House Convenes

I'm by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by the house chaplain Dr rex Horne retired pastor Emmanuel Baptist church in Little Rock and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. A surprise. Father thank you for today and for a new start of the week we pray that you'll bless the women and men of the houses they go about the work that is before them. Father today we thank you for your care. And scripture we read that not even a sparrow falls to the ground but that you know what. Something that we look upon is commonplace and of little consequence. The great god all powerful god all knowing ever present god notices a sparrow. The father we pray that the women and men here would recognize as well that. No matter how big or how small the matters they face of the things that are within their personal life that you care. And that you know and that they are of value to you so bless each one of the responsibilities they have bless their families and their communities in Christ's name amen. Members please indicate your present by pushing yellow present button prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety eight members present chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave. Represent McElroy for what purpose leave for representive McGee is leave granted for RepresentativeHouse. Some noted represent Cozart what purpose leave representive Eubanks is leave granted representative Eubanks. So noted represent Fredrick Love moves we dispense the reading of the previous day's Journal without objection so ordered are there Reports from select committees. Read reports Mister Clark Mister Speaker we are committee on public retirement to whom was referred house bill twelve seventy four may leave to report that we had the same under consideration and here with the terms and the recognition they do pass respectfully submitted Les Warren chair Mister Speaker we are committee on public retirement to whom was referred house bill twelve ninety eight house bill thirteen hundred beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with trying to sing the recognition do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Les Warren chair Mister Speaker will your committee on public retirement to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty five beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with the terms and the recognition that do pass as amended number two respectfully submitted Les Warren chair. Are there Reports from standing committees reports Mister Clark Mister Speaker we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill eighteen twenty four house for eighteen thirty fourth senate bill four forty six beg leave to report we have the same under consideration here with the term the same the recommendation do pass respect was omitted Mark Lowery chair Mister Speaker your committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill eighteen oh two beg leave to report we have the same under consideration here with the term the same the recommendation that do pass respectfully submitted John Maddox vice chair Mister Speaker we are committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill fifteen fifty seven beg leave to report that we had the same under consideration here with turn the same to recommend recommendation that do pass as amended number three respectfully submitted John Maddox vice chair. There any unfinished business are there any Executive communications read the letter from the. April first twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house do Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on April first twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house bill fifty no seven ACT four ninety nine house bill fifty eleven is ACT five hundred house bill sixteen fifty eight is that five oh one house bill twelve thirteen is that five oh two house bill twelve forty six is that five oh three house bill thirty fifty five ACT five FOR house bill thirteen seventy three is that five oh five house bill fourteen fifty eight is that five of six possible fifty one ACT five a seven house bill fifteen fifteen that five oh eight house bill fifteen nineteen is that five oh nine house bill fifteen twenty one ACT five ten house bill fifteen forty six five eleven Haskell fifteen eighty eight ACT five twelve house bill fifteen ninety four ACT five thirteen house bill sixteen nineteen Zach five fourteen possible sixteen twenty ninth at five fifteen house bill sixty forty eight ACT five sixteen house bill sixty nine as at five seventeen house bill twelve eighty one ACT five eighteen house bill twelve eighty two ACT five nineteen house bill seventeen sixteen ACT five twenty house bill seventeen twenty nine ACT five twenty one sincerely Asa Hutchinson. April first twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house dear Mister Speaker this is to inform you that on April first twenty twenty one I reviews and approves of form following measure of the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house concurrent resolution one thousand nine sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Represent Gonzales moves we place Senate bill five fifty five back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read amendment amendment number one Mr Clark. Amendment one Senate bill five fifty five. Gonzales you're recognized to explain the amount. The mystery of the center Clark bill in center parcs Amendment I appreciate a good vote. President consolidates is explain. The Amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment president Gonzales is closed for the amendment the question before the House. Is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill five fifty five all in favor say aye. Any opposed. please read House resolutions in nineteen. House resolution ten nineteen by representative right to encourage and promote residential swimming pool safety awareness to reduce preventable accidental drowning deaths of children who are under five years of age or residential swimming pools. President prior recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker today I just want to thank the health committee. You're an in house for quite a bit of work that we had to do a concerning children that are drowning. I didn't know what to start working on the bill but actually the number two killer of children under the age of five years old is drowning. And I appreciate you everyone of you so much and actually I appreciate the help that the health committee here in the House and I hope that we can bring some awareness to folks about the dangers especially kids are under the age of five years old of drowning and I thank you. Percent rise explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent rise close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of house resolution ten nineteen. All in favor say aye. Any opposed. Resolution is adopted. Or please read House resolution ten twenty four. House resolution to twenty four by representative Deborah Ferguson to proclaim April twenty twenty one as autism awareness and acceptance month in Arkansas. President Ferguson you're recognized explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues is many of you may know since two thousand and seven we've designated April is autism awareness month. it is now called autism awareness and acceptance man and I would be willing to say that almost all of you have some have been touched by autism or knows someone with autism spectrum disorder one in fifty nine children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder today. Of but I think the acceptance part they that it is important to promote inclusion and understanding it's time that we recognize artistic people for their abilities and not their short comings of thirty five percent of artistic people end up with a college degree but eighty percent are unemployed so I think we all need to look for ways to include and maybe otherwise to interview because you know even though they may have less social skills they also have other skills to contribute to the workplace per share the good vote. President Ferguson explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. President Ferguson is close for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house resolution ten twenty four all in favor say aye. Any opposed. Resolution is adopted. Members the doctor of the day is Dr Brandt sack Laban of little rock and the nurse the days Mr Bernard. And our state troopers with this this week trooper Walker more fists for path of Warren and trooper Justin Parker of troop K. of hot springs. Morning hour is indeed. Representative Johnson recommends that we can Kerr and Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven seventy six Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill eleven seventy six. Representative Johnson you're recognized to explain amendment one. Thank you Mr Speaker madam Speaker we're just adding an emergency clause to this bill that's already passed through the house and Senate appreciated about thank you. Representative Johnson has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Johnson is close for the amendment the question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven seventy six prepare the machine Mr Clerk. You are voting on an emergency clause. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight zero nays and zero present you have concurred in Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven seventy six. Representative McCollum recommends that we can current Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen sixty two Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill fifteen sixty two. Let's pass over that one. Representative McCullough recommends that we can current Senate amendment one to House Bill sixteen fifty one Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment number one to House Bill sixteen fifty one representative McCullough you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you madam Speaker this simply add Senator Tucker as a cosponsor of the bill in the Senate in appreciate a good vote. Representive McCullough has explained amendment one would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative McCullough has explained the amendment the question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill sixteen fifty one prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eighth one day in zero present you have concurred in the Senate amendment one to House Bill sixteen fifty one representative Wardlaw recommends that we can current Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven fourteen Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment one Senate Amendment over one to House Bill Levin fourteen. Representive Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you madam Speaker he just can a list all it takes care all concerns heard and House floor know House committee a couple months ago it puts a limit on that B. if they do increase it like I told you before this bill was there to decrease not increase but it does put a cap that I appreciate a good vote. Representative Wardlaw has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Wardlaw is close for the amendment the question before the House is concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven fourteen prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight five nays and to present you have concurred in Senate amendment one to House Bill eleven fourteen. The representative would occur moves we re referred house bill seventeen forty eight to committee that's a proper motion and it's debatable representative Whitaker you are recognized to explain The motion. Thank you Mr Speaker and thank you colleagues this is just as I promised an opportunity go back to rules with some language I think will tighten this up and make it a much better bill I appreciate a good vote. Representive Whitaker as explained the motion would anyone like to speak against the motion. For the motion. Representative Whitaker is close for the motion. The question before the House is the re referral of house bill seventeen forty eight to committee. All in favor say aye. Opposed nay. The ayes have it. Mr Clark please read house bill twelve eighty house bill twelve eighty by representative hop to permit an executive session under the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven to consider certain economic development projects and a permittee governing bodies attorney to attend certain executive sessions representive off you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker and colleagues I am here to ask you to vote in favor yes a four to H. B. twelve eighty in twenty sixteen the Arkansas voters approved issue number three and an amendment to the Arkansas constitution concerning job creation job expansion and economic development in twenty seventeen the ninety first legislature passed the local job creation job expansion and Economic Development Act as the first legislation enacted under the new constitutional amendment. Why is this bill needed. H. B. twelve eighty is a tool for cities and counties to fulfill the goals of the twenty seventeen job creation expansion and Economic Development Act. It allows cities and counties to go into an executive session for the sole purpose to discuss an economic development project or projects as it relates to the twenty seventeen jobs creation act. How it will work a public notice of the executive session and the specific purpose of the session is published before the session is held the governing body may invite its attorney to attend and participate an audio recording of the entire executive session is made and promptly filed with the city Clerk and public oral written summary of the discussion is made at the conclusion of the session at a record of the oral summary is required in the minutes of the public meeting. Other states that allow this exception to our freedom of information act include out the surrounding states of Texas Oklahoma Missouri Mississippi and as well as in Alabama Georgia North Carolina Kentucky and Arizona. Mayors city administrators The Little Rock Port Authority and municipal league and the counties association of counties have spoken in favor of the bill. And the Arkansas press and broadcasters association as you know have spoken against the bill the Arkansas Economic Development Commission already operates in this manner and has not spoken out in favor or against the bill and with that I will take any questions. Seeing none I appreciate a good vote. Representative hawk has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative baby you're recognized to speak against the bill. Madam Speaker members fellow colleagues this would be the fourth time I think that a lot of of of of spoken against this bill the first time is spent presented to committee the bill was pulled down the second time it was defeated and and receive a no vote the third time it got through committee representative hall has worked with every exception that and and every concern that was raised on this bill except my concerns my concerns this bill is not about economic development. And I'll prove that by the fact that Municipal League mayors the county association they all got involved in this but we never heard from economic development. This bill is basically a disintegrating erosion particular exceptions you have a rule out here on for you and we keep granting exceptions. I'll say again this bill is not about economic development it's not transparent. The bill goes in and I'll highlight a couple of areas it may invite is a turning to the executive session. They don't allow the attorney in executive session for any other reason but economic development attorney attorney can be there. They don't have an audio recording of that so now you have your choice do you want to be sued for a four year violation are you will be sued on executive session and I'm at the city council I probably not gonna speak executive session to speak freely these conversations can happen in the open in front of the of the public we heard in that committee from all the mayors that this would make their jobs easier I mean I'm sympathetic to government being a mayor being elected position is not easy I found that out you have to you have to compromise and you have to you have to work you have to watch your comments and watch what you say. This is a bad bill. This is a horrible bill executive session to discuss things that should be discussed in open meetings with your citizens. During the committee session we were there for what maybe three hours for this discussion on this bill time flew we heard from to individual citizens from the Fayetteville area. The rest were just mayors municipal league the county association that's vote but I listen to what those taxpayers. Those two ways said this is a bad bill we don't want you talking behind closed doors we want to know what to do with our taxpayer dollars. So based on those those issues the fact that it's not about economic development is about eroding the protections and and lack of transparency to our our citizenry so with with those points I'll just ask for you to vote against this bill there are ways we can do this but what everyone needs to work together on this bill this is about I mean just read the bill if you read the bill you have to have concerns and with that I'd. I'm not beating this subject as much as I can representative eaves for what purpose question you're recognized. In a baby other times where say company wants to move to your district and they have classified information or information they don't want to share public unless they're able to get some economic development incentives wouldn't this allow that information to be discussed on in private with the economic development commission of your district rather than in public my worry is if they do this in public these companies will not be able to come that they're gonna back out there they're gonna be disclosing information that they specifically ask you not to disclose well that those topics of discussion and that information's already non formal and non disclosed to the public so trade secrets and things along those lines you can't disclose the the other side is they they argued that this was during the courting stage of the beginning stage of economic development what you can offer. To a project or to a corporation to come to your committee you know for coming to your committee that's not discussed on the front end they already know what you have to offer. and so a lot of those discussions this would this would not interfere with those discussions and all. No other questions not I really urge you to vote against this we can work and we can turn out a better piece of legislation this bill. Representative Beatty has spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representative Ford all you're recognized to speak for the bill. Thank you madam Speaker I've been on economic development board for going on fourteen years now and a lot of times when you meet with these corporations and what we're finding just to preclude that is a lot of cities are handling their economic development themselves now they're not hiring that out through our contract but a lot of what we find out is you sign non disclosure forms because that information is prior to areas represented easily to to so they don't want that information public if they're going to meet with the city directly you're going to need this exception to build honor those forms so with that is a good jobs will not be voting for and I appreciate a good vote. Representive Wardlaw has spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative hockey arrested nice to close for the bill. Thank you madam Speaker and I want to thank my associate colleague representative Beatty who is an economic development foundation with the city of Crossett and that this bill was brought to me from our mayor in silence springs and was concurred with many mayors that this would be very helpful in very specific times in an interim space where the information can be discussed privately in executive session during the early stages of an economic development opportunity and I'd appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative OFC is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill twelve eighty prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With fifty four yeas twenty two nays and thirteen present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen thirty six. Seventeen thirty six by representative foreign. Two men the law concerning the right of a juvenile to remain in foster care after reaching the age of majority. Mister Clark let's pass over that bill please read house bill sixteen twenty five. House Bill sixteen twenty five a representative hop to be known as the safe trails Act to preserve promote and sustain excellent quality of life. Representative authorizing us to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker colleagues this bill is to help cities and counties protect our trail city parks and public spaces it's adding specifically for to our current bill skews me laws that relate to prohibited sex offenders from residing near a publicly owned park trail located on an easement on private land so the razorback greenway goes thirty seven miles it covers many of the city on land but it also covers quite a bit a land on a surface easement for the purpose of pedestrian bicycle and recreation use only and with that I'll take any questions. The nine I appreciate a good vote. Representative Hawkins explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative hawk is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen twenty five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety eight zero nays and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen eighteen. House bill seventeen eighteen by representative Lundstrum to amend provisions of the Arkansas trest Code concerning creditor claims against property held in spendthrift and discretionary trusts. Representive Lundstrum you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you. This bill is updating trust law it allows flexibility and drafts of fame family estate planning situations it does not have a financial impact. With that I would appreciate a good vote. Representive Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Lundstrum is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen eighteen prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety sixty eight zero nays and zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen thirty nine house bill seventeen thirty nine The representative Lundstrum concerning the violation of a no contact order issued by a court in relation to certain offenses including sex trafficking related and terroristic threatening offenses representive Lundstrum you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you. This is simply updating. This is simply updating the no contact order to include sex trafficking terroristic threatening and false imprisonment. As many of you know have sex trafficking in Arkansas has become an issue the next three bills are going to be addressing those issues but this one seventeen thirty nine is just updating the no top contact order with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Lundstrum is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen thirty nine prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety sixty eight zero nays and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen forty house bill seventeen forty by representative Lundstrum to combat sex trafficking of minors and to protect the children of Arkansas from sexual predators and pedophiles representative Lundstrum you're recognized to present the bill. Thank you. As many of you know grooming and sex trafficking. What grooming is is when you take a child that's ten eleven and twelve years old and you start preparing them for the sex trafficking business. It's very aggravating and frustrating actually scary that somebody would actually do that with the child. This bill is very specific and tightly crafted towards preventing grooming and sets a very high bar first of all in order to be if convicted of grooming he would have to knowingly agreement child with the intent. To future sex trafficking child also in this bill includes a traveling provision that if you travel with the to a child with the purpose of having an unlawful sex active child so it's a very tightly crafted Bill we need to put a marker down in Arkansas the sex trafficking our children is a no with that I'd ask for a yes vote. Representive Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Lundstrum is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen forty prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty eighty eight zero nays and three present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen forty one house bill seventeen forty one by representative Lundstrum concerning conditions of release on bail for persons arrested for human trafficking related offenses representive Lundstrum you're recognized to present your bill thank you. One thing I fail to do I want to thank the FBI into the light law enforcement across the state and the prosecutors association for help with these three bills this last one is conditions of bail. In Arkansas and across the United States we do not set bail it's called the force of rich man poor man I've had this explain to me I've learned a lot working on these bills. We can't say to somebody that's been his or not convicted of trafficking and you've got you're innocent until proven guilty. You can't set the amount of bail so high that someone can't produce that amount of money but you can set conditions of bail. And you can say because of the amount of the preponderance of the evidence that they have to have conditions. You can say there's an ankle bracelet you can say there's no contact with those victims you can say relinquishment of firearms you can say that you have to have no control or excuse me no illegal substances. You can make conditions of bail and that's something that we need to do because with sex trafficking it's a very sophisticated highly lucrative highly lucrative. Endeavor. And we need to require that these folks. Do not torture and terrorize their victims when they're out. With that I would ask for a good vote. Representative Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Lundstrum is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen forty one prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty ninety eight zero nays and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill twelve forty three house bill twelve forty three by representative Lowery to modify the definition of policy cancellation and to clarify the minimum notice requirements for cancellation of certain property casualty policies representative flowers you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker. House bill twelve forty three is a bill from the insurance department's part of their package and it simply even though it's a thirteen page bill they they really have not changed a whole lot in there except for one major protection for consumers right now if you have an insurance policy that the current law is that if you've had an insurance policy in force for over sixty days there has to be proper notification that did not apply to policies that have only been in force for under sixty days so we've extended that expanded that the department has that every policy owner would have to be notified if there's going to be a cancellation of their insurance policy there was no opposition to the bill spare fact I don't even know that there were any negative questions or votes in the committee so I appreciate a good vote. Representive Lowery has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Lowery is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill twelve forty three prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety two yeas and zero nays and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen eighty house bill sixteen eighty by representative Richardson concerning critical incident debriefing for law