Senate Convenes

Please call the roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace everyone please stand including those in the gallery you have leave for someone Senator Sturch yes Senate leader Senator Pitsch Roger that without objection Senator Ballinger is gonna lead us in prayer. Senator Ballinger that's correct thank you so much for allowing us this privilege to to serve you through serving in this this body and we just pray that you would just help us to recognize what purpose that is and just see how awesome it is to be used in your kingdom I pray lord help us to to see that is our job that we would seek you're you're facing your desire and everything we do we love you just pay for your your strength apparent energy as we finish this thing out and that you just help us we have the right attitude the spirit Jesus name amen I remember. I pledge. Which stands in. Senator Flippo is recognized for now. President we've got but need as birthday tomorrow she's turning forty five we also have Senator Solomon who is today and is officially eligible for Medicare and so if you all please join us in wishing these to a very Happy Birthday center to get a start us off is there in here Larry no all right I'll do it happy Birthday to. Happy Birthday to happy birthday needs and. The birds Day to. Keep making that incredible popcorn. Amazing amazing Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president like to recognize our doctor the day Dr James Hahn anesthesiologist here in Little Rock along with our nurse Brenda up here in the balcony if you all would give them a welcome please. What the. Reminded that Monday's schedule in place you're interested the agenda is go what about like this. Any items at the desk. Yes Sir Mr President this is to inform you that on April fourteen twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measure the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly Senate bill four seventy nine now ACT seven oh five sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor out. Where your committee on Rhode Bills to whom was referred Senate bill one forty three by Senator Irvin symbol to ninety one by Senator Irvin Senate bill eighty nine by Senator Hester Senate bill one thirty nine by Senator Dismang Senate bill five twenty six by Senator English compared the enrolled copies with the original has been correct correctly enrolled and delivered to the governor at eight fifty three AM for his approval follows. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four ninety five by Senator Irvin J. English copy with the original find same correctly engrossed city county local Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty one by Senator Ingram compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six seventy three by Senator Clark the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill seventeen amendment representative Payton compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health. Your committee on a bride to whom was referred are referred Senate bill six fifty four by Senator letting recommend to pass. Committee on aircraft whom was referred house concurrent resolution ten nineteen by representative Eubanks recommend due pass counted. Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill five of the six by Senator tech recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty nine by Senator Wallace recommend due pass counted. Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill forty two by Senator Johnson recommend to pass as amended number one calendar. Committee on city county local to whom was referred Senate bill five fifty one by Senator R. Johnson recommend to pass as amended number two a calendar committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill thirteen ninety by representative prior recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty four by representative Collins recommend due pass counted. For your committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill five sixty nine by Senator Hester recommend due pass counted. Committee on Education to whom was referred Senate bill six eighteen by Senator Ballinger recommend due pass counted. Committee on Education whom was first Senate bill six thirty nine by Senator English recommend due pass counted. Committee on Education to whom was referred Senate bill five O. one by Senator Irving recommend to pass as amended number Terry. Counted. Committee on Education whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety two by representative Lowery recommend due pass counted. Committee on Education to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety two by representative Lowery recommend due pass counted Committee on Education to whom was referred house bill eighteen online by representative Wallman recommend due pass counted Committee on Education and restore household eighteen thirty one by representative very recommend to pass. Calendar. Committee on Education to whom was referred house bill eighteen thirty two by representative very recommend due pass counted. ET on education to whom was referred house bill sixteen eleven by representative and it recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one eleven by joint budget recommend to pass. Counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one thirty two by joint budget recommend due pass counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three fifty nine by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty one by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty two by joint budget recommend to pass. Counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty three by joint budget recommend due pass counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty four by joint budget recommend due pass counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty six by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty seven by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three sixty five by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred. Our Senate bill three sixty nine by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy one by joint budget recommend due pass counted. ET on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy two by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy three by joint budget recommend due pass counted. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three seventy four by joint budget recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three ninety three by Senator Chesterfield recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill three ninety eight by Senator kollel recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred senate bill four three by Senator Chesterfield recommend due pass counted Committee on joint budget to whom was referred Senate bill one sixty four by joint budget recommend to pass as amended number six. Counted. We are committee on joint energy to whom was referred Senate bill six eighty nine by Senator Ballinger recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six twelve by senator garner recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill six forty one by Senator Ballinger recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill five fifty five by Senator Clark recommend due pass to concur on house amendment number one counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eleven seventy nine by representative Gonzalez recommend due pass counted. Committee on it on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fourteen ninety seven by representative gas why recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty one by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen eighty six by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen eighty seven by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill sixteen oh six by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill sixteen sixteen by representative as well recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen thirteen by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen fourteen members and gas why recommend due pass counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen fifteen by representative Gazaway recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill eighteen seventy eight by representative Gazaway recommend to pass. Counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill seventeen forty by representative Lundstrum recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Where your committee on public health to whom was referred referred Senate concurrent resolution eleven by Senator Sturch recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health. Our team was referred Senate bill six fifty by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill six sixty three by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health ten was first Senate bill six seventy seven by Senator Irvin recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill six fifteen by senator garner recommend to pass as amended number one counted Committee on Public Health Service first Senate bill six seventeen by Senator Rapert recommend to pass as amended number one counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill six forty by reps by Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill sixteen eighty seven by representative Penzo recommend to pass. Counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill seventeen sixty by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill eighteen ten by representative baby recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health ten was referred house bill eighteen twenty eight the representative Ladyman recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill eighteen sixty two by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health team was referred house bill eighteen seventy five by representative Brad recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill fourteen thirty nine by representative Pilkington recommend to pass as amended number one calendar and J.. Where your committee on transportation to whom was referred Senate bill six fifty seven by Senator letting recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted Committee on. Action whom was referred house bill fourteen eighteen by representative back recommend due pass counted. Me on transportation to whom was referred house bill seventeen eighty two by representative back recommend due pass counted. Committee on transportation to whom was referred house bill seventeen oh two by representative McCollum recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Senate concurrent resolution thirteen by Senator Hickey and representative Cozart to amend the joint rules of the house of representatives in the Senate at the ninety third General Assembly Senate concurrent resolution thirteen. Rules. Senate bill six ninety two by Senator English to create that task force on the education workforce talent pipeline Senate bill six ninety two education. Any announcements. Senator Hester. For for motion. Senator is recognized. Members I I make a motion that we backs to House bills at the end of the Senate calendar and you'd have to announce to the innocent account appointing individually that you would like her. Any questions in which is Senator Hickey. Yes I'm I'm not in favor of the Senate I mean the House bills I don't know how many people it went through all of these bills with a just been coming through the committees and I think this is the only chance that we've got to look at those I mean if it's something isn't not controversy will we don't ask any questions is roll with it so if everybody would just will not ask asking questions then we'll get through those in a few minutes but just a batch all over everything I just things a little bit haphazard at this time in the session we're not working Fridays. But we do need to work Thursday is gonna work. You want to proceed with the motion I'd like to see the motion Senator Hickey makes you know good point but I think we're all here working we've heard these bills in committee we have a chance to ask questions of the sponsors and again if you've got a problem with the bill we pulled out we do those individual yesterday we had roughly thirty bills twenty seven were rolled I think we just are times better city getting Committee tonight we've got a long long agendas in committee. Question and other questions all those of favour say aye. Close. Does have a motion fails Senator Clark. SJR eighteen. Is not here. Senator. Right to. Senate bill two concurring in house amendments just a reminder to the amendment that will need to build. Amendment one two Senate bill two ninety two. Thank you thank you Mr president what once I. Senator Rapert. Thank you Mr president members there's actually two bills I've got here and I always have to remember to keep straight on this amendment this is the grant funding that we put out for a public department public safety that would allow law enforcement officers an excuse me law enforcement agencies to apply for grant funding if there is funding there this is not have any funding it would pass appropriation it would receive funding if he gets it the House wanted to have an amendment which actually I think make the bill obviously better which allows the department public safety secretary cook in this case to have a committee of law enforcement that would be involved to help her as they make decisions on what grants so I appreciate a good vote. For the amendment questions all those of favour say aye. Follows I have an amendment is adopted. Now we will have to hand will run the underlying bill which has emergency calls Senate bill two ninety two by Senator Rapert establishing the public safety equipment grant program and to declare an emergency. Any questions on the other line bill same as before you always speak against for Senator closed centers close any objection to one vote. Please hold. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wishing to change their vote. The cast of the ballot thirty forty eight zero days the bill is passed in rolling. Senator Irvin as other chambers will going to Senator Rapert come back service. Senator Rapert then we'll go back to serve in the Senate is mind Senator Rapert Amendment one Senate bill three forty six. Thank you Mr president members this also is an amendment coming back to us out of the house is deals with the audio visual equipment and for your requests for video in the House the amended that which actually makes the bill more acceptable to other parties it line thanks use me on page for the bill this took the cost of that once they request they get three free hours over ninety percent requests fall in that level if it exceeds that then it's twenty dollars per hour for the actual amount of the tape so it doesn't say if it takes him three hours to get thirty minutes a state that not charging him now for the entire labor it's just for the amount of audio visual that they get this is been agreed to by the stakeholders obviously they're always be somebody that doesn't like it but this is been agreed to professor Steinberg that he came and spoke on this message may a person let me know he's for the bill now and so we should be good appreciate a good vote happy to answer questions any questions for us is on the amendment. All those in favor say aye. Lows. I have it members adopted. Senator Rapert on the underlying bill as amended Senate bill three forty six by Senator Rapert concerning the use of audio media visual media and audiovisual media by law enforcement agencies dispatch centers public safety answering points jails and detention centers. Latimer's Senator. Last summer same as the first so if you have questions be glad handing questions on the bill anyone I have a question Senator flowers question you're recognized Senator flowers. Yes Rapert under this bill is there other. A time frame for storage of these items is limited to thirty days or something yes ma'am I believe you have it right. Well if if a defendant. is entitled to discovery in a criminal case how would that work with these items be destroyed before discovery completed. I don't believe so and I know that you know the sheriff's association the Arkansas counties association of all been in agreement with this bill as well as some of the people act again they didn't come in endorsed the bill with press association did not oppose the bill and senator flowers in that both committees that this particular issue did not become a flashpoint so I don't think that there's a problem with that but yes you do have a time period and I'm if you would tell me where you're looking I'll be glad to answer that and get this finished for you so okay. I don't have the bill pulled up right now but I'll put it up quickly. And but I am concerned I got Some correspondence from defense lawyers who suggests that okay I do think I see were maybe you're stating it on here I'm looking on page two Senator flowers. And. That's where you start getting into new code and what you see there is I believe on line sixteen says if the criminal investigation and this I'm I'm reading at the end of a claw so for me to go back and read I will but it stays there for the criminal investigation documentation is associated with the use of force by law enforcement law enforcement complaints or administrative proceedings it shall be retained for at least three years. Accept and then the next one is except as otherwise provided under subsection B. of this section audio media visual media and audio visual media should be retained for at least thirty days so that walls above it Senator flowers I believe this what was responsive to any concerns or at least most of the concerns which allowed it to continue to pass through both bodies. Okay thank you you're welcome thank you. Any other questions. Anyone wish to speak against for centers recognized to close preview your bill thank you senator has closed any objection rowing the boat. Please hold. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer. Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote. Senator Elliot is present Senator Clarke Tucker is present. Anyone else cast. The ballot. Thirty to eight hours president. We've already cast up the ballot I'm I'm sorry Senator flowers I make a motion after that. Though this cast we've got to get through this and you can make a motion. To present the bill is passed enrollment Senator flowers is. I make a motion to expunge the the vote by which the bill passed so that I can be Voted as president you for the motion all those of favour say aye. Close. Is the motions carried. Vote is expunged and are you still want to be recognized in a minute Senator Elliot. Okay we'll we'll get it on this this time. Yeah. Sir Clark is known. Chesterfield. Resident correct all of president Senator flowers is. President or no president I'm present thank you sure have Senator Leding is president. Senator Ingram is present. Anybody else. Cast the ballot twenty seven days one nine six present the bill is passed in rolling. Everybody pay attention we got. We got a whole book of bills and we're not gonna. Not gonna pull it out of the. Okay Senator or Senator Irvin and then we'll go to Senator Dismang. All. Right of center Clark to go back to the resolution but first it's the center for Mountain View without having a bold festival this weekend Amendment one Senate bill three on nine. Thank. Server. Yes we're excited to have you vote passes weekends don't worry we won't be racing outhouses this weekend's that's in the fall it being passed at the annual outhouse right. This is my bill my amendment taking questions All the favor say aye. What those eyes have the amendment is adopted now on the bill Senator Irvin Senate bill three oh nine by Senator Irvin to amend the requirements for coverage of political black rectal cancer screening service. Thank you members you've heard this bill and I appreciate a good vote any questions the door speak against or for centers closed I am Senator has close any objectionable in the vote. Please role of a. Please roll then we're gonna go to please all of us they were going to go Senator Dismang Sir Clark. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty four yeah zero days the bill is passed in Roland Senator Dismang. Amendment one Senate bill four oh two. Thank amendment adds more details as to who could who will review the grant applications regards Arkansas cultural institutions trust fund that will be the director division of Arkansas heritage director of here is amended division director of an accredited museum within the division of Arkansas heritage all recommendations from the review committee shall be submitted to the secretary parking here to ge for approval we will also promulgate rules reflecting these details this was you know some language that was wanted to be added from the house and give it that language and create a good vote on any questions on the amendment Senator Mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president Senator Dismang is. All any part funded by the when a cent sales tax. As it existed anyway funded by the one eight cent sales tax. They have the ability to make a request utilizing those funds but not directly no so which option it is an option yes Sir we we did that in thank you Sir thank you any other questions. All those in favor say aye. Full. I. The ayes have it The Amendment is adopted now the underlying bill. Senate bill four O. two by Senator Dismang to establish the Arkansas cultural institutions trust fund at. That same deal with the amendment we just discussed appreciate a good vote any questions they will what we speak against for for so recognized close centers close any objectionable in the vote. Please roll the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert. Sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote. The ballot thirty forty eight zero nays the bill is passed in roll it forty steps away Senator Dismang has a motion thank you members as set it so house bill fourteen ninety nine that's the bill that deals with CA sees there is an amendment is agreed to between the C. A. C. sandy prosecutors yesterday what I would like because we're we are in the session just make a motion to extract that to the floor with the amendment for the purposes of engrossed in as soon as engrossed I'll come back down here and I'll make a motion to re referred to committee. One. One second we'll look for the second amendment. A different second amendment. Senate. I will do that just a minute sorry member yes okay we'll move on Senator Clark we will come back as needed Senator Clark. J. R. eighty T.. This is a joint resolution. The. Senate joint resolution eighteen by Senator Clark requesting the United States Congress take appropriate action proposed amendment to the Arkansas to the United States constitution providing that the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justice. Senator Clark. Thank you governor thank you colleagues this is a very simple resolution it. S. the a majority of the Senate majority the house passes resolution that request that the Congress of the United States propose an amendment to the constitution of that the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices and it asked that every other state legislature do the same to ask Congress to do that of be happy to take any questions any questions. Anyone we speak again for for. Search close a close vote all those of favour say aye. Is have it resolution is adopted transmit to the House. Going to Senate. Okay. We're gonna wait just a second go ahead okay. Okay senator Murray for senate joint resolution which Senate Amendment. That's J. R.. The Amendment to the Senate joint resolution thirteen. All right this is only adoption of an amendment here this is amendment was agreed to the Senator Ballenger or we went to but this is Esther thirteen so it's not going to be voted today is just the doctor of the amendment I guess one standing here Respers adequate and tell folks that the three of us met today Senate Majority Leader and the minority leader and myself regarding constitutional amendment will be put forward which relates to this and we have offered as J. R. ten to the body which we coming back for Senator Davis and these other two would just be held here on the floor for handling fee in the future if we decide to put a third one out so this is just the amendment folks this is the gun Amendment. All those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted. Send to. Engrossed. Senate bills whether Senate Amendment Senator Wallace right there in writing amendment three Senate bill five sixty six you must be in the army. Senator Wallace. Members this bill thank you Mr president members this bill extends the current tax credits for Nucor which were originally approved back in two thousand seventeen. The room trying to get all this finished by twenty twenty one but because of covid they slowed opponent projects in they did that so they can keep all the employees working during this period of time during covert new court and not lay off a single worker. And they have laid off workers in quite some time but we need to extend these tax credits out a couple more years the only the twenty four digital must offenses projects. In these credits will will not be approved until Nucor can prove to ADTEC that there is a positive impact. So it's a money back guarantee unless new core has made money so that we are exceeding the tax credits they would be paying they're not gonna take this great tax credits. And with that I'll stand by for your questions. Any questions. I have a question Senator flowers has a question you're recognized senator flowers. Yes while as I understand their seven projects that are eligible or have applied for this tax credit. What can you tell us about the other six besides new core and sent you mention that new core did not lay off any workers since the pandemic do you know whether Nucor. got payroll protection benefits last year. Yes ma'am I do and they did not they did not take a single down with help from the state or from the federal government or from the cure's page. In regarding the other six side I do not have knowledge of those. Thank you thank you senator any other questions. All those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have it members adopted senator grossing senator. You want Senator Wallace. Awesome Senator Hammer. Amendment to the Senate bill five eighty two. Thank you Mr president my bill my amendment. Any questions at all in favor say aye. I have it members adopted grossing Senator Hammer again. Amendment one Senate bill six thirty nine my bill my amendment thank you any questions all those of favour say aye. Those. Is have it members adopted disintegration Senate bill for third reading and passed centers Senate bill twenty six by Senator Sturch to amend the law concerning the reduced sales and use tax rate for utilities used by manufacturers and to apply a reduced sales and use tax right to sale of code for use in manufacturing. Senator Sturch. Thank you Mr president colleagues the title pretty much sums up the bill this is just extending our reduced sales and use tax rate to manufacturers to use coal recall several years back we did utilities across the board for electricity water and so forth two five eighths of a percentage point five eighths of one percent this would just allow code also be exempted for use and recommend you faxing is not for electric power generation anything like that that's classified in a different section of code at the federal level so we're keeping up with that same co there's just a handful of these manufacturers across state of Arkansas the fiscal impact was right around eight hundred thousand dollars per year when it was fully implement I appreciate a good vote questions speak against wrong more speak for centers closed any objection on the boat. Please hold. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote wow is is president Senator flowers is present anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty three eight zero nine one present the bill is passed transmit to the house Senator Garner. Senate bill one ninety one by Senator Garner to amend the law concerning the sales tax holiday to exempt certain electronic devices during the sales tax holiday and declaring emergency center or thank you governor when the great things General Assembly did in the past this create a holiday for our students and parents as I go back to school during a holiday you can buy items such as clothing pen and paper thank you need for your regular school year that's this pandemic last year told us when it comes to school and we have to join the twenty first century and how our kids learn what this does expand the items you can buy on that day to electronics into other things that kids use every single day whether they go to school in person or to a remotely software equipment that they would need this is a significant impact for our families who may have multiple children who need a new computer our new program nor did succeed at school this will help expand the Senate twenty first century I think it's a great thing for our families across the state with that I'll take any questions any questions. Anyone wish to speak against. Senator Hendren recognized was the fiscal impact senator one point nine million by twenty twenty two it believes with this going thank. Any other questions. That's correct I think it's all of the combined yes Sir I look up the impacts if need. Any other questions. You wish to speak against. For. Senator is closing quickly one point nine five zero zero zero million total six hundred fifty thousand that is local cities counties and then the remainder of the state. Search close any objection or the vote. These role of a. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to change their vote flowers is is no Senator flowers is no. Any other senator wishes change their vote. Say nine AM secretary please cast about. Low thirty three days and one night the bill has passed please send to the house. An emergency clause is adopted. Not take it Senate bill two forty four Senate bill two forty four by Senator Hammer to amend the definition of instructional materials for purposes of the sales tax exemption for instructional materials purchased by school and declare an emergency Senator Hammer you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president members of the Senate this bill would amend the definition of instructional materials for the purpose of the sales tax exemption for instructional materials purchased by school currently in law is allowable that schools do not have to pay taxes on the textbooks but we transition from an age of textbooks to an age of tablets and so what this bill would do is add to the definition so that whenever schools purchased the tablets or the chrome whatever devices they do they would not have to pay the taxes on those as we've seen in this past year with the pandemic there's been a surcharge schools have and by those tablets and that it can be a trend that we're going to remain in for years to come and so that is the purpose of this I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions for senator Hammer senator mark Johnson you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president as with the previous a bill could you give us the what the estimated revenue loss is on this I sure will but I want to qualify it I will go ahead and give you the number then let me give you qualifications that go with that the total approximate state sales and use tax loss will be four point four to five million I do have the break out but here's the problem with that number we had a debate with department of finance and administration department of ed and a couple others and here's the problem with that the number when they went and grabbed that number they don't have it in the system to be able to break out the difference of the tablets that they're currently buying for the students so in that code where this number rast it includes printers or tablets. Our computers they buy for teachers or just for administration it provides all the technology things are all included in this number we do not think that that number is going to be the real number but the department that cannot tell us that right now because they don't have they don't have that number broken out as far as how many student tablet shall call them we're actually purchase because that's what we're talking about the tablets for the students but unfortunately the way they've got the coding system set up now. It generated this number so this is worst case scenario. Any further questions for senator Hammer. Saying no questions is there anyone we speak for against the bill. Senate you're recognized close thank you I would like to make this additional comment one of the observations that was made by one of the superintendent who brought this suggestion to me mention that this is going to run in cycles where they will buy tablets one year there might be a spike but then over the next two or three years that would go down because they expected life expect the life expectancy of the tablet somewhere between three and four years and that's another reason why this number is probably not the true number but it is the worst case number so you kind of know the the you know what the ceiling is on this appreciate a good vote. Senator Hammer is closed west Bills injection rowing the boat. Saying no objection answered to please rolled vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill flowers is president Senator viruses present. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast about though thirty three a zero names and everyone present the bill has passed please transmit the House. When I think of Senate bill two forty eight senate two forty eight by Senator Davis to create freedom Act entered certain producers of homemade food or drink products from licensure a certification inspection Davis you're recognized present your bill thank you. Arkansas currently is one of the most restrictive states in the nation when it comes to cottage food laws the bill that you guys have in current form allows for potentially hazardous food but I want you to know that I'm having is amended to and if you will allow for it to be a House amendment just because of time purposes but it will remove potentially hazardous foods completely and it will only apply to non potentially hazardous foods. This bill once amended or former laws by allowing any food that is not a potentially hazardous the to be classified as a cottage food. This bill will give us significant needed reform in a way that still insurers the health and safety of both producers and consumers while lifting unnecessary government regulations. The witness in our local food supply chain was never more exposed than it has been the past year because of because of it we need to ensure that this never happens again in our state. Additionally this bill support small business a national survey recently found that cottage food producers are problem primarily women who live in rural areas you have a below average income their median sales or two thousand dollars a year and their median gross is five hundred dollars. That doesn't sound like a lot of money but often times it's the difference between paying some of your bills and not paying them. This bill also keeps the transparency traceability and the accountability that is currently provided in law for the department of health it also has stricter record and labeling requirements than is currently mandated in state law with that I'm happy to take any questions unless they are from center Gilmore center again thank you. Any questions Senator Davis. Senate back. Page eight line eleven through twenty two is this what you're referring to stricter guidelines for labeling. Page eight line say that again eleven through twenty two. And. Yes so you can have a label affixed to the package or on the container saludable or placard to display or on the website and yes I'm sorry that labeling requirements actually start on page seven and under disclosures. What tells you where you can put the disclosures but you have to have the name address phone number or the common name at the product listed on the product correct it could just be put on the website and not on the actual product is sold in the store. And yeah I want to be on the ballot traceability. Issues. Yes I disagree with that I mean that they have to have labels on or those or other options based on where they're allowed to be sold. In the follow. You the reference form consumer on the bill how old is for consumer. Say that again how old was the age of an informed consumer just the person who can buy the product. It's an informed in concert in consumer which just means directly to or as defined in code anywhere is that what is it defined in code. And not to my knowledge no. Any further questions presenter today this. Senator Hill. You for example your hazardous foods you will talk about some okay go bad. Examples of House dated yeah and hazardous food is like. It is or I'm sorry what the one they're going to make the payment of the to add to it. I can't hear you I'm sorry for your committee for the food you're going to put in that category House and intentionally hazardous yes nine. We are striking potentially hazardous language completely from being included in a cottage food so they will still however the laws are now in Arkansas for potentially hazardous foods are still will still be intact so they'll still have to go through whatever licensing or safety requirements they have I'm striking out language completely. The only as with actors interventions comment some matter for the label everything goes. We say there is an outbreak of E. coli from someone's the. Harry will face it back to that well it's it's only non potentially hazardous foods that have been defined by the federal government and like currently right now in Arkansas we allow some non financially hazardous foods to be sold but not all that latest and be considered hazardous in. There is that we have an outbreak of E. coli was less. I can't hear you I'm sorry Senate Davis I think you said let me call live outbreak with lettuce. With less with lettuce lettuce lettuce thank you I'm sorry currently you can sell lettuce at a farmers market that's already legal I'm sorry I cannot hear and but that potentially hazardous is if you chop the lettuce and decide what mixes that is a potentially hazardous food that's not included in this bill. Thank. Centerman to just have a question. Yes I'm page two and three and so I am I have house the cottage food industry bill and so you're striking a lot of language that I had put into law I was just curious why you're striking. Language that was part of my original cottage food bill law and because it's included later in some of it most of its included later in the bill under the new food freedom act so a lot of that was stricken to be included later in the bill. Is it included in a different section not in the bill yes those things are still exempt so that some of that but there's still intact. We thought that ten or less for church all that stuff yes is that what you're referring to. Yes I'm referring to their ability to not have to. Yes they are still exempt yes. Okay okay. And and so there's no definition of hazardous foods or is there I mean there's no listing of the House wrist is there a listing of hazardous foods that we keep at the health department or something and yes that the health department keeps process FDA like there there are clear it is it's clear what is that potentially hazardous meeting yes. Senator Solomon did you have a question. We talked yesterday about farmers markets and how little they're regulated people could be spring the products with various chemicals that we don't know anything about could you speak to that just briefly yeah I mean there's there are many foods that are already currently allowed under law and that she will sold hall at farmers markets things like that so those are already not regulated by the department of health so we have a list of non potentially hazardous foods but very limited in scope and not really for any good or specific reason and quite honestly the department of health has had the authority for the past several years as you'll see on page two of this bill that they can add similar products specified in rules adopted by the department of health that can be and qualified as cottage fades but they've not taken the initiative over the several years include any other and non potentially hazardous foods in our cottage food laws so to me it doesn't make any sense for us to say some non potentially hazardous foods were allowed to sell but not others and for arbitrary reasons there are no reasons to speak at asked why only some but not others are allowed there states across this country that have a wide list of potential non potentially hazardous foods that they're allowed to cells cottage fades Arkansas is just one of the most restrictive states we have the food that we have and we refuse to expand over the years there's no reason for that like I said we saw a huge weakness in our local food supply chain this past year due to covid and there's no reason for that we don't need to let that happen again I think it's perfectly fair and reasonable to say if it's a non potentially hazardous foods. It should be legal to sell the cottage food the state of Arkansas that's what this food freedom bills about. Other questions Senator Davis. Say no further questions is anyone who speak for against this bill. Seeing none Senate Davis you're recognized Bills. Members and I know that this could be a sticky subject sometimes and and but I just want to remind you that all the food if an once amended if it's passed out here in one submitted on the house and will only include non potentially hazardous foods it's great for small business it's great for women people in rural areas and who make below average incomes this is something that we should be allowing many states are allowing this isn't something that Arkansas needs to be last in yet again I ask please forget that on this food freedom bill thank you. Senate Davis is closed for a bill is any objection rowing the boat there is an objection rowing the boat man secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. But. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Aids. Elliott. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Flowers so you. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. T.. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Blake Johnson is hi Senator Elliot is hi. Any other senators who wish to vote or change their vote Senator Beckham is president Senator Gilmore is present. Senator Ingram is hi Senator Teague is hi. Any other Senate Senator Eads is. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Senator Sturch is aye. Madam secretary please cast about. Though twenty three days four Nays to present the bill has passed. Please transmit to the House. When I take it Senate bill three fifty three and it's emergency clause. Senator. Three fifty three by Senator Irvin. Turbine or eliminate the collection of outstanding misdemeanor fines fees and costs ordered to be paid by a person who is in the custody of the department of corrections to create a task force and declare an emergency. Centerman you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you members this bill I worked on with the department of corrections in the board of corrections and add the problem that we're trying to addresses that first and foremost victims should always I we should always work to try to get restitution to our victims but it's very difficult to do that when the offender has different fines in different counties and there's no right now there's no system to actually pull all that data and information together in one place so that they understand where their debt is and also hinders the people in the department of community corrections or supervising these released prisoners from being able to help them pay their debts and understand where they're debts are and how they're collected it's a big problem and it there's it's going to require some solutions that's why we couldn't do everything right now in this bill and we created the ability to have this task force with those in law enforcement and corrections because we need to be able to upload that information wherever it exists in all the different counties so that were real clear about what the debt is owed and get them on the path of paying that off and then also trying to reduce those fines so that they don't end up in what's called what I call a debtors prison prison they serve their time in prison let's not let them serve their time in debts and that president as well so this is an effort to address that and I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Any questions Senator Irvin senator mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president. Serving as abatement a total abatement that you're fines go away. And it is the purpose to no two men. Because they're not having maybe pay a fine that that leaves money for restitution is that at least partially part of the idea the bill no no the the problem is I may owe money in Pasco county Stone County Craighead County and there's no place for them to there's no central system where all that information is upload it so sometimes you have people that come before a judge judge Carnahan and I talked about this and this is this is the result of our discussions and they'll come before the judge even and say I've already paid this off but there's no way for that just even verify that they've paid off or not so it's it's very and so we work with the administrative office of the courts with the just the everybody involved in corrections and law enforcement on this now the idea is the idea really is to help them pay off their and debts but restitution to the victim is first and foremost well I just I was unclear and and I'm. It sounds like your answer was theirs is gonna be a central registry for these passwords but still want to know this abatement I mean it's a totally abated partially abated or or what now gives the judges that flexibility so if you are you are you referring to your part of the bill well uses the term to a plate or eliminate. In a beta I think would mean. It's lowered and eliminate obviously means it goes what. And if you look at the language in the bill I'm page three it talks about the guys seated please to run concurrent and it gives permission for the courts and then also option to resolve pending misdemeanor man matters as well that gives that flexibility to the courts so we did have we amended the bill we amended the bill quite drastically and says some of the language in the title didn't get completely changed but because we couldn't do that thank you senator thank you. Any further questions for senator Ervin senator Beckham you're recognized for a question. It. Does the does this bill allow. Defendants to. I guess trade time in prison time in jail for their financial obligations as I was well. Again that's the flexibility of the court and that's the flexibility of the of the courts. Okay. Any further questions Senator Irvin. Say no further questions is there anyone you wish to speak for or against the bill. Say nine centerman you're recognized closing them yes I really do appreciate the board of corrections department of corrections the administrative office of the courts and there was a ton of people had County sheriff's on the line sheriffs association all of us working and and can conjunction together on this on this issue but it's something we're going to have to address in the future to get that central registry in place I appreciate a good vote. Servant's clothes FOR a bill is there any objection rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection madam secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Senators wishing to change their vote to my right Senator Beckham is no. Any other senators on my right wing change their vote Senator Gilmore is present any other senator I'm I have. Senate rates. Senator Elliot is present Senator Tucker is present. Senator Chesterfield is present. Senator Beckham is present now. Senator garner is present to my left any other senator on my left wishing to change their vote. Any other Senator wishing to change their vote. Say nine AM secretary please cast about the voter twenty sixty eight zero nays and a present the bill and it's emergency clause have passed please transmit to the House. When I think of Senate bill four oh five Senate bill four oh five by senator garner to establish John or Johnny Cash day. Send garden you're recognized president your bill thank you Mr chairman today colleagues I heard. So we get up here I'm running bills one piece at a time. And we didn't rhythm one of those bills one after another. And you just forget to run a bill sometimes. It's gonna hang my head. Innkreis. Cry. For a. People sponsors still. I still miss someone. But you know what when things get tough guys when you're in that ring of fire I won't back down. All. That one. When you're in a pure job in everywhere everywhere. So I ask for a good vote for this bill don't think twice it's all right. Senator Hickey center. And Senate bills. Any questions for senator garner saying no questions anyone to speak for against Johnny Cash. Senator garner is indicating he's close for his bill is an objection rowing the boat. Senator Ballinger objects madam secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Back in. Let. But. Caldwell. Caldwell Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. A sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Any senator wishing to vote or change their vote Senator Teague is hi. Senator hill is a high. Any other Senator wishing to. Senate or. Senator flowers for you and I can you say that. Senator flowers. Yes. Yes. Ballinger wishes change to a high. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Sanam secretary please cast a ballot the voter thirty one yeah zero nice bills passed please transmit to the House. When I think of Senate bill five thirty nine. Simo five thirty nine by Senator Davis to amend the law regarding the payment of wages and to establish program permit paramedic years regarding the recruitment if I were payments by ripple by and for your. Sentence recognized to present thank you thank you and this bill simply says that in order for an employee at to an employer to or Cape an overpayment of wages that they must provide the employee with a twenty one day written notice. And they cannot take out more than twenty percent of the gross wages per pay period to rip to recoup their money and they also have to specify the amount the method that was used to calculate and the cause of the overpayment there are exemptions and if it's caught before the next pay period if they accidentally you know write your check for over a thousand dollars and it should be but they catch it immediately before the next pay period they are exempt from this and also if it's a grant funded position if I later the and if any of these sections are violated the employer will have to return the deductions and also pay the amount and that they deducted and quite honestly this just protects workers from that employers and there's not any process or anything out of place so if and so bad employers can really abuse this and if an employee has been unintentionally overpaid for long periods of time which I've seen before and when I was on school board it happened with one of our employees and it was to the amount of thousands of dollars but because then the school district was a good employer and they worked out a plan of a repayment plan for that employee but you have some employers he refused to do that they don't tell the employee how the overpayment was made how much they owe or anything and they just garnish wages from their check entire taken tire checks pay period after pay period and and obviously this leads a lot of issues like the employee being able to pay bills or pay rent and so this is just a good I think senate bill that protects employees and in a way that they're able to repay the employer for overpayment but do in a way that's fair and allows them to still keep a roof over their heads happy to take any questions any questions for Senator Davis Senator Hickey you're recognized for a question. Very protection for the employer I mean shouldn't employee should employee once I see that they're overpaid should they just bring it back to the employer wire. Why are we docked in the. Order because of this. Well yeah I mean the point the employee should bring it to the attention but there are circumstances all the time where the employee doesn't catch it either so as soon as it's caught that it just provides a method in which the funds will be repaid. So. Let's take an example if by chance on your phone to check if you're owed someone of thousand dollars and you pay them eleven thousand dollars your ten thousand over. Just because that was a mistake that in that that employees will be able to keep that money and basically have an interest free loan because the employer can only try to get twenty percent back two hundred dollars a week back on that I mean as long as you catch it before the next pay period I would imagine this ten thousand dollars extra out of the. We. Came out of the employer's account oftentimes they catch it quickly. I just think that there should be the employee is the point of sale should have a to have some penalties involved with this not not necessarily employer so anyway he said I have a question Senator flowers you're recognized for a question yes Senator Davis so you're saying that there is no process even through the department of labor regarding this situation that you're addressing. Not that I'm aware of based on and employee like employment attorneys I've spoken with about this issue specifically. Well if you use the word garnishment in this I don't think as a management and our admit recoup recruitment. Okay because the garnishment the and employers somebody that old money to an individual whether it's an employee or whoever they're limited to take only a certain percentage and that's based on federal law. Yes I'm sorry this is specific to recruitment of over payment of funds. Okay thank you. Any further questions for Senator Davis. Senate recognized for a question. If the overpayment stems from fraudulent reporting hours. We still with his employer still be bound to this. So let's see the the all the onus is on the employer and nothing in a provision for fraud by the employee. That's correct so I I think if an employee is acting fraudulently there are other things that probably protect the employer in that situation and I considered language that and talked about unless it's you know because of the employee for some reason that quite honestly and I feel like. All the language that what that was too broad and would still protect bad employers to be able to say well that's your fault you should have caught it and and they're still this bill would do nothing so I have not seen language or been able to find anything to me that and satisfied the intent of the bill also and speak to you know some of the weight being on the employee and I think if it's fraudulent behavior then there's other things at play there. Any other questions. Senate is there anyone who speak for against the bill. Seeing none Senator you're recognized closed. I'm close thank you members. Is there any objection willing to vote on the bill Hey give Jackson I'm secretary please call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. G. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers I. Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Yeah. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Presenter garners and senator garner is no Senator Hendren is hi. Senator Clark is no. DISMANG. Senator Eads is present. Any other Senator wishing to vote or change their vote. Near the center wishing to vote or change their vote. Saying that six eight please cast about those thirteen a sixteen nine someone president Bill failed to pass. Not take of Senate bill five sixty four. Senate bill passed sixty four by Senator Elliot to create the Arkansas triggering a core act to support the implementation of the sustainable tutoring program in response to learning loss under clear emergency Senate you're recognized president your bill that I thank you members we know before COVID nineteen even hit out so there was a gap in learning among kids across our state but that gap has been widening and the learning gap is is larger than it's ever been as far as we can tell right now and reasonably so because students that have had such disparate methods of being educated so I went with the department of education for Arkansas to create the Arkansas a tutoring core and the purpose of that tutoring core is to be state wide with particular emphasis on our rule areas to make sure that we can use the funds that we have from from other rescue act the answer actually we can use those funds to be flexible and create whatever is needed and all parts of the state so that all the kids who are K. through sixth grade can have access to tutors is not designed to look the same way every place that's why they are not a lot of specifics about what is going to look like that will be done by a server in conjunction with the local areas what we can do to create this tutoring core and it's paid for by federal funds and there is no mandate in the bill to continue what when the federal funds are gone but there is from this of language that if you if the districts want to continue have a way to do so they may do so and I will remind you that under up when we were working on Lake View the most important thing we found in research that we could do to close the gap was tutoring especially one on one tutoring and that's what this bill is designed to do working with higher ad and with. A possible one three season other entities that the schools themselves in the school districts around the state I will take any questions any questions for senator Elliots. Any questions for senator Elliots. Say no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Say nothing really you're recognized because I'm closed Senate is in the cage is closed for the bill transaction going to vote on the bill in its emergency clause. Say no objection I'm center please roll the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill. Answers questions change their vote. Say nine AM secretary please cast a ballot vote thirty four Yeas zero nays the bill and it's emergency clause that passed please transmit to the House. When I take it Senate bill five eighty seven and its emergency clause. Senate bill five eighty seven by Senator Teague. To amend the law concerning the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board and declare an emergency Senator Teague you're recognized Centerville thank you Mr president this may be the best bill this session members. This bill would require EBD to give a report to insurance and commerce in the house and Senate when they make changes to benefits. That's maybe a little over simplification but that's basically what does requires income report to us. When they make a change. I think it makes good sense I appreciate a good vote any questions for Senator Teague. Saying that is there anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. Sensitivity's indicate he's close for the bill is there any objection rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection madam secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators who wish to change their vote on this bill. Anyone wishing to change their vote. Say nine nine secretary please cast at the ballot the voter thirty forty eight zero nine is the bill and it's emergency clause of past please transmit to the House. We now take up Senate bill six twenty by Senator Clark. Senate bill six twenty by Senator Clark. Concerning the electioneering on private property used as a polling place to amend the law concerning polling places in German law concerning electioneering. Senate Clark you're recognized to present your bill Sir. This is very similar to the Senate bill one eighty eight that we passed out of here a couple months ago of it says that on election day polling place will be a polling place that you can election there. put up signs etcetera. and it shall not be private property we did add of that if it's a building if the public polling place is located in a leased building that's part of something sale of multiple buildings it'll be just that building in a reasonable part of the parking lot same thing if it's of if there's multiple acreage it'll be just the place for the polling of places and the parking lot there I'll be happy to take any questions any questions for senator Clark. Any questions Senator Rice recognized for a question. start senate joint certification when you mention a parking here nobody even even with the district spacing this nobody can do any damage to a parking lot like you're driving a hole in the asphalt or something like that no thank you. Any further questions for senator Clark. Senator Teague you're recognized for a question. Sir Clark I'm closer look at this one but. Does it keep somebody who has private property next to the following spot from doing whatever they want to do no okay it is only the. for all purposes a polling place would be like a public place for the they are voting. But I think anybody next door thank you senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you yes further clarifying what Senator Teague said if not my property is less than a hundred feet from the polling place. Will it affected me on my private property. Of. That I think. I'll do my best to answer but I think we need election law person to ensure that I don't think that they're going to be able to allow a polling place where that hundred foot is going to not be on the same property is the answer to that question because because by federal law you can't do anything within that hundred foot. Of. Of that doorway to that polling place of that hundred foot or so I've never seen one. That and I don't I don't see how they could have won that that wasn't the case because the. next door would be private property but this wouldn't affect it either way. Thank. Any further questions Senator Clark. Say no further questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against this bill. Saying nine senator Clark you're recognized closed. I'm close appreciate a good vote Senator Clark still space bills education rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection I'm secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Are there any center's mission to vote or change their vote Senator flowers was is no ours is unknown on my right Senator Chesterfield is present. Any other senators I'm I have regime change their vote. Say ninety my laughter there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote. Any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote saying that ma'am secretary please cast about the voter thirty two yeas one night and one present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I think of Senate bill six twenty six Senate bill six twenty six by Senator Hester concerning bail bond transparency Senator Hester you're recognized to present your bill thank you centers of members of the bill bonds is a important part of our justice system we're just looking for some transparency on it so we can get some data collection we have spent the last two years being passed around from the you know the from the from the court to the county to the prosecutor to the public defender to the sheriff background and everyone no one seems to want to give us any information on the bill once what we're doing here is it's very narrowly defined that if you are using the of you see the the case management software offered by the A. O. C. so only if your court is using that software that we spent millions of dollars on they will they will submit a report on bail bonds to the A. L. C.. Once a year happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Hester. Any questions Senator Hester. Say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. Same manner Senator Hester you closed for your bill. Senator Hester is indicating is closed for the bill transaction run vote on this bill. Saying no objection ma'am secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators wishing to change their vote on this bill Senator Tucker is. Now okay. Are there any questions to vote or change their vote. Senator Sturch is known. Any other Senator wish to vote or change their vote. St nine AM secretary please cast a ballot. The voter thirty three days one nine and zero present the bill has passed please transmit to the House. When I take up Senate bill six twenty nine. Six twenty nine by Senator Irvin to allow a school district that has experienced a decline in average daily membership to receive both declining enrollment funding and special needs needs acylated funding. Centerman you're recognized present your bill. Thank you members this bill allows for those schools that are and. That are and. March twenty one twenty. School that can this is say that eligible schools that are eligible to receive isolated funding can also now receive declining M. enrollment found funding and based on the data from the previous five years the division would pay an additional million one million dollars each year to those districts so this helps your rule school districts to receive by the declining enrollment and special needs isolated funding if they're eligible and the Division is able to make necessary adjustments and this will add to accommodate this and it causes no fiscal impact to the state but it does it's about a million dollars a year through the department of that. Any questions for Senator Irvin. Say no questions is anyone who wish to speak for against this bill. Say nice clothes for your bill yes it's a it's it's a pleasure to as to how far rules schools out and I'm just happy to do that. Senate pose for a bill transaction willing to vote on this bill. Say no objection madam secretary please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any centers which you change their vote on this bill. Any senators wishing to change their vote. Saying that ma'am secretary please cast about though thirty four U. A. zero nine the bill has passed please transmit to the House. We'll be skipping over Senate bill six fifty nine we'll go Senate bill six a okay we're not skipping over I'm sorry senator Wallace will be taking an Senate bill six fifty nine Senate bill six fifty nine by Senator Caldwell to amend the law concerning the northeast Arkansas economic development district any. Senator Wallace you're recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president. Member sometimes it's a good idea to have a second set of eyes looking over someone's shoulder. This bill simply. Says at the northeast Arkansas economic development district. Will be operated by an under the delta center for economic development of Arkansas state university. I want to point out that. The operations of these organizations the planning development shall be solely within the discretion control of local governing Director Senate respective districts. It is not the intent of the General Assembly that anything this up. Chapter creates. Any power or authority or control in any state agency over the management and operation of this organization it's simply a second set us. With that I stand by for your questions any questions Senator Wallace senator rice recognized for a question thank you senator Wallace I'm sorry I did not know you will run to the right and is for senate call while I would resume with you offline Mr there are other planning development districts appear this will set a precedent. that. It's concerning to them if you heard from any of those I have person not heard from any of them well I course I would not have known you were going to run this for Senator call out like me I would I would say that if. Centres read that. It would that would. Come out other district but this allows. I have I have or. That begins in order to run to his or her understanding by thank you. Senator English you're recognized for a question. What's the reasoning for this. I'm planning and development districts pretty much all over the state and the they operate in their own entities hi how come would be better to the economic development thing. You know we. We just fill in in the majority of the centers in that area I feel that there's a need to have other oversized. I'm sorry I couldn't hear you. I'll see again that. The bulk of the centers in this area. I believe that there's just a need for additional oversight. The planning and development districts yes okay right. Any further questions for senator Wallace Senator Solomon. It says that is not the intent of the legislature to Governor take away the power or authority or control system oversight but doesn't take away any of their authority that's been granted to them by law is that correct that's correct the day after this bill goes into effect they will still have the same powers they have before bill just have another set of eyes thank you. Senator sample. You still have questions Senator sample Mr president of. Senator Johnson school speak to the my point and so that would speak to any further questions Senator senator Wallace. Any further questions Senator Wallace saying nine is anyone wish to speak for against the bill. Senator Blake Johnson speaking on the bill. I'm hesitant to to speak against my friend. But I'm going to relay from our the. Our board's position that they're against this bill they are the oversight. as in any planning and development districts and if this is done there's a possibility of grant funding loss. And I will not be voting for this bill thank you. Senator Blake Johnson we accepted questions Senator Irvin. Senator Johnson at one time I represented Randolph County and now you do as well and so at that time years ago I know that they had worked very hard in that area with Greene County to form an intermodal authority. And the fact that at all possibly could possibly could. I just got understood we we have that oversight and yes then we. We can be in those in functions so that. Okay thank you senator Johnson Vice Segar yes Senator Garner recognized. Hi this is I guess my whole. I would assume to be elected to the greeted to agreed upon with the people that are actually taking over are you tell me right now that the people who they're taking over do not want this know that that would be the. This is do they may be agreed upon between the sponsors or or and that party but as far as the board who. And oversees the Northeast Arkansas. They they have not agreed to this and have wrote in a position statement against this. The the the judges and and for some. And so the. The economic development things each one the counties that border controls them right now currently in their shifting the power that board to this. University position whatever I wanna be well it's I mean it's it's a part of the Arkansas state and it would it would it would still be the board and everything would still function as it is but it would just be another layer to another eyes on things that are happening there to East Arkansas because ever everyone of these people that are on the board have the O. R. judge's or Myers thanks they they have their thing going to have the director okay but but the Board overseas you know the financial matters thank you. Any further questions Senator Johnson saying that he spoke against the bill Senator Solomon wish to speak for the bill. It just reinforce thank you Mr president just reinforce what Senator Garner said this doesn't take any authority away from the board is just a second set of eyes matter fact I asked to the the board to send me a list of the projects that we have funded in the last three years and the projects going forward and said with this bill impact any of them and they did not respond to that so I don't think this has any impact on what they do is just a second set of eyes or another set of eyes on what we do thank you thank you Mr president. Senator. Thank you have again this is a local issue with our PDD and we have a number of senators that you've heard that if you talked about this. there will nothing change it's just more oversight I've received a number of complaints from cities that brands have been late getting in that there have been problems with the grants I have had in fielding calls from the granting agencies about some of the work that has been submitted from this PDD if you talk with eighty two they will tell you that they're solid waste district they ran with the tire program. That seventy five percent of the problem calls that they got. Was from this district. Now we're not talking about changing the board we're not changing anything other than putting it under Arkansas state university that delta center and having more oversight. And I don't think he's gonna in danger any grant money but this is something that this group of legislators believe in strongly enough that we'll take responsibility but in this manner this is. And we have local senators expressing some real real concerns about what's going on a date PDD so I would ask you to vote for this. Anyone else. Favor against. Your help center ready closed. Thank you governor. Sometimes I wish I was as eloquent as Joyce Elliott and I can express myself better but members. This bill the day it passes and becomes law. Nothing changes. And the way they operate what does changes there's another set of eyes just overlooking. What goes on within the district with the administration that goes all. And with that I am closing I would ask for a good vote. I said we have an objection to run the vote. Please call the roll my by Senator Ballenger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Yes Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Eight. Elliott. English. Flat. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tague. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Senator Teague you're no Sir take is not all Senator Ballinger is hi Sir Davis esign anyone else. Senator Beckham is anyone else over here. Over here. Cast up the ballot. Sixteen days twelve nice six not voting the bill fails. You senator Wallace. Governor I would like to explain to vote. Motion to expunge all those of favour say aye. Bose. Eisen. Senator Dismang S. B. six eighty. Senate bill six eighty by Senator Dismang to create a tax credit for eligible contributions made to sponsor granting organization of the electric investment in Arkansas kids program Senate is one thing governor and members Senate bill six eighty six created tax credit based scholarship program for K. through twelve students whose household income is at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level the tax credits cannot exceed the entity's tax liability and the entity cannot also receive a charitable contribution when also receiving the credit the program is capped at two million dollars does not contain an accelerator and one impact the lives of roughly two hundred fifty children. If the credit is awarded a can only be carried forward for three years these credits will be awarded on a first come first serve basis and DFA will manage the application of the credits like they do other credits in the state. The scholarships will be administered by scholarship granting organization in exempt students that are currently participating in a similar program and students that are currently at a private institution the scholarships cannot exceed eighty percent of the foundation funding for students applying for kindergarten to eighth grade or ninety percent of the foundation funding for ninety three graduation through the oversight of both scholarship granting organization and the institutions accepting the students this oversight includes annual audits and required annual testing of the participating students further it requires annual disclosure of those testing results. I don't want to get lost in the weeds on this bill this is really not all that complicated I'm simply presenting a bill that allows parents to make decisions that are in the best interest of the children. I'm not presenting this bill to get them public education quite the opposite I am the product of public education I graduated from the high school my mom is a kindergarten teacher my dad was a school principal. I believe that in most cases public schools are the best place for a child however I do know that it that is not always the case and one thing to keep in mind if everything is going well and every students needs are being met at a public school there will not be a single kid leave. I know each of you on a personal level and you know my story and I think I'm you know why I'm here presenting this bill today. I also know that you do anything in the world to ensure that your your children are afforded the opportunities needed to succeed. You have that ability because you have the means others are not as fortunate in that it that shouldn't mean that we should turn a blind eye to their particular situation. Put yourself in a parent she uses child struggling whose child is in crisis or approaching crisis. And again it's not that simple I mean it's not that complicated it's simple. This is about allowing parents to make decisions for the children. Four children are not the property at public schools all kids are any and and their needs are unique all parents deserve to have the opportunity to invest change shape their child's future. This bill is not the end of public education it's just the beginning for two hundred fifty families. Experiences matter situations matter opportunities matter and with that I'd be happy to take any questions any questions for the senator. Senator Elliot. Senate. When the succeed scholarship was created. It would to serve a hundred students I just just alone and each time we show up here and we continue to add money to it is there are some Sure this won't do the same kind of thing just keep growing. No I'm not I can't provide the insurance that will keep growing this particular program as this bills written today is a two million dollars again that's about two hundred fifty kids that I I can't predict what the next you know General Assembly to do and I think you know as as well as I do that I I'm I believe there's more than two hundred fifty kids the need to have a choice and I I don't I'm not bashful about a minute now and and and your decision to create this rather than tried for a succeeds Scholarship is driven by like what instead of this I mean I don't lease acceptance of this chamber I mean I look to again I I believe that there should be some choice an opportunity for these kids I believe there are situations that these kids need to have the ability to move to transfer out of that school and have another place the size just simply homeschooling I feel like this is the best path to to achieve the vote I would be more than happy next session if you would like to to go ahead and have into a percent or below the federal poverty level added to the succeed scholarship I didn't feel like that was palatable that's reason I have this bill today well I I was an and when you and I talked I just didn't think to ask you this question I distancing to ask this question because if if we already have something that could have been used under I'm already kind of concerned about what we already happened so I just think about in terms of adding another pathway it's not as if I'm against anybody have no choice but obviously I care very much about whether or not we are encroaching on the school public find so much that it becomes compromised thank you for answering my questions and I think one big difference between the succeed in this is that this isn't created an additional line in our essays so there's nothing three point three million that was allocated prior to I don't believe there's actually been engrossed any growth in that moneys three point three million again for this year and so there was some discussion that that that is a direct use of public funds I believe this is a bit different because it's on the outside of that and allows for the scholarships for people to contribute make you know these contributions and allow the scout scholarships to occur thank you for your answers. Thank you so much. This is sharing thank you senator Dismang for taking my question tell me why I would not testify this is about your bill I can hear you sorry. Tell me why this would not be is this is not just a another Ballinger being. I well I believe it's a scholarship bill I'm in my opinion about your bill would be essentially the succeed scholarship that that would be directly using state funds managed by the State administered by the state I think that would be the did you know the different chase between the two but. And it was classified as a doctor right well this is state tax credits just like we have many other credits in the in the state tax code that are being utilized in to create the scholarships a little bit to differentiation but I understand what you're saying. Any other questions. It was we speak against. For. Search close. There's closing objection wrote about. Please call the roll. Yes please call the roll do not roll Ballinger. That. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Eighty. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. I Mark Johnson. Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace anyone wish to vote or change their vote Senator Hickey aye. Anyone else. Senator Wallace hi anyone else about the Phoenician cast the ballot. Eads was. She saw him. President you gotta okay as of about twenty five Yeas six days one present. Two not voting the bill is passed transmit to the House or dis main is recognized. You wish to be recognized there. Thank you members I've tried in this just a second ago and mess it up a little bit wouldn't quite have the amendment in place but so again house bill fourteen ninety nine is in committee there was an adoption of amendment there which means you know would take two days I once it's on our floor to you know get to the final vote so what I'd like to do is suspend the rules extract the house bill fourteen ninety nine to four with The Amendment. And have the amendment gross to send it back and then I'll make a motion to send it back to committee if that's okay so. Okay. We're all in one motion we'll have a repeated just so everybody knows what's involved in this motion I move that we suspend the rules to bring house bill fourteen ninety nine to the floor with the amendment for the person purpose of engrossment and then to send back to the Committee after it is engrossed someone that ballpark. Yeah. What is required twenty four. Twenty four votes you for the motion all any questions follows whatever say aye. This. Motion carried. Amendment to the house bill fourteen ninety nine. This is an agreed to minute with prosecutors just required from member now it just it is specifically stated that the local entities were in charge of full. At the hiring of the local coordinator in that they must consult with A. C. A. C. prior to doing so. The Amendment. Any questions on the amendment. All those of favour say aye. Follows. Is have it members adopted. Hence the ones back in. Okay we're good for now. You get the next bill insert House Bill. You go away on that okay. This item at the desk you Miss corn well the house of representatives respectfully requests the return to the House of house bill eleven fifty six. Zhanshan. Fite. While the House respectfully requests the return of house bill sixteen forty one. submitted. The House. Without objection. Thirteen seventy four by representative Collins in Senator Dismang to amend the law concerning which sales by charitable organizations are exempt from sales and use tax and to amend the cat criteria to determine when the sale by a committee of. A charitable organization competes with the sale for not for profit business. Senator is recognized. Thank you governor this is this bill it increases the number of events that a nonprofit can have in one given year from three to ten as you know we've been in the pandemic a lot of these events have not occurred in there's anticipation that they'll be more vents trying to be held inside a given year and whatever when I mean by that that extends it out before they have to start charging sales tax on items that they are selling at the at the event begin with that is back at about a sixty nine thousand dollar revenue impact in twenty twenty two and ninety four thousand dollars in revenue impact in twenty twenty three we have to take any questions any questions anyone would speak against four centers closed. A projection on the boat. The role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Cast up the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero days bills passed return to the House Senator Ballinger then Senator Leding end Senator Stubblefield. Thirteen ninety eight by representative pens on Senator Ballinger to provide for volunteer voluntary passed adoption contract agreements. Senator Ballinger thank you Mr president what this bill does is set up a mechanism to to create a formal agreement enforceable agreement to something that is happening some now anyway so in a private adoption setting up your bill just like this the deal with public adoptions carried by Senator Clark this would only apply to private options but if both parties want to be able to remain in contact and have a have an agreement about what that Instagrammers about what that contact looks like it allows them to do that have the court approved happy to answer any questions about it. The question about that when we speak against for for centers closed any objection one vote. These rollover Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Ours is president Senator flowers present anyone else cast of about thirty three eight zero nine is one present Bills pastor of the House Senator Leding. House Bill fourteen twenty two by representative Perry to amend the authority of alcoholic beverage control board. Thank you president calling to bring this is a courtesy provision Perry agency bill that comes at the request of the director if you look at it seats real shortage of striking a little bit a language in order to clarify that the director of enforcement is the one what sole enforcement for oversight authority over the enforcement agents came out of the house by a wide margin and to my knowledge there was no opposition in city county local on our end though some on the committee correct me if I'm wrong. I would appreciate a good vote any questions anyone wish to speak against for centers close any objection on the boat. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone which change their vote or vote. Cast up the ballot thirty three eight zero nays bills passed for the House senator. Shares recognize Senator Hickey I'd like to recognize for motion. Of members I'd like to make the motion that we remove the plexiglass after today so that that'll come down and we will Not have it for the rest of the session. That's my most. Many questions all of the players say aye. Those. Close the eyes have it. Plexiglass is been defeated. Thank you so. Senator. Stubblefield. House bill fourteen sixty three by representative Hans to clarify the law concerning full regulation or of residential building design. Recognized thank you Mr thank you governor House Bill fourteen sixty three six simply of allow cities to make certain things a less restrictive back in the not a two thousand nineteen we passed a bill that was active now I. Six it prohibited a lot of design regulations this bill simply enables the city council to pass an ordinance of. To relax some of those design restrictions that were put on back then in the search for smaller construction project so the city can carve out some of those things and really make it less of a burden on them no no opposition uniform rules stay the same just the result in less restriction regulation I appreciate a good vote any questions for the senator. Anyone we speak against four Senator has walked away injection on the vote please rolled up Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you always change their vote. The cast of the ballot thirty four EA zero days bills passed return to the House. The last page. Senator Ingram all is not in the. Chamber so we'll go on to Senator Davis. This requires twenty four votes. There's gonna be Senator Eads Senator Bledsoe Senator Blake Johnson has fifteen seventeen representative board and Senator Davis to create the voter integrity and voter registration modernization act of twenty twenty one to allow electronic voter registration to amend the Arkansas constitution amendment fifty one and to amend the duties of the secretary of state. Sir David will go to Senator Ingram after this thanks and thank you. This bill allows online voter registration under very narrow specific circumstances it only allows it if you've done business with the DMV. So if you're filling out a form online and you've not done business with the DMV it stops you you cannot proceed. If you are filling out the form and begin to fill it out incorrectly it also stops you and you cannot proceed you could not submit an incorrect and voter registration application and under this bill. It creates huge efficiencies for county clerks currently and the DMV if your answer to that they're they send it over in a file to our county clerks and their not checked for accuracy or anything so you have people who think that they register to vote and filled out their form incorrectly checked the wrong box and they are never and registered to vote because there form was incorrect and no one called to let him know so this ensure that that doesn't happen and then it ensures that are seventy five county clerks are not and going through incomplete