Senate Convenes

That is the. We'll get somebody else. We'll get some miles. 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 center staff will listen for. Members per. Lord thank you for this beautiful day that you've given us thanks to all of the the bill to you said that you let us have to take a represent our people. Gatton which overs. This is. Membership thank you. I mean. What. I'm always. One nation under god. Yes. Yeah this. Yes Sir Mr president this is to inform you that on April twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures of the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly Senate bill four seventy four ACT six oh nine six before ninety six ACT six ten senate one sixty ACT six eleven Senate bill three forty one ACT six twelve sincerely Asa Hutchinson governor follows. Where your committee on rod Bills to whom was referred Senate bill sixty nine by joint budget Senate bill one ten by joint budget senate one sixty six by Senator Clark Senate bill one seventy eight by joint budget senate two eighty eight by Senator Wallace Senate bill three thirty nine by Senator English symbol five fifty by Senator Clark single five eighty six by Senator Ballinger symbol six thirteen by Senator Sturch president will copies with the original find same correctly enrolled in at nine twenty five AM delivered to the governor for his approval follow up. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four sixty by Senator Ballinger recommend up for the rest with the original find same correctly engrossed. Counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six fifty eight by Senator Leding para the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill fourteen twenty six by representative Lundstrum per the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted Committee on Education to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventy one by representative Shepherd recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill eighteen thirty former representative Penzo recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty nine by represent a long term recommend to pass as amended number one calendar Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill six SO two by Senator Irving recommend to pass as amended number two. Out Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was first senate class ninety four by Senator Dismang recommend due pass counted Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred senate bill four eighty nine by Senator Davis recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary on Aug twenty energy to whom was referred Senate bill six thirty two Senator Mark Johnson recommend due pass counted. Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill ten thirty four by representative ninety recommend due pass counted. The on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house was thirteen sixty by representative very recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill fifteen. Fifteen forty three by representative Bob recommend to pass. The on state agencies to whom was referred senate bill three forty by Senator Ballinger recommend to pass as amended number one sh Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill six forty three by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred Senate bill six forty four by Senator Hammer recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety five most representative Malcolm recommend due pass counted Committee on of state agencies to whom was referred house bill sixteen seventy five representative Evans recommend due pass counted. State agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen fifteen by representative flowers recommend due pass counted. You know state agencies to whom was referred house bill sixteen represented Richardson recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen twenty eight got for recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill seventeen seventy seven by representative Clowney recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill eighteen oh three representative Lowery recommend due pass counted Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty five representative Dalby recommend due pass counted. Senate concurrent resolution by Senator Gilmore. And Eudora elementary school on being named an action. School Senate concurrent resolution twelve counted. Senate bill six sixty five by Senator Ballinger to modify the statutes concerning covenant not to compete agreement Senate bill six sixty five church tower Senate bill six sixty six by Senator Ballenger concerning insurers have to serve. So for a subrogation and reimbursement of medical and hospital benefits senate six sixty six comer Senate bill six sixty seven by Senator Davis to amend income tax laws to create an income tax credit for business that is also changing table within its place of business signal six sixty seven related to a single six sixty eight Senator Garner to amend act of twenty twenty one number five fifty eight to amend the law concerning the offense of failure to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death or physical injury Senate bill six sixty eight you're sure from a six sixty nine by Senator Wallace to amend the Arkansas sewage disposal systems act and to amend the law authorizing local standards for sewage disposal system senate six sixty nine Senate. Senate bill six seventy by Senator Caldwell to authorize the Arkansas state game and fish commission to promulgate rules allowing fee adjustment to resident hunting fishing license based on certain criteria and to require reporting single six seventy. Our culture Senate six seventy one by Senator Hammer concerning the identification of cost savings account little departments and declare an emergency center six seventy one state agencies. In our. I believe someone has a birthday in here today. If I know what that. Work. Not many. I had on my counter the Senator Ingram I don't know if that's is that incorrect. What were your. And while I have. Happy birthday centering. You also I don't know how everybody's birthday ended up on my calendar a person with their own there is sometimes a right sometimes wrong. Let's say. Centerman pass over that. Yes. A lot. I will pass over SR nineteen service and and we'll pass over us are twenty two as well for the time being. Okay we'll move on the Senate concurrent resolution senator Chesterfield. Senator Tucker do you have a announcements and special guests Ford center Chesterfield gets down here. I know a special guest C. one. Thank you governor Sir we we got some very special guests they upon the west gallery From left to right I can't see him my wife Toni my son Ellis and my father read thank you all very much for being here. Centerman. I have some friends with me also in the gallery and doctor were Gardner and his beautiful daughter Audrey we're so happy to have you here with us thank you. Senate. Sorry Sir Chesterfield members just a couple things I've had quite a few of you all of this ask me about the having people on the floor I want everybody to remember that we voted these in on the rules that we could not have anybody on the floor if you all want to change those you need to bring them bring them forward but again I wanna remind me of that because I'm getting multiple people ask me that one other thing as far as the end of the session as you all know as you all know we put April thirtieth for our absolute last day we'd like to get out here quicker so if you have bills I would suggest that you start running those make sure they get through because like I say if anyway possible we will leave early thank you. Search. Senate concurrent resolution ten by Senator Chesterfield to recognize Broadway Joe Booker for his efforts in encouraging Arkansas Parkinson's to restate the covered nineteen vaccine and his contributions to the state of Arkansas. Chesterfield surgeons road you know Senator Mark Johnson stands out yes I do want to make sure. Meeks during his one. By law she's able logs down there we're just saying okay just bill and senator mark Johnson. Thank you I would ask the members of the Pulaski County delegation to join me. Down front. Thank you so much thank you. Hours K. Kim has some of it where's Kim Kim you got part Pulaski County. And senator and senator English yes she's gone. Anybody else. The women can hear you. Senate in the state we have rendered me. Mr ladies and gentleman the Senate I I wanted to be joined by the members of the Pulaski County delegation to honor this particular person and I don't normally read all of the resolutions that we are presented but I'm going to take the opportunity to do that today because of the specialness of the individual we're honoring whereas Mr Joe Booker is a native of South Carolina but relocated to Arkansas attended Arkansas state university received his bachelor's degree at Arkansas Baptist college in African American community leadership and became an Arkansas. And whereas Mr Booker began his broadcasting career in the military in nineteen seventy six as an announcer in the armed forces is armed forces career network and continue to hone his skills and broadcasting after college graduation to become a leading radio personality in central Arkansas known to many as Broadway jim. And we're as Broadway Joe has had an illustrious career full of awards in leadership roles in the industry but is always made time to give back to the community the volunteer involvement with local organizations and whereas Broadway Joe is currently the director programming at cumulus media Little Rock program director for K. I. P. R. power ninety two point three FM host of the Broadway Joe talk show and host of the Broadway Joe video show little rock's first urban music video program and we're as Broadway Joe is use this public platform to encourage individuals across the state to receive one of the available coronavirus twenty nineteen vaccines and whereas governor Aissa Hutchinson noted Broadway Joe's influence in a recent press release saying and I quote the vaccines are the most important tool in our fight against code it the vaccine is our big gun and if people participate widely the number of cases will decline some people are reluctant to take the vaccine and I understand that members of the black community have historically distrusted vaccines but black people are disproportionately impacted by cold it so it is all the more important they have the vaccine Joe Booker star of the Broadway Joe morning show is encouraging his listeners to take the vaccine as well he's made a public service announcmenet by the Arkansas department of health on quote. And whereas the press release quoted broadly Joe for me getting the vaccine is the right choice because I love my family I love my wife my children I would do anything to keep them all safe right now the best thing I can do is to commit to receiving the call backs COVID nineteen vaccine but those of you who are unsure about getting the vaccine I urge you to think about your loved ones many of you may have underlying health conditions or be at a higher risk of contracting the virus I know keeping them safe as a high priority to you just as it is to me and we're as Broadway Joe has been known to say that family is the key to all of his success and he and his wife ready have been married for over thirty years and are proud parents and grandparents now therefore be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the house of representatives concurring therein that the Senate recognize the efforts of Broadway Joe Booker and encouraging our Kansans to receive the corona virus twenty nineteen back to sing and celebrate his contributions to the state and his community meet further resolved that upon adoption a copy of this resolution be provided to Broadway Joe Booker by the Secretary of the Senate I appreciate a good vote right away Joe would you stand please. All those in favor say aye. I was having the resolution is adopted Mr president I would ask that we be in recess at two minutes. That objection thank you Joe what you come down. Thank you. Just for recess Mr J. recess. Thank you give me later. Which translated to the. We. Okay. Senate quarters Senator Tucker. The Amendment one Senate bill four seventy nine. These are current house amendments just for these next member that will vote on the amendment that will vote on the underlying bill with the roll call Senator Tucker thank you governor this amendment and sponsors only that's it create a good vote although the favor say aye. The eyes have it members adopted whoever got the phone turn it all Senate bill four seventy nine by Senator Tucker to provide relief for restaurants to. To find out more dining to delay the payment of restaurants sales tax and hire an emergency. Senator Tucker or not voting on the bill but I'll just say the he's centers closed without objection we roll the vote any objection please will. 