enforcement officers. Representative Richardson you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam chair. Good afternoon colleagues this bill of is one that I've been working on for awhile and I think it's very very important not just to all of our Kansans but to our law enforcement community. The bill has been I've been working with this bill and it has the full support of the state police the sheriff's association and the chiefs of police. You know often times we have law enforcement that start. Their career and one way. And they finish it completely different because of the many things that had to witness indoor in C.. What this bill does is this bill puts in place that every law enforcement agency will have to have a policy that supports our offices so when there's a critical incident whether it's a car wreck whether it's murder or rape they have to spend time with one of two things either a peer to peer assessment that we heard representative Tosh pass a couple of a couple weeks ago and if the peer to peer doesn't work then they're required to go out and get a third party mental health professional to ensure that our offices have the support that they need to continue their their work. And that's what the bill does not take any questions. CNN appreciate a good vote. Representative Richardson has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the. Representative Slape you're recognized to speak for the bill. Thank you madam Speaker colleagues finally we got a bipartisan bill on this is that is nothing to do with partisanship and is representative Richardson alluded to these guys will start their career a pass in a psychological exam and after few years of dealing with baby rapes murders rapes in general Larson's body burn ups and stuff it messes with your mind case in point. What this the this requires with the hand in hand with representative tosses peer is will make sure that every agency has a policy in their standard operating procedures I was astonished on how many agencies in the state does not have anything for mental health for their for their officers in this one does so with that I ask for a good vote. Representative Slape has spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Richard St is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen eighty prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety three days one eight zero present the bill has passed. We're gonna go back to the first page of the calendar and pick up a concurrence to house bill six fifteen sixty two a representative McCollum recommends that we can current Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen sixty two Mr Clark please read Senate amendment one. Senate mineralized NO fifteen sixty two. Representative McCollum you're recognized explain amendment one. Thank you madam Speaker we are just adding a co sponsor and that is it thanks. Representative McCollum has explained amendment one would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative McCollum is close for the amendment the question before the House is concurrent with Senate concurrence with Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen sixty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight zero nays and zero present you have concurred in Senate amendment one to House Bill fifteen sixty two eight. All right let's pass over house bill seventeen twenty eight Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen twenty five House Bill eighteen twenty five by representative Dalby to amend the law concerning campaign signs and materials. Representative each you're recognized to present the bill. Colleagues this is representative Dalby bill this just brought us by the Supreme Court just a small technical technical correction to campaign signs materials with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative these as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representatives eves is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen twenty five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty six yeas to nays and three present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen seventy five. House Bill sixteen seventy five a representative Evans to mean the law concerning campaign finance to repeal the provisions concerning carryover funds and to modify the use of campaign funds into amend portions of initiated act one of nineteen ninety nine issue that Act one of nineteen ninety six representive eleven you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker colleagues house bill sixty seventy five six to modernize and make more efficient the transparency of reporting on your campaign accounts. Use me let me make it really clear from the very beginning this bill does not do anything to affect the campaign funds at university. If it does anything what it does is it opens up any restrictions that you may currently have or what you could use that money for. We have had extensive meetings with the ethics commission we have had extensive meetings with the secretary of state's office we're very comfortable that this puts into full compliance your use of your campaign funds the same way that you always have. What this does is it eliminates the unnecessary and outdated transfer of the money that you have in your account into an outdated and shall account over here call carryover I had BLR doing extensive search with all the S. already be states and all of our surrounding states to look and see how they handle campaign funds at the end of your campaign we are the only state that uses a category called carryover no one else does. They remain an account call campaign accounts. Most especially since we passed a law here in Arkansas that you can raise campaign funds now two years in advance then this bill satisfies what that law change does. If you've ever had to going to the Secretary of State system and move that fine from one thing into another and then after session moved back into another you know how cumbersome that is this eliminates that process. I would appreciate a good vote on this I think this is good transparency because it keeps your campaign dollars visible to exactly what your constituents gave you those campaign dollars for that was to help you bill elected and help you maintain your offices you represent represent them in your districts appreciate a good vote. Representative eleven as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representive mackenzie you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you madam Speaker and I do appreciate represent evidence he did speak with me at length on this on Friday. I have a number concerns about this. It although I agree that switch over back and forth between the carryover and the campaign account. This seems like busy work. And I have a problem with trying to remedy that but what it looks to me like this remedy does. Is a removes any limitations on what we can carry forward. It also Miller scandal it we quit we quit distinguishing between campaign and carryover expenses so for instance that bill that we just passed over doesn't matter passes or not and it didn't matter of pastor not either with regard to the campaign because we are having advisory opinion on that. But if this passes. Campaigning carryover one the same. So the child care expenses. Issue. Will take place during the entire duration of whether you're a candidate or whether you're officeholder. I don't believe that constituents are driving this. Have you had anybody worried about if you're having trouble going back and forth between those two accounts. It is going to give and I believe these are some unintended consequences I don't believe that's nicer than ten here but look at the unfair advantage we're going to get to Mister miss nobody out there. Our future opponents. We can build up a war chest. So. If we want to address that issue. I think we need to rethink it. And do a little bit more carefully. Because I think that we are going to I think our folks back home. Are going to have some unhappiness about the results of this bill and some of the unintended consequences. Representative McKenzie has spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. For what purpose representive love. What's your enquiring I just want to know if if if this was a threshold of sixty seven or what was the threshold since this is repealed in a part of an initiated act we believe it is sixty seven okay thank you. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Against the bill. Representive eleven you are recognized to close for your bill. Thank you yes it would it does take sixty seven votes to pass this I appreciate the conversation I had with representative McKenzie over the weekend I just want you know address the fact that maybe this doesn't answer questions maybe it does but I believe that when someone hands a campaign check to use. They are giving you that money they are trusting you with that money to run your campaign and successfully run your office I don't think they get caught up in whether that money has been moved to a carryover account officeholder account second of all we spend an enormous amount of time with the ethics commission on this Mr Sloan even came to speak on I in favor of this and house rules we have crossed all the TS and dot all the I's I think if there's any question about what money may be done with if this bill passes the problem is not with the bill the problem then becomes with what ethics rules are allowing and so in regards to the bill that you reference or skipping over the problem is not with that expense that's being asked for because ethics is already allowing that if we have heartburn with that and we need to go back and change what ethics is allowing all this bill does is puts us in line with all states around us and and of our ability to operate our offices in a more efficient transparent manner and get us brought up from nineteen ninety I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Evans is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen seventy five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty nine yeas three days and to present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen sixty three house bill seventeen sixty three by representative Christians and to amend the law concerned regarding Arkansas distilleries to authorize self distribution and to declare emergency representative Christiansen you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker college good afternoon. Seventeen sixty three is not just another alcohol bill. Seventeen sixty three allows general revenue growth it does not affect any dry areas it does not allow directed to consumer sales. But COVID is called unforeseen hardships to our small distillers in this state and let me make it clear. Legislatures past and present have allow the micro breweries microbreweries the opportunity to grow we have allowed their ceiling to grow we allow them to do things and R. Michael distillers are asking for that same level of parity actually just part of the parenting. This bill would raise the limit micro distillers can produce before the required to use a distributor. It allows sales to licensed retailers such as liquor stores only it does not include grocers does not include big box places it is a very narrow range of what we're asking by the way the micro distillers in this state came to the rescue when COVID knocked on our door step and they produced copious quantities of hand sanitizer voluntarily to get it out into the market place often donating portions of it so that we can have a product that there was a nationwide shortage they tried to see there was not a shortage in the state of Arkansas and they are to be commended for that this is a simple bill. It actually allows them to grow allows their investment which is hundreds of thousands too low millions allows them to compete in the market place fairly and equitably and it raises general revenue without raising taxes so with that I'll tell you there is no known opposition this is supported by the distillers the distributors and the retailers. And it's a good bill for the state of Arkansas. I ask for a good vote because this is important for the survival of part of Arkansas small business team and I ask you to understand that and again this does not affect anything in any dry counties. I'm open for any questions you might have. Seeing none I ask for a good vote. Representative Christiansen has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Christiansen is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen sixty three prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. You're voting on the bill and the emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With seventy eight twelve days and six present the bill. And the emergency clause have passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen eleven house bill sixteen eleven by representative in it to allow public schools and open enrollment public charter schools to use funding to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge to each public school and open enrollment public charter school representative in it you're recognized to present your bill. Good afternoon madam Speaker and my steam colleagues a species sorry H. B. sixteen eleven will help address the problem the some schools have been providing feminine hygiene products. House bill sixteen eleven does not ask for any finding or any appropriations is simply makes the schools aware that they can use their funding our mac title one in other state findings to provide these products for our female students there are rolled in public charter and public schools. I'm. Close of take any questions I'm sorry representative Gonzales for what purpose. You're recognized well these products be of available biological males as well. Can I check on and get back with you. Representative Tollette for what purpose question you're recognized currently we have for funding sources where public schools can pay for this my question is with this law I mean would it be better just to to send it out a commissioners memo instead of putting into law for. Yes we spoke about this briefly before the Arkansas department health agreed to do a commissioner's memo about this we write bills and pass bills by all kinds of things all the time so this right here is just to ensure that our female students are protected and make sure is equity there. I'm close. Representative and it has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative and it. Is recognized you're recognized to close for your bill. I would like to thank the Arkansas up here it poverty project and the Arkansas department of education for the help and guidance thank you. Representative and it is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen eleven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With fifty eight Yeas four Nays and six present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen eighty five. House for fifteen eighty five by representative Penzo to require employees of certain health care providers to have a criminal background check. Representative Penzo you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you. Currently there are nine categories of health care providers required to have background checks House Bill fifteen eighty five adds three new categories personal care providers long term care facilities and teen youth housing providers appreciate a good vote. Representative Penzo is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Penzo is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen eighty five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety one Yeas zero day and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen fifty six house bill seventeen fifty six by representative Crawford to amend the restricted lifetime master looked person license and to create a restricted lifetime journeyman electrician license. Representative Crawford you're recognized to present your bill. Represent Crawford you're recognized to present your bill. Go ahead go ahead go ahead sorry about that. I was talking to my friend Johnny this bill is a good bill it is to a man for a lifetime masters electricians to where the journeymen can also have a lifetime. What a college. License there you go I'm totally lost up here today so I had a constituent who called me about this and ask if we would run this through the thing about it is they are limited on what they can do with that to where they can't go make money once I get this license so they don't have to have continuing education but they can do things at their home in around their church so. I appreciate a good vote thanks. Representative Crawford has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Crawford is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen fifty six prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty five yeas to nays zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen sixty four House Bill sixteen sixty four by representative bought too many environmental compliance resource acted to clarify the authority of an environmental compliance officer environmental violations cited in the judicial anywhere citations are filed. Representative ought you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you madam Speaker so last session we had a bill on this floor and that eighty eight Q. bot to S. and in that bill which I have great concerns about allowed environmental officers to go on private property without any probable cause and so when it got down to the Senate I went to senator Johnson explained to him my worries about the bill. Come to find out I was correct and this bill eighty Q. brought to his or the EQ now brought to us which will clean it up or they won't just be able to go on anybody's land so with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Vaught has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative ought is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen sixty four prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety A. zero nine zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen eighty nine House Bill sixteen eighty nine by representative Vaught to create the Arkansas Legislative study on mental and behavioral health representative Vaught you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker and this is something I've been trying to get done for a couple sessions and we have a big issue in our county jails and they arrest somebody that's got mental health issues and they don't really have a way to help those people the way that they need to and our schools are also have a problem in how to handle children with mental health issues and we're hoping that we can get everybody at the table also and we want to look at the number of beds that's in the State of Arkansas to see if we can figure