House Convenes

I am by the member staff pressing guests in the gallery is just and be led in prayer by pastor happy Caldwell founder and retired pastor got big Church Little Rock and founder and president of victory. Television network and to remain standing for the pledge allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. I like to read very pass very familiar passage of scripture that I'm sure many of you have heard. In first Timothy chapter to the apostle Paul writing to Timothy. He said therefore I exhort first of all that supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men. For kings and all who are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. I like to refer to the statement that it says. Prayers intercessions and giving of thanks. when Dr Hornets beef I would stand in for him today. The thing that came to the is giving of thanks. The Americans United for life organization has voted Arkansas. Is the most pro life state in America. I don't know if you know the story of the lepers. Jesus. Prayed for their healing. And there was only one. We came back in nineteen. He said were not all cleansed. But only one came back to thank. The lord. And I would just like to say thank you. For the pro life legislation. It has come out of this state. It's not only save. And will save hundreds and thousands. Of babies that will be born. But Arkansas has set a leadership pace. For the rest of the nation to fall. So I'm here today. To just say thank you. You are appreciated and the people of Arkansas that pray for you. And no you. The people that you serve. I stand. And I thank you. For all the pro life legislation that you've had a part in. And for all other issues that you deal with on a regular basis. Father I pray for all these members of the house of representatives in our state. And I thank you father for your wisdom. You're not wanting. And your compassion. That will rule their hearts. And we by. All principalities and powers rules of darkness and we could spirits. They're bound in the name of Christ. And we lose the ministering angels. To minister for each person here today. And father bless them. For what they've done. To stand for life in our state. And I pray in Jesus name. A man thank you. Members please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Or. Ninety eight press members present chair she's a quorum are there any requests for leave. Representative Payton for purpose leave. Leave a representative Miller is leave granted for representative Miller. Represent speaks. Representative Fredrick Love Me if we dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal no objections so ordered are there Reports from select committees read the reports Mister Clark Mister Speaker we Committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill ten eighty seven house bill ten eighty eight house bill ten eighty nine beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with turn the same the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Lane Jean chair Mister Speaker you committee on house rules rooms of our house bill seventeen oh three house bill seventeen sixteen Senate bill three fifty five center before sixty five beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with turned the same with recognition do pass that was emitted less easy chair Mr Speaker your committee on house rules to whom was referred house bill sixteen eighty three and Senate bill three thirty nine beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with the terms and the recognition do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted with ease chair. Are there Reports from standing committees read the report Mr Speaker we are committee on city county local affairs to whom was referred house bill sixteen twenty nine house bill sixteen thirty house bill sixty nine nine Senate bill six eighty three eighty six six four sixteen and four fifty four may lead report we've had the same under consideration here with her the same direct me to do pass respectfully submitted Lanny Fite chair Mister Speaker we are committee on city county local affairs to whom was referred senate bill four fifty six beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with her the same the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Milton Nicks junior vice chair Mister Speaker we commune Education to whom was referred house bill twelve thirty seven house bill sixteen seventy house bill sixteen ninety four city Senate bill two sixty five central twenty one Senate bill three fifty four beg leave to report within the same under consideration your term the same the recognition do pass or simply submitted Bruce Cozart chair Mister Speaker you Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill fourteen sixty seven Senate bill one eighty four to one eighty five beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with during the same the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Mark Lowery chair Mister Speaker we're Committee on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty nine house bill fifteen seventy three beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with the time the same deregulation do pass respectfully submitted John Maddox vice chair Mister Speaker we're coming on insurance and commerce to whom was referred house bill fifteen sixty three beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with the term the same the recognition do pass as amended number two respectfully submitted Mark Lowery chair Mister Speaker we've committee of state agencies and governmental affairs to whom was referred house bill thirteen sixty nine house bill thirteen seventy three house bill fourteen forty four house bill sixteen thirty seven house bill seventeen twelve house bill seventeen twenty one house bill seventeen thirty Senate bill two eighty one Senate bill three oh five to four hundred and before want beg leave to report with the same under consideration here with terms saying the recommend to do pass respect is amended white Tosh chair Mister Speaker we're committee on aging children and youth to whom was referred house bill house resolution ten sixteen beg leave to report with the same under consideration and here with turn the same the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Charlene Fite chair Mister Speaker we're coming on aging children and youth to whom was referred. Senate bill eighteen beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with trying the same deregulation do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Charlene Fite chair. Is there any unfinished business are there any Executive communications read the letter letter from the governor. March seventeenth twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house do Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on March twenty March seventeenth twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house bill eleven fifteen this Act three eighty nine house bill twelve sixty eight ACT three ninety house bill fourteen thirty fours ACT three ninety one House Bill fifteen forty four three ninety two has a fifty fifty two ACT three ninety three house bill fifty fifty one of the three ninety four apple twelve thirty five and three ninety five house bill eleven forties ACT three ninety six house bill twelve forty nine is a three ninety seven has a fifty twenty seven ACT three ninety eight house bill thirteen ninety eight. Thirteen eighty nine ACT three ninety nine has a forty thirty three ACT four hundred sincerely Asa Hutchinson March eighteenth twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house do Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on March eighteenth twenty twenty one I reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house bill thirteen eighteen ACT four oh two sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Represent Johnson moved that we place Senate bill four eighteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark the member number one Senate bill for eighteen. Represent Johnson reckon recognize explained the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this just adds me as a co sponsor and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Johnson Nicks has explained the amendment does anyone want to speak against the amendment. For the amendment represent Johnson is close for the amendment. Question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill four eighteen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay amendments adopt. Represent Dalby moved that we place Senate bill three three nine on second reading for the purpose of amendment without it section read Amendment number one Mr Clark amended everyone to Senate bill three thirty nine. Representative Dalby you're recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker all this amendment did was change the word ordinance to election I'd appreciate a good vote. Represent dobby has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment represent all these clothes for the moment question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to Senate bill three thirty nine all in favor say aye. Opposed nay amendments adopted. Representive Richmond moved that we place Senate bill four seventeen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark amended number one to Senate bill four seventeen. President Richmond you're recognized explained Amendment. Colleagues all is minute does that mean as sponsor I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representive Richmond is explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representive Richmond is close for the met. Question be. Before the House is the adoption of amendment number one that Senate bill four seventeen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay amendments adopted. Mr Clark reed House memorial resolution one thousand one. House memorial resolution one thousand one by representative would occur to remember representative Charlie Stewart and honor his commitment to the state of Arkansas in his local community represent Whitaker you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker if I could if I could ask your indulgence to allow the members of the Washington County delegation to join me in the well. Memorial resolutions by their very nature. Come on the heels of a sad occurrence. Actual hearing the resolution one of our former members. Passed away at the beginning February. The only joyful side of this is that we have the opportunity here is a body to recognize someone who gave long and faithful service to this house into this state. It's my honor to be the one to do that I'd also like to take just a moment and point out in the west gallery. Charlie Stewart's descendants have been able to come and be here for this and if you could just give them a warm greeting. Charlie had the distinction of having served forty four years in this house. If you've got a if you ever have read free time and wander around on fourth floor you can go up to near the. militaire. You'll find there the composite for nineteen fifty five. And you'll see a very young man still the brightness in his eyes. A post is C. W. Stewart moves dance. And to give you a concept of how long he was here you can then continue to walk and look at the next twenty two composites. I could go on all day but at this point Mr Speaker could you have the Clerk read the resolution in its entirety. Mr Clark read resolution in its entirety or as Charles W. Stewart affair of the Arkansas died on Monday February first twenty twenty one at the age of ninety three and was preceded in death by his wife Joanne D. Roger Stewart on may twenty second twenty fifteen after fifty nine years of marriage and we're as Mister Stewart was co owner of Ozark still in a licensed attorney since nineteen fifty one a member of the Washington County Bar Association until his death in a faithful member for decades of the evening lions club the exchange club and the First Baptist Church and we're as Mister Stewart had a keen interest in local history and with a long time member of the Washington County Historical Society service as a society president for three years from nineteen ninety six to nineteen ninety nine and was installed as a distinguished citizens of Washington County by the society in two thousand two and whereas entering politics as a young attorney was the paramount trial in a post World War to climb in Arkansas to Mr Stewart entered a primary for the house of representatives I want to see in the summer of nineteen fifty four taking the oath of office in January nineteen fifty five and whereas representative Stewart's did election on the