Senate Convenes

Contador secretary please call. 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. Please rise including those in the gallery Senator Solomon will lead us in prayer. Thank you would you join me in prayer. Order so thankful for this day the many blessings that you grant us the grace mercy that you show us the great love that you demonstrate every day and every breath we take love you and pray that we can show the love that you have for us to one another help us to have the same mercy and show the same grace that you do help us also to stand for justice we know that you're not only a god of mercy but you're a god of justice opposed to rightly divide those and where those and serve you in a way that honors you we ask all these things in Jesus name amen. Why. States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Recognized for leave for Senator Clark. Labor senator Clark today and Thursday is my understanding without objection. The items at the desk any announcements. You know any items this Madam Secretary. Sir calm recognized. Members of inner each gallery we have a doctor the day Dr Willard Burch he moved when Arkansas in nineteen sixty seven and the he's older than I am to believe or not you'll think I'm but he is practice it to we medical clinic you would in practice and my father in law for number of years service I get to serve with him on the baseboard cross can bank but to please welcome the doctor will Burch. You want to be recognized. Any items at the desk Senator. Yes Sir Mr president this is to inform you that on April sixth twenty twenty one I approved the following measures from regular session the ninety third General Assembly. Senate bill one ninety six ACT five seventy two Senate bill one nineteen ACT by seventy three Senate bill two O. four ACT five seventy four Senate bill two eighty three ACT five seventy five Senate bill five eleven ACT five seventy six Senate bill five thirty one ACT five seventy seven senate five fifty four ACT five seventy eight Senate bill fifty ACT five seventy nine Senate bill four forty four ACT five eighty seven one twenty one ACT five eighty one Senate bill four forty seven ACT nine twenty five eighty two sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Hi there Mister president will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill twenty seven by Senator Garner Senate bill sixty five by Senator Ballenger zero one twenty by Senator Davis Senate bill one fifty two by Senator hammer Senate bill one sixty by Senator Hester Senate bill two ninety nine by Senator English senate three oh six by Senator Clark Senate bill three oh eight by Senator Hammer three eighty seven by Senator hammer Senate bill three ninety four by Senator Irvin symbol for forty six by Senator Bledsoe symbol for seventy four by Senator Beckham symbol for ninety one by Senator English symbol five O. four by Senator Irvin zero five twenty one by Senator Davis in the five twenty four by Senator Sturch symbol five forty eight by Senator Blake Johnson single five eighty eight by Senator Ballenger symbol for fifty one by Senator Hammer for the enrolled copies with the original and find the same correctly enrolled and at nine thirty eight delivered to the governor for his. While. You Mr president will your committee on Rhode Bills to whom was referred Senate bill one ninety one by Senator Sullivan compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Yes. Where where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four sixty two by Senator Elliot compare the engrossed copy the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four eighty nine by Senator Davis compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed sure hours Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill five seventy six by Senator Carl compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six thirty by Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed. Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill six thirty one by Senator Eads compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed city council. West Bills to whom was referred join Senate joint resolution twelve by Senator letting compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill seventeen seventy seven by representative Clowney the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed state agencies where your committee. On Judiciary to whom was referred house bill ten ninety eight by representative wouldn't recommend to pass as amended number one. A counted Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty nine by representative Brad recommend due pass counted Committee on Education around Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety acres and Wardlaw recommend due pass counted. Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill seventeen thirty one by representative under would recommend due pass counted. Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred senate bill four of five forty three by Senator Wallace recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill ten fifty by representative Jett recommend to pass. Counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill ten forty three by representative. Counted clear recommend due pass counted Committee on Revenue and Tax to whom was referred house bill ten forty eight by representative Milligan recommend due pass. Senator Irvin. Okay members of the Senate I need to make a motion to expunge the vote by which the emergency clause passed on Senate bill two ninety one which is my bill emergency clause did not pass in the house so I need to expunge the vote by which it passed in the Senate so we can enroll it properly so that is my motion. Any questions. All those of favour say aye aye opposed Is haven't. The motion. Doctor and the merger clause is expunged. In general. and then Mr president I'd like to go ahead and make a motion to suspend the rules to allow us to hear. S. C. R.. Seven which is a concurrent resolution to honor and encourage the pursuit of the national Cancer Institute designation father Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the you at at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences. for today because they are here with us in the gallery. You for the motion to suspend the rules all those of favour say aye aye opposed ayes have it. Kerry we put on. Senate concurrent resolution seven by Senator Irvin to encourage the president of the national Cancer Institute designation by the with the Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences. Thank you members of the Senate today with us that we have Dr Michael beer I with UAMS who is our director of the cancer institutes I would like for you to welcome him. And members I I'm I'm this resolution is very important to me and to a lot of us because of the work that we did last session and what this resolution really does M. in twenty nineteen with the passage of access and one eighty one and ACT five eighty the state legislature stated its desire that as a matter of public policy we wanted to better our state fight against cancer when we passed those bills a journey began and we continue down that journey and there has on your desk if you will see there is this handout that talks about the accomplishments in this journey and what we've accomplished and where we are now and the Cancer Institute and began to shape the infrastructure needed to achieve in C. I. designation our work continues and this resolution is to encourage to improve access to clinical trials making new drugs available to our Kansans and we know that clinical trial medicines will reduce cancer mortality by twenty five percent make prevention education and treatment options available for our Kansans within driving distance of UAMS they don't have to leave the state of Arkansas and that will create approximately fifteen hundred new jobs over five years and will lead to an economic impact of seventy two million dollars on our state's economy so with the passage of this resolution which is to encourage the good work that has been happening in that is continues to happen at UAMS for NCI designation I ask for your support in passing this resolution today and we're very honored to have you doctor beer as our NCI cancer director and the work that you're doing and all of those a you a massive support this on the foundation board and the board of trustees and everybody down the line thank you so much for the work that you all have done to achieve this and and very important destination for our state and with that I thank you for being here and I ask for a good vote. Are there any questions Senator anybody like to speak against the bill or the resolution for the resolution saying nine are you closing urban I am I appreciate to get that. Any objection rolling the vote see none all. All in favor of S. C. R. eighty seven please and I think Zayn opposed resolution passed thank you. For motion. You are recognized senator garner promotion colleagues I rise today to make an unusual motion. I'm gonna make a motion to refer Senate bill five five nine two interim study Senate bill five five nine is not my bill center backs. You probably heard about this bill I just want to say give a parent say that not to take credit for moving this to animal study because. Amanda worked as hard center Beckham has on something like this sometimes too humble to omit the things a compromise he's made. He's worked diligently on a real issue for him is constituents in his district file this piece of legislation in order to address that he moved this ball down the road to the point that he got certain forces to make concessions and to change the rules in order to do it. He understands that this is going to help the people of South Arkansas and people all across the state that's going to tell the people across the state listing that. We come to center back a committee has these issues before we need to make sure the body that we pay attention to him that we respect them with that he understands this piece of legislation and the court form probably has some problems that he would like to move into the study the study over the phone The New next year and a half so we can get richer point we can address those issues for realistically without take any questions. Let's get that it was which Senate bill five five nine you're the correct we need that on the screen since he's doing there was another second go okay we have a motion to refer back to committee. Does anyone want to speak against that bill. The motion skews me the motion. The. Ninety. But do we have to refer them back to committee before okay so so the motion is to take Senate bill five five nine interim study again to everybody speak against the motion. For the motion center back in yes I fully support the motion. Center by committee voted in favor of the motion. Yes. My understanding is I ask all in favor of the motion please say aye. Same sign opposed. The motion to refer to anyone study has passed. We're going to skip over since I'm here Senator Stubblefield your for what purpose motion motion you're recognized sure no motion colleagues to move us Senate bill two forty two from retirement which is no longer meeting to state agencies the shell bill that I filed had retirement in the title and whatever we amended it that board was taken completely out so it has nothing to do with retirement this bill should want to state agencies so I just make a motion we move this state agencies referred state agency that is a proper motion Senate bill two four two is that correct correct Senate bill two four to move to state agencies out of proper motion all in favor. Well you may like to speak against. Question for purpose question you're recognized sample Senate. What what is this bill for trying to this bill pertains to the capitol police okay thank you. Are there any other questions. To be clear and concise would it be like to speak against this motion for this motion all in favor of the motion please say aye. Thanks on opposed. I would say the nose have. Let's move forward then. We have anybody else. Senator been Senate bill. Six hundred we doing. I'm appear we're gonna we're gonna pass over H. the R. ten fourteen will come back to it here in the second Senator Irvin Senate bill sixty one Amendment one Senate bill sixty one yes as my bill my amendment. It to concur with the house amendment limits just as cosponsors. Sponsored. Yeah. Ask for I'm I move to concur with the house amendment can't hear. The Amendment. Got. This is only a matter. The questions. Follows. Yes you read at Madison. Yes. All in favor say aye aye vote. Is have it members adopted we will now vote on the. Underlined Senate bill sixty one by Senator Irvin to amend various provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the collagen correct catches program. Thank you members the you've already heard this bill passes bill the amendment was to add sponsors the bill I appreciate a good vote. The question they always speak against before centers closed. Injection rowing the boat these rules about. