House Convenes

One two three four five six seven eight nine ten. I am by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by the house chaplain Dr rex Warren retired pastor Emmanuel Baptist church in Little Rock and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Let's pray. Follow this is a day that you have made and we do rejoice and we're glad that we thank you lord for life and for our freedoms we thank you for the fact that you create a new day but that you give us the opportunity of how that they will be used and what will be accomplished so I pray for these friends these men and women from across our state that you'll bless them as they continue their work as they begin to look toward the conclusion of this assembly the session and that you'll give them guidance and lord we would just pray that the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart would be acceptable in your sight of god our strength and our redeemer a man. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety eight members present the chair sees a quorum representive ray for what purpose leave. Directly as leave a representative McCollum is leave granted represent a column. So noted any other request for leave. Represent eleven for purpose leave you're recognized leave a representative makes is leave granted for representative makes. So notice. Represent Murdock for what purpose. Leave for representive love. Is. Leave for record low is. It's leave granted for represent love. So noted. Represent Murdock moos we dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered. Are there Reports from select committees read the reports Mr Clark. Mister Speaker committee on house amendments to whom was referred house resolution ten thirty nine healthcare resolution ten eighteen Senate concurrent resolution ten beg leave to further the Senate consideration here to try the same with the recognition that do pass or take the submitted representative wing chair. Are there reports from standing committees read the reports Mr Clark. Mister Speaker reporting agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen thirty seven beg leave to report that over the same in a consideration here that are the same with the recommendation of do pass incident number one respect is amended to I Tosh chair Mister Speaker Committee as agencies to whom was referred house bill ninety thirty seven house bill nineteen thirty eight Senate bill six forty three six twenty four beg leave to further the Senate consideration here to try the same with the recognition that do pass or practice midwife Tosh chair per Speaker we are committee on public health welfare and labor to whom was referred house Senate bill five ninety beg leave to report that we have the same in a consideration here they're trying to say with the recognition that do pass as amended number one respect within the Jack Ladyman chair Mr Speaker we are Committee on Public Health who was referred Senate bill three eighty eight several six twenty five. Included for the for the same under consideration here the term the same with recognition a do pass or sekali Senate Jack Ladyman chair. This is because we are a committee on aging children and youth to whom was referred senate bill four five Beckley two part three for the same under consideration here to try the same with recognition that do pass for Christmas Charlene Fite chair Speaker we are adjourned Committee on Judiciary Committee to whom was referred house bill fifty no a big return for their the Senate consideration and here is the transit with recognition do pass as they were five number six respect with many Carol Dalby chair Mister Speaker we are committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill seventeen ninety one house for eighteen seventy house eighty six house bill eighty ninety six also eighty ninety nine household identified household ID twenty one beg leave to report that we have the same consideration here the transit with the recognition that do pass or psychosomatic held up a chair. We speak recommend Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill. Fourteen fifty six Berkeley to partner with the seventy consideration and here the transit with recognition I do pass stricter Fortner vice chair Mister Speaker committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill seventeen nineteen regular to partner with the same of the consideration here the transit with recognition that you pass the number three surface for the Jack Fortner vice chair Speaker remainder of an intact was referred house bill fifty nine I think we were to where the the Senate consideration near the return the same with the recommendation that you pass the bill number two seconds with a Jack Fortner vice chair Mister Speaker we are committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill nineteen twelve Senate bill five forty three beg leave to report that we the Senate consideration here they're trying to say with the recommendation that you pass to this with the Joe Jett chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill fifty forty three House latency apically to further the Senate consideration here the transceiver the condition the do pass occurrence in a member number one six is amended Jack Fortner vice chair. This week we're Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill five ninety four big return for their the same of the consideration here to try the same with the recognition that do pass as amended wonder sickness but John Maddox vice chair Mister figure we're Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill forty nine big return for their with the Senate consideration here the transit with recognition that do pass or circus would have less room chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill six a to beg leave to report that we sent a consideration here the trying to say with recognition that do pass or tickets for the John Maddox vice chair. Is there any unfinished business are there any Executive communications. Read the letters from the governor Mr Clark. Sixteen twenty twenty one back to the Speaker of the house dear Mister Speaker this is to inform you that on April sixteenth twenty twenty one or if you interpret the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly also sixteen thirty five ACT seven thirty seven sincerely Asa Hutchinson. He per fifteen twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house there was a Speaker this is to inform you on April fifteenth twenty one are reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly possible seventeen forty four as a seven thirty house bill eleven forty one ACT seven thirty one house bill ten thirty four is that some thirty two house bill eighteen thirty four as accent thirty three house bill seventy twenty eight SXM thirty four also fifty ninety five ACT seven thirty five House Bill seventeen fifteen is ACT seven thirty six sincerely Asa Hutchinson. In fifteen twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house you Mr Speaker this is to inform you on April fifteenth twenty twenty one are reviewed and approved as to the full form the following measure from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly House resolution ten seventeen sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Also in the west gallery we have former state representative and former state senator Kim Hendren. Represent Lundstrum moves we place Senate bill three fifty three back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark a member number one Senate bill two fifty three. President wants from you're recognized explained The Amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this is just add me as a Senate sponsor of the house sponsor. President Lundstrum has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Resemblance from as close for the amendment question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill three fifty three all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted. Represent Wardlaw moved to place Senate bill five ninety back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark member number one to Senate bill five ninety. Represent Wardlaw here. All right we'll pass over it come back to that. Mr Clark please read house concurrent resolution ten twenty. House resolution ten twenty by representative great to encourage collaboration among the real look relevant entities to study interview policies related to expanding access to apply baccalaureate in workforce degrees in high demand career career fields throughout the state. Represent great you're recognized explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker and this resolution kind of was born from I have I ran a bill in the house education and it did fail and so through discussions with the parties involved but we decided to the was passed a resolution that to my knowledge there's no one against no objection to a and it essentially says that over the next several years that the state and the the policy holders are stakeholders involved we'll look at our current policies and procedures on allowing two year colleges to apply to you offer workforce in applied baccalaureate programs across the state so when I wanted babies catch up well it's with a C. system for working so hard with us there with me to get this resolution drafted semi collaborate with me so with that said I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent grades plane the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Representive grace close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house concurrent resolution ten twenty all in favor say aye. Any opposed resolutions adopted. Mr Clark please read Senate concurrent resolution seven. Referred to pass over Senate concurrent resolution seven. Morning hours ended. Represent Dotson recommends we concurrence Senate Amendment number one to House Bill ten sixty three Mister Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate member number one to House Bill ten sixty three represent Dotson you're recognized explain Amendment number one. Thank you Mr Speaker members there's for amendments on this bill went over the Senate this is the telemedicine act that aligns with the governor's emergency proclamation for telemedicine The first amendment and I'm gonna go through these fairly quickly and do a little bit longer explanation on the third one because that one has a little bit more language on the first one basically all that's left of the changes that were made is a change in the title and adding an emergency clause. A good vote. Representative. Dotson has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Dotson is close for the amendment the question before the House is the concurrence with Senate Amendment number one to House Bill ten sixty three prepared machines. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Bavo ninety three A. zero nine zero president. You have concurred in Senate amendments member number one house bill ten sixty three. President Dotson recommends we concurrence Senate amendment for two to House Bill ten sixty three Mister FOR please read Senate Amendment over to. Senate member number two to House Bill ten sixty three. President Dotson you're recognized explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker this will change as cosponsors appreciate of a. President Dotson explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President Dotson is closed for the amendment the question before the House currents with Senate Amendment were two to House Bill ten sixty three repair the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present you have concurred in Senate amendment or two to House Bill ten sixty three. Representantes recommends we concurrence Senate amendment three to house bill ten sixty three Mister Clark please read Senate amendment three. Senate member three to hospitals ten sixty three percent Dotson you're recognized explained Amendment three thank you Mr Speaker this one has a little bit more language in it as you may recall we sent this over there there is some some changes and came back to the House Committee and there's it had failed to pass with emergency clause of the Senate so that we recall that back to the Senate and more closely aligned with this amendment the language with the emergency proclamation. It also add an additional language clarifying a health record must require all relevant clinical information and added that cost sharing like copays and deductibles must be equally applied to virtual visits as that the same way they are to brick and mortar and we're happy to answer any questions. Thing I appreciate about. Representative Dotson is explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment represent Dotson is close. For the amendment to question before the House is. Concurrence in the Senate Senate Amendment number three to house bill ten sixty three per the machine Mr Clerk. And everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark ninety four yeah zero Nays zero present you've concurred in Senate Amendment number three the house bill ten sixty three representative Dobson recommends we concurrent Senate Amendment number for the house bill ten sixty three Mister Clark please read Senate amendment for. Senate member number for the house bill ten sixty three represent Dotson you're recognized explained the amendment thank you Mr Speaker final amendment this changes one word as a word commercial to commercial telemedicine providers on the last page of the bill appreciate a good vote. Represent Dobson's explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative Dotson is close for the amendment the question before the House is concurrence for Senate Amendment number four to house bill ten sixty three per machine Mr Clerk. And everyone voted. I guess it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three A. zero nine zero president you've concurred in Senate Amendment number four to house bill ten sixty three. Representative when you're recognized for a point of personal privilege. Thank you Mr Speaker it's an honor to be recognized. I had a wonderful experience about an hour and a half ago I met two ladies who are touring all fifty capitals of the nation today marks the end of a multi year journey. That we are State Capitol number fifty Laura and surely are in the west gallery right now give a big wave. They come from Florida and I have not followed the track of how you got all fifty states and ended up right in the middle but I'm guessing it was a spiral journey and you entered at the end it here in the middle we have a state of Arkansas lapel pin and I'll be presenting both of them with the state of Arkansas flag thank you very much for ending your journey here in Arkansas we hope that we are number one out of fifty for you. Represent Johnson recommends we concurrence Senate amendment one to House Bill Levin seventy seven Mister Clark please read Senate amendment one. Senate Amendment one to House Bill eleven seventy seven represent Johnson you're recognized explained Amendment thank you Mr Speaker colleagues is the bill we pass out of this house several weeks ago I got amended on the Senate side just to clarify some of the permissive language is already in the bill I suspect you're pressed to concur on that amendment appreciate a good vote thank you. President Johnson as explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Johnson is closed for the amendment to question before the House is concurrence the Senate amendment one to House Bill Levin seventy seven per machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Yes about Mr Clark. Ninety three eight zero nine zero president you've concurred in. Senate Amendment one to House Bill Levin seventy seven representative bought recommends that we concurrence an amendment one to House Bill eighteen thirty six Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate amendment one to House Bill eighteen thirty six. Representative Vaught you're recognized explained the amendment. This is the amendment that representative Wardlaw told everybody that he would put on it it took the twenty five thousand dollar fee down to five thousand dollars and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Bob was explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representantes close for the amendment question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill eighteen thirty six per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark ninety six J. zero Naseer present you've concurred in Senate amendment one to House Bill eighteen