House Convenes

And by the member staff press and guests in the gallery stand to be led in prayer by the house chaplain Dr rex one retired pastor Emmanuel Baptist church in Little Rock and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Let's pray. Father we're grateful for the days when we're settled we're at peace with the world we feel good we're optimistic. And yet lord a part of our human experiences that their days that we also feel down. We feel discouraged. We feel the need of an extra touch. Remember where the words of the psalmist long ago why are you cast down muscle. And why are you disquieted within me hope in god for I shall praise him the help of my countenance and my god I pray for wherever in their own life that the men and women of the house are today. That they will keep hope in you. Realizing they can yet praise you. And that you care for them not only their soul and their eternity but their day to day needs both physically financially with their families and representing their communities bless them today is my prayer in Jesus name amen. All. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mister Clark with ninety eight members present the chair sees a quorum are there any requests for leave. President wing for what purpose request leave for representative Warren is leave granted for represent Warren. So noted represent gray for what purpose leave you're recognized legal representative Cavenaugh is leave granted for RepresentativeHendren all. So noted representative Fredrick Love moves we dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are the Reports from select committees read the reports Mr Clark. Mr Speaker we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill twelve twenty beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here return the same recognition do pass as amended number three respectfully submitted Lane Jean chair. Are there any Reports from standing committees read reports Mr Clark. Mr Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill fourteen eighteen houseful fifteen sixty house bill seventeen eighty two and house bill eighteen forty two beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here to turn the same the recommendation they do pass respectfully submitted Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill eighteen forty six beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with during the same the recommendation do pass that was omitted Danny Watson vice chair Mister Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill eighteen eleven Senate bill five forty two beg leave to report we by the same under consideration and here with trying to send the recommend recommendation they do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker we're Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill sixteen sixty eight house bill sixteen sixty nine House Bill sixteen seventy beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with trying the same the recommendation do pass respectfully submitted Carol Dalby chair Mister Speaker we Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill fifteen twenty five beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with during the same the recognition to do pass as amended number four respectfully submitted Carol Dalby chair. Is there any unfinished business are there any executive communications read the letter from the government Clark. April fifth twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house dear Mister Speaker this is to inform you that on April fifth twenty twenty one I approved reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house bill eleven hundred active five fifty six house bill sixteen seventy nine ACT five fifty seven house bill fifteen oh five ACT five fifty eight as a fourteen eighty seven ACT five fifty nine has a fifteen seventy two ACT five sixty helpful fifteen eighty nine that five sixty one house bill fourteen oh two ACT five sixty two houses seventy seventy three is that five sixty three house bill sixteen seven ninety four is ACT five sixty fourth house bill sixteen forty that five sixty five as well fifteen six ninety seven is that five sixty six house bill fourteen sixties ACT five sixty seven as well twelve sixty four ACT five sixty eight house bill twelve fifty four that five sixty nine house bill eleven sixty two ACT five seventy house bill fifteen forty eight ACT five seventy one sincerely Asa Hutchinson. President fox news we place Senate bill five forty nine back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection remember number one Mr Clark member number one to Senate bill five forty nine represent Hawks you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Baker thank you colleagues this is just a small technical correction from the Secretary of State. Aw. President fox's explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. In fox's clothes for the amendment the question before the House is the. Adoption of a member number one two Senate bill five forty nine all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendments adopted. Sir Clark please read house concurrent resolution ten sixteen. House concur is losing ten sixteen by representative back to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Arkansas sky observatories. It back you're recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you Mr chair my colleagues I'll be brief with this and then assets resolution be read in its entirety but I this resolution recognizes achievements of an individual that is in my district and has operated the observatory among many other things that he's done in his life for over fifty years is a privately funded observatory that is not only nationally but internationally recognized so with that I'll asset the resolution be ready sometime. Mr Clark please read resolution whereas in nineteen seventy one under the design and directorship of our cans and P. clay share the first facility of Arkansas sky observatories a SO was constructed in central Arkansas with more than with more state of the art scientific research centers to follow and we're as Mr shared and A. S. O. develop one of the first confirmation stations for the Harvard Smithsonian I a you a minor planet center director Brian Marsden within only two years serving correct professional astronomers for nearly fifty years in the studies and new comets asteroids Nova and supernova galaxies billions of light years in the distance and whereas a SO has become a leader in common an asteroid research throughout the previous five decades with observations or real determinations of over one hundred thousand dangerous near earth objects that can possibly striker with this research conducted in concert with Harvard national aeronautics and space administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Tokyo observatory and whereas Mr sure has personally achieved an extensive record of public outreach in the United States through lectures demonstrations star parties and educational. Facilitation and schools for civic and church groups scout communities and the general public. And has conducted more than ten thousand presentations in fifty years and whereas asteroid one one seven seven three six has been named shared by the international aeronautical union for the dedication of outreach and research by Mr shared and where is a S. only Mr sure have contributed extensively to the sciences of astronomy archaeology paleontology geology environmental science sailor biology and it will evolutionary science currently operating observed several observatories in cellular biology biological laboratory in seismic activity facility and one of the state's most extensive collections of Arkansas index fossils and where is Mr shared has been recognized internationally for his research and discoveries in archaeology in the western hemisphere's prehistoric cultures resulting for research books and numerous publications and whereas beginning in nineteen eighty six Mr sure developed the solar powered magnet hydrodynamic generator and subsequent alternative energy facilities and classified in proprietory observation by the United States government and where is Mr Sharon has published an impressive and exhaustive total of thirty seven books including books in that scientific grounds two novels three philosophical works and even occurred but whereas guy Arkansas scribes are victorious solely operated privately without the any acceptance of public funding and is one of the oldest privately funded research centers in the United States and whereas in April twenty twenty one Arkansas sky observatory is celebrating an impressive half century of contributions to education and the sciences now therefore be it resolved by the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the Senate concurring therein that the house of representatives congratulate Arkansas sky observatory source fiftieth anniversary. Represent back is explain the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Represent back is close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house concurrent resolution ten sixteen all in favor say aye. Any opposed the resolution is adopted. The morning hours ended. Mr Clark please read the letter from the governor. April fifth twenty twenty one dear Speaker Shepherd president Hickey members of the General Assembly pursuant to article six section fifteen of the Arkansas constitution I inform you today I have vetoed house bill fifteen seventy I was told this week that the nation is looking at Arkansas because I have on my desk another bill passed by the General Assembly that is a product of the culture war in America I don't shy away from the battle one is necessary indefensible but the most recent action of the General Assembly while well intended is off course and I must veto just as importantly as a House bill fifteen seventy becomes law then we are creating new standards of legislative interference with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving our use it is indisputable that the population of miners who struggles with gender I incongruity and gender dysphoria is an extreme minority but while they are minority they deserve the guiding hand of their parents in the consulting of medical specialists possible fifteen seventy would put the state and if if it's a definitive oracle of medical care overwriting parents patients and healthcare experts well in some instances the state must act to protect the life the state should not presume to jump to the middle of every medical human an ethical issue possible fifteen seventy as opposed by the leading Arkansas medical associations and the concern expressed is that denying this practice medical care to trans gender youth can lead to significant harm and the young person from suicidal thoughts to social isolation increased drug use in Arkansas gender reassignment surgery is not performed on anyone under eighteen if house bill fifteen seventy simply prohibited gender reassignment surgeries that I would sign the bill. But the bill is overbroad extremely does not grandfather those young people who are currently under hormone treatment in other words the young people who are currently under the doctor's care will be without screaming when this law goes into effect that means they will be looking to the black market or go out of state if they can afford it this is not the right path to put them on finally understand that the General Assembly will likely override this veto house bill fifteen seventy has overwhelming support when it passed the first time I'm hopeful that my action to cause conservative Republican legislators to think through the issue again and hopefully come up with a more restrained approach that allows a thoughtful study of the science and ethics surrounding this issue before acting thank you and I look forward to continue our work on the many areas of of agreement that we have in common with respect and appreciation I am sincerely Asa. Represent Lundstrum for what purpose. Mister Speaker privilege matter. Does your privileged matter represent Lundstrum. Well the House Onikan reconsideration agree to pass house bill fifteen seventy the objections of the governor to the contrary not withstanding. That is a privilege matter represent Lundstrum you're recognized to speak for the override of house bill fifteen seventy. Thank you Mr Speaker. We've been through this bill so I won't hit every single point. But I do think it's important to have a few things that have been discussed. First of all I want to thank a few folks. I want to thank family council family Research Council heritage foundation focus on the family the state's McAdam me Franklin Graham and our own Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe. And the women's liberation Fund one of the left radical feminist groups who've come out in support of this bill. On addressing specific issues that were just addressed that H. B. fifteen seventy is a product of cultural war that is