House Convenes

I am by the members staff press and guests in the gallery to 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 be led by representative Lane Jean. Let's pray place. Bothering grateful for the day and four new week and the beauty of this season we thank you lord for the value of friendships forged here and and the House and with people in our communities we pray your blessing upon our state our leadership and those who are the citizens today we think back through biblical history also through modern history and we find times that cities and walls in homes have to be rebuilt and father were reminder of the fact that takes more than wood and steel and building materials to build a home or to build a city or to build a state also takes a respect and dialogue. Conviction but also compromise and we pray that you'll bless these women and men as they model the best noble virtues of our state and of our people and even of our faith bless them each one in their personal challenges and their hopes and their disappointments be with them in every respect bless those who were their families and their constituents and father bless the speakers he leads today and bless this House we pray in Jesus name amen. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clerk. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety nine members present the chair sees the corner there any request for leave. Represent Payton for what purpose. Leave you're recognized leave a representative Miller is leave granted for representative Miller. Though noted. Represent Fredrick Love moves we dispensed the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are there Reports from select committees. Read the reports Mr Clark. Mr Speaker we're committee on public retirement social security to whom was referred house bill twelve anyone has literally to hustle twelve eighty three beg leave to report that we have the same consideration here they're trying the same with the recommendation that do pass exactly submitted last one chair. Are there Reports from standing committees read reports Mr Clark. Mr Speaker we are committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill three thirteen Senate bill four twenty one said bill for twenty two Senate bill four twenty three Senate bill for twenty fourth senate bill four twenty five civil for twenty six of a four twenty sevenths a bill for twenty eight civil for twenty nine Senate bill four thirty Senate bill four thirty one Senate bill forty two Senate bill forty three suitable for the fourth senate bill four thirty five before the sixteen before thirty seven Senate bill forty eight civil forty nine civil for forty seven before forty once before forty two Senate before for their three four ninety three Senate bill house bill ten of five House will fifteen five house bill sixteen fifty one house bill seventeen thirty two Senate bill three fifty seven said bill for sixty four. Beg leave to report that we have the same to consideration here the term of the same recommendation that a do pass respectfully submitted Carol Dalby chair Mister Speaker we're Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred house bill. Sixteen fifty three House will seventeen thirty one big return for the refer the same to consideration in here the term this a recommendation that do pass as amended number one sex submitted Carol Dalby chair. Mr Speaker we are a committee. Under this here to whom was referred house bill seventeen twenty seven back which report over the same under consideration his or her with the same recognition to do pass exactly submitted Kenneth Ferguson vice chair. Mr Speaker we're Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill fifteen fifty nine house bill seventy six in about thirty Senate bill fifty two big return for the offense able to consideration and hit the term of the same recognition that do pass set respectfully submitted Dwight Tosh share your Speaker arrears Committee on state agencies to whom was referred house bill twelve twenty nine house bill thirteen thirty two beg leave to report that we have the same consideration in here to to return of the same recommendation that a to do pass to concur in subset member number one exactly submitted to I. Tosh chair Mister Speaker we Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred Senate bill one forty nine said bill one fifty Senate bill one fifty one Senate bill two twenty nine Senate bill four seventy beg leave to further the same consideration here the term of the same recommendation that do pass respectfully submitted Mark Lowery chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on Public Health too much of her house bill eleven seventy nine households fifteen twenty has a fifteen forty five houseful fifteen the two thousand sixteen eighty seven healthful sixteen fifty nine a concurrent written resolution ten ten beg leave to report that we have the same in a consideration here if the term of the same recommendation that do pass respectfully submitted Deborah Ferguson vice chair. Mr Speaker we are committee on public health to whom was referred house bill. Center Senate bill three seventy eight Senate bill eighty five big return for they were the same under consideration here the term of the same recognition that do pass strictly through Jack Ladyman chair Mr Speaker we're Committee on Public Health two was referred house bill seventeen oh nine beg leave to report there for the same consideration here the term with the same recommendation to do pass as amended number one sickly submitted Ferguson vice chair. There any unfinished business. Are there any executive communications. Miss Mr Clark please read house concurrent resolution ten ten. House occur resolution to intend to represent a hock to encourage the United States Congress to establish a maximum limit of opiate opiate uncle Lloyd contamination of poppy seeds in into the safety of imported poppy seeds and to ensure import and current requirements to conduct testing. President Haak you're recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker and colleagues I am honored to represent and present today house concurrent resolution ten ten in honor of my constituents Stephen Patrick a college junior who was born may second nineteen ninety one to Steven Betty how college or watching the live livestream today Steven graduated with high honors from Bentonville high school in two thousand nine where he was an active and passionate member of the Bentonville high school jazz band he also went on to win second chair in the Arkansas state jazz band his senior year he attended the university of Arkansas graduating with a degree in marketing in two thousand thirteen with a minor in Qatar Stephen was incredibly intelligent driven and gifted he was an accomplished skilled and talented musician with a passion for the Qatar. On April third twenty sixteen his parents got the knock on the door that no parent wants to get it was a Rogers police officer informing them that Steven was found deceased in his apartment in Fayetteville Arkansas additionally the police in the fort Collins had no idea what happens no sign of illicit drug use were found in his apartment but the police did find an open five pound bag of on lost poppy seeds and a designee water bottle that looked to contain rinsed poppy seeds months later through the hard work and perseverance of the Arkansas crime lab in our current house chief of staff Roy Ragland it was determined that Stephen had died of morphine intoxication and that the source of the morphine was from commercially available on March to poppy seeds in partnership with Sam Houston state university on wash poppy seeds that were similar to those found in Steven's apartment were tested and found to have as much as thirty times a lethal dose of morphine. Devastated to learn this was the cause of his death to her college have dedicated their time to party room with medical professionals academic institutions state and federal agencies and legislators advocacy groups and others impacted families to research educate and drive change to stop the importation and distribution of morphing contaminated poppy seeds that are available commercially in order to save lives and to spare others from the pain the Hakala family hasn't toward Mr Speaker will you please ask the Clerk to read part of house concurrent resolution ten ten. Mr Clark please read the resolution impart. Whereas in twenty sixteen Stephen Huckle junior passed away at two past a twenty twenty four years of age from morphine intoxication after drinking Papa CT without being aware that that the public see codes for canton with contaminated with a lethal amount of morphine known as opium latex and whereas Stephen Hawking the junior's parents Stephen body hello who are residents of Roger Rogers Arkansas desire to raise awareness of the dangers of I'm process poppy seeds into advocate for changes the policy control enforcement to stop the unlawful dangerous input importation of any distribution of morphine contaminated poppy seeds and whereas consumption of opiate alkaloid contaminated by poppy seeds poses. A substantial public health that that has overlooked as a component of the larger opioid epidemic and continuing to page five. Where the United States Congress United States food and drug administration in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to take action to preserve the health and safety of all citizens of this nation now therefore be it resolved by the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas and the Senate concurring there in the House Rev the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas the Senate concurring encourages the United States Congress the United States Food and Drug Administration the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to issue regulations and guidance establishing amend maximum permissible threshold of opioid alkyl alkaloid contamination of poppy seeds sold in the United States in describing the current good manufacturing practices to reduce