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I am by the member staff press and guests in the gallery to stand to be led in prayer by Dr rex Horne retired pastor Emmanuel Baptist church here in Little Rock and to remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. The friends list price. Father we are thankful today for this day and for the women and the men who served in the House we thank you today father for the holy Trinity the father the son and the Holy Spirit. We thank you for those things that kind of come in threes. Now abide faith hope and love these three but the greatest of these is love. We thank you for our faith our family our friends. We thank you lord for the institution is that you have ordained and sustained. The home government the church. So for these to survive pray that in complex and challenging times that you'd help us all to remember the simple yet profound things that often come in threes and this we pray in Jesus name amen. All. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present but. Per machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. Ninety eight. Isn't. Chair sees a quorum are there any requests for leave. Representative Hodges what purpose. Leave. For representative Milton Nicks. Leave granted for representative next. Representative now for what purpose leave leave representative Cozart is leave granted for RepresentativeHouse art. Represent Deffenbaugh for what purpose. leave. They for Deborah Ferguson is leave granted for representative Ferguson. Leavis granite heather. I would you know. Okay representative. Leave or not represent love is leave grants representative love. Lievens grand FOR representative love. Representative flowers moves we just dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal no objection so ordered are they Reports from select committees read the reports. Correct any of its communications and information technology to was referred house bill ninety twenty four big return for the in the Senate consideration here to Tennessee with recognition that do pass as amended number to respect the Senate Stephen Meeks chair. Are there Reports from standing committees read reports Mr Clark. Mr Speaker we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill to a seventy two point three the same in the consideration here to try the same with the recommendation to do pass review submitted clean Teague co chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty seven house on eighteen ninety three house bill ninety twenty two House resolution to thirty five Senate bills by thirty four Senate bill five the to Senate bill six a six day to further into the similar consideration here they're trying to say with recognition I do pass thank you senator Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker recording a public transportation his or referred Senate bill two forty seven back later for the ever the same under consideration here they're trying to say with the recognition that do pass as amended number one percent this minute Danny Watson vice chair for speaking we are committee on education to was referred house bill seventy sixty one house in nineteen thirty two big return for the Senate consideration here that are the same with the recognition that do pass as amended number one aspect is amended right eleven vice chair. The Speaker we are a committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill forty seven bigly toward the the Senate consideration here the trying the same recognition that do pass this particular Dalby chair per Speaker we are committee on Judiciary Committee for Senate bill two hundred beg leave to further the sooner consideration here to turn the thing with the recognition they do pass as amended number one restricted to Carol Dalby chair should be your rear Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill five fifty three civil five forty four Bailey toward the to Senate consideration here the turn the same recommendation that do pass as amended number two for services to Carol Dalby chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on education to was referred house bill nineteen thirty one Senate bill five four fifty civil five sixty four Senate bill six twenty nine day tour through the center consideration here the trying the same with recognition that do pass represented by an eleven by chair. There any unfinished business. Are there any Executive communications. Read the letter from the governor. April nineteenth. Twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house you Mr Speaker This is to inform you that on April nineteen twenty twenty one are reviewed and approved as to form the following measure from the regular sensing session of the ninety third General Assembly I think her resolution ten of seven sincerely Asa Hutchinson. In nineteen twenty one to the Speaker of the house in which Speaker this is to inform you that on April nineteenth twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly also seventeen thirty five ACT seven forty six as well sixteen eighties accent forty seven also seventeen ninety six is that simply a House assistance towards action forty nine eleven eighty one is ACT seven fifty household seventeen No four is activity one thank you for his activity to House Leding sixty four is accented three thank you for your sex MP four Hasil eighty three pose accent five that's what unity is ACT seventy six house bill seventy ninety four six seventy seven house bill thirty anyone's ACT seven fifty eight has the seventeen eighties accent fifty seven fifty nine also sixteen eighty two as accent sixty house bill six fifteen eighty five ACT seven fifty one also fifteen twenty six and sixty two house of fifteen fourteen is that simple seventy three also forty two ninety six seven sixty four house bill thirteen fifty six seven sixty five of the thirteen twenty seven six seventy six helpful ten fifty is ACT seven sixty seven. Zero if the Hutchinson. Representative Boyd rep moved that we place Senate bill six sixty three back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark a member number one to House Senate bill six sixty three. Represent boy you're recognized explained the amendment. This is this is just Senate bill that adds my name and add some clarifying language I'd appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative Boyd has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative boys clothes for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill six sixty three all in favor say aye. Opposed nay amendments adopted. Mr Clark read Senate concurrent resolution number seven Senate concurrent resolution seven by representative great to encourage the purser of national Cancer Institute designation by the winter people are propeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences represent great you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker. In two thousand nineteen with the passage of act one eighty one and ACT five eighty the state legislature decided that as a matter of public policy we wanted to better our state's fight against cancer when we pass these bills the journey began by UAMS to receive the designation as an NCI accredited Cancer Institute what has been accomplished to date is a source of great pride for our state in late two thousand nineteen UAMS recruited Dr Michael bird to service director of the Cancer Institute he is a well known and respected researcher and leader in the world of cancer known as an expert in the field of gynecological cancer doctor Berger is here with us in the west gallery joining him is Martha hill a member of the board of advisors at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute the Cancer Institute has begun to shape the infrastructure needed to achieve NCI designation that infrastructure in part is being defined by the as the recruitment of the right people to the state of Arkansas fourteen additional cancer research scientists and clinicians have been recruited to UAMS whose research and clinical work will evaluate the impact of different chemotherapy drugs on the body and will affect treatment in urologic breast G. I got ecological and liver cancers multiple multiple myeloma has well as radiation and surgical oncology recruitment activity continues as a Cancer Institute works to bring Arkansas top oncology researchers and clinicians the NCI designation will improve access to clinical trials making new drugs available to Arkansans this this access to clinical trial medicines will reduce cancer mortality by up to twenty five percent in the state of Arkansas we'll make prevention education and treatment options available for our kids is within driving distance of UAMS and it will create approximately fifteen hundred new jobs over five years in. Will lead to an economic impact of roughly seventy two million dollars on our state's economy. So how will ask the Clerk to read the bill in its summary and then if you will join me in welcoming Dr Bernard to the capital Mr Clark Mr Speaker please have the Clerk read the bill in summary. Mr Clark read the bill in summer whereas the winter P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences is committed to raising at least thirty million dollars in private funds to support the pursuit of achieving status as a national center institute designated cancer center and whereas the private resources pursued by the winter P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences are part of a cohesive and focused plan that will forever change the cancer outcomes in the state and whereas the winter P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences will need a stream of funding between ten million dollars and twenty million dollars per year to establish and maintain a national Cancer Institute designated cancer center and whereas the General Assembly created the stream of revenue to pursue and maintain the national Cancer Institute designated cancers center under acts twenty nineteen number five eighty and whereas like other states that have been successful in steering states as the national center Cancer Institute designated cancer center for the cancer center's exempt and comment upon this state of Arkansas to invest in this initiative now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the house of representatives concurring there in that the centre of the ninety third General Assembly in the house of representatives concurring encourage the pursuit of the national Cancer Institute designated cancer center at the winter P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences. If you will please please help me welcome doctor Berger with UAMS. Represent gray's explain resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution representative gray his clothes for the. Resolution the question before the House is the passage of Senate concurrent resolution seven. All in favor say aye. Opposed nay resolutions adopted. Mr Clark reed House resolution ten thirty nine House resolution ten thirty nine by representative Deffenbaugh to recognize cliff here's first upcoming induction into the professional football hall of fame representative Deffenbaugh you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker I had thought about this a little bit and I want to you know we've had so many ups and downs people get tired and so I thought I'd. Try to bring a feel good story to you. if you don't if you're not old enough to know who play fair C. as he played for the Dallas Cowboys for years and then the purposes this is to honor him he's going to be inducted into the pro football hall of fame this August and that there's only been he's on the eight our cans and born and bred that is ever been inducted in the hall of fame as being in the beginning nineteen sixty three so after all that time you know is just like I said is just be nice to have a cliff is one apple We played together several years their Washita and while I'm thinking about if you don't mind you all a graduate from Warsaw. Your mind coming down here give me some support. Our. Get more Leicestershire's Rigo and. Senate. Okay Hi I'm going to read a little bit of this and tell little bit Avenue won't take very long that like I said I had the privilege of playing ball clarify I I really contributed to his pro career because you needed somebody to be attacked and demi and I did. I did a good job with that but it says Mr Mr Playfair's to be inducted into professional football hall of fame in August two thousand twenty one and like I said he'll only be the eight our cans and to be inducted into this prestigious club the only born and bred he was born in federal in nineteen forty eight a beginner's football career or he became on this season's football careers junior went to hot springs junior year hot springs high school then went to a dance Arkansas senior year we're G. leading to an undefeated season Hi he continued his football career by accepting a scholarship awards top Baptist university one footnote here is. We have had one scholarship offer and that was the worst job at this of which accepted obviously so he was a stellar defensive back in and named to the all A. I. see to two years his last two years. Because of his speed and intensity and savage tackling Mr Harris to attention from several professional football teams across the country ultimately being offered in agreeing to a contract with the Dallas Cowboys I want to say something about that being out there on the field somebody you don't know that you're going to be a pro you get an idea that pretty good but he didn't Class biggest asset was he loved people okay and it didn't matter and I mean if you got a chance to private colleges but he he he would hit you before playing during the play and after play any didn't practice any didn't games if you're wise to play with the cowboys you saw he was borderline late some time that he was in it he was a vicious attack okay in fact they nicknamed Mr crash at the yeah with the cowboys. in fact Walt garrison said he he he he heard more of his own teammates the opponents. Anyway here's here's another little tidbit that most of you I didn't know I've I've paid attention to clear after watching sent around this house for two days waiting for a call from a pro football team okay this summer we knew there'd been some scouts around there and so he expected to be drafted or help to wait two days not one call Dallas Cowboys would be in there they