true it is a product of cultural war because our children stand as pawns right now they're minors and their children and they need to be protected from two things well surgical and chemical sex change procedures I'm thankful that the surgical is not occurring but the chemical is. That H. B. fifty seven is off course no it's not of course it's a specifically targeted on course built to protect children in Arkansas and we should be very proud of protecting our children. If H. B. becomes law H. B. fifteen seventy comes law we are protecting the standards now. We're setting a standard and we should set the standards of the highest standards. I think it's important to review some of the things that we do and the state we tell children under twenty one you can't have alcohol you can't have a tattoo. Yes my. We even tell women under the age of thirty that you can't have a tubal ligation because there might be regret. We even say no on behalf of the state of Arkansas for children not to have sexual intercourse because they don't understand the long term consequences under fourteen is considered rape. If the governor brought up that H. P. th H. B. fifty seven overrides parents health care for inpatients we have done that before on a number of things try taking your baby home from the hospital you can't do that without a car seat. This is an FDA not approved procedure this is experimentation on children with long term health effects cardiovascular C. rebroadcast girl of the brain is not fully developed this is harmful to children they need to get to be eighteen before we make those decisions. Leding Arkansas medical associations oppose it. You know what. Even medicine sometimes is wrong we should never experiment on children ever. Denying transgender health care this bill does not deny health care I want to say that again this bill does not deny health care it does not deny counseling it does not deny health care to say that is wrong anybody that says that is choosing to lie and is choosing to scare children and their parents I would ask that that not be said this bills stay specifically on one subject and that is it counseling is important it's extremely important. We need mental health care to do anything else is wrong. Finally. We need to remember that we need to protect children. We must follow the science. We are told along these days following the science well when a sperm in a get together and those jeans collide. Guess what a boy or girl is created those children need to know that their loved they're seen they're protected they have health care they have counseling. With that I would appreciate a good vote. President Lundstrum has spoken for the override would you would like to speak against the override. Representive McCollum you're recognized to speak against the override. Thank you Mr Speaker I also want to say much but I I do want to to reiterate that I want to thank the doctors and I want to thank the parents and I want to thank the the Braves use that have come out and talked about their experience and their knowledge. And their choices and I do not think that these children need to be protected from their whole their own parents of. Yes counseling's important but so is medication and that the chemical stuff saves lives. And I agree we must follow the science and I agree we must follow best practices because this is life saving care in lots of cases and I just ask you to. Put aside politics put aside lobbyist put aside everything and to search your own heart and think about these parents in these children and their doctors because I feel like if they could have the same conversations that they've had with the governor and others in the last couple of weeks with all of us I think that most of us would come to the same conclusion so I please ask you not to override this veto thank you. Person because spoken against the override would anyone like to speak for the override. Would anyone like to speak against the override. Represent Lundstrum you're recognized to close. These children right now with this procedure going on have a nineteen times higher suicide rate. That should all make our hearts stop. They deserve health care they deserve not to be experimented on. This is not best practices the food in my drug administration has not approved this because it doesn't work these children need care and love. They're gonna be children now in in in ten years from now we're gonna be wondering where were the adults where were the people that had the courage to say no. I'll close with this. Cowardice asks the question is it safe. Expediency asks the question is it politic conscience asks the question is it right. And there comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right Martin Luther king. And with that I would ask for a good vote. President Lundstrum has closed for the override. Question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen seven fifteen seventy the objections of the governor not withstanding we do have one pair on the desk representative Cavenaugh votes yes representative Hodges votes no witness by representative gray. Representative Hodges is the president member. Are there any procedural objections to this pair. Please do not vote either of these two voting machines. Where the machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy two yeas twenty five nays and zero present. House Bill fifteen seventy is passed the objections of the governor not withstanding. Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen thirty six. House bill seventeen thirty six by representative firm and two men the law concerning the right of the juvenile to remain in foster care after reaching the age of majority. Members are gonna pass over house bill seventeen thirty six Mr Clark please read house bill. Seventeen twenty eight. House bill seventy twenty eight by representative daughter to amend the law related to campaign finance to allow campaign funds to pay child experts here to Spence's into amend portions of initiated act one of nineteen ninety and **** Act one of nineteen ninety six. Represent god for you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleague thank you for the opportunity to come before you again with hostile seventeen twenty eight which allows candidates for elected office to use campaign funds for child care expenses only if there incurred while engaging in campaign activity and there were some concerns last times of the bill has been amended to include candidates only not elected officials there's also clarifying language added to ensure that the expense would not exist in the absence of the campaign I think the amendment addresses the concerns more closely matches that positive ethics commission ruling so that candidates are not having to go every time for case by case approval appreciate the reconsideration I'd appreciate a good vote. President Godfrey has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent Mayberry recognized speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you members. I certainly understand the need for child care why you're campaigning we had our very first campaign when my daughter was under one years old that daughter is now twenty one we've had three additional children after that for a total of four my husband and I together have had about twelve different campaigns I know what it's like to care for young children while also on the campaign trail and I want to tell you what I did and what my husband did we brought along. And that's a beautiful thing we need to engage our youth engage our children so that they can see. But there's a world outside of them. They went with us to the parades they went to work with us to the debates they went with us to all these meetings some of the meetings they'll probably tell you were extremely boring but they certainly learned how to sit still and be quiet and those meetings that we felt like they probably wouldn't enjoy quite so much or might be crying or something like that I'd kindly ask someone who was there would you mind assisting and helping my my children in another room I brought crayons people are always willing to help on those rare occasions when we couldn't bring our kids along you know what we did we asked a friend and supporter someone who wants to help in your campaign but doesn't really know how they can help and so our kids might go over for a playdate with another friends and they had a great time we engaged our students right to engage our well I guess they are students too but we consider children in our campaign it was beautiful I don't regret any of that. Now what we're talking about today is using campaign funds I don't think there's anybody who has ever donated to my campaign or to my husband's campaign and expected us to use it for child care. That is a personal expense my children are personal. They are not a campaign I had my children before the campaign I have them during the campaign and I have them after the campaign. They are not a campaign expense. There are personal. And the law very much says that a candidate shall not take any campaign funds as personal income. And it goes on to say the purposes of this section a candidate who uses campaign funds to fulfill any commitment obligation or expense that would exist regardless of the candidate's campaign shall be deemed to have taken campaign funds as personal income my children or commitment my children have obligation my children are expense. It's our duty and responsibility. Now I will say that just a little side note here sometimes having those kids with us at these events certainly bring up some interesting memories that we can look back on I do remember one time holding my my daughter who at that time was still in diapers and I'm speaking at an event with my husband and. We kind of had a little accident and there was quite a puddle. You know it's not always the easiest thing to bring them along I get that. But if we follow this logic that it's okay to do this. Because Monday nights we normally would be home with their kids and instead were out campaigning. Follow me would wear this avalanche can go. While we're out on the campaign trail my house is a mess a huge mess can I now hire a maid to clean my house. The grass starts growing tall outside because my husband can't quite get around to mowing it is quickly. Can I now start using. Campaign money to mow that grass. I hope not. And then yesterday we just passed another bill that brings this into even more questions that we might be able to use it while we're actually in office. So I hope that you can stand up and understand this is a personal expense I understand the need but this is not the way we solve the problem thank you president Collins for what purpose question you're recognized thank you can we use these expenses as campaign expenses now under the current law from the other ethics commission's ruling said the ethics commission ruled but that's not law. We are the lawmakers and we can change it and as a matter of fact I've asked BLR to put together a bill that would specifically say that we will be taking childcare out make it very clear that it can't be used for that so I would appreciate a good vote on that too when I bring that bill forward thank you. Represent Mayberry spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill represents eve you're recognized speak for the bill. Members last time this bill was brought up there were some pretty valid questions as related to carryover funds and as a result of that distant by a bill is brought back to rules all that has been clarified you can only use it while you're engaging in campaign active you can't use it once you become elected into the question of whether or not this is permissible audit read what it says from the rules title seven chapter six subchapter to. The use of campaign funds to pay a candidate's childcare expenses shall not be considered a taking of campaign funds as personal income if the campaign funds are used to pay for child care for the time the candidate is engaged in campaign activities it's already permissible this bill would simply make it law and you don't have to go that the commission asked this question every time it comes up when you have an opponent I think it's a good bill I think it's needed I appreciate a good vote. President believes is spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Bragg you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues is this is a good bill I won't reiterate what's already been said but I will also add that federal election laws also allow this expense in our I have watched the mayberrys campaign they do a great job at it but not everybody's going to have that opportunity to to take their kids with them we can hire people to go door to door stuff envelopes I don't know what the difference would be for hiring somebody to take care of the kids on occasion when you need to campaign so I appreciate a good vote. Represent Bragg is spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President