Senate Convenes

Commodore. Please call the roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Everyone please stand including those in the gallery. Senator Irvin will resume more. Thank you feel bow your heads with me. There have only father we come to you today. Respectfully last because of the blessings you give us. We. There are faces towards the sun and we feel your love. We ask that you would allow us to be your instruments of love your instruments of peace and your instrument men's of joy to all of those that we come into contact with we ask that you would guide our hearts guide our thoughts Guard or words to bring glory to you and all that we do we also asked lord that you would bless our decision making processes that we have before us today and every day and especially in the job that we do on behalf of the citizens of the State of Arkansas we would ask that you would bless our troops home and abroad we ask that you would bless those that are suffering continuously suffering from covid and we ask that you would be with them and heal them we pray that you would be with all of those that are helping them and working to and Health them as well. Finally the ward we just ask that you would bless all that we do and that in your name and we bring you great joy and great bring you pleasure and and thank you for the sacrifices that you made on our behalf and through your son Jesus Christ and your name we pray amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under god. The Bill. E. R.. Announcements. Any items at the desk. You Mr president will your committee this is to inform you that on April nineteen twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures the regular session ninety third General Assembly Senate bill five twenty seven ACT seven forty Senate bill eighty nine ACT seven forty one Senate bill five twenty six ACT seven forty two seven one thirty nine ACT seven forty three Senate bill two ninety one ACT seven forty four Senate bill one forty three ACT seven forty five sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor. Where your committee on Enron Bills to whom was referred the following Senate bill one fifty five by Senator Davis said bill for fifteen by Senator Beckham said bill five fifty five by Senator Clark zero copies with the original find same correctly enrolled at nine twenty four AM delivered to the governor for his approval all. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six oh four by Senator Ballinger compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Yeah of the state agency. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate six seventy four by Senator Elliot compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Senate committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill sixteen ninety eight by representative Jett compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Where your committee on land right to whom was referred house bill seventeen twenty six a representative Shepherd recommend to pass. Calendar committee on it agriculture who to whom was referred house bill nineteen oh nine by Senator letting recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate house bill sixteen sixty by represented by Bentley recommend to pass calendar Committee on city county local to whom was referred house a House bill eighteen seventy seven by representative Pilkington recommend due pass counted. Committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill five forty by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted Committee on Education who was first Senate bill six ninety four by Senator Beckham recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one fifty eight by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate to eleven by joint budget recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six thirty three by senator garner recommend to pass. Counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six seventy three by Senator Clark recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six eighty five by Senator Eads recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty eight by Senator Connor recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. The on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill thirteen eighty six by representative Gonzalez recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen oh five a representative brown recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen ninety nine The representative five recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill sixteen forty six by representative cloud recommend due pass counted. Now Judiciary to whom was referred house bill seventeen fifty four by representative Cavenaugh Cavenaugh recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty nine person council recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen ninety eight per cent Wardlaw recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty three verison Gazaway recommend to pass as amended number one counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill sixteen oh five verses Gazaway recommend to pass as amended number one calendar committee on transportation to whom was referred Senate bill six eighty six by Senator Eads recommend due pass counted Committee on tech I'm transportation was referred house bill seventeen sixty seven by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted. Senate resolution twenty five by Senator Pitsch two commandments a doctor Darlene dalam on her selection as Miss Arkansas twenty nineteen and twenty twenty Senate resolution twenty five. John. Senate bill seven O. two by joint budget to amend the revenue stabilization law and declare an emergency Senate bill seven oh two hello. Joint Budget. But. Is there what. What you want. You Mr president. The gross. Senator Johnson thank you wish to be recognized. Mr president I move to suspend the rules in place house bill fourteen twenty six at the end of the House bills on today's calendar. You will suspend the rules and what the bill again but house bill fourteen twenty six at the end of the House bills on a scale House Bill fourteen twenty six and the call center Senator Johnson what is house bill fourteen twisters representative Lundstrum bill that deals with the food delivery services. Thank you. Any questions any other questions. Senator Sturch. Misprision this maybe apartment see to that that vote failed to be expunged he was explained Center it was expected yes okay he had a thank you thinking about the other bills of read my other bill that wasn't explained. I just I just looked it up in a. And on our website still says that the motion failed to be expunged is that the one that came back again this. That's that's that's correct okay I can make the sexual the system should reflect that hello right. Give us a second. Yeah we need we need to look at this either yeah this one. One minute. What. Misspent. Okay. Founded. It is on their record. That it was funds. This requires twenty four votes all those in favor say aye I will. The No Way Out but it was because there was one person in particular. I'm the number is the in favor your motion is carried rules are suspended president and it will be placed at the bottom of the calendar. But there senator garner. One man one woman one vote. Okay anybody else we continue on Senator Elliot wishes to be recognized. Thank you governor out members you want to introduce to you today the doctor of the day Dr Teresa ballot from Conway family medicine and she is here to make sure it all goes well along with the nurse sherry is always for you please stand unless the welcome. Any other. Sir let anyway on the motion. Okay Sir Beckham. Suspend the rules in place Senate bill six ninety four the bottom of the calendar. Senate bill six ninety this bill this bill pass through education yesterday trying to get it through both sides it requires a division of higher education to the vocal module to teach the concept of personal finance and macroeconomics okay any questions Senator Irvin. Recognized for a question my questions not necessarily for Senator back but I think we need some clarity about how long the session's going to last and if his concerns are valid or not so and because if we don't have clarity then we'll have every member trying to put bills on today's agenda and so I just need some clarity about the session and if people's bills are not going to get hurt in the House or or what Senator Hickey is. Person to ask Senator Hickey is got the floor the yes and thank you Senator Irvin it's hard for me to provide absolute clarity because of course as you know it has to be through through the. President pro tem and the Speaker one of the things that of course that we're waiting on is that they pass the DHS appropriation on the house in if they don't do that they will have some other issues that we're going to have to have to deal into so we're kind of kind of looking at that if they go ahead and get that passed. Kind of the intent you all is this. That we can sometimes forget this but RSA has to has to be laid on the budget table for one day in addition to three days in here so all this will work. Where they get the DHS passed today will try to weigh your essay on your budget tabled a more pass it out Thursday play RSA on the desk in here and hopefully by Tuesday I'd like to say or Wednesday of next week as long as that works with the house Speaker that hopefully will be done around that time again I'm sorry I can provide more clarification because it's just it's kind of a fluid situation but that's as good as I can get you today. Thank you. Any other questions Senator. I. Centerman has a question for Senator buckle. Right. Okay center back home is going to deal with this later so disregard the motion. Anybody else. Okay we'll go ahead. Thank you. Senator flowers okay. Senator Leding. Senate. Is present a memorial resolution senator flowers. Senator flowers is here. Senate. Section five by Senator flowers remember detective Kevin Collins and to recognize his service to the state. Thank you colleagues begin president is on behalf of senator flowers to my understanding that she has detective Kevin Collins mother and stepfather with her observing the preceding this afternoon. Whereas on October fifth twenty twenty detective Kevin Collins of the violent crime division the pine bluff police department was killed in the line of duty the first department officer to be killed in the duty since nineteen eighty five and where as detective Collins was working with two other officers on an ongoing ongoing local criminal investigation that was related to the shooting and one of the other officers was injured but survived and whereas detective Collins was hired by the department in twenty fifteen it was an excellent officer according to police chief Kelvin sergeant and we're as a career in law enforcement long been detective Collins dream beginning in his childhood influenced by his closest the public service since the stepfather Charles Hobbs was a captain with the Jefferson County sheriff's office and whereas he had an unwavering dedication to his goal starting out of the department of correction and the metropolitan emergency communication association before re lit realizing his dream of becoming an officer and we're as the unwavering dedication to his goal led to an unwavering commitment to his job and within two years of higher detective Collins was named twenty seventeen officer of the year by the department for rescuing a ninety five year old woman from a burning building and whereas in two thousand nineteen detective Collins participated as a member of the panel for the domestic abuse and violence awareness conference held on the campus of the University of Arkansas at pine bluff in a twenty twenty was honored and remembered at the conference and we're a detective Collins grew up in pine bluff and graduated from public high school in addition to his employment at the department he also served as a security officer the church she attended the pine bluff campus of life new church where he did everything from protect the church to rock babies to talk to teens and a detective Collins the pastor said Kevin was the kind of man you want your son to be like tall handsome generous kind but tough as nails and we're as detective Collins was known to all for being deeply committed to the community down to earth strong the compassionate steady and constant support and perhaps most of all a police officer who exemplified the role of to protect and serve and we're as mayor Shirley Washington said he was one of the finest officers you could ever hope to have he was committed law enforcement wasn't just a job to him it was a mission now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate. Honor the memory of detective Kevin Collins extend concert sincere condolences to his family and recognized his contribution to the state of Arkansas and local community and be it further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution be provided to the family protected Collins by the Secretary of the Senate. You harder the resolution all those in favor say aye opposed the resolution is adopted. Is. Mr president yes Wallace yes I'd like to introduce is parents I have with me here at home remotely his mother. The. Hobbs and his stepfather. Charles Hobbes and I'd also like to make some comments and allow them to make some comments I knew Kevin personally. And I can't say. How find a young man he was it was my hope that Kevin would one day become the chief of police here in pine bluff you didn't get that opportunity but he was the perfect role model to young people and I'm blessed in Jefferson County area. And he was a blessing to all the citizens of pine bluff. we miss him dearly but now I'd like for his mother his job that she can say a few words in his step dad Charles Hobbes and I'd like to say to that his parents. And his whole family. Have been in service to pine bluff Jefferson County and indeed the state of Arkansas his mom is retired from the Dollaway school district many years ago as assistant superintendent. And is that Mr Hobbs high school classmate of mine. Was it is retired from the Jefferson County sheriff's office as a captain so I present to you Mr and Mrs Charles opt. Well being of the ticket Collins family I would like to thank senator flowers and and The state of Arkansas for recognizing my son as an outstanding police officer that he was and it is our hope that of offices will follow in his footsteps and help to keep the community the state and the world safer thank you so much. The commission for. Thank you. Yes this is Mister speaking now okay. What is a good thing so the flowers on the committee well this resolution I can was a fine young man and I'll I'll this thank you so much. Thank you members of the Senate. You wish to be recognized Senator Hickey. Member members I want I have a motion and a I want to listen what it what it is because forty all comes down tries to pull bill out of committee probably talking against yours but what it is I have a rule that the and went to the rules committee and all it is is the lottery bill that you all passed what this does is it puts it in our joint rules so that the members of the necks General Assembly will understand that they have to present their lottery bills before thirty one days of the next session along with the how that's going to be done so what this is is just so that the we do not forget about it is not lost in code index and the members in the future will understand it so I'd make a motion that we move that from the rules committee I have talked to Senator Eads so he knows knows what we're doing that of senator does every senator I have a copy of that tax and if not could you read the text of the rule was prohibitive. Okay. One second Senator Johnson. S. C. R. thirteen STR thirteen. Okay Sir Johnson forwards you have. Okay. Senator John questions Senator Hickey yes Is Senator Hickey is is analogous to the way we have to do scope of search scope of practice bills it would be similar to that yes Sir because the legislation we passed says it's within thirty one days I can remember that's thirty days I know that scope of practice also has a. Because of the time it's the same idea it is thank you Sir thank you Mr president Senator Elliot. Thank you senator I'm not involve a scope of practice Senate bills like this awkward how do we measure the thirty one days from what from what date backward from the date we go in session however from what I remember in the legislation from what I remember now this session of course we we provide an exemption so that that it wouldn't come into play but at the future in other words from the day that we go in session. That those bills will have to be filed within thirty one days from the time that we go into session now if we were to recess or something for two or three days it extends it by that time okay all right thank you. This Is Your. Yes this is the rules to put it on the calendar right that's and that's my motion to suspend the rules to place it on the counter at the bottom of the days the caliber. All right. Any any more questions. Okay the motion is to withdrawal this your suspend the rules Little Falls counted all those of favour say aye. The eyes have it. Motion carried it will be put at the bottom of the counter senators Sturch. Yes. S. the. Senate concurrent resolution a Levin by Senator Sturch. To encourage the United States Congress in the United States Food and Drug Administration to enter into international the septoria agreements for medications. Thank you Mr president colleagues the entire the resolution is basically the resolution itself many of you have heard probably already of the federal laws the right to try experimental drugs for cancer patients and those who are battling illness is simply ask Congress and they have to date FDA to look and reciprocity agreements with other industrialized nations that have similar processes like we do with the FDA to allow access to more lifesaving drugs for cancer patients and so forth I'll be glad to take any questions any questions. All in favor say aye. Follows I have a great resolution is adopted transmit to the House Senator Stubblefield. Senator Stubblefield center to be Davis only wanted to be unity. We know this. Thank you thank you governor I hope each of you had to go out and enjoy some of that spring we had rotunda today are it because you didn't have that I know you probably enjoyed. One of the thousands of products that are made as a result of Derry and we have a if you did you have these people appear in the gallery thank you for these people who work seven days a week three of sixty five that year we have determined from around the state of Arkansas so I would appreciate if you just a knowledge and we give them a hand. Concurrent resolution ten nineteen by Senator Stubblefield to encourage the United States Congress to review issues related dairy products and make changes to improve federal milk marketing orders in order to better serve support dairy farmers. Well thank you. Restaurant was priced discovered for milk should be improved or mandatory day electronic reporting of most dairy products including reporting and auditing of prices and inventories high value dairy products as well as prices paid for milk milk components. Consideration should be given to including different different dairy product specifications dairy products sold under terms of a for contract changes to the federal milk marketing order program should be made to reduce or eliminate negative producer price differentials and reduce economic incentives to depot meal. Including without limitation modifications to the class one milk pricing formula adjustments to pool qualifications criteria stricter limitations on producer milk receipts. And months following the day pulling a male. And the jury transportation credit should be eliminated by reducing the credit by twenty percent over the course of five years and the referendum approval therefore should be modified to require a