next twenty two ballots every two years sometimes being challenged for the seat but always win reelection he served the next forty four years and did not retire until nineteen ninety nine a record still standing in the house of representatives and during his last session in the house while caring I think one black three ring binder of day legislative materials that he so loved he was offered a laptop computers to use where upon he politely declined the laptop and said it was time to retire and whereas representative Stewart served as a loyal and faithful democratic member of under eight different governors of both parties or wall fathers with the Rockefeller Dale bumpers David Pryor Bill Clinton Frank white jim guy Tucker and Mike Huckabee served along with nineteen different representatives in fourteen different senators and as a fixture on the revenue and taxation committee watched out for Arkansas's taxpayer saying quote it took me awhile to get enough seniority to get on Revenue and Tax and once there I wasn't going to get off that powerful committee in the. And whereas representative Stewart estimated he wore out twenty to twenty five automobiles and lost countless miles from via the Little Rock on legislative business and he is credited for helping save Carl hall and helping others save old main on the university of Arkansas Fayetteville campus now therefore be it resolved by the house of representatives of the ninety third General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the house of representatives remember representative Charlie Stewart and honor his commitment contributions to the state of Arkansas. Thank you and I'd ask for a good vote. Representative would occur as explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Representive Whitaker is close for the resolution question before the House is the adoption of house memorial resolution one thousand one all in favor say aye. Opposed nay the resolution is adopted. Mr Clark read house concurrent resolution one thousand fourteen house Speaker resolution ten fourteen by representative Wardlaw to emphasize the value of water fountain water found habitat Arkansas to the economy recreation heritage and quality of life in the state and to support efforts to business critical part of the state's economy. Thank you Mr Speaker representative Wardlaw you're recognized explained resolution thank you Mr Speaker your permission not have represented very join me well. With that let Mr Perry Sturch presentation. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you representative Wardlaw yesterday we wore green today I wore my duck time. Wardlaw didn't where is ductile so Hey that I thank you all very much this resolution is is really about the impact that. The great state of Arkansas has and allows people the privilege of duck hunting I've been a member of ducks unlimited for a long time in actively involved in fact one of my first sessions I went down with the representative Wardlaw had a great document. From flooded timber and there's a lot of things involved that allow us to have flooded timber and that's what the that's what this resolution speaks about speaks about that in the impact that the organization's ducks unlimited game and fish commission in the USA rice federation have as far as helping promote in maintaining the the land and the ability for us to dot com with that I will turn it over to a representative Wardlaw one other thing just real quick we have a. In Jacksonville being a military community we have a lot of people come in and out any time I meet someone I'll always ask them are you an outdoors person do you like to hunt and when I say yeah and I ask them if they've ever done County you'll be amazed the number of people young people they've never got counted and when we're able to take amount let me experience that they're hooked for life so thank you. Thank you Mr Speaker so with that I just want to say the importance of our gamefish commission and the work they do to make sure that we and or or Greentree reservoirs for future generations and with that Mister Speaker I would appreciate a good vote. Represent Wardlaw is explained resolution. Questions for the how would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. President Wardlaw close for the resolution question before the House is the passage of house concurrent resolution ten fourteen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. The resolution is adopted. Mr Clark reed House resolution ten sixteen. House resolution ten sixteen by representative **** calling upon the members of the house of representatives to respect and honor civil discourse in the interest of uniting the citizens of our state and nation. Represent when you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr Speaker I come before you today. With an issue of great importance. And while this isn't a law what this state is how we address the laws that we pass we come from a variety of perspectives and differences will debate all kinds of policy with all kinds of ramifications for the state of Arkansas but if we can approach this in a proper way with civil discourse we come up with the best result when everybody participates and one of the things I think that we can all agree on is that our civil discourse around the world has been getting worse and worse and we as civic leaders need to be able to set a standard of proper civil discourse and this resolution merely calls on that to be the case because what happens is when we abandoned those principles less and less people are willing to participate in the civil discourse that needs to take place around our communities because they're turned off by it by its negativity and so I think that if we can adopt these principles and live them we can help more and more people contribute within our communities to solve the problems that face us now and tomorrow. And so with that I'd like to share some of the thoughts on this it says we as members of the house of representatives show respect for our constituents by holding ourselves to the highest standards of civil discourse we recognize our role as servant leaders in setting the appropriate tone for thoughtful discussion realizing that we must lead on this issue and hopes that those from Washington DC to the farthest corners of our districts will rise to the challenge and recognize the immediate need for a more civil tone to political debate. Free discussion in the public square is vital for our nation to grow and meet today's challenges so that it can survive to face the challenges of tomorrow each of us our elected representatives of our district representing Republicans Democrats independents people who do not affiliate with a political party or even care about politics. We recognize that much of what is reported on politics only showcases conflict and misses the committee acts of understanding and compassion that while less sensational are far more frequent and real. It is our responsibility to take a greater role in making proper political behavior sensational. Are constituents have the right to expect to all one hundred members of the house of representatives to work together for the betterment of all Arkansas. Petty personal attacks do not accomplish the goal of working together for the betterment of this state but thoughtful and honest debate does we recognize that members of the house of representatives will commonly disagree but we can do so without being disagreeable we recognize that we have up to one hundred different points of view and we respect and revere a process which began in seventeen seventy six and continues today allowing for presentation debate votes and a decision with the legislative body and then respectfully moving on to the next item of business for the people our constituents deserve our very best behavior and we should demand of ourselves if we cannot talk civilly about the pressing problems facing our society then how can we ever expect to solve those problems. The forces of evil seek to destroy us from within with discord and disruption but we recognize that far more unites us than divides us. We as members of the house of representatives resolve that it is time to call upon ourselves and our respective political parties to respect and honor the time tested tenets of civil discourse and help bring our nation together. Be it further resolved the result from this day forward the members of the house of representatives pledge to demonstrate the statesmanship that our citizens deserve and the statesmanship that our nation desperately needs I appreciate your consideration of this resolution I would like to thank our house Majority Leader Austin McCollum at our house minority leader representative Tippi McCullough for co sponsoring on this I think this is an important principle for us to address as we move forward in the closing moments of this session in a statement that we can make to our citizens to Arkansas ditch what's at home that we are doing their work all of our citizens I appreciate your consideration. Representive wing has. Explain resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Represent wing is close for the resolution question before the House is the adoption of house resolution ten sixteen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay. Resolutions adopted. Morning hours ended. Representative Vaught recommends that we concurrence Senate Amendment number one house bill thirteen fifteen Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment number one. Senate mineralized NO thirteen fifteen. Representative Vaught you're recognized explained Amendment. My bill the Senate's Amendment and I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Boggs explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative Vaught is close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number the Senate amendment number one to House Bill thirteen fifteen per the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. My voted ninety A. zero nine zero president you've concurred in Senate Amendment number one to House Bill thirteen fifteen. We're gonna move to the yellow budget calendar to take up to amendments representative Jean moved that we place house bill twelve those six on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number two Mr Clark. Amended number two to House Bill twelve oh six. Representative gene recognized explained the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this house bill twelve oh six this is come from joint budget Senator Hester. Of the department of corrections this is special language to add of a hundred thousand dollars for deputy prosecuting attorney positions. Any questions. Create a good government. Represent Janice explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative gene is close for the amendment question before the House is the adoption of the amendment number two to House Bill twelve oh six all in favor say aye. Opposed nay members adopted. Representative Jeanne moos that we place house bill twelve nineteen on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mister Clerk of the number one to House Bill twelve nineteen representative gene you're recognized explained Amendment thank you Mr Speaker colleagues twelve nineteen labor licensing board this amendment come from governor's letter number fourteen it adds twenty four thousand dollars to the H. FAQ Board of for expenses that the they need to. cover their expenses of any questions this is from fees is not general revenue. Create a good vote on the amendment. Representative Jane has explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment Rep represent gene is close for the amendment to question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill twelve nineteen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay amendment is adopted. Members are doctor of the day's Journal Shaw it from here in Little Rock and our nurses the day sherry Bernard. Mr Clark for we're skipping over a house bill fifteen sixty two read. Mr Clark read house bill thirteen twenty seven. House bill thirteen twenty seven by representative Brian concerning a current or former judges ability to unlawfully carrying a handgun where carrying a handgun would otherwise be prohibited representative Brian you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues this assembly We create loss civilly and criminally that we expect our citizens to obey we hire law meant to enforce prosecutors prosecute and judges to adjudicate. The building for judges to to safely do that they need to be able to defend themselves when they make those difficult decisions that that affect our