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Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. One please stand putting those in the gallery center Gilmore Scalise. Members this spring. How we father lord we just thank you for who you are we thank you for showing us your majesty of the lord every day and we thank you for that we pray that you would be with this body give us wisdom help us to do what you would have us to do I pray that we would clearly go about the people's work in a way that only you would have us do it we thank you for what you're going to do again we pray for wisdom we pray for our state we pray for a nation that you would bless it and using we pray amen amen. Why. In which it stands one. Any announcmenet this. Sturch Sullivan and you have announcmenet no Senator Irvin yelling out any announcmenet. Any items to be read across the desk. Mr president will your committee on enrol Bills to whom was referred Senate bill five by Senator sample Senate bill one seventy by senator garner senate two twenty five by Senator Blake Johnson Senate bill two sixty three by Senator Hammer Senate bill three O. one by Senator Sullivan said bill three seventy nine by Senator hammer Senate bill three eighty by Senator Hammer compared the enrolled copies with the original find same correctly enrolled at nine forty five AM delivered to the governor for his approval. Where your committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill one forty by Senator Dismang compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill two thirty four by Senator Rapert compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed John Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill three forty six by Senator Rapert compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred senate bill four seventy four by Senator Beckum compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred Senate bill five twenty one by Senator Davis compared the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill ten twenty one by representative cloud compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Education Committee on west Bills to whom was referred house bill eleven seventy seven by representative Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed okay Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill thirteen twenty one by representative Gazaway compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed Judiciary Committee on engrossed bills to whom was referred house bill fifteen forty eight by representative Penzo compare the engrossed copy with the original find same correctly engrossed public health. We are a committee on city county local to whom was referred senate bill four seventy three by Senator Irving recommend to pass as amended number one counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill twelve twenty eight by representative Johnson recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill fourteen forty eight the representative Hudson recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill sixteen thirty eight by representative Fortner recommend to pass. Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill sixteen fifty six by representative Christiansen recommend due pass counted Committee on city county local to whom was referred house bill fifteen ninety three by representative Gazaway recommend to pass as amended number one. Counted. Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate resolution seven by Senator Clark recommend to pass calendar Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill two ninety five by Senator Flippo recommend to pass as amended number change. County Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate bill one fifty two by Senator Hammer recommend to pass as amended number to call Committee on Public Health to whom was referred Senate house bill ten sixty nine by representative Pilkington recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill eleven thirty four representative board recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health to whom was referred house bill eleven thirty five a representative board recommend due pass counted Committee on Public Health whose house bill eleven ninety eight representative Penzo recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health to is for house bill twelve fifty eight or representative Johnson recommend due pass counted. Committee on Public Health chain was referred house bill twelve fifty four by representative Wardlaw recommend to pass as amended number two out. Committee on transportation to whom was referred house bill sixteen fifty seven by representative Christiansen might recommend due pass counted Committee on transportation was referred house bill thirteen fifty five a representative Dotson recommend to pass as amended number one counted. Senate bill five thirty eight by Senator Leding to create a public house permit for the on premises consent conception of alcohol beverages Senate bill five thirty eight. Senate caliper Senate bill five thirty nine by Senator Davis to amend the law regarding the payment of wages and to establish parameters regarding the because of the payments by employers and a five thirty nine. Okay signify forty by Senator Davis to specified terms regarding termination by agreements that a contract of employment for public school district superintendent shall include single five forty. Education it's about five forty one by Senator Teague to amend the law concerning signs designating the birthplace of the Boeing nine Arkansas heritage sites Senate bill five forty one ACT cultural symbol five forty two by Senator Dismang to amend the law concerning the duties of the State Highway Commission Senate bill five four forty two resolution some of five forty three by Senator Wallace to amend the law governing the income tax credit for waste reduction reuse or recycling equipment and to amend the definition of