thirty six. Representative Wooten recommends we concurrent Senate Amendment number one to House Bill ten ninety eight Mr Carter please read Senate amendment one. Senate Amendment one to House Bill ten ninety eight. President Putin you're recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr chairman colleagues all this bill does is close a loophole in our law we had it in here or there and you approved it the situation developed up in White County we discovered in DHS they did not have a rule that covered this so this was this amendment is about thank you appreciate a good vote. Representative McKenzie for what purpose question you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker does this amendment now changes so that the only person that has to notify is a family member of that works in the facility this this amendment is a completely new bill and all the it involves the homeowner lease the corporation whoever it might be but it does not is not involving any of the employee thank you. Thank you no other questions good vote thank you. Representative voted as explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative wouldn't close for the amendment. Question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one house bill ten ninety eight the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety three a zero nays and zero present you have concurred in Senate amendments one to House Bill ten ninety eight representative bought recommends that we concurrence Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty fifteen forty three Mister Clark please read Senate Amendment one. Senate Amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty three represent Vaught you're recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this is the bill that I brought to you all several weeks ago in inside the bill it said or leased C. so we took out the orally C. and it can only be a property owner. With that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Vaught has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Vaught is close for the amendment question before the House is concurrence was Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen fifty fifteen forty three per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety four yeah zero Nays zero present you've concurred in Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen forty three. Members are going to back up to calendar Represent Wardlaw moved that we place Senate bill. Five ninety back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark number one to have to Senate bill five ninety. President Wardlaw you're recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr what this amendment does the bill didn't allow for anyone to allow to mandate a mask the bill exempts private business so if a private business wants to mandate a mass if we adopt this amendment they'll be able to do it exempts department of corrections and community corrections so that in those congregated saying settlements when they bring in new inmates those jails can mandate a mass to mate to keep the spread down any exempts DYS in reason for DYS is same reasons a prisons but you got the young the young a foster kids so with that I appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Represent war laws explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Wardlaw has closed for the amendment. Question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill five ninety all in favor say aye. Pose may adopt the amendment. All right members we're gonna skip over the first five four bills Mr Clerk read house bill seventeen forty six. Also seventy forty six representative under way to establish an allowance law to amend the cosmetology Act into exempt certain individuals in the station from licensure by the cosmetology technical advisory committee represent Underwood you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members this bill is brought to me I got this idea from a constituent of mine AnnaLynne McCord who's a seventeen year old students who is a student at clover community school he lives in my district to undoubtedly is watching with her mom during this presentation right now it is her dream to work and hopefully one day own and hair salon and actually show so badly wants to enter this field that she recently had a seventeen so long being to birthday party and she also has a committee can that that she's named crystal that she practices her skills on however AnnaLynne also has added challenge of having down syndrome this is not mean that she doesn't have the ability to work or provide shampooing services in a salon but it does mean that our current regulations create unnecessary barriers for her to enter the field so this bill which I titled AnnaLynne law is limited very limited in scope. And only allow shampooing drying and simple hair styling services to be provided without the additional barrier of a cosmetology license here selling services or similar to the practice of natural hair braiding which also is already exempt from license requirements in Arkansas in fact under the natural hair braiding Act one can already provide shampooing services without the licensure requirements. This is safe it does not use dangerous chemicals nor does it use standards devices however we have added a couple of important safeguard provisions provisions for consumer protection first. Individuals who want to provide these hair hair styling services must register with the department of health and must pay a ten dollar fee just to cover minimal administrative costs and if they lose the registration because there have complaints against them then they would no longer be provide be able to provide the services. Secondly they have to do under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist. Right registered here Silas may only provide the services what when they're being supervised by somebody who can address health and safety concerns. Quickly one address why we need this bill this is a good jobs bill that will create employment opportunities allowing others to provide simple shampooing hair styling services without having to contain a license gives individuals the ability to learn a trade and enter this bill as well recognize another state's over thirty states already exempt hair braiders once injured over a dozen states exemption hooting from licensure and for states exempt the specific services from licensure. And real briefly I'll mention what this bill does not do this bill does not change the scope of cosmetology in any way they can still provide all the current services that they're currently allowed to provide it does not prohibit cosmetology schools from offering limited courses to train on health and sanitary practicing Tatian practices nor does it prevent hair stylists from obtaining private certification to improve their technique. Finally I just wanna say aye aye thanks to the members of public health who worked with me a couple of different meetings to to work through this bill and to get this to be something that I felt was a very solid bill and I'm happy to take a few questions. Saying I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representive Underwood is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Underwood is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen forty six prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Seventy one Yeas twelve nays and five present the bill is passed we're gonna back up one members to House Bill eighteen fifty five Mr Clark read house bill eighteen fifty five. The fiber resent Cozart to me the law concerning the bonding procedure for payment or performance bonds issued under contract for the construction erection alteration demolition or repair of any building structure or improvement. Represent Murdock you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. And represent because ours absences acts me to bring this construction industry related bill. The basically Titans some the laws and clarifies some of the contradictions as it relates to pay benefits performance bonds those are the bonds that are generally presented. public works in certain even private construction projects these are surety bonds and a deal with performance and payment of claims on a particular project so it is really just those three or four things is fairly technical as it relates to the construction industry but. so for things I'll mention in right now they're conflicting payment bond statutes own limitations and they're reconciled here basically When you can file a payment bond claim there is a statute issued now of what I mean is one statute contradiction one says one year after one CS two years this will make you a form of one year from the date the final payment is made to the contractor or one year from the date the press one the bond ceases work on a contract whichever comes first. Right now there's two statutes on when you can file a claim one is one year and one is two years and this clears that up was given is six months and one year and this is makes it one year. Another thing that this bill would do is a statute of limitations established for performance bond claims so this gives this at the time that you have to make a claim. currently if there is a think a five year a time frame and this is going to bring it to two years from the date it works commence I mean from the date of work completion or substantially complete you can file a claim up to two years. For performance bond this is the work on the contract thirteen. Isn't forced mechanism. In an incentive to file bonds on public record now typically what we have a bond we supposed to go in filed that it County see the county courthouse to register. It's not always done so therefore some have done this and I've not done it this say yes but you must do it and this incentivize that if you don't do it To the owner can withhold payments. From you if you have not properly filed this at the courthouse if you would hope paid this is not a new statute only thing new about this is that now they can withhold payments if they check and see that you have not filed. K.. The last thing on. It is a significant revision is a notice of payment bond claim in the past the thirty day notice that you would have to give for that you're going to file a claim on the bond that this takes to seventy five days notice to make sure that the surety bond and a contractor has ample time to respond to your nose. Okay seventy five days instead of thirty days so that's the four things that this brings together it strengthens a couple things that were already in statute and it clarifies to that war and big US and contradictory I'll be glad to answer any questions if you have an. A person close are say that the bill was worked on an agreed upon by the industry parties so I haven't heard any push back from it so I appreciate a good vote. Represent Murdock has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Or the bill. Representative Murdock is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen fifty five. Jean Mister Clark. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark ninety eight zero Nays one present the bill is passed. Works members for skipping over sixteen seventy six Mister Clerk read house bill seventeen fourteen. Also seventeen fourteen a representative Brooks to amend the law concerning multiple employer welfare arrangements. Represent Brooks you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues in through some two thousand nineteen sessions legislature passed the associate health plan. Law also known as a multiple employer welfare arrangements this is simply clean abilities of some of the burden currently we've only had two organizations that take advantage of this law this takes regulations back just a little bit with in regard to three different things and we have to be in in places organization for one year as opposed to two that's in line with federal regulations allows the board of directors to not have their names and addresses disclosed to the public it's still disclosed to the insurance department and then finally they can use a line of credit as a source of a cash reserves agencies and some of the burden to hopefully allow these to be a little bit more prevalent and they are currently because I take any questions. C. not appreciate a good vote. Represent Burks's explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill representative Brooks is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill seventeen fourteen. Sheen Mr Clark. And everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark ninety four yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Members for skipping over eight House Bill eighteen eighty one. And thirteen sixty seven. Mr Clark read house bill nineteen oh nine. That's one ninety nine representative gray to amend the magicians on access to a cultivation facility represent great you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker all this bill does is it essentially allows access to a cultivation facility right now they're unless you work for the facility you're not allowed inside the facility and doesn't matter who you are it doesn't matter if you're a legislator a county judge the attorney general's office the governor's office you're not allowed in for any reason so what we've done is just put some criteria in place that the visitor has to present a government issued ID they have to wear a visitor designation tag at all times they have to be escorted by authorized personnel at all times when in the facility they can't be a minor and and they to me the most important thing that we added to this bill is they have to be invited by management of the cultivation facility so it's not like anybody can walk in off the street and go in has to be invitation only. I'm one of the other things to is the restricted areas are under they have security twenty four seven they also have surveillance twenty four seven and that's one of the things that we've asked for in here is that log books be camped along with all the video surveillance what anyone is in the facility so that's the securities all in place but they are having issues were no one to come in they could have business associates or partners in just on total lockdown so this is just to allow a little bit of freedom in that area not be glad to take any questions. C. not appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative grace explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent grace close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill nineteen oh nine per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mister Clark with eighty eight yeas one Naseer present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen ninety. That's what eighty ninety representative Ladyman to create a study on the commercial application of existing technology to reclaim and repurpose spent nuclear fuel rods represent representative Ladyman you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues HB eighteen ninety is an act to create a study on the commercial application using existing technology to reclaim and repurpose spent nuclear fuel rods I'm going to little bit detail so you understand what I'm talking about starting in August of twenty sixteen various committees commissions companies and federal agencies started discussions on recycling or re purposing spent fuel rods that are generated at all nuclear plants in the country this discussion. Centered around new nuclear power generation technology that uses spent nuclear fuel rods to generate power and was much safer than traditional nuclear power generation. This new technology has been proven in the Argonne national laboratory in Illinois working through the university of Illinois at Chicago. What has not been proven is the feasibility of commercial applications of this technology. Here in Arkansas we have the nuclear one power generation plant that has operated safely for more than thirty years. Nuclear one and many other nuclear plants around the nation. Have simply stored there spent fuel rods in a designated area of their parking lot. If you don't believe me on that go to the nuclear one you can see on their parking lot they have their spent rods out there this new technology. If proven commercially feasible could solve a nuclear waste problem that currently has no solution. What this bill does is to create an interim study to be run by the public health welfare and labor committee in cooperation with the university of Arkansas Fayetteville national argon national labs and the department of energy and environment. The goal of the study would be to prove the feasibility of re purposing nuclear fuel waste. Federal grants are available for this project and the University of Arkansas has agreed to develop a program utilizing these grants to reach this goal. So I would ask you to approve this bill as an ant for an interim study to be created. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Seeing none ask for a good vote. Representative Ladyman is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Ladyman is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen ninety prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark ninety four yeah zero nations are present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill nineteen ten. That's one nineteen ten by representative Christian sentiment a law concerning the authority of the Arkansas fire protection services board. Representative Christiansen you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker in college this is a good bill house bill nineteen ten will amend the law concerning the authority of the Arkansas fire protection services board. What this does is it would give the board the authority to do certify firefighter under certain conditions. That allows this board to them promulgate rules bring forward rules allowing the waiver of a felon in the fire service or the decertification of somebody in the fire service you will actually allow a path forward for somebody who may have been convicted of a lesser felon and might be the best choice for department as easterners life around so this bill is permissive in its intent restrictive in its application of felons for murder arson burglary sex offenses as defined in ACT nine ninety of twenty nineteen so this is an excellent bill and it plugs a loophole a problem we've had in the fire service as long back as I can remember as a fire chief as chairman of the State Farm Commission this is been a problem for fire chiefs all along so this would decertify allow the board to have the authority to decertify a firefighter if you were a bad actor but also to provide a path forward for someone whose qualifications are such that they may need a waiver. For that I think it is an excellent bill and it provides an entity that do certifies that we currently do not have in the fire service we have that in law enforcement we do not have that the fire service and for that I would ask very good vote. Seeing no questions please vote in favor this and help the fire service and people who wish to be firefighters. Representive Christiansen as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Christiansen is close for the bill the question before before the House is the passage of house bill nineteen ten prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen ninety seven. Thank you ninety seven representative Brian concerning venous blood draws in connection with the criminal offense and to amend section five does sixty five AS two oh four represent Bryant you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker. Collies eighty ninety seven is is a response to an issue in our state where hospitals didn't quite understand. The procedures or or the the existing statute had problems in the procedure for venous blood draws and under criminal offense situations so what this bill does is change the language to where provides better understanding the hospitals I want to comply and also better identifies the liability protections to those hospitals the language agreed upon with the tourney general Arkansas state police hospital association prosecutors without a I'll take any questions. C. nine I appreciate a good vote. Representative Brian S. explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Brian's clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen ninety seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Ninety three eight zero nations are present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen forty eight. Thank you forty a representative Bentley to create the healthy active Arkansas schools act representative Bentley recognized explain the bill. For sure nice to see all of my colleagues out there clearly. Arkansas continues to rank forty eighth in the nation overall health with higher rates of hypertension heart disease diabetes and obesity unfortunately these comorbidities were some of the reasons that some of our constituents did not survive COVID nineteen. We also know that Arkansas has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the nation causing many these chronic conditions to start in childhood. We can't prevent some of these if we encourage to simple things healthy eating an increase in physical activity. We have strong data to show that physical activity improves attention cognitive activity and test scores it also shows it decreases depression we know the healthy diet can decrease obesity and the early onset of diabetes. H. B. fourteen eighty eight simply encourages our schools implement the nine aspects of healthy active Arkansas some that we implemented here in two thousand fifteen. The bill encourages the Division of elementary sorry has the Division of elementary secondary education in consultation with the department of health to develop guidelines for public schools this bill is permissible allow this the health department and the department education come with models in ways that are school implement the healthy active Arkansas so thank you want to encourage or a children walking between classes getting activity during classes we also want to promote public school garden so would allow the Department of ag was some federal funds to allow grants or public schools for school gardens and also to help or nutrition directors that want to implement farm to school this extract is an extra work for or nutrition directors we've had I'm not really get involved as much as I would like to see them to so allow them to get it a rebate on when they encourage when they feed our kids local schools which will local foods which will help our farmers and help our kids eat healthier says a second aspect of it it will also along with in helping those folks with grants implement farm to school it will give them some other ways to get education from the virtual restriction education through ATM through hunger alliance and let's just under opportunities and ways for our schools to have some things on Hanson tools on hand implement healthy active Arkansas in their school buildings it also works on encouraging water which within with a water bottle stations and different things as well the last thing that encourages this kind of new of the last things are very important to us I know not talked about a lot but breast feeding is a very important thing if we can encourage bursting **** our health of not only people when they're infants but all the way throughout their life so I'm going to read some facts about breast feeding because it's something we don't talk about every day but a very important thing and the reason why I want to improve the culture breast feeding in our state and do it through our schools so we know that breast feeding for more than two months reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome by twenty percent prolonged breastfeeding for the first six months of life reduces the risk of sids by over fifty percent breastfed infants have lower rates of hospitalization. For asthma respiratory gastric tube gastrointestinal illnesses let's use of prescription meds for your mercy and six doctor visits and which translates into fewer missed days of school and work for parents. Pregnancy causes a dramatic change in a woman's metabolic function as a body provides excess nutrition such as sugars and fats to develop a growing infant this because what we call a metabolically six state unfortunately these alterations or metabolic state did not immediately reverse following birth requires breast feeding for seven months to reverses metabolic alterations women to do not breast feed after pregnancy have a much higher rate of stroke heart attack coronary artery disease diabetes metabolic dysfunction. Breastfeeding for prolonged periods ideally more than thirteen months over her lifetime decreases the risk of stroke by as much as thirty five percent for black women is even more pronounced reducing the risk of stroke by fifty six percent other interventions such as exercise diet change in hypertension treatment have a much small impact on the strippers that's why it's very important that we encourage and increase the culture breast feeding our state we have one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding nationwide so it's really important so why is that important for school age kids I think if we can have kids young boys understand how important it is to be more happy to help the coworker take a few minutes of to go pump other working to help the husband encourages wife whether one should respect their infants so that's why I want to I have I worked with you I miss another to produce age appropriate films to showcase the school to increase a culture breast feeding in our state and that's the last thing that I'm the last point of healthy active Arkansas so with that I'm having take any questions of any questions on this bill's very permissive just act like I said this tools are schools to help our schools get healthier it would definitely need to do that. And the we don't make any changes are gonna stay forty eight the nation's I hope I can get a good vote from all of you on this bill. Represent Bentley is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Bentley is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen forty eight the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clark with ninety eight one nine one present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen ninety nine. Thank you ninety nine representative Collins to require the disclosure and reporting and I came to the expenditures pertaining to a public judicial elections and to adopt new laws concerning appellate judicial campaigns represent college you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a transparency bill that says if you're going to spend money to influence our appellate judicial elections which are Supreme Court and court of appeals you have to say who you are. It's the same principles when people give to our campaigns or pacs or make independent expenditures as with all of those the public has a right to know who's spending money on elections so we can prevent corruption prevent the appearance of corruption provide valuable information to voters and help ensure compliance with other campaign finance laws like the ban on foreign money. With transparency comes accountability with no transparency there's no accountability. Before I get into the bill I do want to acknowledge that there are some groups that have been contacting members saying that this bill would force disclosure of donors who didn't donate for the purpose of the appellate judicial races and that the bill would restrain and regulate the types of things people can say neither is true I will get into why that is not true in this bill in a little bit if the bill that I wouldn't vote for it and I certainly wouldn't bring it to. the Bill focuses on intelligence races because that's the main players we've seen massive anonymous spending particular in recent years and because the stakes are so high in those races millions of dollars of outside spending has been pouring into our Supreme Court and court of appeals races from unidentified unaccountable mostly out of state probably foreign funded special interest groups from twenty fourteen to twenty eighteen those groups spent three million dollars on our Supreme Court court of appeals races and the campaigns themselves only spent one million dollars so it's completely dominating the discourse drowning out our Kansans voices and often with nasty and misleading ads and mailers that no one ever has to answer for. The way the bill works is that it requires disclosure of spending in the county where we're calling nine candidate expenditures non candidate expenditures or communications that name or provide a photograph or other image of a specific candidate or Senate candidates within a hundred twenty days the election and they're targeted two thousand or more people or otherwise expected to be received by a thousand more people basically what a reasonable person would think of as an election expenditure. There are exceptions for news reports I pads ensure organizational communications and informational publications like voter guides we work with the family council specifically on these exclusions and they are neutral on the bill. As far as how the disclosure works it's similar to what we ask of everyone else makes expenditures on these races candidates pacs independent expenditure committees it consists of registration and for reports if you raise more than a thousand dollars in the calendar year for the purpose of spending on these races then you register and if you spend more than a thousand dollars again for the purpose of these races then you file the for reports so registration for reports and it's very important to note that contributions to a non candidate is running for committee only be need to be reported if they're over two fifty. And if there contributed for the purpose of being spent on a Supreme Court court of appeals rex no other contributions to an organization have to be disclosed and I want to emphasize that because I think there's been some misunderstanding. First of all small dollar donors never have to be disclosed because of that two hundred fifty dollar floor second only the money that someone gives for the purpose of spending on an Arkansas Supreme Court court of appeals race triggers any disclosure requirement at all so last session there is a version of this bill that was brought in right to life was concerned that they have to disclose all their donors so we specifically made sure this version that only donations that are then spent on the specific elections have to be disclosed C. ng give a thousand dollars ten thousand dollars whatever to right to live in unless it's for these Arkansas appellate judicial elections you have no disclosure requirements under this bill. Furthermore it requires the contributions be reserved in a separate segregated account if there for the purpose of these Palo elections so there's no confusion arrested people who want to remain anonymous with their donations they're not going to these rest. No group or individual by the way spoke against this bill in committee I know there's been chatter as I've referenced but they didn't show up and they didn't feel it was important enough to argue about it in committee I will say with the old version the ethics commission was opposed and they spoke about it in committee than this session they're neutral on the bill they work through the issues extensively last session there were constitutional questions even though I didn't agree with them the sponsors did agree with them then we still tied this version up no one again as cost question constitutionality I really do believe it's constitutionally sound not gonna get into that if you like. Bottom line this is important for Arkansas we can have clean transparent elections for the Supreme Court and court of appeals about half the states have passed similar measures and one more thing if you're of the view that we're conservative state which that conservative judges I think this is the bill for you because the way you find out someone's ideological leanings in a nonpartisan race is to follow the money you can't follow the money without knowing where the money's coming from and that's what this bill does I like the bill because the government but if you like it because it allows voters to figure out which judges match them more closely vote accordingly then that's a valid reason a vote for as well. Last thing I'll say the legislature has the power of the purse executive has the power of the sword was enforcement but the judiciary can only derive its power from the public trust judges are expected to be impartial nonpolitical and committed to interpreting the law citizens have to be able to trust as the case. The concert Judiciary depends on public trust our whole democracy depends on the public trust in these elections it's been shaken by dark money we have the chance to rebuild that trust and preserve the integrity of our judiciary but this bill I have a second questions. Thank god I