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone was injured from. Flowers is president Senator flowers president Senator flowers anyone else. Cast up the ballot thirty three eight zero nine eight one present one leave the bill is passed. Your role. We're gonna go back to Senator Ingram is recognized. Thank you senator pitch your very K. I've got an introduction of in the east gallery is the lead high school state class two A. boys state basketball champions. They want. One sixty two to fifty five B. Caddo hills in double overtime and the Mariana was eighteen and one they lost their first game this year to park view I want to eighteen straight up you see representative Reginald Murdock his wife well we Murdock is the superintendent of schools there and I just also coach a manual way worse coach way. He's on this site are we got a mobile so there's coach way he bladed Ole miss for four years for Robert Barnes and we're both alumni of the university of Mississippi state coach great here we appreciate you give a big round of applause. Hello miss lonesome here and I will get back of manner. Senate senator. Senator senator Pat concurrent resolution up. Ten fourteen by representative Wardlaw Senator Pitsch emphasized by your water fountain water found habitat in Arkansas to the economy recreation heritage and quality of life of the state and support efforts that boost this critical part of the state's economy. Thank you Mr president colleagues this concurrent resolution ten fourteen does exactly what the secretary said It emphasizes the value water following water fell habitat in Arkansas to our great economy here in the state of Arkansas it is a key driver when we have folks who hunt fish in this state. And members asked me and representative Wardlaw to honor them via this resolution I appreciate a good vote I'm open for any questions any questions Senator Beckham. Thank you senator **** is this the The resolution to set up a license fee increase it is absolutely the resolution if you want to vote yea or nay on the license fee that's coming down the pipe yet this is completely different this is a concurrent resolution thank you thank you for the question. What you send me a picture of what a mallard duck looks like it's been so long since I've seen one I've forgotten places. Senator Ingram all take you bird hunting with me next year will limit out all right thank you. He did it right. Yeah all. Is haven't read resolution is about. Return to the House Senator Stubblefield. A member I'd like to make a motion to expunge previous vote on Senate bill two forty two. All all those of favour say aye. Follows eyes have a motion carried I would also like a motion to re referred Senate bill two forty two. To the state agencies from retirement the Committee which no longer meets anymore and the reason this bill was referred to retirement it is because it was a shell bill originally that had the word retirement in the in the title. We amended the bill retirement was taken completely out so I'm asking it be re referred to a committee that is still going to meet. I would appreciate a good vote re referred the bill to state agencies All the favor say aye. Those eyes. All those of favour say aye hi. I have a motion is carried. Senator will move over center Chesterfield she's out of the chamber. We're gonna go to senator Hammer or you knew it you knew it. Amendment one Senate bill four seventeen. Thank you Mr president what this did was at the house Senator Hammer. It's time for Senate. Senator Hammer stop thank you thank you Mr. Mr president. And in the house sponsor to appreciate a good vote. All those in favor of the say aye. Is have it sitting forwards seventeen by Senator Hammer. Permitting a person convicted of a gun antitrust violation or other unlawful business practice to lawfully possess a firearm under state law The Amendment was adopted now we're voting on the underlying amended bill Senator Hammer. Thank you Mr president what this bill does is if the person is convicted of what I refer to it's a and I trust which is a non violent has a felony the federal law allows for this to happen that they can get their of a concealed weapon permit is simply aligns with what is currently allowed in federal law and I ran this by a CIC and state police and all those folks and they were fine with that we debated this on the floor previously is back here because of that the Senate house sponsor no opposition on that and I appreciate a good vote the question of the day on which be gassed for any objection on the vote please roll vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote flowers is no better flowers is no. Senate Chesterfield's NO. Right. Senator Elliot. Okay so Chesterfield no surveillance no anyone else. Cast about thirty one days three days the bill is passed several. You senator Rubio senator Dismang and then we'll go back search Amendment one Senate before eighteen. At this bill just edited co sponsored. All those in favor of the amendment. Lows I have it opted amendment to the Senate bill four eighteenths of members in the original bill there was a fifty per can't or percent cap that went both ways they could increase prices by fifty percent and decrease prices but the percent the House change that the cap the increase of twenty percent which they can already do for lodging this opens it up for the other rentals that they have the boat rentals that sort of thing at this does allow them to kind of move forward with I think was one of the big intense is let them have fire sales when the lodging and that sort of thing wasn't being utilized for the fifty percent reduction does stay in place with the amendment I see couple had some just say one more time it caps the increase of twenty percent but allows them to do the dynamic price. Any questions. You always speak against for Senators closed you objection. Get it done well that was the main all the favor say aye. I have it members adopted. Senate bill four eighteen by Senator Dismang to amend the authority of the state parks recreation and travel commission related to fees for services and authorize the State Parks Division to utilize dynamic pricing prevents services and overnight accommodations Senate is again members I think it is explain pretty much the bill with the amendment caps increases to twenty percent which they can already do with lodging allows a decrease prices up to fifty percent take any questions. Any questions. We're speak against four centers closed any objection on the vote. 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. I wish to change their vote Senator Blake flowers is no. Senator flowers is no Senator Blake Johnson is president. Okay can anyone else. Senator Teague is present anyone else. Cast a ballot. Thirty one days one day to present one leave the bill is passed several. Senator Chesterfield. The announcmenet one December two twenty six. You're just. My recognized thank you Mister ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. I would appreciate a good vote on this amendment. The question always favor say aye. I miss you too Senate bill two twenty six by Senator Chesterfield requiring the establishment of the medical marijuana advisory subcommittee of the Legislative Council provided bass related Arkansas constitution's Amendment ninety eight the bill does exactly as it states I appreciate a good vote any questions or wish to speak against or for the Senate closed. Any objection one vote. The roll Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Urban's NO. Service center back as president. Anybody else. Cast a ballot. Thirty two yeas one nine. Bill is passed in role of the real. Senator Wallace is recognized. Thank you governor. Members governor I like to present the bill I will leadership class of two thousand twenty one this is a chamber of commerce every year they put a class together and come down and. Glad to have you here with us today. In the class of twenty one my good friend Senator Mathew Pitsch started his career but coming down here the leadership class with Fort Smith. And now he's been that a with this. So you all be thing about running for state senator and state representative just not anytime soon. All right Senate house bills would Senate amendments Senate Amendment one house bill twelve forty three. I guess this this amendment was adding me as the primary sponsor it's my bill my amendment. Close as have it. All members of the Senate. City centers. Yeah. Senator garner. Senate bill one seventy one by Senator Garner concerning the fees for a license to carry a concealed handgun into way fees for military veterans and active United States military personnel. Thank you senator are you Mr president I know many in this room care deeply about our veterans in the service and sacrifice they made to this country it's important that we when they come back to transact business in back to civilian life we give them some sense of protection Norma C. so they can translate that as many of you know when your military specially in a combat situation used to having a weapon to provide and protect yourself firstly Arkansas as of permits carry state we do not need to conceal carry to actually carry a firearm but if you use consider getting concealed carry license right now you have to pay the state fifty dollars in order to have that privilege this would eliminate that for veterans thank you show a valid form of ID like a DD two fourteen or something other I think it's a good message to send our veterans that were pro federal state that we care deeply about them and if they want this permit it's available to them no charges out done training chain training they have to get the name change anything like that just makes where they do not have to pay the actual so carry license with that distinguished colleagues I'll take any questions any questions. Anyone wish to speak against. Four centers closed I am closing his or any objection willing to vote. These rules vote Senator. 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 flowers. Hours. Senator flowers is no anyone else will change their vote. Cast about thirty three ACT one day the bill is passed transmit to the House senator back on Senate bill three eighty eight by Senator Beckham to modify laws concerning abortion clinics. Senator Rapert. Is pretty easy bill it's a. The main thing it does is change the licensing requirements for abortion clinics and also hospitals are no longer allowed to do elective abortions and then it defines just hello makes abortion consistent throughout code. Anyone wish to speak against for. Senate is closed. Any objection on the vote. Please roll. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It was no Senator flowers is no. Senate Chesterfield's NO. I got. Senator Elliot is no Senator Tucker is no. Senator Ingram is no. The body else. Your Senator Leding. Senator Leding is in fact no. Anyone else. Cast about twenty eighty six days Bills past transmit to the House senator garner again. Center for sixty seven by Senator Garner permitting an emergency medical technician to possess and carry a concealed handgun without a license to carry a concealed handgun. Thank you Mr president in Palm Love we had a situation where to EMTs responded to a domestic situations for the best way to describe it In rendering aid to the one of the victims the perpetrator decide to pull a gun out start shooting. I believe unfortunately that person killed the female victim and noble for the EMTs were injured in this attack fortunately one the EMTs had a concealed **** handgun labor returned fire price saving his in his coworkers life when it happened committee and he's reached out to me and said they want to kind of create a formalistic process that if EMTs want to carry in the state of Arkansas they could do so now this is within their official capacity not as billion miles or have that right the big thing I heard from the EMT companies is there what about liability protection so if they have allows my to carry this weapon and they go out there and they're in instead the company itself wouldn't be in trouble they most of them deeply want their people to be a protect himself or worry about that so we did today as we set up a sentence similar standard for our EMTs be able to carry while on duty this is similar to kind of how law enforcement prosecutors and others do that's a requirement that you get some additional training in order to do that and if you do so the company will it takes all of any liability that comes out of that person on the job and if they shoot somebody or if there's a situation like that with that I'll take any questions. Senator that there's no state law that would prohibit. Them for possessing or carrying a firearm now right. No Sir but there's usually a company policy prohibits as a private employer and like I said discussing this with people who have these companies they want their guys and girls security but they're nervous about the ramifications of that without any kind of protection what this does is create kind of a standard edition training to it that allows them to do that while on the job while offering that liability protection each company can make this decision the cells in my view if they want to our not and like a project that you would know know dissenter Johnson there's probably a lot ETC Kerry right now in violation that policy and this just creates a formalistic process for them be able to do that without risk needs of the job or the employees have to make our decision thank you senator any other. They always speak again for. I am close thank you Sir one of the act the rolling of a. The legal. 