pay him all what happened five hundred dollar bonus. Thank you bought a Camaro that all right his opening salary was thirteen thousand five hundred second shower was fifteen five the seventy five yeah and the but the plus side of that he went to the Super Bowl was first year and his. The sheriff for the Superbowl was actually more than made on this shall. The deal with the cab was turned out to be a at B. quite a bargain for the team is the investment paid off quicker. Mr Harris was a starting safety for ten years he went from seasons seventy decisions seventy nine ten straight years started every year Any and then the like I said the calling captain crash you end up being one of Dallas all time greats where is Mr Harris appeared now you have peered in five out of ten years you appeared in five super bowls he was selected to six consecutive pro bowls he was a four time first team all pro was a member of the all dag decade team of the seventies with cal borders in addition to the upcoming induction into professional football hall of fame Mr hare's then inducted into other athletic halls of fame including the Texas sports hall of fame the Arkansas sports hall of fame the N. A. I. hall of fame and the water still athletics hall of fame whereas the culmination of this Lester's career whereas the culmination of the this is a Lester's career was the naming a wash top Baptist university football stadium as cliff hare stadium. Now therefore it is resolved by the house of representatives in the ninety third General the General Assembly the State of Arkansas that the house of representatives congratulate Mr Playfair's on his career and his upcoming induction in the professional hall of fame so I was asked for a good vote thank. Representative Matt gray you're recognized for a point of personal privilege. Thank you so much Mister Speaker. You know every day we recognize eye doctor of the day in our nurses of the day we stand up we applaud. If you don't think one day you'll need them. But I tell you I have made this morning as set in my office. In my chest are heard and that broke into a sweat and my dad passed away at sixty five with a massive heart attack. So I made my way up to the nurse's office and the doctor was in there. And the there My saving angels today I love you girls and guys on today but anyway I went down there and the. I was really scared most of a I thank but they check me out thoroughly. Took care of me like I was their own. And the we need them here and you don't realize how much stress we have on this and they think they city could be stress I think it is I had a full head of hair when I came down here. But I just want to say a personal thank you to them thank you so much we appreciate to doctor of the day. You are wonderful so let's give a round of applause and really mean it you know what I'm. Morning hour send it. Representative council recommends that we concurrence Senate amendment one to House Bill seventeen seventy seven Mister Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill seventeen seventy seven represent county recognized explained Amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is the bill that has to do with victims of domestic violence being able to keep their address that they use for voter registration purposes private yacht passes out of the house with my commitment to you that I would amended on the Senate side to make clear that the only information kept private would be the address this amendment makes those changes and also as representative Dotson as a cosponsor and I appreciate a good vote thanks. Represent county is explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Represent county is Close for the amendment. Question before the House is concurrence an amendment number one to House Bill seventeen seventy seven per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety eight zero nine zero president you have concurred in a minute one to House Bill seventeen seventy seven. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen seventy six House Bill eighteen seventy six by representative mark Perry regarding the suspension of permits for retailers failure to pay a wholesaler or manufacturer for tobacco products vapor products alternative nicotine products or E. liquids. Representative Barry you're recognized explaining the bill thank you Mr chairman colleagues my last bill for the session so this is a good consumer protection a bill what's happening is we have a check kiting scheme basically using tobacco products among tobacco wholesalers and retailers so what's happening is tobacco retailers are buying getting tobacco products from the wholesaler and then not paying our bills and I'll go to another wholesaler and get product and not pay their bills and it's just never ending so you know we collect about a quarter of a billion dollars in taxes from wholesaler's with tobacco products and we need to provide them with some protections but the this bill will provide for notification of a if I retailers not paying their bills tobacco control board will notify the wholesaler or the the wholesaler other wholesalers that the bills are being paid so they won't sell to these particular retailers till they get their bills paid now represent a Ferguson brought up in the rules they want to see an amendment dressing the due process and that amendment is already drafted by the attorney general's office and tobacco control board working together in is down on the of the Senate in others no other opposition other than the fact that tobacco control needed a hundred sixty thousand dollars for one person and representative Wardlaw a very capability answered that the issue with D. F. and a so with that being said I'd appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent berries explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Presented berry is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen seventy six the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With sixty two Yates eighteen days and to present the bill is passed. Represent Pilkington moves we re referred house bill fourteen forty two committee that's proper motion representative Pilkington you are recognized to explain your motion. Hey everyone over the weekend the part a health reach out to me about a concern about this bill we passed a large amendment the day we pass this bill out of committee and I think there's a lot of trust the Committee on Public Health gave me when passing that out and so I want to honor that trust by sending it back making the correction lateness vote on the whole the bring it back and I'm just trying to honor the process I want to send it back to public health so that I ask for a good vote thank you. Represent poking to has explained the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. For the motion representative of intense close for the motion a question. Before the. Houses to re referred house bill fourteen forty two committee all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. Mr Clarkson the. Bill back to committee. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen seventy six House Bill sixteen seventy six by representative McCollum two men laws redolent to unemployment benefits under the division of workforce services law. Represent McCollum you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues so today is an exciting day although it has been a rough year for many or Kansans I would say this bill is a great opportunity to help rebuild our economy and get Ark our Kansans back to work so. What this bill does is it looks at economic conditions and it changes unemployment duration accordingly. The inherent logic of the bills when things are good. You don't need as much time to look for work when things are bad we're going to give you more time so we're at sixteen weeks right now for unemployment what this would do is change it to based off of what the unemployment rate. If things are going well right to take it down to twelve weeks things are going bad the ceiling would be sixteen weeks there's concern from DWS on this bill and mostly of most of the concern that they express was referred regarding implementation of the bill their system is very outdated we are certainly sympathetic to the position they've been in with everything they've been having to deal with during the pandemic that's why we made several amendments and public health we went from making it retroactive to change in a year to again change in a year until finally we realized that not only did they just need more time for implementation but they also need a lot of money to help put this in place so if you recall representative luncheon had a bill earlier this session that dealt with specifically the system that they have and we gave thirty five million dollars to their system to address our the modernization of the system so that we can implement smart policies like this I think I. Well taken anyone have any questions. Representative Murdock for what purpose. Sturch you're recognized for a question so represent McCollum this is a reduction in the number of weeks of unemployment. Click click out of form and it can be depending on the economic economic conditions of the state so the ironic thing about that is when I was told by DBS is they'd rather go down it's what we're currently at sixteen weeks they would rather go down to twelve weeks what I'm saying and what this bill would do it would say depending on the economic conditions at the time when things are going well it could go down to your point down to twelve weeks but if things are bad. It wouldn't go any up it would if it would change from sixteen. So what's the necessity of this I mean why why do we need to change in the sixteen is this something that the administration brought to you doctors I mean the work force what what are they in agreement with this what is this the was a back ground on this please so one of the reasons I was interested so no no one no one from the administration brought me this one of the reasons I was interested in looking at this issue. I don't know how many of you offered from employer saying the biggest competition that small businesses have right now is the government. And the state chamber said that In public house they gave I don't know how many thousands of examples they said employer saying that ma'am we can't find the employees we need they they have and I don't blame the rationale is that it's a better deal stay on on unemployment a lot of that of course has to do with how much sweeter it's been made right now with what the federal government is doing but to answer questions on why originally started looking into it I had to deal with thinking about how to address getting people back to work the fact that employers can't find employees so after that I. I look at some case studies in other states that have done this represent Murdock and. Basically states that. Did this indexing. They spend less on the program in states that don't why do we want to do that alternately the idea would be to also lessen the tax burden on employers so in states where employers allowed enrolled enrollees to collect benefits for twenty six or more weeks they're paying an average of five dollars sixty cents on every five thousand dollars of wages so the statement of index North Carolina Georgia Florida they're only paying an average of two dollars and thirty cents on every thousand dollars of wages. Representative Cavenaugh for purpose question you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker my question is this representative McCollum from being in a part of the state that's rule and we don't have a lot of businesses and when a factory shuts down it affects us drastically and it affects those people that lose their job at no fault of their own this bill with the end look at places like northwest Arkansas where employment is rampant where you can find jobs and it's going to reduce my constituents ability to draw on employment to be able to get the necessary training that they need so how was in the equity between urban and rural. Yeah I mean regards to the training I would say this doesn't get in anyone's ability to go out and look for training I do understand your concern on where an employment is rampant on your example Northwest Arkansas versus maybe another district that doesn't have that what I would say is when we when we looked at these case studies and these other areas it didn't really matter what the duration was whether it was a state that had less amount of weeks our state that had more amount of weeks than us on average an individual will always go to about a week and a half before. The Max duration so regardless of what the economic statuses of the area individual go the Max amount of weeks to me it's just a question of do we value work do we value people getting back to work I get out of well Preciado S.. Represent McCollum as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative gray you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I just told representive a call a few minutes ago that I might do this I've been sitting back there thinking about it and in committee we heard this in committee and my biggest issue in committee and the reason I'm going to vote no and it's kind of one share that any kind of goes along with representatives Cavenaugh question is. It's indexed from sixteen weeks down the twelve weeks depending on the entire state's unemployment rate but my district never matches the state's unemployment rate so the state's unemployment rate for February unadjusted was five point three percent that would put us at the twelve week index but my highest county is seven point one percent and so my County my highest County a lot of times we have to go outside of my district for some of that for for jobs there's not a lot of jobs within my district it takes longer to do that and so I feel like my district would be punished unnecessarily because instead of being at sixteen weeks where they currently are they be moved down to twelve weeks and personally I thought and I this is no this is a shock to the representative McCollum since I've been here we've reduced unemployment from twenty six weeks down to sixteen weeks and I just feel that at some point I'm hurting my constituents I think there has to be a balance between you know keeping the fund solvent and also helping our constituents and I just want to share what I was voting no for me from a