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. Yes about thirty five Yeas and Nays the bill is passed and rollout merger closed up to Senator Dismang and then I'm going to recognize you Senator Mark Johnson Amendment one Senate bill five forty two. The minute just added House sponsors others say I. Close as have it members adopted. Senate bill six twenty five. Senate bill five forty two by Senator Dismang to amend the law concerning the duties of the State Highway Commission satisfied thank you members saying bill no changes the wants pictures of agreement between art out of time this is the bills thank you the question was vague on it It juncture on the vote please roll the vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it always change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty five Yeas zero days the bill is passed in roll it senator mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president of I appreciate senator Hickey's comment we elected him to enforce the rules and he's done a great job and I'm grateful although I think now may be the time for us to make a slight modification so Mr president our I move that we suspend section three of the temporary emergency procedures adopted for the ninety third General Assembly suspend section three regarding admittance to the Senate chamber. Making a motion you all in allow exceptions to be made and we have special guests and certainly those it's always best to ask without objection when those are done it's curtesy all the members but that is my motion that we suspend section three of the temporary emergency procedures of the motion is amended section three which deals with prohibition of gas on the floors are for characterization. Yes okay any questions. Wish to speak against the motion anything at all all those of favour say aye. Follows. Is have a motion is carried rules suspended Senator Ballinger did you indicate you wish to be recognized. For a motion. Ballinger. Thank you for the two bills that are public health that are did you probably don't want to detention we we there issues that are important we need to deal with them but I think it's going to take an interim study for us to get there so Senate bill five seventy and Senate bill five eighty both dealing with the the solid waste management district and I just make a motion to pull them from public health incident and I'm study SP five seventeen SP five eighteen any questions. Often a problem here before talking Sierra Ballenger to bills that deal with the the waste management districts that that I'm pulling from committee and send them to an arm study so five five seventeen five eighteen. The question those of favour say aye. Those that have it motion is carried the bills are set and study Senator Hammer. It is going to interim study. Both of those you got. I think it is Amendment one Senate bill six twenty five. Yes seventeen public. Senator Hammer. Thank you share this bill has amendment that's gonna require proof malpractice insurance detailed curriculum to be approved by the Department licensure feve eight fifty and also to be submitted to the department it's the amendment that goes to six twenty five any questions on the amendment. They always make out all those in favor say aye. Those guys have it members adopted generators and Senator Hester or we're gonna pass over Senator Hester is Amendment. Senate you want to go. Senator Hester okay we'll go quick Amendment Senator Irvin it'd matter. Hi Senator Irvin the order services or this S. R. twenty two yes okay. Thank you members Senator Leding will you come down here with me please Senate resolution twenty two by Senator Irvin to congratulate the Arkansas Razorbacks men's and women's basketball teams incredible seasons and qualifying for the NC WHR. Thank you members of the Senate I would that let you welcome the people up in the or R. V. I. P. gallery that we have with this coach neighbors and coach Eric Musselman as well as hunter your Yurachek our athletic director for the University of Arkansas. And members. To congratulate the Arkansas Razorbacks men's and women's basketball teams on incredible seasons and qualifying for the NC double a tournament I'm going to read this resolution because it needs to be read and it needs to be applauded for the incredible achievements of these young men and women have done this year whereas for the first time since nineteen ninety five the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville men's Arkansas razorback basketball team qualified for the elite eight and the NC double a division one men's basketball tournament held this year in Indianapolis Indiana and we're outs following victories against the Colgate raiders in the first round with a score of eighty five to sixty eight and the Texas tech red raiders in the second round with a score of sixty eight to sixty six and they'll barter the Arkansas Razorbacks face the oral Roberts golden eagles and the Sweet Sixteen busting them by two points for a final score of seventy two to seventy and qualifying the team for the elite eight and a match up with the Baylor bears the number one seed in the tournament eventual national champion and the team that the Arkansas Razorbacks nearly pushed out of the competition and were as coach Eric Musselman and staff have done an outstanding job ringing together and Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team primarily composed of newcomers and persevering through perhaps the most challenging year in college basketball history and we're out of the men's team has excited the fanbase and instilled a sense of pride throughout Arkansas by their tremendous effort and success in securing a spot in the elite eight twenty six years after the team's last appearance and whereas for the first time since twenty fifteen the university of Arkansas Fayetteville women's Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team qualified for the NC double a division one women's basketball tournament earning a number four seed in the big dance and the highest seed for the team. Since nineteen ninety one and whereas during the regular season the team became the first women's team in program history to post back to back winning seasons and the Southeastern Conference as well as the first to depose two top five wins in the same season beating both number four Baylor University with a score of eighty three to seventy eight and number three university of Connecticut by a score of ninety to eighty seven and whereas with the in season went against the university of Connecticut the Arkansas razorback women are just one of nine teams since twenty twelve to be what many consider to be the gold standard in women's college basketball and the win against Baylor University with the first Arkansas Razorbacks victory against a defending national champion for the women since nineteen ninety six and we're as coach Mike neighbors and his four season with the Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team has led the amazing and talented group of players to these accomplishments to ignite the fan base and set the record for the two most well attended games in all of women's college basketball this season. Now therefore be it resolved by the Senate at the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Senate to congratulate coach Eric Musselman coach Mike neighbors and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville men's and women's basketball teams for their incredible seasons and success in the NC double a tournament. Congratulations we are so proud of you know go. Anyone to oppose this but I gotta ask all those of favour say aye. I. Thank you so much. Senator for. Amendment forty house bill ten sixty three. All right my bill my amendment all those in favor say aye. Those eyes have it members adopted centering grossing margins you call. Was with the amendments. Senator Solomon. Senate bill five seventy by Senator Solomon tricks by the terms of the current membership of the Arkansas State Medical Board Intermin membership of the Arkansas State Medical Board. Sturch Sullivan. Thank you Mr president over the course of time aboard ship become more more powerful controlling licenses of many professionals their income or scope and hundreds of thousands of dollars at times these boards or even more impactful and exercise greater power than the legislative bodies there are times if there's a need for a reset that's what this bill does Arkansas continues to rack at the bottom nationally and the board has some responsibility as does the legislature and the appointing board bodies this bill recognizes the institutional knowledge and this one person that testified against the bill suggested that this bill doesn't consider that has factually incorrect this bill only re constitutes to allow the appointment by the governor the Senate and the house nothing precludes appointment of current members. To suggest that that the testimony did that there's a personal vendetta on my part against the board is just not correct if that were true there would be no provision for reappointment. We heard testimony from a medical board that this board should not be singled out and if you'll remember the Senate passed just the other day about the ad for board and we decided that the legislature should have a portion of those appointments. And contrary to testimony it was stated that the medical society only has a very limited consultation and that's just not true the medical society consist consultant all fifteen appointments if they so choose and there's no provision that excludes that again with this factually