qualified specialty steel products manufacturing facilities Senate bill five forty three the new tax senate five forty four by Senator Rice requiring a person in the custody of a correctional facility to use funds from federal relief or stimulus programs to first pass standing fines fees costs or restitution and clear margins a single five forty four. Judiciary. I think before we go to Senate bills Senator Hester it's not. You're getting a vendor for he's not here so we're going to move on this business agenda Senator Clark to talk. Sure. You also get the first bill. Thank you governor I just want to recognize today's doctor of the day doctor allow Burdine who's the general surgeon and transplant surgeon here in Little Rock of course the nurse of the day Brenda Hughes. We will do the to Senate bills for a third reading Senator Clarke Tucker is going to be handling SP one ninety six instead of Senator Solomon. Thank you governor This Is Senator Solomon bill sarm sermon. Senate bill one ninety six by Senator Solomon Senator Tucker two men the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven and to amend the awarding of attorney's fees under the freedom of information act of nineteen sixty seven Senator Tucker thank you governor This Is Senator Solomon's bill that we worked together through committee and I've worked on this with them and so I was going to present this on the floor this addresses the award of attorney's fees and freedom information act cases and it closes a little gap under the current law you can recover attorneys fees if you prevail in court but what we have found sometimes that someone might make a for your request then filed suit and then right before they get to court or the judge rules then the responding agency will produce some of the documents that were requested and that really gets them out of having to award attorneys fees even though the the citizen had to hire a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order really to get those records and so what this does is it closes the loophole and it says that if after filing suit. The person who requested the records has obtained from the defendant a significant or material portion of the public information then you're entitled to fees unless the court finds that the position of the defendant was substantially justified so and that's what the bill does one of the amendments that we work through is that we clarify and section one which is a do not codify section that this will not affect any litigation that was existing before this bill were to be put into effect so that's what the bill does that be happy to take any questions any questions or wish to speak against her for. Centers closed. Any objection role in the vote. Please roll Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to vote or change their vote Senator Irvin is no. Anyone else cast of the ballot thirty four Yeas one day the bill is passed transmitted the House before we go the next madam secretary just want to confirm we don't have anyone who is joining us or is supposed to be joining us virtually correct just making sure okay Senator Leding. Senate bill two thirty two by Senator Leding concerning mandatory comparable contributory member destination for employees under the Arkansas teacher retirement system and declaring an emergency Senator Leding in this bill has an emergency call centre Leding thank you president colleagues currently a teacher who is under contract for a hundred eighty one days required to contribute to the Arkansas teacher retirement system that threshold was set back in the nineteen nineties the current average contact contract these days for about two hundred and ninety days so all we're doing is we're bumping up the contract length from hundred eighty one two hundred eighty five days and this will allow pair professionals food service people bus drivers special education teachers to have a few extra paid training days at the start of the school year without having to become contratuais I do have been required to contribute to the system we work with the Arkansas teacher retirement system on this bill there's no known opposition I appreciate senator Hammer and representative Les Warren shepherding this to the committee yesterday my absence I appreciate a good vote any questions anyone wish to speak against for centers close any objection on the vote these rules. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to vote or change their vote. Senator was. Cast a ballot thirty five Yeas zero nays bill is passed where she clause is adopted transmit to House Senator English. Senate bill two thirty five by Senator English remember versions of the Arkansas concerning technical and vocational education Intermin provisions of the Arkansas code concerning alternate retirement plans Senator English. Thank you members of the B. for transformation the Department of career and technical education was housed with the larger department of career education once transformation came about career and technical education for K. through twelve went to the department of education so these in here on this bill it basically just change things around to reflect that the Department of career and technical education is under the department of education. Any questions anyone we speak against four centers close any objection rolling. These rules are. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Anyone wish to vote or change their vote Senator and hi. Cast a ballot thirty five Yeas zero nays bill is passed transmittable Senator Irvin as B. three oh nine senate three on nine by Senator Irvin to amend the requirements for coverage for all. Kalac rectal cancer screening. I have got four Senator Irvin yes this this is a bill about calling a rectal cancer it's a difficult word sometimes a state but what this legislation does is it brings Arkansas online with the American cancer society's recommended guidelines and national standards for colorectal screenings by lowering the screening age from fifty to forty five and I believe that this will save hundreds of lives every year across our state and we have I have worked with insurers including Blue Cross blue shield that add to ensure that by lowering that age from fifty to forty five that the colonoscopy will continue. Second place. Sign serves got the floor and with no cost share to the consumer and with this with their input this bill will provide the increased coverage at forty five just like their exams are currently covered at age fifty so also as you may know. Service please continue. Some members. There's a lot of people that died of colon cancer there's a lot of people that survived colon cancer we have one amongst us. And he's my friends. And I am so glad and blessed that god provided. The opportunity for Lance Eads to be a survivor. Because he's going to come and speak on this bill in support of it because he's a cancer survivor of colon cancer. And I appreciate his bravery and I appreciate him being a survivor telling his story. My grandmother died of colon cancer. My and friends. And. Desiree griz walled Auster has been last year to calling cancer. And so this legislation is before you can read it lowers it lowers the age from fifty to forty five but it deserves our attention it deserves our attention because this is a policy that's actually going to change things and help save lives this is this is a bill that's actually going to be good effective policy to make sure that people now started at the age of forty five are going to be able to have those screenings and have them paid for and then have the follow up colonoscopy also paid for and covered under their insurance which is going to prevent a lot of headache and heartache down the road and a lot of financial problems for that family and for that patients and so you know it's incredibly important that we understand and that we speak for any of those that are out there listening that if you get a screen name then your chances of surviving colon cancer is ninety percent you have to have early detection you have to get the screenings you have to go to your doctors and you need to get these exams because if they find it early enough they will be able to save your life and you will be able to beat the cancer. You know I know people that are young and as young as twenty one years old that hi Colin Oscar bees that have had polyps removed from their Collins. So this is unfortunately a very very important topic and I do appreciate the attention that you have given me on this piece of legislation and with that I'll answer any questions. I Mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president. Service two years ago. my wife my daughter and. You need to go get a colonoscopy. And I said fine and I had a friend that was a Sir doctor is escaping me out internal medicine. And I made the appointment and I called my insurance company at that time I was paying thirteen twelve thirteen dollars a month. insurance. And I called and got the appointment and then they were working everything out and then they say oh and I got a concert you'll need to bring your copay of the seven hundred fifty dollars. And I just said hell no I'm not gonna do that now I shouldn't have done that but it is a consideration for a lot of people unfortunately I'm now Senator on the Arkansas. Health benefits program and I recently at the behest of the same women that are always on me to do the right thing. Had a colonoscopy and fortunately I did there's no cancer anything found but it made me think about how I put my life at risk over three hundred dollars hi Conforti the seven fifty I just decided more spending at that time I hope your bill or I'm really asking would your bill help stubborn type what people like me to go to some that might save their life. That is the question. I don't know if I can help your case. In particular you that You know what I think it's important that we understand that the American cancer society as well as the United States prevention and task force on prevention studies made the recommendation to lower the age from fifty to forty five and so it is important that our insurance companies follow along that recommendation nationally and that they do cover the expenses of the screening test and ask medical technology improves it's important that we have the ability for those patients who are paying insurance to be able to have those screenings paid for and covered under their insurance plans and then if there is a positive that there would be then follow up colonoscopy because yes it could save your life and you know if you can prevent that then you know you can save yourself from an extensive surgery and you know the risk of not being able to survive something that's absolutely survivable and you know that's my whole hope is that people will understand and put things into perspective we we can pass laws all day long but if a person doesn't have a perspective about what their life is worse to them and if you know six hundred dollars for an MRI that may be out of pocket is worth it for them then you know I think we need to do a better job of understanding financial perspective right because you might not think twice about spending I don't know six hundred dollars on something else and so. When it comes to Madison and when it comes to health care in accounts to technology that's available people need to understand. There are times where you have to spend the money and you need to spend the money on yourself and on your loved ones because then that means that they could be with you longer and you can't put a price on those days and you can't put a price on that time that you got with your loved one when they survive that cancer. Thank you senator thank you Mr president. Four centers closed the Senate for okay sorry about that. Senator is recognized speak for. Thank you Mr president calling you know I don't come down here a