rural part of the state thank you. Representative grace spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive ray you're recognized to speak for the bill. Collins I'll be brief I think this is a good bill we need to help get our Kansans back to work the concept of the bill is very common sense when economic conditions are good unemployment shouldn't last as long but when economic conditions aren't so good. Maybe we provide a little bit longer run way for folks to find a job and get back to work this bill addressed some real concerns the department work for service had to provide them more time for implementation so I think it's a well thought out and craft a bill and I'll be voting yes. Representative ray spoke for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent McCollum. Represent property you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I guess my time went high enough with the plexiglass gone. Hi friends. I support this bill. in a matter of fact my son has asked for help to the legislator legislature to get people back to work. He is the CEO of an employment agency and because people are receiving long term unemployment benefits they cannot get people to work so businesses in the community are crying now please help us so it's a good time to get everybody back to work we've had the COVID virus and we've had a lot of people who have had to take an employment and that was good but there comes a time when we need to. Encourage people to get back to work thank you. Represent Crawford spoke for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent McCollum you're recognized to close for the bill. Thank you laws thank you more I think. Maybe something I didn't go into detail enough about is the impact on this on taxes for the entire state you know that the ideas of the wage base floats meaning taxes to some degree will float as well based on the solvency and we don't want solvency surcharges were in a good spot right now but The ironic thing is again DWS said that they wouldn't mind just going down to twelve weeks what I'm saying is what we don't need to go down to twelve weeks if the if or in a bad spot economically and I got a question earlier what does that mean I cannot I mean literally we're just looking at what the unemployment rate is. I don't I don't think we have a a war on poverty I think we have a war on work. I mean that's a nationwide thing not just in this state. I think works Americal puts food on our table. Clothes on our back. Roof overhead. I don't I don't want to destroy the opportunity to get people back to work and that's really what this is about I appreciate a good vote. Represent accounts close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen seventy six the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Forty seven days twenty seven days and seven president Bill failed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen eighty one. House Bill eighteen eighty one by representative gray to establish the three forty B. drug pricing nondiscrimination at. Representive great you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker it's always funny coming from pass the bill after you've spoken to get someone else's bill. so this bill I did not run it yesterday because some of the manufacturers wanted to offer up an amendment I did look over that amendment and the amendment was essentially to strike a section of the bill in its entirety and I feel that that kind of got in the bill so I decided that I would not agreed to that amendments is why why did pass over yesterday I am so what this does it said to establish the three forty B. drug pricing nondiscrimination act Three forty B. is a very complicated federal programs and it's essentially to help rural Arkansas underserved or rural America under served America and places that don't have a lot of economic activity going on I put it that way SO three forty B. pricing is drug pricing and what it is is where the manufacturer's essentially will sell drugs to what we call covered entities at a very reduced rate we're talking sometimes about ten percent of the actual retail price that they would normally charge so it's a federal program it's been in place for many years and so. What we're starting to see as the number of three forty B. entities so like hospitals are covered entities if they want to participate FQHCs rural health clinics can be covered entities and then you can have independent pharmacies also participate they go through the covered entity I know this is confusing so you could have a pharmacy that is at three forty B. eligible pharmacy they contract with the hospital to get their medications and that hospital contracts with or works with the manufacturer to get the medications directly at that reduced price so that reduced price gets passed all the way down the chain to the pharmacy so the issue that we're starting to see last year one one main menu one manufacture in general but they decided that they would no longer ship or give medications to the contract pharmacy so you've got a hospital that contracts with the pharmacy they're both using the three forty B. pricing in order to not have to push as many drugs through the system at the reduced price what they were saying is if the hospital does contract with the pharmacy at three forty B. we're no longer going to send medications there because we're trying to limit the amount of drugs that we see and at a reduced price and six. Manufacturers that participate in the Medicaid agreed to provide outpatient drugs to covered entities at reduced prices they just are unilaterally deciding that they don't want to continue to participate and I do understand that the three forty B. program over the last ten years it's exploded it's gone from like seven thousand pharmacies there to covered entities to like twenty something thousand it has grown and it needs to be addressed probably at a federal level I don't disagree and I think there are several lawsuits across the country dealing with this issue already so all I'm trying to say in this bill is we don't want the state of Arkansas to be treated like that we want our patients our pharmacies or hospitals to continue getting that three forty B. pricing that's help keep us afloat for all these years that's essentially what the bill does I'll be glad to take any questions I can answer. C. nine appreciate. Represent brown for the purpose question you're recognized. Representative cry this pricing it's dependent upon the patient yes the patients economic condition situation I don't have to say that but what. Not really so what is the pin that on the pricing is whether or not the pharmacy and the physician's office are covered entities are contract entities so if I go to a federally qualified health center they participate in three forty B. then I can get that medication at the reduced rate at three forty B. pharmacy. Follow up recognized when you say you can get it does that mean the individual can get it for the institution can get an individual can get it I can pick it up from the pharmacy but that pharmacy got it from the hospital who got it from the manufacturer and that pertains to all their patients or just is it does it have a person has to be qualified an individual the pertains to all their patients is my understanding thank you yes and one other thing I will mention is I got an email from American conservative union I think earlier today that was opposed to the bill because they said that this was price setting it's not price setting all I'm saying is you got to follow the federal guidelines and actually sit medications to the state of Arkansas no we're in there we setting a price so. All right thank you appreciate a good vote. Represent graves explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative grace close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen eighty one prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. Sixty five Yeas fourteen days and seven present bills passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen ninety five House Bill fourteen ninety five a representative Wardlaw to amend the law concerning load limits for a vehicle transporting certain raw materials and logs into declared emergency. Represent Wardlaw you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker what we're here for the last few days nears the bill that everybody will laws is the ninety thousand bill just wanna make sure everybody's clear what we're voting on this is the ninety thousand bill. As you've heard all your county judges your mayors and everybody's throwing a fit about this bill I will tell you this bill doesn't do what they're all telling you it does and I know they don't want to say that and I'll be the one that stands there and takes the heat for these log trucks are going to hold a pound more than they already hold a day it's the reason this thing was an emergency order for year is the reason the highway department setting committee and said they don't want this bill going for because it is a safety concern then they were asked wanted you sign off on this for years. They just stared at the committee. Because it's not a safety concern. They have no proof that this is a safety concern doesn't terrify highways yes but we alternate highways every day when we get on that's the reason we put all that money and highways over the last ten years because I highways take where. And this is commerce of Arkansas Arkansas is a wood basket state and we need to support our wood basket producers and that is our lawyers in the reason they need this variance is because folks they're loading out there tomorrow. They can't they can't know what that weight is in the model they've all got skills under truck now got skills in a truck because they can't get in the meals today if they're over what ninety thousand pounds so many pull out that not only do the best they can to get the ninety year under so they can get in the gate at those meals when they get there. That's the regulation for weights is the meals the reason the governor went to ninety thousand the reason I'm going to ninety thousands because that is the rule of the land out there today is ninety thousand pounds that's what they're that's what they're waiting. And we go right all the tickets we want to write we're going catchment about eighty eight thousand pounds which is. Which is nothing on the ticket and all these lawyers budget for those tickets every year all this is going to do is make it to where they can do this legally and they can make sure that Arkansas say's an economical viable state in the wood basket and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Wardlaw is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Mayberry you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I didn't really want to speak against I kind of just wanted to ask a question because we have gotten hopefully all of you've also got misinformation that the highway department anticipates that this would mean an increase of twenty five million dollars more per year that they will need to maintain our highways I also just wanted to point out that it's more than just our county judges currently opposed to the legislation is the Arkansas county judges association the Arkansas state chamber of commerce the Arkansas trucking association the Arkansas general contractors the Arkansas asphalt pavement association Arkansas railroad association Arkansas department of transportation Arkansas highway police. Central Arkansas metro Plan and the coalition against bigger trucks thank you I appreciate a no vote. Represent Mayberry spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative baby you're recognized speak for the bill. I just want to echo the comments that representative Wardlaw laid out for you the highway department agreed for the hundred four thousand pound for the transport of equipment on these highways if you've driven the the back roads in your county so you already know that a lot of these lot of these roads are under in state of disrepair now this additional weight is not going to damage those highways in any further than they are now one thing that we took into consideration we ran these these two bills was the mailings from the highway department and there be a bill that should be on the floor tomorrow that will now make those millions available to counties for free to help lower the cost of construction improvement of county highways so that that bill was remains are it in in all of this of these bills so I would like to take that in consideration and this is an economic development bill for Southeast Arkansas for the state with that I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Badia spoke for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Wardlaw. Close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen ninety five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With fifty eight twenty nine days and three present the bill is fail. Mr Clark read house bill nineteen thirty eight. House bill nineteen thirty eight by representative wing to establish compulsory training standards for public safety agencies for the recognition of this management of stress self care techniques mental health awareness the resiliency. Represent when you're recognized explained the Bill. Thank you Mr Speaker our first responders answer our calls during some of our most dramatic moments and they do it every day House Bill nineteen thirty eight seeks to address some of the day today concerns that they receive by establishing a curriculum that helps them identify mental health and it's a fax on their job. They do it will develop the curriculum and fits within their current training programs there is no cost to the cities or the county's municipally is very supportive of this and this will help defray long term issues by addressing potential problems before they arise so this is a preventative measure a stitch in time saves nine I appreciate a good vote. Represent wing. Represent poking ten for what purpose question you're recognized. is the hospital association and the healthcare association oppose this legislation as well as other healthcare organizations there is no known opposition to this bill. You might be thinking about a different bill okay. This is house bill nineteen thirty eight appreciate a good vote. Representive wing is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive wings