incorrect voter registration forms. Once registered it does not automatically approve your voter registration form it says that it is still pending and it will be pending for thirty days for address verification that's exactly what we do with mail and paper voter registration ballots there's a thirty day waiting period for address verification this does the exact same thing nothing is automatically approved. It also cleans the voter rolls before every election it and matches with that master death file with the Social Security Administration and can also use other means and to match to ensure that our voter rolls are updated and and clean that. This bill has joined an integrated system with other states that compares voter histories voter registration lists and other states to ensure the accuracy of our roles to identify any address changes to prevent duplications of voter registration in one or more other states and to determine voter eligibility of the people who are on our roles. This bill prevents the Secretary state from promulgating rules a hundred and an within a hundred eighty days of a federal election so they cannot promise promulgate emergency rules before an election this means that if you want to register to vote online two weeks out before the election there's nothing that can go on where the secretary state can say you're automatically registered to vote they are not allowed to do that under this bill. This bill also ensures that the legislature is provided with annual reports on the accuracy of our voter rolls so we get to see what it actually looks like when we go through the process of cleaning up voter rolls which we don't currently do not in this way is actually a very good conservative way to allow people to register online while ensuring the accuracy of our voter registration files for the state of Arkansas. So members despite the messages you've been receiving the tax the emails the phone calls of people telling you an completely false and inaccurate information about this bill. I want you to know that that information's being pushed out by a single special interest group it was not known for presenting policy an entry for manner if you look at this bill and go through it line by line and you'll see that it is a great narrow way to allow people to register to vote online it protects the integrity of our voter registration process and ensures that we have accurate up to date voter registration rolls and I think that's important to every single one of us in this room. This bill that just come up this session it wasn't just an idea that representative Boyd or myself thought of this is something that represented Boyd turned into an interim study last session he's been working closely with the secretary of state's office for a year and a half on this to see how other states do it and deterrent to determine the best most safe and secure way we can do it here in the state of Arkansas so please know this been a process that we've worked on for a very long time to come to the bill that we have today with that I'm happy to answer any questions. Clark. Does this stop you from registering to vote with them being. No Sir so it didn't stop those inaccuracies if it's an actor. Well I think the DMB can just pointing to this website and then they can register their through this portal. Okay so it will actually create at agencies for the D. and B. as well as our county clerks and so in the all the act the inaccuracies except for that you talk about clean up could all those things been done without online registration. And I honestly if you have noticed that the of the people of the of the have extra time to sit down side by side and go through and make sure everything's correct then and I don't think so like what this does is if you're registering online and you fill out something incorrectly it stops you you cannot go any further but what we have now are humans filling it out and maybe checking the wrong box maybe not and they don't know they turn it in thinking it's correct and no one's calling them to let them know it is in fact incorrect and that they're not registered to vote but we could have a law that says that once we receive your registration we either send you a voter registration card or a letter saying that you're registration was incomplete or incorrect and you're not really sure what we could do that right and if you would like to draft a bill that puts that workload on or county clerk's you could do that okay thank you thank you. We speak again. For service closed. Yes members again this is a good clean secure way to register to vote online through a very narrow path and I've spoken with many of you says representative void and hopes that you all understand and the issue and the intent and the actual wording of the bill to understand what it actually does and with that I ask for a good vote thank you. Any objection or the vote we do have an objection please call the roll the wheel goes Senator Ingram that Ballinger. That. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. You. He said. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Step. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tague. Tucker. Wallace. Wallace. Wish to vote or change their vote anybody over here. Senator Blake Johnson on anybody else. The over here Senate dismaying no anybody else. backing NO. Some Bledsoe no Senator flowers is I. Flowers I. Sir walls. Cast up the ballot. Eighteen eighty eight thirteen days the bill needed twenty four and fails senator thank you session expunged. All those of favour say aye. Aye ayes have it motions carried the vote is expunged Ingram. Fourteen sixty seven by representative Wardlaw to repeal the Arkansas lifeline individual verification effort Corporation Act. Thank you governor please. You senator you know you know of Senator Davis is talk about all that hazardous food I had a friend in the Senate is X. Y. said all the things she cook or hazardous set it up they were only family in the neighborhood prayed after the eight instead of before. The Arkansas lifeline individual verification effort cooperation was created in two thousand and five and it was set up for rural telephone companies that were less than fifteen thousand of the thing work rate the program was a big success in two thousand and nineteen federal legislation was past and instead of doing this by states in two thousand twenty this was taken over by the federal government so all this bill does is it is of it because the lab is an official state corporation it has no member's any longer the bill will delete the alive legislation from the code allowing the entity itself to dissolve I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions. What we speak against four centers closed. Injection rowing the boat lease roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyways change their vote. The cast of about thirty forty eight zero nays bills passed turn to the House senator the house bill fifteen eighteen by representative Penzo and Senator Eads to amend the law concerning the creation of a trust Intermin the law concerning a power of attorney as it relates to the creation and levitate of a trust. So recognized thank you Mr president I colleagues this a bill doesn't of three different things in the main thing is that amends the uniform power of attorney act relating to the area of trust first thing it does is the addition of the word create as an optional express power currently the ability to amend remote revoked or terminated trusts and this adds the ability to create secondly it amends the actual statutory form for creating a trust using the power of attorney to add the word create in their to go along again with amend revoke or terminate and finally the bill amends Arkansas trust code to make sure there's no inconsistency between the two acts if the trust were created by an agent pursuant to the power of attorney in Assam stop gaps and in some backstops for a potentially to stop any kind of bad actors anything that another place and codes that doesn't address that specifically here the main thing this does give families the so flexibility when they're dealing with potential changes in tax code related to estate and gift taxes this give them flexibility to be able to create the trust within using the power of attorney and I would be able to answer any questions or questions anyone we speak against four centers close any objection or the vote. These rules Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it always change their vote. Cast the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nice bills passed Turner House senator Bledsoe it is required for twenty four vote for fifteen twenty five by representative Lundstrum and senator Bledsoe concerning unlawful possession transportation and use of medical marijuana. Surplus. Thank you Mr president ladies and gentlemen this is a House bill fifteen twenty five in the law and for law enforcement in the distributed distributors have worked very hard to come together to make this bill clear fair and easy to follow there were some things in the amendment that to which Amendment ninety eight that were clear and it costs a lot of confusion with law enforcement and the distributors and we feel like this is claims that the but if you would look sent one or just the day definitions section one B. tells what is unlawful in it starts off what it is unlawful for a person to knowingly use medical marijuana through inhalation in a place prohibited under the Arkansas medical marijuana amendment at twenty sixteen Arkansas constitutional ninety eight and here are just a many but not all of the examples in a public place on school grounds daycare preschool grants university grants public transportation in a community center operating or riding in a motor vehicle aircraft or watercraft in a drug or alcohol treatment center to name a few. And then if you would look at. B. two it says. That transport medical marijuana it is it It go back to it is unlawful for a person knowingly to transport medical marijuana in an amount greater than five ances and listen then it goes on into the exceptions but that doesn't mean you can't have in your home more I can't him a. More than five ounces this is just about transporting. And then of go down to three a. Transport medical marijuana from another state into Arkansas and currently it is a federal violation to transport marijuana in any other form across state lines in any form across state lines however minor amounts being brought from Oklahoma or another state or not being investigated or prosecuted medical marijuana from Oklahoma is not only a violation of federal law it is in direct competition with Arkansas just dispensaries and it is a conflict with the Arkansas controlled substance act and then go to see a violation I'm sorry yes see a violation of this section is a Class C. misdemeanor before there was no teeth in this and so when you violated the law there was nothing that could be done so this just put some teeth into that and I'd be glad to answer some questions Senator Ingram. And then Centerville. If you look at the Page two starting with the line for transfer transport medical marijuana. It it's gonna take a lot of trucks to haul from the cultivator to the for the to the and five ounces at the time to the dispensary. Of. That is that I would think that's a problem here well it says unless unless the person is employed by a cultivation facility or dispensary license by the license by the medical marijuana commission and is in possession of a valid registration identification card issued by the alcohol beverage control division you are aware that you have cultivators you have dispensaries and then you have the trucking it separate from either of those. There's three parts to the marijuana they there there's the cultivator there is the trucking company and there is the dispensary and so the way I read this the trucking company is not an employee of the cultivator nor is it a of an employee of the dispensary so if the ward transporter was in there with that work for you I think you have to identify the cause the transportation port of it just like you did the cultivator and and the dispensary what it took a transporter the ward was left out and we had a Robin Lundstrum sept representative Lundstrum has worked with someone who was concerned about that but they had an agreement that she would handle that in another section. But doing either an amendment to are doing so I can't remember exactly what she said that that was discussed and I looked it up and I couldn't remember exactly what the word was but they agreed together with this over here for third and final passage in. Her announcmenet that all on the C. D. All right Darlene Chandler. one and at the transporter. To be placed in B. two F. to dispensary. One it added transporter. Licensed by but she has agreed to wait so she and representative Lundstrum worked that out. But it's not in this bill I mean are we voting on final passage here. I T. one let me just pull this bill down and I'll try again tomorrow thank you. Page B. fifteen sixteen. Six. Fifteen sixty by representative Christiansen to amend the law concerning the removal or mobilization or unintended or other or abandoned vehicles. Thank you members this the title sounds a lot more ominous and what it is is agreed point towers is requires all total vehicles used for commercial purpose shall be permitted through Arkansas towing recovery board preserving safety and insurance requirements for all commercial total vehicles the lowers the the registration regulations on consent only and and it lowers registration fee for those consent on ways to twenty five dollar fee it retains a hobbyist. Towers right where if you have your own vehicle you can go and tell your your mother or your cousins vehicle or are told them without any anything being you called a total for it to the non consent towing for law enforcement private property removal will not be impacted by this and it moves of the repossession of the. Of the total vehicles in towing into its own category out of the consent category that's what it does not appreciate a good vote any questions when we speak against four centers closed in junction one of a. These role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace no one was injured vote. The cast of the ballot thirty forty eight zero nice Bills pastoral Hauser Hammer. Fifteen eighty to represent Hodges doctor as a multi year license or registration for physician by the are about the Arkansas State Medical Board. Sturch Tucker you needed. This is. Yes Senator hammer Senate agree you need to be recognized okay. Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president a good bill brought by representative Hodges basically what it does is allow for a medical doctor position to be able to get the license every two years or renewal every two years instead ever every year glad to answer any questions you quite. They were wish to be together for Senator to. I'm sorry my question though a different bill. By Paul does thank you. Yeah. Thank you president wondering why two years one out three or for a lifetime. Thank this is just what they worked out and everybody was on board everybody was happy with that I'm not really sure why we pride ourselves working come back next time and try to take a bigger problem in favor okay thank you thank you any other questions anyone we speak against four centers close close thank you injection one vote. His role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured voter. Cast up the ballot thirty forty eight zero days Bills passenger in the House senator Bledsoe so let the issue is. Sixteen ninety nine The representative all to create the Arkansas legislature study on mental and behavioral health. Thank you Mr president may have better luck with this you will. Let's talk about it it's a study ladies and gentleman. And it creates the Arkansas Legislative study on mental and behavior health and I think it's timely. Of the first few lines say that the Senate public health committee in the house public health committee will meet to conduct the study it says that we will call the first meeting within sixty days of the effective date of this act and that we will meet at least one time every two months and the purpose of this study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the mental health and behavior health resources and care currently available in the state of Arkansas and to recommend legislation to the General Assembly for consideration during the twenty twenty third. Regular session it also has a sensitive which is on or before December first twenty twenty two Senate and house committee shall file with the Legislative Council a final rent read written report on their activities findings and recommendations and upon filing the Arkansas Legislative study on mental behavior health shall be complete I'm glad to answer any questions or. Wish to be together for centers closed there's close injection on the vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote. Cast about thirty forty eight zero nine Bills pastoral house Health. Seventeen eighteen there were several instruments Senator Hill to amend provisions of the Arkansas trust code concerning creditor claims against property held his spendthrift and discretionary trust. Senator thank you Sir. Colleagues all this does is that the limited power appointment to a trusted currently have the general performance just add this to it. Real simple bills those kind of a a cleanup bill Nye's without taking questions. Yes the question Senate bill. I guess everybody understands this sort of thing better than me so when you have unlimited power of appointment. You have for a general part when the limited power of appointment is there how does one determine when that limited power expire the limited means exactly what it what it say aye I'm on read you what what they can similar on that. It says that the bill is to help I'm going to be beneficiary of point property held in a trust in a way that it doesn't