two thirds majority of the voting producers and two thirds of the voting milk volume to amend the issue a federal milk marketing order and the United States department of agriculture should develop an improved method to determine the class one price mover base price which is not approved. A method to determine which is an improvement to determine the class one price mover which is not relied solely on manufacturing dairy products to better reflect lower milk condition of market conditions provide more appropriate economic incentives to fluid milk producers and processors recognize the cost in servicing of fluid milk market and continue to ensure fluid milk consumers have a quality an adequate supply of fresh fluid milk and pulling requirements under felt federal milk marketing orders should be changed so that the shipping costs are allocated to the exporting area and the only mail delivered on the specific milk marketing order should receive pulling benefits from that order. Be resolved by the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the Senate concurring there in that the General Assembly encourages not States Congress to review issues related to dairy products and make changes to improve federal milk marketing orders in order to better support dairy farmers throughout the country be it further resolved upon adoption of this resolution and appropriate copy be provided by the chief Clerk to the house of representatives to the United United States department of agriculture Majority Leader of the United States Senate the Speaker of the United States House representatives and the member members of the Arkansas congressional delegation. I affected all centering. Back I've got some I'm going to bring you this week. All in favor say aye. Is haven't resolution adopted returned to the house Senate senator Davis. Amendment to the Senate joint resolution ten. Thank you and this at joint resolution allows the and legislature to call ourselves into special session with two thirds and majority in both the house in the Senate it also and allows us to call ourselves in the special session if the Speaker in the Pro Temp jointly issue resolution at there are thirty six other states he to allow both the governor and the legislature to call themselves into a special session out of those thirty six state seventeen require a two thirds majority of both chambers to do so and so we wanted to ensure through this resolution that special sessions remain special and by requiring a higher threshold to allow ourselves to call us into special session and but we also wanted to ensure that the legislative branch have the ability to call ourselves into a special session if necessary and that is all that this doesn't I'm happy to take any questions this is all. The Amendment well that's what the amendment that that was the Amendment was messing with them The Amendment to the Russell to the resolution yes that's what it does the two thirds majority yes reserve two thirds any questions. All those favor say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted. Senator grossing several leading. Senate bills with amendment I'm sorry Sir Johnson. And then leading to come on down and take a long. Johnson. My bill my amendment. Question of all of the personal. I close my eyes have it members adopted senator grossing senator leading. Amendment in the Senate bill six sixty four. Calling several weeks ago we passed Senate bill two ninety was a bill that extended coverage for diagnostic breast exams pleaded passed out a few unanimously I think it came out of the house unanimously after the bill reached the governor's desk the American bankers association like tinsel issue that could put a conflict between state and federal law the coverage health insurance plans that are compatible with HSA is so the minute we're doing today addresses that issue and would appreciate a good vote. Any questions follows per se I. Is have it members adopted Mister. Senator what now will make a motion you. The underlying bill now as amended correct correct I move that we suspend the rules to place the amended bill at the end of today Senate calendar the motion to suspend the rules at the bottom of the calendar any questions. Yes percent yes vote of the Senate calendar right right well yeah okay All those of favour say aye. Those eyes have it motion carried it will be accordingly but at the bottom of the Senate calendar. Senator Trent Garner is down here thank you have a little bit of a recognized on usual motion but I'll make a motion to explain it I move that the rules be suspended to place S. B. six three three on second reading for the purpose of consideration of amendment one upon adoption of this amendment I move that after that after the bills come from. Back from gross and that SP six thirty three P. place on March calendar but let's let's do this one motion of the time okay so the first motion you want to spend the rules which requires twenty yes what I wanna do is right hand Sebak Committee everybody's agree with this amendment I wrote about the five members and I've sent Senator Clark who per the main thing estate right having to make committee have to wait a couple days just allows it to be engrossed be her on the floor as amended if there's any issues with it as a minute let me know and I'll be more happy to sit back and just kind of keep if there's an issue you can we will do it on the us I will Senator the ciders any issues that come out of this amendment just keep you have to go back committee process get pushed back a few more days that's all this is doing. Okay so far as a motion to suspend the rules to place SP six thirty three on second reading for the purpose of considering amendment one okay any questions all those in favor say aye. Closed. I have a motion to carry okay I move that after the bill comes back from a Grossman that SP six thirty three be placed on the tomorrow's calendar as engrossed. The Amendment have been. Okay. First motion you have the amendment before you Amendment one Senate bill six thirty three. Okay now senator on the amendment motion to adopt the amendment will yeah but you're this is on the mend any questions on the amendment. All those of favour say aye. Close as now the amendments adopted. Your senate. The committee membership it'll come. When it comes back. Yeah March March. Yeah but we've now amended that we need to have that motion will departs County I move that the bill come back from Grossman that SP six thirty three be placed on tomorrow's calendar as engrossed follows. No one is already beyond tomorrow's calendar anyway. Okay okay okay full time. Follows I have a motion to carry. All right let's move on. Senator. Urban. Server. Senate bills amendments. We'll see now we're going back to school amendment one to House Bill sixteen forty two. Senator. Thank you members and this is at an amendment that we put on in the Senate at two and. Help a representive Underwood with his bill. My bill my amendment. All those in favor say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted. Send to in the roasting. Senate. Senator Teague then we're gonna move to Senate bills amendment one to House Bill eighteen oh five. Yes Sir Senator Teague thank you Mr president members my bill my amendment appreciate a good vote. Mr house bill third reading passage Mr president. What we start taking those by role I need to ask lease for senator Wallace. Not object. Hi Senator Johnson. Senate bill four fifty two by Senator Johnson required that a portion of the Ford to be conducted by the County Board of election commissioners and to amend the law concerning designation of wards and municipalities Johnson. Thank you Mr president of. As I'm sure most this chamber no legislative districts are drawn by the state board portion at which is the governor secretary of state the Attorney General the General Assembly draws congressional district lines and the line the boundaries for quorum court districts are drawn by County Board of election commissioners in Arkansas the only entity that draws its own. Districts are city wards and this bill would would change that to where we would have anyone drawing their own district some external third party that is not affiliated would be drawn now the bill is a little longer believe it's ten pages but that's only because we have Incorporated towns cities of the first class cities of the second class we also have very forms of government within those kinds of of other classes of cities. How we have city administrator we have city manager we have mayor council so that's why the bills along with the bill is really simple and what it does it It allows the cities to make recommendations so it's not like they're left out of the process thank may officially or unofficially by resolution say we think these boundaries should be this based on the latest decennial census this the second thing it does is it allows the. Or or mandates that the city that the the collection commission draw those boundaries to the greatest extent possible contiguous with precincts so you don't have as many split precincts therefore you don't have as many ballot styles in each county I lost track of it but there's hello many of you know your counties have many many different ballot styles and it gets very confusing for the Election Commission and other officials that are dealing with that so this is hopefully going to simplify that and the last thing that this bill does is it postpones the effective date that is the election at which these new ward boundaries would take effect and it would not take effect until the twenty twenty four election so the bill itself becomes effective in twenty twenty two but that's to give the Election Commission and the city's plenty of time to work together city makes a recommendation the election commissioners act on that census data at that time and come up with the new ward boundaries it wouldn't change the opportunity for the cities to if they so desire felt the need to have a special reapportionment based on the census information especially in areas that have a lot of growth or perhaps even some shrinkage in their size again this would not take effect election wise until the twenty twenty four election cycle for the simple reason that it doesn't look like we're going to have the census data in time for all this to be done in a expeditious manner I think we're going to we are going to do well to get the congressional districts drawn this fall in the same for the governor and the secretary of state and the Attorney General drawing our districts so I would be happy to answer any questions for our any. Any questions for senator Johnson's senator and then you're recognized for a question. A couple of. Is is this addressing any issues as far as I can remember there's no lawsuits there's nothing about redrawing boundaries in any lately in the last ten or twenty years so what what what problem are we trying to solve here will center there there are no let this no litigation I am aware of it all however I have become aware that there are a cities that have not even taken a look at their ward boundaries for thirty years it's probably some that still need to do it but the lesser time but I've been made aware of some that haven't looked at it for thirty years and this needs to be updated regularly just like our districts and a congressional districts are updated after each decennial census but there was no specific instance that prompted this okay well I figure we're going to create some some real some lawsuits down the road with this but second question and one that really that is of concern is that the election commission's gonna drawn they're gonna have all the expenses but then you're going to require the this city you're going to require the city to reimburse the Election Commission of which they have no control over what they spend. To reimburse it correct yes Senator they're only gonna reimbursement for the portion of their work that was related to the actual ward boundaries are going to be doing at the same time doing the quorum court districts and it to the extent possible and that's in the bill we try to make is contiguous as possible so I would anticipate there would be a a small amount a very small amount to be charged back to the cities of the Municipal League in the association council want to make sure that that was delineated separately in other words the the county didn't want to be in position where we've got to pay their cost or vice versa so this was the language we came up with to try to address that so you're anticipating the the the dislike for a demographer but the election commissioners would not draw any salaries for re drew three drooling redrawing the districts of your your talk about hard calls for yes the monitor first printing maps things like that yesterday and and they do get some per diem or some nominal payment that but they would not get any salary or anything for doing this war thank. Senator Teague you're recognized for a question. Senator Johnson. So the decision is ask you to do this for the counties had again and again in the. I just was brought to my attention that I was told by one C. council member in a city far outside my district that they haven't looked at the ward boundaries in over thirty years and so I got to check and found that that was actually the case I just thought it was inappropriate for an an entity a legislative body to draw their own boundaries regardless of who they are and should be done by someone that is at least nominally objective versus those of us to have it I had one situation where I was told that local. Member of city council wanted to include a particular building in his district and they ran a I called a pipe stem down the street and took in that building so he could have that in his district I I still think that kind of a gerrymander you think is appropriate and I'm not saying that there's not gonna be political influence I mean it is we have clearly put it in the bill that the city council can't make it on page two line fifteen sixteen says that the board of commissioners can accept recommendations from the city for redistricting Wardlaw and so they can say Hey we think it all looked kinda like this and if if after the reviewing that the County Board of election commissioners agreed then that'll be what the boundaries are but we're not cutting the city's other process we're just making sure that the final word is done by a third is interested party would you be surprised to know that I have emailed and called from several months ET feeling like they're being cut out and asked me to vote against it. I wouldn't be surprised if anything happens this session center take but I will mention of Senator Stubblefield had a mayor in his district that has some concerns about this I called him yesterday afternoon I had a great visit and we got off the phone he was comfortable what we're doing I I will say that he actually thought that it would let the quorum court draw the city ward boundaries and he once he learned it was actually the County Board of election commissioners then he would he was okay with that so I ask again these things I sometimes get confusing again this is a long bill because we had to separately cover the areas in the code of the various one. Cities classes cities into the various forms of government within cities of the time you hit a mall it it makes the bill a lengthy but any section we're doing essentially the same thing it seems to me Senator Stubblefield had better sense and let you talk to everyone who is mayor thank you I agree sent. Senate you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president. Senator Johnson I have two full questions and you may have answered it under Senator Teague but was this dealing with an issue in Pulaski County that this came about and I think I heard you say it was out of your home town that you are this problem occurred and the second real question that I have that I don't know how to answer my mayor in my city administrator is why are we taking the lord's and the drawing boards from elected officials and giving it to volunteers I didn't hear the last part of your questions why are we taking the development of districts wards the portion motherboards why are we taking that away from elected officials and giving it to volunteers the Election Commission. I'm not sure I follow them being volunteers they're they're linking to to do this and they're like to do this by the two political parties well I understand that that isn't I'm elected of say. Ninety thousand people in my hometown. Well they're not directly their lectin by the parties. Individual people elect committee one to the two political parties the majority party to minority party well those are elected positions so you. They elect the majority party elects to commissioners the minority party elect one commissioner and so they're the ones that we are doing this right now for every J. P. district in the in the state yeah but they're not on the ballot they're not on a go to a polling place and vote for your election commissioners likes actually center they would be if there were they were contested. And then happen that often it's usually have trouble finding people to do that but if their work contest they would be on the primary ballots. I know that sounds unusual but it is the true Senator Hammer did you still have a question. Thank you Mr president Senator Johnson what I was wondering is you mentioned that your research should have been thirty years are there any particular situations or circumstances that have happened that kind of reveal the problem that this bill is trying to fix. Yes Sir It in particular city that I was speaking of that it was been over thirty years they had a tremendous decrease in population and so that the actual Numbers of people in each ward was was vastly different than it wanted first been drawn some thirty or so years ago so that that was that was a primary consideration the reason of course at the other levels including a legislative districts and that most of this most of us in this chamber are intimately familiar with is going to train change drastically when you've had a tremendous increase or tremendous decrease in population and that was what I had found in this example that I referred to that there had been a significant drop in population and it it was a little more it was not proportionate across the wards of the city it was disproportionate. So let me ask you if. If there is a shift in population. In a ward and somebody did not redraw the boundaries. Would that create an unfair disadvantage or what is there in place now to where the boundaries shift with the growth of the population there you're trying to address. Yes Sir it would create an imbalance between of the equitable representation within the various wards and again that could go both directions it could get it bigger or smaller and this is what having requiring a decennial of review this redistricting or a special redistricting which you know if the committee if a city ask for this let's say you see some of the tremendous growth and some of the cities in northwest Arkansas they could request a redistricting if they had a significant amount of growth and felt the need to do that plus you even have annexations we're adding up a large area at that time the city for example would still just have four wards but they need to take into consideration a large area that have been annexed and this will allow that to be done again by the the third party book County Board of election commissioners. Okay thank you any further questions Senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr chair if the problem is they're not redrawing the lines wanting you just say. Every ten years you must redraw the lines to reflect the population rather than this draconian method that you're talking about a take in totally away from all of the city's. Senator I don't consider it draconian to to follow the same procedure we do with every other districts drawn in the state of Arkansas including those for Senators it's done