close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill nineteen thirty eight per the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mister Clark with eighty six Jay's one nine zero present the bill is passed. Represent Beatty for what purpose motion what what your motion to expunge house bill fourteen ninety five. That's proper motion. Your record if the bailable you're recognized to explain your motion. House members fourteen ninety five was close we're one vote away so I just asked to give it another opportunity and I ask you to allow us to reconsider this and give me that one vote thank you. Representative Beatty's explained the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. For the motion. Representative Beatty is close for the motion the question before the House is the expungement of the vote by which house bill fourteen ninety five failed all in favor say aye. Those nay. Is have it. Mr Clark please read house bill nineteen thirty seven. Also in nineteen thirty seven by representative Gonzales to amend Arkansas law concerning administrative fees and penalties and to amend the law concerning review of agency rules by the Legislative Council. President Gonzales you're recognized to explain the bill they miss bigger what I can see the honeymoon phase of session is over with and you don't have a problem tell the members bills. Please don't kill this on this good bill ya like it. All this says is that if the if an agency creates a new new rule that has a has a fee or penalty associated with it that A. L. C. through the regular rulemaking process can do not for any reason currently the only reason that they can deny rule has to be unconstitutional unlawful or Agence Legislative intent this if this passes both chambers and just they can they can do not for any reason with the with the fear penalty attached. And questions. Richard good vote. President Gonzales explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Absent Gonzales close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill nineteen thirty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one Yeas one day and zero present the bill is passed that objection members remove the supplemental calendar. President gray moves we re referred house bill nineteen forty six from the House Committee on state agencies to the House Committee on City County and local affairs that's a proper motion represent great you're recognized explain your motion. Thank you Mr Speaker the bill was just assigned to the wrong committee yesterday when it was read across the desk thank you. President grace explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. President grades close for the motion the question. Thanks for the houses referral house bill nineteen forty six from the House Committee on state agencies the House Committee on City County and local affairs all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The eyes have it. Mr Clark please read house bill nineteen twelve house bill nineteen twelve by representative Payton to provide the reduced sales and use tax rate for certain use motor vehicles trailers and semi trailers. Represent Payton you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members I would just assume voted down but I hope you hold your nose and vote for it thank you. Percent paid to explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Payton is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill nineteen twelve prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read Senate bill five ninety nine. It'll five ninety four by representative talks to amend the Arkansas residential landlord tenant act of two thousand seven to amend the law concerning the cause of action for unlawful detainer forcible entry detained. That's. Members we moved we moved back to the regular calendar were started the top of the Senate bill sets us Mr Clark please reasonable five ninety nine. Senate bill five ninety nine by representative Cozart to establish the Arkansas financial Education Commission. Person Maddox you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues so I was asked to run this bill for Russian Cozart this bill creates the Arkansas financial Education Commission I will provide education and materials to people regarding investing saving managing money preparing a budget good things like that the focus will be on young adults and young people which of course is necessary Tennessee and Kentucky have done successful implementation of this program I'm looking back there for a couple of people I don't actually see but I want to address their questions there's no state money whatsoever not even for per diem not even for mileage so there's actually no state dollars anything that they do will only be funded by private donations so I made sure that before I agree to run this bill there's no no no opposition I'll be glad to take any questions. There are any. Thank you. Person Maddox is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. What we would like to speak for the bill. President Maddox is closed for the bill the question before the House the passage of Senate bill five ninety nine per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty five Yeas zero nine three present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three thirty four. Senate bill three thirty four by representative Gonzales to amend the law concerning the use of eminent domain by a state agency and to add new definitions under eminent domain absent Gonzales you're recognized to explain the bill. They miss bigger college I had to these bills one dental state agencies one dental cities and and county as I know some of you all got a lot of emails in cities and counties this is not that bill this bill didn't have any opposition to it that I know of so please don't kill it because you think it's the other bill basically all this is doing is codifying some some court rulings the as far as eminent domain goes establishing some definitions and code as far as abandoned property blighted property and what public use is. Any questions. I appreciate a good vote. Ferguson Gonzales explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill purpose of Gonzales is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill three thirty four per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty three days one day and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read symbol for ninety eight. Senate bill four ninety eight by representative going to amend the Arkansas law concerning the enforcement of election laws. President Cozart you're recognized explain the bill. Are representing. There's a there's a few one liners they're all pass Senate bill four ninety eight simply deals with if there is a complaint about an election law violation the County Board of election commissioners merely refers that to the state board of election commissioners for further action this merely brings us in line with our statutory line of authority is similar to a bill that we passed last week appreciate a good vote. The McAuliffe or purpose. Question recognized representative when does this take way prosecutor oversight no it does not. So that the state board of election commissioners will then handle it referred to the appropriate authority thank you. Thank you appreciate a good vote represent wing has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative wing is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill four ninety eight per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy nine Yeas nine nays and zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please reasonable five fifty seven. Senate five ninety seven by representative Brooks two men election law to amend the duties of members of the County Board of election commissioners and to clarify the duties of the council of employees designated as election officials. President Brooks you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues appreciate fifty one co sponsors we had on this bill and also a former representative Doug House or his work on this this is simply to clarify lines of responsibility related to election officials on election matters is states that county employees who also act as alleged lecture Fishel's will do what's detailed by the county election commissioners and with that I'd appreciate a good vote president McAuliffe what per. You're recognized. Thank you thank you for taking my question so does this bill take away the delegation of election coordinator duties from the county judge who is and who is elected and give it to the Election Commission and if so why this allows that during the election process that any county elected officials that act as act or act in any county employees and act as elected officials they operate under the purview of the Election Commission for that time frame. I appreciate a good vote. Percent Brooks has explained the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill representative Brooks is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill five fifty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy sixty eight seventy nine zero president. The bill is passed president ray for what purpose motion let's hear your motion I motion that we expunge the vote on neither house bill sixteen seventy six. That's proper motion. Is debatable you're recognized to explain about. College the reason would like to expunge the vote on this one is because there's multiple members are not here today multiple members who are not in the chamber in their seat at the time of the vote and also multiple members who've come to the sponsor and express their desire to change their vote based on the fact that they didn't have when the cast of the first time so we appreciate a good vote percent raise explain The motion when he would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Representive ray is close for the motion the question before the House is the expansion of the vote by which house bill sixteen seventy six failed all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it. Clark please read Senate bill five fifty three in a five eighty three by representative paid to create the Arkansas state capitol historic monument protection act and to declare an emergency. Represent Payton you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members of wrote several pages of notes I'll try to skim over real quickly but This bill is about honoring the monuments and memorials that are set up by generations before us and generations to come and our generation sometimes you're not honoring the memorial but you're honoring your ancestors who thought it was important enough to set it up so whenever a community or state or society has set up those memorials in those monuments we should respect them and this bill is about making sure the people that don't destroy them term down move them without proper authority to do so you know we don't need Billy Bob and a hundred of his friends pull up out here in making a decision that something should be taken down. So I have a great bill I appreciate your support and I'll take any questions if you have them all I read all these notes in the closing if I need to represent a color for what purpose you're recognized so this would prohibit a city from removing any any monument. Now only those monuments are recognized by the historic the Arkansas history commission and they could make application to the history commission to remove a monument but yeah we're we're trying to consolidate some of forty there. Person can see for purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker I see the Arkansas history commission in here and course not elected by the folks what role do they have in deciding what. Entities can and cannot do. So you can make application to get it listed by the Arkansas history commission. I'm trying to find that real quick here the history Commission may promulgate rules to implement this process subject to approval by a LC so if they're not acting on their own I mean they're going promulgate rules subject to our approval through a LC. Thank you. President Payton is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Payton is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five fifty three prepared machines to Clark. Has everyone voted voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy two U. A. sixteen A. zero present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill five forty nine. Senate bill five forty number represented Hawke's to middle action law to amend the law concerning provisional ballots and rejected ballots and to require provisional ballot and rejected ballot reports. President fox you're recognized explained bill. You Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this is another election bill but I would like to preface this within committee that this is a an election bill that representive Whitaker he looked at me and he said you know what presenter talks this is a bill that we can all support what this bill does is it simply requires a County Board of election commissioners to prepare a report on absentee and provisional ballots and I'm open for any questions. The nine I appreciate a good vote thank you represent Hawks is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President fox is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five forty nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two yeah zero nine to present the bill is passed members were moved to the budget calendar represent gene you're recognized. Thank your Speaker college we've got one house bill today. That is an appropriation. Yes of the Department recruits community corrections this is in the governor's balanced budget any questions on this. You want but you're one voted for the bill emergency clause the Speaker had the Clerk read bill third time. Sir Clark please read the bill for the third time house bill eleven forty six. St Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill eleven forty six per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause or past or present Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker the one Senate bill. For the appropriation will skip over his two Senate bill one eleven as the department of education. It's in the governor's balanced budget any questions on this. Your one voted for the bill number to call for Speaker the Clerk read bill third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill one eleven percent Jean