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 injured by Senator Chesterfield. Senator flowers is no. Senator flowers. Law Center. Chesterfield Elliott. You. You want. Sir Clark. Your body. Thirty ACT four days the bill is passed. Transmitted on down the line senator mark Johnson of Ferndale. Senate bill four ninety eight by Senator Johnson. To amend the Arkansas law concerning the enforcement of election law. Thank you Mr president Senator for ninety eight simply clarifies that. When there's a complaint filed concerning election law violation or irregularity to the County Board of election commissioners that the complaint is sent to the state board of election commissioners for evaluation that's a change from currently the losses the county Clerk and appropriate prosecuting attorney certainly it may end up with a prosecuting attorney but the initial evaluation and report will be to the state board of election commissioners and that's all the bill does appreciate a good vote got a couple questions Senator Johnson we get Senator Teague and then we'll go to center Chesterfield Senator Teague. Johnson I heard you say clarified clarified and changing into the. Yes Sir but but in all fairness by the county Clerk it does not have any authority related to that. Ski tourney possibly could have original jurisdiction so to speak yes it does change it and it to change it to be in compliance with other. Areas of code that relate to election law. What did the law not previously give the county Clerk at the order I mean it says to that I do here is. This particular section does but I think people sometimes to get concerned since the county Clerk asis Election Commission in many cases to carry out the election they are primarily the registrar of voters and not the actual responsible party for carrying out election thank you Mr president thank you. Thank you thank you Mister you continue to talk about the other part of the code Senator. What specifically does the other part of the code say because this part gives a role to our county clerks yes thank you are summarily removing the county clerk's from any part of this process. In that to me is troublesome why do you want to remove this particular language just because of the cold summer at. If you as you know Senator Chesterfield their number bills that several as been working on including senator senator Hammer to clarify that the County Board of election commissioners is the responsible entity to carry out elections all seventy five counties as well as to certify the results of the election there seem to be some concerned that those lines of responsibility weren't being properly followed In the case of a of this particular bill in that particular section there been some issues that have arisen where the county Clerk at least in some instances has been the person that or the organization I'll just say the office that the we've had something to do with some of the problems is just takes it away from anyone that's too close to it and puts it in the place where it's ultimately responsible if the state board of finds a problem and certainly they can refer that to the appropriate prosecuting attorney the county Clerk sorry elected in my correct I'm sorry the county clerks are elected right yes ma'am so how do we get the state board of election commissioners they are pointed are they not they are in their appointed from multiple positions and they are responsible and not an elected official that has a dog in the fight of any election their job is to make sure that the elections are handled in a free and fair manner across the state who okay. I'm sorry points then there there's several of the governor point some I think there's some other is that are ex officio but they are people that are appointed by the governor and I believe others I don't have that list in front of me but those of us to vote for the county clerk's our voices are not heard because we have no we have no part of the process as far as the election commissioners are concerned is that correct. Senator I think that they're in direct input to the process and once again we all vote for county Clerk if we live in Arkansas because we get the every county has a county Clerk. Also represented out of office right if we can put him out right I'm sorry if the medicine that we get on a let them we can't do a dead dumb thing about the election commissioners can't I think this is a better check and balance than what we have in the current situation Senator but senator Tucker brought up the issue issue that Clark's are elected in committee and I I simply said that we have people that are elected that appointees people in other cases you know we give a lot of authority to our cabinet secretaries especially the Secretary of the FNA you have to do for our taxes and all that and we don't elect them either so there is an indirect line but it's not necessarily direct line. Thank you. Senate Johnson as far as checks and balances is not one of my questions originally but I'll. What is what's the check and balance here if you start with the Election Commission. Is that ultimate that's the ultimate place to go no ma'am at the. Attorney I'm sorry the old man's a prosecuting attorney if there's some violation of law office so you don't need to call them the ultimate the ultimate in this process that was just if I said that I was out of line and or didn't clarify that correctly. Okay so I am not clear on what problem you are solving. Because I heard you say something about some believe are some and that's. That's not an answer that is one that I think would really response that question the way it should be responded to what's the problem and how widespread is the problem that you're solving wide spread out I don't think I can speak to but let me back up to the beginning of the paragraph Senator this is about a written complaint about election law violation and they can they can provide that to to the County Board of election commissioners and also send it to the state board of election commissioners not all the county Clerk not the county judge not the county assessor not the police chief and not initially the prosecuting attorney it first goes then to the state board of election commissioners and and hopefully with due process they will sort of separate the wheat from the chaff it's a frivolous complaint they can certainly dismiss it if there's a more detailed need to study it in more. detail they can do that and they certainly have the staff with the understanding of all the election laws to properly evaluate that which may or may not be true in the case of the county Clerk but you didn't respond to the party No of. How widespread is this problem that we are supposedly responding to because it's a big deal to move us away from the folks we're closest to that we voted for to the to an unelected body that's just a big deal so there must be some I mean any number of problems out there that you can site that we ought to change the law for this that that's what I'm asking you will center I don't really want to get into the specifics because there's been some issues that have occurred that have and some of them in the paper and so I'm not been to see more investigation going on on that this is about a process of dealing with them not trying to say that it happened this many times or ten times that many times or whatever but whatever the violation it would if if they if the this is to ascertain was it indeed a violation or to the person that made the complaint. Was it in a Roni is complaint of the facts that they had were incorrect but that's why you want someone that is schooled in election law to make that evaluation not to prosecute or anything but to certainly apply the law and see was it followed or was it not file center I don't want you to get into a naming names I'm just asking you about how widespread it is so you can start with just tell me how many counties have had these kind of suppose because we don't even know supposed violations how many counties are we talking about Senator Elliot I think I could I have knowledge of at least L. alleged problems in two counties and I've actually heard of others but I could not even if you put me under oath to tell you what others might have been mention but I do know of of two particular cash for their been problems and this again doesn't specifically address the problem it just puts in the law the property factfinder to the valuation the problem if again if a complaint is made it doesn't say that this is an absolute problem it says that there's a complaint someone actually that is is conversant in election law evaluation there could be something that someone actually thought was illegal that actually did happen and it turns out that the election state board of election commissioners look at and say well what do you think that's a good idea or not it doesn't violate the law and that's why we want that evaluation to be made by the entity that is cognizant election law to the greatest extent okay so just to be clear we are we are proposing changing a law on allegations maybe two three or whatever we're gonna change a whole long because of allegations well here's the thing it's still dressed allegation what we're changing. Is having someone this probably the best one to evaluate the the allegation fairly. Thank you Mr president Senator Johnson just one issue couple simple yes or no questions. Do the county Clerk now have investigatory invest the ability to investigate election complaints. That I think they don't in this law clarifies that they don't this but the complex they could receive a complaint before what happens to it after that hi this is simply says the the complaint actually goes to the County Board of election commissioners and then the written complaint is sent somewhere did say the county Clerk and appropriate prosecuting attorney this sends it to up the chain to the State Board of Election Commission and is it not true that the state board of election commissioners has the ability to investigate complaints yes Sir that is current law all right and what happens if the Clerk the way the law is now what happens if the Clerk is the person who the complaint is being turned in against if the Clerk is the one that's receiving the complaint how would you ever know that it went any further than the Clerk receiving it you would not senator is that what this bill is intended to do is to intended to correct that problem probably also build thank you. We speak again for centers close close any or all of the vote. Please call the roll do not role of the thank you. Ballinger. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. English. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello yes. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Page. Right. I. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote Senator English as I. Anyone else. Cast about twenty six days a day. The bill is passed transmit to the House senator B. Davis. Simo five thirty five by Senator Davis to create the government interact in a reaction all with the nonprofit entities act. Thank you Davis you're recognized thank you and this bill and it essentially just protects non profits by making sure state agencies cannot weaponize any type of regulation and enforce those nonprofits to disclose personal information of private citizens who are and contributors and financially or non non financial and who are volunteers or just members at any five oh one C. organization and it maintains all of the filing and reporting currently required authorized by federal law and of course it's still and maintains the ability to and request information if there's and you know fraud investigation or something like that that needs to take place so this is a good bill it just make sure that if we're gonna change regulations and require additional disclosures at five a one sees that we do it through law and not through a back door as you know a state agency requiring something that is not actually legal to require that'll take any questions are there any questions for Senator Davis. Any but Senator Ingram you're recognized for a question this is just for trying to battle one cities correct that's correct. Are there any other questions for Senator Davis. You may like to speak against the bill or the bill Senate bill three close for the bill Klassen asked forget that thank you any objection the rolling of a. Ballinger Beck. 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 centers wish to vote or change their vote will do the right side first I've got an non vote Senator Hendren anybody else on the rights powers is no under flowers is a no. I have a president with senator Chesterfield. Have a president Senator flowers person. The only issues me. Relson roadside. Senator Tucker is present. Website anybody changing their voter wishes to cast the vote. Seeing none madam secretary please cast a ballot with twenty ninety eight one nine one non vote three present Senate bill five thirty five passes we will move on. Transmitted. Senator Rapert you're recognized for purpose members I just wanna take a minute privilege here really for disclosure to make sure I meant to do that during the discussion it didn't do it I spoke on the bill yesterday in committee and made the disclosure in the committee from the chair but I am the president of a nonprofit and that nonprofit was responsible for raising money for the ten commandments monument we're being sued actually I've been brought in into a lawsuit that is against the state of Arkansas and one of the provisions was the entities were trying to force us to divulge the name of nonprofit donors and I want to make sure that's clear I did vote for the bill but I didn't get up and argue for the bill made the disclosure from my chair I just wanna make sure if I need to get a letter I'll do that thank. noted for the record Senator Hendren your purpose is to notice I didn't vote on that bill because I also have a five one C. would. So noted for the record. It's transmitted to the house. Senator mark Johnson Senate bill five five seven Mr president Senator five fifty seven by Senator Johnson to mental action law to amend the duties of members of the County Board of election commissioners and clarify the duties of county employees designated as election officials. Johnson you're recognized thank you Mr president of Mr president if I may ask unanimous consent that I make a very brief not a personal privilege. So noted. All right members and some you may have seen this others might not have Arkansas lost a great person today that Mr Paul Greenberg the former editorial writer and columnist for the Pulitzer Prize winning I should say the Arkansas Democrat Gazette passed away his son Dan Greenberg was a member of the house of representatives and friend to many of us in this body I am preparing memorial resolution to present later to recognize Mr Greenberg but I did want to let the Senate know sadness and passing Mr Greenberg and condolences to his family thank you Mr president for the center Johnson you thank you for your message you are our record high percentages Senate bill five five seven thank you Mr president Senate bill five fifty seven is another one of those election package bills several of spin working on this one clarifies the relationship about supervision of election officials. Is it settled bottom of the front page the supervision Election Commission officials may be delegated by an affirmative vote of a quorum of all members of the County Board of election commissioners. And then on section two this is important part of this bill it says county employees detailed as election official now the word detailed we struggle with that former representative Doug House now this is to Attorney General helped us come up with that he reached back into his military background as I'm sure that Senator Wallace does that were detailed when you're put on a detail you have a specific limited job to do and this details county employees to be to help carry out elections it makes clear that the they comply with directives of the County