the presence of over opiate alkaloids and pop and poppy seeds issue important import requirements and conduct a testing of imports to ensure the safety of imported seeds including an import alert alert specifying took steps to ensure the imported seeds to exceed the maximum threshold of opiate alkaloid contamination. With that I would appreciate a good vote thank you president hawk is presented the resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution. Represent Haak is closed for the resolution the question before the House is the adoption of house concurrent resolution ten ten all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The resolution is adopted. Members without objection removed a supplemental calendar Mr Clark please read house concurrent resolution ten fifteen. House Speaker I solution ten fifteen. Read the resolution second time. House concurrent resolution ten fifteen. Without objection read the resolution a third time. House resolution ten fifteen to provide an extension of the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly to provide and for an extended recess of the General Assembly. Speaker Shepherd you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr chair. A member's house concurrent resolution ten fifteen is sponsored by myself and Senator Hickey this resolution does a few things and we wanted to bring it to you before we take this break later in the week because I know there's been a number of questions about what our schedule may look like it's we hopefully move towards. Resolution and and completing the session but after discussions with the Senate the feeling was that our current date of April nights needed to be extended to give us a little more time particularly after we missed a week in a day due to snow and so what this resolution would provide for is that we would to continue on until April thirtieth that doesn't mean that we necessarily have to meet each and every day up till April thirtieth but at least we have some flexibility to allow us to hopefully efficiently conclude our work additionally it would provide for an extended recess as you can see in the resolution and it's been well reported the census bureau has indicated that the numbers that we need in order to. perform the task of congressional redistricting likely will not be available until sometime in September and so instead of adjourning and then being completely dependent on being called into special session we're proposing that we take an extended recess and as you can see in conjunction with discussions with the attorneys a bill are we've structure this in such a way so that any acts that have been enacted by this legislature would go into effect ninety days after that extended recess takes place and that then we would be able to come back in for purposes of dealing with redistricting we did have to limit that to redistricting the COVID nineteen relief funds because that's something that's come up in the last two weeks and I know there's a lot of questions floating around about the money that the state may receive and what restrictions and what application those funds might be applied to and then we also have kind of the standard boilerplate language of considering vetoes correcting errors and oversights and basically adjourning sine die and so that's what this resolution does I know there's been some questions about receiving contributions and I would turn your attention to leave its house rule one oh eight. Which states if there is an extended recess of the General Assembly the period shall end thirty days after the beginning of the recess. And then it shall also be a violation of rules the House for any member of the House to accept a campaign contribution during any extended session of the General Assembly or during a special session and so assuming we were to recess on April thirtieth the the you would be unable to receive contributions for thirty days following that date then during the recess you could receive contributions but then once we came back and following that extended recess you would be be unable to receive contributions while we're actually in that extended session which at this point looks like it would be sometime in September October but we're really dependent on what the census bureau does and when those numbers are made available. Representative makes for what purpose question please you're recognized for a question thank you Mr Speaker I looked through the up to the resolution and I'm definitely in support of it the one question I have is resolution makes mention of a LC being able to meet and conduct its businesses what the other committees also be able to meet and conduct their interim business during this recess on and off like like Education Committee we've got eighteen month adequacy study that we need to conduct would we be able to conduct that business during this recess or would we have to wait until after we're if we finish business at the end of October it's certainly my understanding that the All committees would be able to meet during that interim period and could be able to conduct any business that they normally would be entitled to conduct I mean as it is right now even if you took the position that we're still in session clearly Education Committee could meet right now but we have structure this in such a way such that this extended recess would allow it still to conduct our normal in a room of business but that's my understanding and that's you know what I believe will occur if this resolution is adopted. Speaker Shepherd is explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Shepherd is close for the resolution question before the House is the passage of house concurrent resolution ten fifteen where the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Guess about Mr Clark. Ninety two yeas one nine zero president resolution is adopted. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen forty. Also sixteen forty a representative Hillman to amend the law regarding industrial hemp production to repeal Arkansas industrial hemp Act into established the Arkansas industrial hemp production act. Represent Hillman you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. We can have the long and the short of this is however you what you all would like. Of. The reason that we have to make the changes in the handbill of this time is because the federal law has changed. And so in order to grow hemp in Arkansas. From now on we have to change our law to Max's state law or federal law. And. So the first half of this bill it is repealing what we did four years ago I believe it was and The rest of it is is dealing with complying with the federal law. Thank you have a question is. Thank you. President Hillman is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Hillman is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen forty per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three eight one nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen eighty three. Housel sixty eighty three by representative Johnson to amend the Arkansas code regarding procedural enhancements to enforcement mechanisms of the master settlement agreement concerning the Arkansas tobacco products tax of nineteen seventy seven. Represent Johnson recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this bill addresses an issue for the attorney general's office as it pertains to enforcement of a master tobacco settlement act so they're or tobacco companies are allowed to be non participating members of that added that settlement agreement but in order to do that they have to pay money into an escrow account that's tied to a receipts of sales right now because the timing of that deposit it makes it difficult for the agency to enforce issues that come up when there's a discrepancy between receipts and the amount of the deposit so this is changing that date moving it from twenty days after the quarter to thirty days to give them more time to investigate additionally requires a these non participating members to be bonded so that if there's a bankruptcy issue with a of default in some way there's a way a mechanism in place for them to put the money they need to back into the master settlement agreement that we have to try to answer any questions. C. nine percent good vote thank you. Represent Johnson has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Johnson is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill sixteen eighty three per the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark. Ninety four yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen seventy eight. Houseful sixteen seventy eight representive Allen to establish the highly qualified professor and teacher act. President Ballinger recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker calling house house bill sixty seventy eight it allow because the fifth of an associate professor to be enough to get the license from the department of education to teach. In the in our school system as you all know there is a shortage of all certified teachers in the bill that shows certified teachers right here to see the Little Rock what this bill will do it will allow them to give a licensure it is a the supported by the department of education and apartment higher education and one of the things that department education want to do they want to promulgate rules so I said they could promulgate rules and so with that asal good vote. Representative Johnson at the representative that has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Allen is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen seventy eight prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Cast a ballot Mr Clark. The eighty five Yeas seven days and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen ninety four. Also sixty ninety four by representative Apollo to reserve public property to preserve the pine tree research station in to declare an emergency. Representative follow while you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker and colleagues this is a real short bill the just prevents the University of Arkansas from selling the property commonly known as the pantry research station and and St Francis County. They may sell the property commonly known as the research station to a nonprofit corporation organized with the purpose. Mission to keep the land public. And available for public uses such as fishing hunting biking bird watching all those things in it that's what it's being used for sentence for approximately sixty years and we just want to keep this land and public use so that's basically of the bill I appreciate a good vote. Representative Paul wells explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Paula well as close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen ninety four per the machine Mr Clerk. You voting on the bill an emergency clause. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty eight yeas one nine to present the bill and the emergency clauses pass. Mr Clark read house bill thirteen thirteen. House bill thirteen thirteen by representative right concerning damage destruction or vandalism to buildings and objects on the State Capitol grounds on capitol mall and at the governor's mansion. Representative right you're recognized explained the bill. You know thank you Mr. Thank you Mr Speaker I would really like to almost call this bill of protection bill is far capital of for the Capitol grounds for the governor's mansion. over all the problems that we've had the last year. Based in Washington DC. Just felt like we needed to have something in place to keep folks discouraged from given any problem here at the capitol and in turn up anything on grounds in the governor's mansion thank you. Percent rise explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Percent rise close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen thirteen prepared machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. I have a ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Members our state troopers with this this week are corporal Russell brand's field of troop B. in Newport and corporal Todd Harris of troop C. in Jonesborough. Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen twenty seven. House bill seventeen twenty seven by representative Dalby concerning the offense of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer or employee of a correctional facility in to declare an emergency. Represent Dalby you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues all this is. Is a cleanup language in a in a current law which makes it clear that it is a felony for bodily fluids of an inmate to splash or come in contact with a long uniformed law enforcement officer employed in a correctional facility all it does to be happy to answer any questions. Thank you I appreciate a good vote. President Dalby is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent all these clothes for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen twenty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. And the emergency clause. Mr Clark please read house bill ten oh five. House bill ten of five representative Mayberry to establish the supported decision making agreement act. Represent Mayberry you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you members thirteen states have supported decision making laws on their books eleven other states have partial decision making laws supported decision making legislation is supported by top nationally recognized organizations such as the American Bar Association the national guardianship association the ark and the United States the National Council on disabilities national disability rights network autistic self advocacy network administration for community living and the American Association of retired persons why did these organizations support this. Because of liberty because of freedom. Is not something that we all want. We want independence but unfortunately there's a group of people that often don't get to share in that same feeling of independence and that's the group of people that I'm talking about today and that's people who have a disability. They are often limited by what they can't do through a guardianship. But I truly believe that we need to focus on what someone can do. School. And also might involve medical decisions. But those final decisions and this is the key difference between this and a guardianship those final decisions come down to that individual to make. Making decisions can be a really scary thing we all know that every day every second here in the capital trying to make decisions on these bills. We all need people to help us make those decisions. This gives a person an opportunity to have trusted supporters who were legally recognized to help guide to gather information to weigh out the pros and cons with you have discussion so that you the person with the disability can decide. This does not eliminate guardianships there is a place for guardianships and in many situations that is absolutely the right decision. But this gives me one more option for families families like mine who are raising their child to be independent. And for parents who fear that one day they will die before their child dies with a disability. But want to ensure that their child remains independent. By having this contract with trusted supporters. If you believe that we should focus on what someone can do. Rather than what they can't do that I urge you to vote for this bill. Represent Mayberry's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I apologized representative may better not let you know this ahead of time and I certainly know where your heart's in on this but I have some concerns were brought to my attention by the human development centers. their thoughts are that this bill offers no real protection of an individual with a developmental disabilities taking advantage of no one is really watching out for these folks there's no one to enforce this agreement between these two people it just says someone knows about the agreement and they see abuse that they may report to DHS folks an adult who is mentally incompetent cannot enter into a binding contract. Of any kind including signing a legal document like this for them the only option is someone to have guardianship over there who is legally bound to look out for their best interests and act accordingly. If an adult is competent and they need assistance they can sign a power of attorney giving another person ability to ability to act on their behalf nothing else is needed. For an adult again either you're incompetent and a guardianship is necessary or you are competent and can take care of your affairs giving someone else the power to do so to the extent you wish. My aunt lives at a calmly develop human development center and has since he was eight years old she's now fifty nine and operates on the level of about a five year old. But she could be convinced by anyone to sign a piece of paper act and then act on her behalf I think this is dangerous for people like her and people in her situation. The availability of powers of attorney guardianship to cover all of these bases there's nothing left to be covered by this bill in my opinion it can do no harm and will likely causing the problems it's a dangerous thing for those in human development centers not urge you to vote no on this bill thank you. Percent Vives spoken against the bill anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative Ladyman your. Thank you Mr Speaker I didn't realize this bill was out of committee and in the House folks this is a terrible bill. I got guardianship for my fifty year old son when he was six years old he's now fifty years old he has the mentality of the five or six zero. With this bill I'm afraid that some other responsible party. Could come in and make his decisions for him he can't make those decisions. Like representative just said the people that are in human development center and I know a lot of them and their parents I know a lot of. This is terrible. Please do not pass this bill. I know cases where people have come in and taken over. A guardianship of a person and human development center with their parent or grandparent passed away. In the Turner terrible situation terrible situation. I think is good intentions some of the folks that support this bill came to me early on wanted me to run a bill like this and I I could not do that. It is terrible for those folks and human development centers I ask you to vote against. Represent Ladyman spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Mayberry you're recognized to close for the bill. Thank you members and I know that those who just spoke against it have very good intentions so I. I'm not trying to take away guardianship I think as I said guardianship is extremely important and we want to be very concerned about that I'm talking about different situations than someone who is not able to make decisions too often the go to in these situations is to do guardianship. And what I'm saying is let's give someone an opportunity in certain situations to happen this as supportive decision making their thirteen states that I've already done this and there are not problems there. This is an opportunity to each individualize the situation. A. Again. There are guardianships for a reason. And I'm in full support of those particular situations like representative Ladyman I'm not trying to change anything that's going on in the human development center I'm talking about these children that are being raised now in a very different situation given opportunities. Let's see what they can do and then if that fails then you can always revert to the guardianship. I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Mayberry is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill ten oh five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of nineteen yeas thirty nine days and twenty one present the bill has failed Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen oh five. House bill fifty five a