families are our people's lives. With this bill would do is allow them to carry of all they have a concealed wealth weapon any former or current judges in any court can carry beyond those boundaries as long as they have a concealed Kerry license with that I'll take any questions. Thank you pursue a good vote. Representative Brian is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Brian is close to the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill thirteen twenty seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With seventy nine days five days and three present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill thirteen twenty nine. House bill thirteen twenty nine by representative Brian concerning the comprehensive criminal record sealing after twenty thirteen and concerning sealing a felony controlled substance convictions. Represent right you're recognized explained bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues there's there's three statutes in the criminal ceiling active twenty thirteen statute fourteen Daschle five addresses misdemeanor offenses Fortino six felony offenses Fortino seven controlled substance. The issue that we're facing is if you get caught for a minor violation of a drug offense they could be a join your car some minor offenses plead down to misdemeanor if you wanted that sealed you have to go through all the steps of fourteen dashes of fourteen oh seven so would this bill would do is give the flexibility to only see you'll felony. Convictions according to fourteen oh seven I'll Fortino five to apply to misdemeanor convictions of drug offenses. Any questions. Thank you for sitting in the. Represent Brian S. explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Brian is closed for the bill the question before the House. Is the passage of house bill thirteen twenty nine the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety eight five nine zero present the bill is passed members we're going to go. Back up to the top of the counter Mr Clark read house bill fifteen sixty two. House Bill fifteen sixty two by representative McCollum to amend the law concerning Thomas vehicles. Represent McCollum you're recognized explained bill. Okay thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues today we have an opportunity to get Arkansas ready to work in a ever changing economy. By passing this innovative piece of legislation really on step two continuing on with rebuilding our economy so little background some of you might remember last session we have legislation that put forward in a Thomas vehicle pilot program since then it has operated very safely and successfully thousands of trips tens of thousands of miles operated most of this excuse me all of this has been taking place in Bentonville Arkansas and in Bentonville the trucks had completed four thousand three hundred seventy six trips totaling more than eighty two thousand miles. With zero accidents. currently there are averaging more than four hundred twenty miles between the operator interaction excuse me read that again. Currently these times vehicles are averaging more than four hundred twenty miles between operator interaction with the vehicle this legislation this legislation. Basically gets rid of the pilot aspect of the bill it's been successful many businesses many employers that want to bring this type of innovation in the Senate industry to the state have said Hey we're doing this and thirty something other states we would like to do this in Arkansas not just as a pilot program but as an actually as an actual program so the bill itself sets up some parameters with department of transportation as to what that program would look like if you as an employer want to set up shop in Arkansas with a Thomas vehicles so department of transportation are dot is on board has been very helpful and supportive and putting those parameters in place there was some opposition and we made some amendments to make sure that our position no longer existed. I guess I'll just leave it at that the technology is already here many of you know that the question we have is do we want to accept that and put the parameters into place to make that safely happen here in the state. All right this is a good vote. Represent McCollum as explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent McCollum is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen sixty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Their own voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three a zero nays and one present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen twenty seven House Bill fourteen twenty seven by representative Miller to clarify requirements for registry records checks and criminal background checks for in home care givers of Medicaid beneficiaries. Represent Payton you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members all represented Miller is not feeling well can't be with us for a few days and I'm sure you covet your prayers this bill came to public health without opposition it expands the background check for in home care givers there's some state databases that keep track of some child some people that mystery children as care givers or adult and this just expands background checks to include making sure that somebody's not on those two registries I'll try to answer any questions if you have a otherwise I appreciate a good vote. Represent Payton as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Payton is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen twenty seven prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. Ninety six J. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen forty three. House Bill fourteen forty three by representative Bentley to amend Arkansas law related to the management and sale of tax delinquent lands by the commissioner of state lands. President Bentley you're recognized explained bill. Alex is a very simple bill brought to me by the land commissioners opposite it gets resume outdated language allows them to do a publication online that they were mailing out a quite an expense so that any questions I'd appreciate a good vote. Thank. Represent Bentley's explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Bentley's close for the bill's question before the House is passage of house bill fourteen forty three the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen sixty eight. House Bill fourteen sixty eight by representative Jett to create independent tax appeals commission act. Representative Jett you're recognized explained bill. He was Speaker college this is the tax appeal commission bill that we worked on problems last past star last session Senate brought it down to the house towards the end of last session just could not that so many problems to get out the house since then we started going back and take a look at it trying to get we get the situated so what this really does is right now if you appeal with D. F. and I if you have a taxes you bill definitely you go to back to a different a hearing and appeals commission what and so if I here's over the last several years ever since I've been down here there's been a push by the business community the Silas's really does make sense to us if I comes in audits us so they're the fourth mechanism and then we have to peel back to the FAA so there the judge and I get the the jury so over the years people will actually want to do it like a true independent away from the oven right to appeal their tax issues and tax problems if you will so what this bill does says that a excess up into motion where there's a true tax appeal commission located inside inspector general's office in what in what it does is it the the the Bar Association the majority the Supreme Court and the Saudis CPA's they pick nine folks the gonna pitch out of those pool nine folks you governor picks three out of that nine folks they can serve two nine year terms as set on this commission and it's kind of like a quiet sigh administrative law court if you will accept this it's there will be a CPA there will be an account on the commission and they're going to be the the head commission has to be a CPA analyzing attorney they all have to work inside the tax business world at five in the last ten years DFA's said when I scored this it was about to take them estimated with inside their their program on hearings and appeals the estimated this be like a two million dollar hit to the budget what they what they do not basically can compare this DFA because DFA has literally hundreds of other folks I can drop off of. Inside the this The New Commission or setting up here today there's nine folks inside the commission but DFA they have for that they they can actually literally go back to school as little as a hundred other folks to draw resources from so this is a two point five million dollar hit to the budget how will plan on paying for this is if you to college if you guys remember about two is you know we pass the pass through entity tax bill that action brought four point five million dollars back into the state although you know we're cutting taxes on the federal side fifty seven five million dollars on the federal side it raises four point five million so we're to take two point five that to pay for this Just a quick note also the second bill is coming from behind this this section is bill access the commission up and process the second bill is kind of like the sausage making to get that thing turned on so if you don't want to vote for the second bill you don't vote for this bill you'll vote for this bill don't go for the second bill I can't really get kinda go hand in hand with that all as the dentist answering questions. Thank you college president give up. Representative Jett is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Jett close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen sixty eight prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With ninety five Yeas zero Nays zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark read house bill seventeen oh five. House bill seventeen oh five by representative Jett to amend the law concerning the hearing an appeal of state tax disputes and to provide conforming change related to the creation of the independent tax appeals commission act. Isn't that you're recognized explained bill thank you miss Baker thank you colleagues for the first vote okay this bill is like I said this authorizes the hearings before the commission you just can't flip a switch and turned the sauce so this basically authorized and put in state statute how things will play out from this new independent Camilla appeal commission provides sunset date by hearings for the office of the pills and hearings so this thing last returned on twenty twenty one so in other words we're not will flip a switch because got people an appeal process right now it's not fair to them to have to go through a process DFA also have turn around go back to this new commission so it says it says a sunset date of twenty three and twenty twenty three. It also allows disclosure confidential taxpayers information to the commission you got access DFA's records before you can actually hear K. so state statute Arkansas to the tax protection act garden that not even as a term revenue tax I can pick up the phone and call not to want to be called if I did get represent land use tax records bounty Fund look at I guess but but you can't do that so we'll give a state statute to the to the the commission will do that the codifies a hearing process is this currently handled by the F. ninety it authorized taxpayers and if I need to see judicial relief from decision Commission and last but the law also authorizes in makes the this new commission published not individual taxpayers information but the hearing so another words like when my colleagues return Gazaway your hat takes on a tax case in he was go back and do some research and see the case he's got right now is is our history based on the hearings before the individual taxpayers information is not going to be listed on the website but just the overall case so that's kind of the bill anybody have any questions on this. Thank representative of. Represent Jett has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Jett is close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen oh five the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety seven yeah zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen forty eight House Bill sixteen forty eight by representative McKenzie to amend the law concerning the rights of incapacitated persons concerning temporary guardianship