is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill one eleven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one yeas to nays zero present the bill emergency clause or past represent gene you're recognized. Okay. Okay. Thank you Mr Speaker we got some enhancement bills. Starting with the house bill fifteen thirty two. This is department of correction once again this was of agreed on a joint budget. We have taken additional fifteen million dollars out of the governor's rainy day and put it in restricted reserve for a a majority vote of Legislative Council. So we'll take a House bill fifteen thirty two. Senate bill. Three fifty nine Senate bill three sixty Senate bill three sixty one Senate bill three sixty two Senate bill three sixty three Senate bill three sixty four Senate bill three sixty five Senate bill three sixty six. We're gonna skip over one and do a separate vote more Senate bill three sixty eight Senate bill three sixty nine. We're gonna skip over three seventy four separate vote. Senate bill three seventy one Senate bill three seventy two we're gonna skip over three seventy three for a separate vote. And Senate bill three seventy four. S. the batch any questions or need to pull any of these other that the batch. Your one voted for the bill the mercy calls. Mister Speaker the read the bill for the third time Mr Clark please read the bills. As well fifteen thirty two Senate bill three fifty nine Senate bill three sixty Senate bill three sixty one Senate bill three sixty two Senate bill three sixty three Senate bill three sixty four Senate bill three sixty five Senate bill three sixty six Senate bill three sixty eight Senate bill three sixty nine Senate bill three seventy one Senate bill three seventy two seventy three seventy four. Repair the machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bills and the emergency clauses as everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty nine Yeas four Nays zero present the bills emergency clauses are passed represent gene you're recognized. All right members will take up these three. Senate bill three sixty seven the I. S.. Senate bill three seventy the Building Authority and Senate bill three seventy three Arkansas geographic information any questions on these three. During the move any move that a batch. Your one vote for the bill emergency clause misspeak or the Clerk read the bill for third time please read the bills for the third time Mister Clark Senate bill three sixty seven Senate bill three seventy Senate bill three seventy three. Per machine. Voting on the bills emergency clauses. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty five Yeas three Nays zero present the bills emergency clauses are passed representing you're recognized. All right members. Senate bill fifty five. I've got some good news for you. We'll plan on being out here to use the. But we got to have appropriations to get out of here. Any questions. Represent Miller for what purpose. Recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker of representative messenger Jean of as this bill gotten any better. Is this bill is the same bill the child voted down four times in a row. Thank you. Any other questions. The one voted for the bill number twelve Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill third act read the bill for the third time Senate bill fifty five. President genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent what you're recognized speak for the bill. Calling the you can wear out your visit time to go home. Let me share with you a personal story about this involving this appropriation I I would need a loan all the discussions about the expansion of Medicaid and all of that. Let me share this with you when we have trouble with the law suit which all all remember when the court ruled against us and we have a choice to make when we stood with our budget or would we vote against it. It failed twice I got up well my hospital bed it's such a good season duress and came up here because the deciding vote. We will improve This this time we're going to lay in the late and folks are telling me they want us to go home. Now. The school in addition to that is going to cost us millions of dollars. If we don't approve this well we're taking care of the folks of Arkansas whether or not you agree with the amount of money we just need to deal with and I think time is come to pass Clause The vote a yes vote thank you. Person wouldn't spoken for the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative gene is closed for the bill we do have three pairs on the desk represent love votes yes representive car votes no witness by representative gene representive car as the president member. Are there any procedural objections to this pair. Hearing none please not vote either of these two voting machines. Representative Deborah Ferguson votes yes representative Lundstrum boats no witnessed by representative Jett represent Lundstrum as the president member are there any procedural objections to this pair. Again please do not vote either of these two voting machines represent Cozart boats yes represent speaks votes no witnessed by representative gene represents speaks is the president member are there any procedural objections this pair. Hearing none please not bid vote either of these two voting machines. The question before the House is the passage Senate bill fifty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. You voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy five Yeas twelve and a skews me by a vote of seventy eight yeas fifteen days and three present the bill emergency clause or past representative gene. All right members we've got three. Senate bills introduced by members will take them up one at a time the first one to Senate bill three eighty three the department of education I. What I say three ninety three thank you brother three ninety three part of education department higher education historical black colleges this is a appropriation for four million dollars for grants for scholarships for historically black colleges there is nothing in the RSA funding this of they would have to go find some money from a restricted reserve or rainy day of but this gives an opportunity to do that any questions. Absent Lowery for purpose question you're recognized. Representative Gina under is there any break down on these H. B. C. use on the scholarships of public universities versus private universities I don't have it in the bill I had to get that information for you. Okay all right thank you. Any other questions. You want voted for the bill and the emergency clause for Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill three ninety three. Im genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill three ninety three prepared machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty nine Yeas zero nine one present the bill emergency clause a past president Jean you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker. Calling Senate bill three ninety eight come from US senator Kohl call well and Cozart. This is partner agricultural grants this is enhancement so they'll have to come out of rainy day or restricted reserve from the General Assembly it's a two point two million dollars to our county fairs many of you know some of an operator last year this is to help the county fair throughout the state financially but anyway this came from senator call well and represent Cozart any questions. Seeing none your one vote is for the bill emergency clause Mr because the Clerk read the bill third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill three ninety eight. President genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill three ninety eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill emergency clause. Everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty six yeas to nays and to present the bill emergency clause or pass Mr representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues the last bill today is Senate bill four oh three come from senator Chesterfield. It's for a million dollar procreation of this is for testing for achievement for poor minority students. Of once again this is not in the governor's balanced budget. You have to go through Legislative Council or the governor to get this funding is given the opportunity to do it many questions. Your one voted for the bill in the emergency clause much bigger other for tree bill third time Sir Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill four oh three represent genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representing is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill four oh three per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty three A. zero nine three present the bill emergency clause are passed. Members moving back to the regular. Calendar. Mr Clark please read Senate bill five ninety seven. Senate bill five ninety seven by representative Dotson to allow the secretary of the department of finance and administration to employ the Director of the Arkansas tobacco control. Represent Dotson recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Members this bill is one very simple thing now that the. Arkansas tobacco control is under the department of finance and administration makes this bill makes it to where the Director of the Arkansas tobacco control works directly under the secretary of DFAT. Appreciate a good vote. President Dotson explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Absent Dotson is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage I'm sorry represent dots you're recognized close for the bill thank you Mr Speaker. Now must take a moment and give credit where credit is due. This bill would not have been before you today without the exceptional leadership of one of our newest members who presented this in committee. Representative mark berries assist in bringing this bill before you today I will always stand out in my mind as one of the best presentations on experience I've had the opportunity to witness. Proving that seniority in this body is not just a number. In my youth and inexperience is no match for that of a general. I appreciate a good vote. President Dotson is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five ninety seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mister Clerk. By a vote of eighty eight Yeas zero nays and three present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read Senate bill three fifty five Senate bill three fifty five by representative Wardlaw to allow lottery winners to remain confidential. President Wardlaw you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Sir great building to protect our lottery winners pre answer any questions. Represent fight for what purpose question recognized. Representative Wardlaw when you choose to participate in the lottery archer giving implicit. A consent for your information be made public in the case that you when I'd like to be real honest with you right now. But I'm not. In committee. We raised a lot of questions and I guess that's how my name got here that's the honest pardon I'm not real sure why I'm standing here but. That all. That came up in one thing we want to do is protect the integrity of the system one thing we're worried about was lottery employees buying lottery tickets and now being protected being found out that they were lottery employees and we were sure to committee that that wouldn't take place but to answer your question I probably feel a lot same way. President Springer for what purpose. What questions recognized representative to wallow. When you we and remember we're not to tell anyone is that correct that's what I think. I appreciate a good vote. Resent Wardlaw is explain the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Wardlaw is closed for the bill. Question before the House is passed Senate bill three fifty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of fifty four yeas twenty nays and three present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read senate five sixty one Senate bill five sixty one by representative Dalby to amend the law concerning the removal of the offender's name from the child maltreatment central registry president Gazaway you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is a bill that was worked on by Senator Clark in conjunction with DHS DHS has no opposition to this bill the H. S. keeps a child maltreatment registry for the a list of names for individuals who have been found guilty of dependency neglect or child maltreatment if your name is placed on that list and it's accompanied by a criminal conviction under current law there is a permanent ban from your name ever being able to be removed from that list and so what this bill does that provides a pathway for individuals whose name is on the list and also has an accompanying criminal code conviction to be able to have their name removed from the list and. If so long as that that creek that the criminal conviction was not what the code defines as severe maltreatment and let me tell you what severe maltreatment is severe maltreatment a sexual abuse sexual exploitation acts or omissions that may or do result in death abuse involving a deadly weapon bone fracture internal injuries burns immersion suffocation abandonment medical diagnosis of failure to thrive or causing a substantial one observable change in the behavior or demeanor of the child if you commit one of those acts your name will still be permanently on the list as long as you're not engage in that type of behavior you have a pathway to have your name removed from the list this bill passed the Senate with thirty five votes passed through the committee unanimously and I'm happy to answer any questions. Seeing not appreciate a good vote thank you. Representive Gazaway is explain the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five sixty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty eight Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one seventy one Senate bill one seventy one by representative Dalby concerning the fees for a license to carry a concealed handgun into waive fees for the military veterans and active United States military personnel for some Dalby you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill does exactly what the title says is going to do is going to weigh the license fee for veteran to carry a concealed handgun