm happy to answer any questions. Questions Senator Ingram you're a first. So here's a real concern that that I've seen real life half of you have a Grove of trees that may be over fifty or sixty acres that's in the middle of an area and I developer comes in and clear cut all those trees and puts in of water sewer bills hall because it's cheaper and quicker and easier just a clear cut that under this it would allow the correct one hundred percent. Senate take you're recognized for a question. What the in the tree between the sidewalk and the road. And that is what is deceased at the. Well if if the property owner owns it is the property owners allowed to remove it would be but I always have to keep it units in your. Why a road. Well if the if if they get if they get an easement they have they have the right to build a road there they could remove it. Yeah that's very clearly easement but you bring up a very good point when I see a lot development right now planners all over the country we have from back to Curtis I bought three or four feet they're requiring people to plant trees and there's and sometimes on the other side of sidewalk within three or four feet in anyone in here that understands basic science know that trees can get big here in two three years and start destroying sidewalks we have communities all over here with destroyed sidewalks because trees are too close but. But cities continue to require through every development to plant trees right next to sidewalks that the people are paying to have replaced two and three years later this is another thing that like if I'm required to put in there within three feet maybe two years later a year later I can use good judgment and move it further away from the sidewalk to just for basic safety and savings. Thank you Mr president Senator bacon you're recognized for a question. Is there any provisions to protect historical trees there is not. Any further questions for Senator Hester. You for the questions Senator Ingram I'm sorry zero one other Senator of in. It's pretty common for of utilities to have to come in and cut trees on property owners property in order to keep the lines from the oak tree fall lines got the power how does that affect them well they have an easement for for that utility and then those easements they have the right to maintain according to their purposes for that for that utility. Senate seven questions thank you Senator Hester I realize there are two interest here maybe you know if there is a need to think about things on balance and so could you give me the over riding. Compelling reason that we should have this law that could like from your own testimony there. Could I think be a real problem in so many ways but there's something so persuasive on the other side we should just ninety to be attention say to neighborhood associations that I bought my house and these were the rules are there content in it And I bought my house in here the rules and now they might change. So try to give me some balance of what you're you should be able to do this at the expense of all those other things that have been mentioned sure you pursue I'm just talking about you know yes first of all homeowner associations are exempt from this if you buy property understand the current rules and that's that's that but as basic as I can get is a democracy's basic foundation is based on personal property rights man this is a personal property rights bill the very basis of a democracy well I was let's back up because I I used a bad example but if it's a matter of if I want to But we were talking about before at the very retirement saving the historical trees and that kind of thing that I hear you say that's that that could be done we could just to we could mow them down a court with this bill. Yeah I'm saying that the government the choice is this government on your property or do you own your property that's what this is it if you wanna historical tree and you love and want to keep it and I'm I think that's great if you can't tell somebody what to do with it the balance I'm trying to get you to should be just about me and what I want to do as opposed to say the historical trees should just be just about me and what I want to do or is there a balance here on the side of the common good. No. I would say if it's common good it could be on common property if it's on personal property then it's for a personal use I'm a that's good double speak but is that a no. And that would in no yeah thank you. Any further questions for Senator Hester. Say no further questions is anyone who wish to speak for against the bill. CNN Senator Hester would you like to close Senator Hester is closed ma'am center please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. Elliott. She's not English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Garner yeah. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Thank you. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson Mark Johnson Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any sense you wish to vote or change their vote Senator Hammer is I. Senator Ingram is no senator beckoned senator Gilmore is II and Senator back to is not. Senator Bledsoe is I. Senator English is I. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other center's mission to vote or change their vote say nine bam secretary please cast about the vote of twenty As five days and one president. The bill has passed. The motion is to sound about. I need a five hands. Give me just a second. I'll see five hands I'm moving on. Senate call where are you going to present sixty nine were passing over Senator Ballinger. San Chesterfield. Thank you for the great any more sinister I have a ruling I'm not going to deal with the other issue but I know going forward when we say sound about if there are any and do you not proceed immediately to that vote. There was not five hands I said if there were five. Thank you will proceed immediately people don't get a chance to go to backgrounds get people out you sound about in the am I correct. Right. Senate bill six six six seven six sixty six by Senator Ballenger concerning insurers have served to support group and reimbursement for medical and hospital benefits. Ballinger you're recognized Centerville thank you let me first apologize for the bill number I blame it on hand and. When I first got it I. Whatever got Aston's of the bill system does it I was I was talking with read that Senator Flippo earlier and I told would be more likely to be his bill but after discussing without actually be Trent Garner should be the one with the mark of the beast bill Yeah I know it wouldn't be Dismang bill because I got a text from you said why didn't you just follow the bill of I mean I would have a really good idea but here we are So that so this bill basically does yeah that's what I mean it's a the trial lawyers have love the bill number like if I haven't done anything to make them happy in a long time but give them this bill members so so anyway what the bill does is it statutorily for years we had a had a right of subrogation I was subrogation means is if somebody get something that that should have been provided to someone else they can step in and get it so that's that was around for a long time the the Supreme Court read into something that is similar in a couple other jurisdictions not very many something called the made whole doctrine so that is that if you didn't get everything that is your right to get whether it's medical bills whether it's pain and suffering whether it's loss of consortium whether it is whatever it is right all these other things if you can get everything that was yours then the insurance company doesn't have a right to step in to get suffocation I want them some those passed by the legislature that was something that was was created out of what they call whole cloth you know it's created as a as a doctor and from the from the courts. So what this does this is limited to just the five thousand dollars met so what happens if the person gets in a Iraq then their insurance company whether to other parts of all other fall but if the other person's fault they get erect then you get the for and you have any kind of medical bills you get the five thousand dollars and that. What this bill will allow is this will allow the insurance company that paid the med pay to step in and ask for it if you don't go in filed suit and collect for medical bills ask for that money back the other thing it will do is and it's only up to the five thousand dollars is that if you collect for medical bills of them twenty five thousand dollars or a hundred thousand whatever you click for medical bills it allows the insurance company to get that five thousand dollars back only the five thousand dollars that you received you know you pay your insurance premium to get insurance right and then they pay five thousand dollars to you when you get hurt if you perceive your your payment for medical bills back it allows them to to recoup that five thousand dollars very small I mean I know that from the trial lawyers they see anytime you touch the may hold occurred at all it's it's you know it's the end of the world and it's the devil's bill right so but the reality is when we talk about five grand here and the so anyway dot I'm happy to try to answer any questions the person may have A questions Senator Ballinger Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question. Thank you would you address the issue. I'm paying insurance premiums and then there's this accident the settlement and the insurance company has been making getting the premium payments and now they're going to get the five thousand would you address that issue and how there's anything fair about that yes I mean it it's funny how we only think about that when it comes to honestly when we think about that when the trailers have given us that idea right so if it were if it were somebody operating at a claim and the crane crashes on your house and then and so your insurance covers your building six in your house and then you get a hundred thousand dollars from the from the crane company you would expect to both be made whole and also recover that the money you would expect to be covered for your loss in this case that's what the fivethousand is to help cover medical bills in case of the person's uninsured and if you get that that coverage then you get the five thousand dollars back so I mean the native very nature of insurance is that insurance right it's not you win the lottery if if you have some some tragic tragic thing and and obviously we're talking about five thousand dollars a year and you on the the other argument that I've heard is is like to the first in line and that's not true the first line is is honestly the the trial lawyers going to get paid whatever their their portion to share their out of out of it so we're going to contingency they get their share out first and then whatever's left and this is only applies to the medical so they get zero a medical they don't get anything back if they get a hundred thousand dollars a medical than than five thousand of that would go back to the insurance company that's already paid them five thousand dollars thank. Senate Chester you're recognized for a question. Thank you senator Senator Ballinger. We pay premiums each and every month. The vast majority of the time that premium is not use is that correct yeah that's how that's how insurance companies are able to make money make money yeah but now you're talking about if. A Joan or Joanne gets five thousand dollars. And then they get a settlement they've got to give that five thousand to an insurance company only if they get a settlement for medical bills and then the reversing what they've been what they've already receive the reversing that five thousand and then there goes the. VOL if their fault and that good but it doesn't matter their far not trust me if you're in any kind of insurance gonna go up so the insurance company that will move the the lady that I speak solemnly of the person's been enough several wrecks and I believe that it's only goes up when I'm at fault. That is your goal. Thank you you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president. Ballinger discusses before so I'm not going to hit you with the new thought I don't think but Senator Hammer points out that. Choosing to buy medication unless you don't have to buy the so ensure high. For the five thousand dollars. You can also pay for ten thousand twenty five thousand or more depending on the commission you'll address how you deal with that excess of the five thousand you just say five thousand this is limited to five thousand five thousand only which is what statutory creates you do more specifically and and if you don't like that's the reason why I put in Legislative intent to make a real clear we're only talking about five thousand dollars that is as set out in in the code that doesn't have to buy but we chooses to buy to get covered right and now you're going to take that choice away from really because you will take your money I mean you can choice away but you're taking the money if they're involved in the claim. I struggle to make they have to pay six dollars a month or thirty dollars every six months for that probably in payment for twenty years I have a claim and now you're gonna let him come get that money I struggle with that Or one last point you said something about it if the insured and uninsured if the claim that the other party is uninsured then you get to five thousand five thousand first before the right party to enter try yeah that's going to be sure we're on the same page tax thank you Mr thanks Bob yeah yeah that is like it in every other area of the insurance we wouldn't even question if you if you receive the the party that is that is at fault. Has to has to pay back then your insurance company would recoup that that's what the code says that's what the law says the remainder of the you know black letter law right there the what the law says if you get to do that now the doctor made a hole has changed that and all we're doing is a we're going to go back to the statute and allow subrogation in this one area and we're only talking about five thousand dollars for for this mid day in this the. If I'm in the accident. as I recall. My insurance company pays five thousand before your insurance company pays not correct. But because I've been paying for my premium drive unit red hat so. I still can't get by the taxpayer to take that money away from them when you get back to that's all I got it I mean you you're only you can't just take the money back they give the money that they were cover for their medical bills you get to take your five thousand dollars back and and I mean honestly I don't think it's fair that that trial lawyer gets to take their portion out of it except for they're doing the work to get it to collected and that's the same thing is that if you're that that meant a whole design of that is to help offset the cost of medical bills if you get paid for your medical then it's just shifting it kind of to me it's not as as and we are only talking about five thousand dollars shouldn't be but you know that that is what it is. Sir Clark you have a question yes Senator Ballinger open debating this back and forth the last two three days. Isn't there another way to accomplish this of insurance is a contract right. Okay so couldn't insurance company right the contract up. than to say just that that if you get your if you. Get your of medical calls from somewhere else we don't play yet because the the fact that this statute this code section was interpreted to use in the main hole doctor and save a person wasn't made a hole that you can't so the answer is no you could not but no no no it couldn't. A lot about recovery if you recover from elsewhere. This is invalid we don't play yet all every insurance company contract has subjugation that the Arkansas Supreme Court says if you're not made whole they aren't getting the money back but is a subrogation I mean understand separate I said in the contract could say but if you collect elsewhere. We don't pay this yeah and and I do so the answer is yes every contract says that it's called subrogation but every contract says that it has that that clause in it to the insurance contract the Arkansas Supreme Court it said in Leicester made whole that doesn't apply and I and I agree I mean it doesn't seem like that makes sense but that is the way it is. Senate. So I just have a question so I'm enter on mobile accident. And the cost of the damage to the cars four thousand some dollars there's nothing wrong with me we're just five thousand feet in or does it only it in if you have medical bills is twenty five thousand dollars and you're in the hospital and medical bills are we talking about the first five thousand dollars of the medical bills yes so the answer is yes on the first thing it does not apply at all if there's no medical bills if there are medical bills immediately your insurance company if you have the med pay will pay you the and if it's five thousand dollars will pay the five thousand dollars the issue is they'll give the ability to run to recoup if you then collect from the other parties insurance if it's twenty five thousand dollars a medical bill they pages five than five thousand that will go back to your insurance company so I mean is it normally just cash or did they normally pay the hospital bills or you are you're supposing that you're paying the hospital bills or what is that the answer is is is both but usually they pay you give you a check for what your medical bills are rather than paying it directly to the to the hospital but I don't know that's always the case so it could be two or three thousand who could the necessarily have to be five it could be two or three thousand dollars I'm so sorry what it could be two or three thousand dollars in medical bills versus five thousand so you would only get into two or three thousand that's right you don't you you would have in that case they they would receive the five thousand dollars of that day if they only got three thousand dollars back of medical the only three thousand of that would be would be subject to the subrogation and be repaid in they would have to win falls two thousand thank you I I. Per questions Senator Hammer. Cornerbacks Senator Clark question and ask it a different way. Why can't insurance company write that into the contract because in a in Arkansas we have what's called the made whole doctrine created by the Arkansas Supreme Court years and years ago that changed Arkansas law so the answer is they can't because the Supreme Court says thank you and that's why we're trying to change the code to to make aware that's possible so if we pass this law could then an insurance company right that into the contract so that the consumer would know that if this law gets passed yeah and I and I'll be shocked of those insurance contract out there that doesn't already have it in thank you the subrogation Senate questions Senator. So if. I have a contract with my insurance company and and I think I'm I'm going to get the five thousand dollars I don't have a contract with this other party over here in fact I don't even know who they are where they came from except the other person you know that was involved in the accident I've got an actual contract that doesn't tell me that anything is going to happen other than I know that's what we want to change but if I've got a contract with you I expect that contract to be carried out that seems fair absolutely and then I don't see how it is fair though that because I've got a contract of understood all these years and now something else comes along U. SEC no you don't because we're going to take it back. Yeah I know you've been asked this before but I'm struggling with is how that how that would make sense. Just because the other insurance company hasn't done what they're supposed to do and my company has done what my company is supposed to do it if your contract read you get a five thousand dollars no matter what if you have medical bills and you get to keep it and we are not going to segregate them then they should honor that contract but that's not what your contract says your insurance contracts as will pay you five thousand dollars if you recover medical bills we're going to take the five thousand dollars back that's what your contract says now that's not what's happening in Arkansas because in Arkansas we have made whole doctor the main hall Dr in then requires if you then also have to a thousand dollars of pain and suffering then if you would Senator Garner if you don't mind moving out of the way. Thank you senator. It is a point of order center I lost. For those trying to. So so that's the thing is that the the the may hold doctor and then requires that you get get paid you know all your money no matter what the score could be home for lots of which. But if you get your medical bill back this is to get the five thousand dollars however much medical bills how much pays you get five thousand but if you don't go after them to give the insurance company the bill to go after and get that money back I I hear you I just it seems like it on the face of that event There should be nothing that's going to come between you and me if we have a contract there but the point is I think that you're not on the same page on that the contract says they get to get that money back the problem at the Supreme Court has stepped in in the middle of the contract that now we like may hold off and we're going to embrace this and this is going to be the law which the Senate on the first place because it should be the job of the legislation and and I totally get that there's different opinions on this but I'm hoping to understand but will you would understand the fair position of why this bill makes sense even though it's got a terrible number okay thank you I appreciate a good vote. Senate. Even if the question yeah I would say. I'm going to help you in the room was good to for questions. Of the the insurance companies are ups are. Normally most people are falling suits and so thirty five thousand dollars worth of medical expenses they go to the other insurance to the copy of the person responsible and it's almost an automatic. They they return or five thousand dollars but when somebody fall hires an attorney follows a bigger so they don't get their money back so that's really what they're trying to accomplish yet yeah and I and I would say it's not automatic the there's a there's a possible yes so in the end it makes it where where the that your insurance provider has the right to go get that five thousand dollars however it incidents so what it comes down to is is state policy is that the decision is whether if if they're able to get the US from people and then either they make more money or they lower my rates let's say they're gonna lower my rates so the two dollars and twenty five cents part of my of insurance that is for that five thousand dollars medicals will get lower to like a dollar seventy five. And so that's our choice you know I get fifty cents back in my pocket or get to keep five thousand if anything ever happens is that you yeah I think you could probably negotiate all that but good luck I mean you can be pretty specific so it's going to be hard to do that into you know a form contract but but yeah and theory two parties could negotiate all thank you if this law passed if not then you've got a mental there's no way to I appreciate a good vote Senator. Ballinger explained his bills anyone to speak for against Senator Stubblefield is for. Yes Senate so to speak against. I know on this bill because six six six. You know we we keep talking about being may hold and yet there are people who will never ever be may help with the money you could stack in this chamber ever. What you gonna do if you pass this bill is going to legally give the insurance companies the right to take victims money the very victims if they are covering in the policy it's basically simple is that. Senate staff has spoken against this anyone speak for. Senator Tucker is recognized to speak against. Thank you members I'll be brief I I respect what Senator Ballinger is attempting to do with putting the five thousand dollars a do not codified section but I that raises a question with me because if we're truly limiting it to five thousand dollars then why is that I'm gonna be the code I don't know how judges are gonna interpret that one it's not put into the code so I just wanted to make that quick point the other thing is he absolutely is correct that the Arkansas Supreme Court applied made whole doctrine in Arkansas but they didn't make it up it's a doctrine that goes back for centuries and in common law and it's you know in some version not at all fifty states but it's it's Arkansas is not the only state with the made whole doctor and something goes back for a long time what's less important to me than where it came from is whether it's the right thing to do the way the law is right now is if you're injured through no fault of your own you have to fully recover and then if and when that happens the insurance company can get some of their money back that's the way the law ought to be in my opinion in this law changes that to get get let the insurance company get in front of the injured person at least as to the five thousand and depending on how the judge interprets that maybe more so those are my concerns about it and I'll be voting on the bill thank. Senator spoke against is there anyone to speak for or against. Senator Mark Johnson speak against. Send Johnson you're recognized. Colleagues this is the second kind of bill like this we've had this year and I'm I haven't changed my opinion about it all I'm all for insurance companies doing their job but they don't get to be first in line they exist to make a profit I understand that but not at the expense of their insured that they have a contract with a I could not say things any better than Senator Tucker to especially citing the common law precedent yes courts of appeal this but to act like that court's made this up is really just not accurate this is an ancient concept of being that the insured is made whole and then the company gets taken care of and that's that's just a simple thing and it's the right thing to do so I would appreciate a no vote thank you Mr president. Senate Johnson spoken against is there anyone else who we speak for or against this bill. CNN Senator Ballinger recognized close for you. Thank you just make it clear so if you look at the bill to real short it references Arkansas Code twenty three eighty nine to two oh two so the benefits under that the benefits in two to one so if you if you look at that code the benefits under that basically include an aggregate of five thousand dollars per person may include the non medical remedy care treatment render bubble ball it's five thousand dollars that's the that's what's in the call you can buy more insurance if you want them that but what we're talking about here is five thousand dollars and that's it and budget mental doctrine has been around in different places for a long time in Arkansas we subjugated when we pass the code. Then the Supreme Court adopted the made whole doctrine after segregation with our to the law anyway I mean in the end that there's arguments all over the place for him obviously I feel like arguments are better on my side but you know I I do that with almost every bill I cared so I'd appreciate it appreciate a good vote Senator Ballinger is close for his bill madam secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner yeah. Gilmore. Gilmore yes. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rapert. Rice. Rice. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Thank you senator who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Clark is no. Senator Bledsoe is hi. Any other sense Senator Davis is on. Senator sample is hi Senator Rice is no. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote. Any sensation a vote or change their vote saying nine ma'am secretary please cast about. With the vote of nineteen eighties eleven nays zero present the bill is passed I have a motion of sound the ballot I need five hands one two three four five five hands so now immediately go to sound about. Let them. Hebei please take your seats they're gonna print off the she will call your name. I will be calling only the ice please answer when your name is called. You Sir when your name is call. But. Davis. What you're saying. Receive strive. Right Davis. DISMANG. Aids. English. Flippo. Garner. Yeah. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Hicky stride Hickey. Hello. Blake Johnson Page Sample. Your. Wallace. the was nineteen Davis and Hickey restraint leaving the vote seventeen the bills failed to pass. Senator Ballinger you're recognized him as. Like to move to expunge the vote by which Senate bill six six six. Per the motion any discussion. On favor of the motion say aye. You posed. I Senate motions expense. Do I. Like to make make a motion to revote on Senate bill six six six. Senator Ballinger is made a motion to rebuild Senate bill six six six. We'll. Well. Senate station substitute motion Mr president not admit I spoke before I saw. But I'd say move this to the end of the calendar. Hi the substitute motion allowed to be put on but moved to the end of the counter. Substitute motion is debatable motion is that only a majority of those voting so you've heard the substitute motion is just to move Senate bill six six six at the end of today's town. We'll take a substitute motion first all in favor of the substitute motion say aye. All opposed say nay. Nose had. Senator Ballinger will go back to your motion the original motion is to re vote Senate bill six six six all in favor say aye. Opposed say nay. Is have. Madam secretary please call the roll Senate bill six six six. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. J. DISMANG. Eight. Allen. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner at Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rapert Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote. Any senators wish to vote or change their vote. Saying that ma'am Secretary please cast a ballot voting nineteen Yeas twelve days still present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Okay. When I take it the next bill Senate bill six seventy one senator Hammer. Senate bill six seventy one by Senator Hammer concerning the identification of cost savings by cabinet level departments and to declare an emergency. Senator Hammer you're recognized present your bill and its emergency clause. Thank you Mr president some of y'all may remember that we had last session passed the transformation Bill which had the Department shared services in it there was a report that was required under representative backs legislation for a report to be given regarding the cost savings as a result of that there's legislative audit that was done and there was some debate within the discussion of the committee meeting about the definition of saving so what Senate bill six seventy one does is establishes a process for us to annually be able to get a report and it goes in specifically on page two giving some specific definitions that are are aligned with what we're custom dealing with when it comes to the budgeting process so basically it is a bill that's going to require the definition of savings so we all have the same understanding what it means and there is an emergency clause on it which required twenty four votes and that's because the end of the fiscal year when the legislation would pass so we can get at this next cycle I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions for senator Hammer. Say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for against the bill. Sanson Hammer you closed closed Christian good vote thank you senator Hammer as close for his bill. Is there any objection rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection I'm 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. Are there any senators who wish to change their vote. Any senator who wishes to change their vote. C. nine ma'am Secretary please cast about the voter thirty three a zero names the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I think of Senate bill six seventy eight by Senator Clark. Six seventy eight by Senator Clark. Require a fire department. A criminal background check. Sir Clark you're recognized without objection I'd like to withdraw Senate bill six seventy eight. Proper motion all in favor say aye. Closed. That is passed will move on to Senate bill. Published at six eighty six three. Senate bill six eighty six by Senator Eads to amend the law concerning motor carriers and to regulate gap ground transportation municipal airports and regional airports Senator you're recognized thank you Mr president colleagues I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on this because or discuss this bill the other day but as recent as yesterday the Supreme Court of Massachusetts upheld the airport's ability to try to get these kind of same grievance with the same type of ride share company on their airport property yesterday so all I'm asking for is if you own a piece of property you ought to be able to have a say in who does business and how they perform that business on your property as the airports would like to have and knowing who laws doing business on the airport property in Arkansas and put everybody on the same level playing ground without appreciate a good vote. Are there any questions for Senator Eads Senator Eads is let the well is there anybody like to speak against the bill for the bill. Senator Reid indicated he's close for his bill thirty objection rolling the vote seeing none madam secretary please roll the. There's a parent the desk I'm sorry. Senator flowers yes Senator Davis not. Correct yes I'm secretary please call the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell. No that's right. She. There was there at the desk proceed. 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 be right side of the chamber first I've got Senator Clark is a no. I have senator Beckham is a no. I see Senator Ingram as a no and I see Senator Teague as a no doing good let's move the left side I've got Senator Dismang is a no. Senator Solomon is a no. Senator hill is a president and Senator Stubblefield as a no are there any body else you'd like to change their vote. Senator hill as a yes. Senator Hammer is the No last chance Madam Secretary. Okay I've got one more Senator Flippo is a no. Senator Hester. Body else. Which is on the board. Senator Pat senator pages and no. Madam secretary cast up the ballot. With twenty two year eleven a one president Senate bill six eighty six has passed we're going. You're recognized senator garner verification whatever we have a pair vote typically there should still be the call for a roll call I did not hear one on that boat about Mister I apologize I don't have the chance to roll call did or did not happen I ask for directions to roll the vote and there were none okay that was it was speedy all say that thank you guys. We're moving on Senate bill six eighty six should be transmitted to the house will move to Senate bill six ninety one Senator hammer Senate bill six ninety one by Senator Hammer to identify paid advertisements funded by taxpayer funds and to amend the Arkansas law concerning advertising uses the image or voice of an elected official. Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr president members of the chamber what this bill does is if you're a elected public official appearing in a newspaper printed circulation and there are taxpayer dollars that are being used to pay for that and you have to put a recognition on the add to a paid advertisement or paid by a and identify that is being paid for by taxpayer dollars that's the essence of the bill are there any questions for senator Hammer senator Hendren you're recognized. So why would we have taxpayers paid for political ads. I'm sorry one more time I can hear you why why would we have taxpayer is paying for political ads. From time to time there are and should appear where elected officials are in there and that ad the source of pain for that ad is from taxpayer dollars and I think that it needs to be clearly identified on there that if you as an elected official appear in the ad and the source of that is being paid for by taxpayer dollars that that should be that label should be put on there this is for TV commercials to be TV media yes Sir good thank you thank you. Are there any other questions Senator Teague you're recognized for a question. Senator Hammer if you if the sessions loss of doing the mailing that it now has to say this is the way I read it does. It it would and I'll give you another example I appeared in a They use my photo right and help me for a nonprofit organization recently it would not apply that because they're not taxpayer dollars. To pay for that ad and so that that's kind of the separation example but if I am a say I'm a county Clerk that is appearing ad encouraging people to get out the vote in their taxpayer dollars that were used to do that you would need to put that disclaimer on that though the tax for mailing out your bill your tax bill it'll have to say that this got the image on the. Okay but this is the training on the active. It is directed specifically imaging okay thank you thank you are there any other questions for senator Hammer. Seeing none would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill Senator hammer you close for your bill. Appreciate a good vote thank you. Senator Hammer is indicated that is close for his bill. Any objection rolling of a. Seeing no objection to rolling of the 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. Hey Senator you wish to vote or change their vote you senator wishing to vote or change their vote C. nine AM secretary please cast at the ballot the voter thirty three eight zero nine is the bill has passed please transmit Senate bill six ninety one to the house. Senator Tucker I recognize you for most. Senate bill seven oh one. Thank you Mr chair of this bill Senate bill seven oh one was referred okay sorry number. This bill Senate bill seven oh one was referred to the state agency's committee which I serve on it just so happens that all of the other members of that committee are different party than I am. And that's okay we've disagreed on a few things that have come through that committee this session and that's okay too that's how this process works and how it's supposed to work but I just wanted to take a moment and publicly praised some members of that committee because they have worked with me for three months on the language in this bill they've been very open with me about what I was trying to do. Rusted that I had good intentions with the work that I was trying to do offer their suggestions for me which I'm incorporated into the bill over a long period of time. And they really in my opinion is exemplary of how the legislative process is supposed to work and I just want to extend my gratitude to the members of that committee who have worked with me on that bill this session it's been a hard session for me but but as I said of those I appreciate the work that you all done with me it's the way the legislative process is supposed to work. It's come to my attention that there are some questions about the way this bill was brought out of committee was signed out. And I don't ever want there to be any questions about the way that I handle my work down here. And I also don't want there to be any questions about the way the other members who help me bring the bill out of committee the way they do their work down here because I have the utmost. Respect for their integrity in the way they do their business as well and so for those reasons at this time I'd like to move to re refer Senate bill seven a one back to committee. Tucker moved that Senate bill seven on one be re referred back to the state agency's committee any discussion on the motion Senator Garner. Well Senate. Discussion I just a question I might need to direct to a to the Secretary of the Senate. What are we waiting on any other bills that were signed out of committees. Are there any other than something that we're going to vote on on this floor. Yes so what I'm hearing more. Yeah. We've had we've had a couple that have been signed out and one of them that was signed out the chair signed authorized. Citing. I'll have to look at that remember. We've got another one that's going to be signed out. Well I don't have. We got one out of transportation right now. Senator Clark do you wish to. You senator Clark second Is appointed personal privilege. Senator Clark. I don't of. Senator Tucker I have never had anything but a good relationship nor the members of this committee. All. The whenever we change the role that the chairman didn't have to approve a bill signed out I miss that of I'll probably have signed up more bills just from the number are run of than anybody else has always had to go to a chair get their approval of times had to go multiple times as we're getting to the end of the session before one of those five signatures I think that's very important. Even though often a chair didn't let me do that I think that's very important because we get to the point that the to consign bills out without the tears approval. Again but we all try to do our best but then we can sign bels at any time without a hearing and I think this is a bad idea and I don't think anybody intended to do anything of. It any kind of bad way here but I just I don't think it's a road we want to go down. Question or discuss. Senate just voted recognized for. Customers. Discussion on the motion yes to re refer I'm speaking in opposition to it. Because there will be no opportunity to re refer. In this body we can come together across party lines. An agreed to sign a bill out. Is that the maker of the motion has worked across party lines and that. He is in the distinct minority in the committee but his fellow members. Senate in the state. People are going to say what they want to you will vote is you want but we're now in the crunch if you re referred your bill is D. and. And I would be speaking against the motion to re refer. Senate wish to speak on the motion. You're recognized. Members one thing I think everybody in here knows about me if you don't know any thing else. I believe in being fair to people above all else. And to me this is nothing more than a fairness issue the reason I ask the question. Are there other bills that have been signed up that we voted on if there are I'm not. That. I don't think we can pick and choose because the rule requires and I'm probably part of the reason that it's that way because I was trying to committee at some point and something was signed out and I had not been notified of it and so that was. And so when we change the rules to just I will be made the rules say that the chair should be notified I think that is a good thing. And in this case I the people follow the rules. I don't know but one thing on this body. The fair. Because I'm just I'm I'm making the point and saying something about it because it's it's not fair I would make the same point for anybody else in here it just happens to be Clarke Tucker I would do it for you to Dan Sullivan and mark Johnson everybody else and I know you all know that. Senate spoken on the motion Senator Rice would like to speak for the motion. I will let go be fair to instance requested. Something to do with this before I support Senator Tucker and and I would expect the same for myself that I would want to be upright I don't know the details of this getting signed out would you all have heard me say before. Is if you're going to sign a bill out one you do need to the. At the chair involved in it in you need to let all the committee members know. If I just gonna get five committee members four other ones to do something. You know I can present something. My way. But if the other committee members it that are not part. Don't have an opportunity to say but wait you remember what this part was. That can change the whole thing. While it can be done I just think it's fair to let all committee members know this is fixed to be signed out with five others in again with the chair being known thank you. Senator Rice spoken for the motion Senator Hester like to speak against the motion. You members I'll be supported what Senator Clark would like to do but I'll give you a little context. Senator Clark is brought this bill time and time again the committee Senator Clarke Tucker has brought this bill to committee time and time again. We we beat it to death tell me make these not amendments he goes make those not amendments brings it back to committee we beat it up say go make these three amendments he goes makes the three minutes we bring it back we beat it up again and we say go make these amendments yesterday had five yes votes in committee five yes votes he did not roll call when he had the votes because he wanted to make the two more minutes that we ask him in committee the third or fourth time this bill's been in there he could have accepted the yes. But he was better than that he went back maybe amendments came to the fore yesterday and grossed amend. So after session means Senator Davis started talking like he's done all these things we ask him he had the votes in committee we should we should offer to sign this out for him because of time. So we started to sound it out I had to run the Judiciary Senator Davis had to run. She went met with senator Mr cook to talk about the process we knew we had to let Senator Rapert no Senator Rapert was gone by that point lot of people were was late at night so Senate avis called and she spoke to me on the phone I spoke to Senator Rapert on the phone last night for sixteen or seventeen minutes about this but why was signed out of committee so it wasn't a surprise and we finish sign it we we spoke to him and then we came in and ran it like that that's what happened here there was no ill intent to work around Senator Rapert is the chair there was no real intent from Senator Rapert for many of us the deal was just respect for current member he's worked his tail off and we've asked over and over and over to give his bill a chance on the floor today. So I'm for whatever Senator. Senator Rapert speak on the motion there was I was going to not speak here because I've talked to Senator Tucker and I said do what you want to do ultimately and he said he's going to consider what he did we were trying to avert a long discussion we got a lot of stuff going on what I am going to speak to is that yes we have a lot of discussion there was a lot of options opposition to this bill we had nearly an hour of testimony on it had three people that showed up in search yesterday on it as well I do wanna say people hear different things not just confirm this with Senator Ballenger he was not a yes in committee he just told me. I did not hear yes from senator Bledsoe that's why asking committee you watch the tape I said if you want to roll call this roll call it but I do not hear five votes I waited Senator Tucker said he didn't wanna roll call. So there is there's no situation where there was five votes and I even have the person or the people you're considering a vote say no he was not. It's it's it's worth the end of the session. People people do what they want to do that's fine. I did tell them last night that I was surprised at seven fifty three to get this notice that suddenly there were something signed out what I've got people is still in opposition to the bill. I said why why did somebody not give me some notice. I don't mind people sign a bill out we've done it in the past but in the eleven years I've been here we never did it without contacting a chairman that's the bottom line what I would say isn't Senator Tucker is can do what he wants to do if this body wants devoted that your decision but I can tell you that there are people that are in opposition that have been calling and talking with other members in opposition to the bill and we're not giving them an opportunity to be heard. If that's what the body wants to do that's fine I know we're at the end of the line if there was no controversy would be a big deal so whatever Senator Tucker wants to do is totally fine with me and then you can vote the bill up or down. But I'm just telling you that there was not five votes next confirm thank you. Senate Chesterfield Senator Rapert. We take questions yes. All we're meeting there we already had a meeting scheduled for this afternoon to meet and then then what has to be done as you know said Chesterfield I've been accommodating accommodated the House to suspend Senator Hickey wherever he's at contact me we had to suspend the rules to move the houses amendment forward have no problem with any of that. It's just but I want to be fair to everybody you know so Senator Elliot you have a question. Well that. This afternoon rather than move on now. That's an issue yeah it is so and so to. If it defeats the purpose. I absolutely and I absolutely Senator and like I said whatever Senator Tucker wants to do he's been considered what he wanted to do what they want to go ahead and vote is bill or not I've already informed to members today that I was not going to object I did not get up to object to a run in it I suggest talent on the floor you can handle handle voting on it so I tried to deferred I'm trying to defer to that but I will say. In Rick in reference to our committee chairs. We need to honor that respect and I don't think it was intentional but it happened it took me totally off guard when I'm my phones when it gets blown up blown up here want to know why I let something happen I didn't let it happen. It happened in yes you can get it out with five signatures but again this is one we used to use that protocol that we would least tell what year nobody was was taken by surprise I don't waste your time talking about it let's Senator Dougherty what he wishes to do the body can handle it like they want to handle it we're thirty five members in eighteen members can do whatever they decide here so that's that's where I would look and. At. With the body committee chair a point of personal privilege. Page twenty eight of our rules says any bill or resolution may be signed out of committee with appropriate recommendation with senators released majority members of the committee on the committee report form it shall be the equipment of the committee report shall be announced by the committee chair. Acknowledged by the committee chair is how we rotate. My recommendation from the chair. He's for the rules committee consider changing is maybe not this session but next sessions where it would be actually notification to the chair not just technology. So I just wanna bring that that's how we roll it but maybe we should go back and make sure because the date the rule was put there just to notify the chair that's happening not the chair has been supported the bill but that's to be notified so I think that's where the issue lies if you don't mind could I ask Senator Tucker to close for his notion. Send Davis you're recognized to speak against the motion. Thank you Mr chair and Senator Hester covered most of what and I was going to say but I'm the one he turned in the paperwork to sign the bill out of committee and and I want to say that I did notify the chair and I've never signed a bill out of committee before so when we got out of session and Senator Hester and I started talking about it I would ask Mr cook what's the process what do you do so you showed me the paperwork said you get five signatures in the chair signs you know a knowledge ment of receipt of notification I said okay great within an hour it happened very quickly I collected five signatures started looking around the capital for Senator Rapert found out he was not there I didn't know if he had to sign it or if him acknowledging or getting receiving notification that we could call or email him so I came back up here and I ask miss Cornwell do we have to have him sign it or can we reach out to me different way and she said well let's call and that's what we did there was no like we did I did notify him we spoke on the phone for eight minutes and then after that he spoke on the phone with Senator Hester for fifteen minutes he was notified and it happened quickly you guys all know we're running kit Committee to committee trying to run our bills trying to vote things out it was very quick and so I want you guys to know that it was not me trying to be disrespectful of anybody or any process and I think it's important for you guys to understand I'm here for me because I don't know what's been said since last night about me and about the five people that signed that bill out of committee but the people who are opposed to this bill have had time after time to come to our committee and speak against the bill and they've done it they've brought several amendments they voice their opposition they've been sending emails since January twenty sixth one Senator Clark at Tucker file this you know the original bill in the first place so people have had their voices heard we've heard debates on all. Sides of it this is not to be disrespectful to the process or any other member or any member of the public he wanted to come and speak against this bill it's the end of session we thought it was fair due to the amount of work that he's put into this bill that it be heard on the floor so that we as a body could voted up or down so I just wanted to clarify that I think it's important because we start talking about disrespect and pulling things out and surprising members and surprising chairs and I want you guys to know that that gets to our character. And the way that we do work and we do business here and. I do not want to stand here and let a member. Say that one of us does not have character because of the way we handled the situation I hope and think that you guys know how I work thank you know House undertaker works Senator Hester Senator Garner Senator Ballinger those of us that find it out and so I just wanted to clarify that so there's no mistake on our intent and the character in the way that we carried out that business yesterday thank you. Senator Ballinger you're recognized speak for the motion. Thank you all keep a real short because we've been here long enough ultimately we should do what the bill sponsor bass whatever it is he wants to do that's be what what we do we do that as a privilege to any member no matter what but I want to say that I was a no yesterday you Committee but before the information I was yes and I told Senator Tucker I was yes he had five oh to a Committee as information came out there was an issue frankly I felt like a pretty big deal as I want to Tucker and once again once again he may that amendment as he did all such tomorrow I mean he is. He's coming said a what do you think and I'll try to look at a look at it and I'll go to the people who are concerned they'll come back with something and he'll fix everything it is done that time and time again I look you know there are partisan issues here especially if you're located in in Pulaski County I get it you know you feel like you're in the wars aren't right or whatever at I just have a colleague who's been over backwards. Everything you can to make a good bill he's not conniving sneaky he's not just saying look we agree there's a mess let me fix it let me clean it up. And so some of the stuff. And I don't like it so you know what he changed his bill and then you come back you said what about the night and I say well this change bill I feel like about this call yesterday when I wasn't allowed yes because some new information came up and I thought because if the if I'm going to use all due to my own heard if I tell someone yes although forward but you know I just couldn't bring myself to do it I felt like doing it but he didn't he didn't hold me accountable for that you just got to tell me how much you appreciate I feel like I'm a dog because I I didn't vote for. So what what do you do he wouldn't change again jump through all the hoops to get it done and and and honestly I'm sorry I think you bill's going to fail if you vote for right so it's all going to die so maybe it's okay to send it back to committee but in the end he's done everything right the process was done correctly right Hey the Committee chair clearly didn't like the didn't like the bill it doesn't surprise me and I've been having to do with how the signing I went but it does provide me with brought in on the process you don't want the bill he would be a vote for. So why would. Involved in the process. I mean maybe that process needs to be cleaned up nothing wrong with the process. And and frankly it odd you know Tucker deserves to be able to have this bill. He doesn't deserve for it to today I would probably die and has a right to Senate back committee to continue to work on like he's done for months now. Senator Hammer. Speak for the motion. Thank you Mr president I'd like to stand and just said like see Senator Tucker have an opportunity to present the bill he and I've been back and forth on this bill even though I'm not a member of the committee I have my position about it that if it gets hurt then I'll share that position at the time it gets hurt but given what the president pointed out with a little bit of cloudiness in the rules I'd rather the bill be heard and voted up and down on the merits of the content of the bill then for us to walk out of here and because of a little cloudiness in the rule there be a question about it when we all came together at the beginning of the session we're all given little knife none of which is brought into the chamber thank god but it says iron sharpening iron and that's what we're going through I'd like to give them a chance to present his bill let's hear it on the argument on the bases let's have the discussion and then we'll vote our conscience up or down and then we can move on knowing that it was given that opportunity thank you senator Hammer we Senator Hammer. I'm voting I'm speaking against against the most okay. But center would you like to close for the motion I understand that by the time we would have done all this you can be. I visited with several other members Mister chair and at this point in time I would like to withdraw money and run the bill. Hi you've heard Senators withdrawn is most any further discussion. Senator Garner is there from okay. All right. So now take at Senate bill seven oh one. Yes. Senate Johnson. How many votes does this bill needs to pass I see that it it meant some of the language and Amendment fifty one are just as. Actually this Stephen I can confirm we'll get right back to you. Senator Clark. Steve would you like to. Go ahead. I have reviewed the bill today Amendment fifty one deals with voter registration this bill deals with absentee balloting I see no direct. mending of the language Amendment fifty one I have reviewed this with the bill are and bill are also agrees that it just takes eighteen so eighteen would be my would be my call. Johnson is that the ruling of the chair as I have checked lack to feel the ruling of the chair to whom. To the body or to the rules committee. Well the that no you can make it from there but what I'm asking is to whom are you appealing my ruling the rules committee or tomatoes Committee over the body I will start with body but I certainly can go the rules committee I. So. The bodies. Sign. I'm sorry. Rules. You should. You. For. For. That allows the body okay you senator Johnson has appealed to the entire body my ruling that this bill would only take eighteen votes it is debatable so is there any discussion on this parliamentary inquire. St John's. Yes. He has but he's coming down to the way. One. Yes yes yes this is to The vote yes would be to sustain my ruling that takes a that's what I thought thank you. Senate Johnson you're recognized. And a copy of the bill. Yes or while you're trying to be wired voting on this. Senator Teague Senate bill seven oh one the parliamentary question was whether it took eighteen votes to pass this bill R. twenty four votes because in the bill there is language with regards to amendment fifty one okay that's a struggle. I got so I I with the advice of counsel said that it only took eighteen because the amendment was not directly changed Senator Johnson has appealed that ruling to the entire body and he'd like to discuss why right now I'm sorry thank you that's okay. You're recognized thank you Mr president. Amendment fifty one as amended by Act two forty nine. Prohibits the use of a utility bill. Bank statement paycheck et cetera for first time voter. Senate bill seven oh one requires voters statement to have that I believe it's on page five let me see if I can find. Said the voter statement shall include a statement for a first time voter who registers by mail if I'm a newly registered voter in this county the first time I'm voting this County I'm closing a copy of my current and valid photo identification card or a current utility bill bank statement government check paycheck or other government document that shows my name and address this is this is it in the amendment this is why it is amended amendment fifty one now. Many fifty one is pretty clear with a two thirds vote of each house we can amendment fifty one. So regard to how you feel about this bill you probably won't it if you're for it you don't want it to go into a court challenge on that issue and if you're against it he wanted to be a higher threshold so it's harder to pass but but those are the facts of this particular a situation we're in anything that has to do with how amendment the and y'all Amendment fifty one I consider a horrible horrible thing because we've codified some forty something pages in our constitution but it is what it is and we have to deal with the way it is and there is a threat in yeah I I procedure that was outlined when it was passed that says the General Assembly may amend it by two thirds vote of each house that's what we're doing here so to not vote have a two thirds threshold. We're contravening the the intent and the language of Amendment fifty one minutes fifty one which was just to amended this this session I think more than once. I know I know that to act to forty nine amended it so we're we we can't we can do this we can amended everyday were down here but we have to have twenty four votes to do it so I've I was told by one lawyer that the bureau. Usually put to the title that it is to amend Amendment fifty one the Arkansas constitution they didn't do that in this case but because of the enactment of act two forty nine it it does amend. Amendment fifty one so that's why I'm S. the chair to clarify I disagreed with the ruling of the chair because I believe this is what Amendment fifty one says now so I'm appealing to the body and is Davis told me many times eighteen centers can do anything I want to I think except change the constitution so Thanks extraordinary majority to do that. But that's where my position I'll be glad to try to answer any questions but that's the that's the long and short of it and that you all again you have your own opinions on it I hope you can divorce your opinions on this particular piece of legislation from from pre procedure which is I thank as everyone seems of said today is very important. Any questions Senator Johnson. Say no questions Senator Hickey would like to speak on the appeal. Senate John return the original bill sorry Johnson would you return the original bill. Of members here here's what here's how this is transpired I understand that there was some disagreement the way that this came out of committee that's why I mentioned what I did at the start on anything in the future our language is far as that's concerned is a little vague we probably need to need to correct that because it knowledge has two or three different ways of somebody could say it could fill it as far as this other thing about the amendment whenever we heard this let me give you a little more detail at the first of the session I told the Mr cook who's done our work down here with us for forty something years and has done a great job most all the all the most all of you all will well know that could you make a mistake of course he could I mean there's a lot of stuff going through enters a lot of stuff going through fast whatever I heard that there was an itch issue today though when talk to him and he said let me look through it again and you look for it again and then also said well do you want to go to go talk to our bureau just to make a hundred percent sure that that something wasn't done incorrectly just to have that little bit of added benefit so that we make sure that we don't miss on the number of these votes which he did also Senator Sturch him and I had talked about it in depth this morning probably about an hour of dealing with this and both kind of agreed that that that was the correct way so members I would ask that you would a poll done the ruling of Senator Sturch from the chair. Any further discussion on the appeal. Say no further discussion. M. sixteen. Yes ma'am Sanchez fact sorry for. yes. Could we. Can we roll call that. Yes. I think for the purpose of the body I'm hearing a whole lot of bows in the chamber that we need you to define what a yes vote is what a no vote is over six people ask that question again senator mark Johnson has bill my ruling so a yes vote would be to sustain my ruling of the eighteen votes a no vote would be to side with senator Johnson and say that my ruling is false. Okay. That seems odd for me to say that yes supports may know is for him. Almost. We sent a motion it was just an appeal. All of the. Five. With Act namesake James would you please call the roll. Ballinger I. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey Hill. Ingram. Irvine Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Rapert. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. T.. Tucker Wallace I. You senator wish to vote or change their vote Senator English is I. In center wish to vote or change their vote. Senate. And I guess first of. Hi. Transaction please cast about twenty five Yeas four Nays the chair and the rule of the chairs to stand Johnson one person proves. Mr president I respect your ruling I respect the decision of the body but I just thought it was important that the body have this consideration and so I abide by the ruling of eighteen senators and I are provided by Mr cook my friend of over thirty years but I do believe that that particular area of the code in the constitution was only recently amended and might not have even been in the engrossed if you wanna call it that copy of amenity fifty one that the bureau was using but I respect the decision the body and we'll move forward thank you. Thank you senator John. Senate. Would you like to present your bill. Senate bill seven oh one. Senate bill seven O. one by Senator Tucker to amend the Arkansas absentee voting integrity active twenty twenty one. Jack you're recognized. This is a little bit that do anything. I just want to start by saying I did not expect what everything that had just happened to happen it was my intent to to pull it down but I just want to express my gratitude to the to the chamber for the discussion that we've had to this point so now just get to the to the merits of the bill. My goal with this bill was to clean up the absentee balloting process making more uniform make sure that works properly. We had a lot more issues with absentee ballots twenty twenty for obvious reasons because the pandemic and what had in the past there was one thing in particular that brought my attention to this I dug in and realize that the whole section had been changed very signs and so it was my goal with this bill to clean up really mainly the canvassing process for determining whether absentee ballots are counted or not. that's that's the basic context for I'll go through it quickly we spend enough time on the bill already section two of the bill under current law number of voters right now when they apply for an absentee ballot the default setting if you will is that they're absentee ballot application is valid for a year whether they realize it or not that was a problem in twenty twenty for some people because they requested an absentee ballot in March and their application was still valid for the general election in November and they didn't know it so some people just got a ballot in the mail and they didn't know wine suspected fraudulent activity even worse in my judgment some people would show up to the polls in the fall and be told that they weren't allowed to vote in person because they had already requested an absentee ballot the only thing this section does is you can still have your absentee ballot application be in effect for a year you just have to check a box for that to happen so that you're aware of it you're not taken by surprise if you get another absentee ballot later within that one year period that's a fairly simple change. Section three of the bill. Right now the absentee ballot application in my judgment is a confusing document includes a lot of legalese it's difficult to understand for a lot of voters so what what this section does is it gets the Secretary of State to simplify the absentee ballot application. The Secretary stay will be directed although this is one of the one of the many changes we made to the bill it's now up to the discretion they may do this they're not required to do it but I have had conversations with them and I suspect that they will put language on the absentee ballot application that makes it. Designed to be easily read by the typical registered voter so it's easier to understand they'll put the date of the election on the absentee ballot application so and essentially instead of legalese that people now see when they see when they fill out the absentee ballot application will say the primary election on may twenty fourth of the general election on November third rather than the technical description that exists now. Section four of the bill. Right now and this was this was touched on in part and another bill that we passed which I'll explain why the relationship with this bill and that bill and more detail later but house bill seven fifteen fifteen by by representative Lowery but right now all seventy five counties can have different voter statement for absentee ballots and I think that can be problematic in confusing of understatement is inherently a confusing document because there's always going to be two addresses on there your residential voting address and the place where you want the mail at the absentee ballot mailed to us so this just requires a uniform voter statement to be. Socially prescribed by the secretary state and used in all seventy five counties section five of the bill this is what cleans up really the canvassing process and that's it that's a term that's used where you inspect all the materials that are brought back. That are sent back by the voter to the county Clerk to determine whether everything's there everything compares properly and whether the absentee vote vote should be counted. so in this section this was originally the thing that brought my attention to this section there's no deadline for counting in person votes there has been deadline for counting absentee votes that deadline to seven thirty PM on election night you don't start counting absentee votes until eight thirty AM on election morning so you under current law you have an eleven hour period count absentee ballots with the governor and the secretary state realize we may have a problem with that and twenty twenty because there may have been more absentee ballots to come in and they can count on the eleven hour period they wanted all absentee ballots to be counted so they issued executive orders to count all the absentee ballots no matter how long it took so this bill this is another one of the changes that we made originally I had no deadline for counting absentee ballots which is consistent with in person voting but Senator Ballinger not discuss that and and and it's an amended into the bill there still is a deadline for counting absentee ballots it's just the close of business on Thursday after the election. The next several pages of the bill that's what deals with the canvassing process and there's really two phases to the canvassing process first is from the poll workers seconds from the County Board of election commissioners I want to be clear that the election commissions are ultimately always in charge of determining whether an absentee ballot should be counted but what what this sets out is you'll have to people to poll workers there call election officials in the bill but we're talking about poll workers review the absentee ballot materials that come back with the absentee ballot they'll see if a voter statement is not included the absentee ballot cannot be counted if that voter ID is not included that can only be cured consistently with Amendment fifty one that's where the amendment fifty one references I did not want to touch voted the voter ID requirement in this bill obviously I knew that would be a deal killer so if there's no voter ID included the only way can be cured is if it's consistent with what the people have put into amendment fifty one. but that assigned the poll workers review everything and they're gonna put the balance into two piles either a provisional ballots because there's a problem with the materials they came back or ballots to be counted. Those two files were then transferred to the Election Commission again it's totally up to Election Commission the way the bill reads as for ballots that are designated to be counted the Election Commission may review those ballots to determine whether they should be counted not they don't have to they can if they want and if they do they have full authority to reject the determination made by the poll workers and make their own determination as to whether a ballot should be counted or designated as provisional if for the provisional ballots The election commission will review those make their own independent judgment about whether there's a problem with the ballot or not if there is a problem this is one of the major points of the bill it requires the Election Commission to notify that voter that there's a problem with their ballot so that they have an opportunity to fix the problem and that's what the cure languages and bill there were some discussions that in plaster county twenty twenty only some voters were notified of the problem with their ballot and not all voters were notified I think I agree that that's a problem and so that's what this bill does it requires everybody no matter who you are no matter who you may have voted for to be notified if there's a problem with your absentee ballot so that you can do everything that's legal in in your power to make sure that your vote is counted. that's those are there some other changes we made to the bill we're all related to that. After all of that section of the bill then we moved to another section another one of the problems we had in Pulaski County which we're all aware of and twenty twenty is that there was a box of ballots that was mislabeled this requires the state board of election commissioners to promulgate rules to mark boxes and for chain of custody of ballots to make sure that we never run into that problem again I'm trying to solve some of the problems that we saw with absentee ballots in the twenty twenty election I know there were concerns about voter fraud in twenty twenty especially with absentee ballot so also put into the bill that if the Election Commission suspects that voter fraud took place they have to turn that information and all relevant materials over to the local prosecuting attorney and to the State Board of Election Commission. that's really all the bill does is trying to clean up the absentee ballot process before I take questions which I'm of course I'm happy to take I will mention that I have been working on the language in this bill throughout the session filed the original bill in January I would say that I've probably made about thirty two changes to the bill that have been brought to me I wanted to make as many changes as I could to get the bill in its best shape possible because I do think it's important that we clean up the absentee balloting process and I want to thank everyone who brought those changes to me I think they've turned into a better bill so I'm grateful for that I've also been in communication with county clerks through this process and the secretary of state's office there's a lot of support among county clerks for this bill you know for example because the absentee ballot application is difficult to understand they say they're inundated with calls getting them to explain what the application means this will simplify that make their jobs easier I've also worked with secretary of state's office they said they think this bill is good policy they are. They think the policy in the bill is good so there's that the the other thing I wanted to mention the only bill that we passed this session that I'm aware of that was in conflict with anything in this bill is house bill seventeen fifteen by representative Lowery I did not want to do anything to conflict with that bill so I pulled all the language from representative Lowry's bill that was edited in any of the sections and put it directly into this bill it may have been moved into place because the point of this is the kind of restructure that section but the language addressing the same section of code from under represented flowers bill was all put into this bill so they will not conflict with representive Lowry's house bill seventeen fifteen anyway so with that I'd be happy to take any questions. Questions for senator Tucker Senator Pitsch you're recognized Senator Tucker I haven't had the luxury of being on this committee and seeing all the changes they have all but I trust my colleagues but I'm receiving texts and emails from election commissioners and county clerks about this bill and the problems they have with this bill and as I look through the list they've given me and starts with its unconstitutional again well we've already battling Amendment fifty one but there are comments about we don't have signature verification between two documents any longer it's under a. With only one amendment on the system I guess I'd like to know where did all those changes of all to read just changing the bill without amendments or because I heard you say I changed it since the first of the session I heard your colleagues talk about five amendments to amendments three amendments there's only one amendment on this bill and I'm struggling because I've got people back home say and do not let this bill out it's bad for how we do this and I don't see all these amendments as a matter of record so help me there I'll be glad to explain that Senator so that the for at first I filed Senate bill two seventeen. So it was a different bill that bill had a few amendments on it I pass that bill out of committee after that bill got passed out of committee Senator Ballinger provided me with a long list of concerns about Senate bill two seventeen. I incorporated I won't say how to representative because it probably wasn't a hundred percent but I would say I'm corporate over ninety percent of the feedback that I got from Senator Ballenger there were so many changes I thought the cleanest best thing to do was to put them into a clean new bill so I took all of those changes from Senator Ballinger not put those into a clean new bill Senate bill seven oh one I presented at Billings and Senate state agencies on on Tuesday night and it was late. The bill was not voted on. Senator Hammer had some concerns about it I visit with senator Hammer on Wednesday morning senator Hammer graciously provided me a sheet of paper with. SO justice's just to say I also had some other concerns even after Senate bill set seven one was filed we adopted an amendment on Tuesday evening in a committee then we expunge the vote by which the amendment was adopted so I could put more things into the amendment that I got this list from senator Hammer this is a list of thirteen nine is again I want to say that I made a hundred percent of the changes but I'll including specifically any conflicts with Amendment fifty one absolutely made those changes that was a very helpful suggestion that I'm glad we changed in the bill there is no conflict in my strong opinion with Amendment fifty one of the bill at this point but I mean the overwhelming majority of changes that senator Hammer gave me. Up into put that into a new amendment and I will say just for the record Michelle Davenport VLR deserves a gold star for all the work she's done on this then we ran the bill in committee yesterday morning there were two witnesses who testified against the bill in committee yesterday morning. once again the amendment have been adopted I expunge the vote by which the memo was adopted so I could put more changes into the amendment based on what we learn from their feedback during that committee and then that's if you remember yesterday extracted bill from committee to adopt the amendment it was a five page amendment that had a whole lot of changes in it so that's the one amendment technically on Senate bill seven oh one but it's after all the other changes to the previous bill and then I put into the new bill one was filed. Hello sure so I guess my concern. The anti comments were getting from back home they probably haven't seen the five pages codified law amendment that took place yesterday. I mean that's a lot of changes the law without scrutiny of the public is what I'm concerned with. That is that is true but I'll make a payment or make two comments. One is in the original bill that was filed Senate bill two seventeen. I immediately one of the things I was trying to do is to make uniform when absentee ballots have okay. For overseas ballots this is federal law they have to have a no later than ten days after the election I was just trying to simplify the code and so I had it where a domestic ballots could also write arrive no later than ten days after the election I immediately learned that was going to be a major problem and I had no concern with taking that out of the bill I took that out of the bill within twenty four hours of when I filed that bill in January. I have continued to hear about that concern for the bill four months after it was removed from the bill including that was never in Senate bill seven a one and one of the witnesses who testified against the bill in committee yesterday testified that the bill allow people to submit their ballots after election day which has never been in that bill so there's to some extent. Of the bill has an aura about it that's just not based and and the the language of the bill and hasn't been for a while so that's my first comment my second comment is yes you're right there are a lot of amendments but two one but the point of what the other senators made in the discussion earlier I've been working very diligently with members. Quite frankly not of both parties just just Republicans to incorporate their feedback and address all of their concerns with the bill and I will obviously I don't have the full support of the entire committee of of on state agencies but I do have the support of the majority of the members on state agencies because I have worked directly with them to address all their many concerns over a period of three months. Any further questions Senator Ballenger you're recognized for a question thank you for point of clarification there was a question is asked of me and and I have some concern about it they presented the idea the idea originally when they applied to to vote in a but you know register to vote that they would no longer have to have an ID at the polling place there's nothing in your legislation at all that removes the requirement to provide ID when you go to correct that's correct this bill does not change anything with regard to voter ID what which would be yet with actual required cuts Amendment fifty one right of the I thank you exactly. Sir Clark Johnson Jett based. Thank you Mr president Senator Tucker I heard today all. Senator Hester site to be working on this local amendments for a long time then I looked in the bill was filed on Monday that correct yes Sir okay and so he was maybe confusing it with one of your other bills no Sir and I don't repeat everything I said in response to senator pitches question Yeah it's it's it's a change from original bill Senate bill two seventeen which was amended multiple times that I got a long list of amendment of suggestions from Senator Ballenger there were so many changes I thought the cleanest thing to do would be to file a new bill. So I filed a new bill on Monday and even since Monday of may five pages of changes even to Senate bill seven I want you consider seven I want to. New improved version of the seven day it's a more accurate but it's a more conservative the cleaner tighter version of Senate bill two seven lilac the Secretary of I've just I'm I'm just curious because even if you were if you were a citizen not everyone of us that lives in this the citizens following is a want to testify. It be pretty hard to keep up with all this and that's that's one of my biggest concerns I'm just I've I've very much I appreciate what you the minutes ago resident back many let me heard public but I mean I understand the hour we're dealing with I understand but it just I want to make sure that exactly what were we talking about we're really looking at this as a new improved to seventeen ten point out and I read yes yes Sir and I totally respect that I want the public to have input I'm not to belabor everything but one thing I will say is one Senate bill two seventeen was originally on the Committee agenda it was on there for the full eighteen hours not rushed as we are at the end of session and no one testified for or against the bill in that setting and we've run the the new version seven one twice in committee so the bill has been run three times in committee I have heard of multiple people complain that they did not get a chance to be heard and and again it's they're shooting a moving target I know that but I did you get those complaints the bill will not change again because of where we are in the process and if this body decides to. Extend enough grace to of play eighteen yes votes in favor of this bill then let me know their phone number and I will contact them to let them know when they can testify on how state agencies on Monday. Thank you senator thank you senator Hammer you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president and Senator Tucker. We on all the other election bills that have gone through over the last three or four months they've all been in bite size form how much of what we've already passed that have already been in acted is going to be eliminated with the passage of this bill because this potentially could be the last bill out the door and would take precedence over all the other bills that are now action or hopefully about to be signed is acts today. I believe the answer to that is zero the only bill that I found that that dealt with the same sections of code really with the same subsections of one particular section was representative Lowry's house bill seventeen fifteen I went through that bill line by line and if there was any conflicting language with this bill and that bill I pulled the language from that bill put in this bill and replaced any language that I had to make sure that I was not in this bill overruling anything in that bill I don't believe there's any direct conflict with any other bill I'll tell you this to Senator president Hickey has appointed me to code revision commission so if there's a conflict that comes up. I will be happy to advocate and make sure that we didn't injured eliminate anything that's already been passed by this bill follows Mr president yes as I read the bill on page nine. Lines sixteen through nineteen it now says that first time voters who registered by mail and provided ID at the time of registration to vote do not have to provide ID at the time of voting that's on page nine sixteen through nineteen. You have a response to that. Yes Sir I do. In the list of issues that you provided to me yesterday. You let me know that that language had been should have been stricter. that was the that was and so I put that language back into the code because I had not intended to strike that language so that's one of the fixes that you help provide me yesterday that language is already in code. It was struck before the amendment you notified me of that in this list that you gave me and I wanted to fix that and I put it back into the code again I I reorganized the section so it's not in the same place but that's language that's already in the code and appreciate you pointing that out to me you're welcome but I'm not sure we agree on the interpretation of that and that's because that's the current language that I understand says that if your first time voters who registered by mail and provided ID at the time that you registered by mail that when you show up to vote you don't have to provide the I. D.. If you look on page ten. One twenty three through twenty five that's one place where that language has been stricken for first time voters who registered by mail the first time voters identification document unless the voter previously provided identification at the time of the mailing of the voter registration application since the same language it's only been moved it's not new language. Right I want to make it back you thank you. Sir Clark you're recognized for a question. Okay. Any further questions for Senator Tucker. Any further questions Senator center so. Senator I appreciate all the work that's been done I know I'm seeing you go to the well the number of times and say I have concerns I have concerns and now you may five pages of amendments last night I have not seen those until the day and four and you've heard a really good question I'm just saying for the first time on page four. A line fifteen. Chris this language describing the election in which the voter wishes to cast about to get the real quick okay. Page four line one hundred fifteen. Okay it says you may use terminology that varies from election terms adopted by Arkansas Code I'm not asking you to just tell me what that means but I don't know what it means. Asked me to vote for the bill based upon what you're going to tell me. That says without me having the opportunity to bet that with other sources. So may I ask you what it means okay you're asking me to vote for this when I haven't had a chance to bet that without the sort. Well I'll I'll say two things number one that has not been amended at any point. That that was originally and SB two seventeen filed on January twenty six. Copied and pasted over to this bill never been amended by any of the by either one of those bills but still part that I'm I'm just not seeing it yet and that's what you're explaining to me how that happens without me having a chance to bet that find that out so that the question is for me that's whether you're accurate or inaccurate but yeah we have five pages that I'm just not saying and that's difficult I understand that language that on file since January twenty six well today. I'm saying okay thank you senator Hammer did you have a question or. Senator Clark. Thank you Mister senator Tucker of excuse me this is already been answered because I'm tired and trying to follow along. Of Page five. Of beginning with line twenty four. Says the voter statement shall include a statement for first time voter who registers by mail if I am a newly registered voter of this county. And this is the first time I'm voting in this county I am enclosing a copy of a current and valid photo identification card or current utility bill bank statement government check paycheck or other government document that shows the name and address this amendment fifty one not prohibit using a. Are you still to bill bank statement government check or paycheck. I don't know whether it does or not I only know this language is not changing the that law at all this language is current language it's not just for. This is the language that senator Johnson references an appeal of the chair's ruling but this language is not being changed. Thank you. Any further questions Senator Tucker. Any further questions say nine is anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Anyone speak for against the bill. Seven nine center ridge like to close. I sincerely appreciate your grace on all this today it means a lot to me on a personal level I just want to say thank you for that last thing I'll say for the bill is all I ask is to focus on the merits of the bill if you think it's a bad bill then you should vote no on I will respect that but if you think it's a good bill that helps clean of the absentee ballot process in Arkansas and I would ask you vote yes thank you. Senate. Tucker is close for his bill transaction rowing the boat. There is injection map secretary please call the roll Ballinger. That come. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis Dismang. DISMANG. Eads. Eight. Elliott. English. English. But. Flowers Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Are there is there is reason to vote or change their vote Senator Hendren is I. Senator Teague is I. Thank you senator Caldwell is known. Senator Eads is no. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast a ballot. The vote of eleven Yeas twenty nays zero present the bill has failed to pass. When I take up Senate bill seven oh six the last to the Senate bills right now Senate bill seven oh six by Senator Ballinger to amend section eighteen fifty one oh four and then section eighteen fifteen eighteen oh two by as amended by the Senate bill three thirty four of twenty twenty one and to my amend the law concerning the use of eminent domain by a state agency Senator Ballinger you're recognized to present your bill okay so we had a a bill that dealt with the eminent domain by state agency has worked through the process with the House the the got with the Arkansas department transportation at first I didn't think that it concerns with them they're a little worried that it could include them so we made an amendment to take care of them well the amendment apparently just to come out of hard it's the part of the bill that's probably the most concerning but it'd take about the whole thing so we all thought were good it went on to the house floor and it got passed out of the house before we got a minute so it isn't the end of the world this bill to make it through but if it does make it through it completes what we thought we were originally doing with the amendment and that's taken are not out all the way out of it so I appreciate a good vote. Any questions Senator Ballinger. Say no questions is there anyone to speak for or against this bill. Anyone to speak for against C. nine Senator Ballinger would you like to close. Senator Ballinger is closed is there any objection rolling the vote. Say no objection will 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 you senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Dismang he's no. Senator Chesterfield is no Senator Stubblefield is no. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. You senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Eads this press any further. Any further saying nine insect J. please cast a ballot the voter twenty ninety days three days and one present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Members I'm going to recognize Senator Rapert for a motion. Thank you Mr president members update for you is that the house has passed all of the constitutional amendment requirements on their end so we are now preparing for is J. R. fourteen we have discovered BLR had made a mistake in the ballot title and so I have an amendment and so according to the Secretary of the Senate and Steve we need a motion to suspend the rules for the adoption of this amendment on the floor which corrects the ballot name and so at the bottom of this J. R. fourteen if you've got a copy of it or if it's on your list it delete Page five lines one through six and simply substitutes that these words The popular name shall be a constitutional amendment to create the Arkansas religious freedom Amendment full stop and so I'd be happy to answer questions any questions on the amendment. I see no questions. The motion is to put it on second reading for the purpose of amendment all in favor of the motion I. Any opposed. Motion carried amendment to the Senate joint resolution fourteen Senator Rapert. Same thing members were going to do now is this allows it to go be engrossed to put on the supplement kennel calendar excuse me so we can voted later so this is simply getting into position is fully engrossed force appreciate a good vote any questions on adopting the amendment. Say no questions on favor of adopting an amendment say aye aye any opposed. Hi seven Senator grossen minister. Where your committee on transportation to whom was referred house bill nineteen twenty two by representative Wardlaw recommend due pass as amended number one. Calendar. Senate Johnson you're recognized. Motion to put to is it nineteen twenty two. One second meet the second reading Amendment. Only. Thank you I mean and and and you Senator groschen. Adopt the amendment. Okay the motion has been placed house bill nineteen twenty two on second reading for the purpose of amendment all in favor that motion say aye. Any opposed no opposition the motion is carried amendment one to House Bill nineteen twenty two. Service center Blake Johnson you're recognized president the amendment. Senate. Where I need to make a disclosure one of the witnesses in this and I serve on that committee together. So now thank you senator thank you. Senate Amendment members this is We need to members this this amendment. The the dealers and the manufacturers association has has reached this agreement for an amendment to the original bill that was in the house. And so this is an agreed upon amendment between the two. Centers center record in question on the amendment. What is amended. It It is there is there any grass between the manufacturers and the dealers and that's this is their amendment to the to that to that the dealings between the manufacturers and the dealers. Degreed one. Any further questions. Senator Hammer. To the point both sides happy now yes thank you for. Any further questions. Say no further questions you've heard an explanation of the amendment all in favor of the amendment say aye. Imposed. And it is adopted center engrossing. Senator Hickey I recognize. Okay members I don't know of anything else I need to go on the supplemental calendar is so if you have something you need to come forward now because a. We read these cross are going to get it repaired I'm considering gross to report that on for dinner. When your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four seventy six by Senator protector compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar just a second. Senators. Just a quick announcmenet we have several of these engrossed bill reports to read across you like take ten minutes and go get something to drink or use restaurant you're welcome to that's what we'll be doing next ten minutes is reading gross bill reports. Chester. It may I want to be inquiry yes ma'am. If we're going to be here past six or seven would be prudent to do is we did yesterday to accommodate the members so that they can be or something. Let's see how late with gas okay okay we'll we'll check on my house. Okay so your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six ACT eleven by Senator Wallace compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill ten twelve a representative Ryan compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill fifteen fifty four by representative Penzo compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar. This is false this. And your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill sixteen fifteen by representative Ladyman compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill seventeen twenty former representative Gazaway read the rest copper three John Feinstein correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill seventeen ninety three by representative Scott him the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill eighteen hundred by Senator Lowry compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill eighteen seventy per cent Pilkington the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed calendar committee on grass Bills to whom was referred house bill eighteen ninety four representative receives. Compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill nineteen oh seven per cent Lowery compare the engrossed copy with the original and find. When your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill nineteen twenty by representative Bob compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed down to. I Mark. We're going to. You got down. Is it just a do pass. Just to do pass as William. Isn't by a to House Bill. The representative when okay. Centers we're going back to Senate bill six oh nine that we had previously passed over. With a senator Johnson. Senate bill six oh nine by Senator Johnson to recreate the transparency in foreign foreign investment act and declare an emergency. Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president of this bills about transparency in foreign investment it keeps a it does two things it keeps the Confucius institute which is affiliated institution of the people's Republic of China the Chinese Communist Party or the China's people's livers Liberation Army from being on any campus in in the state of Arkansas we did have some they have gone away and I have been assured by the folks that the institutions that I spoke to Mr Broadway Mister Gillam and is Mr Mancinelli in fate will that this would be okay Mr Mancinelli asked me to do one thing I did have in the bill that they would have to report any investment over ten thousand dollars he pointed out to me that the criteria patriot act already requires them to make those disclosures he asked if I would make this bill consistent with the the threshold level in the patriot act and I told him I was glad to do that so we can look on Page three line so if both on line twenty nine and on thirty five we made that change and is now up there the disclosure would only be if that to give Percy was two and fifty thousand dollars or more I'll be happy to answer questions. Any questions for senator mark Johnson. Any questions. Saying that is there anyone to speak for against this bill. Sam Nunn Johnson your clothes thank you appreciate a good vote Senate Johnson is close for his bill is there any objection willing to vote on this bill. There is an objection madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Thank you Sir. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. He's a. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. She's a Dismang. DISMANG. Eight. Allen. Elliott. President English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Yeah. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Page. Right. Rice. Price. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Wallace aye. Senate station change their vote Senator Clark is I. Senator Blake Johnson is by. Senator Pitsch is hi. Senator Hendren is no. Senator Ballinger is hi. Senator Dismang is I. Senator rice is hi are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Hickey is I. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. DISMANG is I've got to. This and Senators wish to vote or change their vote saying nine ma'am Secretary cast about the voter twenty five Yeas three days in to present the bill has passed please transmit to the House members I'm gonna recognize Senator Garner for a quick motion. Thank you Mr chairman. What we voted for Senator Eads bill it passed I'm not trying to stop the results of that I thought I put no and it wasn't and then we had the whole seven oh one thank so what I need to do is recall from the house DO a motion to expunge in in re voted I won't roll call it we can vote yes no like we did before those few of us who were confusing the process I don't want to also trying to kill the bill I talked to Senator Eads about this I know it's convoluted but I'd really appreciate the the latitude on this even on a long day. Centers while need to do is divide those into two different motions will have to recall from the house wait for it to come back and then we'll expense okay so right now senator garner is making a motion to recall Senate bill six eighty six from the house Senate bill six eighty six from the houses the motion thanks any. This state of the website or I went over that's one reason any discussion on that motion. Say no discussion all in favor of the motion say aye. Any opposed. Would you had. No seven. Okay. Okay. Well not Senate. You senator without objection I'd like to ask for us to give the staff a ten minute break so they too can stretch their legs and get someone. The Senate will stand in recess for ten minutes. Senate will come back to order. Madam secretary R. their reports at the best. Notice of concurrence and Senate joint resolution ten by the House. Calendar. In real. Now Budget. Return. We turned house joint resolution ten oh five to the House. Yeah okay. Yes. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred to senate joint resolution fourteen by Senator Rapert compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill nineteen twenty two per cent of Wardlaw compare the engrossed copy the original find same correctly engrossed challenger. Sentence if it's alright with the body will proceed to the budget calendar. What do these two Budget bills while we still have majority membership here service manual be recognized. But those individually since one Senate once House and then there's just a handful bills left that should be coming over inch we should be wrapping up things minus are are RSA in the surplus bill we're going to each one benchmark. Senate bill sixty eight an act for the Department transformation shared services in preparation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. House bill twelve oh seven an act to the department of energy environment division of environmental quality appropriation twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. That. Members of a we are going to these one at a time okay so first upset Senate bill sixty eight you have any questions or comments. I thank you for J. good vote. Senate we will now take up Senate bill sixty eight. Is there any objection rolling the vote on the Senate budget bill. Same injection man sector 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 are there any senators wishing to change their vote on this budget bill any senators wishing to change their vote. C. nine ma'am secretary please cast about though thirty three a zero nays the bill is passed please transmit the House. When I take up the house bill twelve oh seven the budget for financial. I have read it so just explain yes she's already read house bill twelve seventy it does anyone have any questions. All right appreciate a good vote. For an explanation of the bill exam Jason rowing the boat on the bill. Say no objection I'm 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 are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this budget bill. C. nine AM secretary please cast about though thirty three eighty seven zero nays the bill is passed please return to the House. Senator Rapert you're recognized yes members who have been advised that the S. J. R. fourteen is back in engrossed in the House is taking care of all of their issues and so now I'd like to make a motion to go ahead and consider that I think it's on the counted already right. All right so all right so. We do not have it back yet. Okay. I see need to wait now. just a second I'm sorry okay. Senate without objection we will take up senate joint resolution fourteen. Members you you know my senate joint resolution fourteen this is the one the extra from the Senate recommendation came out of our committee talk with the Majority Leader Flippo and this is the third one the house voted on a resolution for clout today And so I'd be happy to answer any questions but here's the bottom line it's taking the refer a language from statute and putting it into the constitution to guarantee religious freedom for individuals in our state be happy to answer any questions but I didn't want to have to read everything to you if you do have a question and answer otherwise I'd appreciate your support. Ma'am sectarian senate joint resolution fourteen by Senator Rapert an amendment to the Arkansas constitution to create the Arkansas religious freedom amendment. Centers are there any questions for Senator Rapert. Senator Tucker you're recognized for a question. Senator I just heard you say that is putting the language in the code into the constitution and I thought there were a couple significant differences one is language in the code for. I'm so requires the burden to be substantial in the language. in the amendment just says burden not substantial burden and also in the code. We exempted eighty C. so that ATC can conduct their business for the safety of the people of Arkansas without being concerned about infringing on someone's religious freedom there's no exemption for the department of corrections in the amendment so those are two differences that I'm aware of maybe I'm wrong can you speak to that. This would be the first time that that has been brought up when we talk about a committee we didn't have not have a question on that evening Committee about that at all so literally at this point having the vetting of BLR attorneys having the vetting of tourney's on the outside looking in we've not had anybody this stated that there's a problem and I have also not heard from any agencies I'm not heard from any of the secretaries within the governor's office no ATC employees or anything of that nature. Yeah any further questions for Senator Rapert. Say no further questions is there anyone who speak for against this bill Senator Ballinger speak for resolution thank you. Just one issue real quick so under the inmates are covered under our loop but it's a federal statute is kind of like the federal reference the statute but it specifically covers inmates that are there to have a strict scrutiny standard just like this one would provide I didn't have a chance to to look at that if the substantial burden the burden but my guess is the strict scrutiny standard is going to but to apply the same it would interpret that the same so just to think website address. Anyone else speak for against the resolution. Hi C. nine Senator Rapert you're welcome to close. Members we know it's important issue I thank you also saw supported came in from first liberty we're at a point where we're having to make sure that we're standing up for religious liberty and our country in every corner so I appreciate a good vote give the people of Arkansas an opportunity to put their voice behind it thank you. Senator Rapert is closed for the resolution Madam Secretary. Would you please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis is. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. Five. Flowers Garner yeah. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Price. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Change their vote. Senator Hendren as a yes thank you senator Gilmore is I. Senator Clark is I. Senator Ingram is. Is no Senator Ingram is no. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. And Senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator Teague is I. The same nine say no further ma'am center please cast a ballot. VOL twenty seven yeas or nays and one president the joint resolution has passed transmitted the House. Members we are now starting to House bills for a third reading and passage House bills with their hearing and and passage on your regular calendar. Whilst start with house bill ten fifty four house bill ten fifty four. Ten fifty four by representative back to amend the law concerning sales tax requirements for special events and to allow the sales tax exemption for isolated sale to apply as special events Senate Johnson you're recognized to present your bill so. Thank you Mr president this is representatives thanks bill it's real simple it to add that the sales tax exemption for isolated sales also applies at special events D. F. and I'd look this at this and I approved and appreciate a good vote or can answer any questions are there any questions for senator Johnson on this bill it any questions say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Say nicer Johnson are you closing I'm close thank you Mr president Josh's goes west Bills any objection rolling the vote on this bill say no objection madam secretary please will devote. 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 are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill any changes to the vote. Say no changes Madam Secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty three aces zero nice the bill has passed please return to the House Senate Johnson's recognized for motion. Thank you Mr president. I had the opportunity lower earlier dated ten the dedication of the Dr T. W. Hardison visitor center and Petty Jean state park I encourage all of you to go see that beautiful facility and our crown jewel in first state park and because that issue is now moot I would like to with draw. Senate bill eight from consideration. Senate bill eight Senate bill eight. Are objection. Senate bill eight will be withdrawn. Thanks John. Senate dismaying. House bill eleven fifty seven. House bill eleven fifty seven by representative Tollette and senator Now it's on Senator to increase the amount of income tax deduction for teachers qualified classroom investment expense Senate is bang you're recognized for senate bill I think Senator I bring this bill for representative Tollette. It increases the deduction from tuner fifty dollars five hundred dollars five hundred dollars two thousand dollars taxpayers for married filing jointly this relates back to the teachers credits allowed for qualified purchases thank you senator garner has. Senator. Revenue general revenue impact on this bill two hundred fifty thousand to two or two thirty seven thousand dollars yes Sir. So taking money from education. From taking general revenue. Yes Sir that that it that it would be accurate under one Arkansas yes we're going to teacher might have a problem with somebody else it is good private school teachers also appreciated. Anyone to speak for against the bill. Anyone to speak for against the bill saying nine Senate dismaying is close for his bill. Is there any objection run vote on the bill. Say no objection 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. Are there any senators who wish to change their vote. Any center's mission to change their vote Senator Sturch not voting. Many others. Saying that ma'am said cast a ballot the voter thirty two U. A. zero nice the bill has passed please return to the House when I think of house bill eleven eighty eleven eighty by representative Gonzalez to specify a process of review of rules regarding scope of practice of it healthcare professionals Senator Davis you're recognized. Thank you this bill just says that anytime there's a new rule regarding scope of practice and that it has to come before and Senate public health and House Public Health. Happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Davis. Senator Chesterfield I have a question. Thank you will that hold up any care at all I'm sorry say that again they hold up care for folks and what is the what is the process right now. I'm I don't think that there is an the process specifically for that and and that's why I think this is needed if they're trying to pass like a new role in that regard scope of practice then there's a time frame think like within thirty days and before the expiration of public comment and if they file a rule regarding scope of practice got a file it with and house and Senate public health and then the committees have to review it within forty five days and. So. Senate Johnson you're recognized for a question. Could this help you senator Wallace make Europeans in our is could this help pay. I withdraw. Is anyone to speak for against the bill. Anyone to speak for against the bill saying nine Senator Davis is in the case is closed for the bill Senate objection willing to vote on the bill. Any objection saying nine by Senator please well 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 are there any sense who wish to change their vote on the bill Senator Clark is no. Any other senators wish to change their vote on this bill. St nine AM secretary please cast about though thirty two yeas and one nine bill has passed please return to the House when I take a pass bill eleven ninety six eleven ninety six by representative Christiansen to have a sales and use tax exemption for water use by poultry farm and require the adoption of related rules and dismaying you're recognized thank you senator this provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales water used exclusively in the operation of a poultry farm first year cost is about one two point one point two million general revenue second years one point six we have to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Dismang. Any questions saying no questions is anyone to speak for or against this bill. Anyone speak for against saying that senator Springs indicate is closed for the bill is there any objection willing to vote on this bill. Say no objection 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 I the incentives you wish to vote or change their vote Senator Chesterfield is no. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote on this bill. C. nine ma'am secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty two yeas and one may the bill has passed please return to the House. Will not be taken out of the house bill thirteen forty nine. House bill thirteen forty nine a representative Warren. And Senator Hammer to establish the every Arkansan The retirement plan opportunity act Senator Hammer you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr president you all heard much debate on this bill I'll save my comments from my closing the lead take questions. Any questions for senator Hammer. Say no questions is anyone who speak for against the bill. Senator Rapert to speak against the bill. Thank you and members I think Senator hammer and I've grown much closer together over this whole process for sure but I actually prepared my remarks because you guys that you all have heard this issue and so I want to share some things with you you have I know you've gotten calls I know you have information that's been placed before you on your desk and I don't like speaking against bills from by any my friends. But when I think something is bad policy or unnecessary expansion of government I have to speak against that we all have to do that. Passing bill should never be about supporting a new law simply because a friend is running a bill it should always be about good policy should always be about what is in the best interest of the public in the best interest of the state and anchored in the understanding of what government should and should not do in these are three points I want to make on this. The same concept that is before you was proposed by former senator Jake files in twenty seventeen. It only receive five Republican votes and twenty seventeen. And it was ultimately defeated with only thirteen yes votes overall it was filed again in twenty nineteen and after opposition and discussion from around the state it was pulled down. But now just lack some bad dream for me here we are again talking about it again and not only is it not good policy because it's an expansion of government. The goal it seeks has already been addressed. January the first of twenty twenty one the Federal secure act kicked in SIFMA. Which is rare is sent information to you they represent financial advisors and securities firms in the industry all over the country they're proud of the fact that the federal act is there which now people have access everywhere around the country. H. B. thirteen forty nine said it was about access to retirement services that's a noble goal but ignores the reality that the goal being pursued is already within the reach of every single person who wants a retirement plan in our state. There's not one person here today that could not pick up your phone get only internet even while we're sitting here tonight in debating and could not have access to a financial adviser in insurance agent in retirement arena they could help you out there simply is not a problem with that it's just not true that retirement planning services are unavailable in Arkansas just consider the data that is on your desks that I put their from the Arkansas securities commission if you've got that here's what you need to know this is sent to me fresh today. Per your request Arkansas registered investment advisors a hundred and twenty eight that's actual entity companies. Arkansas registered I A. R. reps three thousand nine hundred and thirty four individuals that are in the business as I are reps. Arkansas registered broker dealer agents listen to this one hundred thirty thousand. One hundred and forty one. That's over seventeen hundred registered broker dealer agents per county in Arkansas. These people are available working with people right now and this is not even the banks that also offer those services as well. There's not a problem with access to that. In terms of some other issues on this. If you consider as I say all of those that are available there's plenty of access there's no lack for the services anywhere. In terms of the Arkansas securities commission they provide plenty of resources for education remember about an hour and a half ago when you passed a bill setting up a financial Education Commission. It had nine members on the board I think Senator Elliot maybe ran the bill here today you set up another for commission in the treasurer's office for financial education which is fantastic. Here's the bottom line for for me in a lot of us in here when we talk about these issues its government over reach. Should not the government trying to stay out of direct competition with the private sector you've heard me talk about this before the session we're with the Republican Party here many of us are Republicans on your desk is a simple mantra from the RPA platform. Our primary believe for strong economy for our state is this people create businesses and businesses create jobs government does not. I'm saying that this is an over reach I'm I'm not at all saying that the goal was bad I'm not at all it's saying that it's noble I'm just telling you all. We don't need to be setting the thing up. So think about it here. Consider what David does many of you've gotten a for you've got an ACL line letter that's opposing this thing because the fact is that it's already being offered here in twenty twenty one here's what you're Arkansas Neiva said about this I'm not reading the whole thing to you but they said we do not believe that a state sponsored retirement program is the best solution is there are personal retirement saving options like I raise available to all our Kansans in new tax credits they also say we strongly believe the private sector multiple employer plans that began in twenty one they're sufficient. The last thing they say is the state run government program would likely face significant expenses with deficit spending to be back filed by Arkansas taxpayers folks thirty eight states that consider this said no we're not going to do it. So I believe that it's an expansion of government and I believe that it's something that we should think twice about and I could go on and on about this the bottom line is this we just abolished. The B. D. board. Wine the world are we going to create and a risa plan we're somebody has fiduciary responsibilities and have seven new people pointed to something that's going to be in direct competition with what we do around the state every day I'm giving you my best honest thing