representative Charlene Fite to amend the law concerning the penalty for a driver who fails to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death or personal injury. The fight you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I bring this bill on the half of the I hit run project that is based in Fayetteville. What the bill does. If the person is injured in an automobile accident automobile motorcycle any kind if the vehicle like that the person upon conviction would be guilty of a Class B. felony if there is a serious injury if there is if there is a physical injury if there is a serious physical injury to or death of another person it would increase to a Class D. felony. In committee we heard testimony from many family members including some of our own colleagues who have had a family member involved in a hit and run in which there was a very serious injury or death and they weren't charged with very much. Our goal is if you are involved in a vehicular accident you check and see if someone has been injured you come back if you need to and you find out you don't fully you stay you try to make it right we are trying to reduce the incentive to flee I appreciate a good vote. Sentifi does explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent a call you're recognized to speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. My brother Brett John McCollum was killed by hit driver hit and run driver for riding his bicycle in hot springs less than three years ago. And although a brave and kind I witness followed the driver for seven miles it took over a year to arrest him and another year to convict him. I'm sure the defendant was strong. There was no way to prove it since he ran in an immediate arrest was not made so to my families and others who've had this happen he received a slap on the wrist and we received a lot of time of loss. The way the law is now. The person who is under the influence is better to run and escape that charge this bill gets rid of that Lupo and on behalf of a lot of families in Arkansas who have had to painfully deal with this including those who testified in committee last week I thank representative Charlene Fite for this bill and ask you to vote for thank you. Represent Michael has spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive Fite is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen oh five prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark. Please read house bill sixteen fifty one. House bill sixteen fifty one by representative McCullough concerning the offenses of sexual assault in the second degree sexual assault in the third degree we committed by minor. The McCullough you're recognized the explained the Bill. Thank you Mr Speaker H. B. sixteen fifty one. Currently sexual assault second and third require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a child under the age of fourteen who is a sexual assault victim they have to prove that that he or she isn't married to the defendant this bill removes the nonsensical and emotionally harmful elements number one it's nonsensical because children under the age of fourteen cannot marry in Arkansas and number two it's emotionally traumatizing task a child victim on the stand if he or she is married to the person who sexually assaulted him or her sometimes his or her relative. And with that I'll take any questions. Insing nine I appreciate a good vote. Represent McCullough is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent McCall as close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen fifty one 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 thirty two. House bill seventeen thirty two were representative Collins during the offenses of lawyers them in video voyeurism represent college you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker of this bill does bumps up the classification of voyeurism and video voyeurism offenses committed against a child under fourteen from a Class D. to a Class C. felony really just two reasons for the bill first with regard to the criminal character particularly sexual offenses we often distinguish between crimes against children and crimes against adults fourteen being that cut off typically this puts in the same distinction for these offenses the other reason is a Class C. is really a better fit these are severe crimes spying on a child's body for sexual gratification is sexual abuse invasion of privacy in some cases the basis for child **** at the sexual trauma that can be very difficult if not impossible for a child to overcome so classy better fitting this crime the prosecutors sensation supports the bill is known in opposition and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Collins is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Collins is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen thirty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety two yeah zero Nays zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen eight. Has a fifty eight to represent a Hodges to authorize a multi year licensing or registration for a physician by the Arkansas State Medical Board. Represent Hodges recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues very simple bill appreciate representative Johnson represent cloud who are the experts on this in this bill in the bank of their position so all this bill does is allow physicians to give an option to renew their their of license for two years rather than one years right now nurses come to their license for two years but physicians can only renew for one year the staff to meet all the requirements at the state their their continued education pay whatever fee that they paid just give them the option to renew the license for two years rather than one year I appreciate a good vote. President Hodges explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Hodges is closed for the bill the question before the House is the pastor of House Bill fifteen eighty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Bravo ninety seventy eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen eighty seven. Also sixteen December representative Penzo to required to amend the requirements regarding patients for angiographic areas of a home health care services agency. Penzo you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker House Bill sixteen eighty seven increases access to home health care for our Kansans currently home health agencies are restricted to a fifty mile radius this bill expands our coverage area two hundred mile radius around their office create a good vote. Represent Penzo explain 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 sixteen eighty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty four U. A. zero nine eleven present the bill is passed members we're gonna pass over. Thanks bill Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen fifty nine. House bill sixty fifty nine representative Perry two men the death certificate registration process for the signature of the medical certificate. Represent Perry recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker House Bill sixteen forty nine members amends law means ACT nine seventy five that we passed two years ago regarding the E. rate which electronic records system that hospitals doctors funeral home she's for process death certificates what we did then was we had some exemptions and this law this bill simply remove the exemptions I appreciate a good vote. Represent Perry's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Perry's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen fifty nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has 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 fifteen forty five. House of thirteen forty five a representative Davis today the Arkansas Code regarding language associated with autism spectrum disorders. Represent Johnson you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is a bill that updates the diagnoses of autism to match current dasar sixteen hundreds the other thing it does is really good is currently in the state of Arkansas one of a we're the only state that requires three disciplines to diagnose autism so in Arkansas you have to see a speech pathologist a physician and a psychologist before you can be diagnosed with autism again that makes us unique were the only state that requires that stringent criteria it reduces the criteria to two out of three is set at three out of three is supported by a providers in the state the autism community is really good bill and I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Johnson's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Johnson is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen forty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed members were gonna pass over. Senate bill four. Eighteenth. Sir Clark please read Senate bill three thirty nine. Senate bill through thirty nine of a representative poking them to authorize certain permit holders to soften alcoholic beverages directly to consumers to be consumed operas premises or delivered to the consumer at a location off premises. Represent Pilkington you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker sorry about that representative Scott was distracting me Today bring to you Senate bill three hundred thirty nine it together the rules I think with only one dissenting vote and I want to thank my representative Dalby for running that for me since I was absent I simply what this does is it takes one of our rules that we established in the state of emergency about offering alcoholic beverage is to take to an off present location something that you order a meal you would like to have an alcoholic beverage with you you can then take it home or think of another example you use something like GrubHub or some other food delivery apps in which you can order an alcoholic beverage and it would be delivered to your presence it's that simple we've been doing it during the same emergency haven't had any issues and that with that as