incapacity hearings and capacity determinations and to repeal the law concerning the rights of relatives represent mackenzie recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. So what H. B. sixteen forty eight does it is a guardianship reform bill this is supported by the judicial council and they've crafted much of the language in this bill so does a couple of things first of all and make some changes to the hearing process so when a judge needs to make a decision if somebody needs to be rolled incapacitated and therefore in need of a guardianship usually over there person and or their property. And make some changes for with regard to that hearing process it also establishes the ward's bill of rights and member states is started moving toward ward's bill of rights or Justin compass sing similar language recognizing that even though the bulk of our guardianships go well. Most guardians it's it's a labor of love they invest their time. They often invest their own resources and taking care of the board but occasionally a small percentage of these guardianships will go wrong they'll get off tracks usually the area of concern is the area visitation every now and then you might have a guardian that decides to maybe arbitrarily restrict communication between a loved one family member friend neighbor. And the ward so what this does is it puts in a there's already process here but it's up there on the bottom shelf so folks can understand how it works so says to the guardian if you're going to restrict communication between maybe or that maybe the you're the adult son caring for mom the ward you can tell sister you know what you can come see mom anymore. What you need to do is let her know this is why I'm restricting it and if you want you can request a hearing before the court also. Tell mom. This is why restricting the visitation but if you want you can request a hearing before the court and it's also letting the month having the guardian let the ward now I'll help you if you want to hearing all help you schedule it. Because obviously they've been ruled incapacitated so it's a number of things that that we're putting in place here to just trying to make it so that we're preserving the dignity. Of our words they are most vulnerable constituents. Recognizing that sometimes and when folks have a. A guardianship placed on them it's a tough transition they've lost some independence so we want to recognize that we don't want them to stop living and just existing we saw with COVID this last year how tough it is. When folks get separated from their loved ones so we want to make sure that we provide the best. Process here the reprise the least restrictive guardianship so the these folks these war to work their whole lives. Developing these relationships with loved ones that they continue to thrive and that they have value they contribute to other people's lives with those relationships with that I'd be happy to answer any questions. C. nine I would appreciate a good vote. Representative McKenzie is explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent mackenzie's close for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen forty eight where the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. I up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety five yeas or nays into a present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill seventeen twenty nine. House bill seventeen twenty nine by representative Bentley to amend the Arkansas milk stabilization board act to amend powers and duties of the Arkansas milk stabilization board and to set the price to be paid for milk produced and sold in Arkansas. Represent Bentley recognized explained bill. Colleagues in nineteen ninety one we had nearly a thousand areas in Arkansas we made had more than enough milk produce here to take care of every Arkansas family now thirty years later we have thirty one dairies we have lost ninety five percent of the dairies that we had here in Arkansas. We can't produce the milk and that milk here now to take care of Arkansas families were in a deficit state so we have to get milk shipped in here from other states. You asked me what will happen to that would lose ninety five percent of our dairies with the coop that we have here that should be taken care for dairy farmers bought out some other produces and became a monopoly now we have your regular prices for shipping your regular price is going to our farmers and we have lost nearly all of our farmers in most states with the set back and say oh well what the world we're going to do but in Arkansas just like we took care of our little are isolated in our our special pharmacist here are independently owned pharmacies we're gonna stand up and we're gonna make a difference and we're going to say enough is enough this practice is not going to go on any longer that's exactly what we're doing here with this bill we're saying we're not gonna let our little farmers go out anymore we're gonna stand up for me to make sure that fair pricing they get the price that they deserve does not raise the prices for any of our consumers it takes care of our farmers and is in the money that they should have and that's pretty much it in and I'm not sure if anybody has any questions I'll be happy to take a. Seeing none I appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Bentley is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Bentley is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen twenty nine prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. With eighty nine yeah zero Nays one present the bill is passed. Representative Hillman moved that we place house bill sixteen seventy nine on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark a member number one to House Bill sixteen seventy nine. Represent Hillman you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker I yes this bill came out of committee it's a clean up bill for the department of agriculture do the transformation of a lot of uh a changes and and names of different boards and commissions over there and after you got out of committee without a couple more changes that need to be made in it and that's what this the. Thank you. Represent Hillman is explained the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative films close for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption of amendment number one to House Bill sixteen seventy nine all in favor say aye. Those nay amendments adopted. Mr Clark read house bill fifteen sixty nine. Also fifteen sixty nine representative long term to establish the Arkansas fairness and cost sharing at. Represent Lundstrum you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. This bill is a specific bill and we can all identify with imagine you walk into your pharmacist and you pull out the coupon that you and your doctor have discussed the medication that you want to take and it's a specific type of medication and you lay that coupon on the counter. And you find out thank you plans not going to work and it's not going to apply to your deductible or to your insurance that the PBM is gonna put it in their pocket. That's not how coupons work anywhere else that's not how it used to work with this deal either this puts it back to the coupon applying to your insurance to your a deductible now it also if there is a generic drug that works instead the generic drug will go in place first it's a very simple straightforward way to do business the way we should do business in Arkansas with that I'll take any questions. The nine I would appreciate a good vote. Represent Lundstrum as explained bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Lundstrum is closed for the bill question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen sixty nine the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety seven yeah zero nays and to present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read house bill fourteen sixty seven House Bill fourteen sixty seven by representative Wardlaw to repeal the Arkansas Life one individual verification effort Corporation Act reserve Wardlaw you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Everyone is welcome to run these bills that takes things out of code this is one of those great chances so years ago they said this fund up and was totally voluntary and it was sent to raise money for exactly what the title says of lifeline individual verification NO one ever put the money in it and this is repealed that funding gets rid of a dollar code appreciate a good vote. President Wardlaw is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Wardlaw is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen sixty seven prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. About ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen oh three house bill seventy three by representative Fortner to require that casinos report gambling winnings the secretary of the department of finance and administration and withhold Arkansas income tax on gambling winnings. President Fortner you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr chairman of this the Bill I'm running for DFJ. House bill seventeen oh three adopts for state income tax purposes the provisions of current federal law requiring casinos to report and withhold gambling winnings. This doesn't impose any new reporting burden on the casinos they will just take the information that they're getting for the federal government and transferred on to. The state what this will do it will cause out of state gamblers which currently take their winnings and go home and promised to pay the winnings will be taken out and we will be assured of getting our taxes from the out of state campers I will attempt if you have any questions. To answer. I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Fortner explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent Fortner is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill seventeen oh three prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety yeas to nays and one president. Bill as passed Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen sixty. House bill seventeen sixteen a representative Holcomb to enhance economic opportunities in rural areas of Arkansas and to expand the options for constructing and operating motor vehicle racing facilities in certain rural areas. President Holcomb you're recognized explained bill. Thank you colleagues a thank you Mr Speaker this bill not only will enhance opportunities for rule Arkansas it'll enhance opportunities for every county in the state of Arkansas this is a bill and I were to ADD queue on and I work for the county judges subjugation it brings real revenue to some place that doesn't have any revenue also one thing I have thank you have to do is we help our state police get some of the street racing off the street is taking place right now what this bill does And short or actually if someone wants to raise open a racing facility and make application to the county judge certain county judges not going to put a racing simply where it's gonna be a nuisance for example in Jefferson County we have thousands of acres of north of the river that some of our farmers of offer to donate to which is that basically in the wilderness so they make application county judge county judge holds a public hearing after the public hearing aid determines whether it's okay to do or not he issues the permit in a permit it requires several things hours of operation the days of the going to operate also they have liability insurance and that's really it in a nutshell I think it's a good bill a good opportunity for a lot of places that have no revenue I'll answer any questions that you might have. Thank you I appreciate a good vote. President Holcomb is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Holcomb is closed for the bill the question before the House is a pastor house bill seventeen sixteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is 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 sixteen thirty seven. House Bill sixteen thirty seven by represented by to allow review of presidential executive orders to allow the Attorney General to review presidential executive orders into address implication of a presidential executive order under review. Represent Vaught you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker the tenth amendment of the United States constitution gives us the right to review under any other federal mandates passed down and this is just going to give us a way to review them and how figure out how we're going to implement them in our state