by someone other than the Senate and the congressman don't get together and draw their own districts the Senate and the house don't get together and draw their own districts we're making it consistent okay why why not just say that you have to do it every ten years rather than taking something that the city is at hand since time immemorial. And then giving it to this three person group to make decisions of the cities that are. Why didn't have any lied and leadership styles and we're going to take it totally away from them and give it to this three person group Senator U. S. B. two part question the first part of the question is. We do allow them to do it we we do. What we're making it consistent with the others that we do and we're requirements to make him look at it every ten years when we have the census data we really in this case we're we're delaying it so it would have been twelve years since we had them once they take effect but that's just the nature of the twenty twenty senses that is you know we don't have that data yet but certainly the first part that you mention of of of it being taken away I just don't think it should be there have been there in the first place in the second case we are going to require that they take a look at it regularly. Question. Thank you Mister senator Johnson I'm curious if you've communicated with any election commissions whether they're eager to do this qualified to do this with they do this in any other state or this is this is just being placed on them without any communication with them about Senator Tucker we do this they do I want to have not talked to a single election commissioner about this specific issue I did mention that they directed to our local commissioners they draw J. P. district boundaries and they were Kunj I think they should be able to draw the ward boundaries also told him I thought to the greatest extent possible. They should follow the natural lines of another words not having a lot of overlap say between a J. P. district a quorum court district and even a of a state house district I can remember a time when the Lasky County course has fifteen JP's and there were fifteen state house districts in Pulaski County I will could make couldn't imagine the reason why those boundaries at that time anyway couldn't have been the same. But instead we have people that that are voters are tired our citizens they're not not sure who their JPS are not sure who their state representatives I don't know who their Senator is because of this overlapping multiple thing that we have and to the extent possible we want to Election Commission be able to draw where you're not splitting precincts unless absolutely necessary they're naturalized I hope and again I won't have a vote on it but I hope that they would follow rivers and streams and streets and things that people see as natural boundaries such as you and I share a border much of our districts in one place it's highway ten nearby knows if you go out west it's north of highway ten it's in your district that south highway tenants in my district I think we need more that more consistency but but that's the the the reason for is that to try to make it consistent with the other parts of the law we're there is no entity that gets to draw their own districts. Thank you. Senator garner Bowsher may have. I can't I can't accept the lines in the well. You for no more questions I wrap it up Senator. Any other questions. Say no further questions is anyone would speak for against the bill. Saying no one Senator you're recognized because I'm close purchase a good vote says close for his bills any objection rolling vote on this bill. There is an objection madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Hi. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell choose. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Dismaying. DISMANG. Needs. Aids. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers will. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rapert. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Any senator wishing to vote or change their vote you senator wishing to vote or change their vote senator mark Johnson is no. Is no. Senator Irvin is no. Senator Solomon is known Senate Gilmore is no senator hill is no. Senate dismaying NO. Senator Hammer is known. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other Senator wish to vote or change their vote. You saying im secretary please cast a ballot. Though three As twenty seven days or not voting the bill has failed to pass. Yes. You're not debatable eighteen votes all in favor of the motion for a claim to say aye. Imposed. Highs motion K.. Senate bill five oh one. Thirty second I'm sorry Senate banking you're recognized for motion make a motion to Senate bills six forty nine and two fifty three to enter and study. The motion to move Senate bill six forty nine in two fifty three to fifty three to interim study. You've heard the motion on favor the motion say aye. I sent you thank you. Six forty nine and two fifty three those to interim study. Senator. Senate bill five O. one by Senator Irvin to prohibit the use of copper corporal punishment without parental consent on a child who has an individualized education program. Thank you Mr chair and members of the committee this and this bill at with the amendment on it was requested by the members of the Senate Education Committee so happy to have accommodated them what this does is prohibits corporate punishments corporal punishments for those individuals who have and and I eat I eat at the end of individuals with disabilities act Education Act and. That had the ET so but it does allow for parental consent and guardian so if the parental consent is given then based they can offer corporal punishment but if not then it would And that from. Using corporal punishment on a student with intellectual disabilities. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Saying no question is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Your question I'm close from I've. Lowery. Yes. Senate finance question okay yes I'm. Senate Go against what is in the I. E. D. in a trial that is subject to discipline under and I. E. D. should have a manifestation determination it sounds to me like this is not in compliance with the individuals with disabilities Education Act. An. Senator flowers I think with the amendment that we we had requested that said we should allow for parental consent to really any time and always and so that's really what the amendment does but against the individuals with disabilities Education Act the the parent can't just do that the I EP and any kind of disciplinary measures must conform with the I. D. thank. Yes ma'am I understand. Yes yes ma'am. In school in jeopardy of being in non compliant with the federal ID a statute. We. His name our be a manifestation determination before a child is disciplined. Yes ma'am we we work for the department of education on this as well as the Arkansas advocates for children and families and members of the Senate Education Committee. Any further questions. Senator Elliot. So I I know when this I guess when this was amended. I just took it as my bill my amendment which means that I maybe didn't do my job and look at what you're amendment was what but wanted this amendment. Johnson and that the with the parents consent what what's that yes there is some discussion in the committee about you know making sure that parental consent and guardian or print all or guardian consent still be part of that yeah that's what we put the amendment ends so we work through that with the Department with Arkansas advocates for children and families so I remember that discussion so based on that discussion the department became okay with. Parents with this amendment that was put on there and they. They are not concerned about it going running a file of of ID EA they're not concerned about that I guess. No I I I'm I'm not that's. That was not brought up in the discussion of amending the bill. What I was going to any parents involved there are more than just the department of education I don't mean that in the middle of small minimizing way. But. When I guess for children and families didn't raise any questions about this or do they have problems with it and we know it's hard to have a they are fine with that they were fine with it. Thank you. You senator Clark just to have a question Senator Clark Is questions. At the center ring yes the. I appreciate the call and sentiment behind the bill but then the amendment is the one thing that could cause me to be able to vote for it but. Children have an I. A. P. for all kinds of reasons right the Joint give any thought to any fear of yes degmada. It treating the children different for yet another reason I mean I realize there's a group of them sure obviously should not receive corporal punishment but then there's others sure yes I know I agree I I understand the statement and we did have that conversation because the I think the goal is to try to obviously we're trying to assimilate right school students all together and and there's the effort to do that but I do think that you know and I'm somebody who is in favor of corporal punishment you know that I'm the parents right and so I think that when you have somebody who has a child with types the different disability and I'm sorry. I think when you have a child that has certain types of different disabilities there's a difference between me executing that corporal punishment and my own children versus somebody else and and and when I say that I think there is something and you as a parent need to have always I think parental consent and guardianship we want to make sure that they're part of the conversation no matter what and so that's why we went back and put the amendment in place because we don't want to cut parents out of their right of the role so but I will say that when you have a child that has different types of disabilities they're gonna respond completely difference to any types of punishment or discipline and so and and I know that because I worked with the young man that I was in the parade with on Saturday he's a down syndrome child and that child you know when he was younger I had him at church and for an after school church program and you know he was sometimes very very difficult but it was because he could not verbally communicate very well and he couldn't and it was hard for him to connect with people because he had two difficulty verbally communicating right and so people that get frustrated in that situation may actually discipline not child when that child really didn't deserve that level of discipline and so it just takes time to court and it takes time to cultivate that relationship with that type of a child and so you know that's that's what drove me to really work on this issue when it comes to individuals with disabilities and I do realize that there's all different types of levels of disabilities there's speech therapy there's there's all those kinds of things right and I have a brother also with dyslexia and he's deaf in one ear you know so he can't necessarily here all the time and when he was little he lost his hearing and and so again you know those things do need to have some sort of consideration when it comes to corporal punishment you know and the child has down syndrome. You know spanking that child would not have been the right approach it just wouldn't have an end to it would have been really cruel to be honest with you and me as a parent can administer that corporal punishment then it comes to somebody else I don't know what they're bringing to the table it does not make sense yes you read yeah and I do appreciate the discussion. Any further questions for Senator Irvin. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for against the bill. Senator you're recognized close yeah thank you for the questions and I I know that and we look through this is thoroughly as we can and and I know the Department and and those advocates they they work through this with the language and I feel confident that they've got it to where it needs to be I appreciate a good vote thank you. Sam Jackson role in the vote on this bill. Objection there is an objection madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Call she's Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. Allen. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Blake Johnson. Irvine I'm sorry. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. One senators wishing to change their vote Senator Hendren hi. Senator Ingram is hi. Senator Stubblefield is hi. Senator Beckham is hi. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Clark is no. Senator mark Johnson is aye. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying that ma'am secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty ACT two names the bill has passed please transmit the House. When I take up Senate bill five twenty nine senate five twenty nine by Senator Clark concerning the return of stolen property in the possession of the pawnbroker to the rightful owner. Senator Clark you're recognized present your bill. Senate. Thank you Mr thank you colleagues SP five twenty nine originally of was about. Folks being able to get the property back I wanted been stolen and they find it upon brokers and couldn't get it back turns out although lots of people are buying their stuff back from pawnbrokers that the law already says that you have to get your stuff back and most pawnbrokers are very good of I have several friends that business but there are some bad actors but what the bill is about and has been for months is that if somebody has their stuff stolen goes in a pawn shop sees it there and they do and go through the proper. UP procedure which is feel that affidavit with law enforcement and they don't get it back and then later it stolen I mean so I'm still later it sold that they have to be compensated fair market either what was what was paid for the fair market value whichever is higher you would assume fair market value would be what was sold unless or some kind of brother in law deal so so that there's no game of for keeping it and sell it I'll be happy to take any questions. Any questions Senator Clark senator Hammer you're recognized for a question Sir Clark commission this I missed it but. So the person who had the property stolen from them still has paid the pawn broker what they paid the person who sold it to them or not. No as we read the law and judiciary and center soul and may be able to help me out on this since the what was the author of one of this years ago. Again because we've had experiences and had friends with experiences. A lot of us believe that you have to buy it back as we read the law it didn't say that it said that. The. That they have to return to if you if it's yours and you can procedures they have to return. What this does is it they don't return it and then they sell what. Are that you can get compensated for either what they paid for it or the fair market value whichever is higher that's all it changes I'm just I'm just curious based on your. Conclusions in judiciary what about all these years that people have had to buy back their stuff from pawn brokers if that interpretation laws not been correct was that based on AG opinion what was the. Basis for that conclusion. I don't know again I was on. I was going to change the law. Until we sit there and read it and it said because again I've had friends that had their stuff stolen and we found it and we had to go by. So I know the experience but we read the law and it said was. That the that they have to return it I wish you would think would be the case because if I buy stolen property. it will certainly be taken from me and given back to. Can you be charged with theft by receiving if that happened to you and what would that apply to somebody else. Good question. Again most pawnbrokers I mean that what's the name of the system. That law enforcement uses. Many of most really tried to to report stuff and we're law enforcement could I know used to in garland county when I was on the quorum court law enforcement used to check that everyday the things report and look for stolen stuff I think is some law enforcement's much better than others some pawnbrokers are much better than others of and I think in this case in one county we certainly appear to have a bad actor from the number of people who came to me but. The but. doesn't appear that they're the only ones that will ensure agree that there are some good actors out there that are all businesses in Barcelona. Lexus good friends of mine and some of very good people this would never have laws for the good people. Thank you. Say no further questions is anyone who wish to speak for against the bill Senator Garner you're recognized speak against the. Thank you chairman unfortunate to speak against my good friend Senator Clark bill but this is what I think this bill will do it will destroy the pawn and selling business in the state of Arkansas right now the way it's written that is if that property is there you can go get the affidavit to have it returned to you and the pawn broker has to give you that within a certain amount of time under the current law that's we figured out like Senator Clark explained why I read this is if you as a pawnbroker sale that item even though you received it thinking it was a good item you sold under think is good item you're now responsible for paying for that actual item so you're the one who's gonna be held accountable to the persons you property stolen now you didn't still that item you didn't take that item and most the time you're not to be able to help that I was actually still or not it's a horror line to delineate between a guy who actually stole out of a walk in the store and a guy who just wants to make some extra money to pay his rent that month. If you pass this and now they're accountable for every single item. Within a certain amount of time they're not gonna give those services to people who may need you're gonna cut out a large majority of people who could use the money or use the pawn services if the required info for institution unless I had seventeen forms of ID an identification that you're the one of all that it be such a liability to do that now that might suck up unscrupulous practice what is held this pawn business is worked in Arkansas for for perpetuity and I don't think it's right to hold the pawn shop owners accountable for some I still on that item whenever they had nothing to do but regular business that could happen that's why I will not support. Senator Garner spoken against is there anyone who wish to speak for. Senate senator Clark or service on your wish to speak against. Thank you senator garner said is accurate I don't think you need to change the bill with it's been in effect since twenty fifteen we really haven't had any problems with it it's worked well you're certainly going to have businesses that don't abide by the law but the law as it stands I think it's sufficient thank you. Anyone else wish to speak for against the bill senator rice is recognized speak for them. Right thank you I was going to come down and I don't have the expertise is some of my colleagues have but I'll give you a real life experience. Multiple pawn shops in town. And. One doesn't seem to have this problem the other one it's not a business did seem to. I have a problem. You will proliferate. Thank. If you've got a pawn shop that is very loose. The law says they have to take an ID. We have a brand new twelve hundred dollar chain saw that got out of our store we didn't even know it we got by chainsaws under for sale. But I keep the books and the numbers. I got somebody that told me said there's a brand new chain saw that one of the pawn shops. And it had gas in. We looked ownership last price all we had was go. So I took the book with the numbers on it went down there and I ask the pawn shop owner if I could check the numbers he said yes you can. So checking those numbers. That was my saw. The guy even hot the long black