forget the. Represent Pilkington is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Pilkington is closed for the bill or you're recognized close for the bill. When I got to mention is this is not a factor I counties at all the only way counties thank you. President building is closed for the bill the question before the House is pastor Senate bill three thirty nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of sixty four Yeas eleven days and fourteen present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four fifty four. Senate bill forty four by representative Cavenaugh. To amend the law concerning municipal sewer systems represent Cavenaugh you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a simple bill that just puts them municipal sewers I systems under the same threshold as a municipality for their contracts it raises it to thirty five thousand now but it also says that every time the municipality changes there's there's will automatically change so they don't have to come back and ask for us to change it again and with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Represent Kavanagh's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative Cavenaugh is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four fifty four prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty nine yeas to nays and one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three forty one. Senate bill three forty one by representative Dotson to me the law concerning public employees and prohibit the bargaining. Representantes you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker Senate bill three forty one. prohibits collective bargaining by public employees and prohibit certain activities by public employees this bill only concern state college university and school district employees it does not include cities and counties which may set their own policies it also excludes transit systems whose federal funding could be jeopardized by the prohibition. Among the prohibited activities would be physically obstructing activity or operation of the public employer or physically impeding the operations of the public employer I appreciate a good vote. President Dotson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent McCullough you're recognized speaking. Thank you Mr Speaker I just had a particular question that just wondering at what particular issues this bill addresses and why Certain groups were carved out and others weren't thank you. Semicolon has spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Dotson. You're recognized close for the. Thank you Mr Speaker the this as my understanding right now there are no entities that do collective bargaining in the state however this is specifically directed toward public employees who would try to physically impede like I said the activity operations of a public employer and through that process strike if they're part of a union and. Impede the operations of that particular public employer. I appreciate a good vote. President Dotson is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage. Of Senate bill three forty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of sixty two Yates twenty two days and one present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read Senate bill two sixty five. Senate bill two sixty five a representative Crawford to reorganize the riverside vocational technical school into the corrections system. Represent Crawford you're recognized explain the bill. Hello friends this is short and sweet I'm bringing available for you today that would allow the department of corrections school to provide reedy Remediation services for those that are in the school district. Before the bill would not allow them if they had graduated from high school to be involved in the vocational program and what they had Or in the remediation program what they had found out is just because you have a high school diploma doesn't mean you know how to read so that is the main change of this bill this bill will ensure that the career and technical education within the department school district meets industry needs by requiring coordination with but the Division of career and technical education and the Office of skills development. The bill will also allow for elimination of duplicate services of administration and that through the correctional school district and the vote tech school by transferring the riverside pending approximately two point two million to the correctional school district a line item goes within the public funds so as School Fund so what it does it just flops the money changes it and line items and if there are no questions I would appreciate a good vote president Collins for what purpose question you're recognized representative Crawford thank you so we're eliminating the Riverside vo tech School and I'm just curious how that's going to improve education and our correction system right well. As I mentioned before. If thank you read the bill it expands the ability of the correctional school district to provide remediation instruction to persons with high school diploma or general quibbling degrees and this is ensuring that every student in this state is truly prepared for the twenty first century workforce. Is what it's insuring. With no other questions I'd appreciate a good vote thanks. Representable Crawford is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Crawford is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage Senate bill two sixty five prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three fifty four. Senate bill two fifty four by representative Barker to create the famous women sports act represent Barker you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker member Senate bill three fifty four create fairness in women's sports by establishing a level playing field for girls and women in Arkansas schools the bill does three things first it state that a sport expressly designated as a female support will not be open to biological males. Second it gives a private cause of action to any student who has been did not an athletic opportunity or who suffers direct or indirect harm as a result of the violation of this bill. And then it also gives a school private cause of action sure the school suffer direct or indirect harm as a result of the violation of this bill. This bill keeps no one from participating in school sports so for female athletes I would ask for a good vote. Percent Barker's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill represent a call you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker out of all the bills we've heard this session I believe I'm uniquely qualified to understand this one you see I coached girls for twenty six of thirty three years I taught my main sport was basketball the most the coaches in here will tell you that many schools are you end up coaching more than just your main sport I've also coach track cross country and softball I played basketball volleyball tennis and track in high school and went to college on a basketball scholarship for also played tennis I've got off my entire life. I'm also a member of the LGBTQ community. I'm disappointed that not one member of this body sought me out to ask my opinion on this issue. We always seek out experts on the issues we present especially in committee we have agencies organizations and others testify when it comes to this issue. We nor the experts we not do not listen to the doctors the parents the actual state and national athletics governing bodies or the trans gender use actually affected. This is not an issue in Arkansas I can do the math if you take all the transgender folks in Arkansas and then you narrow that down further to just the trans gender females and then you narrow that further to the group that are the ages that this bill covers and then you finally narrow that down to the grant transgender roles who want to play sports and then you narrow that down to the transgender girls who not only have actual talent to play but also excel. That percentage in Arkansas's non existent not one person fits this bill we've always had transgender folks and this has not been up this is not been a problem. I know many states are filing these bills and sometimes when that happens it's good and sometimes it's bad. This time it's bad it's detrimental to our youth in Arkansas and it's detrimental to Arkansas. I've been trying to ignore the mentions of power girls need to be protected or that women and girls are the weaker sex. I witnessed many women and girls who can out run out cycle and outplay men. College women's teams often practice against college men. And in elementary school often girls are more mature bigger and stronger the employee should we protect our boys from these girls. Not one trans gender female is dominating not everyone is taking away scholarships first of all there's not just one scholarship out there that everybody's competing for there are many let's take track as an example if you're running good times even if your second or third you'll be recruited. In Connecticut with the case that everyone refers to an often misuses the sister under girl ended up with the scholarship the trans gender girls did not probably due to discrimination in fact after filing her lawsuit the cisgender girl ended up defeating the transgender girls. Transgender roles are girls also in sports we must consider that skill is a factor who worked hardest is a factor who is most mentally tough is a factor the physical is just one factor of many that contribute to making an athlete superior. Also as a coach I know that most of my athletes did not go to college on a scholarship if they were deserving and talented they did but most did not we have to ask ourselves what our end goal is I wanted my kids to learn to work as a team I wanted them to learn sportsmanship I wanted then to learn that hard work and practice produced results I wanted them to learn Portuguese in pressure situations knowing that they would most certainly face pressure