so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representive Vaught has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House the passive house bill sixteen thirty seven per machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of seventy five Yeas three days and six present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill thirteen seventy three. House bill thirteen seventy three by representative Collins to amend the law to require that personnel of public safety answering points for dispatch centers that offer pre arrival instructions for emergency medical conditions be trained and telephone CPR. President Collins you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker so this bill would just make sure that we're training all or nine one one operators who offer pre arrival instructions to callers in telephone CPR I would telephone CPR is is if you're having a heart attack someone else called nine one one while you're waiting for the ambulance to get there the nine one one dispatcher can walk the caller through compression only CPR other research shows that this can and provide a two to three times higher chance of survival than someone who does not get this telephone CPR it's done in many places in the state most places but for those that don't currently do it we're trying to put in a minimum standard and raise our level training to save lives there's no fiscal impact to it we have free quality training modules that exists and the department of public safety intends that this passes to also create its own training all of the agencies and groups that are affected involved has signed off on it the department of public safety the nine one one board member to see management in the association of counties and thanks also to representatives Cozart and find and also or Lanny Fite and Senators Bledsoe and Rapert for co sponsoring this with us again the biggest thing is that uh will be able to help people survive heart attack with this two to three times higher chance of survival and I I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Purpose of Collins explained 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 thirteen seventy three prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine one present the bill is passed we're gonna pass over house bill thirteen sixty nine Mister Clark please read house bill seventeen twenty. House bill seventeen twenty by representative Dotson to amend Arkansas law concerning the review of newly elected laws in the adoption of required rules represent Dotson you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members house bill seventeen twenty if your call a couple years ago we passed a law that required all agencies once we promulgate a rule. Out of once we pass a law that requires promulgation of rules to get their rules adopted by January first of the following year or begin appearing on a monthly basis before the Legislative Council rules subcommittee and explain why they hadn't got it done yet. that proved to have some Good affecting getting those things done but it also bottlenecked some of the the rules from getting getting done timely fashion in particular one of the things was if if a rules under Adam active litigation did they have to come in continuously come every single month this bill addresses that fixes that problem moves the date back to June first and also sets up a monthly reporting process so they don't have to begin that walk of shame having not gotten it done until June first give them a little bit more time to get things. Done correctly properly but also continues to put pressure on them to get it done more happy to answer any questions. Scene and appreciate a good vote president Dotson is explain the bill would he would like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Dotson is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen twenty prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine one present the bill is passed members we're going to pass over house bill seventeen twelve. Mr Clark please read house bill seventeen thirty. House bill seventeen thirty by representative gene to amend the law concerning the capitol arts and grounds commission to amend the law concerning appointment of members to the capitol arts and grounds commission and to allow the promulgation of rules represent gene you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this of from the Secretary of State. Iran now has a or a Capitol grounds commission of ten members the main thing this does is the appointees and he has said before your term they serve at the pleasure of secretary of state also allows any changes rules to be promulgated and also it the. Leaves out the capital zoning district approving anything we do it once again this is just the architect part of the Capitol grounds is has nothing to do with monuments any questions. Create a good vote. Represent Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative gene is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill seventeen thirty prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark Bible ninety sixty eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill fourteen forty four. House Bill fourteen forty four by representative Bentley to repeal the adopted document program. President Bentley you're recognized explain the bill. Collins is a simple bill from the land commission's office against or to a program that they no longer do this given some outdated language thank you. President Bentley is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Bentley is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen forty four per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen twenty nine. House bill sixteen twenty number represented in a terminal law concerning warehouse facilities in north port authorities represent in it you're recognized explain the bill. Good afternoon Mister Speaker in Colleen's. I worked with the port of Little Rock on this legislation currently if a business wants to build a build or lease a warehouse. They have to go to a public beating process and testimony yesterday the director of the Port Authority explained to us that they lose business sometimes because some businesses do not want to go to the bidding proper public bidding process so this bill simply will allow the municipal authority to build or lease without going through a public process. I would like to thank my co sponsors representive wing. Senators Chesterfield and Ingram and I ask for a good vote out any questions. I think that's very good vote. President and it has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive in it is closed for the bill the question before the House. Is the passage of house bill. Sixteen twenty nine prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight yeas one day zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen thirty. House Bill sixteen thirty by representative Maddox to amend the municipal wastewater utility statutory requirement to be consistent with municipal water utility law. Percent Max you're recognized explain the bill thank you Speaker colleagues. H. B. sixteen thirty very straightforward bill is brought to you by the Municipal League currently two injured water rates the city needs to have one hearing but to change the server race the city must have to hearings by code this bill changes the number of required hearings to change the sewer rate to be consistent with the setting of water rates that is all that this build us again there's a municipally bill no no no opposition. We had a good vote. President Maddox is explain the bill would anyone anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Maddox is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty four yeas eight nays and one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen ninety nine. House Bill sixteen ninety nine by representative Watson to amend the Arkansas highway revenue distribution law it's amend the law concerning the distribution of how we revenue to county and city funds. Watson you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this legislation was brought to me by the Arkansas association of counties asking for codification or a couple of. Regulations. It amends the requirement it amends to delete the requirement for counties that received two million or more. In highway road revenues which is your highway turned back and also the severance tax to file an annual report concerning the use of the funds what is going to do is gonna codified it's going to delete that this legislation was passed in special language it was supposed to be a one year report it was codified the year later unbeknownst to the original sponsor of the special language this report goes to the L. R. and no one ever looks at them. All county budgets are owned or transparency dot org. All audit reports or whole leg on its website. This is a report that is not needed because of our budget transparency and legislative audit functions the public can still ask for any of this at the county level. If there are no questions I appreciate a good vote. Percent Watson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Watson is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen ninety nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety one U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed members were moved back to the yellow budget calendar represent gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling will pick up. Under house bills house bill ten eighty three. It's so security ministration this has no general revenue this is all federal funds. House bill ten eighty six part of Human Services secretary office the general revenues if it's flat it's in the governor's a balanced budget. And then house bill eleven eighty two which is the state lands commission it does have a difference of one percent of raises and colas for the employees he did not have this available when all the other constitutional officers came before the A. L. C. joint budget meeting in the fall so we're adding it in now but it's the same thing that anybody else that. Any questions all these three bills do I need to pull any of these three other batch. Your one voted for the bill emergency clause much bigger the Clerk read the bill third time. Mr Clark please read the bills house bill ten eighty three helpful ten eighty six house bill eleven eighty two. Where the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Voting on the bills emergency clauses. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero president. The bills emergency clauses are passed. Jean you're recognized. Thank you Speaker colleagues will pass over Senate bill sixty nine we will pick up a Senate bill one fifty six department of parks and tourism heritage of the General Revenue is twenty million been twenty million for years is flat most of this is us special revenue any questions on this. Create a good vote remember your vote for the bill Murphy called the Speaker the perk read the bill third time please read the bill Senate bill one fifty six per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill and the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety three eight zero nine zero president bill emergency clause or past president Jean you're recognized. Thank you Speaker Senate bill three forty five is non appropriation bill is the classification for the higher ed on all the codes we put their workers under we have to do this ever two years. Some of it comes from the personnel committee. Again there is no. Preparation and here any questions. Seeing none. Your voted for the bill number two calls Mr Baker read the bill for third time please read the bill for the third time Senate bill three forty five per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause or pass represent gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. This is a Senate bill four forty eight is come from senator Kim Hammer. What this probation does is allows fifteen million dollars for the project that being negotiated time off right now if the money if the highway department chooses to spend if they don't have to spend it they can spend some of it or none of it will come out of the highway funds. Any questions. Your one voted for the bill merger clause the Speaker of the Clerk read the bill the third time Mr Clark please read the bill for the third time Senate bill four forty eight per machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill an emergency clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty five Yeas three nays and one present the bill emergency clause are passed. Renewable back to the red