ray you're recognized speak for the bill. Colleagues I I won't belabor the point but when this bill was brought last time I did have some serious concerns with the way it was drafted and I came down here and pointed those out to to her great credit representative Godfrey made all of the changes that I pointed out if you take a look at the bill it's extremely pared down now it's very narrow and it is in line with both what the ethics commission has said is permissible as well as how Federal Election Commission treats streets federal candidates I do share representative Mayberry is concerned about you know where might we go in the future but I would just say this bill is so narrowly tailored that it doesn't include any of the other things that we're worried about and so because of that I feel comfortable voting for today thank you. Represent Brea spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Godfrey you're recognized to close for for the bill. Thank you colleagues thank you present for your support very briefly my personal experience as a mom in the candidate is almost identical to representative maybe raise my kids can't come along with me I have friends and family who live close by her able to volunteer and help out but I I feel like this issue is significant enough and the child care obligations that are incurred solely because of campaign activity are limiting and significant enough and that this is important bill to run so I appreciate a good vote. President Godfrey is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen twenty eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy ETS nineteen days and everyone present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill thirteen eighty eight. House bill thirteen eighty eight by representative Penzo to provide for voluntary post adoption contact agreements represent Penzo you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. House bill thirteen eighty eight first time already to committee it it failed there were some concerns about it so I made an amendment and read it again and and breeze dried on out of committee what the. Currently Arkansas law requires close adoptions Arkansas Code section nine nine five oh two prevents persons agencies the state and courts from disclosing any confidential information relating to the adoption except as provided by law. Therefore the reason I'm running this bill. Arkansas is only one of two states us in Mississippi the in this region that have us that don't have some form of post adoption contact agreements Palk is his or referred to will allow the options to be open if all parties agree this is entirely voluntary those who want clothes adoptions continue to have them but this law would allow open adoptions if adoption if adoptive and birth parents want the open adoption. Worked with the shared beginnings Arkansas coalition of Marshallese and the equality adoption attorneys on this piece of legislation it's a you know good for the the Marshallese residents of my district and also there's many other people in the state that preferred to have open adoptions instead of closed adoptions and within a request a good vote thank you. President Penzo has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represents love you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr I'm not I'm not sure if I want to speak against the bill I just had a couple of questions for representative Penzo because I I haven't reviewed the deal and then I just want to know is if the if the parties disagree in regards to have an open and close and diversion what happens. And so if you could answer that question I appreciate it thank you. Representative lovers spoke on the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Against the bill. Represent Penzo you're recognized to close for your bill. Sorry about that representive yes if the parties don't agree on on doing deductions adoption doesn't take place of both parties either have to agree to do the open adoption or do a closed adoption I mean there's there's really no way to to force an open adoption if the. Whichever party doesn't want that to take place thank you. Represent pens as close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen eighty eight prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clark with ninety six J. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen eighty four house bill six eighty four by representative Mayberry to amend the law concert the law concerning contributions to enable account under the achieving a better life experience program act represent Mayberry recognized explain the bill. Thank you Speaker thank you members in twenty fourteen able plans were signed into federal law by an overwhelming bipartisan support and then in twenty fifteen this legislative body passed enabling legislation to allow us to start the achieving better life experience program here in Arkansas which allows a person with a disability to save money to meet their own needs without the fear of losing public assistance such as Medicaid since then about every session we've come with a few little updates here and there federal rules change we've understood more what we need to make the program better so here I am back to you again the able plans are authorized by that five twenty nine section of the IRS code. Which is the same plan that authorizes the five twenty nine educational savings plan so this bill makes some of the changes that are in current statue that were technical and major in that technical in nature there were some a little bit of language that was left over there that referred to educational plans so we're scratching out some of that to to take that out there because that's not a part of this at all and since we wanted to go in and do that we thought what can we do to make this plan better and we really want to make it equal to what that five twenty nine college savings plan is all about so it defines what part of a non qualified is taxable in alignment with federal regulations and then thirdly it aligns the five twenty nine education plans which contributions above the five thousand dollar limit on deductibility from Arkansas income tax may actually be carried forward so you can carry forward the amount that you contributed. Essentially this makes the able plan equal to the five twenty nine college savings plan what's allowed in one will be allowed in the other and I hope that you all can agree that what we allow someone who's trying to save for an educational plan that we should allow the same benefit to someone with a disability who was also trying to possibly save for an educational plan or something else I appreciate a good vote. Represent Mayberry's explained Bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Mayberry is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen eighty four the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen sixty five House Bill sixteen sixty five a representative hawks to establish the Arkansas portable energy act. Representative fox you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues. Collins house beat bill sixteen sixty five is an agreed upon bill highly vetted bill as per the committee with the Arkansas Public Service Commission electric utilities in our co ops. What this bill does is it requires every fee three years that the Arkansas Public Service Commission will evaluate the remaining life useful life of all existing electric generating units. It will include a benefit analysis a rate impact analysis and an analysis on the impact on the reliability and resilience on the infrastructure of our created. Then. We're asking them to explicitly state in their findings on whether the a life extension of these electric utilities are in the public's best interest I'm open for any questions. Teague on appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative fox's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative boxes close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen sixty five per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. I guess it the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty nine a zero Nays one present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill seventeen eighty one house bill seventeen eighty one by representative Johnson to clarify and expand the prescription limitations in the Arkansas Medicaid program and Johnson you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues so to understand what this bill does I think you need to first understand current state in Arkansas with regard to fee for service Medicaid so currently in Arkansas as an adult your allotted three prescriptions a month there are some exemptions to that right now the exemption list includes things like nor can I smoking cessation products and contraceptives we're adding to that exemption list so we're adding diabetes medicines high blood pressure medicines cholesterol medicines blood thinners currently in Arkansas you only get through this prescription so if you happen to be on diabetes medicine blood pressure medicine the blood dinner in a cholesterol medicine you're faced with choosing each month which of those three prescriptions you gonna get which one you have to pay for there's a process in place takes to task for a waiver but people to re apply for that waivers every six months currently Medicaid doesn't deny this waiver so this is just needless paperwork to repeat these people through and making them have to make difficult decisions about which medicines they need this is now expanding that from three months to six it is allowing them now to have these other medications added to the sense of lists and so this is a good bill that's going to expand health care in Arkansas and and prevent hospitalizations and I'd be happy to try to answer questions about this bill. The man I appreciate your vote thank you. President Johnson is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Johnson is closed for the bill in question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen eighty one per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. I guess about Mr Clark. Ninety three a zero nays and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen sixty nine House Bill fourteen sixty nine by representative Jett to amend the law concerning the confidentiality of state tax records and other revenue information and to allow the bureau of legislative research to have direct access to state tax records and other revenue information. Jett you're recognized explained bill. Thank you colleagues this bill what this bill will allow allow the LR to access the FAA's information I think a lot of y'all in this in this chamber today has had come through revenue tax and actually had try to get fiscal impacts on the F. and I enters into so many fiscal impasse common I think a lot of folks are having a hard time getting there fiscal impacts back out of the F. and I and also there's a lot of good tax credit bills that we're doing with the FAA scores those bills in a static sense the so what this what this bill will do let AOC in the bill bill are actually go in and hire an outside consulting firm to let us have the General Assembly have our own consultant for the firm to score these bills force so that I'll entertain any questions. Thank you I appreciate a good vote. Representative Jett is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Jett is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen sixty nine the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill seventeen eighty house bill seventeen eighty by representative Bentley to amend the law concerning medication assistive appropriations and to allow as education programs for licensed practical nurses and certain facilities. Represent Bentley you're recognized explained bill. Collins I'm really excited to bring you house bill seventeen eighty is a bill I think that will be very good work force for certain situations in our state the intention of H. B. seventeen eighties to allow a long term care facilities the opportunity to be involved in two types of education medication assistance and LPNs this bill is not intended to have any negative outcomes are ramifications for any existing programs in colleges or hospitals and this bill would not mean the every long term care facility would do their own training this would allow a long term care facilities the same opportunities as hospitals and colleges have now it does not create a separate set of rules or exemptions for them just the same opportunity. My understanding that we in training portions more is the most controversial for this in this bill this would simply allow long term care facilities the same ability to apply for state boards of nursing Stoffer these programs if a particular area of the state is saturated the potential program could not get enough clinical slots and pass a feasibility study the board would not approve that program any potential program would