out a way to even increase our bed capacity for those that need help and I would like to thank madam Speaker and representative Gazaway for helping me with this bill and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative ought has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen eighty nine prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety three a zero day and zero present the bill has passed. Let's skip House Bill fifteen ninety eight for the time being Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen forty six. House Bill sixteen forty six by representative cloud concerning the definition of person in the Arkansas criminal code. Representative cloud you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam Speaker thank you colleagues. First off one. What I've been bring this to you Arkansas code annotated five dash one dash one oh two deals with definitions of the Arkansas criminal code. Thirteen B. one a the code already states. As far as using this code in capital murder cases as far as using this code in negligent homicide cases. The definition is person. Also includes an unborn child in utero at any stage of development. Here's the one in November of twenty fifteen cherish faith Albright confirmed inform her boyfriend Brad hunter Smith the issue was pregnant with his child. Brad hunter Smith immediately immediately begin to plan the murder of Jerry shoprite enlisted the help of two colleagues to carry out the gruesome murder of chase in December less than one month after she had informed him of the pregnancy. Josh what Alan brown juries to the field where Smith and another accomplice were hiding behind some trees waiting to ambush church. As she exited the vehicle Smith shot her in the back with a crossbow bolt. But it didn't killer. As she attempted to escape he took a baseball bat question or skull and then killing her. The trio then transported cherishes body to a shallow grave behind Smith's home and proceeded to bury her. December the tenth twenty fifteen churches body was recovered. By investigators. It's my honor to have with us today cherishes mom who has come to stand in memory of her daughter and her unborn grandchild she's in the west gallery. Thank you for being here. In the resulting trial Brandt Smith was convicted of kidnapping abuse of a corpse and capital murder and he was sentenced to death. In twenty eighteen Smith made an appeal regarding some of the aggravating factors that were presented during his trial the appeal was decided December thirteenth twenty twenty. The death sentence was then overturned. Here's what was said by associate justice Courtney ray Hudson writing for the majority opinion. She said the unborn child definition could not be used as an aggravating circumstance city since it did not meet Arkansas general assemblies. Definition of a person. She stated and I quote the question presented to this court is not whether Smith committed a particularly heinous crime or whether he deserves death for his transgressions rather the question we must answer is whether the General Assembly properly provided for the unborn child definition of person to be applied when an aggravating factor in capital murder sentencing is being considered the answer's no. The legislature did not permit the section five dash one dash one oh two thirteen B. definition of a person to apply and the determination of an aggravating factor for Capital murder sentencing. In fact the General Assembly specifically restricted the use of this definition unquote. Justice Rhonda K. would who cast the dissenting vote stated. I submit it is absurd and and harmonious to hold that when the General Assembly to find a person to include an unborn child for a death in a capital murder statute that it did not intend that definition to apply the death of a person in capital murder murder aggravating factors. I told the committee I know there's been a lot of chatter Facebook Instagram Twitter things about this bill. But if you have actually read the bill it it adds five dash four dash six oh four which is aggravating factors it does not. Add a definition the definition has already in code and code. As a matter of fact a recent news article went on to state and again I quote legislation filed last week would amend the definition of person in the state's criminal code to include unborn children potentially subjecting abortion providers to merger murder charges unquote. Ladies and gentleman that is one hundred percent false. That is no where in this bill. The definition of person is already in kind of. House Bill sixteen forty six clarifies the law contained in five dash four dash six oh four which states the person in Commission. At the capital murder knowingly created a great risk of death to a person other than the victim or caused the death of more than one person in the same criminal code. This bill is not about the definition of a person. But rather as stated in the trial. It is about the placement of the already existing legal definition a person into aggravating circumstances. With that I'll be glad take any questions. I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative cloud has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative cloud is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen forty six prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty four yeas four Nays and one present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill thirteen ninety. House bill thirteen ninety by representative have to establish Arkansas the second amendment sanctuary state concerning the rights of a person who possesses a firearm it's require ratification to recognize federal firearms laws. Representative right you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr Speaker Mr. Today I bring before you. A bill. That has direct implications. Of our second amendment rights in the state of Arkansas. I want to read just a little bit of this. It's just average Arkansas as a second amendment sanctuary state. Concerning the rights of a person who possesses a firearm. And to require ratification to recognize federal firearms laws. Section one. Title one chapter one is amended to add an additional section to read as follows. One dash one dash one oh one. Federal firearms laws ratification required. All laws. Attics orders rules and regulations of the United States government whether past present or future. That in France on the people's right to bear keep arms as guaranteed by the second amendment. The United States constitution Arkansas constitution article two section five are invalid in this state shall not be recognized by this state are specifically rejected by this state and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state unless. Unless the act law order rule or a regulation is ratified. And approved by the General Assembly. Through normal legislative process. Representative rye has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative rise close for his bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen ninety prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot Mr Clark. With seventy five Yeas eleven nays and zero present the bill has passed Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen twenty. House Bill fifteen twenty by representative Allen to amend the Arkansas code concerning occupational criminal background checks and to assure the licensees who were license prior to the enactment of acts twenty nineteen number nine ninety are allowed to maintain their licenses. Representative Allen you are recognized to present your bill. I thank you madam Speaker and members and two thousand nineteen we pass ACT ninety nine and with that act that act disqualified. Persons that have already qualified and met the requirements to have the occupational license so this bill had some unintentional consequences so this bill came out of the committee twice. And the last time it came out of committee some of my colleagues have some questions regarding the bill so what I was able to do I was able to go back into me in the bill to satisfy their concerns and mainly what they wanted me to do. Well so ad words qualify so if you qualify if you have a license prior to two thousand nineteen if you are a student or a person to have a license and you qualify at. Then you can be grandfathered into the system so this bill only impact does that have already had licensed and qualified for the license so I appreciate a good vote. Representative Allen has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative Gonzales you're recognized to speak against the bill. The matter Speaker Collins I don't know that it was an unintended consequence to remove those license I don't think there's any legislative intent written into the bill at the time so I think that probably was an intended consequence because there is also a provision in there that allows for a waiver if you go before the licensing board that's my understanding that these licensing boards aren't issuing any waivers but the process is in the law for them to do that if they choose to. Percent Gonzales spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Resent Allen. You're recognized close for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker for allow me a chance to close of the of the waivers have already been met and prior to be run in the bill I had numerous conversations with my colleagues in reference to this bill and