calendar Mr Clark please read house bill fifteen seventy three. Also fifteen seventy three by representative great to amend the statute concerning procedures and to regulate the use of a procedure by licensed chiropractic physicians represent great you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. All right this bill had to mend the statutes concerning for cures and for a chiropractic physician so what this bill does is for main things. The first one in this the statute is already there so what I'm doing is just expanding on the statute Making a little more clear and and putting. some stricter boundaries in place I guess you could say the first thing is is that it the band's false communication by chiropractic procure it bans the giving of gifts to a chiropractic procure. And I'll stop there real quick and just tell you what a chiropractor curious had someone that's hired by chiropractic physician or chiropractor to essentially look through police reports and figure out who's been in an accident and who might need chiropractic services then they solicit that person that was in an automobile accident say Hey if you will go to this section such chiropractor will give you a gift card will give you this and you can only use this specific chiropractor and sometimes they represent themselves Just falsely and say that they if you know they work for an insurance company or you know you have to use this particular person so what I'm trying to do is just make sure that everything they do is not deceptive. The second thing that is in this bill is registration of the procure by the chiropractic physician and this has to be done annually and the information that we're asking for is the full legal name of the procure a copy of their ID and their address and phone number and if any of that information changes throughout the year they're supposed updated. The third thing is that the procure shall develop a training program for their employees so that their employees know exactly what almost like a script what it is that they are allowed to say legally in what they are not allowed to say legally and then they're also supposed to keep copies of solicitations on file for five years. The fourth and final thing that it does is of a like a violation section and any payments that are made the chiropractic physicians if they are found to be in violation of these subchapters is the return of the payments whether those are insurance payments or personal payments to the insurer or patient and it also makes its deceptive trade practice so that they can be dealt with appropriately not be glad to take any questions I know this is kind of a complicated bill. All right C. nine appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent gray's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President gray is close for the bill the question before the House is passage of house bill fifteen seventy three per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight three nays and to present the bill is passed. Sir Clark please read Senate bill one O. seven. Senate bill one O. seven by representative ought to create a computer science education advancement active twenty twenty one. Represent Vaught you're recognized explain the bill. Sorry Mr Speaker and thank you Mr Speaker I would first like to thank the Department of ad in the governor's office for working through some issues that they had in the bill that representative Tolland superintendents had brought forward and I believe that them all working together made the bill much better when I think back to whenever I was in school Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth We have party called T. boarding but it was on a typewriter. And it was not on the computer. And how far we've come today in the computer world who would have known a back whatever I was in school the most sought after jobs would actually be those computer jobs and that our kids don't just compete with Arkansas kids Texas kids Tennessee kids we now compete worldwide and and this gives our students an opportunity and our people at home an opportunity to grow what their economics in their own community once they graduate high school they don't have to leave they can stay home spend more time with their families and these courses do a lot more than just computers they work out problem solving that utilize and understand data they working can be a cybersecurity concepts and thinking through solution problems I think that's something that every student could use. There's a way. At. There's way more to talk about about in computer science and I actually have today and but what I want you to think about is the jobs that are available to our students through computers and this right here will give our students the opportunity to compete worldwide and I would appreciate a good vote. President Vaught is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill one O. seven per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty one the yeas five nays and six present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one forty seven. Senate bill one forty seven by representative Lowery to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the Arkansas opportunity public school choice act into amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the public school choice active twenty fifteen percent Lowery you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a bill from the Department of elementary secondary ed it clarifies the It makes more uniform from district to district the application dates for student to file for or students parents to file for an application to be able to leave a school that is either rated F. or is in class five intensive support they could do that from within the district if there is another school that they could transfer to if there is not another school within that district that is not an F. or in class five intensive support they can apply also to go to another school in an adjacent districts and this just clarifies the deadlines and also expands the number of ways that applications can be submitted for approval. Appreciate a good vote. President Lowery is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Lowery is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one forty seven per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty two yeas one nine seven present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill sixty one. Senate bill sixty one by representative Charlene Fite to amend various provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the college and career coaches program. President fight you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker the Arkansas career coach program was launched in two thousand and nine to assist middle and high school students in preparing for and successfully persisting in secondary education sees a postsecondary education employment or military service the Arkansas career coach program has continued to demonstrate success in producing positive outcomes for students. Access to the program needs to grow to assist education communities and the state to meet the desired goals for improving education attainment workforce development career coaches we used data from the local school districts online career planning system along with that the student focus details to assist students with career development and student success plans. This legislation also aligns with assets and Perkins focus college and career readiness measures these are strategically is designed to increase performance of students and the school districts are by the career coaches this legislation will support the Division of career and technical education and expanding as access to career coaches currently we have fifty nine career coaches serving thirty three thousand students and sixty school districts in thirty seven counties in partnership with seventeen community colleges. I'll take any questions. C. nine appreciate a good vote. Ferguson fight is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive fight is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill sixty one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety seventy eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one fifty nine. Senate bill one fifty nine by representative long term to amend the law concerning law enforcement agencies for private colleges and universities and to allow private schools to established in a in a point in institutional off law enforcement officer president Lundstrum you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. This bill simply adds three words a private school into the law and allows them at their own cost to add a police force in their part private school it's pretty straight forward with that I would appreciate a good vote. Representive Lundstrum has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive Lundstrum is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill one fifty nine per machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty seven Yeas for nine one present the bill is passed Mr Clark. Please read Senate bill sixty two. Senate bill sixty two by representative Vaught to amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning the right to read act. President Vaught you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this legislation is revision owning only extends the original timeline by two years for the educator to demonstrate proficiency or awareness in the science of reading and allows for a support plan if needed this time line as a result of the COVID nineteen and with that I would appreciate a good vote. Represent Vaught is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Vaught is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill sixty two prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two yeas zero nine one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two forty nine. In a two forty nine by representative Johnson to require earthquake safety drills in certain areas and to transfer the requirement to conduct tornado safety drills from the director of the division of emergency management to the Division of elementary and secondary education Ferguson Johnson you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this simply require schools that are susceptible areas for earthquakes as determined by the department of emergency management to have earthquake drills the way our schools currently have tornado drills in transfers that responsibility to desi as opposed to the division of emergency management happy to answer any questions. Senate appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent Johnson is explain the bill we would 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 passed to Senate bill two forty nine per the machine Mr Clark. Is 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 Senate bill two sixty four. Senate bill two sixty four by representative Johnson renaming the correctional school system operated by the Division of correction the Arkansas correctional school district president Johnson you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this simply remains the school system operated by the correctional system the Arkansas correctional school district presented about thank you. President Johnson is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent Johnson is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill two sixty four per the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four yeas one eight and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read Senate bill two thirty two Senate bill two thirty two by representative warned concerning mandatory contributory member designation for employees under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and to declare an emergency percent worn you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues Senate bill two thirty two is just updating teacher retirement statues to be in line with teacher contracts today it extends the number of days allowed for certain employees professionals food service and bus drivers to work and still be non contributory to the retirement plan which results in lesser benefit at retirement it ties to the number of days students are at school. Which is a hundred and seventy eight and the required number of days for training which is six for a total of a hundred eighty four days so hundred eighty four days or less they can be non contributory above that they have to be contributory there is no cost to the to teacher retirement I would appreciate a good vote. Percent worn is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Percent worn is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill two thirty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill in the emergency clauses everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety three eight zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three forty four Senate bill three forty four by representative cloud two add an exception from nursing licensure to allow employees of the city or county detention center to draw measure go again or in someone from a person who is incarcerated or in custody. Represent cloud you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this is brought to us from the Arkansas association of counties and also the sheriff's association. What this bill does it allows the healthcare worker or the contracted health professionals for a county detention center or even the municipality to train someone to be able to draw up insulin or glucagon what this does it prove prevents the inmate from being able to do that themselves and purposely. Not drawing up the right amount and giving themselves and get out of jail card free. Stuff that's in the lead take any questions. R. J. 