inaccurate testimony. Testimony also said also said that this bill is is are cutting and I assume the medical society cutting out the process that may not be the people we want it wasn't indicated to the people we what is private soon since that was a portion a person from the Medical Society that they were referencing. The bill this will equalize board representation currently the board represents eighteen thousand seven hundred plus professionals in eleven different professions. The changes in the number of recommendations are made by one of the PA which was a confers with Senator Hamels bit hammers bill it as C. O. T. E. currently the medical society which has four thousand members have of the eighteen thousand professionals representative that's about twenty two percent but they currently have sixty percent sixty six percent of the representation and the medical board also only represents about one third of all of our physicians. Within the medical profession are I'm sorry This bill moves the medical society to three recommendations which is more in line with their representation and folks it's time we recognize the power and influence of the medical society a private political action group has on this board they're powerful political lobby. Contributors contributing over a hundred twenty three thousand dollars as a pack they also have many members to make individual donations and they employ multiple lobbying staff or attorneys all of this is complete completely legal ethical and just fine it's just getting the facts on the table. The medical society also keep a scorecard of victories and losses on their website they have a bill tracker on their wills website of over fifty bills and the identifier legislative champions they promote candidates that reflect their view. With ten appointment from the board the medical societies positions are generally reflected the medical board position as demonstrated by their actions or lack there of all this is completely legal ethical and protected by our constitution I don't question that the only question is should a group this powerful I have that because say that bigger representation on our medical board are should the appointments be proportional to their membership they represent. Members this bill is about we will branches of government considering an appointment testimony said I implied that if we're going to do this to the medical board we should do it all the boards and I think that's a valid point just as we did for the apple board the other day I think a good starting point is with the medical board sensei I have so much influence over what's going on in health care in our state. It also strives to have equity of representation on the board so move the medical society down the three recommendations it adds an O. T. E. and it makes that board more representatives folks there's no nothing in the bill that says the medical society are members of the board can only have three members on the board is not what the bill says it says they have three recommendations you may have ten eight or ten or nine or ten or twelve Medical Society members on the board so it doesn't prohibit that. Again the goal is for us to strive to get off the bottom two or three states in the nation in healthcare if we're going to do that we're going to have to make some significant changes and this represents one aspect with that Mr president I think questions Senator Solomon has presented its bill are there any questions for Senator Solomon Senator Bledsoe you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president I think you started off with this but maybe didn't see any snow one other states have divided their medical board like this and of. I'm not aware within ninety that's right and you know it's for is misrepresentation of facts I believe you started that we're talking about the medical board and the medical society and how they ask about to of sin interesting just some some things that they wanted to know and I believe in our our in our committee of representatives Steve McKee explained that he was the one that asked the medical or to find out the medical society to call the medical board to find out that information is that not correct that's correct this is testimony yes all right thank you. Are there any other questions Senator. Seeing no further questions is there anybody would like to speak against this bill. For this against the bill Senator Dismang you're recognized. It may I understand the war making raw frustrated with lobbying organizations at different times thank you know there's a frustration in general with the medical society think that's where this bill that comes from in a larger way the one thing I do want to say is if you read this bill the only requirement at the governor's office have with medical science society is to consult and I can assure you that governor Hutchinson and other governors did not adhere to the request for those appointees that were you know put forward by the medical society I can assure you of that I'm also it does away with our Senate confirmation in the bill which I have some issues with additionally it doesn't do anything to require except for consultation amongst the Speaker pro tem and governor's office at that there be statewide representation on the board and so there's just a number of issues that that I see in doing this and lastly that consultation is always going to be strong obviously there's divisions between the house Senate and governor's office I don't think that that's helpful especially when you're asking everyone to come together to make sure that we have statewide representation. again I I just I just I think there's some flaws the other would be a minor standards for six year terms I was trying to read quickly again but these are six year terms are protein and Speaker. For most practical purposes serve two years terms. Which means that there's going to be someone that is accountable to no one on though that board that after you know that the term of the pro tem ceases to exist they will still be in place again I I just think there's some issues with the bill I I do generally understand what you know wrecker Senator Solomon is looking to do but I'd ask for a no vote on the bill. Are you eligible for questions Senator Dismang I don't know that considered okay thirteen okay okay Senator Teague for purposes of. My brother is a doctor in an apologist for the sake of a disclosure I needed to say that I think it's all my fault but I'm not sure thank you thank you for your disclosure is there anybody who would like to speak for this bill. Against this bill. Seeing no one to speak for against this bill senator would you like to close for your bill. Thank you. They're members there is an error on page two of. Lying to you Page two The board will consist of fifteen members appointed by the governor that there's some that need to be stricken right there by the governor. It does it does allow for our consultation by the Speaker and the president in the Senate it does allow for consideration far a whole host of things not only buyer geographic distribution by certain citizens allows for consultation for all that folks we have been sitting at the bottom for awhile and at some point it's time for a reset hi not only on the medical board of several practices we have another boards also and I would suggest that if we don't take bold steps to we'll continue where we are and I'd ask for a good vote thank you Senator Solomon has close for his bill is there any objection to rolling the vote we have objection to rolling the vote Adam Secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Thank. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flowers. Garner yes yes Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Two. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Page. Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. Are any senators to vote or change their vote Senator Tucker. Senator Elliot is no Senator Ingram is a no Senator Davis is the yes anybody else on the right hand side. Seeing none left hand side Senator Rapert is yes Senator Eads is a note anybody else on the left hand side. Senator Hickey is in the your body else in the chamber. Senator Pitsch is a no. Anybody else. Madam secretary cast a ballot with thirteen year may nineteen may three no votes Senate bill five seventy has failed we will move on. This. Your motion. Make a motion to expunge of please that is a proper motion all in favor of expanding the moat we say aye. The sign date. That's too close let's call the roll for that. Can we call. We can. The twenty four okay we need twenty four votes on that please call the roll on the expungement motion. Right Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Let. Flowers. No. Garner yes. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Yeah. Thank you. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page R. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. But I wish to change their vote right to either the chamber. Seeing none. Left side Senator Clark is the left side of the chamber senator hill is a yes. Your body else wishing to change Senator English as a yes. Anyone else. With twenty Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with twenty forty eight The motion to expunge the vote has passed now we'll move on to Senate bill five seventy two. Sentifi seventy two by Senator Solomon to amend the medical Corporation Act and to allow nonlicensed person to be an officer director or shareholder medical corporation Senator Solomon you're recognized for senate bill thank you Mr president members you already heard this bill once on take a long time seem to be a lot of confusion are concerned that somehow what this bill would or would not do a check with the. BLR and also the medical board and the department of health in the summer the summer they presented no documents or commentary that prevents a physician from being an employee of a private business according to be alarmed according the administrative rules legislative attorney who handles rules relating to the state medical board the Department of Health they do not have rules which address these questions directly the rules seem to assume that health facilities may employee positions notice the term health facility that doesn't referred to a hospital or clinic it refers to someone who just has a health facility so that could be an individual a private individual corporate group they applies to anybody who has a health facility. A private citizen can open a health facility just as a private hospital in businesses do. Their email for the state of Arkansas Code does not specify what requirements or standards exist for an employment at a quote medical facility whether public private art it was not dependent on the ownership a medical facility may incorporate under the business corporations act a medical facility may incorporate under the business facility act an employee of a corporation who is licensed under the American Arkansas medical practice act which is different from the medical corporation acts both of them and all those people remain subject to the jurisdiction of his or her respective boards generally speaking physicians former corporation American medical corporation under