we've we've knocked it down for several years and I appreciate a good vote to say no again to it today thank. Anyone else speak for or against this bill senator hill to speak against. Thank you Mr chair as you all know that I got a per last time I spoke against this bill and I'm not gonna go through all that the same issues as we did last time I want to use my friend Senator hammers words as he said the the stock brokers investor gas do not want to do this because it's too small of a dollar amount is not profitable for them. I won't say office not profitable for them one will do it as the state. If it's not good for. For a person to do it themselves for private industry one we wanted as a state that's a question I wanna ask Gil what is it good for the state of Arkansas and who is going to come back in three five years we have a market crash in sight Hey let's Bellomont we've done everything done all the rest on that way who's going to do that they're going to come back to us and we'll for money back in just a typical cycle that we go through in the market with that all being said as to vote no on this bill. Any anybody else speak for against senator Elliots speak for. Well I when I spoke about this for this last time I did hear from a couple of people who were in this industry and. One man said that it is the case that these a small dollars and then they don't go after them because I get it people trying to make a living. I guess the thing that I guess that moved me to say anything about this this evening because I know it's late now he is in a Chesterfield I want to use your ears people work on teachers But here is the problem when we ask why should we do it I. Mother and she's not unusual in this these people who work for the state for the state to take care of your family members in mine. But the interesting thing about that is we we four sea's these women to be contractors not real workers who can get who can get benefits and so forth. There is nobody because the state takes it well I shouldn't say take advantage but that's basically what it is. There was nobody out there trying to make sure that they have any kind of savings or retirement. And I totally appreciate what's what a Senator Rapert is saying about this I really do. But the fact is after all these years. If people were interested in having them as clients because this is another thing private business does they go after those clients. And the reason the state should do something. Is because I don't have anything else. And the reason the station efforts step in is when private enterprise fails and in this case I don't know that is a failure but I do know nobody is going after these folks because it is not big money I get that. The only time I think this state to step in as well because I can't do it any other way. If you were going to be done another way if my mother and your mother whoever else doing this work. They would have had somebody come into them trying to help them understand what this means and have them as part of a policy so for that reason that the reason we do it is because we care about people we care about what happens to them in their over the years. Caring about people is a good enough reason for me to vote for this. And I hope you will too. Anyone else speak for against the bill anyone else speak for against. Senator Hammer you're recognized close. Thank you Mr president I know probably the majority of you have your mind made up on this matter one way or the other but for the one or two that may be on the fence and just wondering which way you got to go on this I will tell you when I first got involved in this bill I was not deeply embracing of it I'll be honest with you I think this is a bill that needs to go through and here's the reason why I think this is the reality of what this bill is going to do I think the reality is that the bill is we'll pass number one number two it's going to take the second is gonna take treasurer somewhere between six and twelve months to get this thing stood up by the time they put the board in run the rules and rags do all the things that require what is in the legislation which aligns with the original plan I think it's going to take six to twelve months I think because the secure act has already passed in January of this year and as we see the trend already moving that many local investors and national firms are going to come in and they're going to sweep up the lion's share of the market and I think they're going to do just like my Edward Jones investor does which I want to stay with my Edward Jones investors by the fact they've spoken out against this because they make me money and because they make money and you what happens when people don't make money they leave who's not making money for them or they walk away and they go to a area to a market that is more profitable because that's what they're in the business of doing I think what's going to happen is we're going to come in and they're going to sweep the lion's share but then the question is who's going to pick up the crumbs let me give an example of what the problems are and I have permission to do this so I want you to hear verbatim senator this is Sylvester Smith you can say you're spoken to me in that I work with several small business associations and I told you this bill is needed because most small businesses do not have enough employees to have any economy. E. of scale to make a retirement plan affordable also I have owned a small business for fourteen years and have never been approached with an offer to purchase a group retirement plan and no one has contacted me asking to present about such a plan to make any associations I work with this there is no real private market for small firms to retain these retirement plans in Arkansas and I realize I realize with the secure act that that is going to open up the door but just like any good business model you go for that which is most profitable you take the biggest suite that you can and the rest gets left to somebody else that's what this plan is for this plan is for the somebody else's. It can be viewed as a safety net. For those that the private sector will not measure or C. is profitable enough to go after and I'll tell you what else I think this will bill will do in reality yes it has been tried in two other states and it is not gain traction but it to what I think this bill will do I think it will send a message to the private sector get off your **** and get into Arkansas and get the plan's going and pick up as many as you can because if you don't like this bill make it fail by coming to Arkansas and picking up as many people as you can and it'll go away in the future appreciate a good vote. Senator hammer has close for his bill I am secretary would you please call the roll there's a pair at the desk. Senator flowers yes senator hill knows. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Lepo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Hanky. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Chief. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Both any senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator Clark Is I. Anyone else. Anyone else. Senate. He is now. Senator Hickey is no. Senator Rice is no. Senator Hickey is known Senator Rice is no. Thank you is now Senator Rice was not. Okay. Any other changes. Senate. Member center please cast a ballot vote of nineteen Yeas fourteen days and everyone present the bill has passed motions about. Ms motion sound about I need five hands. One two three four five everyone please get your seats will call the roll once it's printed. When your name is called please answer. Johnny calling this is. Ballinger. But. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Eads Elliott. Flowers she was on a pair. Hammer. Hendren. Sturch strike in. Hester. Ingram. Something Ingram site here striking. Seventeen. And Hendren Ingram strike the bill fails. We'll be passing over house bill thirteen eighty six. My house bill thirteen ninety one. I make a motion. Senate. I'm sorry sentence ninety five. Motion FOR clincher on the photo the Bill. I've already recognize Senator Hammer. Motion to expunge vote by which forty thirty forty nine failed. Motion to expand civil by which house bill thirteen forty nine failed you've heard the motion a discussion on favor the motion say aye. Imposed. I said. Senator Dismang. Well. Well call I need to say finance. One two three four five madam secretary please call the roll into expenses of. The Bill. He. Senator hill asked for the roll call. Okay. Yes ma'am secretary please call the roll on the motion takes. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. This call yes this is still the same motion to expand Senator Hill ask for a roll call is he can challenge the chair. Beckham. Bledsoe. Two Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Voter. I. Thank you okay. Just. They speak at members. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. She's excuse Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Yeah. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Pitsch Rapert. No rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. I wish to want to change their vote on the motion to expense senator hill is known senator mark Johnson yes yes. Any other Senator wishing to change their vote Senator Solomon is yes yes and wishing the injured vote on the motion to expunge Senate dismaying as I. Saying Senator Gilmore aye aye. Senator Flippo as I. Any further changes saying nine ma'am secretary please cast a ballot. With a vote of twenty five Yeas and two nays the motion to expunge has passed. Without objection. Well now take up house bill one thirteen ninety one. While. When I take up house bill thirteen ninety one. Thirteen ninety one by representative wing Senator Dismang to amend the law concerning consumer protection of seniors from predatory practices in safeguarding against financial exploitation of retirees for Arkansas Senator Spaniard recognized thank you senator financial scams against our elder elderly population are becoming more prevalent more sophisticated and more successful house bill thirteen ninety one six address the scams head on by gauging or attorney general's office with their ability to preserve you pursue these con artists three deceptive trade practices act and providing tools store for state financial service providers to intervene before it's too late a provider has reasonable cause that and exploitation may have occurred they may refuse or delay the execution of financial transaction this requires reporting of the transaction at issue and information related to to the transaction to the proper authorities the delay will cease at the direction of the court Attorney General and cannot exceed ten days the bill also states in a provider is immune from civil or criminal liability when the properly when they are properly following the direction of the act. Have checking questions. Any questions for Senator Dismang. Any questions on this bill. Say nine is there any one who speak for against the bill. Senate dismaying are you closed sentence means close for his bill James action rolling the vote on this bill. Say nine AM 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote on this bill. Any senators who wish to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast about with a vote of thirty three As and zero names the bill is passed please return to the House. Well now take a pass bill fourteen fifty six house bill fourteen fifty six by representative Wardlaw secretary rice to create the railroad modernization act of twenty twenty one and to allow an income tax credit for certain railroad track maintenance expenditures. Reiser recognized they missed present the member's personal thank you to the many of you that signed on to the Arkansas shortline railroad modernization tax credit bill early on the railroad modernization act creature credit against income taxes for short line railroads in the State of Arkansas who make. Qualified expenditures for tracks maintenance repairs and reconstruction the tax credit for all the companies collectively is capped at four point nine million this amount will be the maximum each year provides the short line rail roads make necessary nine point eight million or more in private investment to generate the tax credit short lines in Arkansas direct directly employs hundreds of employees by approximately one point two million annual in state and local taxes move over a hundred and ninety nine thousand rail cars which is equivalent to five hundred seventy one thousand truckloads which keeps wear and tear off the highways and safer transport it is imperative that Arkansas have improved road infrastructure for greater access to the national rail freight network the allowed weight L. national rail. Freight has increased but enter intrastate within the state of Arkansas. Has been slowed in Arkansas because the condition of the rail infrastructure finalizing the last is. Range in Arkansas in rulers markets are currently run as low as five miles an hour and if you live rule Arkansas you know that because it tracks conditions infrastructure improvements will allow the short lines to handle if you're in for loads rail car in a safer more efficient manner increasing commercial activity in adding support to the state's economy I would appreciate a good vote any questions for Senator Rice center back. Say no questions is anyone who speak for against this bill. Saying nine. Senator Rice indicate is closed for the bill is any objection willing to vote on this bill. Senate Jackson I'm secretary please rolled over 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 wishing to change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast up the ballot the voter thirty three ACT zero nice bill has passed please return to the House. When I take up house bill fifteen oh eight fifteen oh eight by representative brown Senator Clark concerning Ryan offenses and public demonstration offenses concerning offenses committed against first responders concerning public and private property offenses in concerns concerning procedures upon arrest Senator Clark you're recognized. Thank you Mr thank you colleagues of this bill provides for enhanced penalties for of. Knowingly I have. Having his contact with the first responder by spitting throwing otherwise transferring bodily fluids pathogens human waste except pro battery it also provides has enhanced penalties for of vandalism associated with riding I'll be happy to take any questions. Are there any questions for senator Clark. Any questions for senator Clark senator thank you have a question. Senate Clark this is bill kind of follow the same track this one we had before that to enhance penalties like I think it was. I think this kind of it was first response but I know in particular law enforcement officers is this the same kind of track that we're following I didn't hear all of that I said this is this this reminds me of a bill we have had before and I want to be sure I was thinking about it correctly I was asking if it follows the kind of the same kind of tract of speaking when we did enhanced penalties for I think it was law enforcement officers this is this is the same practice of this one you know my son being in the empty of it is personal to me but but yes the same track of people who have to be there in uniform certainly should not be attacked. Okay thank you. Any further questions for senator Clark. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. C. nine Senator Clark you're recognized close close appreciate a good vote senator garner gender based. Your mind will take it Senate clarken. Sure what's this part about the Mailbox. You'll have to. Page four line fifteen. You just did you say bill Bonner mailbox mailbox. Of the if it. If it falls under this section which is the riding and you the damage a mailbox of mail receptacle of. Not only do you have to make restitution there's an additional punishment of at least twenty five hours community service. All right with this this morning come as a kid. Going by hitting with the. That is it I mean. Will. I would say what I know about those kind of things and perhaps it should but no I do not believe adults. All right thank. Any further questions. CNN Senator Clark Is indicate he's close for the bill Sam Jackson role in the vote on this bill. We say no objection madam secretary of the board. The board again. Please call the roll. Or call. Well the. I did inside. Is there any objection run vote on this bill tension row the Bill. 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 are there any centers you wish to change their vote Senator Elliot is no Senator Tucker is no. Senator Leding is no. Senator Ingram is no are there any any other senators wishing to vote or. Chesterfield is now any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Sane nine madam secretary please cast a ballot. The vote of twenty eight yeas five names the bill is passed please return to the House. When I think of House Bill fifteen oh nine. Fifteen oh nine by representative Brandon Senator English to amend the Arkansas tax deferred tuition savings program act to adopt recent changes contained in their internet Internal Revenue Code. Even a code and to change the name of the file Senator English you're recognized to present to them thank you very much the this is at a house bill fifty no nine is now The New Arkansas brighter future plan makes some technical corrections federal from the follow the IRS for the five twenty nine education plan that are the plan basically add some things now you can use it for college university or vocational school a K. through twelve education or partnership programs contribute to contributions can be made by employers five hundred dollars a month if that if they want N. as of fifty the end of February two thousand twenty one we had forty six thousand three hundred and seventy accounts. With six hundred and eight of those receiving employer matching dollars so we have a billion dollars in the Arkansas brighter futures plan right now it used to be just for college but now it for other things. I'm quite any questions Senator English. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. The same nine Senator English as in the case is closed for the bill is there any objection run the vote on this bill. Say no objection I'm 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote. Any senators wish to change their vote. Saying that ma'am secretary please cast about though thirty three a zero Nays the bill has passed please return to the House. When I take up house bill sixteen twenty five sixteen twenty five by representative Hawken center Hester to be known as the safe trails Act to preserve promote and sustain an excellent quality of life. Senator Hester you're recognized Sir thank you senator members of two years ago we passed the bill is that sex offenders could be on public bike trails this just includes that there could be a public bike trail on an easement through private property so this would just basically adds that in off of a bill from two years ago happy to answer any questions. Senate Chester you're recognized for a question. The private person photographic. Well they've given like the city or whoever whatever nonprofit easement groups which includes that of a person just happened to go to there is a sex offender he or she could be arrested. Well it's already low they can't be on bike trails. It's full on this is just the the easement. Any further questions for Senator Hester. Any further questions se no question is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Anyone speak for against saying nine Senator Hester is indicated is close close any objection rowing the boat. Say no objection and sanitary place both of 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. Are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill. Any senators wishing to change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast about the voter thirty three aces zero names bills passed please return to house Senator Hester you're recognized for point of personal privilege. Members and Senator Hickey. Senator Hickey. so we we the the Senate has provided dinner in the back for the senators and side room for staff so I'm going to ask if Senator Hickey is okay with that the staff it's time to catch up and eat I know we can eat what we're continuing on but they can't so we we would consider taking twenty minutes so they can eat there is everybody okay with that. All right I don't know if we will do this. Senator Hammer. Recess for twenty minutes on Senator Hickey calls back in. President would Senator Hester establishing on the crew was at the podium please I will ask the blessing without objection referred to as the father we thank you for the opportunity to be here and represent the people of Arkansas we thank you for the camaraderie and the opportunities that we get thank you for the food that you provided for us that we know so many people have worked hard to pay for and to provide for us we thank you for our staff for their diligent work we thank you for the the sergeant arms are out there protecting us every day we ask this in your name amen. Senate stand in recess until six forty. Insurance. Commerce's that are not. Okay I'm calling okay I just talked to Marty. Senate will come to order Senate will come to order. Senators were still on house bills for third reading and passenger yellow calendar we are at House Bill sixteen ninety six House house bill sixteen ninety six by representative conference Senator Stubblefield concerning the taking of parent thing your prince of DNA sample and photograph of the person arrested for class A. misdemeanor. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized to present your bill. Bild read a to permissible agreed on by the police chiefs I was brought to of representative proffer but for Smith police chief simply says whenever they book a class I misdemeanor they would like be able to fingerprints person inside them at the time and then they would follow up with a court date. Simply all it does are there any questions for Senator Stubblefield any questions say no question is there anyone who wish to speak for against the bill anyone speak for against the nonsense of the filter you closed close Sen Stubblefield indicate he's closed is there any objection to rowing the boat. Say no objection 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 samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill any senators who wish to change their vote. Same night madam secretary please cast about the voter thirty three yeas and zero nays the bill has passed please return to the House. When I take up house bill seventeen hundred. House Bill seventeen hundred by representative Bentley and Senator Stubblefield to improve student outcomes by providing students parents and guidance counselors with really reliable information regarding the cost of college and job opportunities in Arkansas Senator Stubblefield you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president that's good bill brought brought to me by a representative Bentley it's a does two things Bills met to do two things helps align our higher education system with Arkansas job market and economy in preventing are you from racking up student debt is a first of all has the department of ag aggregate data on the cost of Arkansas public institution FireRed job market data student debt delivered to the families of high schoolers every year so they can make the best laptop plan that they can too many of our kids go to college without plan other brilliant young minds are discouraged from pushing college because. They think it's impossible it's expensive this bill helps both of the young people. Any questions for Senator Stubblefield. Any questions. A no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for against the bill. C. nine is there any objection rolling the vote on the bill. Man city face Roosevelt 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 are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill you senator sessions change their vote say nine AM secretary please cast about the vote of thirty three eight zero nine the bill has passed please return to the House. When I take a house bill seventeen twelve. Nineteen twelve by representative Flynn Lynch in Senator English authorize the are back licensing board to establish continuing education requirements for state specific class of a licence Senator English your senate bill thank you very much as is a very simple bail it basically just gives the HVAC licensing board the ability to establish continuing education. Any questions for Senator English. Any questions sing no question is anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill I'm closed. St answering this is indications closed is there any objection to rowing the boat. Any objection say no objection. Madam secretary please well 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. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote senator garner is present. Senator Rice is present. Any other centers wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator Stubblefield as present any others Senator becomes president. St John mark Johnson is president. Senator back Senator back in this president Senator Hill aye. Any further senator senator Gilmore is present. Senator Flippo is present no. Senator Hickey is no. Senate dismaying his pace. Senator Hester. Is no. Senator Rapert is present. All Senator sample is no. I'm sorry. Field is present. Senator Davis is president. Senator Davis is president. Senator Pitsch express. Any other senators wish to vote or change their vote Senator Hill aye yes. Is that it. Senator mark Johnson is president I mean is yes. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote say nine AM secretary please cast a ballot. With the vote of nineteen days three days and eleven present the bill has passed please return to the House. Centers if you don't mind Senator Hickey would like to be recognized. Okay. Senator Hickey you're recognized. Okay members if you don't mind listening just for a second what we're gonna do is we're going to if you don't mind we're gonna jump to the business agenda under the supplemental calendar and do any Senate bills we have which we got three of those and we're gonna be looking for any House bills that have a Senate Amendment own it so that would for you if we pasos we can go ahead and get those transmitted the House and then we will jump back to where we were. So the first one up will be Senator Tucker. Senate bacon has a question. Senate again as we have people in in the galleries here if the bill sponsor knows that there for specific house bill twenty take care of those before we start jumping around just just. Occurs to the public that's been here for all day. Is it one bill. One bill which out which one is it Gilmore's. Okay we'll do if it's okay we'll do that one and then we'll do exactly what I said. I'm sorry say again what number was seventeen forty six seven forty six okay. Without objection we'll take up house bill seventeen forty six. House bill seventeen forty six. Seventeen forty six representive Underwood in center Gilmore to establish and only in the low to amend the cosmetology Act into exempt certain individuals and establishments from licensure by the cosmetology technical advisory committee Senate Gilmore you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president members as was pointed out the family and the young lady that prompted this bill or sitting right up in that gallery and they've been there very patiently watching all of this since about one o'clock and so I appreciate them being patient in doing that. What this bill does is a permissive bill that allows a licensed cosmetologist to hire someone to work under them only if they're being supervised by the licensed cosmetologists to do what is listed on this bill and it's on page. Three. The what what's listed here washing there's a list of items I will return for brevity but it allows them to perform very limited. Practices while under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist. This is a jobs bill this is gonna give more opportunity to people like and when you have some challenges and this will help her DO something that she has desired to do for a very long time so I see again this is a good jobs bill it is a permissive bill that allows cosmetologists the option should they choose to allow someone to work under them similar to an apprenticeship. With that I'm happy to take questions are there any questions for senator Gilmore any questions. Say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. CNN's Senator Elliott to speak against consented to speak against. I cannot begin to tell you how difficult it is to be here and speak against this bill but I think we need to know something because we tend to do this a great deal. In no way do I want to prevent at a land from realizing her dream. But here's the thing that's really a problem for me in that it allows the at the to style hair and if you have not witnessed the styling of hair with hot tools. And with elements that go with that they can be dangerous we that's something I just have to point out because of course we want her to have this opportunity. And I know that we will pass this bill but we keep passing bills like this without thinking about it I know one about the cultural things that can happen when we do something like this. And so if if I walk into a beauty salon and somebody's going to style my hair and they have hot tools they need to know what they're doing and putting certain things on my hair. When I had hair I certainly wanted people to know and the other thing I think would be really important is for us to think about when we do things like this let's make sure that wins of the world have a credential. There is nothing wrong with helping them get a credential for their own for their own self sufficiency I know this will pass but when we're doing these things in the future. Please let's think about this I feel good about it and I feel bad about it. But we're getting to a point where we are being really lives with license things that should be licensed and I know nobody wants me to be harmed if I were to go to a beauty shop and have somebody style my hair and they're not prepared to do it but I'm just telling you it can happen. And so I just want you to be sure that you know that I understand that's part of what this will include. So thank you so much Senator Elliot is spoken against the bill is the one just wanna speak for. Senator Garner you're recognized speak for thank you I'll just point out one little quick things. We talk about here's down which does take skill I'm not knocking the ability of our hairdressers and barbers or what they do. But. People like her can already do this and do already do this the only distinction we're making a law is they can be paid for. Don't think people are doing it they do it many different events in their different things but once they get paid they have to have this license. And I think it's somebody's already doing and we haven't had this rash of injuries and devastation I think they should be paid and compensated for the great work they do under a licensed physical license person to help them thank you. Senate are spoken for Senator English wishes to speak for. Agence Senator English speaking yes. Thank you very much I have I have to agree with Senator Elliot and I don't think it's easy in either of our interest that we would be opposing this bill except for the fact that are Senator Elliot is right we need to find a some kind of a credential and something that shows that she has the ability to do some of these things because she isn't going to be alone they're going to be could be hundreds of other folks who want to be in some similar kind of position so how does she ever move forward in her life what kind of the trajectory does she have if she doesn't have any kind of credential that shows she has the capability of moving into something new and different and let's not assume that the only thing she can do is wash hair let's assume that she has an opportunity for a much better future career future so I would hope that we along with the the vocational rehab and some other things that we would be creative enough to find some kind of program that provides credentials so that she can move forward so when she's forty she has had a a learning experience to give her the kind of skills that you need you don't know what her future could hold. Senator English is spoken against this in one else to speak for or against anyone else speak for against C. nine Senate Gilmore you're recognized close. Members I I appreciate the concerns or mentions. I will point out that you know certainly appreciate and understand the work of our cosmetologist do they're very skilled we appreciate that. this bill in no way is intended to demean them in any way and it doesn't do that in fact what it does do is allows them to help mentor help apprentice help guide someone who's interested in that trade you know one of the things that was mentioned was the health and safety aspect of this bill health department helped work on language with this bill this bill is amended over four different times to address concerns the cosmetologists have. There is a registration with the department of health in the bill so that they can account for the health and safety of of or that industry When I was visiting with some cosmetologist my district about this bill who it heard some false information some rumors about it I talked to him told what the bill did. One of the individual I talked to several one individual said that's a great idea why wouldn't we be doing this this helps me this allows me to train someone this allows me to mentor someone. And it helps me do my job it takes some of the load off me allows them to do some things that that while they're doing that I can go help and and work on other people's hair so that's the intent of this bill it's the the the this bill is to give opportunities it's it's to create more job opportunities for folks who may have some challenges but also we're just trying to get into a vocation so I ask that you would give this bill some very serious consideration I appreciate a good vote and without a closed Senate Gilmore as close for his bill is an objection rolling the vote on the bill. Say no objection I'm secretary please both of. 