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 the passage of Senate bill three forty four per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety five Yeas one nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one eighty nine. Senate bill one eighty nine by representative Johnson to amend the assessment fee and program on medical transportation providers within the Arkansas Medicaid program and to declare an emergency person Johnson you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this bill simply allows our emergency air ambulance services to participate the upper payment limit supplemental program that's already established for non emergency transfers now in addition to the emergency transfers I'm happy to answer any questions. C. nine appreciate your vote thank you represent Johnson is explained 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 Senate bill one eighty nine prepared machine Mr Clerk. You voting on the bill in the emergency clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill twenty two. Senate bill twenty two by representative Johnson to amend the application process for certification to practice as north on a consistent with on a prosthetic assistant or prosthetic assistant represent Johnson you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker this bill just out dates the certification requirements for without a consistency in prosthetic assistance to reflect the changes in training that happened over the last few years that are and to make it more current not be happy to answer questions. The numbers here to vote thank you president Johnson's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Johnson is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill twenty to prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety four U. eight zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two forty. Until two forty by representative called into a mental all concerning municipal domestic sewage treatment works and to declare an emergency sent Coleman you're recognized explain the bill. Senate bill two forty kids concerns nonmunicipal domestic sewage. It's a short bill and it's simpler than it reads. This bill add systems operated by a public facility border public water authorities as exceptions to nonmunicipal domestic sewage treatment works and patient mission code to permanently include existing special language into the code so that it will not have to be repeated special language each year freshen a good vote of any questions. Thank you. Represent Coleman is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Coleman is closed for the bill the question before the House is passage of Senate bill two forty prepared machine Mr Clerk. Leding on the bill in the emergency clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety three A. zero nine zero present the bill an emergency clause or pass Mr Clark please read Senate bill three thirty three. Senate bill three thirty three by representative McCollum to amend the law concerning the lawful display of a license plate integrating exemption allowing certain devices to obscure license plate. Semicon you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker thank you colleagues this bill makes it so you don't. So you have the ability to have a bike rack behind your vehicle and even if it obscures a license plate that you will be cited for thanks. Person McCollum is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President McCollum is closed for the bill. The question before the House is passive Senate bill three thirty three prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty three yeas five nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark please read senate bill four nineteen Senate bill four nineteen by representative Jett to amend the law concerning the collection depositing use of gas assessment fees to designate certain gas as movies as general revenue to new into the clan emergency represent Jett you're recognized explain the bill Mr Speaker college this is the for happy meals as put on of gas assessment we run this bill every two years is accepted practice within the gas industry to raise about one point eight million dollars in this session because generally this session the money's going to go to the meat packing program that we passed out of this chamber but two three weeks ago that I appreciate a good vote. Represent Jett is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Jett is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four nineteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. Has everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety one Yeas three Nays zero present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three thirteen. Senate bill three thirteen by representative Johnson to transfer the great River Road Division into the tourism Division of the Department of Parks heritage tourism. Ferguson Johnson you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill transfers the great River Road division and the tourism Division of the Department parks heritage tourism. Percentage of that thank you. President Johnson's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Johnson's close for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill three thirteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eight yeas to nays and zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one eighty four. Senate bill one eighty four by representative Tosh to repeal the Arkansas pawnbroker act. Representantes you're recognized explain the bill. Mr Baker college this bill was established in twenty seventeen matter of fact I was one to read the legislation to establish the pawnbrokers association to give them the opportunity to kind of help regulate drone industry that was that this was part of the request at that time they were under related Arkansas law enforcement training academy since then they've been transferred under the transformation they would to the department of labor here's the problem on the Senate in the Senator there was looking at a lot of these boards and commissions that have become an active this particular board here as I said I helped establish it myself in twenty seventeen they have not met in four years they've had two meetings and that was right after they were established they have no mediation may mandates of those meetings the president of that commission has even written a letter stating that that the this commission needs to be abolished so it's just one it's on the books that we need to do away with the as for twenty seventeen I gave him a chance and so they decided not to meet or take care of business so it's time to abolish it Commission with that I appreciate a good vote I'll take any questions. Represent love for what purpose question your. Thank you Mr Speaker representant Tosh so does this and does this mean it they're still being regulated by the department of labor or the. Yeah they they will go ahead I'm sorry are we a violation that that mechanism for regulation okay they are the the pond pawnbroker industry is heavily regulated under us I believe it section twelve and eighteen of the criminal code and so they're still heavily regulated this was give them the opportunity to do something for themselves without the State having always continue regulated they chose not to so that that's all this duties doing away with an inactive commission. Say no further questions appreciated appreciate a good vote thank you representantes is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representantes is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed to Senate bill one eighty four prepared machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety two U. A. zero nine to present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one eighty five. Senate bill one eighty five by representative Lowery to repeal obsolete language concerning the administration of the Arkansas home inspector registration board. Percent Lowery recognized. To explain the. The Maddox you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues actually ran that bill regularis names on it I did it it is a true clean up bill it merely just remove some obsolete language so that's the type of bill we like and I'm that's all it does is you saying I appreciate a good vote. Represent Maddox is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Person Maddox is closed for the bill the question before the House is a passage of Senate bill one eighty five per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety four Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four sixty five. Senate bill four sixty five by representative Jett to extend the sunset date for the Arkansas medical marijuana special privilege tax act of twenty seventeen and to declare an emergency represent Jett you're recognized to explain the bill. I am a Speaker college what this bill does extends the marijuana come. Medical marijuana special privilege tax of twenty seventeen to July first of twenty twenty three and that money goes to UAMS national Cancer Institute destination trust fund but that money going to raise about thirteen million dollars that we put twelve million dollars of that and to the to the intense see I what that does is once the UAMS kisses certain designation from the national level it lets people of gold has cancer take treatment at UAMS on experimental basis much like what you go to MD Anderson K. the Mayo Clinic and some of those places so I know what time of extending sunsetting attacks get that part of it but also just no one this vote that we're actually funding the UAMS national cancer cancer institute so with that I'm sure the amis spokesperson good vote. Represent Jett is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative Jett is closed for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill for sixty five per machine Mr Clerk. You're voting on the bill in the emergency clause. As everyone voted. Everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. I voted seventy six yeas eight nays and six president. The bill an emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two eighty one. Senate bill two eighty one by representative Gonzales concerning representation of a corporate or business entity in a claim or action filed with the state with the Arkansas state claims commission. Ferguson Gonzales you're recognized explain the bill I miss Baker I know some of you are probably questions a bill as soon as you also need to monitor center garner's name on it this is actually good bill comes from a claims commission. If any. Be glad to answer any questions or try to. Present your vote. Observing Gonzales explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Gonzales is close for the bill the question before the House is past of Senate bill two eighty one per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Has everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four U. A. zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three oh five. Senate bill three oh five a representative Holcomb to amend the award procedure for public improvement contracts. President Holcomb you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues this pretty simple bill it increases pressure over construction bids for a four stage proceedings for schools and for counties from thirty five thousand fifty thousand increases the construction projects fifty thousand actually align the engineering thresher