the medical corporations act for tax purposes and to allow for the potential or the ability to do income splitting among licensed physicians who practice medicine it's a business decision that's dependent on each corporation medical corporations act is only applicables to physicians who format corporation. Other businesses can organize a corporation under the business corporate of nineteen eighty seven and can employ other employees as long as those employees are on life who are licensed do not interfere with the patient physician relationship but they don't have a certain tax and commercial benefits under the medical corporation and this is from the Arkansas department of health Senator Solomon it's my understanding a private business can hire position but I'm not a labor labor or labor attorney and you might want to discuss this with one in regard to business corporations so that discussion happen with the Bill R. attorney who does that. The executive director of the medical board can correct me at the end of that email so it's a medical board director can correct me if I'm wrong and there was no communication from the medical board director. Medical board provides no response as to why business court can import decision physician in other words was one doesn't need the permission for the medical board or the Department of Health upon to hire physician just as a private business doesn't need permission to hire physical therapist a carpenter or any other occupation it was asked why do we need this to pass as you can tell their significant opposition and one who would try to do this would certainly face opposition most likely in the courts. And there's a lot of folks who can't sustain even when in a court battle. This bill only clarifies what's already in practice yeah we had some discussion last time I presented the bill about hospitals or private hospitals who are hiring positions folks they absolutely are they're not medical corporations they are simply hiring positions this bill would clarify that and allow those things to go on as we're doing now. Okay it's a good bill for Arkansas it's a good bill for our communities and for commerce commerce in our state it's just another step in us moving off the bottom of the ladder Mister president I'll take any questions. Senator Solomon has presented is built are there any questions for Senators all. Seeing no questions for Senator Solomon would anybody like to speak against the bill. Senator Bledsoe you're recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr president ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. Ahead. Of the ice the dental association about this very bill they are very much against it and there is a letter from the dental association that was placed on your desk and I think it does a good job of helping us see why this would not be excuse me a good thing also of when you go to open a law office you have to be in the turn. When you go to a S. the hospital association with you do you agree with the bill they say no there's so many things that are wrong with this bill and it will not bring us up from the bottom is just one more thing to the war us we cannot allow this kind of thing to go one of when you go to Walmart yes you see a physician there but I called the Walmart Association and I ask the government relation is how do you happen to have an I have a a physician there he said that he just rent space and the so I would ask you to look this over. And that you would consider the things that are already on your desk the dental society is has said because that goes far for medicine goes for physicians that goes for all those in health care and I would appreciate it thank you. Is there anyone who would like to speak for this bill. Speak against this bill Senator Irvin you're recognized. Speak against the bill thank you one of the big concerns I have with with this and I think it reflects why attorneys also you have to have a law license have an attorney's office because you have licensing and you have boards and you have regulations however when it's a hospital or whether it's a healthcare clinic you have a license that you can go and get and take away hospital is a hospital facility that takes care of patients they have to be licensed by the department of health and that is a license that you can take away and you can revoke same with other types of organizations and so my concern is going to be always about patient safety and patient health care and when you don't have somebody that you can take and remove that license because of something that hopefully would never go wrong but that would go wrong then you don't have that opportunity revoked that license and so I respectfully would decline to vote on out on this bill and I ask you to vote no thank. Is there anybody who would like to speak for the bill. Against the bill. Is there any object Senator Solomon like clothes for your bill. This is not what the Arkansas department of health said. Is just not what they said nor is it what the medical board says both of them said there are no restrictions are given what this bill does other than what people just don't want to happen and as you can see from the the medical the dental association these are the people that are opposing us moving forward with some things many other states due to a greater or lesser degree and it is time that we move forward in this we take some steps I understand there's a lot of what the opposition is saying but both when the testimony happening committee no one testified that this was illegal no one testified that this violated the law what they testified to that is the lack of because what they do we we've been fighting against these PPL means for a long time and these PPM create a final that you don't get to do business in their sphere if you don't go through their final. And in order to get through their final there's a price to pay that's exactly what's happening here we've created a final that always goes through that professional association I'll speak to one more point we do have multiple professional associations that's what the attorney for BLR said the purpose of the professional association is to allow equal distribution of money it doesn't have anything to do with the things that were cited today it's just to distribute the money those are professional associations to allow for professional corporation. Also lastly okay this is happening all over the state we are doing this and there's a wink and a nod to it and I would hope that we would clarify that and move forward thank you president Senator Solomon as close for his bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. I have objection rolling the vote madam secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. That. But. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Aids. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. No hours. Hello. Garner yes. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page though Rapert. Right. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote let's start on the right side Senator Hammer is an hi. Centre back is not. Anybody else in the right. Senator Elliot is unknown let's move to the left hand side anybody wish to change your vote Senator Rapert is a no. What else. Madam secretary please cast a ballot with thirteen year a sixteen ninety six nonvoting Senate bill five seventy two failed. We will move on Senate bill six ten Senator Flippo said sixteen by Senator Flippo to amend the law concerning publication requirements for counties and municipalities. The report you're recognized thing was president members Senate bill six tennis got a compromise between myself Municipal League the counties and the press what this is not would be not be fair for me to say that their support of what I would say that the are neutral on this bill so what this bill does is it just requires the newspapers to you know to to put the same thought as the public notices. What county agency or municipality paid for the for the public notice and the amount that the state and that's all this bill does be happy to take any questions are there any questions for Senator Flippo. Senator Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president Senator football it's just sort of like a disclaimer this done on the vehicle advertising which is paid for by friends yes vote for senator section put the amount right that would that is correct senator Johnson do you you can't from the future to have the same thing on political averaged Subaru will have to know how much we spent on it. I'll be happy to work with you on that one seven a time first of all we're going to start with the you know with the taxpayer money and making sure that our taxpayers notice money whether money's being spent so the press is neutral on the they are neutral on the bill correct yes Sir is it is it safe to say it is a compromise basically I think it's very fair and safe to say that this is indeed a compromise bill okay thank you senator thank you Mr. Are there any other questions Senator Flippo. Would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill. Senator Flippo as indicated that he's close for the bill any objection to rolling the vote. Madam secretary please role of 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 vote or change their vote will do the right chamber for. Seeing none left side of the chamber anybody would you change their vote or vote. Senator flowers. Senator flowers is a no. Anybody else wishing to change their vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with thirty forty eight one day Senate bill six ten has passed transmitter the house we will move forward to Senate bill six twenty one Senator Hester six twenty one by Senator Hester to require the Arkansas Medicaid program in the Department of Human Services have all consent decrees reconsidered. One moment please Senator Hickey for what purpose. Or. He or. Okay. Senator Hester you are recognized. Thank you senator of members this is a bill just says that all of our Medicaid consent decrees. yeah they should they should review them says they shall review them and you know a lot of these consent decrees have been in place since the since the eighties and nineties and I think it's just appropriate that we go back and look at them different people were representing the state and we came of those are as different judges just it's all the parties it's appropriate we go back and look at in the state of Tennessee has done this and I found significant savings I'm happy to answer any questions are there any questions for Senator Hester. Seeing none that would anybody like to speak against the bill for the bill. Senator Hester has indicated he's close for his bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. Seeing none madam secretary 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. DO any senators wish to vote or to change their vote. We've got Senator Irvin president let's go to the right hand side of the chamber first I guess Chesterfield with president anybody else on the right side of the chamber. Seeing none will go to the left side of the chamber I've got Senator Leding is president anybody else wish to change their vote. Seeing none. Madam secretary please cast up the ballot with thirty