appreciate a good vote. President Collins is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill representative rate you're recognized speak against the bill. Colleagues I'm asking you to vote against House Bill eighteen ninety nine this bill would regulate burden and ultimately have a chilling effect on speech of our Kansans all while operating under the guise of quote protecting public confidence keep in mind please campaigns are already regulated so is express advocacy express advocacy being the advocate for election or defeat of a certain candidate so this bill what we're not talking about disclosure of donations to campaigns that's already the law we're not talking about disclosure of independent expenditures that's already required under law we're talking about issue related speech speech that if it trips just the right levers. Could compel you or your group to turn over the names and addresses of your supporters to the government. What are some of those levers that might trip those reporting requirements well if you just simply use the name or even a photograph of somebody who's on the ballot for one of these races. If your communication is seen or sent to over a thousand people what some of you I'm sure members of congregations that are at least that larger neighborhood associations that are at least that large if you spend a thousand dollars or more which is really a very small sum of money when you're talking about. Communicating with the public a very low threshold. There's a time window if you speak within a hundred and twenty days of an election it would trip this level a completely arbitrary number. Then this bill empowers the ethics commission to issue fines and powers prosecuting attorneys to go after those who don't comply. It allows the ethics commission to lay out all the rules for how this is going to be implemented. Good thing they never issued Vice it's confusing or contradictory. Then the bill empowers citizens if you read the bill empowers citizens to enforce the law the a lawsuit. Which will undoubtedly lead to frivolous and politically motivated lawsuits against groups of people just don't like. And then taxpayers would be on the hook to pay for expenses and attorney's fees if the plaintiff for to be successful. This bill regulates free speech in Arkansas in a way that is never been regulated before. And it relies it regulates on the basis of a vague on vague and essentially standardless criteria. I know the sponsor mention that this bill was constitutional I disagree wholeheartedly with that I think this bill very likely would be unconstitutional I'll share with you a quick section from Buckley versus the layer which is one of the landmark cases in Supreme Court history on campaign finance it says quote political speech enjoys the highest constitutional protection discussion of public issues and debate on the qualifications of candidates or intervals to our constitution the first amendment affords the broadest protection to such political expression in order to assure the unfettered interchange of ideas there is practically universal agreement that a major purpose of the amendment was to protect the free discussion of governmental affairs of course including discussions of candidates. I would also remind everyone that the eighth circuit whose jurisdiction we are under. His explains the campaign laws like this are subject to what's called exacting scrutiny which is an extremely high threshold. It's the reason they struck down one of Arkansas's unconstitutional campaign finance laws just last year. It requires there to be a substantial relation between the requirement and a sufficiently important government interest. There is no way in my mind that this bill meets that test. And I want to be very specific about this bill because under this bill. If an organization if a nonprofit group created a nonpartisan voter guide. Comparing the positions of candidates and their records and then included language just asking voters to contact those candidates about their positions and records it would be subject to government regulation under this bill. Arkansas right to life is opposed to this bill they are vehemently opposed to this bill and they're opposed to it because like other groups it will inhibit their ability to speak freely. To communicate with the public about issues that are important to them issues that sometimes yes may be controversial. And but we live in a day and age unfortunately where people view politics as sort of a blood sport as sort of a win at all costs typing Demmer. And so the instances you've seen where people are threatened and harassed and intimidated and cancel. Simply because they support a cause that they believe in those instances will proliferate if more legislation like this is passed. The sponsor said that this bill is about transparency. I'm sorry I disagree transparencies for government privacy is for citizens please help join me in voting against this bill. President Reagan spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Against the bill. Representive right. Collins would you like to close for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I and I will keep it brief but I want to dress a few of the things that the representative said Again this is nothing to do with what you say he said that it was issue related speech that that's not true there specifically requirement that you're talking about a candidate it's the name or the image that's what. Rigors of that's engaging in these elections nothing is restricted you can say what you want they can still be nasty it can even be totally false that is one of the important things that makes this bill constitutional is that we are not getting into what you can say all we want to know is who we are he reference prosecuting attorneys I don't believe that's anywhere in the bill there is a a private right of action to help the ethics commission within Forsman you can't get any money from doing that it's just an injunction you can just force compliance with it in the attorney's fees if Petr are paid by the entity sued not by the taxpayers so that's another thing I kind of the the biggest thing he was talking about was constant the constitutionality of it you know the Arkansas Bar Association is probably one of our best resources as far as whether something's going to be constitutional or not they've been working on this bill for three plus years citizens United on maybe familiar very conservative decision rejected caps on corporate spending that same decision specifically endorsed disclosure like what we're talking about is a better anti corruption measure eight to one so the conservative justices endorsed disclosure also after that in two thousand fifteen Supreme Court held that a state has a compelling interest in making sure that the judiciary is fair as long as the fix is narrowly tailored as ours is we limited to appellate judicial races which is where we see the issue. the voter guide thing is the other one the family council another resistance to these other guys those specifically allowed in this. I think that you know that the bottom line with this is that it is absolutely a transparency bill democrat-gazette said as much this morning in their lead editorial which endorsed the bill. We're standing up for the integrity of appellate judicial elections with the bass disinfecting of all sunlight. We're not depriving anyone of the right to say what they want there's no contribution limits all we're saying is that if you want to spend money to influence our elections of our appellate judges say who you are like other participants do elections we cannot let another toxic election cycle go by without voting yes on this bill to protect our judiciary and the integrity of our democracy would appreciate a good vote. Represent Collins close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen ninety nine per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Any ninety days fifteen days and five president bills failed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen ninety six. Ninety six representative Lowery concerning the definition of physically helpless as the as that term is used in regard to sexual offenses in the Arkansas criminal code. President of Lowery you're recognized for senate bill. Thank you madam Speaker. This bill is the ultimate no means no legislation the issue was brought to me by me female friend. Who is. I had a prolonged experience with the boyfriend who kept waking her up during the middle of the night she would be he would be sexually molesting her and she told them several times over and over again don't don't do that it really freaks me out stop that. He continued to do it she went to the local police prosecutor The prosecutor said so you were sleep and she said yes and they said Arkansas law does not cover sexual assault while you're asleep. A federal law does. But state law does not. So this is just a very simple of a simple addition simple change to the statute there refers to. Physically helpless means that a person is. statue says unconscious and we've just added the words or asleep. I appreciate a good vote. Representive Lowery has explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. The question before the House is the passage of H. B. eighteen ninety six prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted cast up the ballot Mister Clark with the ninety one ninety two days zero nine eight and zero present the bill has passed. Please read H. B. eighteen seventy Mr Clark. Thank you seventeen represent by representative Pilkington concerning pregnancy and childbirth expenses. You're recognized representative present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker today present to you house bill eighteen seventy this bill was not allow for the Utah bill that I'm sure many of you heard about that basically requires the biological fathers to pay fifty percent the out of pocket medical services this really was important to me as many of you know I had a child recently and at two in the morning I remember holding My Baby my wife was asleep trying to recuperate after a C. section and it was hard. And I just really thought about all the single mothers that have to do this all by themselves and it really kind of broke my heart to think about them going alone and have to do this especially during covid when they really are all by themselves and so when I I've found out about this law that is a great way to kind of get at least some sort of justice for them you know when they it takes two to tango takes you to get pregnant and I think by having some of these young men be accountable and having to pay for fifty percent of the out of pocket medical expenses premiums and birthing costs is important I will send you an amendment coming that I'm going to add on the Senate side I have a big thanks to representative Hudson who over the weekend she called me and we worked on a few little details that we just need to iron out and so and also represent Gazaway in Richmond they also came up to me after we got this out of committee with a few little tweaks that they thought we need to do so it will be coming back but you know you unanimously got a judiciary and I'd like to thank the committee for a for helping me get this out and with that I just ask for a good vote. Okay okay yeah representative for great for what purpose question recognized thank you what about like does this exclude like I be if for like sperm donors and them the biological fathers from having to pay fifty percent when they're just a donor yes he does okay thank you. No other questions that ask for good vote. Representing Pilkington has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill for the bill the question before the House is the passage of H. B. eighteen seventy prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Please cast up the ballot Mister Clark with eighty ninety eight zero nine eight and to present the bill has passed. Members we're gonna go back up to HB fifteen fifty four. I presented Penzo you're recognized presenter bill. Mr Clark read house bill fifteen fifty four. The fifty fifty former representative Penzo to establish safe harbor provisions for victims of human trafficking to establish an affirmative does the defense. That's represent Penzo. Thank you madam Speaker of the house bill fifteen fifty four establishes an affirmative defense for victims of human trafficking if the person engaged in the offense as a result of trafficking the affirmative defense can be raised only. In prosecution of five offenses forgery defrauding a prospective adoptive parents prostitution obscene performance and drug charges initially the prosecutors want me to tailor this down to and they're okay with these but then later we found out that the drug charges were too expensive and they wanted me to eliminate class Y. felonies that would be like if you set up your own meth labs so um we're going to trim that up on the Senate side an excluded class Y. felonies they were okay with me moving forward in presenting the bill today and get it over the Senate side since we're kind of nearing the end of session You know we've we've talked about the old Paul Peterson issue what we're trying to do is if if we have a human trafficker bringing people into this country and And they're engaged in certain activities that are could be considered criminal if there if they were. Doing those because of the trafficking it will give them a defense and allow them to come forward and and testify against the trafficker a lot of times these women are scared to come forward because they're afraid of being convicted of their own criminal offenses so this will help put some some bad guys in jail I appreciate a good vote. Representative Penzo has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill the question before the House is the passage of H. B. fifteen fifty four prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mister Clark with ninety four Yeas zero nine eight and zero present the bill has passed. Mr Clark please read H. B. thirteen sixty seven. Thirteen six seven a representative Penzo to regulate the witnessing of of certain documents by notary public into declare an emergency. Represent Penzo you're recognized presenter bill. Thank you madam Speaker executive order twenty dash twelve was signed by the governor on March thirtieth of twenty twenty this executive order suspended provisions requiring in person witnessing when Notre Ising legal documents. House bill thirteen sixty seven codifies this executive order we've been utilizing the same method of Notre Ising documents for the last twelve months If the the the Arkansas Bar Association supports this the genesis there's too notary bills out there and just to give you a little input on that there's a Senate bill that's coming over right behind this it started out as house bill thirteen sixty seven we had several interested parties ask for amendments and this bill just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger and we were concerned that it was going to impact the passage of house bill thirteen sixty seven so we split the two bills in half and then now in order to alleviate some of the concern about this one and it ended up doing the opposite effect some of the interested parties in this one for for the other bill and now they'd like to see this one not pass but like I said. We've been. Using this form of notary for the last twelve months just to say it's a flawed method we haven't seen any evidence of that time I'll go ahead and step by the wheel for a few minutes. Representative Penzo has presented the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative Warren you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you madam Speaker I hate to speak against my friend. Represent Penzo but I'm speaking against this bill because I'm not running a small business the title company. Title companies in the banking lending industry are against this bill because it does not protect the consumer. It is easy to make the argument that purchasing a house is the single largest investment committee will make. And it is our job to protect them from potential fraud and forgery during this transaction. My company and banks rely on sign mortgages and deeds signed before a notary. It is how we make sure customers like you and like our constituents have clear title to their properties they purchase our businesses have been targets for many fraud attempts and that has exponentially grown in recent years. This will be an ex enabling force for those