and though non refundable fee is twenty five dollars so that's what it's waiting this all the bill does not appreciate a good vote. President always explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Dalby is closed for the bill the question before the House is passes Senate bill one seventy one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight Yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill five sixty five. Senate bill five eighty five Senate bill five eighty five by representative wing to create electronic waste recycling program in the collection recovery plan and to provide sustainability through public transit public participation in public private agreements and management accountability represent wing you're recognized to explain the bill. And I know a lot more about five eighty five and a two five sixty five so I'm relieved about that as well members what we're doing here is dealing with E. waste which is computers cell phones printers things like that called E. waste now they only fill up about two percent of our landfills but about seventy percent of our hazardous waste and so what we're doing to address this is creating a public private partnership. At no cost because this E. waste has a value and when our state marketing and redistribution agency will participate with the E. waste just from the state government will provide enough funding to fund this for the entire state one of the other things that will happen with this is that will create an awareness campaign because currently only twelve percent of E. waste is recycled so this will help increase that it will help our landfills help our environment and it will be a financially sustaining as well. No questions I appreciate a good vote. Absent wing is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President winning is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill five eighty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill six thirty seven Senate bill six thirty seven by represented by too many Arkansas I'm Payton road it's program act into transfer duties of the department of agriculture and to authorize the department of agriculture to promulgate rules and rules and reward grant funds represent Vaught you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker the transformation inefficiency Act of two thousand nineteen transferred the unpaved roads program from the rule service division of economic development commission to the Arkansas natural resources commission ACT ninety and also transferred Arkansas natural resources commission to the Arkansas department of agriculture since that time the program has continued to operate under the rules adopted by the rules service division the Arkansas unpaved roads programme Act currently gives a in our cease all authority for the program including rulemaking to terminate determining which programs to fund in which expenses are eligible. Setting standards for completion of up. Funded projects in auditing compliance and records however the Department. Of agriculture is a better is better equipped to administer the program that a. Then a commission that only meets every other month for example funding for much needed projects can be accomplished more quickly if the department has authority to approve funding instead of approval of the funding being delayed until the next eight in R. C. meeting. And I know that's about as clear as mud. But with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill six thirty seven per machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three eighty one Senate bill three eighty one by representative Clowney creating a cause of action against a commercial website operator that posts incorrect or inaccurate background information about a person representative council recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I'm under current Arkansas law a commercial website that posts in correct criminal background information about a person really has no there's no incentive not to do that in other words there's no recourse for a person about whom an incorrect criminal background check information is posted even when that leads to really serious detrimental consequences for their lives and Brad because what from the Arkansas crime information center testified in committee that the crime information center receives calls weekly from folks who have either not gotten a job or have lost a job that they currently held because their employer relied on information from one of these commercial websites that did turn out to be incorrect when that happens as I said under current Arkansas law there's no recourse for that person and so this bill I'm just create the cause of action so that there is something that those folks can do to get that information taken down I'm happy to answer any questions seeing that I do want to point out that this is your opportunity to cross off the Clowney Lundstrum bill off of your ninety third General Assembly bingo cards so I would appreciate a good vote thanks out. Represent Clowney is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. The representative council is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three eighty one per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty nine yeah zero nays and zero presents the bills passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five thirty five Senate bill five thirty five by representative ray to create the government and inter action with nonprofit entities act representative ray you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker Senate bill five thirty five this bill is designed to put an added layer of security on the private information of nonprofit entities the information that we're protecting with this bill is any that would identify a person as a member or supporter volunteer or donor of a five oh one C. group. but providing this transparency ensures that any new requirements on non profits would would have to be deliberated by this body by the legislature so it would eliminate the opportunity for any sort of backdoor method where an elected official like an Attorney General or state agency could mandate that information you'll see on page one of the bill it just explains except where specifically required or authorized by federal law no state agency or state official shall impose an annual filing or reporting requirement of a nonprofit organization that is more stringent restrictive or expensive in the requirements authorized by state statute and then the rest of the bill just provide some definitions and outlines that if you're in violation of this is a Class C. misdemeanor. Seeing no questions for should a good vote. Representative Reyes explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative race close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five thirty five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark seventy four Yeas twelve nays and sick present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three ninety five Senate bill three ninety five by representative great to modify the annual cap on diagnostic laboratory services in the Arkansas Medicaid program representative gray recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill changes the firm for the Medicaid program the cap on labs and diagnostic an X. ray it's been set at a cap of five hundred dollars for I don't even know fifteen twenty years and you can up a Medicaid beneficiary can go above that if their doctor's office after they get denied for Medicaid submits an extension of benefits to the state and there are some occasions where they can get approved to go above five hundred. And what this does is it separates it out into two categories and they'll be a five hundred dollar cap on X. rays in a five hundred dollar conceiving the strategy and a five hundred dollar Capital One diagnostic labs so it'll be a thousand dollar caps total and we're also excluding some essential benefits in here I don't know what the essential benefits are yet the agency is working on writing those in the rules and there's about a one point five million dollars G. R. cost of this DHS's they're on board with this help us write the language and to my knowledge there's no opposition I'll be glad to take any questions see note I'd appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative grace explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative grace close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three ninety five per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Gassed up the ballot Mister Clark with ninety eight zero nine zero president bills passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill six twenty one. Senate bill six twenty one by representative Gonzales to require the Arkansas Medicaid program and the Department of Human Services to have all consent decrees reconsidered representative consolidation recognize explained bill a much bigger this is another good Medicaid bill like the one we just ran a hope get ninety votes on. what this does is request a review for of consent decrees consent decrees basically legislation handed down by the courts this doesn't. Necessarily change anything it just set tells apartment that Hey we should go back and review the sayings if it's good policy then let's make a policy through the legislature and if it's not then you know. Let's let's change it. Represent Collins what purpose question you're recognized so what kind of review are we talking about it is DHS is gonna go back and look at these consent decrees or is there going to be another level of review that we're talking about yes a date DHS will have to look at him and decide if they want to go if they want to take this back to the courts and try to have the consent decree modified or overturned and then if they do that step before anything else changes as far as rates although I have to come through the legislature before before anything is actually changed. A good vote. Resent Gonzales's explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Gonzalez is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill six twenty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Gassed up the ballot Mr Clark was seventy seven days eleven days and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five seventy six Senate bill five seventy six former by representative Cozart to require a public school to adopt attendance policy requirements under certain circumstances for public school students attending school virtually or remotely represent Smith you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this bill simply says that any public school or open enrollment public charter school must establish and implement. And attendance policy for any student who attends school via remote or virtual learning. The questions. C. nine appreciate a good vote. Represent Smith has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Smith is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five seventy six prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark. With eighty five Yeas zero nays and for president the bill is passed members were passing over the next bill Mr Clark read Senate bills six sixty two. Senate bill six sixty two a representative Cooper to establish a day of prayer for Arkansas students represent Cooper you're recognized explained bill. Afternoon member Senate bill six sixty two would establish a day of prayer for Arkansas students and called on the governor to annually the clear the last Wednesday of September as that day of prayer. It should be noted that this bill has nothing to do with prayer in schools it simply encourages the people of Arkansas people of all faiths and all beliefs to pray meditate or other rise otherwise reflect upon schools students teachers and administrators. This bill passed the house Education Committee with no opposition and it passed the Senate on a vote of thirty five zero. That concludes my remarks and I would really appreciate a good vote. Representative Cooper is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Cooper's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill six sixty two per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Gassed up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety two yeas or nays zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill six twenty five Senate bill six twenty five a representative grade ten in the cosmetology technical advisory committee and to establish procedures for licensure and regulations of permanent cosmetic and semi permanent cosmetic procedures representative gray you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is the last bill today of mine and this is a forty three is forty three pages long so I normally bring to the well with me I did not bring this one with me about half the bill is repealing language or less than half time we completely repeal the statute the whole section and then added a whole all the language another section so we repealed language moving those who do permanent semi permanent cosmetics from underneath the department of health to underneath the cosmetology board and to my knowledge there's no opposition it's all agreed upon language and and we did add I believe it was two board seats to the cosmetology board first permanent semi permanent cosmetic so be glad to take any questions represent Wardlaw for what purpose no no question you're recognized for a question I know but. So you're add seats to the actual board is there You not add a new committee that's correct because the title is kind of misleading and I that's correct no new board thank you. Is that the best you have. Okay. I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative gray as experts explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative grace close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill six twenty five where the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clerk. With eighty eight is four Nays and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three eighty eight. Senate bill three eighty eight by representative clouds modify laws concerning a concerning abortion clinics represent glad you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker hard to follow that one and have. Senate bill three eighty eight he is a very simple bill to correct the inequality in licensure requirements for all clinics that perform abortions