I've been with a representative Gonzalez and asked him if he had any concerns for the bill and he send mail. So I appreciate a good vote. Percent balance close for the bill. Question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen twenty prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy seven yea seven days before present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen thirty five. House bill seventeen thirty five a representative Penzo to authorize occupational or professional licensure for certain individuals. Penzo you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. House bill seventeen thirty five hello the holder of a federal form I. seven sixty six work permit to obtain a professional or occupational license for grilled careers under title seventeen this includes multiple professions found under real estate healthcare and construction. appreciate a good vote. Represent Penzo as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Penzo is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen thirty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty eight yeas three nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill fourteen fifty nine House Bill fourteen fifty nine by representative Penzo to ensure that all healthcare providers are reimbursed for behavioral health services by the Arkansas Medicaid program president Penzo you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker House Bill fourteen fifty nine just adds a two extra categories to what can be reimbursed by Medicare Medicaid under Federico federally qualified health centers this will add the licensed professional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists to it can be reimbursed by these facilities I appreciate a good vote. President Penzo has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Penzo is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen fifty nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen seventy six House Bill seventeen seventy six by representative Evans to modernize and strengthen nursing facility staffing standards and reporting requirements. Reserve eleven you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker member's house bill seventeen seventy six which is a great your by the way. Nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs are subject to the very strict staffing standards that is established by both federal and state law. Those standards are enforced by DHS surveyors as well as CMS surveyors as it relates to both state and federal requirements these inspections are unannounced and they're very frequent they can and they can occur at any time and failure to comply with those results and citations and fines. The current Arkansas state standards have been in place for over twenty years without any modification the purpose of this bill is to update the state standards and bring them in line with federal standards that have been kept modern. It is also the purpose of the bill is to allow the use of modern staffing practices permitted under federal regulations and recognize the full range of professions available to care for the skill needs of our one of our most vulnerable populations that's our elderly nursing residents. A couple of questions that came up I'd like to address number one is does this actually strengthen or does it we can staffing requirements so under old staffing ratios those were equivalent to two point eight hours of staff time per resident per day if you had a resident and a home they were given two point eight hours under state regulations this bill bringing it up the federal regulations for both our ends LPNs and CNHI brings the new standard up to three point three six hours so we're actually increasing almost one additional hour of care Furthermore the new state only standard is in addition to all federal staffing requirements and performance measures and you just give me an example of one thing that that this bill is doing to right to to bring us to a more modern strength in time. so I'll use my colleagues here right in front of me freezes so let's say the representative berry is working the eleven to seven shift the overnight shift representative Margaret comes into work seven to three shift. Representative berry calls represented the group he says Hey I just got held up by train I'm gonna I'm gonna be ten minutes late getting there. Representative gross says I'll be glad to cover for you those ten minutes just when you get here let me know. Under the old state standards. By representative berry not being there to clock in at seven o'clock that is considered by state standards a missed shift. Even though someone who had been at work from eleven to seven was there still caring for the patients even though he came in ten minutes and there was no breakdown of anyone on that floor under the twenty year old state regulations that facility was just given a citation for a missed so eight hour shift that's what this bill does cleans up some old language brings everything up to modern technology and reporting in allows for better use of staff that is already in place. I appreciate a good vote. Percent eleven explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Bentley you're recognized speak for the bill. Collins I know that many of your hearing this bill does not modernize anything but I can tell you back in nineteen eighty three when I graduated from nursing school that was my first job was to be director of nursing and nursing homes I worked there when I went to nursing school and at that time we had to put our schedule for the clipboard we had to keep our hours up and everything was eight hour shift things have changed immensely since then rare does anybody just to an eight hour shift we do ten hour shifts twelve hour shifts sixteen hour shifts anything we do to make sure our patients getting take care because we have is a serious nursing shortage this bill will help it will modernize things and put things online instead of on a on a paper clip board I think this is a great bill that's once and I totally endorse it I think that will help or nursing home constituents get better care thank. President Bentley has spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President of represent eleven is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen seventy six prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty six Yeas one nine four present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill eighteen thirty six House Bill eighteen thirty six by representative vitamin the Division of environmental quality to repeal the penalty for knowing refusal of right away injury an inspection to division of environmental quality personnel represent Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill got messed up in committee I just wanna emitted S. reason I'm down here instead of D. and run this bill or represent Vaught we were supposed to have an amended this to change the fine amount from twenty five thousand to five thousand one problems we learn with working with the bill she ran previously as if you didn't allow those people on your property they find you twenty five thousand dollars a day. So we thought that was a little excessive so we eliminated the final together with this bill and original the Department came to us and they gave us a good reason why they needed a fine so we settled in at five thousand and it's and now it's they can't find you unless they have that warrant so appreciate a good vote. And the amendment will be addressed on the Senate president Wardlaw is explain the bill we would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Percent Wardlaw is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill eighteen thirty six prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark. We're gonna go back up to House to fifteen ninety eight Mister Clark please read house bill fifteen ninety eight also fifteen ninety eight by representative Wardlaw to amend subsection five dash seventy three that's one twenty two AM concerning the definition of facility as is used in regard to the possession of a firearm president Wardlaw you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. So that we passed in your ground few months ago him because then your ground we left in lawfully present trying to mend it out it just one successful in committee but because of that if you're in a city park or county park in your carry on and you stand your ground. You have now broke the law. Because in the state parks in your federal parks today you're allowed to open carry and you're allowed to carry a concealed carry but you're not in a city or county park you are in some you're not in others this just unifies that and I'm usually the first one to stand up for local control hello control starts putting good citizens in jail we got a problem so this bill aligns that fixes a stand your ground issue and allows you to carry and all your local parks open or concealed with that I appreciate a good vote. Jeff Wardlaw is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Wardlaw is closed for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill fifteen ninety eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy nine Yeas twelve nays and zero present the bill is passed. Members remove the yellow budget calendar representative Jeanne moos we place house bill eleven eighty one on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number