trigger state tax imposed. Which is limited to what you can do with it save your given please property to a charity in this limited in specific what you can do okay so it is not directly to that and it also passed who's allowed to do it okay it's not limited into as determined by the purpose of. Whatever it is right yes it's okay guys right there thank you. Finally speak against for for Senator has closed any objection rolling the vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty four yeah zero nays bills passed return to the house Senator Clarke Tucker. Of Little Rock seventeen twenty one by representative Gazaway Senator Tucker to be known as the Arkansas Phoenix active twenty twenty one concerning the statute of limitations for certain offenses and concerning the training given to law enforcement officers for situations in which domestic violence inspected Tucker thank you for your families here. Thanks yes not to be recognized that there yes Sir Senate so they couldn't get enough that's right on by that's right Senator Tucker I was hoping to modify Senator Hickey is motion about the plexiglass because see I sit directly in front of senator garner and I was hoping we could just leave that one section in place. He said that in his motion. Warren senator garner I was going to do something that Intel on what. While we're on that. The Clerk said that these down here will will stay and so in any event I think this one is supposed to state. We'll take the device. I will protect you all from us senator. Thank you thank you governor this is a good bill that's designed to help victims of domestic violence and it really does two things the second piece is simpler so I'll address that first that just puts more training in the place for law enforcement to to be able to recognize the massive violence when and where it happens and we've visited with a secretary Jamie cook in the department of public safety and they're fully on board with all of that language at the first piece of the bill. It allows a statute of limitations to be revived in the case of crimes of domestic violence the reason is because unlike virtually any other crime a victim of domestic violence is frequently still under the control of the their abuser. and they're frequently in a position where they're too afraid to come forward to report their crime and in many cases a victim of domestic violence The only sensually get free of their abuser and feel comfortable coming for to report their crime after the statute of limitations has already expired so what this bill does is in the case of a felony it allows a statue limitations to be revived for up to five years after the original statute has expired and it's the same process for misdemeanor but three years instead of five years under certain circumstances the first condition for any of it is. That the alleged crime cannot have been reported to law enforcement or prosecuting attorney before if that's the case the statute cannot be revived because in that case the crime was already reported the first time in it defeats the purpose of what we're trying to do here so the condition for all of it is it hasn't been reported to law enforcement or prosecuting attorney previously and then the second piece is one of four circumstances has to be present. One is DNA evidence sufficient to charge the defendant the second is the state becomes aware of audio video recording other written or electronic communication like a text message that proves OR is at least sufficient to charge a defendant of a domestic violence crime the third circumstances if the defendant confesses and the fourth is if three or more persons also victimized by the defendant a president consistent and similar evidence of of other types of domestic crime so so that's what it does we're aware of a case another state where a victim came forward after the statute had expired and she did so because she learned that there were several other victims by the same perpetrator. and so that this is seeking to address this unique problem with crimes of domestic violence where the victims are often under the influence and control of those who are abusing them give them a period of time to break free of that abuse control before they have to come forward to report crimes so that's what the bill does that be happy to answer any questions enquire. You know we get for surgical appreciate given thank you Jackson brought about. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nice bills passed returned to the house you need. Are you seeking my attention Sir Bledsoe. Okay Senator hammer house bill seventeen thirty six by representative fireman Senator Hammer to amend the law concerning the rights of the juvenile to remain in foster care after re after reaching the age of majority forever thank you Mr president the representative firms bill does one great simple thing if a child is eighteen and ages out of foster care and decides at the age of eighteen that they want to try to go out on their own but yet when they get out on their own they decide that is best for them to come back because they don't have that support what this bill does is allow them to to go directly to DHS and asked DHS to be admitted back into the foster care program without having to go before the judge which can take many months in order to get it heard we all know that these a young adults can be in a vulnerable place and so this shortens the process in order to get him back into our care where we can give them all the support services that they need it's a great bill and I would appreciate a good vote I'll be glad to answer any questions any questions anyone wished Senator Sturch. Thank you Mr president Senator Hammer I want to ask is it then at the H. S. I guess as it always is in which family they're placed with or is it if it is then for them to go back to the family that they aged out hi. Would you give it one more try be able to hear you better mark but right now having trouble one more try I guess what I'm getting at is what are we doing or how the process work to see that young person goes back to the same family that they were with previously is it back to DHS to make that determination or if I'm dishonest assume then that most would be more comfortable going back to the same family that they aged out right and my understanding is that as far as much as they can resume normalization before that but I understand that they've got up to twenty one before you know they're just totally completely aged out so if it's a year after they turn eighteen it's probably a question of the availability of that family I'm sure there'd be a willingness but then they're also organizations and it just left me Eric runs it over on Roosevelt immerse where there are other opportunities for them to get that support service but I I I would think that DHS would want to do everything they could if that's the foster child desire. There's nothing that would prohibit that let me put it that way thank you. Anyone else anyone we speak against and for. Search close circle appreciate a good vote any objection on the vote. These robots Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You wish to change their vote. Cast about thirty forty eight zero nays bills passed through the house Senator Bledsoe. First thank you Mr president but first I would like to refer re referred house bill fifteen twenty five back to the egg Committee purpose of amendment for the motion. All the favor say aye. Against. I have a motion is carried bill we referred referred to a bunch of right. Yeah. Yes. She did she had a motion but she's also H. B. seventeen thirty nine. Seventeen thirty nine by representative for Lundstrum Senator Bledsoe concerning the violation of a no contract order issued by a court in relation to certain offenses including sex trafficking related and terroristic threatening offense. Thank you. Thank you Mr president ladies and gentleman house bill seventeen thirty nine is just another tool in the toolbox to use against this sex trafficking and other offenses you look at the line thirty six of the first page it's a court may issue a no contact order under this section in addition to any other conditions of release from custody that is imposed by the court if and it goes through a list of things if the person is charged with one or more of the following offenses terroristic threats threatening trafficking of persons false imprisonment in the first degree our it appears that there exists a danger that a defendant will commit a serious crime seek to intimidate a witness otherwise unlawfully interfere with the orderly administration of justice and that's exactly what this bill does. Create a good vote and I'll be glad to answer any questions Senator Rapert you're recognized thank you senator Bledsoe if you can hear me okay. I'm definitely for the bill but and I don't know if you can speak to this or if maybe someone that was a committee can speak to this. I just wanna make sure that this is not altering the different reasons why they can issued a no contact order in the first place of managing the dress code has been taken out and put in place because it talks about In thirty six on page one the court may issue a no contact order under this section in addition to any other condition of release from custody that is opposed by the court. In this is if so you put this if it near and you've you've got the terrorist threat the trafficking false imprisonment it said or a. So I was wondering is there anybody that might stand and ask a question maybe the chairman or somebody or someone that could tell me I just wanted to make sure that we're insuring that this is not at all altering the other reasons that they can issue a no contact order and again without knowing the full section that that's my question I don't know Senator Clark chairman Cllr anybody remembers what was said about that big because it spooks me by only saying that because I'm absolutely for the bill I just wanted to know if anybody had asked that question. Well let me just say this that to. You know this is really in addition to. A bill this bill you as you see that FCRA only new language in the bill and I am making an an assumption but this is just like I said another tool in the toolbox to use against things like this so it should say this was the prosecuting attorneys for the bill Association I do not know whether that is true or not and not only well my only question is I've just wondering if anybody can speak to it can anybody speak to that Sir Sir Clark is supposed to come down come on down to the well. Okay. I'll repeat the question then maybe Senator could ask questions included comments okay because I'm absolutely for the bill if it for the reason specify but it startled me when I saw that section because it it removed and says the court says in addition to any other condition of release from custody this imposed by the court if in its tracks if there because if it is left padded if it it just simply sit there appears to be exists a danger the defendant will commit again. I'm just trying to find out if this is interrupting the ability to do a no contact order for any reason. So maybe I get an answer here while you're moving on here senator but the the bottom line is this I know how important this is in my family is experienced this and I would not want there to be a situation unintentionally were somehow removed abilities thank you and the reason for the bill was to enhance into a. Make stronger that particular portion that you're talking about and I think it does that and if it. You know again This Is representive lunch students building she has worked tire tirelessly on sex trafficking and terroristic threatening so I would. You know I would think that it may be time you got your answer all right thank you any other questions. At. Four centers close nine closed gesture on the vote. The role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone which change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nice bills pastor of the House Senator Clark. House seventeen forty one by representative Lundstrum and senator Clark concerning conditions of release on bail for persons arrested for human trafficking related offenses. House bill seventy forty one is a. serious bill of that requires that if you are arrested and held for human trafficking and related offenses that is to the normal ten percent cash bond you have to pay fifty percent cash bond of plus there are other restrictions including medical monitor of. I'll be happy to take any questions. Any questions anyone wish to. Speak against for for centers closed. The question hours. Yes senator Clark don't have the book deal pulled out but I recall that it had a provision in there I think that provided for the weapons of that. Individual defendant. To be relinquished to a third party. Is that correct correct that's on Page two lines nine and ten. So what type of criteria is established is the court ordering who the weapon would be relinquished. If if this person is released on bail yes. So the court would determine who is going to hold this person is what. That would be my understanding yes flowers. I don't see that clearly stated in that bill and that's a concern because. I mean. You would want to know who who's getting some weapons from some individual that has been accused of trafficking. Yes I understand it's a flowers with of the judges the prosecutors of eccentric dot raise concern about that point up till now. Thank you. You're welcome have a questions and when we speak against her for centers closed and closed appreciate a good vote any objection one of a. Please hold while Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wishing to change their vote. Cast a vote Senator Tucker not voting anyone else. Cast a ballot. Thirty three eight zero nine one not voting to bills passed return to the House Senator Dismang. House bill seventeen forty three by Senator by Senator Dismang and represented five to amend the digital product in motion picture in industry development act of two thousand nine. Senate is one. Thank you governor member's house bill seventeen forty three seeks to amend the state's current film tax incentive to allow productions the choice to apply for either a tax rebate or transferable tax credit this change provides the state flexibility in the types of incentives we offer to attract investments into Arkansas the bill caps the amount of the tax credits that the state can issue four million dollars per year that's the historical average has been issued in rebates and that's so that's what was utilized by DFA to ensure that it was revenue neutral the bill was the substance of this is incentive remains largely unchanged the total gold simplifying the application process and ensuring that there's per predictability for those that are wishing to do that that to conduct business in the state so those incentives so the first there's twenty twenty percent incentive for qualified expenditures that the same as a current law two percent reinstate hires that seems a current law there's an additional ten percent for veteran hires that's new and there's an additional ten percent for qualified expenditures with me injured majority owned veteran businesses I'd be happy to take any questions in fact we actually have right now a hallmark movie Senator Hickey I'm sure you're pretty excited about that it's being a show in Long I just just pulled up on Facebook there's quite a few folks out there enjoying that but with that we should be good vote creating questions any questions about. There is a provision in the bill for to exceed the four million dollars using rainy day funds correct that's right so it's traditionally what we have right now we did have a big project here in state when they filmed us but two years ago and I'm I'm trying to take the stand up in Northwest Arkansas course that was a boon for the local economy there the governor would have the ability for those larger projects to go in a considerable was happening issue a large rebate which would actually come before us for release just like protective any other any other questions you wish to speak against for centers close any objection on the vote please rollover. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace they always change their vote. K. Senator Beckham is present. Cast up the ballot thirty three eight zero nine one present the bill is passed return to the House senator Hammer in this has an emergency clause. Seventeen seventy nine by representative what would and Senator Hammer concerning the general educational emanation of unused and unnecessary positions for the budgets of state agencies and declaring emergency. Thank you Mr president as you all know represented within its been focused on the vacant positions and the summary what this bill does is OPM identifies all positions of state agencies that been vacant for two years or more provides a report of those positions A. L. C. or J. B. C. that identify positions to be frozen may not be filled during the interim agencies may identify certain frozen positions bring for LC and request that they be unfrozen and approved to be filled during the interim position positions that are identified by OPM is vacant for two years or more and are not approved to be used during the interim will automatically be shown as positions to be eliminated during the next budget hearing cycle and agencies met in file the positions during the interim there are no longer required by the agency in question exertions be frozen for the remainder of the fiscal year as shown as positions not requested at the next budget hearing your budget cycle and Creech within A. L. C. H. subcommittee at the discretion of a see that a look at creating ways to increase efficiency and transparency in state budgeting process through the elimination of unnecessary positions will be glad to answer questions any questions Senator Mark Johnson. Thank you Mr chairman Senator Hammer I seem to recall there was some and I will call a controversy but I questions about if you remove those positions from the budget. Then there's it would increase. That that those agencies were paying personal services match for those positions even if they weren't field and therefore we might see some domino effect related to A. B. D. and some things like that could you help me clarify that in my mind sure and that's one reason that representative witness chosen go the direction and working with all PM and and DFA is to make sure that this is going to be the planes going to come in for softer Leding give budget because if any positions are eliminated then it'll it will have a direct impact is first health costs because the state pays a portion and also we B. D. so this is not on the surface initially doing away with any of those positions but it does set into motion for it to happen that'll be during the budget cycle so that we have played time prepare for. So I did understand that correctly that for clarification to everybody taxpayers what people watch it is going. We the agency's high personal services match park including insurance the state side for the position whether it's not filled at least we're moving away from that and being a little bit more transparent on it but that is the status quo is that correct yes yes and just to clarify the. To give you the answer to the question I think you're driving toward and that is is this is been a cans being kicked down the road for a long time and we talk about budget positions vacant positions but everyone of those have a cost associated with it because it helps each one has to have that matching rate you're talking about included in it so so in answer to question yes okay thank you senator Hammer thank you Mr president. I speak against. For service closed I just like to make a statement closing this is the process to begin that discussion and so as we do take a look at other areas like you B. D. in the insurance and all that this is a necessary discussion to have and it it prepares a way in which we can take it up during the budget cycle having gotten good information and and be able to factor that into your next budget cycle. A good vote any objection on the vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Was injured voter Chesterfield president Senator Teague. No. President Senator Dismang president. Anyone else Senator Hickey not voting anyone else Senator Elliot is present. Casts up the ballot two twenty ninety eight one day. Three present the bill is passed. Return to the House. Service. Thank you make a motion to send a House bill fourteen ninety nine back to Judiciary Committee. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen ninety nine representative find compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Judiciary. Good. Well that was a motion all those in favor say aye. Closed eyes have a motion. Senator mark Johnson. House Bill eighteen oh two received Lowery to amend the law concerning unfair practices related to residential real estate repair contracts and to prohibit a promise to pay or to rebate an insurance policy deductible under a residential real estate repair contract. Sir John. Thank you Mr president I'm hoping Celeste time I have to bring this gizmo down to the well with the plastic being gone tomorrow so I apologize to everyone who I have trouble hearing you but I will if you have questions already Tucker alternate of House Bill eighteen eight eighteen oh two a prohibits re baiting of deductibles by repair contractors on on property insurance claims is generally talking about roofing claims of. This is a bill that is supported by the insurance department the national association of mutual insurance companies and they represent over half the property casualty insurers in the state of Arkansas plus the national insurance crime bureau of deductibles. The server important purposes holding an insurance costs and courage appropriate policyholder behaviour rebate deductibles another means of avoiding the payment of deductibles as a workaround of the contract and ultimately costs all policy holders more by raising the cost of repairs and incentivizes improper behavior by the contractors typical situation go this way insurance carrier determines that the roofing repair would be say ten thousand dollars. And would process a payment to the insured for nine thousand at the ten thousand less the thousand dollar deductible but they send it into payments the church occur would send six thousand that whole three thousand back or or one third of it for recoverable depreciation. That be all payable upon receipt of an invoice from the roofing contractor that the total job of two was to is ten thousand dollars but they actually do the job for nine thousand in cover the deductible for the insurer this type of transaction was is considered to be an unfair trade practice by the roofing contractor. Now the following statement. Would be provided to the customer in a contract or estimate if a roofing job repair is over a thousand dollars in cost and I will quote the language has been twelve point time. State law requires a person insured under property insurance policy to pay any deductible applicable to the claim made under the policy is a violation of state law for a seller of goods or services at reasonably expects to be paid wholly or partly from the proceeds of a property insurance claim to knowingly allow the insured person to fail to pay or assist the insured person's layered by the applicable insurance deductible that's what it does it basically stops unethical trade practices in the use of deductibles I will try to answer questions if any of y'all have any questions Senator Teague. Senator Johnson. Yes Sir so. I think we talked about using committee To me. You're worrying about whether or not the. Read the reimburses the. Homeowner. It's part of our responsibility. you say that is I'm not convinced that it is the that whatever deal if the insurance company approves of the B. and. On the roof. And they said this is a fair price and I don't see how. Charging or making sure that the homeowner. Has to pay the first thousand or fifteen hundred or twenty five or whatever the number is is the right thing to do and I doubt that you could take a bite so would you agree no Sir I think we have to disagree in that it's what's in the contract that matters in the contract says that the customer has a deductible and this match and how this can reverberate throughout the industry in in the in the class of insured and I think ultimately is not a good idea to have it this is this makes the contract in the enforcement of it jive with what's actually in there as opposed to being outside the you know kind of a wink and a nod thing on this and and and and you know senator this gives cast ups happen is not just about roofing things but this is to to make the law and the practice consistent with what's actually in the contracts. Thank you Mr president. Thank you Sir. I have a question Senator flowers was recognized yes ma'am. Senator Johnson this only applies to residential policies doesn't it doesn't apply to commercial does it. Let me double check Senator I it specifically mentions residential I don't think it has anything about to. I believe you are correct yes ma'am. Wonder why they left commercial lot out of it. That's a good question and I don't know Senator I do know that this was reviewed by the insurance department and the other the organizations I mentioned I don't know whether there's an equivalent Situation either practicing law with a commercial contractors I would kind of thing that is I don't think it is clear on that I don't know Senator. Well a few sessions ago we we change public policy and allow the insurance carriers to put in the contracts for residential policies to depreciate labor. And so it just seems to me like and ask you if you would agree. That the residents of the poor person individual that doesn't have a business but trying to keep a roof over their hit they always get slide would you agree with that. Having being an individual and and felt like I've been sliding I think in some cases that would be true but I don't think it's true in every case. Any other questions you wish to speak against. Four centers close close any objection of a. Please call the roll. Regular role will. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eighty six. Eighty. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert. Rice. Right. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Tucker. Wallace. Hey. Anybody want to vote or change their vote. Senator hang on we got like thirty of you don't know why you can't answer the first time Senator Hammer not voting our president president. Back on was not. Senator Bledsoe. Hang on Senator Gilmore city Senate Bledsoe's NO center. Gilmore's number Senator Elliot is present. Body else over here. Senator Ballinger is president. You. Senator no. Senator Garner as president. It. English is present. If anybody else over here I saw some of the of a Senator Blake Johnson is president. Senate is mind yes you've already got. Senator is now president. He was a man again. Anybody else make sure looks like the way you want to. Guy cast a ballot. Three days. Twelve. Twelve not voting seven president. President Bill the bill fails. Mr president Senator is recognized. Senator Blake Johnson for me I'd just set the record with a whopping three. But not the bill to the insurance department and the sponsors I move that we explains the vote by which House Bill AT NO two failed. You're the motion all those of favor say aye. Follows. Does have a. Call. It was five hands we call the roll. Okay there's five hands. I move the clincher on. Please call the roll. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. H.. Allen. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Rapert Rapert. Rice. Rice. Sample. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Senate. Centre back. Senator hill. No. Your record. Anybody else. Senator garner. Cast up the ballot fifteen days three days sixteen not voting the motion fails Senator Blake Johnson. House Bill eighteen eleven by representative Christiansen to amend the law concerning the requirements for total business to give public notice in certain circumstances and to allow public notice to be given our website. Members this is from the towing and recovery board and this will help the public find their vehicle. I mean where I live there's just one or two but in this area there's multiple and and larger cities but the the this will help. Posting where the you can find your vehicle they they have to still do it in the newspaper under this but it'll help create that database and and it also is two dollars for each vehicle the the the towing person is that's that's how much to put it on the on line to create this mechanism so that's pretty much what it does. Any questions. Your words against her for. Senate injection role in the vote. Please remember. 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Senator Leding you're calling for thank you Mr president Collins is another bill I'm running as a courtesy representative Perry back in twenty seventeen we passed a law that allowed for microbreweries can also have restaurants private clubs on premises forty three the way the law was written we don't allow them to do any kind of advertising whatsoever so all they're doing with this one page bill here is allowing a very limited form of advertising promotion the specs I get this right they could announce or advertise events of a general interest including golf tournaments charity balls entertainment events or similar activities those events would have to be held on premises this would not give them the opportunity to advertise promote and anyway the consumption of alcohol or anything else that I can already see from shaking it I would appreciate a good vote so would represent a Perry happy to try to answer questions Senator. Yes question Leding I guess sooner you just got everybody draw you just want to spread the reservoir now. It is only business business could advertise just events that it wants to hold on its premises I know you know we all have mixed feelings about this issue but we passed the law to allow this kind of business to exist one has opened up in Jacksonville and the poor man cannot advertise promote his business in any way I did talked to Senator English about this she support of the law and again I'd appreciate a good vote thank you Mr president. I have a question flour is recognized for a question. Senator Leding. On the second page of this bill line eleven and twelve it says Michael beer brewery restaurant private club located in a wet County our area. Is not prohibited from advertising under this section what does that mean in a wet County our area. That my understanding would just mean that say in Washington County which the White County if one of these establishments is located up there nothing in this law would change anything about their ability to advertise but only address these kinds of establishments In dry counties. Well I mean if are area would that include dry counties. It is very broad term. I'm not. Is he allowing it in dry counties that have private clubs restaurants private clubs I don't believe so I think the they're talking about is there what county or a wet area the community has perhaps. Passed a local ordinance. The wind area. In the law it's dry county or what counties. Not familiar enough with the law or. We have every single alcohol law we have on the books since spread I know that much. Thank you. Any other. Senator Leding would you agree that sometimes it's appropriate to go against home rule. Whatever give me a good vote. Any other questions anyone wish to speak against anyone wish to speak for Senators closed. Generally the vote. You don't do you do you object to seriously okay. Please call the roll. I heard that the microphone did to. Nothing wrong with that. Happens to the best of. Ballinger Beckham. It's. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. President. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. What was welcome. Repeated Gilmore senate Gilmore should area. You. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Thank you. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Hi Senator Irvin. But Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Pitsch Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote Senator Hickey is high said this mine is no. Davis is I. Yes Sir Irvin is now so would you said. No vote. Hi Purvis NO Senator Ballinger is present anybody else. Sir Clark is president. Sir Clark is president. We get. The cast of. Ballot. Sixteen Yeas eight nine six not voting for president one is only. The Bill. Fails service to. Reminder we twenty four to sponsor so let's. If you want to respond you need to be invited otherwise we end up. Going through what we've been motion to expunge the vote by which that Bill failed ocean to expunge of a those of favour say aye aye. I know. I have a motion is carried. Hedge funds both. Senator Hester. House Bill eighteen fifty three by representative Gonzalez and Senator Hester to amend the Arkansas procurement law and to provide clarity equity and consistency in the procurement laws. Senate thank you governors over the past couple years and and last session we passed a bunch Law. Sorry Sir as we cleaned up and I worked really hard on the procurement law and then it is it has been brought to some attention that it is possible that does some old law and even some special language may allow some agencies in certain areas to preempt that procurement law and this is just saying that they can't do that if there's any old language that someone's using to preempt our procurement law that it that it does not that is no longer valid that they would have to come use our new procurement law. Happy to answer any questions any questions. In which speak against four centers closed the objections of the vote. Freeze role Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone was injured vote. Cast up the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nays bills passed return to the House the last bill of the day Senate. Senator Ballinger house bill eighteen sixty five a representative board Senator Ballenger require training concerning a law enforcement officer's duty to intervene when the law enforcement officer observes the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer. Senate vote thank you Mr president this is a bill that represent Boyd worked with some community organizations law enforcement all get together to put put together piece of legislation that's agreed to I think moves us in the right direction what it what it basically does it requires training that deals with the duty to intervene so if you see excessive force is a law enforcement officer you see in other law enforcement officer using excessive force have an obligation to intervene they had had that training in place although it is required annually and it wasn't codified so this does both and happy to answer any questions. Michigan. It always speak against for Senators close. Any objection please or what. A reminder Monday's calendar is going to be like this. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo. Flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it always changes. Cast of the ballot. Thirty forty eight zero nine the bill is passed returned to the house we do have some things I haven't bought. One of go to announcmenet real quickly. You have got the floor. State agencies is going to mean for two minutes they handle quickly some concurrence amendments there won't be running of any of the bills please ask you can quickly so recognized. Insurance commerce in room one seventy one in five minutes any other announcements. Judiciary Committee is meeting immediately in room one thirty here one bill any other announcements Senator sample. Senate revenue tax to make money morning nine thirty. Revenue Monday morning nine thirty any other announcements so to start. The most Mr president mostly withdraw Senate bill seventy two it's my bill motion to withdraw. Without objection.