in the future in their lives. There's value in sports that's not just marked or measured by awards trophies and scholarships. The extremely hard to be a kid and if you're transgender kids your life even harder. Sports gives kids a place to belong a place to be included a place to succeed or learn to deal with setbacks in work to overcome them a place to be happy. We are severely under estimating or use. They can teach us a thing or two about tolerance and acceptance I've always said that is a teacher and coach I learned much more from the kids that I ever taught them. Please do not restrict and exclude kids I ask you to consider and represent all kids not just some kids not just certain kids not just your kids just as it is for our kids transgender kids mental and physical health are important keeping them in school is important the fact that one out of three attempt suicide is tragic and important. Finally I ask you why do we need this. Arkansas activities association and see date NC double a or have rules in place. This bill is also fraught with constitutional issues that lawsuit lawsuits may be referred file to address the fact will be hemorrhage of taxpayer money to defend against the lawsuits and for what fixing a nonexistent problem in Arkansas. We should teach our kids to strive to be inclusive and supportive we should want our girls to be compassionate and accepting most of all we should want our girls to work together to become strong and confident this bill does none of this for girls in fact it does the opposite I'll be voting no thank you. Person because spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representative Ferguson you're recognized to speak against the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues another transgender bill I mean run I know there's more coming. But really what are we doing this why are we having press conferences in wasting our time bills that are unnecessary that addresses a problem that does not exist in Arkansas and does nothing to improve education. While other countries are focusing on stem education what are we doing we're perpetuating cultural wars. I know that many of you base your bill your your your vote on these bills on sincerely held religious beliefs. But I am also Christian I taught Sunday school for ten years and I believe in a god of love and acceptance. I am so concerned that we are allowing these big lobbying groups to weaponize religion to discriminate against this tiny minority of older employees. As legislators it is our duty to protect all religious rights and certainly to protect all minorities I encourage you to have courage in vote against this I I know from the other bills I have had legislators say to me I agree with you but I just can't I have to vote yes on this no you don't I'll ask you to grow a backbone and vote your conscious not just vote for these bills because you're afraid of some lobbying group that's going to campaign against you. Representive Ferguson spoke against the bill would anyone like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Barker. You're recognized to close for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker just to reiterate this bill prohibits no one from participating in school sports the language of this bill is not exclusive its directive it's also not about Christian beliefs or non beliefs it's about physical and physiological differences between biological males biological females. Ninety six percent of all female CEOs play competitive sports. So I hope you can see with me the importance that this bill not only positively affects are currently competing female athletes but also how it affects their bright an opportunistic futures. Thank you. President Barker is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three fifty four prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy five Yeas eighteen nays and zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two ninety one. Senate bill two ninety one by representative Johnson. Just for Arkansas public schools and public school districts in the implementation of a community school approach represent Johnson you're recognized to explain the bill thank you colleagues as we know there's not one size fits all when it comes to how we educate our children and there's a trend across the country look it was something called a community school committee school is a school that takes a public school or open charter school involves other people in the community in the process of educate our kids it leans on some of these community resources shared way to teach our children it's occurring here in the state of Arkansas under grants right now and it's been successful this bill is designed to set in statute definitions for what we define as as as as community school it also as permissive language to allow desi the opportunity to set some guidelines on how that works this provides the opportunity for our schools that want to engage in this process to apply for grant money and then it will give them some guidelines to deceit used to Institute guidelines to follow again it's permissive language there's nothing mandated in this bill and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Johnson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. President Lowery you're recognized speak against. Thank you Mr Speaker. Your face value this looks like a great concept. Just looks like a simple presentation of public private partnerships. It's always a good. Good tactic a good strategy to come down and just act like you know this is just business as usual well unfortunately it is becoming business as usual because our public schools are starting to act like they own our kids. A number of questions were presented in testimony against this bill. A number of important questions like student privacy. Parent rights in terms of whether they want their child to participate in this community school approach an opt in. Many more responses of concern. About turning over to an outside entity okay whatever it is. Health clinic a psychologist. Being able to turn those students over to them without consent from the parents. Surveys you know you've got to do it you got to read closely it says it's evidence based. The community school approaches evidence based what kind of evidence is that the evidence would be surveying the students. Asking them questions about their beliefs or their attitudes or the type of home they live in. So what could that includes. Do you have firearms in your home. Is a child is a family going to be is there going to be intervention. Because firearms existed out you may have heard the case of a student that was involved in he was soon being for classroom instruction. And because he had a BB gun up on the wall behind. The local police showed up. Because the school district reported that child. Now let's just from a zoom conference BB gun. What are they gonna do with the information that is collected in a survey talking about your attitudes in your beliefs for instance. Asking a child how do you feel about a. About. Males who are transitioning using female restrooms. How do you feel about maybe a third restaurant. Would your attitudes about that and how is the school or how much the outside entity that is providing counseling services going to respond to those answers are they going to find your to your added to troubling so that there has to be an intervention. But the critical at issue here is student privacy. And parental rights. I love the idea of public private partnerships. But the question that was asked in not addressed is ten parents opt out. Would you put in this an opt in preference where you lay out for the team for the parents this is a service that we have decided that we're going to extend to our kids that have been identified as being in that free and reduced lunch group to the poverty funding group. Are we going to ask those parents can we survey your child and ask them questions about their home life about their attitudes on certain issues of the day folks I'm just going to tell you this is the ultimate Big Brother. It may have been the nine in a different presidential administrations. But it's not at all but nine in this current administration. It's a weapon. It's a tool that can be used to tell you that your children don't belong to you. They belong to the schools and we have feared for a long time the intervention of the federal government. You know there's been some presidents Ronald Reagan was one of them that's the one to do away with the United States Department of Education. Because he felt like we have to have what is the word what's the phrase local control. I hear it all the time I know I get a lot of push back on some of the legislation I try to pass because it you service local control with this absolutely this bill absolutely you service local control. Now represent Johnson said well it's permission. This anytime you take anything from the federal government it is not permissive. I found that out when we try to transition away from the park test. To the ACT which we eventually did. I tried to get us to put a hold on doing the park test because it was pretty apparent that the legislature or a task force of the governor somebody was going to transition us the next year to ACT so there was no need for us to do a one time test of the park test because if you don't have trends from year to year that information is useless in the part of the department of education said we can't do that we have to test no matter how badly. The practice testing is going in it was going badly you ask any teacher you ask any guidance counselor any student frankly students a students were coming home crying just because of the trial test but the department said bill we have to do the test will lose two hundred million dollars. That's the kind of influence we're talking about with this bill. They give you the money you gonna have to follow the rules folks this is this is something that needs to be further that it okay I think the community school approach has some