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 centers wishing to change their vote Senate Chesterfield is present. Senator Elliot is no. Senator Hammer is no. Senator Pitsch is no. Senator Beckham is pressed. Senator hill is no. Senator Hickey is no. Senator English is no. Senator Bledsoe is no. And Senator Hendren is no. Senator Rapert is present. Senator Rapert France Senator sample is no. Senator Tucker is France. Are there any other senators who wish to change their vote any other senators wishing to change their vote. Saying that ma'am sectarian please cast about. With the vote of nineteen Yeas nine days and before pressing the bill has passed please return to the House. Okay centers you heard Senator Hickey is recommendation that we can go to the supplemental calendar briefly to make sure that the Senate bills do get heard today and sent to the house. We will now take at the green supplemental calendar Senate bills on the green supplemental calendar. What we will just go to the sub we will start senate bill four seventy six Senate bill four seventy six. Greens Allender Senate bills for a third reading and passage. Senate bills for a third reading and passage of a supplemental calendar senate bill four seventy six. Senate bill four seventy six by Senator Tucker. To amend the law concerning eviction proceedings to allow the court to sell certain court records and to declare an emergency Senator Tucker you're recognized present your bill. Thank you Mr during the pandemic a lot of people were evicted from their apartments this bill is designed to. Because they could not pay their rent as a result of the pandemic and this bill is designed to just help them a little bit in the future. if the court finds that they were evicted because they were unable to pay their rent because of the pandemic then they would be allowed to seal that record it doesn't affect the ability of the landlord to evict them the payment of the rent or anything along those lines we made several amendments to the bill based on feedback we got from the Senate Judiciary Committee the first is that. This will not inhibit the ability of a landlord to and enforce the judgment either in the place where was where the record is sealed or in another jurisdiction I recently had in the bill that it can only be. Is that it can only apply to complaint that was filed after March first twenty twenty but there was no end date so we put an end date on the bill it's got to be within six months of the end of the emergency declaration by the governor. another change that we made is that cannot be used more than three times and then we also defined adversely impacted as a result of a member of the committee so that's really and what the bill does if you're evicted and a court finds that you were evicted because you cannot pay your rent because the pandemic you can have that eviction records sealed still have to pay our rent doesn't affect your ability to be evicted I just allows you so that won't hurt you in a future release that's it. Other questions for Senator Tucker questions presented Tucker senator garner has questions yes Sir there are two other subsections of you may explain it and I'm trying to look at the code eighteen sixty one one eighteen sixty three or four what are those. That appears to be non covert related my misreading that. Senator I don't I can't tell you off the top of my head what those code sections are I just know it has to do with objections from from leases. Thank you I makes thank Sir I may speak. Any further questions for Senator Tucker. Any further questions. Yeah no further questions J. one who wish to speak for or against the bill senator garner would like to speak on the bill. Senator Garner you're recognized some kind of going through it now reading it as I'm doing it so it in Page two section four this section shall apply then action for fiction for non payment under this subchapter we're just subchapter above I believe covers covid which I think is the intent of this. The other section eighteen sixteen one one third to pay rent refuse to vacate upon notice eighteen sixty three oh four action unlawful detainer so you have it C. O. for those other reasons too I'm not saying my quickly to this obviously I just read it is as non covert related reasons well if that's your intent that's fine that's wanna make sure by here understand that that's my reading of it. Senator Garner spoken on the bill is anyone wish to speak for against. Say nine senator Kerr you're recognized close. The intent of the bill is that you're if you're evicted for nonpayment of rent it doesn't it doesn't just have to be on this subchapter related to code if you're just a victim for non payment of rent and the court finds that the your non payment of rent was because of covid whether it's in this section or a another section then that's when you get the little real relief for your record be sealed so that you won't be that will be held against you in the future. so it wasn't it wasn't intended just to apply to this this section with COVID senator garner Jeremy. It's it's it's not intended just for the code section but it is in the bill that a court has to find the reason you weren't able to pay your rent is because of code that's how it all ties back to covid. So that's that's the explanation on that point I forgot to mention when I present the bill for some the Arkansas realtors association supports this legislation. Senator Tucker is built is any objection rolling the vote on the bill. There is an objection. I'm Sanjay please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. No more. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Centers I'm having a hard time hearing. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Right. Pitsch was Rapert. Even here. You heard okay rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch hi. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Senator switching to vote or change their vote Senator Hammer is no. Senator Gilmore is present. Are there any other senator Caldwell is present. Senator Ingram is aye. Senator Hendren is no. Any are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote any other senators. Hey nine madam secretary please cast about the vote of twelve Yeas eleven days vice president bills failed to pass. Senator you're recognized for motion. Thank you Mister I move to expunge vote by which Senate bill four seventy six failed. What was your motion I move to expunge the vote by which Senate bill four seventy six failed motion to expunge the vote by which Senate bill four seventy six failed. You've heard the motion any discussion on the motion. Is no discussion all in favor of the motion to expanders they say aye. Any opposed. The eyes have it Senate bill four seventy six will be expunged. Senate is one now keep on the Green calendar supplemental Greene County Senate bills Senate bill four eighty five Senator Hammer. VOL four eighty five by Senator Hammer. To amend the Arkansas law concerning an early voting and two men Arkansas law concerning elections. Senator Hammer you're recognized present your bill one second please. Senator Hammer. Thank you. Thank you Mr president and the fellow senators over the years both Democrats and Republicans have attempted to take from the privilege of the early voting time. And to set aside Monday and I believe over the years the reason is because Monday is a critical data between early voting absentee voting and the biggest day in the history of our country which is election day the question you have to ask yourself is why bother bipartisan effort. And why Monday only. What this bill allows for. Is adequate time for checklist for procedures materials and machines and other critical components of the election process to have that pause between when the early voting would end on Saturday afternoon and election day would be on Tuesday. In this scene with the Secretary state one of the challenges that they face. Is that if there's a malfunction in the machines there's a challenge of getting the machines in order to replace or to get them fixed before election day. Some counties have Christian transition to strictly all vote centers and they have eliminated some of the demands on their staff but also to be able to provide for accuracy and efficiency in the voting process Arkansas is only one twenty four states that has allowed the privilege of early voting voting is a right that is established but early voting is a privilege I believe like those that have gone before me that have tried this and brought before the legislature to decide that this is a good time for us to hit the pause button on Monday and have a gap between Saturday afternoon when it would in an election day when it would begin to stress the importance of that you have before you a letter that stresses the importance of why we need to hit the pause button from one of the individuals that has to deal with it this letter outlined several situations or several reasons why I think that we need to hit the pause button to make sure that all elections are given the adequate time in order to make sure that all processes are in place between the privilege of early voting and the right to vote on Tuesday I'll be glad to take any questions any questions for senator Hammer. Any questions for senator Hammer. Saying that anyone who we speak for or against this bill Senator Davis to speak against the bill. Members and I think we know just from the data we can see that a ton of people across the state tens of thousands use the Monday before election day to vote early it's utilize heavily by voters conservatives non conservatives alike M. our people are coming out to vote I think it's an important day to keep. Pushing it back to the Saturday before is not the same as a Monday on Saturdays like myself my family and my friends we can't go vote on a Saturday we have kids activities baseball tournaments it's not you're not changing it out for the same thing M. also in this bill it just says basically that and there's no Monday early voting the day before the election at before a preferential primary or general election it does not speak at all to run offs order special elections so some county clerks are and think that will be confusing because they can offer Monday before election day early voting if it's a run off if it's a special election but not if it's a primary or general so it's confusing it's not consistent across all the different types of elections and we have heard this bill three times in committee and has failed three times I just want to say that and and I and I think that for a reason because we're hearing some from our clerks and then also just some of us in committee felt strongly about being able to vote on Monday before election day and ensuring that people across Arkansas have the opportunity to do so. Senator hill has a question. Will not be able to vote the previous Monday you'll have five days there to vote today not built that money still waiting today before so the money they can vote we're going with that yes it's not about any Monday it's not the money before election date which we know based on the numbers that we have in the data that it's heavily utilized by people across the state. Hello yes but. On the other hand they would still have a Monday before that's what they were tied down to Monday they have the money to vote it would just be the second Monday before the election is to that particular day thank you yeah I mean I understand what you're saying but the money before election day specifically is a mandate with higher turnout than even the Monday before the Monday before election day so I think it's just important that we maintain this Monday to let people come in vote we know it's heavily utilize we know people enjoy coming out to vote the Monday before election day and I think it's important that we have consistency in our elections and when we offer early voting and this bill does not provide for consistency across all elections in the state of Arkansas thank you. Senate Davis spoke against the bill as anyone who wish to speak for them. Anyone speak for but not. Thank you senator Johnson you're recognized speak for. Thank you Mr president. I will call attention to you all to the letter from a. Mrs Hale she is the county Clerk of a Prairie County small county in East Arkansas has two council seats has too early voting sites and I think her arguments are so compelling because we tended we in Pulaski County seem to think that you know this all about us we think we are answering all the problems that maybe occurred Pulaski County I can assure you you look at her letter you'll see it's not. that is a critical time for the. Clarks to complete putting everything together to wrap up the early voting upload the information is not required that they upload to the Secretary state and to get the machines and everything out for Tuesday. A I understand you Senator Davis said but it's it's not like that's the only Monday that we have developed a there's five more week days before that and there's that Saturday of course I know we've got kids and lord knows that's important but voting is important and and not just totally overwhelming our clerks in our election officials is important so many of our election officials our poll our poll workers are older people in my polling place the judges eighty years old plus so think about that this is a a good bill that addresses a problem that is explained so carefully by Mrs sales letter and I will add that she is she is a Democrat and she is an African American so this is not a partisan bills a bipartisan bill so. Preciado a good vote thank you. Senator Tucker I'm sorry suggested I saw senator Cooper's senator could speak against. Senator is recognized speak against. Thank you Mr members I'll be brief Senator how does one address your questions to Senator Davis thank you for so I know that there were fifty seven thousand R. Kansans who voted on the Monday the day before election day this year I can't speak for all fifty seven thousand but one of them was in Senate district thirty two and she emailed me and said that Monday was the only that she was going to be able to vote the entire time not the Monday before the Monday where the money before that so this bill would prevent at least that one person from having voted in twenty twenty for me that's enough to vote against it but I'm guessing out of the fifty seven thousand people in our state who voted on that day a number of them will not be able to vote on any other day so that's that's why I'm going to oppose the bill this bill is running committee three times it was always a long list of people signed up to oppose it including election commissioners and county clerks and it this we should be making it easier for people to vote we should be expanding time for people to vote not taking time away so for that reason I'll be voting no. Senator we take questions Senator Hill. I see what you're saying that with the with the fifty seven thousand eight voted on that particular day in effect but of those people who know they can't be there to vote on expected may not be an absentee ballot will go out the proper forms and everything and get it take care of it that way. It's conceivable but because of another bill we passed this session if their signature on the absentee ballot application doesn't match their signature from when they register to vote they won't get their ballot that way. The show their ID. That's not going to work on the absentee ballots so just making it harder for people to vote that's a problem bottom line is more people in Arkansas vote that's going to be more Republican votes of just wanna throw. Senate Chesterfield would like to speak against. Thank you Mr chair just one more day to vote is one more day we extend democracy. And because one black woman who happens to have a position does not want to be bothered with people voting on Monday does not make it a bipartisan bill nor does it make it a bi racial bill it simply makes it her opinion. In her opinion. Is not more important than the fifty seven thousand people whose voices will be silenced perhaps if we don't let them vote on Monday thank you. Sanchez has spoken against is anyone speak for. Not speak for but Senator Blake Johnson like to speak against. Members I'm going to speak on behalf of the early voting procrastinator. Then the that's the category we're talking about Iraq I would have probably voted for this if we would've backed up the voting and allow it more time a day or two and then allowed those election officials to to do this preparation and I think that's what Senator Hammer is what we'll do. But I would like for board more time and I also understand the election official so. I'll be voting against thank you senator. Johnson well and anybody else speak for against the bill. M. I. S. speak for against saying that send. Senator Hammer sorry one nine Senator Hammer is recognized close for them. Thank you president Mr president members. Eversense early voting privilege was established at least on two other occasions once by Democrat wants by Republican there's been an attempt to set aside Monday from the privilege of voting early but never has it interfered with the right to vote on Tuesday or for that matter the right to vote on any of the other days that are privileged because early voting was established you have to ask yourself the question why is it that from both sides of the political line of the two dominant parties in Arkansas has this been attempted what is it that both sides have seen before that is worthy to bring it up again for this time I recognize there were fifty seven thousand people that voted on that Monday. But I also recognize that Monday is a preference. To stay is a necessity. I wonder of all those pokes that choose to use early voting of which I do I wonder how many of them pay their bills every month how many of them make their kids ball games on time every time that they have an opportunity to play how many make it to work on time how many make it to church on time or make it to the social events on time because they are prioritized their responsibilities and I've said this is important. I serve a district that is represented in two counties. And I will say that the one county. Selain. Is like a well oiled machine. And it works perfectly. Because of good leadership. A good team effort. But I also must recognize and this is what I want you to remember. I must also recognize that there are some counties that are not as fortunate as one of the two counties I represent that are asking for help so that they can make sure that they're election process. Is given adequate time to make sure that every vote counts and that's what we're talking about here is making sure that every vote counts including the fifty seven thousand that chose the option to vote on Monday. I will tell you this. One year. I almost didn't get to vote for myself because I waited too Tuesday the vote and when I left Little Rock there have to be a bad accident on the interstate and guess what I nearly vote for the opportunity to vote for myself that was a decision that I made ever since that day I've made sure to vote early because I don't know what the future holds. That is my privilege that is my right. I think it's important that all segments of Arkansas is represented even the ones that are asking for help I appreciate a good vote Senator Hammer is close for his bill them sector would you please call the roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe. You. The call. Call the roll. A Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. DISMANG was now yeah. Allen. English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram Irvin. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. Leding Page. Rapert Rice sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch Sullivan Teague Teague. Tucker. Tucker. Mollis. Are the Senate president change their vote Senator Teague was. T. is unknown Senate tegas NO Senator English is I'd. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Say nine nine secretary please cast about. What. Hold on let me cast up first with a vote of nineteen eighties thirteen names the bill has passed Senate Chesterfield moves to sound the ballot I need five hands one two three four. Five. Okay. I will print off the seat please answer when your name is called. Please everyone take your seats including the sponsor. We've seen that happen. Thanks answering your names called Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Clark. English. Flippo here. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hickey Hill. Mark Johnson. Pitsch Rapert. Rice. Stubblefield. Sullivan. Wallace here no stripes. The Bill. The Bill pass plays transmit to the House. Senator is we have one more Senate bill on the supplemental calendar Senate bill seven oh three Senate bill seven oh three on the supplemental calendar Senator Leding Senate bill seven O. three by Senator Leding to amend the telemedicine act to amend the definitions of professional relationship and telemedicine within the telemedicine act and to allow tell telehealth search certification for medical marijuana. Senator Leding you have thank you Sir president calling for the past year medical marijuana patients have been allowed to use telemedicine to renew their certification so we're wanting to do is this going to end codified existing practice Senator Ballinger answer Hester raised some concerns in the last few minutes but I believe we have addressed those there was just concerned this bill might go unintentionally a little bit further than we intended I was just wanna be very clear that if you look at line seven on page two that we are talking only about situations where the patient would be visiting a physician to renew a written certification that was previously issued to the same patient and if you look at the final section of the bill to the telehealth certification means the electronic assessment of the patient by a practitioner in connection with an application for a registry identification card under the Arkansas constitution and then at ninety eight so again all we're doing here is codified the current practice I did pledge both Senator Ballinger Senator Hester that if over the weekend we confirm that this does more than what we're trying to do I will not run the bill on Monday but since this is the last opportunity for senate bill to make it down to the house I would appreciate a good vote. Questions for senator landing senator page you have questions Senator Leding help me I was looking at the history of this bill and I see telemedicine as the medical marijuana and yet it went through agriculture committee. It was a clear one is signed to the agricultural committee but isn't the scope of what you're asking for there is four to be included in the telemedicine practice. It gives what we've already been doing for the last years of the intent was to codify just the current practice okay. Other questions Senator Hester cycles. Senator Leding isn't it true that I had some concerns and we have scrambled last twenty minutes they've been addressed and and now I'm very pleased with the bill and so anyone that I may have told something different to I wanted to know that I am pleased with the bill. I appreciate that Senator Hester I believe that this culture. Senator Solomon has questions. Thank you for why wouldn't we want to we still stick with audio only sense for moving forward on other telehealth why we restrict well being very specific and we're only talking about the renewal price of practice you because everyone makes at the position can actually see the medical marijuana patients in this case that someone's not just talking the position over the phone under what were that's not proof of what we're doing it's not the same as what we're doing. John yeah. So with the governor's order during the emergency. Was that true during the emergency or are we doing an audio only during the emergency. I'm not a hundred percent certain members of my belief was that they were not doing audio only for these renewals that that there had to be video. But I'm I'm what they're doing is different than what they were required to do. They're practice may be different from what they were allowed to do by law press by law they wish they could have done it without audio only. Repeat the last part them so I can. Your question. They're practice may have been different what than what the executive order allow them to do. They may have changed that may have done that with House are with. Without audio only but they could have done it with with audio online under the governor's executive order okay so we're actually rolling it back. Again my safety issue just wanna make sure that they can lay eyes on archer thank you. Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question all right. So this is going to authorized. Practitioners doctors. Two. I don't know if you can manage certification I'm sorry trying to motion or somebody behind me so you. For all intents and purposes somebody's going to be sitting there throughout the day and someone that wants a. Prescription of medical marijuana prescription card. Can just sit there through the phone or the internet or something into this could you explain the reality of what's going to happen with this bill. The reality is that which is codified what's already been happening in the the last year so nothing really would change with the exception to Senator Solomon point that were making sure women you say it so we're actually during the pandemic you're saying yes. But for medical marijuana. Yes this is this is already been happening in the last year. Jennifer. A further questions for center late Senator Solomon again. Which is filed yes when Monday. I'm not sure I even know what date is this Thursday. image used here Wednesday but it was yesterday would be Wednesday okay so it's only been out there and okay thank you. Any further questions for Senator Leding. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill anyone speak for against C. nine Senator Leding you're recognized closed over the weekend we discover issues with this I pledge that it will not run this bill and the house but I would appreciate a good vote this evening thank you Senator Leding is closed for his bill is an objection rowing the boat. There is an objection to rolling the vote madam secretary would you please call the roll. Would you care to speak at when you are answering your roll call. Ballinger. Welcome. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Thank Dismang. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Garner. Gilmore hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester yeah. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague D.. Tucker. Wallace. Senate station devoted change their vote Senator Hendren is I. Any other senators wish to vote or change their vote Senator Dismang. Senator Ingram is aye. With that any other changes. Any other changes. Say nine AM secretary please cast about the voter thirteen Yeas and thirteen days the bills failed to pass. Hi Senator Hickey you're recognized members of a pool we're gonna be skipping around some if we're gonna continue to go down the supplemental calendar we're trying to get stuff to the house so all this will work for Tuesday we're committed on closing for Tuesday so I will kind of help will start off with the first three will be up so house bill ten twelve will be referred to. Senator Hammer. All members out I'll try to keep it today's best can house bill ten twelve we're still on the supplemental calendar house bill ten twelve yes Sir just bill house bill ten twelve by representative right to amend the Arkansas law concerning scrap metal dealers and require buyers of used hello converters to maintain records. Hold on just a suggested job a parliamentary inquiry yes all. Then part of senator Hammer we Hickey what is the difference between the meals on the green calendar and the bills and on the yellow calendar are they both for passage of a bill then we wouldn't able then go to the governor's office what. It no ma'am the on the supplemental calendar the House is waiting on us right now so what we're doing is passing out all the Senate bills. The House members. We've got members going home I don't know what I'm trying to do is take care of of the Senate bills and then also the House bills that had the Senate amendments own it because whatever they difference between the green and yes yes ma'am okay there is a rhyme or reason I promise. Thank you ma'am. Senator Leding you wanna make this fast. I move to expunge the vote by which Senate bill seven oh three failed. He would like to make a motion to expunge the vote by which. Okay. I thought I Mr thought I have power. Senator Hammer. What do one ansys. Senator Hammer you're recognized present your bill. Yuri read. Hi thank you Mr president running this bill on behalf representative Ryan this is stab wishes a process to deal with a catalytic converters y'all may remember several sessions ago we implemented some legislation to help curb the theft of copper and other metals and in that process we expanded the lead time line this is following that pattern by establishing a requirement that if you're going to be dealing in the business of catalytic converters the Bill stab wishes the process to do that there's a two hundred fifty dollar registration fee paid to the sheriff's department and I ask the question about how soon could this be implemented as soon as legislation is passed and signed by the governor they would be able to get the leads online feature added to it I'll give you a personal story I've got a I have a business down in my district right on the interstate they came in the it's a service business they have the I think between like six and eight trucks that now front pickup trucks parked trucks went home came back the next day is somebody coming cut off all the catalytic converters and this is a growing problem makes biggest copper was in previous time there was an amendment that was put on this that got everybody on the same page. I don't want to protect the caller's name of business but it does run up a big Saudi of shall the tree claim auto parts business up in Jacksonville and spoke at the table about the bill and I'll be glad to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Hammer Senator Hill. By Senator Hammer you mentioned the two hundred dollar fee for the the Division is that the currently in place or is this a new pay for this it be a new fee because it's a new feature to new requirement it is and and what they do say registered here's an example so if you're registered and you got ten catalytic converters and back you truck and you're doing business legally bottom legal there mark the got identifying numbers on a you go down there state trooper pulls overseas that you're registered he pulls over and you're not registered it's going to raise the question why do you have ten catalytic converters and back again and this was this is in conjunction with a C. I. see who manages the leads online similar to like scrap metal dealers have to do now to take the pictures so it's along the same lines and that's one time registration fee and I think it's got a twenty five dollar a year renewal with a follow up. Okay so I'm still trying to wrap my hand it around this because we've got a business in just the one in Jacksonville Arkansas you just mentioned just wanna go I'm more than familiar with them we are been doing business honorably for years now we're going to charge them two hundred fifty dollars just operate instead okay let converters. Well to me that that's in that I don't know that this is so much for him because he would be are registered it's and he's not yet though I'm sorry he's having by that the the. It at one time fee but yeah he did sit at the in the table talk in favor of this so unless you heard something different I know in real well. You hear something well question back but I wonder if you heard something different and I just a few parts of what I have a problem with this guy's been operating for thirty forty years and now will charging a fee to doing what he does every day but what we need to remember is that those people that are going out and stealing the catalytic converters. And selling them to his potential customers who are no longer going to be buying from him maybe because they're buying the stolen ones in the long run it'll benefit on after you get past the the two hundred fifty dollar fee thank you thank you any further questions Senator Hammer Senator Ballinger. Okay any further questions Senator Hammer. Say no further questions is anyone to speak for against. Say no one to speak for against is there injection run the vote. Thank you do object now okay okay madam secretary would you please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Hi Clark. He's. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. He. Elliott. English. Flippo Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch Sullivan. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Any senators wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Davis is no. Senator Tucker is no. Any other centers on the side wish to vote or change their vote. C. nine any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any senators wish to vote. C. nine ma'am secretary please cast about the vote of sixteen a ten day the bill is failed to pass. Senator Hammer. Like to make a motion to expunge the vote by which house bill ten twelve failed. You for the motion to expansive but which house bill ten twelve has failed in discussion C. nine on favor of the motion to expand say aye hi any opposed. Is haven't Senator Leding I'll give you the same opportunity. Senator Leding you have to expunged by which Senate bill seven oh three failed. Senator Leding would like to move to expunge the vote by which Senate bill seven oh three failed. Any discussion on the motion. Say no discussion on favor this motion to expunge say aye aye any opposed. Most. Thank you revoked we do that an hour later want to rebuild yes we need to let the ladies. The lady seven. Eighteen. I'll. Hi ladies gentlemen let's get back to our calendar will now move on to House Bill fifteen twenty five on the supplemental calendar house bill fifteen twenty five Senator Bledsoe House Bill fifteen twenty five by Senator Bledsoe. And representative Lundstrum concerning the unlawful possession transportation and use of medical marijuana. You're recognized present your bill thank you Mr president ladies and gentleman I ran this bill of a week or so ago and pulled it down because of the alcoholic beverage control division one and and a an amendment and I've done that some will go really fast section one includes definitions section one B. begins with what is unlawful it is unlawful for a person to knowingly Page two line one use medical marijuana through inhalation in a place prohibited under the Arkansas medical marijuana amendment of twenty sixteen Arkansas constitution Amendment ninety eight and that means places like a day cares in public places on school grounds in preschool on speed P. preschool grounds university grants public transportation and community center operating on a operating or riding in a motor vehicle aircraft or watercraft in a drug or alcohol treatment center just to name a few then of number two it is unlawful for a person to knowingly transport medical marijuana in an amount greater than five ounces unless the person in here is the amendment a licensed transporter the word transporter was what we amended the bill why we ended the meal and is and also persons knowingly of yet another it's unlawful for a person to knowingly Let me start again is a licensed transporter is employed by a cultivation facility or dispensary licensed by the medical marijuana commission and is in possession of a valid registration entity identification card issued by the alcohol beverage control division our number three it is unlawful for a person to knowingly transport medical marijuana up from another state into Arkansas and then see after stating what is unlawful for a person to knowingly do see says on page on page eleven of this season on Page two line eleven that a violation of this is a Class C. misdemeanor and that's what the bill be glad to answer any questions. Senator Bledsoe tried to explain your bill is there any questions for senator Bledsoe senator garner was the legal amount you get a medical marijuana finances and just transporting five ounces that's what this the bill says but you can have what ever I mean I don't know about the law in your home but you can certainly help more yes ma'am I mean right now if I go to spend three and I get the legal amount I can buy one time how much is I can't hear you I'm so that dispensary not by the legal maximum amount you can buy right now how much is it. How much is it Vance's. So one person can buy five ounces a one time. Is. It has a a day it It so. To a two and a half ounces I think once every few days I don't remember exactly how that is but it's a total amount of five ounces on your person at one time. Well my trampling my twin. This is about transporting and traveling yes ma'am this is making a point I believe it's two point five ounces every time you go dispensaries Max amount allowed by so if I go there were two other friends here get medical marijuana and we all by the maximum amount by this will not be violate the law you know I don't know that all I know is that when you're in that car you as an individual can only do a certain amount of whether they're five in their if you have America marijuana card I would think that would be all wrong but I don't know for sure. This is about transporting it yes transport the body just being in the vehicle there's no own body now so if there's three legal people with a maximum out all three of them to be charged with this crime. You know I think that pens on the card if you have a marijuana card I think that would probably be all right but I can't say for sure okay thank. Any further questions Senator Bledsoe. Say no further questions is anyone wish to speak for against the bill. Saying that senator Bledsoe are you because we will send letters close for them objection rowing the boat. Say no. Senate back agendas objects madam secretary please call the roll. It does take twenty four vocals and please speak up and hold your conversations down. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Members wishing to change your vote Senator Rapert is in high. Senator Beckham is not voting. Senator Hickey is and I Senator Leding is an I. any other senators on the side. Senator Flippo is not are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote any other senators wish to vote or change their vote. Say nine AM secretary please cast about the vote of twenty six yeas and one nine zero present the bill has passed please return to the House. Members will now take of house Bill fifteen fifty four. Fifteen fifteen fifty four by representative Penzo Senator Ballinger. To establish by safe harbor provisions for victims of human trafficking and to establish an affirmative defense Senator Ballinger you're recognized present your bill. Thank you Mr president this bills and agreed to with law enforcement prosecutors and what this does this provides for safe harder for harbor for victims of of of trafficking it gives them the opportunity to come forward even though some of their activity otherwise could be deemed as illegal prostitution for example they can come forward and they can say I will describe that because originally they were better traffic to get in that position happy to answer any questions any questions about your. Any questions for Senator Ballinger saying no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. C. nine Senator Ballinger is indicated is closed for the bill James action rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection ma'am secretary please role of a Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmer Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any center's mission to change their vote on this bill any center's mission to change their vote saying nine AM secretary please cast up the ballot though thirty three a zero nays the bill has passed please return to the House members. We will now go back to the first bill on the supplemental calendar Senator Tucker wishes to revoked or re present Senate bill four seventy six the first bill on the supplemental calendar Senate bill four seventy six. Thank you bill for seventy six by Senator Tucker to amend the law concerning your fiction proceedings to allow the court to sell certain court records and declare an emergency center here in you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr chairman members I'll be very brief I couple points I want to reiterate that I've had a few conversations this bill this is the bill regarding people who are affected because of covid this is not affect landlords anyway landlords are still owed all of their rent and they can still affix someone if the rent is not paid the issue is if you build up a record of addictions and makes it harder to get a new lease and the future and if you lost your lease the last one because you lost your job because the pandemic we're just trying to give these folks a little grace there's no repercussions for the landlord whatsoever just trying to get folks who suffer during the pandemic a little bit grace and once again just want to reiterate the Arkansas realtors association took a vote there in support of the bill. Senator mark Johnson has questions Senator Tucker. Thank you Mr president Senator Tucker this is limited only to someone that was evicted because our during the time with COVID. And they want as I understand the problem are supposed. So you're saying I can hear all right can you hear me OK yeah I I **** partner John all of the. If you're if you're set may be of help thank you Mr president yes that's the. These are only people that were convicted because of covert or during the emergency which that was they weren't supposed to be under the national order right. US and is only limited to them so so if they were evicted before or for whatever did you know in Arkansas you could still be affected during covid okay. So this is just another rumor but it's it's it's narrowly construed as my question it is very narrowly construed there's a start date of March first twenty twenty and then an end date which is six months after the end of the governor's emergency declaration. Six months after not at the end of the murders right because you still might have on going economic effects the other the other the limiting factor though is that a judge has to find that the reason you were unable to pay your rent is because of code so you can't just show up and say it and you get out and you get your records sealed the court has to find requires a court order yes okay thank you senator thank you Sir thank you any further questions Senator Pitsch for Senator. Senator grows out of the room but isn't this the bill we just voted yes Sir with eleven yes Is or some amendment or change to it no I just was able to answer a few questions with members and. And so I want to give it one more shot okay. Any further questions. Say no further questions is anyone speak for against the bill. Saying nine center it's indicate is closed for the bill is there any objection rowing the boat. Thank there is an objection growing vote would you please call the roll ma'am Secretary Ballinger. That come. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Jim. Senator Senator Bledsoe you are yes right. Senator Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Lepo. Flowers. Garner Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Thank. Ingram. Irvine Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Sample. Simple as that. Prices pass. Stubblefield. So. Sturch Sullivan. Teague D.. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Flippo is present any other senators Senator Hammer is president Senator Clark Is I. Any other Senate senator mark Johnson this press any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. C. nine ma'am say Terry please cast ballot vote twenty eighth six days and six president Senator for seventy six has passed please transmit to the House. Senator Hickey you're recognized okay members will have one built in the year which is gonna be house bill seventeen seventy eight as a Senate amendment that we need to get down to the house Senator a Chesterfield will present. Senator's house bill seventeen seventy on our regular agenda this is the one that we missed an amendment that needs to get out of the house house bill seventeen seventy. Seventeen seventy by representative McCollum Senator Irvin to require the certain information to be included student identification card or didn't cation batches Center you're recognized present your bill thank you Mr chair ladies and gentlemen of the Senate this is a very simple bill. In addition to the information that a student has on his or her at her ID we want to add the numbers for the suicide prevention hotline into the sex trafficking hotline if those numbers are readily available we could save the lives of some children at appreciate a good vote and take any questions any questions for senator Chesterfield. Say no questions is there anyone to speak for against this bill. Saying nine Senate Chesterfield indicates he's close for the bill is any objection rowing the boat on the bill say no objection 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 are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill Acer's motion to change their vote say nine AM secretary please cast about though thirty three A. zero nine is the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Okay. Well now go back to the green sheet those bills that have amendments that need to get to the house the next one to House Bill sixteen fifteen by Senator Hammer house bill six. Sixteen fifteen by representative Ladyman senator Hammer to amend election procedures to amend apartments for election officials to amend the locations of polling places and to amend the law concerning the information contained in the voter registration list. Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr chairman Mr president This bill this bill had amendment put on it that was agreed to Yeah this bill an amendment put on there was agreed to as far as deal with poll workers polling locations determination of the absentee ballot and I'll be glad to answer any questions. Any questions for senator Hammer and house bill sixteen fifteen any questions for senator Hammer. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Saying nine Senator Hammer is indicate he's close for them. Exam Jason Rapert vote on the bill. Say no objection ma'am Sir Terry 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 senators are there any senators who wish to change their vote and Senators wishing to change their vote. Saying nine ma'am secretary please cast about. The vote of thirty three A. zero nine is the bill is passed please stand please return to the House Senator Clark. Thank you Mr it's late we're tired. Of but a couple hours ago I think of we had a motion that failed of because it's late and we're tired but it's a motion that we made several times this section and accommodated people and I shook my head about overtime and so were we wasting time on this. Of. But if we're going to do it. Rother's. I hope we just made a mistake and for that and on this bill. Yesterday it was controversial and several of us missed when the chair after we won roled low because we certainly didn't want to we don't change the vote with somebody wanted to change their vote and so I would like to make a motion that we expunge the vote by ports we fail to expunge the vote on Senate bill six eighty six. Three code first. All right. Not take Spanish just yet we haven't re caught back from the house. What explains the vote by which we fail to recall. Okay ladies and gentleman you've heard the motion Senate bill six eighty six by Senator Eads was passed transmitted to the house Senator Clark is asking that we expensive boat by which senator Gardner asked to recall it back from the house we have to do recalls first so Senator Clark is asking for is too expensive by which the recall did not pass. You've heard the motion is there any discussion on that motion. Say no discussion all in favor of that motion to recall Senate bill six eighty six two expensive boat all all in favor say aye. Imposed nice Hammer. Ocean too expensive has passed look. The house bill right Senate. The to Senate bill. Okay. I'm not going to. I'm not gonna miss your bill. Senator. I know that the motion is just too expensive vote. Senator Clark you might make to withdrawal your motion to recall no. Analysts. Listen. All the motion was was to expunge the vote by which the recall did not happen okay all we have to do now is the the recall I don't recall I don't do that the house is close we can't do anything until Monday. It's at the house. All right. Solve all we've done is not much. Okay. Let's get back on track. Senate senator Tucker we are now still in the green sheet stay on the green state house bill seventeen twenty four. Seventeen twenty four by representative Gazaway incense Tucker to amend the law concerning domestic violence orders of protection and concerning course of control. You're recognized thank you Mr this is actually companion bill to a bill we filed that we passed last week called the Phoenix Act related to domestic violence because we only have one subject per bill in Arkansas this is a different bill this is in a civil context we for now what we find what often happens in domestic violence situations is that the abuser and gauges and what is defined in the bill as a course of control where they're really controlling the victims access to their own bank account to their friends their family other communications their phone social media whatever the case may be and isolates the victim to where they can't really operate in a healthy way and so what this bill does is it puts in the law that the victim in that context can go to court and get an order of protection for themselves to get out of that abusers course of control and that's really what the bill does that be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Tucker. Any questions say no questions is there anyone to speak for against the bill. Say nine Senator Tucker is indicated his closed. As a gesture I vote on this bill. Say no objection 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 Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any centers you wish to change their vote on this bill and Senators research designs evoke. C. nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty three eight zero nine is the bill has passed please return the bill to the house. Will now take a Senator lead. Okay. Members please please hold with this work will run SB seven oh three the reason is is we're trying to get the Senate bills to the house if we don't get this one done you just need to vote for or vote against it because they may not even pick this one up so anyway. Thank you. Thanks. I'm asking. Senate bill seven oh three. Seventy three by Senator Leding to amend the telemedicine act to amend the deficit definitions a professional relationship and telemedicine with them telemedicine act and to allow tell of our health search certification for medical marijuana Senator Leding you're recognized present your bill again thank you colleagues and I'll be brief earlier during the previous vote there are some people out of the chamber also some colleagues to change your mind until the they would vote yes I've confirm that I do have at least eighteen votes assuming everybody's in the chamber I do appreciate the word support from Senator Hester Senator Ballinger earlier but again if we do discover some major issue over the weekend I won't run it on Monday but I would appreciate help getting it out of the Senate this evening. Senator is Senator Garner has questions Hey since we made it illegal to go there and get too much of it is private we got tell me to get it was that way in. I would agree. Any further questions for Senator Leding. Say no questions is anyone to speak for against Senator Solomon like to speak against. Members this bill forward I remember grant a telehealth bill in twenty fifteen we've been working for this we have it we spoke earlier today about this is bill has been out there we've talked this bill is filed just a few days ago we've been talking about telehealth far six or seven years to know that audio only it was a important part of the bill an important part of telehealth Justice overlooking what we're doing so I understand I trust he'll do what he says he's he'll do but it still is a step back from what the governor's order was what we've been doing and I post it on those grounds and I'll still be voting no thank you Senator Solomon spoken against the bill there'd be anybody speak for Senator Ballinger. Thank you Mr president I want to say that it's a step in step back maybe from with the governor's order governor did not go away there will be no telehealth at all for these folks so anything that we do we put in place as more than what they had a had will be more than what they had before just as an opportunity for them to use some telehealth even if it isn't everything that we want we ought to be okay with them having some access to telehealth to do it just like we do with other health care providers. Senator Ballinger spoken for the bill as anyone else to speak for against this bill. Anyone else. You senator Bledsoe questions Senator Leding would you take place before you close yes there but so you're recognized for a quite a long distance concerns already have the written certification that night but that is my this is yes that is purchased new rules and that's important to have the all the audio and video but the physician to see that patient again yes correct and in one of the reasons again that it took us on the this files were very careful with the language so it's it's surgically written only to apply to people who already have their written certification so I would appreciate a good vote thank you Senator Leding is closed. Senate leading because President. Exam Jason on the on the bill. Say no objection I'm secretary. At. Nanosystems section. Bamse just 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 senators wishing to change their vote Senator Pitsch is no Senator Hammer is no. Any other senators recent change their vote Senator Solomon is no Senator Blake Johnson is president Senator Rice is no Senator Stubblefield is no Senator Flippo is no Senator Rapert is no. Senator Mark Johnson is no. Senator Clark. Is no. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter twenty three ACT nine days and everyone present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. Okay we're back to the house bill seven C. ninety. We're back to house bill seventeen ninety three Senator Ballinger. Seventeen ninety three by representative Scott Senator Ballinger requiring a committee a correctional or detention facility operated by the department of corrections to establish a policy to offer mammograms and prostate screenings to inmates and detainees as appropriate Senator Ballinger you're recognized senate bill Graybill one constant thing. You have an explanation of the bill is saying anyone who speak for or against the bill. Anyone to speak for against the bill. Sainath Senator Ballinger is indicating is closed for the bill Janet Jackson drawing the vote on the bill. Say no objection madam secretary please both of 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 who wish to change their vote on this bill any senators wishing to change their vote. Say nine AM secretary please cast up the ballot the voter thirty three aces zero nice the bill is passed please return to the House we now take a House bill eighteen hundred on your green supplemental calendar House Bill eighteen hundred senator Hammer. Hounsell eighteen hundred by representative Lowery to amend the law regarding contractors require registration of roofing contractors and authorize the residential contractors committee to issue roofing contractor registration certificates Senator Hammer you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr president the essence of this bill is that would create a registration process for roofing contractors to be authorized to do residential contractors work for those that are outside the State coming in one of the big issues that we are confronted with this whenever there like severe disasters like tornadoes severe flood of people coming in and they'll come in and take advantage of people then leave out what this is intended to do is to create that registration so that if somebody comes in from out of state they would be registered to make sure that they are in good standing as far as being able to offer those roofing services I'll be glad to try answering questions any questions for senator Hammer Senator Mark Johnson recognized for a question thank you Mr president Senator Hammer this is not of. Regulation of the profession there's no test to be approved for anything this is just a registry. All this is to get to get them registered but as far as you know license or anything of that nature and and you got a lot of you got a lot of good refers out there but it's the bad ones that give the good ones you know bad name so the intent is that if you say you have somebody from out of state that's going to come in and do work like you see the sign stuck up alongside they'd have to be registered so that if something happens then they could be held liable so it's not like a contractor's license or anything along that line. Thank you senator I had an experience where we had a new roof put on and the roofer. We had a problem not a huge problem but we had a problem and we could not locate the roofing company after the fact I mean it we got it taken care of an insurance adjuster was great getting worked out but but the roofer and I don't know if they've moved today you know whatever the prime not going to speculate on why we couldn't locate the with this create a registry that in that case I could at least go find out where they were supposed to be. Yes that's intent of it they would be registered because what happens is they come do the work they take advantage people maybe get half down and they bug out they leave this would at least be a way to get him registered so that there could be a trail to to get them because it you know talks in here as in the bill as far as like a false or forged evidence of fraud and deceit on page six that's the intent is just to get them registered so that if they do come in and do bad work you can at least trace and plus if you're going to do work asking do you work you can check to see if they are registered in good standing I didn't have any problem with the work they did it for there was a small problem but I could not find them to fix it this would allow me to just find the. That's the essence of the bill okay thank you senator good. Any further questions for senator Hammer. Say no further questions is anyone to speak for against the bill. Anyone to speak for against the bill saying nine Senator Hammer you're recognized because I'm closed thank you appreciate good vote. Is an objection have vote on the bill. Any objection Senator Hill Jack's ma'am center please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert aye. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch hi. Sturch Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace I. Senator Hester is I'd. Senator Chesterfield esign. Senator Elliot is on Senator Leding is I. Senator Teague is aye any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Hickey is I'd center Gilmore aye ayes senator Caldwell is on any other center's mission to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter twenty nine yeas three nine zero present the bill is passed please return to the House members as only five left to these bills with amendments only five days left please stay with me senator garner. House Bill eighteen seventy representative Pilkington and senator garner concerning childbirth expenses Senator Garner you're recognized president house bill eighteen seventy thank you know we often think of pro life bills in the context of abortion. And that's critical because the actor abortion happens you can have the life to come from. Before too often a question we forget the other side of any kind of pregnancy is the man his responsibilities often times women are left in the care is positions because they're now single moms potential single moms down the road as expenses and things be paid and the guy if he so chooses can leave. There's nothing they can do about it until a law like this what this will do is it will mandate that the man who is the father of the baby pays half the insurance premiums and have to medical calls for that baby include if it's still born or as a miscarriage not only is a pro life bill for the women who now think they have some kind of financial security during that situation it also is a good measure than May and make them know they can be accountable for their actions I think this is a good bill and I've and I take any questions. Any questions for senator Gardner any questions for senator garner say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Anyone speak for against saying nine Senate garner you're recognized because thank you close Senator gardens in Katie's closes injection right to vote on the bill. Say no objection I'm 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote on this bill. Any center's recent change their vote. C. nine times a day please cast a ballot voter thirty three aces zero names bill has passed please return to the House. When I take a House bill eighteen eighty four House Bill eighteen eighty four house bill eighteen ninety four by representative eaves Senator Dismang to amend the law governing a counties obligations regarding the production of electronic public records in bulk on request Senate is recognized thank you at this bill clarifies that the third party record provider contracted by the council must also give the council the ability to access and share their own data and that's one thing that's important it's their own data in a commonly used file format that retains the utility of the data minus any proprietary information so essentially if you make a written data request the data that's provided the actually the county makes data request of its own that it did the information that's provided has to be usable with that I'd be happy to take any questions any questions for Senator Dismang. Any questions say no question is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. C. nine senators Eubanks close for his bill is there any objection rowing the boat. Senator Jason I'm 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 are there any centers you wish to change their vote on this bill senator rice is present. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote on this bill. Say nine madam secretary please cast a ballot but the voter thirty two yeas to nays and one president House Bill eighteen eighty four S. past please return to the House now take up house bill nineteen oh seven house bill nineteen oh seven house bill nineteen oh seven by representative Lowery and senator Hammer to enable the health health care providers to make appropriate billing decisions that are in the best interest of patients and to establish the billing and the best interests of patients act Senator Hammer you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr president members of the chamber I'll get to the point first what this bill does because it's an agreed upon bill It's it's specifically helping car type patients cancer patients and what happens is they go in and they're going to get the treatment the doctor says you know we need to get your blood level up for your iron level upper we need to give you some knowledge in medicine especially whenever it is that they get their treatment and what happens usually is come in the run all the tests than they got sent off the got away the patient may get the treatment they leave and then what ends up having to happen is doctor give the script and they have to wait and and get that medicine by mail in or however the insurance carriers dictating that they have to get it so what this bill is going to allow to do is that when that when that card type patient that cancer patient is there and they do the the test results and they say we need to get your blood levels up for whatever doctor says I got to have this allows the doctor to go ahead and be able to give the medicine at that point and not have to send the patient away and what it will do is allow for the reimbursement to happen at the point of delivery of services to the physician so it's not going to help out the billing process shorten time of which they have to you know get those supplementary medicines that are going to go with their treatment but it it doesn't it didn't cost anymore it's just changing the point at which it can be done it does have to run through some rules and rags in the risk and concern expressed by one of the passes just one of the three that was expressed as far as the limitation under which is would be able to be done that is specifically mentioned in the bill the two types of medications that would be able to this would be able to be used so let me just an open book that can be addressed to rules and rags and so representative Lowery worked with the you know with all the parties at the in order to get this to be an agreed upon bill understanding we go to rules rags out just be expressly taken care through roles in rags I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions for senator Hammer. Any questions Senator Hammer. Hey nine is anyone who speak for against the cancer bill. Nobody FOR Agence. Senator hammer you're recognized close I could not closed any better than that thank you Mr president create good vote. Senator was close for his bill is M. J. strong vote on the bill say no objection madam secretary please vote 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 any senator wishing to vote or change their vote any senator wishing to vote or change their vote St nine AM secretary please cast up the ballot the voter thirty three yeas and zero nays house bill nineteen oh seven has passed please return to the House. When I think of house bill nineteen twenty house bill nineteen twenty nineteen twenty by representative Dalton Senator Stubblefield to establish a process for review and a sunset date for the state agency rules pertain to milk and cattle production. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized president your bill thank you Mr president two thousand nineteen the universe of Arkansas partnered with the beef council done a survey determined what was the main issues that they felt like would be facing in the coming years number two on that list was regulations what this bill does is sets up a process by which ADQ and the department of agriculture can pull up all the regulations pertaining during based look over those regulations and decide which ones are still relevant which ones need to be done away with. Basically what the bill does any questions for Senator Stubblefield any questions Senator questions is there anyone. Senate. Senator English you have. Snap nineteen twenty. For. That. No problem anyone to speak for against this bill. C. nine Senator Stubblefield as indicated he's close for the bill is there any objection rowing vote on the bill. Say no objection member center 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 are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote any senators who wish to vote or change their vote saying nine ma'am secretary please cast a ballot with a vote of three three aces zero nice bill has passed please return house bill nineteen twenty to the House not take up the last bill with an amendment house bill nineteen twenty to nineteen twenty two by representative Law Center Gilmore to amend the law concerning the Arkansas motor vehicle commission that. There you're more you're recognized members this is the bill to have the amendment the center Johnson presented earlier I want to give him a lot of credit for his help in getting to a good compromise on this bill this is the bill that's done every few years between the auto dealers and the manufacturers that just sets the parameters for their agreements it started out with some contention but all parties have agreed and concerns of the committee that heard that this went through this morning transportation or addressed so this is a agreed to bill I appreciate a good vote any questions for senator Gilmore. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. C. nine center Gilmore aye indicate he's close to the bill James Jackson are going to vote say no objection ma'am secretary please road 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. Any senator wishing to change their vote any senator wishing to change their vote C. nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter three three A. zero nice the bill has passed please return house bill nineteen twenty two to the house. Senator Hickey you're recognized for most. Okay okay members we've actually dealt with everything that had an amendment some placed on it Everything else would just be a clean bill that it passed through the committee. What I want to suggest if it's okay with you all those on the supplemental calendar we have four Bills only at that we have not yet heard so I'd like to batch those but if anybody has any problem with any of that whatever I call amount just let us know what will meet we pull it out. So the person is going to be house bill fifteen ninety one. If I have a problem that. Green supplemental calendar for bills left this supplemental. House Bill fifteen ninety one. Everybody okay. House Bill sixteen ten. House Bill eighteen twenty seven. House bill nineteen thirteen. Do those for anybody have a problem with those for. Yes we can. So when we put them on the screen just to make. It is take your time is if you all will be for everybody just kinda keep quiet we will try to get through that and what we lack over here and we might Bachem four time so there's not any confusion. Then I need to House Bill fifteen ninety one House Bill sixteen ten. House Bill eighteen twenty seven and house bill nineteen thirty. Yes. House fifteen ninety one by representative Gazaway allowing a school district superintendent to inform as school resource officer of the suspension of a teacher or a recommendation for the termination of a teacher. House Bill sixteen ten by representative Gazaway. Concerning the use of student restraints in public schools or educational settings. House Bill eighteen twenty seven by representative Beatty and senator Gilmore to amend the law concerning the sale of surplus highway property and authorize the sale of road mailings of. House bill nineteen thirteen five. The representative Gazaway. Temen the law concerning the bid thresholds of drainage districts. Senator Garner. Fallout sixteen ten. Garner request house bill sixteen ten people that. Okay we have a court we have a request to pull out sixteen ten that's what we're going to do. That's why we do this. Any others. Senate is there any objection to batching three the remaining bills rolling the vote any objection advancing to bills and rowing the boat. Say nine AM secretary consent passage will devote. 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. Are there any center's mission change their vote on this fast any centers recent change their vote. Sanam secretary please cast about both thirty three A. zero nice bills have passed please return to the House center Beckham is going to present house bill sixteen ten. One that was put out the batch house bill sixteen ten. House Bill sixteen ten sixteen ten by representative Gazaway concerning the use of student restraints in public schools or educational setting Senator Beckham you're recognized present your bill. This bill is codifying what's currently rules for the department of education it is a Department bill the Basics of the bill is under very very specific circumstances you can restrain kids. But it's typically not a good idea law committee Clausen time up. As we've had teachers across the state fired for that suspended for that. Recently. Questions for senator Beckham Senator Solomon. NO one on page five. Line twenty one is specifically states Crisis intervention there is a company that is crisis intervention and they have a program. Sure is this referring to that company and are we saying that the schools must use that plan. At. There are several references here. One mentions Crisis intervention there is a company that does crisis intervention that's the name of the company they also talk about positive is this your current current training modules they have to go through now the teachers go through now. Okay well also mentioned a couple of specific. Our interventions positive behavior there's another company that does that so. I'm for both of those that is for no or we tie ourselves into a contract with those companies for that server no no it's not at all. Ninety nine. Senate is fine you're recognized to speak on the bill it actually covers of one thing to keep in mind are we passed Senate bill one forty out of here in the back into that bill was going to allow the Department education to create Bob hasta behavioral support systems that are models that they give them could provide to school districts to pick from choose from utilized not utilized or whatever the reality is is a very expensive to develop there was money set aside in the cures act in there is refunds is that right you probably know more about that and I do but about twenty to thirty million dollars is set aside for mental health or behavioral health issues in developing these types of things Senate bill one forty died on the house side two deaths twice and I think it's done if we don't do something that this bill that we don't give departments case the latitude that they would need to develop those models and so does not for any specific company anyway they're actually a number of folks are looking to engage with Arkansas and national governors association wants that kind of help utilize us to be a part of the of more of a nation why model but thanks there's a lot going on in that bill even might be on just restraints portion that may. This may not for any specific vendor satisfying we take questions Senator Eads I'll try to read. Consider displaying what that's referring to these bills or just generalities though not specific company names those are just right also that's right okay that is not showing any specific company but I thought at all the those are possible haven sports is kind of some it supports is you know and that's a bus where that's out there right now I guess again I'm not in this field but I know that that's what we look to do with one what one forty the reason I know that it's not for any particular companies because I helped draft that language with at the education department with the I'm not disputing your work but there is a company this is highlighted in quotation marks or is a company called that there's also a positive behavior support in both of those are companies both of those are listed here in quotation marks but I'll take your word that this were not referred Senate. Senator Garner you have questions Senator Dismang yes either or okay so we're saying there's money by the thing is that when you to access with this but yes already what we're doing and rules. For doing roles which you have access to money why we called upon the rules and we're or the rules there are rules yet we don't have the models yet they need to be developed there my understanding it's pretty extensive deal to to develop one of these models into part of the cares that money was mental health committee that was set aside and so this allows us to tap that create these models that the in the school district communalise one examples I would give my school districts that call that we're concerned about Senate bill one forty was if you've got five to ten million twenty million dollars that you want to use to build a model that would be great State of Arkansas is willing utilized the federal funds to do that for you. But that's the issue I think so. If it doesn't exist we're correctly with twenty one page in the law as outsiders for strings that intervention teams that whole section of new code that we've not done before. That is all going to have to come from more promulgation a lot of this we're going to see in rules again ourselves this way again I'm not this is and I know that we borrowed some the language from this and utilized some language in Senate bill one four because we weren't sure what was going to happen. So Senator Hammer do you have a question Senate despite thank you Mr president Senator Dismang the was there any opposition that you know of that was expressed in committee by like the school board association a a any of the people are actually involved in the business of education that this is going to impact my guess is the fact that it's here right now so the route again all this you Senate bill one forty because they did some similar things Senate bill one forty we worked out with the A. eight EA. That's administrator's about got that acronym correctly and they actually were supportive of the bill they just failed to tell the superintendents and that's why I made a bad and on the other end but I my understanding is Gazaway work permits cation A. A. E. A. and everybody else that was an eighty eight eighty eight also all those folks were brought into this discussion in in you know became comfortable with the bill our fault was present yes shall we get this stood up with the federal money that we've got then the federal money goes away. What what happens as far as the ongoing costs that this may create and impose upon the schools that's the good news is you're developing a model so there's not an ongoing expense I mean it's it's it's kind of like you're building a building you're only going to do it one time now I'm sure there's you know tweaks and changes will happen over time that your big cost is in that initial development and that's where you're recognizing what teens need to be there what relations need to be with DHS or child services and all these other entities that are involved in these types of issues. Okay thanks Senator Blake Johnson have questions Senator Dismang. Senator. Either either one of you guys there was issued restraint issue and representative Gazaway is district and in my district. We're a teacher duct tape the student to. Share. This is a direct reflection of trying to keep that sort of thing from happening through training in the future is that not correct that's right you're trying to make sure that people understand what to do in these types of situations thank you so they're not taking kids up. Any further questions. Any further questions. Say no further questions is anyone speak for against the bill. Anyone to speak for against the bill Senate president will pull the bill down the I know senator garner has some questions I believe Senator Solomon stars portions was downtown run this on Monday okay so I was just be placed on the calendar for Monday center Senate Beckham's asked to pull the bill down until Monday will honor that request thank you. Senator Hickey you're recognized okay members. Members this is one of those that we're gonna have to all be listening if you don't mind all right we will go back to the L. as she. I have marked which bills we have not looked at. I think the best way is if I just go real slow down through here and if there's something that somebody wants to pull out at that time just way that is and will try to get it pulled out. The first one the first one that we have and it's up above some that we've already heard is house bill seventeen fourteen by Senator did Brooks Dismang. Okay the next one that we have held on the second Senator Pitsch Senator hammer Senate hammer and put on a clarification yes do we vote on the bill they were explaining or did we hello he asked for it now okay okay thank you I did hear that thank you Senator Pitsch is that your question okay Senate. William Hickey are are we listing the bills that were fixing the bachelor what we're doing right now yes we're moving back to the original calendar that we have because we still have fifteen or so bills on this calendar that we have not heard okay so Senator Hickey is asked to review these for a batch. Let's Senator Hester objects. Hi okay thank you please proceed first bill Parcells a House bill seventeen fourteen anybody will pull it out. Thanks was will be house bill seventeen ninety one under would Hester. The next one is going to be house bill eighteen twenty four. Senate this call will I do have authorization to do these to the next ones if you think not the next will be house bill eighteen twenty six. Mayberry Irvine. The next one is going to be house bill eighteen thirty five. Meeks was in the house bill eighteen thirty seven. Next was going to be house bill eighteen fifty five. Next is house bill eighteen sixty three. Next is house bill eighteen sixty six. Next is house bill eighteen sixty eight. Next is house bill eighteen seventy nine. The nexus house bill eighteen ninety one. The nexus H. bill skews me house bill eighteen ninety seven. The nexus house bill nineteen hundred. The nexus house bill nineteen twelve I will make a note that that's the tax could only use cars that we've discussed so much just so everybody knows. The next and last is house bill nineteen twenty one or I think this last week. The members by Sabrina prepares the computer please review those and let me know if you want to pull any out of the batch. Senator Bledsoe. Senate but so could you turn your microphone on. I'd like to pull of House Bill eighteen sixty six out please. Eighteen sixty six. House Bill eighteen sixty six request to pull out of the batch. Senate. US senator Johnson's senator pitcher like House Bill eighteen twenty six hello. Yeah House Bill eighteen twenty six pulled out of that. Any further. Any further bill senator Hammer. Okay. Any further bills. Eighteen twenty six nineteen sixty six pullout. Correct. On the Monday. Centers any further discussion. Any further discussion on the batch. Senate. Okay members everybody sure I know we've looked at these over and over and over again but. House Bill eighteens house bill seventeen fourteen. House bill seventeen ninety one. House Bill eighteen twenty four house bill eighteen thirty five house bill eighteen thirty seven house bill eighteen fifty five House Bill eighteen sixty three House Bill eighteen sixty eight House Bill eighteen seventy nine House Bill eighteen ninety one House book bill eighteen ninety seven house bill nineteen hundred house bill nineteen twelve. House bill nineteen twenty one. We have pulled out. House Bill eighteen twenty six. And house bill eighteen sixty six or two out of the batch. Well consider by ready to roll. You do ma'am sectarian please roll the vote. Ransacked these reasons because. Seventeen fourteen best sent a representative breast center Dismang to amend the law concerning multiple employer welfare arrangements. Has a seventeen ninety one by Senator Senator Hester and representive Underwood concerning the execution of a judgment and to repeal obsolete language. House Bill eighteen twenty four by representative Collins incenter Ballinger to amend the law concerning recorders into amend the law concerning uniform C. for recording instruments. Hassle eighteen thirty five scented Payton and Senator Ballinger to amend the law concerning residential contractors lane notice requirement. House bill eighteen thirty seven the representative helping tennis center Davis to prohibit the issuance or renewal of a teaching license to a person who is played guilty or nolo contendere or has been found guilty of sexually grooming a child. House Bill eighteen fifty five by a representative Cozart Senator hammer to amend the law concerning the bonding procedure for payment or performance bonds issued under contracts for the construction correction of alteration demolition or repair of any buildings structure or improvements hassle eighteen sixty three by representative may bring Senator Sturch to create the public school Americans with disabilities act compliance committee. House Bill eighteen sixty eight by representative Hong Senator Hill to require disclosure certain sales and use tax data to certain public up political subdivisions and to maintain the confidentiality of the data when received by a Okay print center Irving to allow dependents of certain veterans receive tuition waivers to private nonprofit institutions of higher education in this state and the cap the amount of the tuition waiver for dependents of certain veterans house bill eighteen ninety one by representative Dotson as senator Elliots to create and network of certified academic language therapy is to provide a specialized dyslexia instructional program for public school students with dyslexia or related reading and run in written language difficulties as well eighteen ninety seven by representative Brad the Senator Ballinger concerning a blood draws draws in connection with a criminal offense and amend section five twenty six sixty five two oh for hassle nineteen hundred by representative Scott Senator Hester concerning bail bond transparency. Well nineteen twelve by representative Payton and Senator Rapert to provide reduced sales and use tax for certain used motor vehicles trailers and semi trailers hassle nineteen twenty one by representative Penzo Senator Ballinger to amend the law concerning the withdrawal of consent to adoption. Members of the bills and jets have vote on the backs. Denotation ma'am secretary please roles of. 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 senator wish to vote or change their vote a senator wishing to change their vote saying nine ma'am say Terry please cast about though thirty three J. zero nine the bills have passed please return to the House. Senator okay members of the house bill eighteen twenty six that we pulled out that'll be put on Monday's calendar House Bill eighteen sixty six Senator Hammer is going to present that now. House Bill eighteen sixty six senator Hammer. House Bill eighteen sixty six by representative back concerning election expenses for the County Board of election commissioners and the state board of election commissioners and to prohibit the acceptance of funds grants and gifts. Last bill senator Hammer you're recognized present your bill thank you Mr president I'm carrying this for representative back and situation happened up in his area where somebody approached a election commissioner about giving money to help the county or to help their run their elections when he checked into a term that there was no such law that would give clear guidance on that what this bill does is establishes that if a grant or any funding OR gifs to help cover the cost of elections that has to be given to the designated bodies that are mentioned in the bill on lines twenty eight through thirty one so it's just good transparency accountability bill make sure the money's going to go to the governing agency that's going to have to pay for the cost of election get the election board of election commissioners out of the loop on it and I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions Senator Hammer. Say no questions is anyone speak for against the bill. Sane nine Senator hammer close Preciado you Senator Hammer is closed is there any objection rowing the boat. Say no objection madam secretary please motorboat. 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. Are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill Senator Hendren. Is not voting Senator Hendren is not voted. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote on this bill. St nine AM secretary please cast about though thirty two yeas and zero nays your president bill has passed please return to the House members before we leave are there any announcements that need to be made. Senator Hammer come on down. Senator Hammer you're recognized for the announcmenet. Thank you Mr president it maybe was going to be set by somebody else but I wanna make sure got said I think that you've done outstanding job today given the length and the fact that you. This job in the staff we just couldn't thank you enough for I mean this is a long time ladies and gentlemen we appreciate you so much. Senator Pitsch thank you Mr president we obviously are not going to me committee did not that insurance and commerce is going to meet at nine o'clock on Monday morning. Madam secretary the items at the desk. When you Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill two forty eight by Senator Davis recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill six ninety nine by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass. Counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill seventy five by Senator Mark Johnson recommend to pass. Calendar. Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill five thirty five by Senator Davis recommend due pass to concur on house amendment number one calendar. Five thirty. Four different ones. Side where your committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill five forty nine by Senator Clark recommend due pass and current house amendment number one. Calendar okay I said I just to referred Senate bill five fifty three by Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass and current house amendment number one calendar. Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen ninety nine The representative Payton recommend due pass counted Committee on St agencies to whom was referred house bill nineteen thirty seven by representantes dos recommend due pass counted. The Senate stands adjourned sentence claiming under this.