Board of election commissioners related to if they are related to the election and they can can assigned to other election officials the supervision of those election officials again by a vote of a quorum of all members of the commission now this is some to clarify and and is good in some cases goes back to the bill I had a moment ago the County Board of election commissioners may not change a duty delegated to a county employee if that duty is expressly governed by state or federal law as a practical matter we know that employees of the county Clerk and sometimes other county elected officials are. Detailed I like that word it could some of us would say temporarily working on election matters this clarifies the actual line of responsibility we were asked by the county Clerk to come up something clarify this simply because they didn't want to be any questions that they were still the employer of those a county employees but that they were were detailed to work on that specific thing related to elections and therefore under the temporary supervision for those matters only and only those matters to the County Board of election commissioners that's what it is I hope I'm clear but I'll be glad to answer center Chesterfield question are there any questions for senator Johnson center Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you Mr and as an elected official if they choose not to To comply with the directives was the penalty. My equipment cut out and part of your that could you repeat that searches if an elected official. Feels that it is not in the best interest of the individuals they represent to carry out the directives of an unelected body what is the consequence. The way I interpreted center is this if it has to do with elections than they are if they accept that responsibility and they don't have to my understanding they can say I don't want to do this then they must follow if it's related to election and directed by the responsible body which is the County Board of election commissioners if there is a for something in that conflicts with their other duties then they would be allowed to say I can't I can't do that I'm an we specifically mentioned both federal and state law because or some county employees that are are covered under some things which might include something like the hatch act so do they have the right as we have given to pharmacists and physicians to deny doing something that is in the Senate go to their conscience. Yes Sir I never look at this is any kind of a conscious thing I looked at it as a matter of who supervises to but you give me a director. Which which is a prescription a prescription is directed to feel something but if in my heart as it is a pharmacist I don't think it's the right thing to do you've already given me the authority not to do it and I need to know if there is a matter of conscience any elected official feels that the directive from the County Board is antithetical to what they believe in good conscience are they required to carry it out. It has to do with that carrying out the election I would say they work if it's something related to a prescription or a or some other unrelated issues certainly they would not be but if they don't what is the penalty it doesn't I don't see a penalty okay thank you thank you Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president I'm just having trouble following the the the grammar here on this bill so and I think it. When it says. The supervision of election officials may be delegated by an affirmative vote the on page on page one there. Delegated to anybody or. Just county officials what what were you doing there it beats its delegated actually Senator Hendren is delegated anymore let me explain what that means if you decide you want to be poll worker that you're accepting a delegation of authority from the responsible party that already is the County Board of election commissioners so that's when when we saw you go as I have I want to work with poles can I do there you go through the training you you meet the other criteria that they would prescribe because again that's means bye bye delegate that's what I thought because normally you'll see delegated to or who may be delegated to it the way this is written it can be delegated to any correct. Yes Sir obviously those responsibilities very and some or simply a your call work for another hearing judge for that precinct and others you could be in some other election related job I mean can they not do that now this is why are we doing this cannot delegate to pull workers Hey you can go do this and this is how you do it this if the intent Senator Hendren this clarification of the law and part of that clarification is that the County Board of election commissioners is under the law the responsible party and therefore does the delegate. As opposed to what's happening now well oftentimes practice whether it's actually done or not the county Clerk looks the complexion Commission turns to the county Clerk says go run the election in the Clerk says okay and many many counties without this formal clarification statute everything works just fine but in the cases where it doesn't we we felt it was appropriate to put this in the code to to clarify who's I'd say who's the boss but that's really what is the responsible party the one that it has the legal responsibility to carry out the free and fair election is the County Board of election commissioners this is I guess it kind of sounds like or settling and per or here between the clerks in the county Election Commission only if someone misinterprets the remaining parts of the statute and how that might apply okay I don't I don't see that but theoretically yes Sir that's probably could could be that way. Are there any other questions for senator Johnson Senator Tucker you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mister senator Johnson this is the March twenty questions raising committee yesterday in section one of the bill there's really no guidance about who the authority can be delegated to or what type of a story can be delegated and I just wanted to raise that that question here on the floor of centre appreciated I respectfully think I can answer your question my response to Senator injury it's all of the above its it's any people that are going to be tasked with carrying out the election everything from the I hate to say locally because they're not all only they're all wonderful people that volunteer their time but to be a simple poll worker in an individual precinct versus someone that's in a more supervisory position of the election so it's all up. Hope that's clear yes Sir I didn't catch everything you said center and so I appreciate thank you senator thank you senator are there any other questions for senator Johnson. Yeah no further questions what anybody wish to speak against this bill. For this bill. Senator Johnson are you closing time closed thanks thanks John sorry case that he or she voted for the bill thirty objection to rolling the. Seeing no objection madam secretary please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice same Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote will do the right side for flowers. Senator flowers is no senator Chesterfield is no. Senator Elliot is no Senator Tucker is no. Nonvoting Senator Teague. All right. Senator Ingram is a no. Senator Leding is no do we have anybody else was saying wishing to change their vote. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast up the ballot the twenty seventy eight six nine one non voting Senate bill five five seven is passed transmitted the House Senate bill five seven three Senator Ballinger said bill five seventy three by Senator Ballenger concerning places where a person may possess and carry a concealed handgun with a license to carry a concealed handgun. Enter you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you. At what this bill does is really fixes a a loophole so when we passed and debated about and thought over then hits carried a couple sessions ago one of the things that we were doing was providing opportunity for people with this additional training to have the ability to carry a government buildings throughout the state including municipal buildings well what what is happened is they are using the ability to post a sign that was a is a tool that's being provided to private businesses in order to be able to prohibit people from carrying and public buildings so the the philosophy behind the the policy behind the enhanced care was these people went through all this additional training should have ability to carry in these government buildings in order to to protect himself wherever they go so just basically it really is clean up to Texas tech to technicality that the people are using to to get out from underneath the intent of the legislation and I appreciate a good vote. Are there any questions for Senator Ballinger Senator Teague you're recognized question. I have called several my counties. Who are concerned about this we had a conversation the actually so yesterday committee they showed up and we have a good long talk afterwards the county is concerned. Are places like like jails and in and so forth that are already specifically prohibited other places what I might in my conversation with the county they're looking at putting together an amendment maybe that would would clarify that probably it'll say something like it was prohibited by those other code sections that specifically prohibited we get language on that and then I'll amended on the house and otherwise they are already their concerns are taken care of by virtue of of the the other code sections anyway but but I'm happy to try to clarify for them thank you senator Tucker you're recognized for a question thank you Mr with this allow. Folks to carry guns in airports. So there is federal laws that would prohibit that so and I would guess that there's also and I I'd have to look at it others that specific carve out as far as prohibited places in Arkansas that would address that so I don't think that they would just be included in this building so one thing that's important is like this was what we envisioned when when we passed the enhanced carry that the problem is that cities are using the same thing the private businesses are by posting signs so we're not opening it up to any other places that were not provided the code the problem is I don't know that we were clear clear enough to to let people know that that posting was only for private business I'm not not public. Are there any other questions for Senator Ballinger. Would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill Senator Ballinger is indicated that he's close for the bill is there any objection the rolling of a. 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 anyway Senators wish to change or or both of ours is no longer flowers is a no go fairly political here senator Chesterfield is a no. Senator Tucker indicated no. Senator Elliot indicates no anybody else on the right side of the chamber. Who. Senator Ingram indicates no on the left side of the chamber Senator Leding indicates no anybody else. Seeing none Madam Secretary passed up the ballot with twenty eighty eighty six ninety Senate bill five seventy three is passed transmit to the House Senator Ballinger Senate bill five seventy four. Simplifies seventy four by Senator Ballinger to recognize a liability sharing organization as an insurer for motor vehicle liability insurance purpose Senator Ballinger you are recognized to present your bill thank you this phone bill doesn't have anything to the guns so I there are there are in fact I think they're really scattered throughout the state but I will large population amendments and in my area and they they actually are exempt they have a moral exemption from purchasing insurance but the process in order to be able to get that exemption requires and actually go and get the every year and this liability insurance on an automobile go every year and and get the the exemptions specifically from the state what this does this would provide them that if they're participating in a in a liability sharing program which they do through a company called men and I motor say than they are that will be at least for the the purpose of the liability insurance will be sufficient to cover that that requirement happy to answer any questions are there any questions for Senator Ballenger Senator Teague you're recognized for a question Senator Ballinger. I have a large population and not for the world. How does this affect them well this is action brought to me by about minutes and my guess is your man I population probably also utilizes Mennonite motors a lot of them do as part of their sharing program to their church and so what it will do is that will be enough that if they have evidence that they have that that will be enough to provide for the exemption if they want to continue doing things of that as they do and and make the application every year for each vehicle and all that they can still do that so that doesn't that's not changed but if instead if they you participate through this program than that hot building just prove that and then it back to just make their life a little easier. Is there a group that does. Yes Sharing shared liabilities or group. Or call minimum motor state there may be other ones that do it as well but it really kind of a program to the church is almost kind of think of it more like a ministry that it is is a insurance policy but one reason why we don't hear about this we don't know much about this is because I mean they do get a rex like other people get a rex but they always pay so they're not there's not is not a problem that is the big covered by this thank you thank you. Are there any other questions Senator Ballinger appreciate a good vote seeing none would anybody like to speak against the bill for the bill Senator Ballinger is indicated he's close for the bill any objection to rolling of a. 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 sampling Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote so ours is president Senator flowers is present. Senator Chesterfield is present anybody else on the right hand side of the chamber. Saying not anybody on the left side of the chamber. Seeing none Madam Secretary cast of the ballot thirty two eighty two president Senate bill five seventy four as past transmitted the House. Just. Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you Mr president members I want to Senator Hendren and Senator Rapert did while going disclose and I'm a member on several five oh one C. threes with regards to the vote cast on Senate bill five thirty five they'll be a letter on file to reflect that thank you. Thank you for your announcmenet Senator Hester Senate bill six oh six seven six six by Senator Hester to amend the law concerning the issuance of a driver's instruction permit by the division of Arkansas State Police Senator Hester you're recognized thank you senator members this is the bill I work with the local state police In the northwest Arkansas would give the driver's test and basically we just we have lines are too long and you get a schedule online and sometimes it takes up to a month to get to get an opportunity go take your test and this just give some more time on finding that people run a run pass through here the next go retake the written test which compounds are problem waiting to take the written test so happy to answer any questions but that's what this is about are there any questions for Senator Hester. Seeing no questions would anybody like to speak against this bill. For this bill Senator Hester is indicated that he's close for the bill any objection the rolling of a. 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. But any Senator like to vote or change their vote. Seeing none on the right saying none on the left side of the chamber madam secretary please cast up the ballot with thirty four EA Senate bill six oh six this past transmitted the House. Senate bill six fourteen Senator Breanne Davis seven six fourteen by Senator Davis to amend Arkansas law concerning paid canvassers to amend the law concerning the compensation paid canvassers and clear emergency members will know there's emergency clause on this bill twenty four votes are required Senator Davis you're recognized thank you and this bill deals with paid canvassers in a way that's meant to protect the integrity of our ballot initiative process it guards against fraud by doing a couple of things that requires US in Arkansas residency prohibits pain can't canvassers on a person at your basis it ensures those that have already broken the law are not interested in changing laws or Arkansas state constitution it also helps ensure that our canvassing process have legal challenge by and a few things also its first laws amended the background check provision and it also wants us with other states in regards to their residency and the person that you're payment and requirements and it follows a circuit court precedent at the new provisions in this bill are Patton patterned after similar provisions and other states have done and have already survived a legal challenge and and it also includes a severability clause in case the court strikes down any part of it and and as I mentioned it's got an emergency clause I'll take any questions are there any questions for Senator Davis senator Chesterfield you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman thank you senator Davis for taking my question. I'm wondering why. We demand citizenship in order to get somebody to sign some. Those are for bad people who are gathering the signatures we just put requirements and around the people who are required gathering and being paid to gather signatures well I guess I'm thinking this is it's just odd because we have just about individuals would not services subject children to become nurses. And yet they can't pass something around to get some by this. The. Yes that's what the bill states. Senator Ingram you're recognized for a question in center Hendren after that. Section six it was in the bill. It adds a misdemeanor you can't be a campus or if you had a speeding ticket. So we are working on an amendment to that right now to specify an you know be more specific on the misdemeanor language. The where many not on the House send and I had never said that about a bill I'm just saying it now because we're at the end of session and so when I've got an language drafted that we're going to send over to a representative gray. Okay. Senator Hendren you're recognized for a question thank you Mr president so I know we had to initiate thrown off because of the questions of the language about background checks is this fix that it does it puts the responsibility on the sponsor and to present information we take out and background checks with the state police so we clear that language and so the sponsor carries that responsibility and there's no required state police background checks. And I guess where I live it yeah I can see the bill a little problematic because you now have to be a resident of Arkansas where is I'm three miles from Missouri at eight miles McCollum and none of those people now be eligible for these jobs yeah that's correct and and quite honestly and I think that's really important because this just deal specifically with and Constitutional amendments and as we all know I think and the purpose behind us being able to change our constitution is really supposed to be citizen let and it says to be a movement from people across all counties that want to see and it's their way to use their voice to change our constitution and and so I think it makes perfect sense that they need to be an Arkansas resident it is to be somebody here who's passionate about the issue or maybe not maybe they just want to be paid and to gather signatures and that's fine too but it's important that there Arkansas residents gathering signatures change the Arkansas state constitution okay or I mean we use for initiated acts to write not just constitutional changes and say that again I'm sorry I'm so like this the same canvassers this law would apply to people who are canvassing not to change the constitution also just state law and that's incorrect it doesn't it doesn't apply to any local initiative like ballot issues local things this is specific to Constitutional amendments. Well you mean ballot initiatives yes yes I'm sorry so it yes to those yes. Okay. What's the what's the rationale behind getting rid of the Hey personagens I mean a lot of companies pay on incentives performance but what's the rationale rationale behind that is just and the fraught aspect if you're if you're paid per signature then and you may be more of a more motivated to collect fraudulent signatures and so that you have a higher number to be paid but if you just say Hey we can pay by the hour or however they choose to pay then you're just being paid for collecting signatures doing the work regardless of how many you're collecting. Okay thank you thank you. Senator Johnson for what purpose. You're recognized for a question thank you Mr president of. Follow mon senator. Ingram's. Notation about to. The in you mentioned you would have an amendment on it I read this thing about the misdemeanor and again I'm not tell you had a mentor bill I'm just asking on that page online is thirteen it says felony it says of a felony or misdemeanor offense or violation of election law it would sound like you're looking at saying a felony or misdemeanor offense. In violation of the election laws as opposed to any every trying to limit that to election law or similar for all things like that I would see similar front things not specific to election laws but that specific to you things that you could call fraud fraudulent that call into question the character of a person that we don't want those people collecting signatures and they committed fraudulent acts before. Yes so so it's like about the. It is about a fraudulent thing and not a speeding ticket that's correct yes and we are going to claim that because I think that's important I think that'll be important when it's challenged in court and and we need to make sure it's tied at the purpose of this is to stop some of that fraudulent behavior and that would be the part that's why we need to specify misdemeanor if you could help me clarify questions Senator Hendren rights of its intent because you're there would be money passing for could be for one signatures so let's say they say I'm going to go out and get signatures and my sponsor of pay me ten dollars per signature so I can go up to somebody say Hey you know give me five Bucks I'll give you five Bucks to sign this petition which is equivalent of buying votes is this to avoid that type of role yeah that type of behavior and and just. Making you know yes behavior like that another could be otherwise it would help okay thank you for answering thank you for. You're recognized question. Senate bill before you got down there so I apologize that's okay we talked about in this to me is isn't the same as being ticket or something like that yeah so that's what we're discussing that that language is going to be amended on the house and and like I said I I hate to do that but just the the point that we're at in session that's why I'm doing it and we are going to specify types of misdemeanors to make sure that it's in line with and fraudulent behavior because that's really the purpose of this is to help and get the fraudulent behavior in the signature gathering process the bill that's okay. Are there any other questions for Senator Davis. Saying no more questions would anybody like to speak against the bill. For the bill they're Davis very close for the bill I'm has asked forget that thank you. Senator Davis is indicated she's closed further bill thirty objection to rolling the. Seeing none madam secretary please role of the. 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 DO any senators wish to vote or change their vote I have no. Senator flowers is no. I have senator Chesterfield is no. Senator Hendren is no Senator Elliot is no Senator Tucker is no non voting for senator tee Senator Ingram was no let's go to the left side of the chain anybody changing their vote. Senator Leding indicate a no vote Senator and Senator Leding is a no vote. Anybody else last chance hope your wishes are on the board madam secretary passed up the ballot with twenty six U. a seven day one nonvoting Senate bill six fourteen is passed transmitted the House with the Emergency Clause passing. Senate bill six twenty two Senator Hickey senate six twenty two by Senator Hickey delaying release from prison for certain offenders until the offender has served at least eighty percent of his or her sentence creating penalties for false reporting to law enforcement in creating a registry Senator Hickey you're recognized thank you Sir members will try to give you a quick overview Budget same way as I did in the committee and then try to answer questions what this bill does provide the drawer delayed release for certain violent felony offenders is listed on page two lines seven through nineteen. This section is effectuated a victim was targeted specifically associated with the recognizable and identifiable group of class to share mental physical biological cultural political or religious beliefs or characteristics. It is also important to note that this action. The Trafford or weight release is only applicable after a defendant is found guilty of the four mention crimes. Also on page two lines two through six the bill is specific that Amir all or expression is not a sufficient reason for this penalty of delayed release it must be proved that a defendant specifically targeted another individual with a violent crime based on the items listed on page one line thirty three and thirty four. This bill also reiterates on page three lines thirteen through twenty four that the bill is not meant to interfere with the US Arkansas constitution is not meant to serve as a basis for the action under the intrastate improvement act it is also not intended to expand or contract protections under the Arkansas civil rights law it also says this bill cannot be amended or any executive action. This bill also creates a registry to the Arkansas crime information center of persons who were sentenced under the offense of delayed release. And the penalty upon conviction under this bill requires that the defendant shall serve a minimum of eighty percent of the original political sentence for the violent crime which are convicted I'll try to answer any questions anyone has any. Are there any questions. Seeing no questions R. J. good vote would email like to speak against the bill. Senator Chesterfield you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr chairman thank you ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. The hate crimes bill that I had to faultless Senator Elliott for a long long time went down in flames this morning as we had anticipated would. And people referred to six twenty two. And all that you're trying to do with it. But it is again as I said this morning a placebo. But those individuals like me. Who have suffered disproportionately from the legal justice system and ask. That you're recognized the impact that haters head on groups that are mentioned in the original bill. That has not happened and I know that you were going to vote for because it makes you feel good. But is the dose of medicine as far as I am concerned is insufficient and I would appreciate the number. Would anybody like to speak for the bill. Against the bill Senator Elliot. Thank you and thank you colleagues for listening. I know that this state like most other states I need to have a hate crime bill I'm sorry we have not managed to do that I described to everybody the best of motives but even the people who are on the bill don't say it's a hate crime bill. And I think that's an honest assessment of. The the bill and what it is not. But what I wish we did have. The first thing I guess is. If you're going to address an issue. You just have to name it. You know obscure in vagueness. I don't know what it is about naming things that have to do with people's identity and people talk about things like identity politics and generally when they do that they're talking about race or they're talking about gender or something along that nature the things that is so taboo for us that we just don't even