merit. But it has run through this legislature way too fast way too fast the questions that were asked and in Education Committee need to be answered there needs to be respect for those that are concerned about student privacy and their data being protected and frankly there was not a good answer to any of the questions of concern. I really think that this bill needs to be reformed re referred back to committee. But if it's not I hope that you'll defeated and then maybe the sponsor will want to slow it down a little bit and I'm open for questions represent waiting for what purpose question please you're recognized and a represent what is this is for you possibly for the bill sponsor as well but you mentioned permissive language was a permissive for the school's or permissive for the parents permissive for the schools there was another no mention no issue of concern about the parents choices and about them being able to either opt in or opt out okay so that would be a big difference that with that and so then the the opting in and opting out was that brought up in committee and was that rejected by the bill sponsor it was brought up in testimony by an opponent of the bill seventy spoke against it she had a serious property was something like ten questions about the bill I I chose to not go through every one of them but I thought the most critical one was this issue about parental involvement in giving them a voice of whether they wanted their students to be involved in this extended learning or it starts extended personal development whatever you wanna call it it is not permissive when it comes to the parents thank you thank you. So I would appreciate you voting this bill down and sending it back to committee so for further work FOR further acknowledgement. Additional acknowledgment that parents are the decision makers for their children. Not not community based organizations not even the schools the parents are the ultimate arbiter of what is best for their child in this totally use service totally circumvents the role of the parent I wish that you would vote no. Represent Lowery spoken against the building would like to speak for the bill represents Smith you're recognized to speak for the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I currently teach at a school that does have a community school program and it's one the greatest things I've ever seen implemented in the school district. Main purpose of this program. It's to develop career colleges civic ready students your promotion on families and also healthy communities in general. And we will put this in Batesville and our whole community is very very please with. It also is going to try to provide integrated health and social support with authentic family and community engagement. some of the things our community school coordinator does is goes out in the area make sure that the kids have. Wifi access that they have proper nutrition. That their clothing have been assessed these that they need to benefit not only them but their family. Just two weeks ago I sat in on an interview process where internships were being given out to kids that net don't necessarily get out and and have the opportunity to find a job but they they've had jobs at the chamber of commerce for the city utilities at the hospitals this is just a wonderful wonderful program and I'm so happy we have a debate for high school in Batesville Arkansas and I fully support a community school program and after what it does for our kids because this program truly is for the kids. Representive Crawford for what purpose question you're recognized. Since you've been involved in this program can you tell us why a representative Lowery had such issues with the can you answer any of that well this is a first year program for one thing so it's is being integrated as some of our schools this year in different schools are finding different ways to fund this so His concerns is probably this from the unknown and he wants answers to some of his questions and I applaud him for that. Represent Smith the spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Representive Eubanks you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker I don't know anything about representative Lowry's objections to the bill but the. Representative Smith just indicated that their school is doing this and that's what I've been told by the department that the bill really is not necessary because schools are allowed to do this right now. So I I just don't think it's necessary thank you. Represent Eubanks to spoken against the bill would anyone like to speak for 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 too hope that we I hope that you vote against this bill when I shared with constituents they had similar responses of wow that's broad similar responses of I believe the school is beginning to encroach upon my job. I believe that this is it is permissive language for the school not for the student not for the parents that concerns me permissive today becomes something else down the road. And I hate to see us going the direction where we start blurring the line between parents. In between the school. I realize their kids who have parents they don't have their act together and we've got to stand in the gap for those kids the community is the church's the schools the private institutions we have to stand in the gap and we're doing that but to have this broad open door approach where we begin even I wonder what messages sent to the kids that I go to school and all my needs get taken care of I hate to see this. First we put the parents on the bench next thing you know they're going to be on the stands out in the stands so I hate to see what this bill does with the approach is taking us down the road so I hope that you will vote against. Representive mackenzie spoke against the bill we would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. Represent Johnson you're recognized close for the bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues I appreciate all the concerns that were raised that I've read this bill several times and I have a little trouble reading into that many of the concerns that are there as I read the bill it seems pretty straightforward to me has a section of definitions which the which it defines it as a section that says the Department of Education may again I don't know the decedent permission for the schools is permitted for the part of education as they may try to set of these guidelines that you know again I I trust my local school system I trust my parents locally I don't mean to flout the local local authority local control phrase but that is something I believe in and I do have faith that my community is not going to let invasion of privacy happened I don't see exactly how this bill creates that with what they're saying I understand his concerns about the federal government but again I trust my communities make good decisions I trust my school board leadership to make good decisions and yeah this is a bill that came out of the Senate with no opposition I we did try to address some of these concerns in committee the secretary of education was there came to the table spoke to the concerns I tried to answer the questions of the person that was their concerns are I don't I don't want people to think that warning committee that we didn't at least try to make an effort to answer some of those questions because again the secretary to the secretary of education is there and and try to provide some answers for some of these questions that came up so I understand why people might have concerns with the same time I think this is a good bill that's as safe bill that doesn't open a Pandora's box as people are concerned it might and I would hope that we would have to get out here so thank you. President Johnson's close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two ninety one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of forty four yeas thirty three nays and twelve present the bill is fail. Members of. The next several bills or technical corrections bills without objection I want to recognize represent Gazaway percent Bills. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues if you'll take a look at the red calendar what you'll see is that uh we have several technical corrections bills on that calendar. What I can tell you about those bills is that these bills come from the code revision commission which I'm a member of which the Speaker is a member of and Senator Ballinger where the legislative representatives on the commission they're also attorneys from the bureau of legislative research on the commission and then certain other attorneys from public interest groups that are also involved in review the Arkansas code which is the codification of the laws that we pass here in the General Assembly. So it these bills come from the code revision commission again and are purely technical in nature they just make technical corrections to the code to harmonize provisions that may have inconsistent language or errors that were that occurred in the drafting dance Henderson as the chair of that commission advance of courses with the bureau as well so what I'd like to do is go down the list of the bills one by one by bill number if there much like we do with the Budget bills if there's an objection to any of these bills that would be removed from the list and placed on the regular calendar for later consideration. And so if you're looking at the red calendar we have SP FOR twenty one SP FOR twenty two as before twenty three as before twenty four as before twenty five as before twenty six as before twenty seven as before twenty eight as before twenty nine as before thirty years before thirty one four thirty two as before thirty three years before thirty four as before thirty five as before thirty six as before thirty seven SP four thirty eight as before thirty nine is before forty years before forty one as before forty two and SB four ninety three. If there any of those that need to be come out of the batch