who seek to defraud others to do it even more my business is already lost money due to fraud that this legislation would make it easier. I represent a small business and we can't handle many losses like this or else we go out of business I'm just one of many small businesses that this will negatively impact. The argument has been made that we can choose between the two notary bill's being run as to which one to use that's great but we cannot control everyone getting real estate document signed. We ask for real estate documents and transactions to be excluded from this bill that was not granted the consumer and businesses like mine are at risk if this bill passes well we appreciate the governor's governor Hutchinson issuing executive orders allowing for the temporary notarization of documents utilizing the methods contemplated in this bill they were never meant to be made permanent as they do not contain necessary security features to protect our citizens identity data and property. This bill would allow notaries who qualified to witness the execution of documents via face time or soon as if the signer were physically in their presence anyone with the computer color image of someone else's ID and a color printer could print a fake ID on card stock that would look real on camera. Because this bill contains zero requirements related to identity verification and credentials analysis the notary on one end of a facetime or zoom session would be unable to tell whether the ID held up by the person on the other end is real or not allowing a criminal to easily defraud an unsuspecting citizen the notary and all those relying on the authenticity of the document sign including businesses like mine. As the comments that there has been no evidence of fraud over the past year frankly there simply hasn't been enough time for any fraudulent acts using this process to be discovered. It's not like a fraudulent act occurs. And a siren goes off or it's otherwise immediately discover. Something else usually triggers the discovery of the broad sometime later in the victim is then left holding the bag. Say someone uses a fake ID to take out a mortgage on someone else's property and walk away with the cash it may not be until that note goes into the fall and works its way through the process before close. Where the real owner gets notified of the fraud and it's discovered. There are multiple foreclosure moratorium that are in place view the pandemic that could prevent lenders from commercial commencing those proceedings further delaying discovered. We may very well see some come to light as those moratorium started in that's just one example I ask you for a no vote on this bill. Representative Warren has spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Against the bill represent Penzo would you like to close for your bill. Thank you. There was a. Some comments are made stating that the you know. Companies lost money and I ask the question did this happen before this executive order went into place an answer rejects. And I was like well then it sounds like we have a problem with notaries dishonest notaries willing to do whatever they need to do to get signatures on the documents so there isn't a case where there was brought up for money was lost that's a case where somebody. Said that they witnessed somebody signed a document they didn't that was before this executive order so Markham is we need to address elsewhere has nothing to do with this codifying this executive order the banks and title companies enters in opposition to this right now they've been doing this for the last twelve years I'm sorry twelve months and they haven't been concerned over the last twelve months about fraud but now all the sudden they are so that I have some some concerns about that it seems like. Discussion with some of the title companies and banks it almost seems like a case of protectionism. There was there were there was a comment made about. The cost of this and you have to register with secretary of state get expensive software which small title companies can't do which small law firms are going to be able to for this software. If I if I'm a if I'm an attorney and I have a client I know who that Klein is if I can notarized document by looking at him on facetime. I mean you can show both sides of an ID on facetime you can. Let him see a sign the papers there's no different than doing it online or doing it in person. As long as you have a good connection there shouldn't be any issue with it. Seems to me like it's a case of you know protectionism there was uh one one person that you mentioned to me well what if we don't have the choice and I said sure you've got the choice every time I go into a closing you know I sell real estate and I have hundreds of transactions over the years. The bank sends over. A packet of requiring certain things to be done if if it's not to a T.. They don't send the money over. So the banks can require that all documents. Use the Senate bill version. The title companies have the option one of the title company company said will what if another title company doesn't mean we have to and we require this of our real estate agents then a real estate agent might get upset with this and go elsewhere okay so you're it's not a concern of whether or not it works it's a concern of I'm afraid I might lose clients if if I use the more secure method will if the more secure method is what you're requiring and what your banks requiring with the title company is required it can be done so the Senate bill in this house bill or for two different people this house bill is for the small gas together can't afford expensive software. It just the the attorney that has clients that are scared to come out because they haven't been vaccinated yet or they're elderly or you know they they just can't get out of the house or in rule Arkansas where these people can't get out and get get to get paperwork notarized. It is especially applicable when the Attorney the notary knows who the person is already. So I would just ask everybody for a good vote this is not going to cause any problems or I wouldn't be run the bill The Bar Association wouldn't support this bill if it was going to cause problems. With that I would just like to ask everybody for good vote. Representative Penzo has close for his bill the question before the House is the passage of H. B. thirteen sixty seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mister Clark with eighteen days fifteen days eighteen present the bill has failed. Mr Clark please read house bill nineteen twenty one. Ninety twenty one by representative Penzo to amend the law concerning the withdrawal of consent to the adoption. President Penzo you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. I don't think that last one was the record though right. Thank god for representive Lowery. Okay this one the it is not controversial and expect the pendulum to swing back the other way. All right so Under current state law when a birth parent consents to an adoption they have ten days to withdraw that consent the birth parent has the option to waive the din day period reduce it down to five days. Using a child for adoption is a big decision for the birth parents and this is the reason for the ten day period. Over the years legislative changes have made may cause some confusion of the ten day right to withdraw was never intended for DHS adoptions house bill nineteen twenty one is a cleanup bill. That provides clarity there's no no no opposition to this and I appreciate a good vote. Represent Penzo explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Penzo is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill nineteen twenty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read letters from the Senate. April nineteen twenty one. There was this is tax The Senate respectfully requests the return of Senate bill two fifty two respectfully submitted in court will. Secretary of state. If a nineteen twenty twenty one the animals here stags diverse stacks The Senate respectfully requests the return to the Senate Senate bill four system respectfully submitted an Cornwell Secretary of State. Is leave granted to send Senate bill two fifty two back to the Senate. So noted send the bill the Senate. Is. It's leave granted to send senate bill four sixty nine. Back to the Senate. Send the bill to the Senate. Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen ninety one. House anyone to representive Underwood concerning the execution of a judgment and to repeal obsolete language. Person under what you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I keep this one short all this bill does is repealed the statute was collections actually that is the execution of a judgment of these have not been address in some time and it's just a consistent with our longstanding principles joint and several liability appreciate a good vote thank you. Person under would explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone not want like to speak for the bill president Underwood is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen ninety one per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight zero nine to present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill fourteen fifty six. Also forty fifty six a representative Wardlaw to create the real word modernization act of twenty twenty one and to allow the income and income tax credit for certain real or check maintenance expenditures some Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Members this bill comes to you from the short line railroad companies and if you think about it the way we get our products in rule Arkansas to the consumer is mostly the short line railroad in most of our short line railroads around the state are in such bad shape that they're only going five miles an hour on those tracks so what this bill what we did with this bill is trying to do something to get those tracks up today to get that speed more up so we can get our products to the market kind of falls in with the timber tax cut we put in earlier for the meals this comes in as a captive five point nine million dollars it's five thousand dollars per mile hello this is in the bill but it's another really good economic development bill for rule Arkansas and I appreciate a good vote. Reserve would laws explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Wardlaw is close for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill fourteen fifty six per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety four Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Richard pass over house bill nineteen twelve for the time being. Without objection removed the supplemental calendar Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen eighty three. Also if any representative Christiansen the working animal protection act. President Christiansen you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker calling his house bill eighteen eighty three. It defines and insurers that the state of Arkansas recognizes the various disciplines that are Houston human animal interaction such as horse shows dog shows trail riding competition you name it hunting deer hunting duck hunting other hunting enterprises were man and animal work together. As you know there are organizations out there whose goal in life is to deflect or make public opinion turned against human animal enterprise under the guise of animal care or cruelty some of those organizations do so maliciously they do so to speak ordinances and other things that make it impossible for her shows and other events to take place. Contrary to what some emails that may have set up floating around what this bill does not do. Is it does not change remove alter or prevent an ordinance against puppy mills kitten mills breed restrictions or remove the authority of mayors or city chief executives to handle their local control their local ordinances and be able to govern their city it does not do those things it does not alter any law or public safety or public health ordinance that is out there in fact it strengthens it this bill is endorsed by the American Kennel Club it is endorsed by the Municipal League supported by the Arkansas Humane Society of the Arkansas Arabian horse association the Arabian horse association national body and other groups it is a bold and positive step for the state of Arkansas to recommend and endorse these lawful pursuit and to protect the businesses and to protect. The competition and the partnership between man and animal so I ask for a very good vote represent Wardlaw for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker I got to is this any way former fashion one of representative surveillance by the mail bills absolutely not thank you. Represent Christiansen is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Christiansen is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen eighty three prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty ninety eight zero nine one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill nineteen hundred. Also nineteen hundred representative Scott concerning bill by transparency. Represent Boyd you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr chair and thank you colleagues I thank representative Scott for filing this bill for me it was on a Friday and I couldn't be here so that the in anybody wonder what's her name that's what there's been a lot of partisan discussion on bail bonds the reality is in Arkansas today we don't know how are well our system does or doesn't work this bill simply seeks transparency in our system so that we the legislative body can make policy positions which best promote individual lives liberty for all Arkansans regardless of political ideology the bail bond association is neutral not appreciate a good vote thank you. Suborders explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Boyd you're recognized close for the bill. Thank you Mr chair and again I really would appreciate a good vote thank you. Question before the House is the passage of house bill nineteen hundred prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of a ninety eight zero nine one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen thirty seven. Posso eighteen thirty seven by representative Pilkington to prohibit the issuance or renewal of a teaching license to a person has pled guilty or nolo contendere or has been found guilty of sexually grooming a child president Pilkington you're recognized to explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker this is a really simple bill all we're doing is saying that if you get convicted of sexually grooming a child you can get your keys realized renewal so just lily adds three look three words to the to the code and it passed unanimously out of a house Education Committee with that ask forget that. Represent Pilkington is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Pilkington is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill eighteen thirty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen sixty three. Thank you the representative Mayberry to create the public school Americans with disabilities act compliance committee president Mayberry recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you members. This bill will assess the access and address the access the Americans with disabilities act is thirty years old yet we still have public school buildings that don't have ramps for parents teachers and students to get into the building we still have public school facilities that do not have bathrooms that are accessible. We still have school buildings that don't even have a handicapped parking spot out front I've seen it with my own eyes and I've heard it from so many friends of mine dealing with this all the time. What this bill will do will create a group and I've spoken to all the entities listed in the bill they've all been in agreement that they're willing to work on this to create a an online professional learning course that school districts can watch to give them more tools so that they can better assess their school public school buildings they're already supposed to be doing these things it's already federal law and it's already required when they submit their master plans the problem is I truly believe that they they've not been given the right tools to help them make better assessments and that's all that we're trying to do everything in this bill is already required by federal law and required by our state department of education with their master