have to show that they met all the criteria related instructors labs clinical sites this bill is intended to a companion bill the representive eleven passed yesterday before that bill was passed even though we had rules in place for medication assistance we did not have the Medicaid the Medicaid co so we weren't able to proceed with that program hi a business in my district is that we have constituents that really feel very comfortable at home but they do not want to travel and they would not travel to to your school to get this training but they're comfortable to grade out of high school become a CNA and if they're doing well as a CNA what they become a medication assistant make more money. Progress maybe to become an LPN and this would allow that to happen I think is a very good workforce thank I think we great a rule areas and other areas of the state and with that I'd take any questions of somebody might have. Sena questions at appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative Bentley is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Bentley's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen eighty per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark eighty four yeas four Nays and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill twelve seventy four house bill twelve seventy four by representative Stu Smith concerning the membership of volunteer firefighters and volunteer police officers in the Arkansas public employees retirement system. Represent Smith you're recognized explained bill. Thank you. House bill twelve seventy four would allow members of papers to serve as a volunteer police officer in a locked the covered position without forfeiting their papers. Benefits. If they're earning that through a separate papers account currently the law does does allow full time employees of papers to serve as a volunteer firefighter under lock the this bill would provide the same from volunteer police officers there should not be any physical impact through apers. Lobbies actuary advise that there would be no measurable financial impact a lot the there was no opposition in committee. Are there any questions. C. none I ask for a good vote. Representative Smith has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark. Ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen oh two House Bill AT NO two by representative Lowery to amend the law concerning unfair practices related to residential real estate repair contracts to prohibit a promise to pay for a rebate an insurance policy deductible under residential real estate repair contract. President Larry recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. This is a bill that came three insurance and commerce a I brought it to the insurance department of late after the session started and they said that they had they had wished that it'd been part of a their package they looked at before the the session because they actually favor this is is basically drafted on a premise of what occurs in other states called storm chaser legislation you know all of us that are homeowners we certainly wish that we could get our roofs replaced periodically without it costing us anything and what happens many times is if a storm comes through a hail storm whatever some of these roofing company some of them not so reputable they come through and they tell you that they can replace your roof and it's not going to cost you a dime that they're going to figure out a way maybe by putting a sign in your front yard giving you an advertising premium and you will not have to put up money for the deductible this amounts to what is an unfair trade practice in the insurance department really frowns on it dramatically what we have done with this legislation if we have required that the roofing company would provide to the homeowner a statement that would be in twelve point type that would indicate that the responsibility of paying a deductible is solely the responsibility of the homeowner and that they cannot have that deductible paid for by anyone else one organization that actually sounded in on this was the national association of mutual insurance companies they make up over more than half of the property casualty companies in the state of Arkansas they favor this bill there was no opposition in committee and as far as I know no negative votes or any negative quite. So I'll be stand ready for any questions you may have. This is a good consumer bill I appreciate your support. Represent Lowery six explain the Bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Larry's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen oh to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clark with eighty two yeas three nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen twenty four House Bill eighteen twenty four by representative Collins to amend the law concerning recorders into them in the law concerning the uniformed fee for recording instruments. Represent Collins you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill just clarifies what's always been the practice when you file a document with your county Clerk the changes multiple records you have to pay a fee for each record you change but if you just mention a record without actually changing the record you don't have to pay a fee for that mere mention of the part about when you don't have to pay the fees what were clarify in this bill both the land title association and the clerks association agreed with this because again it's just existing practice this bill gives everybody a little bit more clarity going forward I would appreciate a good vote. President Collins has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Collins is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen twenty four per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark eighty one Yeas three nays and present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen thirty four House Bill eighteen thirty four by representative Penzo to amend the Arkansas times share act. Represent Penzo you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. House Bill eighteen thirty four deals with the time share resellers before we get started just wanna clarify those questions came up committee there are a legitimate timeshare resellers of real estate brokers and attorneys help people get out of time here is also a lot of the times your companies have in house you know methods of helping their customers get out of time shares this has to do with this bill deals with the the scams associated with time shares that's what we're trying to prevent there's there's out of state individuals that like to commend of Arkansas and say they're going to help people get other times years we just had a a school teacher get scammed out of ten thousand dollars there's currently a pending case right now for almost five thousand dollars it's being investigated the the rules the Commission can address these issues under practicing real estate without a license but if they're not in the state of Arkansas makes a little difficult to do that so what this bill does is it it allows a prosecuting attorneys the Attorney General and the real estate commission little bit extra ability to pursue these individuals that are standing our Kansans and usually this deals with the elderly population so it's you know it's it's happening right now in Arkansas and the. just Preciado good vote on getting this past and see if we can prevent people from getting scammed in Arkansas. Thank you. Represent Penzo as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representations as close for the bill question before the House is passage of house bill eighteen thirty four the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety two yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen thirteen house bill eighteen thirteen by resident representative Gazaway to amend the law concerning the right to counsel under the Arkansas juvenile code of nineteen eighty nine and concerning a punitive parents right to counsel under the Arkansas Juvenal Code of nineteen eighty nine represent Gazaway recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is an agreed upon bill between the Arkansas parent council and the Department of Human Services those two groups that are typically opposed to one another and and and dependency neglect court or DHS court of those two groups there typically oppose they came together and agreed upon this bill basically this bill concerns punitive fathers or punitive parents who is a punitive parent that someone who's not been recognized as a legal parent but yet has acted in the role of a parent maybe since the birth of a child this just provides that in dependency neglect cases when DHS comes into does removal if there is a parent who has been our punitive parent someone is not legally recognized as a parent but who has acted as a parent that from the outset of the case they can be appointed counsel that's what the bill does happy to answer any questions. Seeing not appreciate a good vote. Represent Gazaway as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Gazaway is close to the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen thirteen per the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Cass about Mr Clark. Ninety one J. zero nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill eighteen fourteen House Bill eighteen fourteen by representative Gazaway to amend the law concerning the opportunity to be heard in certain hearings held under the Arkansas Juvenal Code of nineteen eighty nine to amend the definition of parent under the Arkansas Juvenal Code of nineteen eighty nine. Gazaway you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues another agreed upon bill between DHS and the parent council section one of this bill amends that when DHS files a case against parents one of the ways that they look to a notice to provide notice the appropriate person is they have to go through numerous things but one of the things we they adhere is whoever is listed as a parent on the birth certificate and that wasn't specified in the statute so this will clarify that to save a parent specified on the birth certificate they're entitled to notice during these DHS cases section two concerns the right to be heard in a DHS case currently foster parents adoptive parents pre adoptive parents relative caregivers may not offer evidence to be considered by the court they just have the right to be heard and that's under federal regulations what DHS wanted and what the parent council won it is when those folks show up instead of just standing up and saying that I want to be heard they ask that they go through the formal process of action being called as a witness put under oath there testimony made on the record so that there's a good record made in these cases not someone who just has shown up and has a right to be heard stands up from the audience to speak and so it clarifies that and again I would just emphasize agreed to by DHS and parent council to use sites that are typically opposed one another with that happy answer any questions. Seeing an appreciate a good vote representative Gazaway. President Gazaway explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen fourteen prepared machines Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast out Mr Clark by a vote of eighty nine Yeas one eight zero present the bill is passed. Sir Clark please read house bill eighteen fifteen. Also eighteen fifteen a resident of representative Gazaway to amend the law concerning dependency neglect positions hearings and the termination of parental rights as rich as it relates to punitive parent under the Arkansas Juvenal Code of nineteen eighty nine Ferguson Gazaway you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is the last bill in series of bills again agreed to by DHS the parent council section one just simply says that at the beginning of the case DHS can name putative fathers are punitive parents as parties to the case of that they're brought in from the very beginning of the case and not at the end when they're trying to do a termination of parental rights section two just has Some technical changes to make the terminology consistent it also importantly this is kind of a big change allows a judge sitting in DHS coworkers dependency neglect court to make a finding of paternity typically that's been done in the domestic relations division of circuit court this says that a circuit judge who just has just as much power as a judge sitting in the domestic relations division of circuit court in DHS court has the power to declare paternity and then section five eliminates the involuntary termination of a punitive father who was not provided notice or was dismissed from the case for lack of contact or deemed not to be the father that's important because if it's determined that your rights were involuntarily terminated it affects your ability if you're ever brought into court DHS