of. Please indicate so. Seeing none your one vote will be recorded for each bill after they've been read for the third time Mr Speaker please direct the Clerk read the bills for the third time. Without objection Mister Clark please read the bills for the third time. Senate bill forty one Senate bill for twenty two civil for twenty three Senate bill for twenty fourth senate for twenty five center before twenty six of a four twenty sevenths a bill for twenty eight senate for twenty nine for the four thirty Senate bill four thirty one civil for thirty two Senate before thirty three suitable for thirty four seven well four thirty five center before thirty six senate for thirty seven senate for thirty eight Senate bill four thirty ninth of a full forty Senate bill four forty one said before forty two before ninety three. Where the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero present the bills are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three fifty seven. Senate bill three fifths of a representative Lloyd repealing statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm in certain locations and making a technical term corrections represent Boyd you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues a constituent attorney of mine brought this issue to my attention he was going through the code and notice that it is said They have. Yeah. Bellavista villages in here Bellavista village doesn't exist anymore sorry about the little little moment there Bella Vista village doesn't exist anymore and so is is going through there he realized really you got to have a map and GIS to to figure out where any of these locations are and so this bill makes that technical correction and Bills this code with that said I'd appreciate a good vote thank you. President Boyd is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Boyd is closed for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill three fifty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty six C. A. zero nine one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four sixty four. Senate bill four sixty four by representative Charlene Fite concerning the definition of sexual contact as a pertain to sex certain sexual offenses person fight you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Senate bill four sixty four was not a prosecutor association bill but I appreciate their support in preparing the bill the need for this bill was requested by a police department detective and prosecutor from senator rice in my area after concern for lacking sentencing discretion. Here's what happened that brought about this case. Thirty or so your old uncle required his five year old niece to remove all of her clothing he did the same what he did not touch her he violated in her way that can leave a lifetime of trauma. It was found that the law only allows a Class D. felony in this case an example of a Class D. felony would be breaking and entering. This bill as to the definition of sexual contact this increase is a D. to a class B. felony and I appreciate a good vote. President fight is 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 passed to Senate bill four sixty four prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is 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 eighty five. Senate bill eighty five representative cloud two men the right to view ultrasound images before an abortion into create the right right to know and see Act represent cloud you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues in two thousand and three this assembly and was signed by the governor ACT eleven eighty nine what this did it put into Arkansas Code that prior to an abortion the woman would have an ultrasound. Senate bill eighty five simply amends this to have the ultrasound screen where the woman can see it if she so chooses so it's totally her choice instead of having to bring up the fact that she can't see it the screen will be position where she can see it if she so chooses also there will be a verbal narrative of exactly what's being seen because some of these women probably never seen in the office and before. Not be glad to take any questions yes ma'am represent McAuliffe what purpose. Question you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker so representative cloud in my correct that this bill makes no exceptions for women in cases of rape incest or pregnancies that receive a tragic diagnosis so even if a woman had undergone a traumatic event she would still be shown an ultrasound and have to listen to a detailed description on the images of the screen even if the provider knows this is painful for her and not what she wants can you address that glad to. First part is second part no or vice versa so yes the screen would be where she could see it if she so chooses to say yes she doesn't have to look at it but it would have to be present where she could as far as the verbal a description of what the scenographer is seeing then she would be able to hear that. Should a good vote thank you represent cloud has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent cloud is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage Senate bill eighty five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy four Yeas fourteen A. zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three seventy eight. Senate bill three seventy eight representative Gazaway to amend Arkansas law concerning unanticipated discretionary federal funds related to a state what state it is after emergency related to public health and to declare an emergency Ferguson Gazaway you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this is the companion bill to the emergency powers bill that we passed as B. three seventy nine. last week and so what this bill does is it addresses specifically unanticipated discretionary federal funds related to a state wide state of disaster emergency for public health. And so basically the Bill begins by defining again statewide stated disaster emergency as we did in the other bill that's it affecting at least nineteen counties are twenty five percent of the overall population if we have a state wide state a public health emergency regarding public health and we receive unanticipated funds so what are unanticipated funds those are funds that are not regularly budgeted funds that we did not expect to receive much like the cares Act money and I know that there's going to be some additional money coming into the State soon with relation to disaster relief related to covid this would certainly apply and then discretionary we're talking about funds that are already dedicated for a particular purpose from the federal government and so sometimes when we receive funds from the federal government there earmarked that have to be spent for a particular purpose and so again we're talking about unanticipated discretionary federal funds related to a statewide public health emergency if we receive those funds the way that this operates is if we're in session or if we're in a recess from a session the chief fiscal officer of the state has to submit a detailed plan in that instance the Joint Budget now for out of session that plan has to be submitted to A. L. C.. that detailed plan has to set forth the. A plan on how the state X. plans to spend the money and then that'll be reviewed by joint budget and has to be reviewed and approved if we're in session for out of session than a LC has to review and approve that plan. And so that is essentially what the bill does and I'm happy to answer any questions. Saying not appreciate a good vote thank you percent gas was explain 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 passage of Senate bill three seventy eight prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mister Clerk. By a vote of eighty six C. A. zero nine to present the bill emergency clause or past represent makes for what purpose motion place what's your motion after the announcmenet trading of the bills transferring the bill's place in the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills with their own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalized 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. Represent Jean for purpose announcmenet recognized. Joint budget will meet at eight thirty in the morning a big mac a represent Cozart what purpose Nasmith you're recognized House education meets tomorrow morning nine thirty one fifty one percent Lanny Fite for purpose announcmenet recognized city county local will meet in fifteen minutes beg maxi representative Hodges for purpose announcmenet you're recognized peer review will meet at seven thirty AM tomorrow at big mac a. Representative Charlene Fite for purpose announcmenet recognized aging children youth military will meet as soon as everyone can get over there represent Wardlaw for purpose now you're recognized full A. O. C. meeting Monday morning at eight AM full A. L. C. meeting Monday morning at eight AM representative Holcomb for what purpose announcmenet recognized public transportation will meet in the morning nine thirty maxi representative eaves what purpose announcmenet you're recognized tomorrow at eleven fifteen the house rules committee will meet on the steps of the house chamber for a photograph at a meeting is that big mac B. at noon tomorrow. Vaught for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized acclimate fifteen and fifteen minutes upon adjournment. Vote on it. Regardless of whether it's passed or not I would still encourage you to continue to work to move your legislation forward if there's any issues with scheduling in your committees that need to be resolved and I can help with please let me know but again just continue to continue to move those things forward there is no bill filing deadline but just know it some point it's going to be too late and we're. Fast approaching that point. That's what remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion The Addams named in the adjourn resolution the house to be adjourned till one PM tomorrow.