Joint Budget Committee

All right members if you also get to your death will start in about a minute. Okay. All right members you get your state. I will call the meeting or Joint Budget order first item on the agenda is a special language report. we're gonna pass over. A B. one. And we'll go to be too and is representative Cavenaugh for you have that report. You're recognized thank you Mr chair. Your special language subcommittee met on Wednesday April the fourteenth and makes the following recommendations. the following amendments are recommended for approval and release from special language H. B. ten eighty one SP one sixty four is B. one fifty eight H. B. eleven oh six H. B. eleven forty six I make a motion that we adopt a motion to adopt report do I have a second we have a second any discussion all in favor say aye any opposed. Report is adopted all right we have two out of three to go out I need a motion on Senate bill one sixty four the department of agriculture need to do pass as amended I have a motion and a second any discussion. All in favor say aye opposed also when the same report house bill eleven forty six the department of corrections community corrections I need a motion do pass as amended I have one and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed. Restrained from. Thank you Mr chairman the Texas diatom C. I am senior packet the first amendment for the committee is by Senator Tucker is amended to Senate bill ninety five public defender commission this does have position change and that the person male. Mr chairman on page five. This one on page five NC we have an amendment by representative gene this amendment is a partner corrections it is a development enhancement appropriation to increase the appropriation from six point five million to fourteen million for debt service payments. All right members and we have any discussion. Any comments any questions artsy none was will the committee got a motion to adopt. A second today. Yeah not second I wasn't ever signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Thank you senator all right members. What. The bill is ready. So I need a do pass as amended on the house bill fifteen thirty to have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed. All right members we're going to. Amendment number three by Senator Irvin the right yes Sir you will take it from right there. This is on page seven. Senator you're recognized yes this is I appropriation for UAMS. I am happy to answer any questions. This comes out the marijuana funding yes that's correct for the Cancer Institute referred for national Cancer Institute we do have doctor you're here with us if you have any questions and we're grateful to have him here in Arkansas so he is here with you M. S. N. C. I. director. And a way to get past good reporting and create a good vote. Okay members. Any questions Senator Irvin. Senator you made a motion motion I have a second any discussion all in favor say aye aye any opposed. Amendment is adopted. All right members we're going to. The House packet we got one bill in the House or one of the Senate. Transaction. Thank you Mr chairman and House packet the H. of a right hand corner on page five. House bill twelve oh six. Our members we have house bill twelve oh six division of corrections it is ready to have a motion and a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye opposed we will go to the Senate back it now. Its chairman that's also Senate bill this is last one Senate bill one thirty two on page five. Page five Senate bill one thirty two department of commerce we have a motion I have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye. Any opposed. Members. We need to suspend the rules we have now the capital. improvement fund from the governor we have agreed to on a one time schedule for the house in the Senate. Of so I need a motion to adopt these bills. We have been transferred Mr images that explore the exception of House Bill fifteen thirty two in this which was we just do pass as amended all the rest of these would be a do pass so the exclusion of House Bill fifteen thirty two yes Sir and there are three member bills that are that have been approved by so committees that are also at the bottom of the page we need a motion to suspend the rules have a motion and a second all in favor say aye. Alright we'll take this up now we'll pass out this batch of improvement bills all right I have a motion. Of the motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye any opposed all right members did hold on. All right members I think we're down to just a couple of bills that we can identify. Of I've talked to since the representative Wardlaw on the transformation I think there's still some work being done on it of everything else we have identified some of but Senate bill one eleven which is the department of education and I was open Senator Rapert was here today to figure out. Well why he was holding the S. and I'm I think there's several times been asked I don't think we've got a good answer yet. Jake do you. You got anything on this you know any reason if I being worked on. Okay Senator Rapert just called and said we let this go so I need emotional Senate bill one eleven. I have a motion and a second any discussion all in favor say aye any opposed. Anything else. Jacque we're good. We're good. We're good we didn't have it all right members we're gonna be back in here to use the at eight thirty. A representative Springer. Thank you Mr I was wondering if Mister Rogers from the department of education is here. Roger you here. How do you yes he does we'll we'll get staff and make sure he calls you thank you all right. Anything else. We are adjourned.