cases in the future that's an automatic right for DHS to be able to proceed toward termination this says that they can't count that as an involuntary termination in other words it would be a voluntary termination so they can't be used against these parents in the future that's a good thing for parents who find themselves in DHS court. And then eliminates the need for further notice to putative fathers who do not establish significant contacts or found not to be the biological father otherwise dismissed from the case one of the things that he's also see throughout these bills the idea about significant contacts if you've got a parent or an alleged parent who has not been involved in the child's life at all they not have any significant contacts with the child then at some point. They can be dismissed from the case worker found not to be the biological father without further notice to them again this was agreed to by a parent council which represents parents including these putative fathers in these types of cases so they're okay with this language so is DHS agreed to happy to answer any questions. Seeing none would appreciate a good vote thank you represent gas was explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Ferguson Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed about house bill eighteen fifteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen forty three. House bill seventeen forty three by representative Charlene Fite ten men the digital product and motion picture industry development act of two thousand nine percent fight you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. A couple of you have asked me if house bill seventeen forty three might make you a star. Chance is that are are slightly slam however if you are a carpenter cosmetologist mill caterer hotel motel owner electricians painter or a plethora of other jobs this might bring some money your way. Over the past several years Arkansas has seen success in the film and television production shot within the state this is due in large part to our state's natural beauty and diverse geographic landscapes which make for attractive film backgrounds these productions not only bring a positive tourism component to our state but also a substantial increase in economic development which at this time is very very much needed. Film productions employing mainly in state workers and provide particular economic stimulus to the hospitality industry one example the filming of true detective season three which spanned across eight Arkansas counties created over one thousand jobs and had an estimated financial impact of well over one hundred million dollars for our state and some of you remember god is not dead to being shot right here in our capital and some of you happen to be around that day had to walk through his or her walk across roles in that in our former Speaker had a small role. Recently in Van Buren a movie called riot act was found in the city of and your input sawdust across the streets and the businesses allow the fronts of their businesses to be disguised to look older and it was a big boon for the town house bill seventy forty three seeks to amend our state's current film tax incentive to allow productions the choice they can apply for either a tax rebate or transferable tax credit this change provides the state flexibility in the types of incentives we can offer to attract new investments into Arkansas. And allows us to attract more productions to Arkansas because of our dual incentive offerings this bill caps the amount of tax credits the state can issue at four million per year which is the historic average annual amount provided by DFA but that the on Senate program the substance of the incentive remains unchanged the amount of incentive a qualified production can aren't is still the same but this bill adds new ways for productions to improve their incentive for those who may not know the current rebate allows for a twenty percent incentive on qualified expenditures and up to thirty percent incentive for hiring in state workers. We've expanded the way to earn the thirty percent production can hire military veterans are members of the National Guard. I make expenditures majority on veteran businesses. This bill was created with the valuable assistance of the FNA and a EDC and I want to thank them for their help in constructing this bill along with the Arkansas cinema society who has shared their experiences as well as industry feedback with film productions in the state and helped form the overall concept for this piece of legislation with the improvements that this bill makes we can continue to build on our success with these types of projects by creating jobs marketing Arkansas and bringing back and retaining homegrown talent and who knows some of you may become stars. I'm ready for questions. Semicolon for purposes question you're recognized any chance we can expect the great Arkansas actor Brandon keener to be taking advantage of these great films I will become from this bill well I'm glad you asked that question he was in right act so he would love to come back to Arkansas and I for those of you who don't know that's my son in law and I would sure love for them to bring and come and bring my grand babies here while they're working. Thank you. President fight is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent when you're recognized speak for the bill. I just wanted to add my support to this bill this is the kind of incentive that is the best kind of incentive because it happens only after Arkansas has received its return on investment so this tax credit is applied for but only after the state has gone through an audit to see that has been a good financial impact on the state of Arkansas is this granted I passed a similar legislation in previous sessions this is good this is good for our economy this is good for artistic presence this is good for the advertising for the state of Arkansas that so they can see the diversity that we have here in this state you can shoot all kinds of scenes in our state and it will highlight will we have to offer so Is I encourage your support for this very good bill. Resembling a spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Fite you're recognized claw. Thank you. Members this is not about ringing Hollywood to Arkansas this is for creating and sustaining Arkansas jobs. This is that as I mentioned all of the jobs that are available for people through film and television productions but one example I wanted to mention to you a man from my district was so excited because he had a rescue boat in his front yard. And the production crew from true detective three saw that vote in his yard and offered him five hundred dollars to use it in one of the episodes and he said we're going to Branson so who knows you may not be a start it may be arrested vote will be so I appreciate a good vote. President of Phi is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen forty three prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty seven yeas to nays zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen sixty House Bill eighteen sixty by representative Lanny Fite to amend the camp law concerning county appropriations represent fight you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. And county government when you budget every year you anticipate you're revenue and then you appropriate ninety percent of that revenue to spend that year there's only for exceptions to that when you do that one of them is better on state grants the other one is disaster clean up and then there's a dedicated taxes is tied to a revenue bond and the last one is Commission revenues and funds of funding in office and commission like the assessor's office collector's office of the treasurer's office this bill adds two new exemptions to the ninety percent rule grants are made by a private benefactor that would be a person or organization that maybe donates money for a drug dog to the library or something of that nature right there the second one was for financial assistance for such as the cares Act the American rescue plan a federal regulations specifically say these monies are not grants. And the last one is reimbursements to the county for like double billing a billing error and so forth that's already been a appropriated once I would be happy to answer any questions. Thank god I appreciate a good vote. Represent fives explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill represent fight is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen sixty prepared machinist. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Bravo ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Clark please read Senate bill three oh nine. Senate bill three oh nine by representative Johnson to amend the requirements for coverage for Colo rectal cancer screening. President Johnson recognized to explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker calling some privilege to be able to carry this here on the house side this is a bill that is going to save lives here in Arkansas this is a bill that dates are current calling cancer screening process to be in line with United States task force on prevention it lowers the age from fifty to forty five for eligible screening for colonoscopy ease and provides a cabbie out for insurance companies to pay for that for that screening at no cost to the patient so it's really good bill is gonna save lives in Arkansas and I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Johnson's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Allen you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker and colleagues this is probably one of the the best bills that will have a have come before secession I'm honored to have this opportunity to work with our doctor Johnson on this bill I was the one that ran the bill in committee and this is a great bill this bill will save lives as a matter of fact is because of early Screamin that I'm here today and I will say one thing. the screen is the best weapon that we have to fight incumbent council so don't take this lightly and I appreciate you don Johnson appreciate Missy Irvin and I appreciate a follow you all the support this bill thank you. Cevallos spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Johnson you're recognized close for the bill thank you Mr Speaker because I just want to say a special thank you to represent Lowery representative Alan Senator Irvin there a lot of people that did a lot of work on this bill that wasn't me a lot of work behind the scenes with Arkansas Blue Cross blue shield other insurers and I just wanna take the opportunity closing to make sure acknowledge those folks and appreciate all their efforts and getting this cross the finish line so appreciate a good vote thank you represent Johnson's close for the bill the question before the House is the past Senate bill three oh nine prepared machines to Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four ninety one the bill for any one by representative Cozart to amend certain laws regarding a participant training programs and related duties to amend the it and the staff was partnership committees and to amend the use of the Arkansas construction industry craft training trust probe Fund. President Cozart you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling this is a Kind of a clean up bill on some Stuffed up to about the training programs that are that friendship centre English's Bill and she asked me to run it for so if I'm not really clear on everything is because I know a little bit not a lot about this bill the main focuses bills to amend the name of the make up of the state apprentice coordination steering committee and in the name of the state apprentice committee established a state electoral printers shipped committee and amend the use of Arkansas construction industry craft training trust fund number of the purposes some of the main things This does it it changes the name from the state apprentice coordinator steering committee to the office of skills Division that is one of the main things of this bill it has a lot of other things in there and I'll be glad to try to answer any questions most of it is the set up of the workforce board and adding some other members to that and how they're actually appointed so any questions I'll try to answer the questions. The nine appreciate a good vote. President Cozart as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Cozart is closed for the bill. Question before the House is passes of Senate bill four ninety one where the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. Eighty seven days one names are present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three ninety four Senate bill three ninety four by representative Cozart to amend various provisions of the twenty fifteen school safety act and to establish the Arkansas center for school safety of the criminal justice institute advisory board represent Cozart you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Of laser gentleman this is a bill that I ran in here about a week and a half ago and this is a companion bill from Senator Irvin and it's basically about the school safety act was paired with slab listing the Arkansas center for school safety criminal justice advisory board so it's the same bill painted bill on labour if you have questions on the trot after. Seeing none present your vote. Represent Cozart has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Cozart close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three ninety four per machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Cass about Mister Clerk. With eighty eight Yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five oh four Senate bill five O. four by representative Cozart to amend provisions of the code concerning state foundation funding aid to create the teacher's salary equalisation fund and to declare an emergency represent Cozart you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker hello this is this is another colleagues this is another companion bill from Senator Irvin in this is this is want to do our teacher funding that we ran in here about two weeks ago and this is to set the the creation of the medium salary for teachers of two thousand dollar raise over two years. A good vote. Representive Cozart as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Cozart close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five oh four per the machine Mr Clerk. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause has everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty six A. zero nine zero present the bill and the emergency clause has passed Mr Clark read Senate bill four fifty one Senate bill four fifty one by representative Cozart Tim in the requirements regarding visual art music and performing arts requirements for students in grades five and six and role in public schools that are not configured as elementary schools. Cozart you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker calling class one for the day for me for road a lot this bill from senator Hammer we talk about this back about a year ago we finally come up with some language for this and ended up running this language so currently law requires all students and K. grades K. six to take both arts and music this is problematic for the middle school configuration for example middle school that includes grade six and seven must run almost two separate that's good rules that is one more than elementary and one more than high school allowing students to take art or music gives them the choice students center in choir or band would not have to pull out for nine weeks or semester take or vice versa on the on any art interest or whatever so seventh grade students already have the choice to take either for but this is a a representative. There's already procedure for this in case six requires that forty minutes of physical activity today but if in the in the sixth grade is a middle school configuration is not required this bill allows all greater than the the building to allow to run the same type of schedule which is a big help for staffing a big crowd thank you any questions. If not appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Cozart as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Or the bill. Represent Cozart is close to the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four fifty one prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Gas up the ballot Mr Clark. Eighty three eight one nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill one twenty Senate bill one twenty by representative Vaught concerning rulemaking authority under the school counseling improvement act of twenty nineteen representative bought you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill when Senator Davis and I ran the bill last session we forgot to give the rulemaking authority so this is just going to allow the rulemaking authority to take place with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Vaught has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Or the bill. Representative bought clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one twenty prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety one yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark read Senate bill one sixty. Senate bill one sixty a representative Vaught to require Holocaust education be taught in all public schools. Representative but you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is by far my favorite piece of legislation that I've had the honor of carrying this session and I would like to thank a state run mail and his team for asking me to actually be a part of this effort in passing this legislation if you didn't get to see his son David I present an education I encourage you to go back and watch it he did a phenomenal job of presenting this bill this bill would require that the Holocaust education be taught in all public schools and the bill would also clarify. or would clearly recognize and define the whole cost in Arkansas state law as a systematic state sponsored persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews and other groups by the **** present regime in Germany between nineteen thirty three and nineteen forty five which resulted in the murder of approximately six million Jews and five million other individuals fifteen other states already have legislation in place but this would allow Arkansas the opportunity to be a leader in our region by passing this legislation holy Holocaust education can prevent a history of human suffering and genocide from repeating itself and with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representative bodies explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent bought clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one sixty the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. I up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety eight zero nations are present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five twenty four Senate bill five twenty four by representative Vaught to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning minority teacher minority administrator recruitment plans and to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the equity assistance center president bought you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker Senate bill five to four requires districts with more than five percent minority students to develop a minority teacher and administrator recruitment plan with an emphasis on recruiting African Americans and other minorities and encourage students to pursue a career in education this bill also broadens the scope to the plan to be include recruitment and retention it also shortens a plan from ten years to three years it requires a plan to be posted on the district's website for public access it requires the eighty each develop a strategic plan and set goals for increasing the number of teachers and administrators for minority races and ethnicities it requires the Division of high higher education to collaborate state with stakeholders develop a companion strategic plan with recommendations for institutions with educator prep programs and methods of reaching goals set by the eighty eighty and this is part of a larger effort to address teacher shortage and improve recruitment and retention efforts across our state. And with that I would appreciate a good vote. President Vaught has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative box close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five twenty four the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty five yeas to nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill five twenty one Senate bill five twenty one by representative Pilkington to mandate that the Arkansas Medicaid program cover continuous glucose monitor for an individual diabetes. Represent Pilkington you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I today president you Senate bill five twenty one it's a simple bill that creates clear consistent policy for the Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitoring about forty other states do this the Bill pers quality care for people with diabetes so if you have anyone in your state who are in your district has that BT's is on Medicaid they're gonna love this bill they're gonna love you for voting for it elect to produce a cost savings for the state there's no no no opposition for it Medicaid DHS and the passes are all in favor this legislation and actually passes are currently doing this already so you know I think that's a good indication of this is provide savings and quality of care with that ask for a good vote thank you. President Bill Clinton has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Pilkington as close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five twenty one the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety one yeah zero nays and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill two ninety nine Senate bill two ninety nine by representative when two men the division of workforce services law related to the disclosure of information. Represent when you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill is brought to be by the division of workforce services all this does is it allows them to share data with Division of information services there is a for your part of this in this part has been approved by the for the task forces well so just allows them to share some data. Thank you appreciate a good vote. Represent wing has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive wing is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two ninety nine prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three eighty seven. Senate bill three eighty seven representative clout to authorize off label use of drug treatments to treat Medicaid beneficiaries with pediatric acute onset NEUROPSYCHIATRIC site site yet Neurosci after. Fite center of pediatric autoimmune Neurosci. Hi yes Rick disorders related to skip a copy infection. Representive cloud you're recognized explain the bill and pronounce the words. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues. Currently in Medicaid does not cover I the IG intravenous immunoglobulin FOR Barrett. Pediatric acute onset neuro psychiatric syndrome otherwise known as Paine's what this bill does it will have Medicaid cover that medication it will be under the treatment plan established by the post infection autoimmune encephalitis the center for excellence that clinic is a combination of UAMS and Arkansas children's hospital there's no known opposition this is a life changing treatment it passed the Senate thirty five to zero P. glad to answer any questions. I appreciate a good vote on neuro psychiatric treatment thank you. Representive cloud as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Pat is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three eighty seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety four yeah zero Nays zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill one forty three. Senate bill one forty three by representative gray to ensure the beneficiaries of the Arkansas Medicaid program have access to new products and label expansions approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration represent gray recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker so what this bill does is it a private provides immediate access to new products and label expansions approved by the FDA prior to a formal clinical review so right now we have something we we call it the day you are bored but drug utilization review board through Medicaid what we've done in the past as we said any new medications approved by the FDA have to be approved by this board before Medicaid will pay for them this flips it and says that anything that's FDA approved has to be paid for by Medicaid until Medicaid in this do you are board deems that it is not something that will be covered when talking to DHS they said this is the method they're trying to utilize any house so they were they were okay with the bill and and then also we added that to people that have that treat rare diseases whether they be physicians or nurse practitioners would be appointed to that the U. R. board to kind of help facilitate that those reviews so I'd be glad to take any questions. They know and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative gray is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative grace close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one forty three per machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety one yeah zero Nasr present the bill is passed Mr Clark read Senate bill one fifty two. Senate bill one fifty two by representative Springer to amend the membership of the Arkansas State Medical Board