two yeah eight three present Senate bill six twenty one is past transmit to the House we will move to Senate bill six twenty four senator Wallace semo six twenty four by Senator Wallace to amend the law concerning programs providing financial assistance to counties by the department of Veterans Affairs. Senator Wallace you are recognized to present your bill thank you Mr president. Member. Members in Mr President this bill is going to help our veterans. The a federal VA is a makes. In our young veterans and even our old veterans when they come out. In many of our veterans will have less than a high school diploma they get lost inside the maze and the person that is their first god it in each county is a county veterans service officer. This bill will allow our regional BA to fund more money to our counties to help us get a better quality federal service officer and that will eventually help our our veterans with that I stand by for your questions are there any questions for senator Wallace. Seeing no questions would anybody like to speak against the bill. For the bill. You senator Wallace are you close closer Senator Wallace indicates he's close for the bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. Saying none madam secretary please role of a Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote will do the right side of the chamber first. Seeing none left side of the chamber anybody wish to change their vote seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with thirty five yea zero nine eight Senate bill six twenty four is past transmitted a House we will move to Senate bill six thirty seven senator Ben Simmons six thirty seven by Senator Irvin to amend the Arkansas unpaved roads programme Act transfer duties to the department of agriculture and authorize department of agriculture to promulgate rules and award grant funds. Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you Mr chairman vers as this bill does what the title says it does this is the on paper it's program which is incredibly important to it particularly to rule Arkansas so what this does is it transfers those duties over under the department of agriculture and then allows an authorizes them to promulgate rules and regulations for the unpaid roles I read program and so this is just a piece that got left out of under transformation and so we're trying to take care of it and this bill I'll answer any questions are there any questions for senator. Seeing no questions would any member like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator Irvin are you close I am appreciate a good vote urban education is closed for the bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. Seeing none 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 do any Senators desire to vote or change their vote right side of the chamber first. Seeing none left side of the chamber desire or wish to change their vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot thirty five Yeas zero nine Senate bill six thirty seven as passed transmit to the House we will move forward in the House bills house bill ten forty three senator samples house bill ten forty three by representative mature to authorize the waiver of certain ad valorem taxes on utilities and carriers and to create a statute of limitations on the collection of certain ad valorem taxes on utilities and care. Senator sample you're recognized thank you Mr president members this is the public service commission is responsible for assessing certain property taxes owned by utilities and carriers after making the assessment of previously certifies the tax to the FNA for collection the tax procedure act applies to most these taxes collected by the FBI the tax procedure act provides a statute of limitation and gives DFA the ability to why even assess taxes and penalties were appropriate. Such as in cases of tax payers insolvency or bankruptcy to taxpayer procedure act does not apply to them Lauren taxes assessed both previously but collected by the FBI. The bill would create the same stature limitations on the collection bill or tax by the of the night. The bill also gives the F. nine same waiver authority for everyone taxes and there's no revenue and impact debts older than ten years are already considered uncollectible one DF nine. I will take questions. back in you're recognized. It with this bill have any impact on the bond ratings. This bill passes holding that I can't see it happening. Are there any other questions Senator sample. Saying no further questions is there anyone who would like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Senator sample has indicated that he's closed for the bill. Is there any objection to rolling the. Seeing none madam secretary please role of 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 change in address to senators interested in changing their vote I'll get that out yet Senator Beckham is a no anybody else on the right side wish to change their vote. On the left side anybody wish to change their vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary please cast up the ballot with thirty forty eight one day house bill ten forty three has passed returned to the house. Senator sample Europe again okay Senator Chesterfield for what purpose. Motion should you you are recognized Mister chair I move that we. Chegg SB six fifty six remove it from the agenda for education and returning to the Senate for the purposes of sending it to interim study. With the assurance that the department of education will take care of the questions that I have raised that is a proper motion all in favor please say aye. All those opposed. Motion passes. Let's move on. Yes centers I'd like to hold us to pass over this ten forty four we will pass over ten forty four Senator Clark still has questions so we'll pass over. So we will proceed on that is house bill ten forty eight Senator sample house bill ten forty eight by representative Mulligan authorized the onset of a tax refund toward a tax delinquency when I finally under the tax has been issued. Senator sample you're recognized thank you Mr president under the existing audience and I can also the tax reform toward an outstanding tax delinquency after a surgery certificate of indebtedness or a tax lien has been filed to secure the digital delinquency this bill would allow the FNA to offset the tax refund toward an outstanding tax delinquency after issuance of a final assessment for the tax liens filed this bill won't limit a taxpayer's ability to challenge a proposed assessment of tax the bill will authorize the all sales of tax refunds after a tax delinquency has been established through the issuance or issuance of a final assessment and if the delinquency is paid to the offset of the tax reform a taxpayer can afford damage to his or her credit rating that would otherwise be caused by the filing of tax lien in there is no. Revenue impact. Are there any questions for Senator sample. Saying no questions would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill. Senator sample has indicated that he's close for the bill are there any objections to rolling the bit vote. Seeing none madam secretary 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. Any centers wish to vote or change their vote right side of the chamber first saying none left side of the chamber wish to change your vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot thirty five yeah eight zero nine house bill ten forty eight is passed returned to the House rule moved to house bill ten fifty senator samples house bill ten fifteen by representative Jett to reduce the number of employees required to maintain a mandate electronic filing of annual withholding state. Senator sample you're recognized thank you Mr president of members employers state who have two hundred fifty or more employees are required to file income tax withholding State minister W. two electronically this bill is amended would reduce that number to fifty so as to employers with fifty or more employees will be required to file income tax withholding statements electronically. This would be more consistent with the requirements of other states the W. twos of a file online can be processed and a couple days record company wants under the bill as amended DF and I would have the authority to waive this requirement if the if and I determines that it would cause undue hardship for an employer lesson two hundred fifty employees and there's no physical impact. Are there any questions Senator sample are you still for questions Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president Senator sample we have a lot of businesses between fifty and two fifty that are not doing it electronically is that why we're doing this yes. Is there any special equipment required or is it just software internet technology I think it's just software and internet right yes. Is there any opposition from any of the NFIB or chamber anybody we we hear our own nothing in tax revenue and tax opposing this okay thank. Are there any other questions for Senator sample. Saying no questions is there anybody would like to speak against the bill. Beg for the bill. Senator sample indicates that he's close for the bill is there any objection rolling of a. Senator Clark object Madam secretary please roll call the roll. Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers all right. Garner. Your more. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Health. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page I. Rapert. Right. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Sullivan. Teague. Teague. Tucker. Wallace. DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote was to the right side of the chamber first I've got Senator Davis is in the. Senator Hendren yes I know Senator Teague is a no Senator Chesterfield is a present anybody else on the right side of the team. Who. Gilmore was so now anybody else on the right side of the chamber. Going to the left side of the chamber we've got Senator Dismang is a note. Senator Eads is a president Senator Solomon is unknown. Senator Stubblefield as a no Senator Ballinger is a no. You. Senator senator rice is the No Senator English is a now. Senator Hammer is in the. Is there anyone else does the board reflect your wishes. Madam secretary cast up the ballot with ninety days twenty one days three no voting to present house bill ten fifty as male we will move on to house bill ten ninety eight Senator Hammer. House bill ten ninety eight back representive witness Senator Hammer to require notice to certain persons with a sex offender is on the premises of a child care facility and concerning the presence of a sex offender on the premises of child care facility Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you Mr president to carry this bill for representative wouldn't had a personal experience in his district regarding this issue simply put it just says that if you're the owner operator leisure administrator childcare facility and you're married to a sex offender that you have to disclose that to the parents or the appropriate garden of children that are there evidently quarter representative wouldn't have situation daycare they had a registered sex offender that was moving in and out of the facility