leather coat the had the. Put under to get out of the store with. You've got as. Senator Clark said you've got good operators and you've got some that's not quite as tight as they ought to be in it this will tighten it up some and I talked to my local pawn shop owner and he said he'd been contacted by the association to be against this when I explained it to him the center I'm fine with the said I don't do these that I help law enforcement said I put my stuff online and I happened to track down the state. Thanks we've got going home will not slow down you never stop on but they won't slow down unless we tightness up that's remote support is thank you. Sehrai spoken for the bill as anyone else you wish to speak for or against the bill. Anyone else say nine senator Clark recognized pose for your bill. Thank you Mr thank you colleagues. Folks. I filed this bill and I believe on February fourth may have been the fifth it was right around there. Of the head of the pawn brokers association is a friend of mine. I sent him the bill the original version of the bill before I ever fall that. The. He has my phone number we text back and forth they never we presented the bill you just heard committee members know we presented this bill at least three times. Of I was never contacted they never came. But. More importantly I support small business of all kinds of support on brokers of and business of any kind is difficult. But you come back to. Theft by receiving there is a very important thing people who at first of all we all know how bad. drug abuse is in our society and drug abuse and stealing go hand in hand and a Senator Rice said the easier it is to sell things once they're stolen. The of the worst these things because of just in the last year and a half. we had a storage facility broke into we Downsized. And the the only things we put in there were things that were very precious to us our things from Jenna's mother things that we had for thirty years. ever brought a replaceable things. And they're all gone in the there wasn't somebody to sell them to. They wouldn't be gone. We should for the for the really good actors in any business we should not make it difficult for them. By making it easy for the bad actors. If you're going to be in this business you've got to be very careful about taking stolen merchandise because anybody who takes Turrell stolen merchandise has to return it you lose it you or me if somebody comes right now and tries to sell you a bundle three quarter CD plywood for twenty dollars a sheet and law enforcement comes along that that the next day and says where did you get this plywood. And while the things are gonna say well if you bought it for twenty dollars heated blue report used to but it would have been a normal process right now school for ninety. Yeah shoulda known that there's something wrong. And all this this bill actually will affect very little very few people are ever going to go to a pawn shop find their merchandise not get it returned and then it be sold but it is happening in a few cases and we ought to fix it. The simple as that of that's all it does is if they go a defy their merchandise they don't get it back March the stolen from them they don't get it back it says and then they turn around and sell it that they they have a claim for what the value of it is that's only right it was their merchandise nobody no matter what your business is should be able to get away with theft by receiving that's not what the business is supposed to be about I appreciate a good vote. Senator Clark is close for his bill is there any objection rolling vote. There is an objection I'm secretary please call the roll. Ballinger Ballinger. Back. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Choose. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague Tucker. Wallace. Any senator who wishes to vote or change their vote Senator Ballinger is present. Senator Rapert is price. Senate Chesterfield did you want to be president. Senator Pitsch is price. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator urban design. Senator Teague is present. Any other Senator wish to vote or change your vote Senator Hammer is hi. Anybody else. Senator Tucker is press. Anybody else. Senate secretary please cast a ballot vote of twelve Yeas nine names seven president bills failed to pass. When I take up Senate bill five fifty one senate five fifty one by Senator Johnson to amend the unfair cigarette sales tax Senate Johnson you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president this bill is really a commerce issue I know it says cigarettes in those that know me know I don't do tobacco but this is really about commerce between the Arkansas wholesalers retailers versus the national wholesalers and retailers this create some equity between those two so the Arkansas based wholesalers have the same set of rules and and work things out under the law with the out of state once it allow Arkansas all Arkansas based cigarette wholesalers have more pricing flexibility to meet competition by large national cigarette wholesalers who typically offer incentives and discounts the current rules are difficult to enforce Arkansas tobacco control board with over one hundred licensed wholesalers located all over the country and the complexity of the issue. Large wholesalers may view the penalties for violating the current prohibition on discounts is just a cost of doing business this puts the smaller Arkansas based wholesalers and retailers who are attempting to comply with the rule at a competitive disadvantage large national retailers may be receiving incentives that the smaller independent stores do not so this rule change will give the smaller local retailers the same opportunities to receive discounts that the larger regional or national retailers benefit from now what this bill does not do is not change the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer the wholesaler is not allowed to discount the cigarettes to the retailer for less than their invoice cost for the manufacture the US sales of cigarettes below cost are still prohibited. Retail price paid by the consumer for cigarettes will not be affected at all the sales tax collections will not be affected also there's no fiscal. Impact of this bill was amended twice in the Arkansas based wholesaler's came together to reach some agreement on this so this was a Bills pretty much agreed to by the people that it affects I'll be I will try to answer questions as I as I said in committee to Senator Clark I would be loath to even try to explain the process of how this if the pricing is done it is a complicated formula but this was agreed to by the wholesalers they're based in Arkansas please try to answer questions questions for senator Johnson's senator history you're recognized for a question thank you senator Johnson is what this bill doing currently illegal in the State of Arkansas if you do it and once this bill passes it will no longer be illegal for this behavior. I think that is a fair thing to say Senator is the illegality has maybe some. If this site is crystal clear is that what is it in a general rule I think that's an accurate statement. In in this second thing I would say that the I have heard from some small sellers that do not agree to this and the fear is basically what we. That we have a rule for a state minimum which I'm good with getting away with doing away with by the way but we currently have a state minimum this is a work around around the state minimum just for the big got a crush the little guy is that is that a fair statement. It probably is Senator I will say that this would create whatever workaround is available to the out of state wholesaler's would would allow the same. Level playing field for in state regardless of the complexity of the of the pricing system and if it would not allow out of staters out of state. Wholesalers to be in a competitive advantage over Arkansas based retail wholesalers. Senate Davis did you have questions. You're recognized at centre Johnson it's my understanding that admissible I'm sorry Senator could you get a little closer to like Senator I'm sorry it's my understanding that muscle larger wholesalers have been and doing rebate illegally and many have been caught in fine and so it looks to me as they were just legalizing that illegal behavior they've been participating in and is that your understanding I don't believe that's the case senator act I could be wrong but that's not my understanding. And thank you for now. Thank you. Senator Pitsch you're recognized for a question Senator Johnson I've been trying to get this bill all the sides to it does this relate to this the tag I mean when we were in the Senate. and house joint tax task force cigarette taxes came before us because of the state tax that are put on cartons the licensure is that what we're trying to do here is to even the playing field with health cigarette cartons or tag. Senator Pitsch my understanding I'm familiar with the my understanding this bill doesn't address that anyway this is a parallel to that but it does have a so a quick follow up then Mr. Do we. I mean. Maybe it Senator Hester question if you do what said in this bill are you breaking the law today and if we write this bill you won't be breaking the law tomorrow. That's a good question I'm not sure I could absolutely answered I I I'm I'm lows to say that anybody's breaking law today but it certainly clarifies the situation it could be that all parties in state and out of state or not following the law to the letter but this would would clarify that it will maybe can get to that question easier by saying what's the difference between in state and out of state and what's the unfair advantage out of state all sailors. Well we do know from testimony from the tobacco control board that hi it is difficult to monitor what's going on with the out of state sellers and that let's just say they have more opportunity to skirt of the Arkansas law then the in state people do well I believe from past experience that's tied directly to the stamp and I think that's probably what you're trying to do here but I could never find that any legislation so that's fair statement Senator Pitsch thank you Senator Blake Johnson you're recognized for a question. Could you give a little history there's I think there's a lot of us there is a suit about this on one of the small. Many factors the. And this is some kind of remedy that they have ever brought to used to fix. The this suit that was brought against them Senate Johnson I am not aware that it may very well be is is you know this is not a my area of expertise anywhere close I would not be surprised if if there had been some litigation consider the complexity of of these this this process of the whole pricing issue cigarettes but I have no knowledge of it but so I can't comment with any any information one way or the other thank you. Any further questions for senator mark Johnson. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill Senator Davis is recognized to speak. Against the. Members wholesalers have been illegal illegally offering rebates and many of them have been caught they've been getting caught and they've been fine we've seen this over the past several years so all we're doing in this bill is legalizing the illegal behavior that they've been participating in and one of the reasons that you have heard a lot about it and that there was and said to be no opposition in committee is because many of the larger wholesalers are essentially threatening to challenge the cost of doing business to smaller wholesalers. So what that's why they've been silent that's why most of the smaller and wholesalers you haven't heard from because what the larger of wholesalers are threatening to do is more harmful than even this bill so they've been threatened into silence that's not okay and that's what this bill does it is legalizing currently illegal behavior that wholesalers have been participating in that they have been they have been caught and they have been fined and instead of just leaving the law like it is and then obeying the law as it is they're looking to change the law so that what they're doing is no longer illegal and that's not right. That's not right to the people of Arkansas it's not right for large wholesalers get away with it and it's not right to the smaller wholesalers that are doing everything they can to stay in business and compete and if we legalize this they will be essentially unable to do so because they're smaller wholesalers they cannot compete and offer large rebates like the large wholesalers Committee this will hurt small businesses small wholesalers in the State of Arkansas I'm asking that we please do not legalize currently illegal behavior in the state of Arkansas because larger wholesalers are refusing to comply with the law thank you. Senate Davis spoke against the bill is there anyone else we speak for or against the bill. Say no one else Johnson you're recognized close for your bill. Thank you Mr president Senator Davis raises some interesting points and I don't disagree with all of them I'm a believer in free enterprise I think that somebody ought to be able to buy a product and seller Porter press they want and that should be between them and the consumer and them and their wholesaler but instead we put together some rather draconian laws about how you go about doing things and I'm sure that when they were were created somebody out there and figured out it was a way to protect their interest. And I don't understand all that I wasn't around for that I don't think I've been here forever but I wasn't paying attention to tobacco laws all those years and and didn't really care about it but I do know when I hear about something being different between out of state companies and in state companies when the out of state companies can come in Arkansas and do practices that are advantageous to them and their competitors that happen to be domiciled in Arkansas can't do that. This is really not about the retailer levels much as about the wholesaler level a and is Senator Davis says they'll be able to do things that that would be illegal our loan I'm not sure what should be legal and what's not I don't think of making a profit is illegal I again this does not change the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer doesn't change at all it doesn't affect those things we normally think of as part of of commerce but this what this really is about is commerce now in committee we had a long discussion and senator Clark asked me questions I basically said senator if you and I sat down and re wrote this entire way of doing business we would probably come up with something a whole lot better than the status quo. But we don't get to do that what we have to do is we have to take these things in small bites and this is a by that would allow Arkansas based wholesalers to be able to compete on a level playing field without a state wholesalers so if if you're asking me to tell you all this is a perfect bill I won't do that because it's not but it would cut accomplish that and I urge you to vote for for that reason and I'm close Mr president Senator Johnson is close for his bill madam secretary would you please call the roll Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Now. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. I. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. It was nice Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert. Yes for rice. Price. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. You senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Pitsch is hi. Any other senators on the side. Senator Hammer is hi. Any other senators wish to vote or change their vote Senator sample is I. Senator Stubblefield is I. Senator Elliot is no. Hi Senator Rice aye. Senator Ingram is aye. Senator English is I. Senator Leding is I. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Eads is present. NEO Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. C. nine AM secretary please cast about with a vote of eighteen yeas eleven days and one present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I take up Senate bill six fifteen. Senate bill six fifteen by Senator Garner to prohibit the requirement of vaccine passports in Arkansas you senator garner you're recognized president it's good after all these controversial bill got nice easy bill here. The gentleman this bill is about preventing this trend the authors coming. I know the last year COVID nineteen is change the way we have lived in many different ways and one most disturbing trends we're hearing out of Washington is the idea of a vaccine passport. This is showing that you've been vaccinated for COVID nineteen in order to basic services in your day to day life. Things like going to pick up the dollars going to pick up some food or going doing shopping. Right now there's been a push by the by administration to make this. A priority now do is select they're doing it through corporations a private businesses and typically I'm for what corporation private businesses could do in their own time this is such a dramatic invasion of privacy such a change in the norms that we live in. And I did that an American twenty twenty one you have to show papers in order to basic services is frankly unamerican. This is an anti vaccination bill. My principle is very simple I think every person should get vaccinated and I'll be dying to the government's going to tell you to do it. But that'll take any questions. Any questions Senator Garner Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president so there's to sit a couple sections in this bill the first one defines Maxine passport is just related to covid. The second one restricts what a state agency or subdivision can do the third one is what I want to ask you about that because that one seems to apply to. A lot of private businesses services so I just wanna make sure I'm reading that correctly the use of axing Task Force shall not shall not be a condition for entry travel education for services so. If an airline wanted to have a flight that was Masri required vaccine proof you would that would be illegal yes it would be with the chamber of commerce we removed employment as when the requirements and they became neutral and I've heard personally for no small business large business or oppose this bill okay so if a does it apply to the military if they decide they're going to require COVID vaccinations for the Arkansas National Guard for certain duties if there state agency that would be required to disclose give military service and means you have to give up your basic rights as far as going to cover back soon or not so the church decided that they wanted to have a class for seniors that were very susceptible to the virus but was going to make a requirement for proof of vaccination to participate in that church service would they be prohibited they would if the people do not want to give it to him that the people would not be mandated to give it to so it church could not do what they want to do if they asked the people to do it on their own voluntarily they could if they could not mandate that it be a requirement so church cannot said directed the choir has a question three times I've answer three twice I'm I'm saying there's an entry requirements so they could they could not refuse them to enter the building if they wanted to if you're asking if a church can PPT people that the door to show a certain vaccination papers in order to come in that would be prohibited now church can ask the people to get vaccinated they can do that we're not going to require the people to do that thank you go to a different church thank you go different things that would not be a requirement on this bill okay one final what I just wanna get understand what their limitations on private business over restaurant decided that rather than because many today many today have chosen because the liability protections to continue social distancing continue mask requirements for their servers and for the patrons until they're seated because of they go there's not they don't have to but let's see what the liability protection but if a restaurant decided that they want to have one night where there. Servers can take their masks awesome people could come mastery and go full occupancy for a concert of whatever reason but you have to prove you had vaccination this would prohibit that number one none of the requirements yet yet from CDC or liability protection requires a vaccine passport in order to get those communities so I think that's a non secular way to kind of describe this that would not be a realistic situation and therefore of answer the question next question. Thank you Mister senator garner you know in schools they require vaccines for measles mumps and things like that I'm just curious the rationale of why this is different and and whether we should live this leave this decision to public health experts scientists and doctors and not to be made by us three reasons one the vaccination for those kind of diseases have been around for generations there's been in provable science that they work and they are very narrow in scope the total vaccine did not exist a year ago I'm not anti vaccination but we see from the Johnson Johnson that there or could potential for severe health consequences from rare blood clots they just developed it's been done in record time that is amazing a scientific achievement at the same time forcing people or students to do that I think it's a choice between that parent that student in the ability to do that no school districts mandate that secondly this is a change in the way of life it's actually the show with these kind of passport to do other kind educational services is something we should not go down the road of in Arkansas to do. Senator Clark you're recognized for a question. Senator Garner of political center hundreds questions of. Restaurant could offer a discount. All or it could any other business could just what they could to a a RP or of if they chose to couldn't. Absolutely I think it's but wiser is often or promotion for free bill appear to get vaccinated that's a good free market approach people can decide to do that or not they want to do it just like anything else that is a choice that you can do in a stop nobody from getting vaccinated what it does stop if they try to make it a requirement in order to do those services that will stop and they could also closed their business for not. Of for a private party invite anybody they wanted to good night thank you yes Sir thank you. Any further questions for senator garner. Any other questions. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Anyone speak for against saying nine Senate garni recognized because they Mr I'll be very brief. If we don't start making some real changes on how we're reacted COVID nineteen the next time some situation like this comes this will no longer be a piece of paper you will be at you will be your all your health information it will be a requirement in multi different fronts on how they were collected information this is coming we can either address it today or we can allow it to steam rolls over thank you Mr. Senator Garner supposed first bill is there an objection rowing vote on the bill there is an objection ma'am secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Let. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. So. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. For sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. T.. Tucker. Wallace. You senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Chesterfield is no Senator Ingram is no. Senator Sturch is aye. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying that ma'am secretary please cast about. With the vote of twenty three games eight nine zero present the bill has passed please transmit the House. When I take it Senate bill six seventeen Simo six seventeen by Senator Rapert require written consent of a patient to transfer a prescription from the pharmacy require certain disclosures of ownership interest or possible conflicts of interest and prohibit that a my mining of patient information Senator Rapert you're recognized present your bill thank you Mr president members SP six seventeen is it is consumer protection legislation what it does is promoting hell's enhanced health privacy prevents misuse of medical records for health claims data for soliciting pharmacy services for patients and insurers disclosure of conflicts of interest and freedom of choice for patients seeking pharmacy services and and the Arkansas Arkansas Legislative office audit recently identified conflicts of interest for pharmacy benefit managers in our ownership affiliations with large for profit mail order and retail pharmacies that are often not disclosed to health plans for patients the reason for this is due to vertical integration that has occurred in recent years for pharmacy benefit managers retail pharmacies mail order pharmacies health plans healthcare payers medical clinics wholesalers and others in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry there are health privacy risks the conflicts of interest that I mention self dealing patient staring and misuse of data and health records for consumers by vertically integrated entities. 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B. six seventeen simply regulates licensed pharmacies their employees in the affiliated companies that have ownership of the pharmacy permit that allows them to provide pharmacist services in our state the language defines prohibited practices for seeking new prescriptions refill authorization of existing prescriptions or transfer of existing prescriptions from prescribers or other pharmacies without a proper pharmacist patient relationship disclosure of conflicts of interest as well as proper patient consent the language also prohibits was called data mining and misuse of patient medical records clinic notes and health claims data or billing data to solicit pharmacy server server services for patient who does not request them several people I've talked to even some of you in this chamber have had the experience where you go to a physician you get a prescription you go down to your drug store and find out that your company has steered your prescription to be filled through another company and it ends up with the problem and the your stand and they're not able to pick up your prescription and it goes on and on to be happy to take any questions. A questions Senator Rapert Senator Ballenger you're recognized for a question Senator Rapert just for clarification and I'm just trying to read a confined it like I have a a local firms that do business with close to home so like if I run out of the prescription and I need to feel it here Little Rock well they actually have to have my signature in order to transfer the prescription to either a Walgreens or local pharmacy your. It well. State restate that for me so so I am about the blood pressure right so I'll probably get it from home. But if they if if the my prescription runs out and I'm not at home well I actually have to find something. Normally what I can do is I could call the the pharmacy they could then contact the other pharmacies in the prescription are you saying that will no longer be allowed under this law. I may be that the on this page two okay on line thirteen. J.. Because the idea here the whole it in there was no one in committee that came and testified against the bill or that brought up the scenario you're talking about is a stumbling block to the legislation and so what they're what they're trying to prevent number one is that you have in your prescription steered somewhere you don't want to be and so if you're the one issue initiating that if you're contacting the pharmacist that's establishing a relationship with them. So I don't think that it would prevent that Senator Ballinger at all and so that would be my answer to your question okay thank. Senator you're recognized for a question. My my question actually is exactly the same and it's just my reading of the bill I was contacted by anybody but my concern is the reading of the bill because a lot of times will have patients that will travel because our retirees in the travel to Florida and so we will call in prescriptions like particularly to Walmart pharmacy and then they will transfer those down to Florida and so I'm concerned about the way that it's written because you may not be able to do that without that it's design connection is when you as long as you the patient are involved in that process there should be no problem what is trying to prevent is the. You know you know what happened somebody gets sick you guys deal with this all the time you get sick your office calls into prescriptions somebody they go over there and find out that their company has intervene in that process and steered it somewhere else and yeah yeah it's not it's not it's long as you're involved in the process you should not be a problem no I understand I I understand what you're trying to do and I don't disagree with what you're trying to do what what I'm saying is though is that the way it's written gives me concerned scientifically so are causing the issue and on page yeah on page two in this area right here it really starts at six I understand and I support what you're trying to do in all sections of the bill and I understand what you're trying to do with this however I feel like there could be the way it's written may have an unintended consequence back to what Senator Ballinger is stating with presents a patient from getting that medicine transfer to another pharmacy in a different location whether it's in state or out of state and so for us and I'm speaking that's a big concern for us and our patient for a medical practice and their patients and so this is a very common practice with physicians and patients to be able to transfer those medications so I just if. If we can just get clarity on that do you mind I would I'm going to do it again for you to in in terms of of the situation because I need to get it handled right now yeah spotted but the the real reason that that this again to hit this was to prevent this patient what's called patients during which I think you would probably definitely be against when their steering people somewhere and so the the bottom line is the patient the real reason that this was all draft in the first place was to handle complaints of prescriptions being filled or stolen by pharmacies that had never heard of them before out of state PBM or health plans pharmacies were doing this okay and it was happening in some cases were physician clinic on the pharmacy and employees of the clinic or data mining patient records to steer patients to the pharmacy on by them again Senator Irvin because you get this warning the patient to be involved in a relationship here if you're talking to your doctor or your pharmacist to help in some way I don't think it's going to be an issue it because it absolutely is trying to say if you're not involved and you have for the service and then somebody tries to deny you they wanted to stop that from happening so that was it Senator hope that helps and if you have further questions will hand that when we get committee on the other in our any further questions for Senator Rapert. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Saying nine cent Rapert you're recognized close I'm close thank you Senator Rapert is close for his bill is there objection rowing the boat on the bill. Ma'am secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Aids. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers president. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Is that. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Right. Yes. Rice. Price. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote. On the right side of my right any senators wish to vote or change their vote Senator Clark is no. Senator Davis is aye Senator Hester is I. The senator on my right wishing to change their vote. C. nine on my left senator hill is I. Senator Hickey is I. Senator Stubblefield as I. Senator Dismang. Senator Hendren is not. Senator Ingram is aye. Senator Eads is I. Senator Ballinger is pass. Senator Bledsoe is not. Senator sample yes. Sampling Caldwell. Any other Senator center Chesterfield is I. Senator Rice designed. Senator Flippo is hi. Senator Leding is not. Organization is not good for this body. Any other senator who wish to vote or change their vote. Saying nine. Saying. Senator Irvin is I'd. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Ballenger now is I. Any other Senator wish to vote or change their vote saying that ma'am secretary please cast about the voter twenty nine games one day and one present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I think absent six forty. Senate bill six forty by Senator Hammer to extend the statute of limitations for medical debt in certain circumstances Senator Hammer you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr president this bill was debated fairly well on the floor the other day I pulled it down put an amendment on it and that's the difference between the other day and today I just tried to clarify that if the bill at the national level does not become law that there is definitely a sunset and it would not extend it beyond what it is today and that's the purpose for being back before you would be glad to answer any questions any questions for senator Hammer. Any questions for senator Hammer. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. It's saying nine senator Hammer you're recognized close thank you appreciate a good vote Senator Hammer is close for his bill is there any objection rowing the boat on the bill. Any objection rolling the vote saying nine AM secretary please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senate dismaying is indicated he is no. Senator Clark has indicated that he is no. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote senator hill is no. Flowers is president Senator flowers as president Senator Irvin. Is president. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying nine ma'am secretary please cast a ballot with a vote of twenty ninety ACT three nays and to present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I take it Senate bill six fifty we're passing over Senate bill six fifty. So we are now taking Senate bill six fifty seven Senate bill six fifty seven Senator Lance Senate bill six fifty seven by Senator Leding to amend law concerning watercrafts Senator Leding you're recognized. Alex couple who brought this bill to may they're sailing enthusiasts with this this bill would become law you no longer be able to read the required to get a certificate of number for your sailboat if it is powered solely by sales but as any kind of motor whatsoever for navigating the brain or whatever you still have to register it as we are generally talking about very small crafts that's all this does just save some people will that paperwork. Any questions for senator letting senator garner you're recognized for a question what's the sailing community available Arkansas look like. There are a few people who use lake Fayetteville but this you know we have many wonderful bodies of water all across the the natural state is one or look like on Dixon thank you senator Beckham you're recognized for a question smooth sailing. One is the Coast Guard okay with this the US Coast Guard did originally opposed the bill so we got new language and they are good with this bill so they will not be using cutters to pull over any sell books that's true thank. Senate Johnson did you have a question. Senate Johnson recognized for a question thank you Mr president. Senator Leding. If I go out by sixty five foot sailboat. Which I've actually sales for did not have a motor and I put it on Greers ferry like I wouldn't have to have register that vote is under this bill is that correct that would be correct okay thank you senator thank you Mr president Senator Clark you have a question it is Arkansas game and fish good with this bill they are also good with the bill they were alarmed with the original version because they stand to lose one point seven million dollars in federal funding from the Coast Guard but again everybody square with this bill. Any further questions for Senator Leding. Say no further questions is there anyone who speak for or against this bill. C. nine Senator Leding is indicated he's close for the bill is any objection rolling vote on the bill. Say no objection ma'am secretary please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote. Any senators wishing to change their vote C. nine AM secretary please cast about the voter thirty four yeah A. zero nine is the bill has passed please transmit to the House is anyone to run Senate bill six fifty nine. Passing over when I think of Senate bill six eighty nine Senator Ballinger Senate bill six ninety nine by Senator Ballenger to amend Arkansas law to allow a municipal electric utility to finance costs associated with storms and related perils and declare an emergency. Senator Ballinger you're recognized for senate bill. Thank you Mr president this is similar to a bill that we passed that dealt with utilities in general in particular for gas companies what this does is this allows them if they want to do it to basically get a bond to help offset the cost of the high energy during the storm event there is some safeguards in there they have to first try to exhaust all remedies that they can that they have a contract claim because people providing the energy and also that has to have a state of emergency declared by public service commission before they can actually extend the bond so something that they should do cautiously they're going to do it because obviously it's a it's debt and the limited amount of debt that they can get in so there can be another storm event or whatever but it provides us tools necessary to try to help offset the cost of a of the expenses for our constituents. Happy to answer questions. The the there's only a limited that they can get in with this doesn't go against their debt. Does well what if they decided to go get the date and and there's no cap there's nothing that you know cats that is just you know if they end up utilizing this to pay for this event and then they have another benefits we will get to the point where where the bond rating would not be well enough that they could continue to get that so that is our creating state supported state back there is no states that's exactly right no no this not state that at all. I appreciate your vote. I can't speak for Senators walkway. Is closed any objection on the vote. Please rollover Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You wish to vote or change their vote Senator back I'm not voting. Flowers is present. Senator flowers is present. Anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty two yeah eight zero nice when a voting would present the bill is passed first a call the doctor transmit to the House Senator Leding S. B. six sixty four when your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty four by Senator letting compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Senator Leding. Calendar. Six sixty four by Senator Leding to exempt health savings account qualified health insurance policies from certain insurance requirements and to clarify the coverage of diagnostic examinations for breast cancer under certain pulling. Hello thank you colleagues is the bill that we amended at the top of the calendar it's one that just fixes the potential conflict with the diagnostic exam bill. A good vote questions more we speak against four centers close interjection one vote. Please avoid. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone which change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nays bill is passed transmit to the House Senator Dismang amendment only yes limit only members there this is on a house bill fourteen ninety nine there's amendment three that didn't come up with the committee so what I'd like to do is place it on the end of this calendar so right now I'd like to move suspend the rules place forty nine on the encounter for purpose of adopting Amendment number three. Okay you for the motion all those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted amendments three the house bill fourteen ninety nine. So. I was present. Senator on the committee members so they receive several amendments to provide a little bit more oversight and added one position again it. A good vote on the memo you questions all in favor say aye. This Is have it members adopted. Senator road. Senator Hickey. S. A. R. thirteen. This is the vote. Read. Yeah we've already suspended. We. Forty suspended its on road role. Senate concurrent resolution thirteen by Senator Hickey to amend the joint rules of the house of representatives in the Senate at the ninety third General Assembly. Members this is a bill that I told you about at the beginning that basically isn't exactly what's in the statute with the lottery bill. Where we have to when we come into the next session if you want to do anything that affects the lottery scholarships that you'll have to do the do that bill within thirty one days of the session starting. Questions all those of favour say aye. Follows Is haven't. The motion the resolution. Send to the house. Senator Beckham this is a question do you have do you want to revisit one of the bills from earlier. Six ninety four no. Okay we'll move on then to the House bills senator mark Johnson and. A part of. House twenty three by representative flowery. Some in the sales tax laws concerning special events center exclude certain site school fundraisers from sales tax laws for regulating special events. Senator. Thank you Mr president of this is a House bill brought by represent Lowery representative Jett representative for a. It was. Came to our attention years ago that D. F. and I had charged or assessed the PTA at Maumelle charter school for the money that they got from a fundraiser from a bizarre invent a special event and we thought that was a little bit out of line so we got into a little bit more detail on it D. F. and I checked it out and said well we don't think that's exactly right but the law was unclear so what this bill does it makes clear that the gross receipts from Act some special events they're done by a a parent teacher organization parent teacher association or a similar organization or any of its Senate president five oh one see three is exempt from the sales tax now what this is This is not ongoing thing this is a special event a fundraiser for PTA PTO and almost all of that money that's raised is used to pay for a. A. Out of pocket expenses the things that aren't necessarily covered that teachers too often end up reaching out of their pockets and paying for themselves so this just makes it clear that the that those types of special events where fundraisers eight they bake cookies a cellum and often times they're actually going to the grocery store buying the the food in and paying whatever sales taxes still remaining on groceries for that food so to to have kept this in places actually in some cases double taxation so what this does it just exempts the PTA PTO and special event fundraisers by school of from the Arkansas sales and use tax I'll try to answer the questions for or any questions. Anyone with centre back. This example third parties that do the fundraiser for the PTA no sales taxes only the ones listed on page one on line twenty eight through thirty one plus five oh one C. threes. Any other questions. Senate. Senator Johnson page to where the special event shall not include it shows County district or state fair and under eye and then it says the four states livestock show. We have other state fairs in the state so does this mean we're going to end up Arkansas Oklahoma state fair over my district's gonna be. Crosswise Senator pages came up committee you'll notice that up that is a That was existing code language and the only thing it adds is the the it changes it pursuant to our under rules it just. How it was drafted that way I think there may have been some reason for the drafter to do that but if you'll if you read that paragraph there's no substantive change in that paragraph dealing with the four states livestock show what I I'm still not Senator Hickey noted that in committee and and we I still have a real good answer but I'm sure there was some reason for that section of code since it was already in that twenty six fifty two five eighteen eight three C. that the drafter felt they had to show that to be able to add three a and the subsequent parched. That's my best understanding of that reason we did not counted Committee to any other questions anyone wish to speak against for centers close I'm close to create a good role in the vote. Please call the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured. Cast a ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nine age the bill is passed return the bill to the house congratulations Johnson Senator Davis. House bill twelve twenty eight representative Johnson Senator Davis top prize the establishment of a designated entertainment districts in the area where entities authorized to sell alcoholic beverages. Senator Davis thank you members I've already run this bill we've had an hour long rigorous debate on it so I won't go through that again I ask for a good vote thank you. Senator has left the well all in we speak again Senator Rapert. Thank you member center Davis and I've talked is nothing personal Senator Davis whatsoever I know have people have different perspectives I represent different interest people can do that this is a bill that I think you resoundingly rejected the other day nothing's changed on the bill whatsoever I did put for your information but some information that came from the faith and ethics counsel that I had pulled off of something they had stated. I'm not gonna go through all the stats. I could but I'm not gonna do that either. I just a point where I don't know if we've been counting but we may have run more. Pro alcohol distribution of alcohol expansion of alcohol bills in any other session I've ever been and that peer. And I know I voted against him and I was quiet during the first half of the session vote against him but when I go back home and and look at the rehabilitation center and the people that are there. We just don't need to be expanding in dry counties it takes away the ability of the people that live in those dry counties that fall that was the policy to have people with open containers run around. I don't know what else to do on it I'm not going to belabor I'm just telling you it's not good policy. And we should be doing it appreciate your vote against. At. Service closed. I'm not gonna ask if there's an objection to vote. Please call the roll. Ballinger Beckham. Please call the roll. Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. But. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English Flippo. Flowers. Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Yeah. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Health. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert. Rice sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Teige Zeller Sullivan. T. the. Tucker. Wallace. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote senator hill is no. Anyone else Senate pages online Senator Hammer is no anyone else Senator Solomon no. Cast about. It was your name not called. Your name. Well you got it right here. Okay you have any went no now you're back on what are you. Yeah. He's not anybody else. Anybody else. You might wanna change. About eighteen days fourteen days two not voting was zero present one leave the Bill pass transmitted turn it down to the House Bill. Thirteen fourteen by representative Hillman to amend the water resource conservation development incentives act. Senator Hill. Thank you Miss Mr governor this basically a H. B. thirteen fourteen is represented humans bill is to modernize the water conservation development incentives act which a recently enacted in nineteen ninety five this in the allows benefits for tax benefits on land leveling development of surface water resources Taylor recovery systems in surface water conversions United Thomas systems that. Any questions Senator Hill. I wish to speak against. Thanks for centers close any objection to rolling the vote. Please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You always change their vote. Cast the ballot thirty four yeah zero nays bills passed returned to the house Senator Hammer. Thirteen forty nine by representative Warren is Senator Hammer to establish the every or Kansan retirement plan opportunity at. Senator Hammer thank you Mr president this bill's been heavily debated for so just make a few observations first of all several many are cancers are not saving for the retirement lot have lost money to live on when they reach retirement and they will be asking for government assistance this plan complements existing businesses in our state will also complement those that are coming into our state with the secure act being passed and will appeal to a population that others that are coming in state may not reach out to the profit margin is extremely low for the market that we're talking about many businesses will never want to spend the time going after those particular customers the treasurer's office already has experience with five twenty nine college savings plan this will work well with that plan this plan allows for small companies grow into bigger plants at the private sector can bid on answer once they get established re certain levels this plan is designed to make people responsible for their own well being and they need to be saving for retirement and this bill plan helps get them there be glad to answer any questions. It always Sir Senator Rapert recognized. You senator. As opposed to the last time that we failed the bill. Have you actually amended out any of the errors in the bill as it related to the information that stated because it's the exact same bill that was filed twenty seventeen and I mentioned that if the will. There's been no amendments to this bill this bill was crafted with some expertise as far as taking into consideration the four one issues that you dress so no it'll stand as is. Will you ignore alleged that many people have provided information that when the secure act became effective January the first of this year that all of these plans are available to everyone across the country now that that's enacted these are all offered in the private sector they're offered in can call conglomeration with chambers of commerce. Anybody wants to form together with these if we acknowledge that that now is the law which was not the case when the buyout the bill was originally filed a couple of years ago. All acknowledge that the secure act has been passed into law does open up the market for private sector to be able to come in and to offer plans by. Gathering together groups or populations of small businesses that previously were not able to offer that until the secure act was passed. So yes all of it is currently available in the private sector now I will acknowledge that yes it is. Question. Anyone wishing to speak against Senator Rapert. Thank you Mr president I spoke against this bill several weeks ago I spoke against this bill two years ago I spoke against it I think when it was first introduced before then. They're only if you've looked at this a CLI she it was passed out to all of you this was written as a review of house bill thirteen forty nine. This is from the American council of life insurers I also know that SIFMA is provided me information they represent everyone of your financial advisors in your communities. So this bill the bottom line is this bill would put the state of Arkansas into business against every single financial adviser every single insurance company or any other company or bank that offers these types of plans. That's not what we need to be in business doing I've spoke against any number of issues related to this this session. In the private sector makes things available in the state of Arkansas comes in to undermine them and under cut them by then offering that service the next thing you know it's going to be title insurance the next thing you know it'll be plastic floats next thing you know it'll be doctor services everything that you can imagine we just don't need to do it is a matter policy. I don't know of any adviser not not know there are some companies that target specific investors but the bottom line is everybody in the industry in the field will tell you there is a lack of money out there there's a lack of opportunity for people to put money into retirement plans I just talked to one of the members here he said I could pull up my phone right now and I can open an account on my phone and have a have an account ready to go that's the key. We can't force people to open retirement accounts in less than you want to get the state of Arkansas into this business there's another bill that sparkled a companion bill it's been found it's an end run around the same issue that's popped up since this one is there so here's what American council licensure says they have opposition to the bill it would establish this R. every Arkansas retirement plan opportunity act by creating a board within the office of the treasurer to establish implement maintain the plan and make it and making available in competition with everybody that I've already stated here. In terms of some other provisions in addition similar plans are already being offered by local chambers of commerce around the country when the secure act came in this bill was a relevant discussion point two years ago. But they pass the secure act in nineteen in January the first everywhere around the country in fact any employer that uses a paychecks plan or provider that is doing paychecks for them those plans are now beginning to offer these very same services to them thus far only two states please listen to this park point not I'll stop because you had a lot of information sent to you on this. Only two states have authorized a state run for when Kate Massachusetts. In Vermont both were passed before the secure act later authorized employers in unrelated industries to offer these types of multiple employer plans Vermont has not moved forward. So they're losing ground because it's bad policy the Massachusetts court plan for nonprofit employees took four years to set up an after three years of enrollment only eighty employers are participating according to the Georgetown center for retirement initiatives. We need to really calls here on this because the fact is people from the industry that are speaking into this issue are saying this is not necessary it's not needed. A few weeks ago it was stated we talked about Edward Jones investments. I've been speaking with Edward Jones government affairs and St Louis their company is against this bill they're finding these bills. And I don't you know when you have one person says well I don't care about the issue that will look. We try and this body to listen to people that have the background and experience is something I've already knowledge early on I still have a license in this space. Our knowledge that from the floor the last time we voted on this. The members I'm telling you it's not needed that's number one because the secure act is taking care of this number two. We don't need to be in the business of putting Arkansas in competition to under cut people the other thing is is the fiscal impact it was with this thing originally and even with the companion bill it's out there it's unknown what they're going to even spend doing this and you know what else I talked to the treasures co chiefs of staff today they said they're not permission for the bill. So this is just about somebody pushing an initiative in again we disagree on that but I vehemently ask you to vote no on this particular bill again. Anyone wish to speak in favor or against centers right to close. Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president just a few comments for you to consider before you cast your vote first of all it knowledge that there are is that was handed to me to companies that are begin make the nation wide effort of moving into states in order to be able to allow or to do with the secure act offers that's number one strike knowledge have publicly number two the question is going to be in the challenge is going to be in a few years when those companies come in and they want to take the top level what's going to happen to the ones in two seasons reason the for those are probably going to be the ones that this plan would be most beneficial to help I did not realize chamber until I got the letters in the business of dealing with retirement policies and also the other thing I want to note is that as far as those that are opposition I do believe that there are industries who are financially in the business realize the potential that when these plants get to six hundred thousand those individuals those plans are going to have to be referred out so it's almost like an incubator if you would that we're going to grow something that eventually is going to be turned over to somebody else I think that what this is going to do is create a specialty niche both for the companies that are going to come into the state or may not we don't know but they have the opportunity to the secure act I think it will develop a niche for them to come in and do what the secure act affords him to do but at the end of the day the question is what about those that does not that they do not appeal to or that are not lucrative enough for them to go after those are the ones are going to be left behind on the per basis so that I appreciate a good vote. Any object please call the roll Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Dismaying. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers all right. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvin. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. This. Right. Rice. Thrice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Wallace. In which. I think I would say. We get a chance. Yeah let us finish the vote and finish the vote yeah. Anyone Sir Chesterfield hi Sir Clark is hi Sir Beckham is no. Senator Hickey is no. Anyone else cast up the ballot. Yeah you gotta wait till I'm done. Nineteen days. Eleven days three not voting one present the bill is passed. Now you can make a motion. Okay. One two a I have five five hands. Just. Just that Ballinger yeah Hey Bledsoe yes. Caldwell yes. But he's not Missy. Chesterfield yes. Clark yes. Struggles yeah she. Davis yes Aideed's yes Elliott yes. Flowers. Yes Hammer. Hammers not less. In this state. What was that came is not. Respond. Warning your seat at the time of the vote it's Caldwell we've already mentioned Caldwell when I got to be in your seat at the time of the vote Senate page point of order fees the sponsor does he have to be in his speech. Yeah. I understand hammering Caldwell keep going please sign. Yes. With seventeen. We're seventeen. Sir Caldwell and Senator Hammer were not in their seats so it seventeen Yeas eleven days. One present three or the bill fails. Senator Hester. Make a motion to expunge the vote by which. H. B. thirteen forty nine failed any questions all those of favour say aye. Follows. Is have it. The motion to expunge past. Senator mark Johnson. House Bill fourteen eighteen them representive back in center Johnson to amend the law concerning the maximum height of a motor vehicle authorized to operate in the State Highway. Mark Johnson thank you Mr president this bill from our dot it to. Raises the maximum height the overpasses bridges it said or structures to from in some cases thirteen feet six inches to fourteen feet this makes it consistent with our neighboring states there are nine structures identified in the State of Arkansas that are under fourteen feet and they are all very clearly marked with warning signs this bring this in compliance with the what the region seems to be doing I can I can't tell you the actual neighboring states but this is our dots solution. I have a spot here but I'll try to answer questions. Johnson. We speak against for. Senate close close any objection on the bottom center Johns bill. Please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you always change their vote. Casts up the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero days bills passed through the house. Senator Tucker. Fourteen thirty nine The representative Pilkington centre Tucker. To volunteer health care act entering play therapist addiction specialist and counselors in the volunteer health care program. Thank you thank you governor two years ago the legislature passed a volunteer healthcare act which was an excellent piece of legislation that allowed medical professionals to volunteer to provide service to our Kansans of limited means and they get CME credits in exchange for that this bill just adds a few folks who will be able to do that be able to perform that service in addition to the ones who are less than the original act those being the dental sentence a dental assistant therapists and addiction specialist and counselor and the only other changes there some other professions listed in the inner in a rule and we wanna make sure we're not disqualifying any of them so that's included in the bill also that's all the bill does it's it's pretty simple be happy to answer any questions. When we speak against for for centers closed any objection on the vote please role but. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It always change their vote. Cast up the ballot thirty forty eight zero nine is the bill is passed return the house Senator Hammer you have a motor. You have a motion. Thank you thank you go ahead make the motion it's not a motion to suspend the rules. Right right not a motion to suspend the rules concerning the discount. Thank you Mr president like to make a motion and house bill thirteen forty nine back on the today's calendar to be taken up at the end of today's business okay this is not a motion to suspend the rules because the bills already on the calendar this is requires eighteen votes put it back on the calendar at the end of the day everybody. My tracking. Any questions All the favor say aye. Follows. I have a motion is carried. Senator Dismang has gone down you have a. Right okay. Senator Hickey on behalf of senator Dismang House fifteen thirteen by representative view banking center Dismang to create an income tax credit fully. Well what. Fourteen sixty nine. Fourteen sixty nine it got down there okay he won here Sir do I have I'm sorry how to bill fourteen sixty nine The representative Jett senator dismaying to amend the law concerning the confidentiality of state tax records and other revenue information and to allow the bureau of legislative research have direct access to state tax records and other revenue information. One second Senator Hickey. Senator Hickey is got the floor. It is recognized members of run is these for Senator Dismang we passed about Revenue and Tax what this bill right to what this will do is allow the bureau to get a consultant whatever in session to have someone else to In addition to the FNA they'll they'll have this group to be to also for figure out what the fiscal impacts are. No word no fiscal impact on this bill other than what the consultant will cost which will have to do that through a LC. And a question for Senator Hickey Miller County. No questions in which to speak against the war Senate yesterday to disclose any objection on the. Please rollover Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero days bills passed returned to the house Senator Dismang bill by Senator Hickey H. B. fifteen thirteen fifteen thirteen representive Eubanks and Senator Dismang to create an income tax credit for retired law enforcement officers who work how cases for the division of Arkansas State Police Senator Hickey does exactly what it says the of fiscal impact for FY twenty twenty three on this will be twenty five thousand reduction in G. R.. Any questions anyone would speak against or for centers closed yesterday centers close any objection rowing the boat. These are all the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote. Yes the ballot thirty forty eight zero days the bill is passed return to the House Senator Hickey for Senator Dismang again House Bill fifteen fifty five by representative Jett and Senator Dismang to increase the annual cap on and extend the sunset date of the Arkansas historic rehabilitation income tax credit Intermin the use of fees collected on the Arkansas historic rehabilitation income tax credit Senator Hickey yes members just what this does increases the limit on the historic tax credit it was a ten we reduce that back down to eight. Therefore a twenty to twenty twenty two impact three one million in twenty twenty three it would drop to two million. Well this is included in the tax cuts for this year. It. We speak again. For. Service closed yesterday any objection role in the vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone which change their vote. Cast up the ballot thirty forty eight zero nine eight the bill is passed return to the House. Senator. Okay I think that. So. Fifteen ninety six. We did the removing the fifteen fifty seven okay thank. Page three. Page three top of page three Senator Chesterfield the Hendrix along. Thank you Mr chair ladies and gentleman. No sorry about that house bill fifteen fifty seven I representive Murdoch's in center Chesterfield to require electric utilities to have an emergency plan in place during certain weather events and requiring electric utility to directly notify local governments of certain emergency measures to reduce energy consumption one second Sir just. Joe Jett got the floor. Thank you Mr chair ladies and gentlemen of the Senate what this does is is requires electric utilities as much as possible provide notice to people especially the elderly and the disabled. We do know that when we have electrical outages sometimes they are known ahead of time if they are we want that to be shared with those who are disabled we want that to be shared with the elderly and we also want to be able to make sure that when services are restored if their heating and cooling centers that we that they be considered among the first to have their power restored I'd be happy to take any questions any questions Senator back on. Thank you senator okay we'll this I don't have it up right now what I was reading this earlier and there is some. Wasn't quite sure is that the the local governments have to establish these or is that this utility providers that have to establish the heating and cooling centers the local government will provide those okay. Well they will they be income consultation at all with utility providers to make sure that it's in a reasonable amount because it is the reason I ask this is if you if you look at the telegraph if it's towards the end of the the line coming out of the substation it could take weeks to get that back power on workers closer to the substation or protected by a break or something like that live in consultation with the duty providers in your mind and your idea this in my view it would be there would be a consultation between the provider in the local entity thank you Sir any other questions for the senator anyone we speak against or for center has closed any objection rowing the boat please vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote. Cast of the ballot thirty forty eight zero nice bills pass return of the House. Senator garner has fifteen sixty one by representative Gazaway concerning the definition of target group as it applies to community correction. Sir Clark thank governor right now there is a community programs they can do kind as alternatives sensing for targeted groups the definition was fairly broad before but if you commit. She meet community corrections the judges before actually do this on the ground got together in a came up with the definition as much more narrow and much more dented definitive of what they're actually doing nobody is there's no opposition to this by the scenes before the program judge Mary spoke in favor of it and I that's why I'm running for a representative Gazaway I'll take any questions any questions and always speak against for shutters close close thank you Sir injection for the vote. Please remote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It always change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nice bill is passed. Returned to the house you senator garner. House fifteen ninety by representative Gazaway and senator garner concerning insurance proceeds of life health accident and disability policies and to declare an emergency. Thank you this is an effort to correct we believe to be a an intensive and the consequence under a nineteen thirty three a law the exemption insurance process card proceeds from execution of satisfying judgment so in certain cases that whenever you have a crime against somebody and they go to jail but those insurance proceeds to come this actually allows and collect that and bear narrow cases I'll take any questions any questions you always speak against or for. Centers close close thank you. The objection on the boat these are the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Which change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero now is the bill is passed or to call the doctor return to the House Senator Dismang is not here Senator Hickey. Isn't either so we'll pass over that one you go to Senator Hendren H. B. sixteen eleven Senator Hendren. Sixteen eleven by representative and Senator Hendren to all public schools in the open enrollment public charter schools to use funding to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge to each public school an open enrollment public charter school. Thank you Mr president this bill has no fiscal impact it requires a girls going to sixty twelfth grade be notified the school has feminine hygiene products available for. Thank you again for centers close any objection or the vote please role of a. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Cast a ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nice bills passed returned to the house Senator Hickey wish to be recognized. House fifteen ninety six by representative Jett Senator Dismang to allow the sales and use tax exemption for sales for your resale to apply to Adam sold for use in training and to amend the sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and equipment. Senate. Thank you members this is another one of the tax cuts to come out revenue in taxes Senator Dismang was carrying what it is for the purpose of a manufacturing machinery and equipment as it relates to printers or was a double taxation method as a related to this and the fiscal impact. On general revenue is one point seven. Well that's for eight months and twenty twenty one. Yes ma'am. I just am curious about how we got to these exemptions you know what's depressing concerning Okay I'm just. Wondering how we got to these exemptions what's the pressing concern because I just don't know within these industries that we're talking about right why this is merited right and I did mention this all across the state what it is these. Taxpayers on their personal quit of equipment Paperny. Those are being double taxed will all all these printers out here saying that they're about to leave and I haven't brought this up but actually which is the relevant to me in Texarkana I had one that had been there since nineteen eighty something I remember it from way back they actually went across the line because of this this is not my bill and I haven't even brought that up but across the state that's what we're hearing is that it's kind of a glitch in our the way the taxation of this was done okay that's the same thing is true with the machinery of as well thirteen. Is that today that's actually already in place and that was that was part of the issue is because. They were the the individual's ever not getting taxed on this but the printers actually work yeah okay don't they really don't know I don't really know how they've got to be left in there whenever the exemption was given way back when well the machinery is also what got my attention as well I just but thank you for your explanation I got it yes ma'am. I wish to speak against for surgical. Yes Sir any objection one vote please hold. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. He always change their vote. Cast about thirty forty eight zero nine is the bill is passed return to the House. Senator Tucker is going to be handling Senator Leding is. Bill H. B. sixteen fifty three hassle sixteen fifty three by representative McCollum concerning requirements that need to be met before a sex offender can have his or her obligation to register terminate. Senator thank you governor during this bill for representative McCullough right now if you are a registered sex offender you can get off the list after fifteen years you can do it anywhere in the state what this bill would require is that you go back to the same county where you're conviction was because that's where the victim is as with the judge who heard your case was the prosecutor who handled your case and it just requires you to make the application in the county where you were convicted in order to get off the list that's that's that that's what the bill does. Any questions anyone wish to speak against for centers closed centers close any objection on the boat please robot Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It is no. Anyone else. Casts up the ballot thirty three H. one day the bill is passed returned to the house Senator mark Johnson House Bill sixteen eighty four by representative Mayberry center Johnson to amend the law concerning contributions to an able account under the achieving a better life experience program at. Senator Mark Johnson skews me. Thank you Mr president this is represented Mayberry's bill it to amends the the able account which is a cheating a better life experience program which lets disable people have a of vehicle where they can have savings tax advantaged savings the the earnings portion is taxable to the beneficiary when they are actually making withdrawal but it to allows that to to be a tax deferred on this Might tell you about the program it's it's relatively small and this will help it grow a little bit assets under management right now OR one point eight million dollars there are approximately seven hundred accounts as of the end of March in the average size of them is two thousand five hundred eighty eight dollars I will do my best answering questions for our. Any questions. Sometimes they are anyone wish to speak against or for Senators close close J. objection vote. Please hold. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Cast ballots thirty forty eight zero days the bill is passed returned to the house Senator Irvin Senator Irvin in senator Bledsoe. Senator Bledsoe is here. You senator Bledsoe. Seventeen forty by representative Lundstrum and senator Bledsoe to combat two comments that sex trafficking of minors and to protect the children Arkansas from sexual predators and fill the. Senator Bledsoe thank you Mr president ladies and gentlemen of the Senate this bill is about sex trafficking and manner of minors and grooming for the purpose of trafficking minors for six and so that's what this bill concerns sex trafficking has become sophisticated far reaching lucrative and computerized. Traffickers target Arkansas is Arkansas's most most vulnerable population our children many times as populations include children from foster care children with a history of abuse and neglect and children involved in the judicial justice juvenile justice system Arkansas laws must protect our children from further exploitation and victimization because of the increase pervasiveness of the social media some say some say that Arkansas has become a known destination first child sex tourism in this bill addresses the problem in section one the Legislative findings about this issue are just unbelievable the numbers I hope you'll take some time and go through those of Legislative findings that section one section to the definitions used in section two in regard to the human trafficking act of two thousand thirteen are amended to add an additional subdivision to read grooms are grooming means to expose a minor to sexually explicit less language or to a visual or print medium depicting sexual explicit conduct with the person with the purpose to gain the trust of the minor in the end it continues to describe what that means on page three it lines three through thirteen. Section three line seventeen continues in any defending grooming. And then in the future sex trafficking is declared a Class B. felony and lastly online twenty four it says. That traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex acts with a minor in it and it uses this section trapped in using this section travel means to leave one's of residence or locality to go away on a trip to or or journey and then be says a person commits a person commits traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex sex with a minor if the person is eighteen years of age or older and knowingly travels for the purpose of engaging in in unlawful sex act with a minor or person he or she believes is a minor. And then seek traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor is a Class B. felony as well and then D. you can read what that says about two of this is in the it is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section. If the actor was not more than three years older than the victim and then he the last thing it says is consent is not a defense to prosecution under this section and I'd be glad to answer any questions. Any questions Senator Bledsoe. Your speak against four centers close centers close injection one vote please over. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill. Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you always change your vote cast was present. President Senator flowers you say president yes okay thank you senator flowers created. Senator flowers present anybody else. Cast. Cast the ballot thirty days zero days one present the bill is passed. Return it to the house. Senator page or make your motion now. Senator Pitsch has a motion. Mr president on this house bill sixteen fifty three Senator Tucker just presented it. I was led to believe something in that bill and would like to expunge that so my motion is to expunge the vote and re roll the vote so the purpose of changing my vote Page B. sixteen fifty three the bill that Senator Tucker was handling on behalf of senator leading regarding sex offender of. Twenty six. The question all those in favor say aye. Close. Is have it the vote is expunged any objection role in the vote. These rules of a. You can find the vote from Senator Tucker he mistakenly voted no the only one to vote no it was just you know we humans might. There's always funds rate ago he's the only vote us change please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you always change your vote cast a ballot three forty eight zero nine is the bill is passed return it to the house Senator Hester let's keep phone number one. House bill seventeen sixty. By representative Johnson to establish the psychological entered your jurisdiction a compact in Arkansas. Senator Hester for. Thank you governor this bill creates interstate licensing. Reciprocity for our psychologist thus removing unnecessary barriers to behavioral health services for Arkansas does not preempt state telemedicine law or undermined the authority of our state psychology board it is supported by the Arkansas psychology association has no known opposition. I any questions anyone we speak against or for the senators recognized to close he has close any objection role the vote. Please roll Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote. There is no Senator flowers is no. Senator flowers thank you anyone else. Cast about thirty three ACT one name the bill is passed returned to the House two quick items of housekeeping if you see Senator Irvin let her know that we pass over bill and we can come back to it and number two there are two bills at the end of the House calendar just remember that before we move on to the Budget counters Senator Mark Johnson. Seventeen eighty two by representative back in center Johnson to amend the law concerning distribution of highway revenue interest income and amend the law concerning the future transportation research fund and the transportation related grant program I Mark Johnson thank you Mr president this bill adds workforce development to the transportation research fund which course now be the future transportation research and workforce development fund this is made of the interest on monies held by R. dot for construction roads in the interest goes in this account and what we're adding is industry training apprenticeship and educational programs that foster skill required for transportation related personnel develop give you a good example of this if this is passed to there will be a joint public private partnerships being entered into with the the asphalt paving association who wants to work with one of our community colleges to have a training program for people that work with asphalt paving industry and have the equipment and training and I think you all could see the possibilities of how there be other workforce opportunities there that specifically servant the transportation sector so this is just a simple bill that lets some of that money to some of that grant money go to this type of workforce development program related to that field I'll be glad to answer any questions. We have a question. Nope. Anyone would yes Sir Malcolm. anymore speak for there's close time closed for good vote ejection raw the vote. Please rollover Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you know was injured vote. Cast up the ballot thirty forty eight zero nays bills passed returned to the house so we're passing over Senator Ballinger is bill. At his request H. B. eighteen twenty four will pass over that one. And that leads us to lieutenant colonel Wallace and he's not in here is a vital how that form. Okay we'll pass on over that. Senator English your taxed that we have two by Senator English then Senator Leding. Senator Davis. English Leding Davis centering. These are located happy. Patriotic bills. They shouldn't have any problem with the bill eighteen thirty one by representative Berrien Senator English to create the star spangled banner at. Thank you very much uncomplicated patriotic bills basically with the eighteen thirty one I requires each school district to adopt a policy requiring a public kindergarten through twelfth grade to broadcast the star spangled banner at least once. During a sports event. We're speaking against the star spangled banner Act would do words we speak for. Senate school. Close as close give gesture on the boat. These role Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it always change their vote. Counted as president. Senator flowers president Senator flowers president thank you senator flowers Preciado. Cast about. Thirty three eighty zero days one present the bill is passed returned to the house in which house bill eighteen thirty two by representative Merion Senator English require the public schools observe a moment of silence following the day of a recital of the pledge of allegiance and to require the public schools recite the pledge of allegiance at school assemblies and sporting events. house bill eighteen thirty two basically requires a public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade to participate in a day one minute of silence after the pledge of allegiance any questions. They always speak again Senator Clark. Sir Clark I'm sorry I didn't recognize your into your hand over there. Senator English that requires one minute every day correct thank. And that's not all the bill does is it a practice all the bill does yes that's all the bill does that okay thank you. Any other. What those kindergarteners that don't care observe one minute silence nothing. Somebody help. Right after giving the child right. Any other questions. Anyone would speak against or for service center is close any objection on the boat. Please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. In which change their vote cast a ballot flowers is present. Senator flowers present thank you senator flowers. Thirty three eighty. Zero nine one present. You. The bill is passed returned to the house Senator Hammer do you have a motion or do you want to you would do that now is that what you're saying. Cernat Senator Hammer has a motion. Thank you make a motion passed over house bill thirteen forty nine today and added to tomorrow's calendar. You for the motion. All the favor say aye opposed Is habit motion is carried we put on tomorrow's calendar. Senator Leding. Sure let. Senate where's the Bill. Thirteen one H. H. B. thirteen forty nine. House Bill eighteen forty five by representative Perry to amend the law regarding microbrewery restaurant private clubs and to amend the law regarding advertising my microbrewery restaurant close. Senator Leding Washington County. Thank you president colleagues is the bill that I presented on behalf of representative Perry we we voted on it last Thursday late the day a lot of people were gone came up this. Shy so I told the president of Perry we would try again and I would appreciate a good vote. Any questions for the senator. Anyone would argue against speak against and for. Senator Hill All. Thumbs up Senator have. Thank you Sir this is actually a good bill this place is in Jacksonville I live right down the road Jacksonville because they cannot advertise I don't even know where to act so they need to be able to at least do some staff member type so we try to keep them in investors like say commerce bill more than anything else thank you. Four centers red clothes is recognized glows drinks on me. Good thing about hearing any objection role of the vote please rolled Ballinger Beckham rock and roll Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote Senate. I got to Senator Sturch is not voting eight no. Yes No. Senator nope. Senator. Senator Blake Johnson is president is a president Senator Johnson Senator Hammer is present correct Sir. You for. Your at your present. No no. Senator Rapert is no. Sir Clark. He. Sir Bledsoe. Is no. Senator Stubblefield. President. Talk to the president. Anybody else cast make sure that looks the way you want to cast a ballot. Twenty three days five days. The bill is passed. Return to the House center Brianne Davis house bill eighteen sixty two by representative Johnson to prohibit requiring certain referrals from apart from a primary care provider in order for the beneficiary in the Arkansas Medicaid program to receive mental health counseling. Thank you members this bill just reduces barriers mental health services for Medicaid recipients by expanding the number of reimbursable visits before requiring a PCP referral from three to ten DHS approves of this bill I'm happy to answer any questions. I wish to speak for those close any objectionable in the vote. Please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. In any one wish to change their vote. Cast up the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nice bill is passed returned to the house Senator Blake. Johnson of Clay County eighteen seventy eight by representative Gazaway concerning the control sessions that but not only heroin. Senator Blake Johnson members of fennel is a deadly synthesized opioid use testified Committee that hundred twenty pounds of this product can kill. Twenty million people so this this bill will add it to the criminal code and and I didn't hear one another section of the criminal code. Any questions. Anyone wish to speak against for centers closed any objection rowing the boat. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero now As bills passed return to the house. Senator. I will build you have at the end. Senate Johnson Mark Johnson. You have the one bill at the end of the calendar before we move to the budget calendar. You put fourteen twenty six persons Lundstrum center Johnson to establish the Arkansas fair food delivery act. Thank you Mr president I'm. Just wanna try to clarify a few things about what this is and what is not this simply says transparency where if someone is a delivery service and they deliver food from restaurants the restaurant knows about it has agreement with that company that's all other bins cases where and it's to keep it safe and quality condition clarifies it all sales taxes and other restrictions read other requirements are met now some of these Of food delivery services abuse abusive situation by for example taking screenshots screenshots or restaurant's website misrepresenting their menus are offering or using menus that are expired in the restaurant chains are committee or whatever when that happens Brandt brand damage can occur to the restaurant if the order was wrong or was delivered poorly not cared for is delivered so could be have gone bad or whatever but this is to protect both the consumer and the restaurant from. Misunderstanding on their own what this is all about it. Doesn't regulate the relationship between the delivery service in the restaurant they can do it however they want to but what it does is say there has to be one and it keeps someone from Misrepresenting something or have or exposing a restaurant to a situation where they could even be liable if someone got sick and claimed that it was there the restaurant's fault one might have been the fault of the delivery service for not getting it delivered in a in a timely manner and therefore or using some expired material or whatever the someone mentioned that would be analogous to if I had a Bob truck and I went to Senator Rice as furniture store and bought a refrigerator and going to leverage somebody and it got dinged up for damage the shipment and they don't even know that it it came from his store but they have or they knew it did or they thought it did with his understanding and then it got broken they get one to complain to him about it he never knew of now senator rice or anybody else can can. Contractor any third party they want to and have an understanding but there needs to be transparency in whatever that relationship is and that's what this bill would ensure of the hospitality association very much supports this restaurants from all across the state support this it doesn't change anything about the delivery thing with this simple exception that everybody involved has to be in on the situation and that I will attempt to ask answering questions. Any questions Senator Eads. Senator Johnson so that what this is recommending that is that people have the ability to opt in as opposed to forcing everyone it's automatically and and then putting the onus on the restaurants to try to figure out a way to a yes Sir it's a top ten okay it and it's it's also you can't help someone in without their permission so to speak thanks in effect stealing their trade information and their their logo and putting on your website or whatever. It speak against. For. Centers close close you want to vote. Welcome. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote. Senate Gilmore's NO. Senate pitches NO. Anyone else Senator Hester is no. Senator has. Okay Senator Hester is hi Sir Chesterfield not voting are present sorry present to Chesterfield present just feels road anybody else. Cast a ballot. Twenty days for days one present the bill is passed return to the House so Senator Irvin bill was passed over we will move it to tomorrow's calendar. we're going to take about a three minute recess so that. Staff could take a break and catch up on a couple things so Recess for a few minutes. The staff of people to. Some people can't just abandon their post. Thank you all. Thank you. Work. When you have an extra page. Yeah we're. I'm. Yes three pages that we have a budget cap yeah. I need a break okay. Thank you. And may. I tried. I can't. But. Okay I wanted to bring it back in. That in say the. You may say. She was still. Well I. We don't want. Returning concurrent resolution seven from the house as concurred in. All these rolling. Return of Senate bill fifty five from the house as passed. Wrote. Return to Senate bill one eleven by the House is passed wrote. Just a second. Senate concurrent resolution seven Returned from the house as passed as amended. Join in this role. I just don't know just a. You know we won't enroll in. Although I'm going tomorrow. Back in here or is there some. We'll look at is the R. seven I'm laid up here right right right now. Return to Senate bill one eleven as kindness. Roll. You. Return of Senate bill one seventy one by the house as passed. To return Senate bill three fifty five from the house as passed. 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Return passage of Senate bill three eighty one as amended number one. Injured commerce. The return of Senate bill five thirty five from the house as amended number one. State agencies return Senate bill five forty seven from houses pass as amended number one public health. Returned a single five forty nine House this past day that. Stated return of Senate bill five fifty three from the house as amended number one. State agencies. Return of Senate bill five ninety from the house as passed as amended number one. Public health. Senate bill five ninety nine returned from the house as passed as amended number one education. Read. What. What. Okay okay let's go into these. Let's go and read these bad boys hi there. Anybody in the gallery needs to stretch through grade stand up straight. That's good for you good for your health. Bills. Of. Ma'am Secretary. read. If you say. You will go through these. The caps on. Eleven forty six by joint budget. I make a preparation personal services operating expenses for the department of corrections division of community corrections for fiscal year ending June thirty twenty twenty ten house bill eleven forty six. He likes bill calendar has fifteen thirty two by joint budget of operations department of corrections division of correction for capital improvement projects the lease payments as well fifteen thirty two dollars House Bill eighteen seventy six by the representative was very. I represented Mary regarding the suspension of permits for retailers by your to pay a wholesaler or manufacturer for tobacco products vapor products alternative nicotine product or E. liquid house bill eighteen seventy six city county local house for eighteen eighty one per cent to break to establish the three three forty feet drug pricing nondiscrimination act house bill eighteen eighty one. Insurance commerce hassle nineteen twelve a representative Payton to provide a reduced sales and use tax rate for certain used motor vehicles trailers and semi trailers house bill nineteen twelve revenue tax hassle nineteen thirty seven by representative on solace amend Arkansas law concerning administrative fees and penalties to amend the law concerning review of agency rules by the Legislative Council house from nineteen thirty seven state agencies asal nineteen thirty eight by representative **** establish from all three training standards for public safety agencies for the recognition and management of stress self care techniques mental health awareness and resilience house bill nineteen thirty eight state agencies. Senator Hickey is gonna or run the budget counted. Is it is my instead. Senator what I'm I'm secretary please. Report. Read. We're gonna handle bills yes what do US Senate bill separate Senate bill one thirty two and Senate bill one sixty four will vote both of those separately. One thirty two by joint budget an act for the department of commerce the preparation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. Senate yard. Is it what we speak against for. motion. Oh sorry. I'm saying exception the rule action role you will sound about. The joke is a joke. we were was on any questions anyone would speak against anyone would speak for any center closed yes injection role of all of the others objection please call the roll Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Agee's. Allen. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rapert aye. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. He's a structure. Sullivan. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Senator. Wish to vote or change their vote Senator design. That are Senator Ingram is our. Senator Teague is hi. Senator Stubblefield is anybody else. Senator Johnson is president. Casts up the ballot. Twenty four yeas to nays seven not voting one presidential fails. Please twenty seven. Okay we'll move on the Senate bill one sixty four. Senate bill one sixty four by joint budget an act for the department of agriculture the preparation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. It is appropriation for the department of agriculture present a good vote. Any questions anyone would speak against or for centers closed any objection rowing the boat. These role. Please. Please roll. 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Bill twelve oh six an actual department of corrections division of correction of preparation for the twenty twenty one fiscal year house bill fifteen twenty eight and I for the Parma Human Services division of developmental disabilities services capital improvement appropriation house bill fifteen twenty nine an act of department of energy and environment division of environmental quality development enhancement appropriation house bill fifteen thirty one ACT for the department of public safety development and enhancement appropriation house bill fifteen thirty three after the department of corrections division of community correction development enhancement appropriation as well fifteen thirty four ACT four institutions of higher education development enhancement a appropriation house bill fifteen thirty five ACT for the Department of Parks heritage and tourism division of heritage development enhancement appropriation house of fifteen thirty six for the department of Veterans Affairs development enhancement appropriation house for fifteen of fifteen thirty seven and that to the Department of Parks heritage and tourism state parks and tourism divisions development enhancement appropriation house bill fifteen thirty eight and nine for the department of agriculture Arkansas natural resources commission development and enhancement of preparation as well fifteen thirty nine an act for the department of education educational television division journal and prevent appropriation okay members that's all the House Bills anyone wanna pull any amount. The House anyone was full bill speak centers close yes Sir he objection on the vote I don't see one please rolled vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Casts up the ballot thirty forty eight zero nine is the backs House bills and pass emergency clause passed returning back to the. Any announcmenet is recognized. Why should be asking one or one of the site okay members on this the department of commerce appropriation I have nothing to all that have told me that you're willing to vote for so tomorrow we're gonna have to be here to do it do it early or or figure out what else we're going to do on it because we're getting like the intent is to lay our essay on your desks receiving no we could wait till Friday but I figure it's better because you can go ahead and get it now give you an extra couple days to look at it it'll be next week before we vote on it but we will have to have our department commerce appropriation done before we can leave it out so I would appreciate a little bit of help on that thank you. Any other announcements. The Germans to the clearing of the Dow's.