Intamin supervision and prescriptive authority of physician assistants. Represent Springer you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker good afternoon members. I am joined Springer state representative for district thirty four and it is indeed my pleasure to bring to you on behalf of the Arkansas society of physician's assistants who contacted senator Hammer and I ate a few months ago regarding this bill the bill does exactly what it says and for your information this bill cleared the Senate public health committee we're not in the opposition as well as the House public health committee without any opposition at this time I would like to think thank you representative Ferguson representative of. Of Ladyman and senator Bledsoe and Senator Flippo for their assistance in making sure this work there is no non known opposition to this the American society for a well this the Arkansas. Arkansas society for medical assistance and medical of society for physicians as well as the Arkansas board of medical. Sessions approve this bill. Yes. Represent Wardlaw for what purpose session you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker. What I pointed out of committee not not to the sponsor but to some members this bill fallers aligned with the current situation if you can answer meter false that lets a medical society pretty will make this appointment is that true. no this this on the medical side and make the appointment this appointment they make the they give a suggestion to the governor's office true or false I guess I worded that wrong. that's not my that's not my understanding my understanding is is that of this appointment is made by the governor at the consultation with the medical society and approved by the Senate they were saying the same thing how many appointments does medical society get to consult on today with the governor's office on medical board. I'm not aware it's about thirteen and this will make fourteen are you speaking of the number of persons is going to be on this board it's an additional person yes of the front and the medical society represented Wardlaw. Follows you're recognized. I'm I'm I'm good with that I'm represented Wardlaw we're from south Arkansas so he's he's he's got that attorney under. So. To your comfortable with giving them another appointment to board a already have thirteen appointments to basically well they don't make the appointments we cleared representative Wardlaw we're gonna have a conversation here. He's come all are you are you good are you going to go to another appointment Sir. Are you good with giving them another chance that another appointment I am yes I am. And and that is the Arkansas medical board and also the the Society of medical professions. Any other questions. All you. Representative. Representative Springer as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Springer is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one fifty two. Hey Mister Clark. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark sixty one Yeas fifteen days one present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill twenty seven Senate bill twenty seven by representative Wardlaw to ensure that suicide prevention hotline employees individuals who have experience working with veterans. Represent Wardlaw you're recognized explained bill thank you Speaker I get to do this again. The is pretty simple the title of the bill pretty well explains bill would make sure that the people answering those phones have experience with the issues that the veterans are calling in with prescribed for appreciate a good vote. Represent for laws explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Wardlaw is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill twenty seven. Where the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three oh eight. The bill three await a representative Lanny Fite requiring the state to offer a victim of sexual assault the choice to require the person accused of committing a sexual assault on the victim to take an HIV test. President fight you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is pretty straightforward and simple under present law a victim of sexual assault cannot request snappy test of the defendant this bill would allow the victim to request the that the defendant submit to an IV test HIV tests use me and the results be given to the victim within forty eight hours I'll be happy to answer any questions. Seeing none I appreciate a good vote. Representative fight as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Fite's close to the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three oh eight per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty eight zero nine zero presents the bill is passed. Mr Clark read senate bill four seventeen. Senate bill four seventeen by representative Richmond permitting a person convicted of an antitrust violation or other unlawful business practice to on lawfully possess a firearm under state law. Represent Richmond you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is another Senator Hammer. Bill that we've had we've seen many of them it's an okay bill. And what it does is if you've been convicted of an antitrust violation unfair trade practice restraint of trade offenses or any offenses relating to regulations under state law right now you lose your rights to own a firearm. Or even ammunition. Federal law does not have the same requirements all this bill does is aligned state law with federal law so I appreciate a good vote. Representative Richmond is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. the Bill. Representative Richmond close for the bill question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four seventeen prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty seven Yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed. Members were skipping over Senate bill three. Mr Clark read Senate bill four seventy four. The bill for seventy four by representative Gazaway to create the criminal offenses of fertility treatment abuse infertility treatment fraud and to create the civil action to of civil fertility fraud represent Gazaway recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues this a bill is one that is is brought because our law has not kept up with technology and recent developments There are situations that have come to light around the country including in the state of Arkansas with the advancements in technology and specifically genealogy research where. Apple had discovered that who they thought were their biological parents were not are not in fact their biological parents and that doctors who were involved in there in the fertility treatment of their mother for instance is in fact their biological father and so because of that we have seen states around the country that are beginning to address this issue Texas in twenty nineteen passed a law on this issue Indiana and twenty nineteen passed a law on this issue California has a law on this issue and so we're attempting to address it now in Arkansas as these other states have generally what the bill does is in section one we say that the statute of limitations for fertility treatment fraud it may be commenced at any time and so that's consistent with other sexual offenses search statute limitations for instance rape sexual assault in the first degree sexual assault in the second degree and incest those are offenses that can be commenced at any time and so fertility fraud because you're dealing with an offense that where there was fraud involved that often is not discovered for a long time and a good period of time after the fact that we amend the statue imitations to say that can be brought any time section two creates the new criminal offense of fertility treatment abuse one of the interesting things we begin to look at some of the other statutes in other states in Texas they added this type of conduct to their sexual assault statutes because in a way it is a sexual assault because you're using an authorized sperm for instance infertility treatment on someone who didn't consent to it and in a way that is a sexual assault we look at the art of that in the Arkansas statutes that didn't fit well and so we created the new statute of fertility treatment abuse and what that says is person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider in the course of performing assisted re. Shin procedure on a person knowingly uses on authorized human reproductive material that'll be a Class B. felony that's punishable by five to twenty years in the Arkansas department of corrections that's one to fence the second offense that you'll see in section three is fertility treatment fraud and that's for the miss representation of the type of material that's used in those fertility treatments so we have multiple types of fertility treatments infertility pregnancy surrogacy and ifs a doctor involved in those treatments for instance uses an unauthorized act someone thought they were receiving an egg donation from one person turns out it was from someone that it wasn't authorized again on authorized firm that is with the purpose to defraud that would be fertility treatment fraud and we've classified that is a Class C. felony that's three to ten years in the Arkansas department of corrections in this section for creates a civil remedy for those who have been harmed by this conduct that they would have the ability to bring suit against the healthcare provider that without their consent without their permission to perform this kind of the this act a criminal act against them they would have the ability to bring a civil suit and would be entitled to certain damages and so with that happy to answer any questions. Seeing none would appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Gazaway as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Gazaway is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four seventy four per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety four yeah zero nays and two are present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill three oh six. About three of six by representative Brian permitting a concealed gun handgun licensee to carry a concealed handgun in a minute municipally owned or maintained park president right you're recognized explained a bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Members what this bill does is bring consistency and clarity to Arkansas concealed carry law as relates to our trails and parks in our state currently concealed carry carry permit holders can carry international parks in our state parks and trails but not in our city parks and trails this bill will allow our cans is those same rights that we have in our national trails in our state parks if passed concealed carry holders will still be prohibited from carrying in city buildings and still not be able to carry in parts while sporting events are going on or while that facilities leased out to a third party is bills focused on a lawful concealed carry holders as relates to the outdoors in our trails and parks with that I'll answer any. And I appreciate a good vote. Representative Brian is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Wardlaw you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr again a lot of questions in a back about the bill we passed out here yesterday this bill is a different piece of the code section so they do not conflict and they're both great bills I just want everybody to know that both do affect parks but there two different parts of this section. Representative Wardlaw has spoke for the bill that would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill representative Brian is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three oh six per the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clark with eighty As nine days into a present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read Senate bill sixty five Senate bill sixty five a representative back to amend Arkansas law regarding stated mission plans for fossil fuel fired electric generating units. Representative back you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker of this bill is a good bill has not had no opposition on the Senate side had no opposition in in the House Committee as the it deals with the emissions from fossil fuel generation plants the the Division of environmental of quality in Arkansas are the ones are tasked with developing our plans this changes nothing as far as the authorizations of those plans all it does is generate two new additional port scan reports that will be of. Public domain of public records of everyone can see them it also says that in the event that there's one class of customer that is unduly burdened by one of these changes that they'll go back and rework it and while the reworking it will just continue to operate on the previous plan to have it come up with a good fix and with that I'd appreciate a good vote thank. Represent