talk about. And that is carried us right over to where we are now because we won't name what we say we're talking about and then we say we're talking about everything in this bill and a Senator Hickey says it's all inclusive well I'll submit to you and the problem that I have with this bill you can't be all inclusive. And still address books with been affected without name and who they are it's kind of like if you know as I said this morning if I had three children and one of them had chicken pox and I'll say oh this child really matters right now and I need to address this child so he will be okay and then somebody says to me well everybody needs to be okay well that's right but you're not going to. Give the medicine that you need to get to the one that's up thank did with the chicken pox to your other three kids. And that's a problem we have here. We are just covering up with the real issues are. And we have around eight thousand hate crimes reported that happened in this country every year. And every time somebody says to me when I say I think it's really important that you need to name the people who are affected by this bill or should be affected or that should be the meeting of hate crimes. I would say that somebody comes back in the England we're all just one group of people we are just this. But you know. It's not all those being affected by hate crimes. And crimes I wondered what to really be sure we understand the definition of hate crimes it's not just somebody if I just say Senator Dismang I just think you're not going to beat you up. Sullivan S. made me do it. But is not a hate crime unless. You are part of a historical group that has been a part of a pattern of your being attacked because you're part of that group and the pattern is there that's not happening. I'm part of one of those groups but so are you if somebody comes up in a taxi. For being one of those groups that I've been talking about. The last thing I would ask you not even have to do with the justice bill one of the reasons I think you can be comfortable with this bill. Is. We make the truth only that which we had experience only that which we had experience because every time I say to somebody almost every time. This is my choice. I know that we embrace everything also I don't know it's not. No it's not everybody gets treated the same way and I'm standing in your is telling you I am not treated that way if you. Asian American or Philippine. Pacific Islander person today and they come to you and tell you there. People literally go that's not the case they just did something that they didn't do it to you because of who you are. This confounding. So I ask you what you want to do anything about it not please do me the favor I'm never saying to me again. When I tell you my truth. That is not true. That same line if a baseball player starts to tell me the life of a baseball player. I think I'm not going to say to that person no that's not true because I have an experience that but that's what we do in these matters. You're going to pass this bill I get that. But please. There are people out there who know their troops and they know this bill. Does nothing for them. Because we don't honor them enough to even name who they are. I want you to see us. Here us. And please don't want a bill at some point. As I've done it for twenty years to rise at this. We deserve better. Anybody else like to speak for the bill. Senator Rapert you're recognized to speak for the bill. The. Please. We don't usually have an opportunity just to speak on the bill so I will speak on the bill and I've talked to Senator Hickey about this. I'm truly truly struggling with this issue I've I've made my expression that I don't like a lot of what's happened coming up to this to get us to this point. I do want to commend Senator Hickey. In those who worked on the bill for trying to do what's more fair. When somebody stands up here in makes an implication in a five Mr what I just heard from the well I'm happy to be corrected by that. But when you say. That my family. Has no right for protection. Because historically you might say my family. Is not some particular group I take exception to that. That's why I say I commend with the attempt is here the attempt. Is to say that if there's any crime done no matter who your. You can be protected. When we first heard this thing at back a few months ago and and I actually put in writing what I thought about this issue. Because I was very upset. So I'm going to say I guess is in response to somebody that would indicate that. Me or anybody is not deserving of protection on situation. Is it in nineteen this message was sent. By a third party to me to advise me of the threat that it been made toward me. It so happens that person and I've got the information because this has been investigated by the way they've not yet pursued a prosecution. Of this because they think the person may not be able to you know perhaps the the person I talked to him they said they were just kidding I don't know what they did they did look into it I've never met this person but here's what this person sent to me. In they self identify themselves as a militant L. G. B. T. member. In a member of antifa. It was sent from Texas. Stated I hope we're able to get you sooner than later and kill you slowly back eating you alive in front of your family. We're not asking you to change anymore we're demanding it you're in this is. So many organizations and freedom fighting groups ready to take you down I would laugh is that your flash right in front of your loved ones faces and I can't wait you have no idea how serious we are. Is that. I'd say that state. You know what's interesting is that wasn't the normal in there for initial would be in the cussing that we see on social media that was a pretty clear direction that. We want to do this to you. That's what. It's wrong if it's done to anybody. And all I will tell you is that. I've got loads of those. That we could present. And so I'm I'm upset about the lack of stability in the hatred in our society but I will tell you I can commend the attempt it's being made because it's more fair I've always said. Fourteenth Amendment says there's equal protection under the law and that's what it should be equal for every single person. So that. I wish that I had more time on this particular bill this issue but I can at least commend Senator Hickey for worries attempted to do because the issue has been mishandled up until now. With that thank you. Is there anybody who would like to speak against the bill. Senator Tucker. Senator Tucker are you requesting well now. Anybody like to speak against the bill for the bill seeing none Senator Hickey. Your available closed yesterday not I am say few words in close on this as as you all know some of us argue and everything but in the end I try to get along with you try to be your friend. And then we tell you this I know there's a lot of feelings going along with this I really did not understand. Both ways but what I'd ask each and everyone of you to do today is to know. The throw away whatever you've been thinking in no this we're about to change the criminal code if we can do this and this will put this in in place and whatever group did you want to think of in your mind right now this will allow the prosecutor to look at that have that tool in their tool box to be able to bring this charge to keep those type of perpetrators walked up for a minimum of eighty percent of their sentence. That's all I want to remember whatever you do your vote I appreciate a good vote. Are there any objections Senator Hickey is close for his bill are there any objections to rolling the vote. I have an objection to rolling the vote Senator Elliot madam secretary please call the roll Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark Davis. DISMANG. Eads Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers no. Garner yeah. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey Hill. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page R. Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch hi. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. Are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote will start on the right side of the chamber for. Centre back is the yes senator Bledsoe is that a yes. Slow down a little bit Senator Gilmore is a yes or present president Senator Gilmore's president. Done with the right side of the chamber will move the left side of the chamber senator hill is present. Senator Solomon is yes is there anybody else on the left side of the chamber. Anybody in the entire chamber. Madam secretary cast up the ballot. With the twenty two year a seven day five present Senate bill six twenty two has passed transmitter the House. Senator garner Senate bill six twenty seven. We're going to pass over Senate bill six twenty. We will pass over Senators yes billed as well we're going to go to the House bills house bill eleven seventy two Senator Ingram. Eleven seventy two Senator Collins to require certain notification procedures by the state board of education upon the state board of education's review of waivers granted to public school districts. Senator Ingram you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr of. The this this bill we bringing back is expunged in under a loss just a very near a loss of. it all it to remind you to school districts are required to go before the state board of education to obtain what is commonly known as a ACT twelve forty waiver these waivers provides the ability to maximize efficiencies and eliminate regulatory barriers to student achievement all waivers of five year if the expiration date this bill will establish a specific notification process to the superintendent school board president the district at the state board of education decides to conduct a review for the modification or revocation of the district waiver prior to the waivers five year expiration date. Of I would appreciate a good vote. Thank you Mr president Senator is a good bill. Yes I think so okay. Are there any other questions for Senator Ingram seeing no other questions there anybody would like to speak against this bill. Anybody for the bill. Senator Ingram has indicated that he's closed for the bill any objection to rolling the vote. We have an objection to rolling the vote madam secretary please roll call the roll Ballinger. Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flowers. Okay Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Page. Page. Right. Right. Price. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. DO any senators wish to change their voter cast a vote will go right side of the chamber first. Okay we have Senator Sturch is an online Senator Chesterfield is not. Senator Elliot is not. Senator. Is an online. Senator D. hold on hold on. Senator Teague is not is that everyone on the right side of the chamber. We get all the ways. I'm going particular school or left side of the chamber Senator Johnson is the president. Senator Ballinger is not. Senator Garner. Senator hill is a day. Anything else. Madam secretary passed up the ballot with twenty two. What. That's a proper motion to send the ballot I need this. We have to cast the ballot first so Madam Secretary cast a ballot with twenty two UA. Five days six nonvoting one present house bill eleven seventy two has passed. All right. He's withdrawn is motion. Okay Senate bill eleven seventy two has passed. Sure returned to the house. Senator for what purpose yes and need to make a motion on house bill twelve thirty seven members my amendment tag means the Senate sponsor just got here late so I'd like to make a motion to suspend to put it on a second reading calendar for purpose of amendment that's my first motion. So we have a proper motion. For two. Second reading for the purpose of amendment you never want to hear that Senator Hammer you're recognized Mr handle trouble hearing at which bill are we referring to please everyone out there on the board yes yes Sir yes well or house bill twelve thirty seven I'm trying to amend it to put it on second reading for purpose of amendment admits the Senate sponsor and then pending at the bottom of the calendar which will be a second motion. We still have too much talking in the chamber for this type of process reason there centerman as a motion in front of the chamber all in favor say aye aye same sign oppose. The motion is passed amendment one to House Bill twelve thirty seven members assist admits the Senate sponsored appreciate a good vote. The proper motion all in favor please say aye hi same sign opposed. Motion passed at Mr president is adopted thank you senator senator grossing Center engrossing now if I can make a motion to place at house bill twelve thirty seven at the bottom of the calendar for purposes of passage third and final reading a passage that's my mission this is a proper motion to put this bill as amended at the end of today's calendar all in favor say aye hi same sign oppose motion passes thank you. We will move forward to we'll skip over mine and we will go to Senator Ballinger age House Bill thirteen twenty seven. Thirteen twenty seven by representative Brad Senator Ballinger concerning a current or former judges ability to lawfully carry a handgun where carrying a handgun with other out otherwise be prohibited. Thank you Senator Ballinger recognized thank you Mr president this bill does the same thing for retired judges as a we have done now for retired prosecutors and law retired law enforcement officers essentially they they still carry with them the rest of everybody they they put away convicted in people to like and maybe were was unfair or whatever but they still carry that risk with them so to give them the ability to carry protect themselves have an answer any questions are there any questions okay Senator flowers you're recognized for a question yes as I read the bill Senator Ballinger I think it said a former judges and I want to know if you've considered those judges former judges that by agreement and because of a complaint filed with the judge judicial discipline and disability commission have agreed to resign their bench and to never serve our run for judicial of position. Yet you know if they haven't committed a crime that