school facility plan we're just trying to give them more information so that they can better assess the information that there when I when they address their their school district there's any questions I'd be happy to take and. I appreciate a good vote thank you representative mayberrys explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Mayberry is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill eighteen sixty three per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy six yea's six nays and one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen oh eight. Because of fifteen oh eight representative brown concerning right offenses in public demonstration offenses concerning offenses committed against first responders concerning public and private property offenses you for any procedures upon arrest. Percent brown you're recognized explain the bill. Colleagues house bill fifteen NO eight addresses offenses associated with a riot. this legislation has been endorsed by the Arkansas sheriff's association Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police in the Arkansas state police it has been reviewed by the office of the Attorney General the secretary of the Arkansas department of public safety in the Director of Arkansas the Arkansas division of law enforcement standards and training and the office of the prosecutor coordinator. H. B. fifteen oh eight as amended. passed out of the Judiciary Committee Committee with no dissenting votes if I forgotten a dissenting vote please raise your hand but I think it. after about five or six amendments we finally got it right and. It addresses battering the third degree aggravated assault criminal mischief in the first degree criminal mischief in the second degree acts of terrorism the axe addresses the offense of Ryan aggravated riot inciting a riot instructing a highway and it provides that the Attorney General may conduct an investigation of right aggravated right inciting a riot obstructing a highway or other public passage and if the Attorney deans of appropriate to refer it to the prosecuting attorney with the jurisdiction of possible criminal prosecution. With that I'd take any questions. I see no questions I would appreciate a good vote thank you. President Brown is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Brown is closed for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill fifteen oh wait prepared machine Mr Clerk. To everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy nine U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen eighty six. Eighteen eighty six representative Gazaway concerning access to medical records for a legal proceeding concerning fees charged for duplication elect electronically stored medical records president Gazaway you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues at this bill seeks to bring Arkansas on the twenty first century with regard to the request of electronic medical records currently at the request is made for medical records and that those are produced by paper and we their third party vendors out there that do this pretty routinely they can charge pretty exorbitant amounts to do that and so what this bill says that there's a records request is made for a electronic records that the medical provider has to provide those electronically we all know that we have the ability to do that now on a thumb drive and that saves a lot of money for the patients and those who need need these records if that request is made to provide the records electronically they have to do that within thirty days and then they can charge a fee of twenty dollars to do that which is actually more than the federal law says has to be required which the federal law says is six dollars and fifty cents so that's essentially what the bill does it also make some distinctions about who can request these records obviously a patient can request their records the current law says a patient or their attorney this bill will also add any person authorized by the patient doesn't have to be an attorney but that's what the bill does I'm happy to answer any questions. Saying not appreciate a good vote thank you Wardlaw for what purpose. He left. You're recognized. Question. Thank you Mr Speaker so how is this going to affect lawsuits against medical entities is going to help lawyers pulled information to have more lawsuits or is this going how's that going to affect. I don't know that will have any effect I mean I really think it helps the patients more than anything because these costs typically get passed on there's no reason why the these records can't be provided electronically if they can be provided in paper they can be provided electronically but if they can be provided electronically they should be because it cost everybody less money and it's a lot more efficient if they're done electronically follows so is there a problem getting these medical records today or is there a cost it's outrageous today so really the cost my understanding of it comes from third party vendors Some medical providers contract with third party vendors to produce the records it's not the medical providers who are would really be standing to lose a lot of money it's these third party vendors that print these records really for the purpose of making money when they could just a minimalist tronic Lee by thumb drive and save everybody money in the process but it would be cheaper and again a lot more efficient if we did it this way. President Dotson for what purpose question recognized thank you Mr Speaker representative so if I understand this correctly they can charge twenty dot or they will charge twenty dollars according to statute if this bill passes. Can they provide that in an email as as opposed Like a fund drive and would that be like free. So help us still applies but I think there's a you know what you have to think about there's a time requirement to go back and find them and to transfer all men to kind of do all the things that are necessary in order to get on from the provider to the person who's requested on and so there's an allow allowance of a twenty dollars fee which is you know like three times what the federal law allows which is six fifty so follows recognized I mean the way I was read the bill it's it's like a mandatory fees so they have to charge twenty dollars as in my mis understanding that that. I did a paper copy which is I think was twenty five cents or something like that per page they would have to charge to an actual twenty dollar fee for that then change the rates for paper copies but you know with respect to the twenty dollar fee I can't remember if that was required that had to be paid or if that was discretionary Act I can't recall thank you representative Deborah Ferguson for what purpose question you're recognized yeah and representative Gazaway knives I texted you this morning we had I was just wanting maybe he would consider not saying twenty dollars or anything and let that be establishing rules so it's not an statute if maybe be amended on the Senate in the the six fifty is for an individual if I want to go pick up my own records an office but typically what is happening like in my husband's office they come in they mail you a request from these big personal injury firms are trying to determine if they want to take a case so they'll send you a form you have to have somebody at the front office can the form and put it in the Senate back to the text and they burn a deus and they know that person's paid thirty five dollars an hour and they're not seeing patients when they do that we see five or six days a week from personal injury firms then they have to send it back to the front office where they mail it out to the attorney who's usually out of state so I guess you know I don't think twenty dollars is probably reasonable when you're having to mail these to these personal injury attorney so I guess I'm just wanna make you demand it to let rules decide what the fee is so we're not tied to it to in statute yeah and I appreciate you contacted me about that this morning I'm certainly not opposed to that but you know making some sort of amendments to it I will say you know just like the federal law applies to individuals and their attorneys this applies also to individuals their attorneys and anyone authorized by the individual so I don't think it's a big departure from what you see on the federal level because again. That's individuals also and their attorneys and I think this actually provides more money but I understand your concern and I'm certainly open to amending it yeah and if an individual comes in I mean we don't even charge them to give on the record or the rex right but this is just mailing it to these personal injury attorneys thank right I and I will say also the hospital association I worked on this with the Bar Association which is made up of defense lawyers and plaintiffs lawyers and the the hospital association has no opposition but I'm certainly Welcome to address your concerns get it to the Senate yeah Ferguson Gonzales for what purpose question you're recognized starting on Page three line starting online for it talks about if a doctor believes a patient should be should be denied access to the medical records because it's detrimental to the individual's health or well being there's a process for denying that it striking all of that language can can you address with the purpose of that is. I think many times in the disability cases it's my understanding that the you know the the intent there is to make sure that the disability patients can get. Sometimes certain Things that are noted in the records that might be beneficial to their case that sometimes are left out for reasons like that and that was my understanding of while that was stricken. Represent rye for what purpose. Thank you Sir you're recognized representative jim this bill is that contrary to any of our HIPAA laws now and we would specifically make it's a good question we specifically make a reference to hip at the tip of still applies in all situations whether that's an individual making the request or a third party insurance company someone's representative it always applies. Preciado the question saying no more I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Gazaway is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen eighty six per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of forty six Yeas twenty six nays and for present the bill is fail. Sir Clark please read house bill eighteen sixty eight. Eighteen sixty eight represent a hop to require disclosure of certain sales and use tax data to certain political subdivision subdivisions and to maintain the confidentiality of the data when received by a political subdivision. Absent hockey recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this bill is asking for reports from D. FNA that will provide information at the level that will allow cities and counties to make better decisions for economic development at the local level it protects proprietary information for individual businesses and the Senate sponsor is Ricky Hill that was part of the amendment to the current bill currently reports are given but this one will allow them to be using greater data at a more granular level without giving the specific tax ID number business date name and information so it provides more information to cities while protecting individual business owners of information if anyone has any questions I'll be happy to take any questions C. nine. I appreciate a good vote. President Hakkas explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Hawkins close for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill eighteen sixty eight per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty seven yeas to nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen oh nine. Also fifty nine number representative around to amend the Arkansas tax deferred tuition savings program act to adopt recent changes contained in the Internal Revenue Code and change the name of the program. President brown you're recognized explain the bill. Colleagues as representative Jett explained the other day when we pass this out of committee we forgot this passage as amended we have now taking care of this and I would appreciate a good vote thank you. President Brown is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Brown is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen oh nine per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen nineteen. Seventy nineteen members representative Lundstrum to create the reboot pilot program to create income tax credit for businesses that hire certain former offenders represent Lundstrum you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Like all bills this one special this actually creates a pilot program. In Arkansas currently when someone leaves prison we we have ten thousand prisoners that we present every year that and they have a fifty percent recidivism rate that's a fifty percent recidivism rate. This pilot program aims to start to tackle that problem this is a small program about a thousand people will participate and we'll find out if we can start to curve that recidivism rate in Arkansas basically what it does is any year reign beginning in January of twenty twenty the first person will enter that program and hopefully a year later a business will get a tax credit for hiring and make an in year two first year three thousand dollars the second year two thousand dollar tax credit and then the third year a thousand dollar tax credit the reason for three years is because that three years is the critical three years for an inmate and with that I would appreciate a good vote. President Dalby for purpose question you're recognized what's the fiscal impact to the state there's zero impact in twenty twenty two zero impact in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three total all total will be three million dollars but here's the big thing it's only a thousand. Folks can participate so it will fluctuate but it's capped at a thousand capped at three million. But there was no physical impact this year or next year they've got to graduate get their first year under their belt first if they do not. Maintain a job for the first year. They don't get that the business doesn't get that tax credit so the business is actually taking all the risk. If the inmate doesn't complete that first year the business the business doesn't get that tax credit and that's a critical thing so the business is taking all the risk working with that inmate which we need that happening right now in Northwest Arkansas we have sixty two thousand jobs open. So we have a lot of Johnson need to be filled and we need some hope for these folks coming out of prison any. Represent Lynch for what purpose question recognized. Representative what's the cost of incarcerating a person for a year thirty thousand dollars per year Sir. To this to the state. Thank you and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Hodges you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you thank you colleagues represent Lundstrum appreciate you bringing this piece of legislation is benefaction brought it to committee until the only problem with the bill that I didn't think of it first but but I appreciate things a good bill I've gone throughout my district a throughout the years I've I've done for the ministry for over twenty years and going to the president talking these guys I just have a heart for these inmates and you know at one point Arkansas used to just give them a hundred dollars in their belonging to send out a free world to fend for themselves and with with no direction I think. I think that this would definitely incentivize these young men and women not to rip V. and if they if if if the employees work with them and provide them with jobs they give back to the economy because they're paying taxes there so they're they're getting back into the the state coffers and all that so I think it's a great deal if we if we want to truly cut down on recidivism and and and and cut back on the revolving door we need to provide funding for these young men and women they will return back to for the so I appreciate you bringing this piece of legislation I ask that we both favorably on this bill thank you. President Hodges spoke before the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Lundstrum you're recognized close for the. Thank you I think this bill has long term implications we can handyman official we can teach him how to fish and I think a job is a great