freely because he was married to the owner operator and this just simply isn't putting a disclaimer out to the parents that that is the case and so with that I'll be glad to answer any questions. Are there any questions for senator Hammer Senator Rapert first then senator. Thank you senator Hammer. My question is I'm actually surprised. They can license. So it is I mean I'll be happy to talk to you later about this I thought I'd ask the question I'm just surprised that a person can have a license with that sort of situation. I am too that have a good matter for us to take up another bill but this one's kind of far down the hopper right now but and I'm not sure that maybe not but this cares represented wouldn't he thought this was the best way to address it for now. You for at least doing this but I know we do one look at that thank you thank you. Thank you. Senator era of you were in on the testimony and you do sure on this but this is the one that he brought back after the. pension clarification because there was concern the next again and again and are making people guilty there or but this ended up. Those things are all resolved in the last. Amendment they are I think it maybe just been the base of the bill was re read is that that is correct is it not yes Sir and just for the benefit of those that were injured issue which I was actually in there but representative with brought me up to speed on it there was some concern that this might be far reaching that if there were employees below the administrative level that we're marriage sex offenders that you know it would reach out to them and it could be prohibitive to employment and so the amendment address that to where it just brings it to the administration level and the the concerns are we didn't didn't wanna tie and those that. Associate them with guilt in I think that all got resulting committees thank you thank you are there any other questions for senator Hammer. Would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill. Senator Hammer would you like to close for your bill close Russia a good vote Senator Hammer indicates he's close for his bill is there any objection to rolling the vote. Madam secretary please role of. 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 members wishing to vote or change their vote right side of the chamber first. Six. Flowers no senator flowers is in the. Right side of the chamber. Left side of the chamber. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot with thirty forty a one day house bill ten ninety eight as fast returned to the house we will pass over house bill eleven forty one for the sponsors which and we will go to House Bill eleven fifty two senator Wallace hi eleven fifty ten by representative Gazaway and senator Wallace Craig gables law to allow for emergency medical care to be provided to injured police saw and to provide community center Wallace you're recognized thank you Mr president. Members December eleventh two thousand eighteen a maintenance employee was shot and wounded by an individual in Jonesborough. After a five hour standoff the police. He said to enter the apartment and they sent gable canine officer gable in first. The individual fired five rounds at the cable and and would cable he went down and then afterwards the police officers. Shot the individual that did. The point I'm trying to make is that that's five around so we're going to police officers instead cannot officers. This bill. Is not a lie shell bill. It is a you may bill and we've we brought this about because our emergency or and was the first responders have asked us to do that to give them more. We will cover and what this bill simply does is if. A K. nine. All right a correctional because the dog is wounded or injured. And this is available. If there are no humans in future if that vehicle is going to dead head back then we may put that hand on. Animal that does. On the vehicle when they may dispatch that vehicle that M. wants to a Facility we can may be treated. No requirement that they have to do it but it allows them to do it in last to treat the animal in route so it it makes a little easier for I am a service to deal with the wounded officer wounded K. nine. dog. And with that I'll stand by for any of your questions. The question. You always speak again for. Secretary close. Los's the photos will be re home today to my granddaughter. What. Centers close any objection 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 no we should change their vote. Cast a ballot. Thirty five yeah zero nice bill is passed return to the House senator Hammer thirteen thirteen by representative rock concerning damage destruction or vandalism to buildings and objects on the State Capitol grounds and on capitol mall and at the governor's mansion. Thank you Mr title pretty well explains it all you can read the details of the bill but they they run this for representative right stabilises the parameters for the punishments for those individuals that would basically E. fazer um Mar vandalized Chaudhry otherwise damage State Capitol Building State Capitol grounds the governor's mansion any of the fixtures or landscape anything on the capitol grounds or the governor's claim governor's mansion and go through an establishes what the severity of the punishment is no jail time included however it does carry some up of penalties going for misdemeanors up to the only be on the amount of the damage glad to answer any questions the questions. Your speak against for service closed Richard good vote thank you any objection on the vote. Lease role. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it was changed by. Cast a ballot thirty five Yeas zero nice bills pastor House Senator hammer again. Thirteen twenty five representative warned to define and clarify reciprocal service among service credit among the public employee retirement systems generally to amend the law concerning reciprocal service credit and clear emergency. So recognized thank you Mr president house bill thirteen twenty five will amend the old language that requires all the state retirement systems to pay benefits out at the state higher salary this heard some of the systems for example if you started out one system and entry level position with entry level salaries only remained there for two years and then went to another system and did well at that moved up the salary wise and state for twenty years that creates a problem with the existing language the first system has to pay out at the final average salary of the last system and that hurts the first system this bill will grandfather in all who have served in more than one system as of the date of this bill becoming law so there is a grandfather clause they will get state high final average salary for the retirement pay calculations and those who have been who have only been in one system will be subject to the terms of that system or any other system they work in the final average salary all members will continue to get to count the years of service in each system for years work toward the retirement this will be a cost savings to the retirement system's but again I want to emphasize that those are currently in the system will be grandfathered in I'll be glad to answer any questions just it comes to retirement. Any questions. We speak against and for centers closed centers close for she good vote any objection or on the boat. These robot Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you know wish change of a. Cast about thirty five Yeas you're nice bill is passed the birds to close adopted return. Senator English. Thank you I'd like to make a motion to withdraw senate bill four ninety two. The question all those in favor say aye. Bose has had motions carried this before nineteen withdraw. Senator B. Davis. Fourteen twenty seven by representative Miller to clarify requirements ridge registry records checks and criminal background checks for in home care givers Medicaid beneficiary. Senate recognized thank you and this bill just mandates registry tracks and currently we already require criminal background checks and say this is just an additional layer of protection for those who are most vulnerable and and how populations that are being served happy to answer any questions the question is. Anyone wish to speak against for for Senator has. The objection on the vote please remember. 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 your vote. Cast about thirty five Yeas you're nice bill is passed return to the House Senator Stubblefield. Fifteen seventy five by representative Eubanks to amend the law related to this Bozell a final. Carcasses. Is always one. I was recognized. Thank you Mr president this support strikes a line from existing code so does. What we have to take a questions regarding Parkinson's. What we speak against. Ford center mark Johnson you seriously. Okay Sir Clark Johnson recognized to ask questions about the power cord Senator Stubblefield this is F. O. W. L. not F. O. U. L. is that correct that's correct. Rosie the. How does one extrude a foul carcass. Pardon me. It says one of the things you're taking that is extrusion is that like a press like a Prius so you take a dead chicken and you put it through this. And we're stopping that right to take the water out of its basically censured. I just wanna make sure thank thank you Sir. You started something now so. Some Senator Clark. She would she would get senator relating to come down as. He's not paying attention so I'm not sure who would. Thank you senator Clark. Senate. So there's little things that are ex. L. the bill or those things I can no longer be done or things that are no longer regulated no longer be done thank you. Okay Senate recognized. Sir Stubblefield I ran this bill to committee for you with the west ward thank. It during committee secretary ward mentioned that you could still do these things are just not recommended and coat right okay just wanna clarify this is correct okay thank you. One of wish to be recognized Senator Ballinger is will. Thank you that would be my question is are we prohibiting this and and whether or not I mean I just because of I have so much poultry in my district I want to make sure that this is a fairly common practice that now we're taking off the table but it if the testimony was that that it is still allow that it makes a difference to. Okay. Okay we speak against this in favor centers closed yeah hi any any objection to 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 in wish to change their vote. Cast about thirty five Yeas zero nice the bill is passed return to the House Senator Hester. Is not here. You senator. Mark Johnson. Sixteen ninety by representative final center Johnson to amend the law concerning the use of highway turn back finds by county or municipality. Secretary. Thank you Mr president this is bill worked on was Senator five if if you've been on. Alright you know some of the history we've had where we have some communities that. Whether it's for you misfeasance or malfeasance are nonfeasance they take the highway turned back Fund in the put it in general fund spending. And. Until I was serving on the last session on the on the legislative audit subcommittee on cities and counties I had no idea what problem this one. I have a