so what this is is under current law current statute if a clinic performs ten or more elective abortions then they have to be licensed if a clinic performs nine. in a month for a year even they don't have to be licensed so there's a real inequality there so this bill changes that also hospitals and know what hospital in the state performs an abortion so that puts that in code glad to take any questions. Representative McAuliffe were purpose question you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker so. Since we already voted SB six through why do we even need this this language well we don't know if it's B. six is going to be challenged and overturned or not currently this is statute where those clinics are licensed by the department of health and so we just wanna make sure that we've got all clinics license if they are going to be able to perform elective abortions follow up please you're recognized thank you so if if if SB six is overturned would this be expected be overturned also. Well I'm not a lawyer but I don't think so because we had the search the current code on the books for a long time all we're doing is changing from ten to if you perform elective abortions you will be licensed. I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative cloud as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent cloud is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three eighty eight per the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With seventy six chase fifteen days into a present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five forty three. Senate bill five forty three by representative Jett to amend the law concerning the income tax credit for waste reduction reuse or recycling equipment and to mend the definition of qualified specialty steels products manufacturing facility representative Jett you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker college this bill Senate bill five forty three by Senator Wallace extends recycling tax credits for qualified us to projects this task would have been on the books this one extended buses like audio tax credit programs that we've done this your it session it's a you have a total investment to a million dollars that's created leased hundred fifty jobs and all the jobs that have an average of seventy five twenty five seven four thousand dollars wages in the revision this legislation requires an approved project provided a positive fiscal benefit to the state and goes back to eighty cities of somebody has got a DC of the ninety SI will approve this are not a print to make sure it is a fiscal impact of state possible for the state so that a representative of. Representative Jett is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent jets close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five forty three per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. Eighty six yeas to nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five forty seven. Senate bill five forty seven or representative rate to amend certain provisions of initiated act for nineteen forty eight it's regulated direct seller as independent contractor representative ray you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues Senate bill five forty seven is a bill that would just clarify something that all of us already know to be true that our cans and to engage in direct selling are independent contractors rather than employees so when we're talking about direct sellers these are people who sell products for companies like Mary Kay Avon Amway. Aperture F. X. cetera I I have friends who are direct sellers and I'm sure all of you know people who are engaged in or have been engaged in direct selling. There's approximately a hundred seventy one thousand our Kansans who were involved in direct selling and they account for approximately two hundred eighty seven million dollars in retail sales for the state. people who are engaged in direct selling are attracted to it because of the flexible hours low start up costs and the the selling doesn't require extensive training or specialized education to get started they often sell within their own networks to family and friends acquaintances all this bill do all this bill would do skews me is made clear that under Arkansas law for waging our unemployment compensation and workers compensation purposes direct sellers are independent contractors they're currently being treated that way under current law the recently there's been some litigation in certain certain jurisdictions the challenge whether individual direct sellers an employee or employees instead of independent contractors so while our current law would probably be interpreted correctly this would just make it clearer by using the standard that the IRS uses and that forty one on the other states already use including all the states that border Arkansas with that take any questions. Seeing none would appreciate a good vote. Representative Reyes explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative raise close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five forty seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With the eighty eight E. A. zero nine zero present the Bill pass. Mr Clark read. Senate bill five ninety. Senate bill five ninety by representative Brian to end mandatory face covering requirements in the state of Arkansas and to declare emergency represent Bryant you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Members if that's one thing that the the pandemic has taught us is is what is able to be tolerated easy by society what is not I think one of the executive orders that came out of the pandemic was a mass mandate it created a lot of strife among this in one of those reasons for strife was is it is the laws and regulations of the guideline we had open members of of our leadership from sheriffs police chiefs the mayors say they're not going to enforce or they are going to enforce it so what this bill does is says that the the rights for this mandate if an act in the future will be upon its people it represents itself which is the General Assembly of Arkansas does not affect private entities or state owned hospitals they're they're free to do as they want to protect themselves and their businesses but as far as the state is concerned we as in the General Assembly will. Create the law that'll be enforced by society. This any questions represent flowers for what purpose. Question you're recognized So in my district it was ground zero we have the first case we had some of the highest You know numbers in the state as it relates to hospitalization death. And the like and obviously the impact was different in different parts of the state. So why would we take local control away from mayors and county judges who might have to respond differently in one part of state the state and the other to this or any other pandemic I think uniformity is the biggest issue that even though your area you may feel as a suffered or some members of your society that may say you know what I I don't feel that that my liberty should be restricted to do that that's the legislatures possibility the comes from the executive office they might say was that is as a mandate is a law will mandate has the force of the law but there's a lot of people are a lot of members of the shares for the police to say you know what we're gonna be just peacemakers on that issue we're not gonna come right tickets which is again just perpetuates the strife among among its citizens. All up you're recognized. I understand the point of uniformity as it relates to commerce but when it comes to public health and people's lives on the line like we it and and let's say last my mayor did. She responded to the guidelines she responded to the needs in our city and in our county. Why would we take that authority away from our local cities to address the different needs. All over I mean why would we do that just for that an arbitrary need for I guess uniformity when again lives are at stake and you have health officials at the state level and at the federal level that are providing a way for us to exercise uniformity if that's the concern it's it is but it's still a function of of state government like it when emergency gets gets issued obviously you know that the governor is go in the health department going to recommend that but when it comes to face masks requirements we're going to write legislation to pass not rely on executive order that creates too much ambiguity and enforce the legislature should be the one that propagates at. Represent Clowney for purpose question you're recognized. Representative Brian I understand that the intention of this is to be narrowly tailored to you know faith my face masks that cover the mouth and nose for COVID but under my reading of the bill I'm I'm concerned this is gonna apply to things like a chemistry lab at university of Arkansas right if you got professor saying you've got to we're covering that covers your face or a welding class at one of our two year colleges can you address that concern. I thank you with the. State owned or state controlled facilities health care facilities. You know that's that's a. A safety concern for for them to conduct business. I don't think that would be affected with this of this bill. Follows. And so I mean that the. The University of Arkansas chemistry lab for instance I don't think would be considered health care agency rate that would be covered under that exception and I guess what I'm looking at is on page two line eleven on a state agency or entity for state local official recommended an individual in the state use a face mask face shield or other face covering does that not in your opinion applied to the sorts of settings I was talking about it doesn't in my opinion no. Thank you for your vote. Represent Bryant is explain the bill would you would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Wardlaw you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker when we put the amendment on a committee the only people to spoke against this bill was a department I have all day today we begin the Texan calls from higher it they never said a word in committee folks this process works in the committee process if they got a problem with the bill they need to come to committee and speak against the bills but they want to express their muscle by text and call in every member instead of coming to committee where they can be questioned about why they have those that view points they didn't do that so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Wardlaw spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Symrise close for the bill the question before the House is passes Senate bill five ninety prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Going on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of sixty nine Yeas twenty nine zero present the bill emergency clause or passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four oh five. Senate bill four O. five by representative right to establish John R. Johnny Cash day president right you're recognized explain your bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. This bill actually is a story. I feel like it's a story of your name. I never forget in nineteen sixty eight. When my dad telling John we're gonna go or dies of their school burnout and Johnny Cash is going to be there. I don't know Johnny Cash was that time. But. We went over and sure enough they raised about thirty thousand dollars and back in those days shall. You know the one as much money out there to do the things that you want to do with schools. But he did that and he brought the Carter family with them. And the Statler brothers. What's the story. Actually goes back a lot further than that. It goes back to about nineteen thirty four when there was a tremendous depression on in our country. Poor people. The what a lot of poor people most pay for in those days and there weren't very there were very few doctors. People can afford health care if there was and Back in the late thirties his brother. Johnny Cash brother was actually over in. Agriculture department there and I was calling in on. He was working on a bus all. And on a call in by the closing poorly managed just. Because I'm a real real real bad and he just actually bled to death but. The story goes on. Until the fifties when Elvis Presley and call Perkins and all those great ones Jerry Lewis. We're actually making it big and you know John became a part of that quartet over Memphis. All million dollar quartet. He won on it own but then there was some problem says live. There was some real problems in his life and and he just about. Kilda sales. Hendren for the Carter family a probably wouldn't have made it past that point. Budete eighty eight. And the thing of it is it really impressed me about this story. Was. He accept Jesus. And he accepts salvation and he turned his life around. And and now it's a complete success story as it goes on he become known as the man in black. And they're asking why. Why do you wear black all the time. He said until the downtrodden the poor the other folks can rise above the water. I'll keep wearing black. He went on to be the greatest folk singer of all time Bob Dylan. Different Bob Dylan Weidling Jennings all those great singers learned from Johnny Cash but had he not turn his life around. It would never happen but he was such a great man and he was such a great give or. And. He is a great person to have a Memorial Day for. And I appreciate you let me speak to you today I usually don't speak this long. But this is a very big thing in my heart because I feel like that all of us. At one time or another have been beaten down and sometimes we cause ourselves to be beaten up. But we get second chances. And I really appreciate speak to you today represent Holcomb for what purpose question you're recognized Russia have dressed in my journey class black. Several others are. I thank you heard the train coming here yourself for yourself and black don't you agree. It It today I had to do a bill. Thank you Sir. President very for purpose your question. Representative Johnny. Most the time they'll call me that. That sounds real good. represented the Johnny in committee. Representative McElroy saying a version of ring of fire to get this bill through committee have you ever considered saying in the ring of fire for us I'll go one verse for you. No. The