with the more than losing the ability to carry a firearm then this would still give them the ability to carry. Well it doesn't say doesn't make an exception even for those that have been convicted of a crime it just says former judges is I read it but I'm concerned about those judges that have been forced to retire from the bench because of some allegation of inappropriate and possibly illegal conduct that was carried out while they were on the bill. Certified you know as well as I do there other code section to prohibit felons from carrying a firearm so they're guilty of a felony they would be prohibited from carrying otherwise this would allow former judge to carry. Even those that have up. Done up committed violations that required them and lead them to resign their position by agreement and never to serve again that's correct they're not convicted of a felony that would be correct. Thank you thank you thank you are there any other questions for Senator Ballinger on this bill it appreciate a good vote all right close for the bill is there an objection to rolling the vote. No objection 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 samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace but any member like to change your vote Senator Chesterfield is no any other powers is no flowers is no anyone else like to change their vote. The nine please cast of the ballots with the vote of thirty two yeas to nays the bill passes. transmits. Returned to the house. All right Senator Pitsch you're recognized. H.. House bill twelve forty by representative Lowery. To modify the Arkansas credit for revenge REISSUANCE law into an emergency center you're recognized president colleagues this is one of the original packages from the Arkansas department of insurance it basically as an act modify the Arkansas credit for reinsurance law the reinsurance credit bill would serve to reduce collateral requirements for foreign reinsurers as it would follow that a state that fails to adopt these reforms would see ceding insurers domiciled in that state so they would be subject to higher reinsurance costs than their competitors domiciled in states that have not not adopted this revision there's no known opposition to this bill I appreciate a good vote I'm open for questions are there any questions for senator pets. Any questions the nine you're recognized because your bill has closed is there an objection to rolling the vote no objection 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 same Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace but any member like to change their vote. The nine please cancel the ballot the voter thirty forty eight zero nine if the bill passes please return to the House. Thank. Senator sample. Thirteen seventy five by representative migrants Senator sample today's make state highway five known as the hot springs bypass extension in garland county as the Senate Calar. Senator sample you're recognized thank you and your members this extension and I don't like to call of the by pass the two sixteen ginger or expressway this is a partnership with the state highway department of the council of garden Putting thirty million dollars to have this this extension might we and we would just like to make sure that it's beautiful because it's going through the mountains and everything we would not like to see any billboards or anything and so we just wanted this to be declared as income okay are there any questions for Senator sample on this bill. The question you're recognized to close for the bill he is closed there in objection to calling the roll rolling rolling but no action please call Pat please on that. 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 but any member like to change your vote. Scene nine please cast a ballot vote of thirty forty eight zero nine if the bill passes please return to the House. Senator John. House Bill fourteen sixteen by representive Underwood and center Johnson to encourage home based entrepreneurship and remove unnecessary barriers working to working from home. Senator Jonathan you're recognized thank you madam president. Of members this is a wonderful bill those brought by representive Underwood dues course a freshman and I was honored to get to co sponsored it recognizes the importance of home based businesses and how many great companies started a home based business of one most valuable companies in the world is apple this started in a garage with two guys. Building your first computer board and this is the four Americans about is people having opportunity to strive for their dreams the bill put some limitations on what of a local government could do to to that would hurt entrepreneurs it's specifically alleged allows them to enact ordinances to to regulate that for example they couldn't have advertisements signs exterior evidence the residence is used for purposes other than a residence they can have nuisances and I'll just name a few does small vibration noise light heat glare other disturbances Health or fire safety codes traffic should have protections for children's children limitation on numbers employees things like that those are all allowed under the ordinance but it's to encourage it without doing the things that would disrupt the neighborhood also of the law does not that the bill does not allow any kind of a violation of a deed restriction which is something that could includes a appeal a of a homeowners association or whatever there rules would still be in effect and someone wants to run a home based business and there's some problem with those deed restrictions and they were probably not need to buy a house in that neighborhood but it does honor the fact that these restrictions exist and will allow them to still be enforced that's the long and the short of the bill it's to encourage home based businesses and I'll attempt to answer any questions of Kearney are there any questions for senator Johnson. They know questions anyone might wish to speak for against this bill. The nineteenth class for your bill I'm closed thank you to relinquish the abduction 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 but any member like to change their vote. Senate ours is. Isn't Senator flowers as president Senator Tucker is president Senator Beckham aye president of sorry Senator Tucker is present. Senator Elliot is present Senator Beckham aye presents about. There anyone else. All right C. nine ballot voter thirty eight zero nine the bill passes please return to the House. Senator Sturch House fifteen fifty nine The representative grace center Sturch to modify the audits and duties of the internal audit section to grant the internal audit section subpoena power and require uniformity and all audits conducted in the executive branch Senator Sturch you're recognized thank you members a colleague's house bill fifteen fifty nine as a cleanup bill for the office of internal audit you cross a few years back they wondered if an a and they were moved to the office of inspector general so the first part of the bill you'll see that it repeals that section of code that was under the if a nice flowers and the new language is putting that power under the office of inspector general the new language of course it is based on the twenty eighteen executive order that set that up along with the best practices we found across the states for internal audit procedures with that I'll be happy to answer any questions members are there any questions for Senator Sturch. Thing that anyone wants to speak for against this bill the nineteenth close for the bill is an objection to rowing the boat nonsection 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 same Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace any member like to change their vote. C. nine place counts of the ballot vote of thirty forty eight zero nine if the bill passes please return to the House. Senator Hammer. Sixteen twenty six sixteen twenty six by representative Brooks and Senator Hammer two men the process governing this closure of a public employee always gross salary amount of freedom and make sure that. Senator Hammer you're recognized. Thank you ma'am President I'm running this bill for representative Brooks the content of the bill is is set based on AG opinion currently salaries of public employees can be requested through FY a process and what this bill does is aligned with what an attorney general's opinion responded to that the the information can be gained without necessarily notifying the employee because that's the way the law currently runs now so what this would do is just short process that when somebody request what is the gross salary of a public employee that works for state entity then then that would be submitted to whoever made the apple I request without notifying the public employee actually that's the way the law is now this just aligns with what the attorney general's opinion state. Other questions any questions for senator Hammer. Seeing no questions anyone wish to speak for or against the bill. Fifteen nine eight your clothes for your thank you for all right is there an objection to rolling the vote there is no objection 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 if any member like to change their vote. The night. These casts up the ballot when voting thirty four Yates zero nice. The Bill pass this please return to the House. Senator Sturch. House bill sixteen seventy eight by representative Fallon to establish the highly qualified professor and teacher at. Senator Sturch you're recognized thank you members and colleagues the bill is just as simple as it sounds just provides a way that college professors may get their teaching license by using their experience or at least having some of that experience count towards initial licensure and then of course then allow sample of education promulgate rules subject to our review to that request with that I appreciate a good vote is there are there any questions for Senator Sturch. No questions for Senator Sturch anyone wish to speak for against this bill. The nine hands close for his bill is there an objection to rolling there is no objection please roll the vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Are there any member that would like to change their vote. C. nine please casts up the ballot vote of thirty forty eight zero nine bill passes please return to the House Senator Ingram. Seventeen forty five Feb representative Magrane Senator sample concerning reimbursement for law enforcement officer training for certified law enforcement officers employed by a private community. Senator Ingram you're recognized the manager of us this is senator samples billion step at a speed run running for this is if you go to the last section on the back page nine we ran a bill earlier that allowed reimbursement if Were posted I think was the word senator Johnson used in committee this allows a private community with a population more than five thousand to be included in the legislation that we passed be happy taking questions are there any questions for Senator Ingram. All right the no questions is anyone wish to speak for or against the bill. Scene nine is there an objection to rolling about there is no objection to rolling the vote please rolled about. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace but any member like to change their vote. C. nine please casts up the ballot. About a thirty forty eight zero nays the bill passes please return to the House. Senator back. House bill seventeen fifty by representative want to allow a continuous a public school district to consolidate isn't affected district under certain conditions Senator Beckham you're recognized. This bill does exactly what the title says it does of which have a school district in my. District that has will was consolidated with another nearby the school district was affected by the consolidation. Those lost consolidation would like to go to another. A school district but there's no mechanism for that to take place currently that's what this bill addresses all right are there any questions for senator Beckham on the bill. I think that there anyone wish to speak for or against the bill. Scene nine is close for his bill is an objection to rolling the vote. There is no objection please rolled out. Yeah. 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 but any member like to change their vote. The. Leave the ballot the thirty forty eight zero nine if the bill passes please return to the House senator garner. Seventeen fifty five a representative gene is Senator Garner to amend the law governing the tax treatment of producing minerals and to define and set the tax treatment for all wells in production but senator garner you're recognized thank you chairwoman this legislation affects all creatures in south southwest Arkansas this material industry going to pressure from those prices an aging majority the production from these are from stripper wells where they produce less than ten dot barrels a day or even five barrels specially modernizes input the standard to how they should be assessed by the county's found the production equipment is all piping and other equipment of an old oil and assesses a one dollar per foot value the five new discover property it eliminates this three year moving average and does more of a. Assessment done annually then and provides that in calculating the working interest assessment value of the Ole well a uniform expense allowance per barrel will produce shall be applied without regard to the daily average this is coming from the or produces used every single day without taking questions. The question. For certain Garner this is this bill has nothing whatsoever to do with natural gas production correct I should not Sir that define what Orwell is specifically in this legislation it is all about well well this came from a commissioner who's on the natural gas resource and what they explained to me this is specifically deals with the oil wells that are in south Arkansas Southwest Arkansas okay thank. Anyone we speak against or for. Centers close close close any objection on the vote on this bill. Please over. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads ng Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You know was injured but. Cast about thirty forty eight zero now As bills passed returned to the House center Chesterfield and we'll go to serve Caldwell and Senator Hester center Chesterfield house bill seventeen seventy former representative Penzo two men Arkansas constitution Amendment ninety eight also known as the Arkansas medical marijuana amendment twenty sixteen and to modify requirements concerning pharmacist consultant. Senator Phil thank you Mr chair ladies and gentlemen of the Senate this bill is as it says it allows a doctor to recommend that an individual who is a patient be able to consult with a pharmacist that consultation may include how much that individual should purchase the types of of but that he or she should purchase what is just one more level of support for the patient to make sure that he or she is getting the best care possible I would appreciate a good vote any questions and always speak against or for anyone to a service close injection on the 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 Sanders Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You wish to vote. Senator Gilmore president. Centre back comprise. Anyone else. Senate Irvan NO Senator Hammer president. Anyone else. Senator Teague not anyone else cast up the ballot. Twenty nine days one day one not voting three present one leave the bill is passed return to the House senator Caldwell then we'll go to Senator Hester and then senator for. Nineteen oh four by representative Evans and centre Caldwell to amend the Arkansas pharmacy audit bill of rights and to amend the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager licensure at. So thank you governor of. Members back in twenty fifteen we passed a bill down here that came ACT nine hundred ACT nine hundred one all the way through the federal. Addition to the Supreme Court in December of twenty twenty of the Supreme Court ruled eight to nothing in favor of that bill what to bill eighteen oh four does is allow the insurance commission promulgate rules of that to reflect back to the pharmacy benefit managers the of the. We had a couple of pharmacy of the PBMs involved in is they did not object to it they had won a minor change they wanted we made that change without a problem if you have any questions of glad and. Any questions. I wish to speak against speak for centers close any objection one vote. Please call the. No objection. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nays bills passed turn the House center as. Bill eighteen oh six for representative Cavenaugh on Senator Hester to amend the law concerning special preparations and to allow the agency to submit a request for a special corporation proposal items. Senate. Thank you governor members this is a right to buy me and representative Cavenaugh both chairs a special languages doesn't change what we do just how we do it right now we uh in practice we are allowing all these different agencies to put up to five thousand dollars and special language for promotional items this is just going to clear a bunch of special language give that authority to D. F. and a if they want to spend more than five thousand they will have to go to a LC for permission happy to answer any questions the questions. Anyone would speak against four senators oppose the objection right to vote. Home secretary please roll vote. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you know we should change their vote. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nine is the bill is passed return to the House center. Something at the desk Senator where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill twelve thirty seven by representative Lowery compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed counted. This bill twelve thirty seven by representative flowering Senator Irvin to amend the school start date to allow public school district board of directors to elect to implement an alternate school calendar and to amend the definition of school that. Similarly. Thank you Mr president house bill twelve thirty seven gives our school districts important flexibility by allowing them to utilize an alternate school calendar and convert school days to school hours this looks ability when sure that school districts can implement a calendar that best suits their needs with the ability to convert days to hours school districts can more easily make up missed days and even customize our calendars to best meet the needs of their communities practically speaking what this bill also does it would not it would and schools would not be allowed to start earlier than that Monday two weeks before Labor Day and one of the I think what this legislation does is it creates a balance that is really important for us to have ensure that our schools have flexibility you can start a reasonable time without hurting our state hospitality and tourism industries so there was a lot of work that went into this piece of legislation to come up with a creative approach of converting the school days to school hours we had a very good healthy debate I think in the Senate Education Committee on this I don't think anybody voted against it in the committee the Arkansas hospitality association Arkansas department of education and the Arkansas department of parks heritage and tourism all worked on this bill and I can answer any questions the question. You always. The old sorry. Senator thank you for bringing this bill I've had a couple constituents call is this a agreed upon bill yeah education I mean a lot of the board will but I don't know the history of the I feel like for amending and running and so we had a comment or two about Google's been involved grievance that were have to be appropriate yes I think this bill has come before us several different versions are ways instead of this what has happened is being able to convert those school days into school hours gives such flexibility I think that was needed I will say senator Elliots talked about if schools wanted to become schools of innovation which I think is legislation that she past they have the ability to do that as well that may give them more flexibility if they wanted to apply for that but it was a long and strong efforts by everybody involved in we heard from one representative Tollett who spoke in opposition that was particular to his school which has some different types of things going on and which I think you should be very applauded for and that we had a thorough conversation about his school in perhaps opportunities for his school to perhaps become a school of innovation. Yeah. Sir Clark. Thank you Mr president. Sorry. Senate earlier this these days that will be. Will be pushed past these are some of the hottest days of the years consideration this might actually save on the electric bill for schools having to not have to cool the schools at the same level that would other times maybe vehicle savings it could yes I mean I think it could do that and you know I think I think there's a strong I come from an area of the state but I think I hope that our entire state is one that people will come to for tourism and if you look at the lakes particularly in my area and I know other beautiful areas like to gray beaver lake Norfork bushels Chris very like Catherine you you have a lot of people that live and die behind the business that happens at those lakes and so with August being such a hot month yes you could probably save on utilities for the schools but I think the bigger benefit the state of Arkansas is the tourism and the fact that those individuals in those businesses that run those businesses they really have to make as much as they can because they're dead in the winter so you know we have to create a balance in that and I think that's what this bill does thank you for the question thanks thank you for this site so important in light of yes of our challenges to tourism this last year yeah but someone will absolutely I think that's a good point I mean tourism have had such a huge hit because the COVID but no really again want to thank Arkansas hospitality association and the department of education all the people that are involved with the schools and Arkansas department of parks and heritage and tourism all the stakeholders that really got through this is it's an important piece of legislation thank you good peace of cooperation to. Thanks. Thank you again for. Centers closed I am thank you any objection or 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. It was injured vote. Service president. Senator Tucker is all that was just okay gotcha. Server was just owner said Senator Pitsch president anyone else. Cast a ballot thirty two U. A. zero nine to present the bill is passed returned to the house Senator Dismang. Amendment three to Senate bill fifty one. Service thank you governor members just real quick we're gonna have three amendments we have three Senate bills and three House bills will vote House Bill Senate bills and bachelors there's one you like pull out so the amendment Senate bill fifty one as a result of the governor's letter a change grades for two cemetery management or manager positions from GSO five two GS of seven. The questions all in favor say aye. Hi the eyes have it members adopted hence. Amendment to this bill one oh eight. All right members couple changes with this bill changes the nursing scholarship loan program preparation line item amount from fifty thousand dollars two hundred thousand dollars men's coach increase the maximum nursing student loan program annual limit from fifty thousand a hundred thousand the staff was establishes three to fifty thousand line item appropriation full and to practice credentialing committee within the department of health and amends code to create a new fund which will Which the certificate application fees and certificate renewal fees can be deposited. Sixty dollars with those fees or. The questions of the representative I. Follows I don't see the gross thank you heard you on the back row this. Amendment to the Senate bill one all of. I thank governor members this amendment and one eighty forty or special programs AT shared services salary section also adds ninety thousand salaries matching preparation provide ample preparation for the payment of this position this is to provide for the creation of education will say the word ADD help eighty implement the science reading. A question others favor say aye. The ayes have it thank you. There is. Members we have three three Senate bills were read through those if there's one you liked allow list one one second Sir. Senate bill sixty seven by joint budget and that for the department of commerce division of workforce services a corporation twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year Senate bill one ten by joint budget back to the Department of Education Division of higher education appropriations twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. Senate bill one seventy eight by joint budget an act making appropriations for the payment of approved claims Senate take any questions. I've been very frustrated for services and House loads taken in yes thank you done especially for all that kind of thing I would give it a more money are we just a lot of people just wanna climb around to me what we're doing there for them well I mean as far as what's happening there and we were all where what's happened endemic number of votes that have come online in claimed unemployment additional to that there were some additional fed changes that increase the number of folks that were eligible to apply for unemployment that were not previously apply are eligible I mean it might say they're doing what they can on their side and in again yes preparation obviously helps this will be for the next year but again I I think you know we're trying to coordinate the best we can those concerns out of our chamber making sure it's going through one line through our staff and and hopefully they'll be able to get things back to normal some points and later. It did you say yes or no going to get better. I can't guarantee you anything on things getting better served more money more employees anything to help them either yes Sir yes Sir Clark. right what we'll do in the meantime I'm trying to understand let's get a man to do that women my understanding is we did a bunch of stuff in the interim to try to help with additional positions part time positions minor standard Clinton trying to utilizing the National Guard and provide some relief that but again they've got things in place you'll be fine yes. Hold out for separate voting one pass over it for the day okay we'll do that. This is sixty seven first one. What Division workforce services that. The sixty seven it's been pulled not for a separate vote today it's gonna be passed over so we're going to have to bills which. Which is one short of not being a batch. Senate is right. I don't think we have any more questions. Anyone anybody wants to speak on the injection one 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 samples Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. It always changes. Cast about thirty forty eight zero days the bills passed March to close or adopted transmit to the House. House bill ten seventy seven by joint budget back to the Arkansas public employees retirement system appropriation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year house bill ten eighty eight by joint budget and that to the Department of Human Services division of county operations preparation for the twenty twenty one twenty twenty two fiscal year. Senate is. The members any questions you might wanna pull any questions. All right injection vote. Please roll. 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Proby proud trailer going to college it's going to be out in front of the capitol tomorrow morning at nine o'clock until two I hope you all will take the opportunity to go through that and kind of look at the opportunities that there are for some of our students in for adults to learn new occupations and new crab new careers and excellent excellent opportunity thank you. Senate. Thank you Mr president Senate rules tomorrow at noon in room three oh nine right here thank you. Senator Rapert and I'm. German. Are subject to the clearing. Of this.