list here of thirty nine cities in Arkansas. That the state have done this to the tune of one million one hundred eighty nine thousand nine hundred fifty nine dollars and they're all of the state some district in small print well thirty consent thirty nine communities have done this a the biggest one is a hundred sixty one thousand nine hundred forty six dollars and that's from very tiny community but then there's some some some larger ones in there too but the issue comes up with what do you do when I was on committee we we had one come up and up. Our represent Watson was chairs subcommittee and mayor came in so what we're paid back fifty dollars a month and I pulled out my phone to look to the calculated quick calculation take three hundred thirty six years to pay it back so we can come up with this is a method to do it and basically what it does it it's not totally punitive it it has some flexibility of. If they have misspent these funds they must set up a payment plan are there general revenue ten percent of their general revenue until those funds have been repaid. If the repayment plan proves to be too much for burden they may come before Legislative Joint RD Committee and present a plan for a lesser amount to be committee if they fail to take action then legislative audit will notify the treasure who withhold highway revenues until the funds are repaid now that could be their street find languages a half cent sales tax the road millage with the county has road millage any fuel term activities and again thirty nine cities are in violation of the law one goes back as far as two thousand three cities like the State General can be sued for illegal exaction protection for one purposes spending for another so this specifically Set forth the situation illegal exaction gives any violating city or town the opportunity to get back in compliance and basically work out a payment plan I will do my best to answer any questions anybody has any questions for senator mark Johnson. Senator Elliot is recognized. Thank you I I was just coming up on my question so I hope this makes sense I was reading want to know if this is actually a new language out for just moved language at work it's a city or incorporated town is not eligible to receive how we revenue revenues under subdivision C. one Y. by law if you want to look at if you have the bill it's on page two line twenty eight I just want to know if it's that knew what just moved. No I think that's the language center and it is I clarified in the bill there are they can work out a payment plan but if they're they're not gonna get the revenues until they work out a payment plan let's just say I want this word is not in the bill but there highway turn back would be frozen until they work things out with legislative audit on how they're going to resolve this is sorry so you're just talking about funds then that will that will go to our city or incorporated town yes these the only entities you're talking about in the bill this is a highway turned back fund that goes to cities yes ma'am. It's a city or incorporated town yes ma'am either one of those or see the first class cities second class or an incorporated town they're all treated all the municipalities are treated equally under this what is in the best someplace else in the bill that. we have a city incorporated town in this in this spot. Is there a staff center almost crawling on me in here but I believe when we say city that means city of the first class or city the second class and we say incorporated town that means of course just incorporated town everybody covered yes it is these are covered thank you thank you. They always speak against four centers close I'm close thank any objection of. Please roll Ballenger 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 same Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace it was injured but. Senator Teague. About. Sir Davis is a present anyone else. Cast a ballot. Thirty three Yeas one not voting zero nine one not voting one present the bill is passed through the House Senator Flippo seventeen twenty two by representative Johnson to amend the law concerning corners investigation. Thank you Mr president members this agreed upon bill with a hospital association the corners Association it addresses isolated incidents and clarifies to where corners can obtain blood and talk to logical samples in reports of a deceased person they were taken by the hospital at the admission or before the time of death the law makes is clear most hospitals are already doing this a few isolated hospitals were not providing the services and so this just makes it explicit. A question. It always speak against for service closed. Action role in love. Please report 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 was always change their vote. Cast about thirty five minutes zero nays bills passed return the House Senator Hester you want to go back to H. B. sixteen thirty three. We passed over earlier to go back to that yes okay we'll do that and then you're with two more you get three in a row. Sixteen thirty three by representative phone wouldn't Senator Hester to back the blue at. Senator Hester. Members this is part of our back the blue packaging current losses a municipality may provide law enforcement and we're change may to shall. Have any questions any questions. Anyone we speak again Senator Tucker is recognized. Thank you senator thank you governor Sir I have a question in the bill. It allows a municipality to come to enter into a contract with an existing law enforcement agency and I just I don't fully understand that. Yeah I mean I don't have a great answer that the way I interpreted that would be they could they could they could hire out their police force you know I don't know if that's there another county or city or just a private force but it allows for local control on that. Thank you. To be a certain sign sitting and I just missed that city of the first class I mean how how what size is that big cities yeah it's our big cities that's correct and so what state are one of our big cities Chester city if you're sort of the first class you now may just. Enter an agreement with Elliott city to have police coverage is that what that means. Well again I don't have a great and for that I know that we we're allowing for as much local control on that is possible so they can either provide their own police force or hired out. Okay thank you. The bill pulled up now I'm I may have addressed my concern with the language see see if you think I'm reading this right. it says that in lieu of establishing a city police department. they can enter into a contract or in a local agreement for law enforcement services within existing law enforcement agency that's the key language I I guess I was concerned that they could. A contract out with the private entity but it's got to be an existing public law enforcement agency in my reading that right I think you are yes all right thanks and. Any other questions. Anyone would speak against. For. Shares closed any objects have a vote. Please roll back Ballenger 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 injured vote. Cast a ballot thirty five yeah zero days Bills pastern to the house Senator Hester has seventeen twenty three by representative Johnson Senator Hester Rapert data collection and evaluation of emergency medical care and actual time critical diagnosis and procedures and to ensure confidentiality to help improve health outcomes improper treatment. Thank you governor members of the you know this is a process from DHS Lee Johnson's House sponsors we know is a good bill that allows us to Collect data on or in the minute EMS runs so that we can you know study of men and do a better job we we've had the. on the trauma registry from two thousand and nine we had a thirty four percent which is the nation's highest mortality we started studying in twenty twenty was down to six percent so this is want to do this the same thing with their EMS calls happy to answer any further questions. The question. What we speak again for. Service closed closed any. Role in the vote. What. 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. Senator Bledsoe did not want to vote. Senate voting. Anybody else. The cast of about thirty forty eight zero nine bill this past return to the House tester again house bill seventeen thirty five a representative pens on Senator Hester authorize occupational or professional licensure for certain individuals all right. Members as we know that we last session this session we have passed bills strategically identifying occupations where people that may not be a US citizen but are legally here in the United States could work we done it with the teachers we've done with nurses this is kind of all encompassing says if you are here legally you have legal status for the federal government then you can hold occupational licensure that in the state of Arkansas. Happy to answer any questions any questions. They always speak against. For. Shares closed. 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 we've got those Garner anyone else wish to change their vote. Cast a ballot. Thirty forty eight one night bills pastoral House Blake Johnson. Seventeen fifty six by representative Crawford center Johnson to amend the restricted lifetime master like Christians lost and interpret a restricted lifetime German elektrische Lawson's. Members this bill allows the German elektrische and after age sixty five just like a master what tradition the to have that license for a lifetime and also he if he continues to earn money has to do continuing education to it to keep the license so Christian good vote any questions Senator Elliot recognized. Senator this is the question do you know if the complete the continuing education is is that implying that is is going to be successfully complete that's the application of that. I wouldn't take it be considered unless a D. and so you know what I mean successful completion of the arms this is not a matter they go sit and get and not have something to that you know some kind of I guess I guess those the education hours though are guaranteed by somebody by the board by the board and they've had they've done this for a long period of time they descend under master electricians they've stated German and retired and do some part time work so they'll have to continue just like recognized last house under okay thank you. Again. Four Senator Clark. Senator garner. Yes Sir any questions or the the kind of broke down for a minute I don't know it's center Johns would answer not. Yeah looks like you will go ahead. Sir John's I appreciate you adding a new Lifetime license in there but now aren't you had a requirement that they have to continue CL leave in the current one one currently it looks like they're excluded from that so we're going to basically make people who've been working and I feel their whole life now have to come in the to see all the in order to continue to do something they've been doing for a seemingly over twelve years and over the age sixty five so are we adding that requirement on top on the even keep that long time license. Thank there they have to do continued education after the they have to serve under someone under a master anyway. Well currently under law the way I read it is if you get this lifetime license on both public and and the one that's already exist the you do not have to do silly you just get that license forever but we're adding in the requirement for both of them they do have to continue to see only so if I'm a seven year old **** like Tom licensed way I read most of the rule you don't have to get silly right now we're required and start going back to silly my my reading incorrect only only if they continue to earn money only if the and that that's the only reason they would have to do that. And currently we do not required to that is that correct if if they're not working they don't have to. Under this even if they're not working to to earn money then they don't have to do continued education. But we're adding the requirement that asks like right now they do not have to get this day I can continue to work and if we do this they will have to get C. only to your work correct it's required by the rule of the board Only if it only for for if there were other room remember ninety three numerators purposes that's earning money that's the only reason under the board. Thank you. Okay that they any other questions do we speak against for center has closed before we go to the vote Senator Hendren wants to be recognized on this bill correction right I'm not sixty five but I have one of these licenses so I'll be staying. The objection or one of a. Please role and Senator Hendren is not voting. 