rhetorical question but thank you. Later. Thank you Sir thank you Mister very thank you all. If the rise explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Cent rise close for the bill the question before the House is passes Senate bill four oh five per machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mister Clerk by the neck but ninety two yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill six oh two. Total sixty two by representative Lowery to modify the law concerning craniofacial coverage to establish Wendelin craniofacial Law craniofacial coverage and to declare an emergency. President Lowery recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. This is a senator Elliots bill that came to do insurance and commerce and It to deals with craniofacial coverage The lady that I've worked with for a for a number of years and she really deserves a lot of credit for the progress that's been made in this is miss went on Osborne who's in the west gallery today Wendling thank you for all of your work. See the call this morning from actually was from yesterday but I return the call a doctor at. Arkansas children's hospital who said he came to Arkansas because of the great strides that Arkansas was making in dealing with craniofacial coverage this bill expands some of that language in this matter of fact it refers to it now of this let read legislation is Wendelin flaw because what it does is it recognizes that a lot of times the surgeries that need to be done need to be done as a team that the most dangerous part and I know that our members who are doctors can ascribe to this retested this that some of the most dangerous part of this process is the anesthesia and if you can have a team together so that they are doing multiple surgeries while the patient is under anesthesia that is that that's the best route forward for these patients so it helps prescribed this concept of having craniofacial teams it also defines what would be part of coverage under craniofacial coverage over a several year process it can include hearing aids it could include the human of a humidifiers other types of coverages but it also says that there there should not be any kind of a penalty against the patient if the team that they are needing to put together is actually out of state now again this doctor was telling me today he he hoped that that I would certainly talk about the great strides in Arkansas has made in putting together these cranial facial teams within the state but sometimes that necessary team for a patient it's not all put together here in this state and so this put this bill make sure that patients are not penalized if they do have to go out of state to be able to get that full coverage it's a good bill Wendelin thank you for all the work that you've done this. And members I hope that you'll join me in voting for this bill thank you. Represent Lowry's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Lowery is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill six oh two prepared machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety one Yeas zero nine one present the bill emergency clause or past. Mr Clark please read Senate bill forty nine Senate bill forty nine by representative Maddox to amend the formula rate review activity declared emergency person Maddox recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues so as we just said earlier in the session we passed H. B. eleven sixty two which is now ACT four zero four and that was the uniform rate review act and it wasn't controversial but there was a lot of information in that so that is now the Act there was some technical clean up that they found they say started on the Senate side Senate down to me that's all this is we're just basically cleaning up a few things the stakeholders involved are all in agreement the PSC Arkansas electric energy consumers and the attorney general's office no one has any concerns about this and that's all this does I know it's a link the bill and a lot of feedback questions and I appreciate that but that's my understanding what this does but I'll be glad to take any questions on the bill. Saying that I appreciate a good vote president Maddox is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Maddox is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four eighty nine per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety one U. A. zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill six forty four. Senate bill six forty four by representative Ladyman concerning the investigation of violation of election law to establish an election law violation hotline absent Ladyman you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling the. This bill provides an Avenue for JPR to investigate issues of election violations following the certification of an election. Anest it is damages on election violations hotline within the attorney general's office this bill was worked on by the AG by the prosecutors and by the state board of election commissioners passed the Senate twenty seven the eight and there was no opposition in committee I appreciate a good vote. Person Ladyman explained the building would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Ladyman is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill six forty four per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy three eight seventeen nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill six forty three. Until six forty three by representative Ladyman to amend Arkansas law concerning absentee ballots and to amend Arkansas law concerning elections sim Ladyman you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues this bill simply requires all absentee applications and ballots that are hand delivered must be turned in at the physical address of the county clerk's office by close of business on the Friday before the election day appreciate a good vote. President les mis explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent Dotson you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members hi. We had some water questions about this bill in committee and My clerks very opposed to this bill on one come down here and let you know some of the reasons why I think this bill that is partially good and partially not so great with regards to moving the the deadline back from the day before the election to the Friday before election I don't know what problem we're trying to solve here ballots are turned over a full week before election day when commissioners can start going through those making sure that the ballots are counted for and then there turned over as quickly throughout the remainder of that week as possible the actual counting of the ballots does not occur until election day so Prior to that they just check the ballots made sure that the absentee ballots are are properly accounted for and that can all be done clear up through the day before the election the part of the bill that allows the authorized agent the to be left in place my county Clerk says in the sixteen years of memory they've use that exactly twice so it's very rarely used and then finally a absentee ballots picks up that's picked up on a Friday is probably unlikely to make it. If mailed immediately to the election by election day so I'd. I would like to see this bill changed a little bit and would appreciate a vote against thank you president Dotson spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Ladyman you're recognized close for the bill. Just a couple comments about what representative Dotson spoke about there was only one negative voting committee ology guess who that was But what this does is it gives the election workers time to process absentee ballots of in the number of absentee ballots are going up we were doing elections now so they need more time they need to prepare and they can get it accurate and that's what this does it gives them time to make sure that the elections accurate it does not affect mail in ballots is only those that are hand delivered so I appreciate a good vote. President Ladyman is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill six forty three per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of sixty five Yeas twenty five nays and one present the bill is passed represent Lundstrum mostly place Senate bill three twelve back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number three Mr Clark member number three to Senate bill three twelve percent less from you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker we found and we need to fix it so I appreciate sending it back to committee so that it's perfect. President Lundstrum has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Lundstrum is closed for the amendment the question before the House. Is the adoption of a member number three to Senate bill three twelve all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted Mr Clark please read Senate bill five eighty one. VOL five eighty one by representative Collins to amend the law concerning mares as persons who may solemnized marriages represent Collins you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker real short real simple just less former mayors of the city of the first or second class to serve at least five years as mayor solemnize a marriage current heirs can already do it current and former JP's can do it current and former judges can do it so This Is puts parity in there for the former mayors Richard good vote. Person represent Ladyman representantes left well reserve Collins explained ability would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive Collins is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill five eighty one prepare the machine. Okay as everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty five Yeas one day and to present the bill is passed. Members one supplemental calendar represent hawks miss we re referred Senate bill five ninety four to committee that's proper motion represent Hawks you're recognized to explain your motion. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues nobody was ready to vote on this bill today there is a small technical correction we found actually right before it was supposed to run and we want to make sure that everything is right in small technical Rick correction and appreciate a good vote president fox's explain The motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion representive fox is close for the motion the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five nine sorry is the motion to re refer Senate bill five ninety four to committee all in favor say aye. Any opposed the motion carries. Represent Wardlaw for what purpose. To hear. Let's see what you have to say. Your Speaker was number people not present when house bill fourteen ninety five ran earlier than I'd like the chance to re here today. Activity to. Since the bill is on the calendar The vote was expunged it's proper request represent Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the bill. Not gonna believer to point this one here you get a good fair vote on fourteen ninety five and give our lawyers a chance for economic development appreciate a good vote. President Wardlaw has spoken as explain the building would like to speak against the bill represent Fite you're recognized to speak against the bill. I believe this is worse bill Ripley Wardlaw has ever brought before us. Ninety thousand pounds will tear up roads I was county judge for sixteen years I saw this we're moving towards electric cars in the revenues is going to be used. Of shrinking in the near future this is a terrible bill I'd ask you vote against. President fide spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone for the bill represent column you're recognized speak for the bill. I don't know I'd have to say that's one of the best bills represent more laws are brought before us is beautiful please get a good vote thanks. Personal column spoken for the bill we would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Wardlaw is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen ninety five per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of forty eight yeas thirty one days and everyone present the bill is failed. Represent makes for what purpose motion place let's hear your motion after the announcmenet three other bills transferring the bill's place on the counters on the desk members amending their own bills the own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications any remaining committee report I move that we adjourn until one o'clock tomorrow afternoon that's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye any opposed the motion passes are there any announcements representative Jett for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized revenue tax me set three forty five room one fifty one percent gene for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized a first announcmenet is joint budget will meet tomorrow morning at eight thirty and big mac a we will with the amendment on the revenue stabilization and hope to voted out Thursday. Also after Revenue and Tax today adjourns will have no the RSA meeting for any members that want to come talk about the RSA and room one fifty one represent Ladyman for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized public health meeting ten minutes And maxi represent Lowery for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House insurance and commerce meets tomorrow morning at nine thirty we have some amendment concurrence is a re referral in some Senate bills representative wing for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House Management will meet tomorrow at eleven thirty back to be eleven thirty back to be represent all before purpose announcmenet you're recognized judiciary will make ten minutes Maccabee a representative desires for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House rules meets tomorrow twelve noon big mac B. represent bought for purposes to announce you're recognized act will have to meet tomorrow after session and tomorrow representative Monte Hodges will break bringing our devotion at seven AM in. Per caucus. The seven thirty in the morning big mac a seven thirty thank you any other announcements. The desk remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and Park Place the items name to the adjourn resolution the house would be adjourned until one PM tomorrow.