for Mister Clark member number four to house bill eleven eighty one. Representing you're recognized explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues member for own House bill live ninety one part of health what this does is and the pay grade from a G. S. O. five to G. S. O. seven for the plumbing inspectors what this does he gets amend lad with H. fact inspectors any questions. Create a good vote on amendments represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment president Jean it's close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment over for the house bill eleven eighty one all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendments adopted represent Jeanne moos we place house bill twelve oh six seven on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read a member number for Mister Clark a minute before the house bill twelve oh seven president Jean you're recognized explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker house bill twelve oh seven member for. US department of energy this comes from senator mark Johnson. This creates a five million dollar appropriation for alternative fuel and vehicle charging stations this can only be spent if we get federal funds is has no state funds any questions. This appropriation only money is not there yet. Create a good vote on the member represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of a member number four house bill twelve oh seven all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendments adopted. Represent Jeanne moos we place house bill twelve nineteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number two Mister Clark Amendment over to the house bill twelve nineteen percent gene you're recognized to explain the amendment thank you miss Baker calling house bill twelve nineteen this amendment number two is the labor concerning a lasting board this amendment because representative Dotson. It adds two hundred fifty thousand dollars an appropriation for an autumn all automotive technical education grants for people that are trying to be mechanics that they comply for this grant when they go to trade school any questions. I appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Represent Jean is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represent Jean is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption Amendment number two to House Bill twelve nineteen all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendments adopted. Representing you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker calling we got the to Senate bills there appropriations of we're going to take you separately. Senate bill fifty is the Arkansas teacher retirement is a one point six billion dollar it's not general revenue which is funded through teachers retirement in the school and in their individual matching. It's got a cash funds the question. The one vote is for the bill number two calls Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill for the third time please read the bill for the third time Senate bill fifty. President Jean is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent gene is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed Senate bill fifty prepared machinist for. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed representing you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker calling Senate bill one twenty one pardon of labor licensing of. Reporter general revenues three point one million is flat from the previous year any questions. Your one voted for the bill number to call for Speaker the Clerk read the bill for third time. Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill one twenty one. Presenting is explain the building would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent gene is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill one twenty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted voting on the bill in the Emergency Clause cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight two nine zero present the bill emergency clause are passed. Representing you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker. Calling taking up house bill seventeen fifty three. This comes from a. Our chairman of personnel committee represented within this we would with few member maybe last week we did the higher education compensation plans is if the pay grades on all the positions this does it for state employees any questions. Member you one voted for the bill emergency clause the Speaker the Clerk read the bill third time please read the bill for the third time House Bill seventeen fifty three represent Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill representing is closed for the bill the question before the House the passage of house bill seventeen fifty three per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Voting on the bill emergency clause cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause or pass. President Jean you're recognized thank respect we got to Senate bills that are introduced by US senators. Of the person will take up the Senate bill four forty four. Department of commerce this is a a two million dollar appropriation. Of. For the a blind adult education program. There is no funding for this right now of she can get out of cash funds they could get it out of general revenue but right now it's not in the governor's balanced budget any questions. Your one voted for the bill number two calls Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill for third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill four forty four. M. Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill representing is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill four forty four per machine Mr. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Voting on the bill emergency clause. Asked about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty sixty eight zero nine one present the bill emergency clause are passed represent junior wrecked. Our last bill today is Senate bill four forty seven University of Arkansas division of ag this is a sixteen point five million dollar appropriation it so come from senator call will it's regarding the pine tree research center trying to find money to purchase this this will not be general revenue they'll have to find it somewhere out of cash funds of a specifically says is not a general revenue any questions. Your one voted for the bill emergency clause Mister Speaker the Clerk read the bill for the third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill four forty seven. President genes explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four forty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill emergency clause. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eighty eight zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause are passed. Represent Dotson for what purpose. What's your motion motion to refer re referred Senate bill two ninety six to Committee for purposes amendment. Proper motion is debatable represent Dotson you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker members this bill came out of committee on Thursday I believe it was and there were some questions the DHS got back with this and representative Eubanks wasn't here today to make a motion to send this back to committee but we need to get this back committee to amended to fix one of the concerns that was raised during committee so appreciate a good vote. President Dotson explained the motion when you would like to speak against the motion. Would anyone like to speak for the motion. Absent Dotson is close for the motion the question before the House is the re referral of Senate bill two ninety six to committee all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes. Represent makes for purpose. Most places to motion after the announcmenet trading or the bills transferring the bill's place on the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills the 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 is not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed motion passes any announcements represent gene for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized joint budget will meet eight thirty in the morning big mac a represent Cozart for purpose announcmenet you're recognized education based or Morgan nine thirty room one fifty one represent Barker for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized aging children youth military legislative affairs will meet in ten minutes in big mac a representative Brandt Smith what purpose announcmenet you're recognized capital commission with Jason Palermo will be meeting at five thirty this afternoon over in Capitol Hill apartments. Represent Lanny Fite for what purpose announcmenet recognized city county local meeting fifteen minutes in big maxi. President Holcomb for what purpose announcmenet recognized public transportation will meet in the morning at nine thirty AM maxi. President Vaught for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized agriculture will meet at three PM today. Represent wing for purpose announcmenet you're recognized we had a birthday over the weekend want to say Happy Birthday to representative Josh Miller. Any other announcements. This will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills upon completion The Addams named in the joint resolution the