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 same Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone else which. Senator garner no Senator Hendren not voting anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty three eight one nine one not voting the bills passed the house Senator Eads seventeen sixty three. Russian Senator Eads to amend the law regarding Arkansas distilleries authorized self distribution and declare an emergency. Senator Eads thank you Mr president of members there are number of distillers run Arkansas that are very small in size and and don't meet the requirements to have the ability to get the help from some of our distributors around the state to help them get their product into the retail location so what this does is it raises the amount that they can actually produce in a year and sell directly to retailers so that they can hopefully then grow their business to the point that that they'll be successful enough that the distributors will want to work with them and get into those channels further it doesn't allow them just to deliver anywhere they don't already delivers far strike counties or doesn't allow them to ship directly to to return to consumers this is only for delivery to retailers so they can self distribute help grow the business and these are some of the same locations that changed over from producing spirits to hand sanitizer things like that during the pandemic so this hopefully give them an opportunity to be successful and grow to the point all the the distributors the retailers are off for this bill that they could be a good way to help them grow their business and I appreciate a good vote any questions. Senator got a question. Thank you for the. Senator complementary we will have the whole state. Sessions over The that may be valid if we get there we may all need to be so. You say that. They could assess. service will for off premises consumption spirituous or maintenance workers in the store manufacturer manufacturers will need and that we will not remain silent either their distillery there if they already have approval to do on site for on premises it's like some of do they have tasting rooms and things like that if they are to have that this is changing and that this is only for that they can self distribute directly to retailers okay thank you any other questions anyone with. Four centers close. Any objection or on the voter. 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House bill seventeen seventy six by representative Evans in central Wallace to modernize and strengthen nursing facility setting standards and reporting requirements. Senator Wallace thank you governor. Member members this bill updates a language requirements from the nineteen nineties it lets our state laws better match federal laws. The staffing ratios and shift ratios that we have in nursing homes are you need to Arkansas they were created over twenty years ago that was before current extensive federal staffing requirements and elaborate transparent in Allah to federal mandated staff staffing data. Became available under house bill seventeen seventy six year old and staffing ratios ships are being replaced with a new measure that better explains our modern staffing positions. You for example now with our old standards you can create an impression of a violation whenever a nurse's late for their shift. Even if another nurse stays late and covers that so there's no gap in coverage. The facility still hasn't necessary staffing working. But because of the way the the laws written that's still a year in the violation against them. Current Arkansas law only nearly counts RN's LPNs and certified nursing aides that's all that we had back to the nineteen nineties. Current. Federal laws and H. B. seventeen seventy six will match that let's just count nurse practitioners medication assistance. Physician assistants. Respiratory specialist those are all important for nursing homes. This example researchers show that medical or medication assistance result in a higher nursing home quality in a much reduced risk of medication error but we could we council's oaks now. House bill seventeen seventy six requires the same detailed online federal data system. That all Medicare in all Medicaid nursing homes have been required to use for over six years in every nursing home in Arkansas all day there's a clipboard. That's not even twenty century. Technology this nineteenth century technology. When the surveyors inspectors from DHS come in they'll take the clipboard and then they go to the computer and match up that clipboard versus. What it is on the federal system. The inspection system and what we want to do is make our state system one of the same with the federal another good example of that if the nurses in one hall one section nursing home. And there's emergency it has to go to the other in theory they have to go and sign into that new corridor on the clipboard this is really an old system in DHS we've had numerous meetings with DHS they agree with us they're neutral on this it was just if it was their bill they would be supportive of it. Federal staff requires that we report quarterly. In Arkansas with H. B. seven seven six we're going to continue to report monthly. We just wanted electronically S. the by paper clipboard and I stand by for your questions. It. Anyone would yes. Or or centers close. Any objection or on the boat. Please roll Ballenger 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 we got thirteen thousand know anybody else. Senator Leding is no anybody else Senator Elliot is present. Anybody else. Cast up the ballot. Thirty two yeas to nays. Bill is passed return. Returned to the house Senator Eads wishes to be recognized thanks for a motion to respond expunge the vote on the emergency calls remote on my yes Sir I just this is I I move that we explain. The Emergency Clause on house bill seventeen sixty three failed. All those of favour say aye. Follows. Is haven't. The motion to carry. I move that we revoked the Emergency Clause on house bill seventeen sixty three all all those of favour say aye. Those. The nose have at. Call. All market sample. Your. we expose the vote by which the emergency calls and house bill seventeen sixty three failed. Yeah. It was fun the voice vote by which the motion to have a face. All those in favor say aye hi. Lows hi. You need a motion to vote again I have a I will make a motion to revote the Emergency Clause on house bill all those in favor say aye. Highs have at. In the role of 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. Senator Sturch not voting center back I'm not voting service Stubblefield not voting Senator Bledsoe president or president. Okay. Anyone else. Cast a ballot. Thirty eight one nine three not voting one president ladies and gentlemen I give you your emergency clause. The House. Senator Hammer. Seventeen eighty eight by representative finds Senator Hammer to establish broadband improvement districts. Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president of running this bill on behalf representative fights good bill for for broadband interprovincial districts what allows for improvement districts to add the capabilities to offer brand broadband to their utility venue this does it by adding it to the current powers and this also will allow for the improvement district to be able to get grant funding and you have a question while ago And you know. Sir Beckham this did not include municipalities but there is a bill that's coming from the house in according to Cammy that caught me out there while ago that's going allowed municipalities to do it that's coming as a separate bill in its on the house and come in this way. Any law. Disposal subdivision developers to access the money in the creative group correct yes so if you got a you got improvement district county council and and even outlines in the bill about the process for the improvement district be able to vote for this it allows them to the developer to be able to put in the infrastructure for the broadband they negotiate with the provider of but it also creates a pathway forward where they would be able to access some grant money that's sitting out there you know to to provide the infrastructure. There's. Thank you Mr president Senator Hammer appreciate what city beginning about nationalities because that was one of my questions as well with some of the new restrictions are guidelines operate that way with broadband committee but is there anything consideration for counties as well as some of us have smaller counties where the entire county population maybe less than a city so is there anything then in that same deal with counties regarding them doing something like this I would hate to answer on behalf of that bill that was brought to my change while ago I think it deals with for this Palicki said you'll have broadband to the counties I don't know but I know there's been a lot of money pumped into county so you know and be able to get out to the rural areas that the A loss the loss the thought but anyway the coops but I understand coal optional cover all parts of the state either summer served by the bigger entities this is just taken another sliver of the pie and trying to address it and I think it be great if somebody did that for the county's sure thank you Sir thank you. Right. Did anybody. This is yeah. For the world I just say this is an addressing your issues but I think that be a good thing I just appreciate this gets to go for because it will help the improvement it improved the improvement district bility to be able to get the infrastructure in the thank you. Your vote. These will. 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 the vote thirty four days one day the bills passed returned to the House sitting on some of the.