we had for the last and contract requirements and the bid threshold all at fifty thousand it'll promote deficiency is save time and money and in a keep some of the small counties that have to put out bids for six or seven weeks not to get a better some places hard to even get a better for fifty thousand dollar project it's not a big project nowadays so you I think it's good bill it's agreed on county judge is working hard thanks good bill I appreciate a good vote on thank. Represent Holcomb has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Holcomb is closed for the bill the question before the House is passed in Senate bill three oh five prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of eighty one Yeas six nays and three present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four hundred. Senate bill four hundred by representative gene to clarify the law concerning the time for submitting a protest of the Arkansas procurement law president Jean you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Colleagues. This bill just clarifies one statement. Right now you're all have fourteen days to challenge the procurement. With this all this does is add a calendar date with a fourteen day start any questions. Create a good vote. Represent Jean has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative gene is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill four hundred 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 Mr Clark please read senate bill four one. Senate bill four one by representative gene to amend the Arkansas procurement law to make a technical change and to amend the law concerning the approval of cooperative purchasing agreements represent gene you're recognized explain the bill thank you Mr Speaker. Senate bill four one what this does is correct a wrong code that was put into the the code it replaces nineteen eleven oh five oh six which was the wrong and put in nineteen eleven two sixty five us all this bill does any questions. Appreciate a good vote. Represent Jean is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Jean is closed for the bill the question before the House is pass the Senate bill four 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 Senate bill three eighty six. Senate bill three eighty six by representative love to amend the law concerning retail water providers and related services. Percent love you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker calling in the ninety first General Assembly we passed at ten fifty six the commission a task force to study water providers this task force brought together multiple stakeholders from state agencies to major water providers as well as World War rule water providers in elected officials. From this task force there were sent there were a set of recommendations put forth in Senate bill three eighty six as a result of some of those recommendations I'm just going to provide just a little background. In Arkansas there about six hundred municipal water systems in there are more than half of those water systems do who do not have the necessary funds to provide long term maintenance. With those systems. As a result the state of Arkansas has been providing grants to those systems in order to repair in or even in some cases replaced in. Colleagues when we looked at several studies from EPA and others and other agencies it shown that there was some. Hundreds of millions of dollars of deferred maintenance for the systems with very little. Or no source to pay for these maintenance this maintenance except for the state of Arkansas. And we can look at this year's events with the winter storm and conclude this is not an issue this is the issue that we must deal with we must stop kicking the can further down the road. So three eighty six lays out a comprehensive plan to deal with this issue. Thank you the end of the bill Stamos provide efficiency and service as well as us to stability in fiscal management of water and municipal assistance in a nutshell. Three eighty six does three things. Number one it requires great reviews for systems set out. On a time line to get these right reviews done. This enables the system to determine their needs. The long term plans in the cost. Number two before the system can come to the State of Arkansas to get assistance it requires a system to make a good faith effort to raise the rates on their members this way. The state of Arkansas and ultimately taxpayers are not footing the bill because these water systems refused to raise the rates when there are uses. Number three it addresses the training of members to sit on municipal water boards just like any other boards members need to be afforded the opportunity to receive training on the aspects of running systems efficiency efficiently and effectively especially as it relates to fiscal management. Members. As we discussed in committee. Three eighty six is a perfect bill. No COS. The bills go such ensure we can provide water and efficient manner as well as ensure the fiscal integrity of these systems Senator Clark Senate bills the only thing the cost more than water is not having the ability to provide water to our citizens and with that I'll open any questions and I would appreciate your bill represent Wardlaw for what purpose since you're recognized the representative love there's no task force in this bill right no continuation or anything no Sir well hold on there there is and there is When you begin to look at the bill and I think it's on page or a. The new look at it. There's not a continuation of the task force but there are some members this set forth the training for for the municipal water systems in this the task force that really is the members that made of the task force you're still there to insure the training for these systems follow. So there it's setting up a new. Council or committee or its ties for sale for the purpose in this is for the purpose of training so this and now we discuss this and this is one of the We would like to speak for the bill represent Boyd you're recognized speak for the. Thank you Mr Speaker sorry for the confusion there I was on the water provider task force in twenty seventeen I just wanna say this is a very important bill the only disappointment I have is that we're just now getting it towed in this session but it's important to a bill to protect and keep our water infrastructure up to date with that said I appreciate a good vote thank you. President Boyd spoken for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Percent love. You're recognized close for the bill. Members are just like to say one thing that this bill is important because we make we need to make sure that the systems are running efficiently and effectively and I appreciate a good vote thank you. President of love is closed for the bill the question before the House is passive Senate bill three eighty six per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety yeas three nays and to present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read senate bill four sixteen. Senate bill four sixteen by representative brought him in the Municipal Aid Fund to distribute Municipal Aid to newly incorporated municipalities into declared emergency. President bro you're recognized explain the bill. That. Our colleagues this is a law we Sullivan a problem hearing holiday island which is. Which is the new is sitting in the State of Arkansas as of this past December but we pass this bill. And they get turned back funds that's what this much needed right here in this case. And looking for favorable vote thank you. President Breaux is X. explained the Bill. We would like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. President Breaux is closed for the bill the question before the House is passing Senate bill four sixteen per the machine Mr Clerk. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. As everyone voted. As everyone voted cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety six C. A. zero nine zero present the bill emergency clause or pass Mr Clark please read senate bill four fifty six. In a four fifteen fifty six by resented Lanny Fite to amend the law concerning competitive bidding and purchasing procedures for counties municipalities represent fight you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill is a simple bill it raises the the bidding and purchasing procedures for the cities and the counties from twenty thousand to thirty five thousand also it places the CPI wanted in the future or that in the year twenty twenty five the CPI will control this going up and down I'll be happy to answer any questions. Being on a. Percent rate for what purpose question you're recognized representative fight could could could they set a lower threshold if they wanted to in an individual County. I would not think they would probably do that that would follow state law whatever state law is okay thank you. Richard. President fight is explain the bill would you would like to speak against the bill represent Gonzales you're recognized speak against the bill. I'm a Speaker I don't intend on coming down here speak against the bill today but this this bill so after serving on the audit committee city county local seeing everything that happens there you know lots and lots of abuse and cases were where they have the ability to spend money like this and the automatic increases just really concern me that happen every five years so I'll be voting no on I ask you to join me. Gonzales has spoken against the bill we would like to speak for the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. President fight you're recognized to close for the bill. Representative thank you Mr Speaker representative ray I misspoke city or the county could pass an ordinance at lower rate if they is that they wanted to. Okay thank you very much. Represent fight is closed for the bill the question before the House is a passive Senate bill four fifty six prepared machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of seventy four Yeas fifteen days and three present the bill is passed. Representive Meeks for what purpose motion place you're recognized after the announcmenet trading with 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 finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee reports I move that we adjourn until one o'clock on Monday afternoon that's a proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes. Members before before we take up the individual announcements just a reminder next week will be working Monday and Tuesday then we'll take the remainder of the week off and returned the following Monday I would anticipate that shortly there likely will be a resolution filed to proposed extending the session by a matter of weeks it not months but weeks so I'm just sharing that with you because I know some people are concerned about being able to get their bills through but I would still encourage you to continue to work hard talk to the committee chairs if there any issues as far as scheduling goes please let me know I also also anticipate that whether it's in the proposed resolution on the extension or soon thereafter that will be filing something with regard to whether we recess to then take up redistricting so I just wanna put that on your radar so that you can be aware I know there's a lot of questions about that particularly as we head into a short week next week all right. Resent Fortner for purpose announcmenet you're recognized rather than tax will be meeting in room one fifty one in the fifteen minutes under the exquisite leadership of chairman Joe Jett. Represent Smith for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized. House Judiciary meets ten minutes upon adjournment in big mac a. Represent Ladyman for what purpose announcmenet you're recognized public health meeting ten minutes maxi. Represent Lowery for what purpose announcmenet recognized the exquisite house insurance and commerce committee will meet Monday morning at nine thirty. Representative warned what purpose announcmenet you're recognized. Public retirement will meet Monday morning at eight thirty and big mac a Monday this coming Monday in the following Monday will be our last two meetings if you have a bill that you have filed and if not talk to me about it please do so so that I'll need to sign make plans for you to run that in the next two weeks. Represent Vaught for purpose announcmenet you're recognized ACT will meet Monday at two o'clock or after session. Any other announcements. The desk will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion The Addams named in the adjourn resolution the house will be