back has explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent back is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill sixty five the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clark with eighty seven yeah zero nays and zero present the bill is passed. Sir Clark read Senate bill two ninety one until two ninety one by representative Johnson to support Arkansas public schools and public school districts in the implementation of a community school approach. Represent Johnson you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues so this is a bill is before our bodies a few weeks ago it failed on the floor your kind enough to let me bring that back to committee to work on we're able to do some amendments to try to address some of the concerns of the people that had some opposition as you recall this was a bill that came out of the Senate with no opposition it turns out had some opposition it just had been divorced and it was fortunate that we have this process right this is a great example of process at work this is checks and balances is the bill that went to the Senate with no opposition got down here turns out there was some opposition we had a good discussion committee got out of committee failed here. Well it back down amended we're going to begin a committee it's come out of committee again This Is Your before today the changes we made or try to dress two specific issues one was we try to make it an opt in process so we put parents first in this process so now parents have to get permission for kids to participate in this community school process additionally we try to type of the language about the data to make sure that it was gonna be kept private to make sure no additional data mining would happen in the committee school concept not when I came down here this session believe it or not this was not a because I was looking to champion this is a bill I think that from from a colleague and to be honest when I started this process I didn't know a lot about community schools having read about them listen to the testimony we had in committee which was favorable this last time in favor of the schools I bought into the concept I think it's a good concept I think this is a good bill that will define some of the terms we need for these schools and help provide that desi with the opportunity to set up some guidelines for the schools and so with all that said I'd be happy to answer questions. I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative Johnson has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent McKenzie you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I know I spoke against this before and I do I always appreciate when folks go back and make changes I also after we had this discussion went back to the same people heard from before and more I did some more research on this as well. And what I found was people still have many concerns if this bill doesn't pass today I was point as was pointed out last time. All the good things that schools are doing. They can continue to still do. People came before us in the committee and point out a lot of good things at their schools are doing I know I could come before and you walk into I'm sure this is a good thing my schools doing this is a good thing my school doing all things done by local schools. By local people. With local control. So this bill fails today all that can continue to happen. Not one but if it stops. If this bill passes the concern that I have and the concern that person after person I reached out to teachers principals superintendents school board members parents more parents more parents grandparents I sent this bill just about everybody I could because it concerns me when I first saw it did pass out of the Senate. Easily and what I read I thought well I don't think this is a good idea. Let's test it so I sent it out to people without telling them how I felt you tell me how you feel. And concern after concern was this. Is not what we want we can already do these good things we have local control we parents we school members know what we wanted this is a new agenda with federal grants. Confederal strings. I had people reach out to me repeatedly have you heard that bill again I sent them the moments in fairness this is what is going to do these the changes they made people still had the same concerns. People ask me when you can hear it. They're concerned about what this does to local control and the agenda they can come in with this. With these federal grants. I see that some of the legislative intent was pulled from this but when I went out and looked at the federal legislation on community schools. It was almost verbatim. That really concerns me. So. I want to voice my concerns and the concerns of my constituents. On this bill and hope that you will vote against it. President McKenzie spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill represents Smith you're recognized speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill is simply about the schools and their communities collaborating to nurture the strength and strength and the weaknesses of their students to make sure that they're provided with the. Necessary tools. You have the best chance to succeed academically. The personal data of a student. Is secure. And consent must be given by the parents for any services rendered AS in testimony last week in committee. It was assured us that all of the. Students data would be protected would not be given out. another thing that I wanted to add that I thought was the most impressive is first of all twenty three other states have implemented this committee school program and this blueprint to simply serves as a blueprint a school does not have to do this it's just if they decide that they're going to be coming community school this is a successful blueprint that has been proven to work it's been enacted in twenty three other states including Georgia South Carolina Texas Oklahoma and Iowa in the most impressive thing I think in the states of implement this compact committee school program is the fact that attendance rates have risen dramatically including seventy three percent in one particular school district and that's why I support this bill. Represent Smith spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Johnson you're recognized close for the bill thank you Mr Speaker calling see I appreciate the healthy debate on this topic I do think this is permissive language in this bill I don't think you service local controller authority and again you appreciate the process in this and all other parties interested in hoping with just about the way the Philly should and I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Johnson's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two ninety one prepared machines to correct Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of fifty five Yeas twenty four Nays in ten present the bill is passed. Members we're gonna vote on the emergency clause at this point. The machine. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Fifty eighth eighteen days and seven present the emergency clause has failed. Mr Clark please read senate bill four forty six. Senate bill four forty six a representative body to careful to clarify the applicability of step therapy protocols and to amend the definition of health benefit plan to include individual qualified health insurance plans. President Vaught you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker when Senator Bledsoe when I ran this bill earlier we left out the qualified health plans in a partly and this just adds those to this to the previous bill so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative bodies close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four forty six prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill five forty eight Senate bill five forty eight by representative next to amend the law to allow for consistency and operations of the volunteer fire department in an incorporated town or a city of the second class representative Nicks you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker and colleagues this bill a SP five forty eight it concerns the setting of dues for volunteer fire department and of incorporated in city of second class Senate is what this bill will do we will allow these municipalities would volunteer fire districts to accept a petition that have a majority of the signatures of the last general election. And and and and it is to be filed their Senate with the center recorder and then my ordinance and by public hearing the city can dispense with special election for sending of dues so this bill would bring consistency and operation of volunteer fire departments and state of Arkansas the county already have this law and as far as I know there's no opposition to this bill it passed in the Senate unanimously and I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Nicks is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative Nicks is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five forty eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero president. The bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two eighty two actually we're gonna pass over Senate bill two eighty two. Mr Clark please read Senate bill five eighty eight. Senate five eighty eight by representative back to authorize utilities to recover the cost of restoration of damages and exhorting natural gas fuel or purchased power costs caused by storms throughout securitization and to declare emergency. President back you're recognized to explain the Bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I know what you think another energy bill but but will that what this bill does is mostly don't realize of that during the last of really cold spell that we had natural gas prices actually went up to about four hundred dollars a year. Those units normally sell for below three dollars a unit so some of our utilities really suffered a lot as far as the cost that they had to pay for the natural gas both reflected generation and to just heating of the home so what this bill does is it doesn't change the the rights or the pay or anything like that what it does is it allows a public service commission to go out there and say okay they will allow these companies to take up have issue bonds to help cover some of this cost which is going to help lighten the load on on some of the consumers out there another words be able to extend things out of a much lower interest rates for a longer period of time to help us not tell the truth blotter this right off the bat so. With that. All appreciate a good vote. Represent back is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President back is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill five eighty eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill and the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight zero nine five present the bill emergency clause are passed. Representative makes what purpose motion please answer your motion after the announcmenet trading of the bills transferring the bill's place in the counters on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move that we adjourn until one o'clock tomorrow afternoon that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion carries any announcements. President Fortner for purpose announcmenet you're recognized. Chairman Joe Jett respectfully requests the presence of all members of revenue tax hit approximately fifteen minutes in room one fifty one. Represent Ladyman for purpose announcmenet. Recognized public health will meet a little bit quicker in ten minutes and maxi. Represent Lowery for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House insurance and commerce will meet tomorrow morning at nine thirty in conference room C. represent wing for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized vice chair Lee Johnson respectfully requests all members of House Management to be tomorrow at eleven o'clock at mac B.. Representive Dalby for what purpose announcmenet recognized judiciary will meet in fifteen minutes mcity representatives what purpose announcmenet you're recognized House rules meet tomorrow at twelve noon big mac be present Tosh what purpose does not you're recognized state agencies nine thirty in the morning room one fifty one. Vaught for purpose to announcmenet you're recognized per caucus in the morning at seven AM and then we'll have agriculture committee tomorrow it after session. Any other announcements. Members. Especially if you have bills here on the house in we need to be running those and getting those down to the Senate in there's any issues about being able to run a bill let me know work with the chairs but we're moving towards getting this thing wrapped up. All right the desk remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion of the items named in the adjourn resolution the house will be adjourned until one PM tomorrow.