place to do that and I appreciate a good vote. President wants from as close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen nineteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety one U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Members going back to house bill nineteen twelve represent Jett moved to replace house bill nineteen twelve back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark I remember one to House Bill nineteen twelve represent Jett you're recognized to explain the amendment. Members this is this bill is due with the car tax bill I think a lot of people know that we've been working hard in the car tax issue all session long the representative pays work card for his bill whatever reason we can the debate about the Senate all day long I guess end of the day we just agreed that Senate the to Senate gonna be locked up on revision of pay the bill a reserve pays agreed to carry this bill and just want to know that I do support representative Pitsch bill and we just we work hard on representative Lane Jean in the in the Speaker measurement with Senate while ago about thirty minutes ago trying to work out a compromise with them in this is gonna be but I think the best we're going to do so long story short we're amend a bill my name is coming off the bill representative payees coming on the bill and So I appreciate a good vote for the moment thank you. Representative Jett is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Payton you're recognized speak for the amendment. Thank you thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you all fighting for this topic. You listened to the difference in the two bills and I truly believe that the majority of us bass majority of us understand the difference. I couldn't convince among the Senate and. Of the difference in the two bills. Representative Jett representative gene and the Speaker have worked hard. To make that argument for me. over the past few weeks but what I really appreciated was we came in here today. I was totally prepared to fight and you all are showing that you are prepared to fight. And the Speaker and representative Jett went to the other end while we were in session and fought. But we've got a couple of senators in the right spot over there create a roadblock. And they would be happy to go home without any car tax relief. And so I felt like it was unfair to ask all of you to remain in the hot seat. And run that risk in that gamble regardless of whether I was willing to or not. We have a lot of work to get done here in the next four five days before everybody's trying to get out of here and go home. And I didn't. No. If if we can focus on all these things at one time and and still not lose some good policy or good. Legislation so. I'm telling you the. I think this is the best we can get right now. I wish I was one hundred percent certain of that but it's probably fifty one percent versus forty nine right now. The bottom line is this moves us closer to what we've. Shown in the past two sessions that we want to do and that is the exam the lower price used cars from sales tax all together. This leave us with a three and a half percent tax between four thousand dollars and ten thousand dollars. And so the fiscal impact of changing that in the next session will be a lot smaller via easier by to take and I'm not going to give up the fight I'm still will continue to fight in the next session to get rid of this three and a half percent. But anyway I certainly appreciate you all and your willingness to help me on this I appreciate a good vote on the amendment and the bill. Represent Payton has spoken in favor the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. President right you're recognized speak for the. One thing I can say about. Representative paid. He's got. Four people. And working people just trying to get to their job. He's got them on his mind with this bill and I know that he wishes it was a little bit better. But I'll say this much John you've done all you can do and and I appreciated and I hope this bill goes right on through. Percent rise booking for the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent rock representative Jett it's close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number one to House Bill nineteen twelve all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it. The representative Jeanne moos would place house bill eleven oh six on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read member number three Mr Clark. As a mentor three to house bill eleven to six. January nice to explain the amendment. You have a calendar. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues. Member number three to house bill eleven oh six former to finance. What this does is increase the disaster assistance grants by three million dollars. I also have a hundred fifty thousand dollars to the information network of Arkansas this is a technology grant. And adds additional one million dollars for fire departments. Of as they become more certified any questions on the amendment. Appreciate a good vote on the memo. President James explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Jean is close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member three to house bill eleven oh six all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendments adopted representative Jamison place house bill eleven forty six on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number two Mr Clark. Also number two House Fulham forty six percent gene you're recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker house bill eleven forty six Amendment number two this is clean up language on a cure a cruel to holiday pay any questions. Appreciate a good vote amendment representative gene is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Representing is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number two to House Bill Levin forty six all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendment is adopted represent Jamison place house bill fifteen thirty two on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number one Mr Clark number one house for fifteen thirty two and gene you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues house bill fifteen thirty two amendment number one this is apartment corrections. What this does is it pays off we originally had it eight million dollars we're going to open up to forty million dollars this will pay off the lease at the Malvern in Newport of prison facility so we we have we have the excess money in one time money will that way we save the years interest on with on the bond any questions. Appreciate a good vote on the amendment. President Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Representing is close for the amendment the question before the House the adoption amendments over one to House Bill fifteen thirty two all in favor say aye. Any opposed the amendments adopted representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker college we have one appropriation today this is house bill twelve oh six partner corrections. This is the budget for the department corrections any questions. Create a good vote member you're one voted for the bill Murphy called respect rather for read the bill for a third time Sir Clark please read the bill for the third time houseful twelve oh six. Tim Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is a passage of house bill twelve oh six per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight four Nays zero present the bill emergency clause or pass represent gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling one of backs these. Of. Enhancement bills there's a slew of map the Senate to be down here tomorrow. we waited on this too we got an agreement on the one time money. in the RSA TV people to look at what we agreed the governor gets ten million dollars and the legislative get fifty million to approve a one time money. Of these grants will come before Legislative Council. So with the reduction of the governor's rainy day fund by fifteen million we thought that was a good compromise. Of her name voting house bill fifteen twenty eight House Bill fifteen twenty nine House Bill fifteen thirty one House Bill House Bill fifteen thirty three House Bill fifteen thirty four House Bill fifteen thirty five House Bill fifteen thirty six House Bill fifteen thirty seven House Bill fifteen thirty eight and house bill fifteen thirty nine any questions on any of these. Any pulling these out the batch. Your one vote is for the bills emergency clause Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time Mr Clark please read bills for the third time. Also fifteen twenty eight has a thirty twenty nine of fifty thirty one house of fifteen thirty three house bill fifty thirty four has a fifty thirty five of fifty thirty six of fifty three seven thousand fifty thirty eight of fifty thirty nine. Where the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Voting on the bills emergency clauses everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty seven yeas five nays and zero present the bills emergency clauses are passed representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker I think we've voted on this several times. One more angle heard. Any questions on it is the Medicaid traditional and the Arkansas home funding. No question for you your one voted for the bill emergency clause for Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time this read the bill for the third time. Senate bill fifty five. President Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jean is closed for the bill question before the House the passage of Senate bill fifty five for the machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the. Clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy two yeas nineteen nays and to present the bill is fail. President Gonzales for what purpose. motion of I can from a favor here. You're recognized. I move we reconsider house bill eighteen hundred how did you vote no. That's a proper motion is debatable. Sentence always you're recognized explain the bill. Represent Gonzales you're recognized explain The motion. They miss Baker this is a representative Lowry's roofing Bill if your looking for scrambling looking for which bill it is the that's what it is I'm probably still not voting for it but I thought I'd give him the opportunity to to run it again he's the mystery consideration so Hey what we can't fail now we got a little reconsider this one last bill. You look in style like you thought I was going to support it but I never said a word I just said I make a motion to reconsider. Represent consolidates lane the motion would anyone would you would like to speak against the motion. We would like to speak for the motion. Representive Lowery you're recognized speak for the motion. with friends like that. No really focus this bill just came up a little bit short And I I know part of that was because there were several issues that I agree to amend over in the Senate in and I noticed there's becomes a point where it's like we've you've got several issues why did you keep it here and you got it right well that's part of the process is getting it right and I believe we are on this case what we're trying to do is protect against fly by night storm chasing roofing companies that come into the state from out of the state and they defrauded homeowners. Now. Represent Womack made a very good point to me we talked about he said bad actors are going to be bad actors but at least the contractors licensing board has the opportunity to be able to issue directives and notices to citizens when there is a bad storm incident. I see representive Eubanks back there he's lobbying against me already They're able to send a notice out saying please be aware that there are bad actors coming to your neighborhood make sure that they are registered as a roofing or as a rule for the standard is very high they only have to have a registration and the they have to carry fifteen thousand dollars in a sureties bond which only cost them a hundred fifty dollars a year it's a very low bar but it really does protect consumers I would appreciate a good vote on this and I hope some of my other friends will do a better job come to the well and speak for this because I know they said that they would. President Lowery is spoken for the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. We would like to speak for the motion. Represent Gonzales it's close for the motion. Question before the House is the reconsideration. Of House Bill eighteen hundred all in favor say aye. Those opposed. Photo the eyes have it. Question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen hundred prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of fifty two yeas twenty one days and for president the bill is passed. President gray for what purpose motion. What's your motion Mr Speaker having voted on the prevailing side a consideration of Senate bill one forty I move reconsideration how did you vote nay it's proper motion is available. Represent great you're recognized to explain The motion. Thank you Mr Speaker so on this bill I originally voted against this bill because I felt like it was an over reach for the schools to be looking into issues such as this that it was a more family matter whatever that it was outs guys outside the schools purview and so this isn't one of those were I'm just making the motion to actually just let it be reconsidered I actually thought about it over the weekend I did talked to Senator Dismang very lengthy discussion about and had some misconceptions and misunderstandings about the bill and someone take a little bit longer than most people probably would on a motion to reconsider. Time you know one of the things that I know I'm guilty of it at times we don't quit waving that flag. Still together will his we always attracted NO a a try to be consistent I'm sure there are times where I'm not gonna sit right here in this very place not too long ago and one of my things that I said was and when I was talking about our homes is you can't we're not going to treat everyone the same anymore we're not going to take that cookie cutter approach and that to me is what this bill is doing is it saying if you've got a child who's been suspended or expelled and you're reaching ten days are about to go beyond there's obviously some behavioral issue that needs to be dealt with and you can't treat them all the same now this bill doesn't say discipline the many different you can discipline them exactly the same but what it does say is let's look at the issues that are causing that behavior to start with and see if we can't change those issues because changing those issues at ten twelve even six will affect who they are as they're an adult so not too long ago my daughter she's twelve were driving home when she was talking about a kid in her class and she wears the same clothes all the time and she's always afraid that this kid doesn't have enough to eat and he's always getting in trouble and her her comment to me at twelve was why do they keep sending him to the office if they figure out why he's getting in trouble they can actually help stop it so coming from a twelve year old it made me stop and think maybe these are actual things that we need to address it to the other thing that that comes to mind on this is representative ought not have a bill that we passed out it's going to it is essentially directs public health to do a behavioral health study across the spectrum to see what we can do as a state to address behavioral health right and that's from early until the late stages of life and so to me Senator Dismang did explain that there was about twenty million and cares Act money to help develop this model it's not mandatory no where does it say it's mandatory I think it. Does say that the board of directors shall develop a policy but then that policy is very Flexible in how it's applied or not applied right but there's twenty million dollars to help establish this model and once this model is created then we can actually use it to help what I call social determinants of health in my world right in healthcare you try and address the social determinants of health and so I'd like to try to address the essentially the social behaviors and the things that are that are bothering these children so any help long story to say I have changed my mind it's sort bill and and appreciate a yes vote thank you. Represent grades explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion percentile that you're recognized speak against the motion. Calling to serve a great to actually see you now This bill was decisively decided before it still puts undue burdens on public schools public schools can already do all of this. Okay all the things I'll have a problem with the positive support model that's in this bill but I do have a problem with the first part of this bill that takes away your local control mandates more things on public schools and I would like to see is vote no on this after all I would like to say that any time that you see me and representative Lowery since your since we're picking all represented Lowery today any time you see me to represent the Lowery on the same side of pose an education bill is probably not a good one thank you. Percentile as spoken against the amendment would anyone like to speak for the amendment represent Pilkington you're recognized speak for the amendment. The motion read. I say disagree with representative town if Lowery and Hammer both against that means it's probably good bill. Now I just. I think this is a great bill I mean like representative Michelle gray said you know we've got to treat kids differently there's X. anyway circumstances I mean from my understanding this is after they've been expelled multiple multiple times so it's not like it's going to affect every single kid it's just small few and you know those of the kids that really need as Moses and and once again I you know if there is a little more burden on the administrators that's okay because the priority should always be the kids first and putting them first and so if I have any measure come to means actively but for that bill also you know what for the kid whose life that changed it was worth it for that little election work and with that I forget that. Percent Pilkington spoken for the motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Representatives you're recognized speak against the motion. Thank you Mr Speaker no no no no no no no no no. And our constituents didn't see this coming and that's what bothers me too I don't mind giving things a second chance the bill has not been changed no no no no no no. President mackenzie's spoken against the motion when you would like to speak for the motion. President Lowery you're recognized speak for the motion. Now I'm really gonna confusion. Are not on the same side here actually. I have I've I've looked at this bill also had a conversation over the weekend with Senator Dismang one of the things that really caught my attention in the testimony the other day that got me to vote against it was a comment that if you have to students who are both using weapons and one of them is from a good family and one of them is from a family that where there are some issues that you're going to have disparate treatment in the in the enforcement or in the the penalties and Senator Dismang pointed out to me that that is not true that it is specifically in the bill that if weapons are involved you will follow what the regulations are related to weapons. We consider earlier in the session I can frankly I can't remember whether we pass or not I believe we did where we recognizes students who were in foster care need that extra look if there is a disciplinary charge against them because of the circumstances of of which they find themselves what this is along those same lines we recognize that there are there are issues where. We really don't know what's going on in that students home life now I I still have some concerns is is was pointed out the other day about the extra time that has to be taken. In doing the interviewing of the student maybe even going and interviewing the parents if you can find the parents and I understand that that's a lot of extra work but you know when it comes to. Taking care of our kids and making sure that they have they're given the best opportunity possible that extra time is necessary. And so I I and I know I'm totally of Wardlaw doesn't know what to do he says you know I'm speaking for it and he thinks he's got to be against it but I will get you on my side this time and I I think it is a good bill I think the elements of it are a positive and I'd I'd ask that you would vote vote for this motion and then for the bill. Percent Lowery spoken for the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. Agence represent Crawford you're recognized speak against the motion. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a sign bill in the same dress doing the same thing. my grandson is still being bullied at school because they cannot their hands are tied on how they take care of children who come from bad situations now I agree kids need help I've worked with trouble clear kids all of my life but at the same time we need to as I said before we need to go back to school districts we need to talk to her principals or superintendents to our teachers and ask how we as legislators can help without tying their hands I would ask you for you to vote no for this and then let's come back next session and DO something everybody can work with thank you. Representative Crawford spoken against the motion when you would like to speak for the motion represents Scott you're recognized the. An afternoon colleagues I want to say yes yes yes yes yes yes yes on this bill because me and Senator Dismang do it work with Arkansas Department action department of education for a while on this bill but I've you've heard me committee for those of you who are in Education Committee we had a very lengthy discussion the other day. We both bills up and down every day in this chamber and we go home and we don't think anything else about those bills or those issues today I'm simply asking you to think about the kids were going to leave behind by boating this bill down think about those children I'm asking to vote yes on Senate bill one forty. Persons got spoken in favor the motion when you would like to speak against the motion represent what you're recognized speak against the motion. This is the the the the. I have worked with young people all my life. What I'm saying. Is the fact that many of them want some it is you know. They don't have very many help at all very much help at all. The to have them. The excuse for this behavior. In a public school environment. Is not going to register their problem. It's just gonna get worse. What they need is guidance and counseling and that you know I'm sure they can receive that. And I know they receive that. I know in football. Your. Coach Deffenbaugh and. And coach bill. And coach hello with with degree. We have situations that break your heart. What they need is to be the not shelter. They need to be dealt with the firm manner. But what the bottom line is here to me. Is do you. Get it find yourself in a situation. Were you discipline one. Student but not the other because of the socio economic situation is just not right. You have you have a good student. A bad student they have a conflict. You discipline one you know discipline them. So what are we saying to everyone that we discipline. What are we say the one that we don't this. The end. Schering. The representative McKenzie it better be careful. Go the last a. This. My heart for a. The. I didn't know what to the Coleman said my monitor was lethally algorithm and I need to get to the hospital as soon as I could. Thank urge you to vote against this this is not good let the school boards and the and the administrators of the principles they know these young people and they know how thank you. Representive wouldn't spoke against the motion we would like to speak for the motion representatives you're recognized speak for the motion. All you just want to the stop and think amended about. Who supports this bill the superintendent association supports this bill. I know we get stressed out about going against our superintendent so now's not the time to take a different path the public schools. Like more representatives said they can do this but what they need is guidance they don't know what to do they need this behavior support model that the cares that money is specifically designed to be spent on. Again I have to disagree with several the calling the punishment doesn't change this isn't if you just get expelled one time or two times it's ten days once you reach ten days we're just asking it to go take a look at what's going on. Dig in just a little bit to see what's going on with these kids. You're talking about kids are going to be put back in some of these bad homes there causing the bad behavior. For ten days or more. Again superintendents association supports it. Your non union and your union educator support it because they don't know what to do. And with respect to the Republican governors association they're pushing this behavioral support model all over the country I think it's a good idea I would appreciate your vote to at least reconsider the bill. Percentage of spoken favor the motion would you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Against representative Deffenbaugh you're recognized speak against the motion. Thank you Mr Speaker I try to stay out of this just vote no. I figured out one time when I was still teaching. That the legislature a problem the past a couple thousand bills in my. Ten you're not ten year but not career and it's just what we're doing is we're Act years we're just another. The here of time that teachers hands we continue to want to tell them what to do instead of getting like some by Senator getting advice didn't advice from people that are in the public schools. You. You can't. You have to have consistency in youngsters recognized that. Quickly. And you just can't you can't just create one different from the other you you have to you got to make. Point out the rules. Enforce the fair with everybody. I just hate is to go down this road well what I meant to say I one other thing I want to point out is you start spending so much time of trying to value what one child you ignore twenty when you get discipline problems you spend a lot of a lot of time with those disparate means and use the other kids in the class staff for. So you gotta you gotta take care of all of you have to you have to be consistent back to this one you can't just. Stop and focus on one Hey I love a let me remind everyone. But you have to be like I said you just got to be consistent and I just think we're making a big mistake pass this bill thanks. Represent Deffenbaugh spoken against the motion when you would like to speak for the motion. Would anyone like to speak against the motion. Represent gray is close for the motion the question before the House is the reconsideration of Senate bill one forty all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The ayes have it. Mr Clarke Mr before the House is the passage of Senate bill one forty prepared machine. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of forty two yeas forty nays and zero present the bill is fail. Represent Ladyman moves we re referred Senate bill five ninety five to committee that's a proper motion it is debatable represent Ladyman you're recognized explain your motion. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues one or send S. B. five ninety five back to committee for an amendment we found it conflicted with a couple other bills that we pass it we want to correct that the Committee. Ferguson Ladyman as explained the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Represent Ladyman is close for the motion the question before the House is the re referral Senate bill five ninety five to committee all in favor say aye. Any opposed the ayes have. Mr Clarkson the bill back to committee represent board for what purpose. Let's hear your motion motion to expunge house bill the vote of the house bill eighteen eighty six. That's a proper motion is debatable represent Boyd you're recognized explain The motion. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill showed up on the House count on the supplemental House calendar today and I think there are a lot of questions and I think that we should just expunge the vote and give um Mister Gazaway an opportunity to present it again another day thank you. President boards explain The motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Representive for the Deborah Ferguson recognized speak for the motion. I'm not sure if I'm speaking and I speak for. Well as I said you know they and and I don't want to thank my husband thought being say that five or six times a week this is he rejects writes for a lot of other doctors you get these requests from personal injury attorneys and you know he rate I want to a copy of the report makes right from all these other doctors so there if the patient requests yet six fifty but that's not typically what happens typically what happens is that the personal injury attorney usually out of state will send your request and then you have to of you know facts the report and that the request stand and then you have to have somebody do the copy the X. ray and all that and mail it to them I I I completely understand a part of his bill is also about paper in I understand a lot of these third party groups are charging an exorbitant amount of printing thousands of pages and charged with that I'll have to say I'm okay with that part of the bill but I think the electronic say for you to copy electronic records has to be reasonable enough that you're not getting inundated with these requests what these attorney's request this its up front money with them because they're trying to decide whether to take a malpractice case I mean that's what they're doing so it has to be reasonable enough that the doctors not taking patient time away in in the copy and records reasonable enough that you know it's not an exorbitant fee to the Attorney so that's what I had talked to representative Gazaway headed time and said my preference would be just with a stable Safavian rules but I don't think twenty dollars is adequate to have your staff do all of that because typically the patient is a I mean the pace like that we don't charge a patient but typically it's not the patient coming in and requested the records and taking it to the Attorney because the attorney is not even in town as part of these larger personal injury suits. But if he's willing to amend that parked electronically then for expunging the vote and I will vote for the bill so I guess I need to hear from you. Person Ferguson spoken for the motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. President Boyd is close for the motion. Question before the House is expunging the vote by which house bill eighteen eighty six failed all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The noes have it. Representive eleven. Well you're recognized the Speaker after the after the announcmenet the reading of bills transferring the bill's place in the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their bills finalizing resolutions ready communications and any remaining committee reports I move that we adjourn until one PM tomorrow that's a proper motion is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed motion carries are there any announcements represent gene for what purpose to announcmenet recognized immediately after we adjourn here we will meet at one fifty one and talk about the RSA if you have a committee and came meet today will also meet tomorrow Act we adjourned and also tomorrow morning at eight thirty big mac a joint budget represent Lanny Fite for what purpose announcmenet recognized city county local meeting fifteen minutes in big maxi. Represent Holcomb for what purpose. You're recognized public transportation will meet in the morning at nine thirty AM maxi represent wing for what purpose Bassman you're recognized we had a big birthday yesterday representative blunt Brandt Smith happy birthday. 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President fox for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized advanced communications and information technology will meet tomorrow at eleven thirty in mac B. representive eleven for what purpose to announcements you're recognized members a joint education need to go to a big mac a upon adjournment we will meet with Senate dissenters are finished with Senate ad to take up three lottery bills Senate announcmenet is House education meets tomorrow morning nine thirty room one fifty one. Any other announcements. The desk remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion of the items named in the joint resolution house would be adjourned until one PM tomorrow.