lot to speak on other people's bills for or against this something that I did feel fairly strongly about. I was diagnosed at age thirty seven with going cancer and because of when we I was able to catch it I'm still here and if I would waited any longer at all I'm and I would be speaking to you right now so well I did have to go through surgery and I did have to go through six months of chemotherapy. If this bill from moving from fifty to forty five eliminates that possibility for one person it's worth it to me and who knows the people that we've known maybe if they would've gotten screened a little bit earlier that might still be with us that if passed on because this cancer so it's very preventable death from this if they get the early detection early screening and I would very much love my colleagues to support this bill thank you. Thank you senator anyone would speak against for so so so for. Thank you Mr president. I hope you know if you ever wondered ever wondered why you put some off and then. Years later when it happens to you say well it's not only done that I wouldn't have to be going through this back in two thousand seven my dad had colon cancer. And the. I learned them by talking to the doctors it's two most preventable types of cancer or colon cancer and breast cancer. All you have to do it's a it's a very simple procedure but for the agony that and the change of life that my dad went through with having the colostomy and have to live with it which finally killed. this is such a simple simple thing that we we can do to prevent such a horrible thing are coming out of it so you know I can't imagine anyone voting against this but I just want to say it's something it's something that we can prevent we know we can prevent doctors of. Push this for many many years but sometimes we just put things off and put things off I've talked to friends and urge them to get one and they said well you know I just don't want to. I don't want to drink all the garbage and cultural that's such a small price to pay for saving your life and going through and having to deal with cancer so I just encourage you to vote for this bills good please let. You want us to speak on the bill for or against service closed. That members I do appreciate that testimony for this bill and and I ate I think it's important for any of those folks out there watching us that date we re emphasized to those folks out in the State of Arkansas to heed the he'd the warnings and get the screenings and get the examinations for preventive measures so that you can avoid having cancer ends so that you can be with us another day so I appreciate the the people that vote for this bill and I'm close for the. Hey everyone of a. Please Roman Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to vote or change their vote sermons I. Yes about thirty five Yeas zero nays bill is passed transmitted house or Clark. This year. Mr sorry appoint a personal privilege I know that I should have done this at the beginning but I was on and I was unavoidably detained leave for senator flowers I know it's late but she asked me for so I would ask that the body would grant her leave because it is not her fault. Dot objection. Sir Clark. Senate bill three forty nine by Senator Clark to just funding for public schools that offer certain types of reading practices interventions and curriculum not aligned with the science of reading and to create the education I'm on the congressman. Thank. Thank you Mr. The SP three forty nine is an agreed to bill of Stacy Smith with the form of education an audio one by a committee of you know of one of our foremost education advocates and volunteers in Arkansas help me present the bill yesterday. Of after first introduced it both this and S. B. three forty eight of Department education the governor's office approach me and of they really rewrote the bill and did a good job I might say. Of this it's two parts of the first part of. Requires that schools of. Have signs reading curriculum which there is now a list that will continually be updated on things I've requested for some time we know for a fact that science of reading works. and the and very generous time frame to be sure that they do that we've got a lot of money coming in from the federal government that will be a lot of that will be spent on curriculum will be sure spent the right way. Of it if they're gonna spend all reading and it's bill science of reading. Then the second part of the bill creates an ombudsman to help oversee and make sure that were Putting these reading initiatives in the place and also look for places where schools need help children are falling through the cracks secretary of the reports directly to the US secretary of the department of education this could go anywhere from preschool all the way up through college as for for the ombudsman may work I'll be happy to take any questions. Any questions Senator Clark St Chesterfield you're recognized for a question thank you Mr chair the three queuing system it's been around for a long time. Why are we banning it rather than making the of the the the the more prominent one but why would we just take away an opportunity to learn board children may not learn as well from the signs every. The the Stacy Smith a very good job an audit of our good job answering this question in committee yesterday. Of the three Q. system works very well for about forty percent of our kids which reflects our reading rates in the state of Arkansas about forty percent of the school science of reading is the motion of arsenal and and I'm not going to tell you that anything works for everyone even the science of reading does not work for everyone but it is the emotional personal closest to universal that we have and somebody can use three Q. alongside science of reading so it's not being and totally is not being totally but they have to have some reading but it is it can be used as a supplement yes because we had a lot of kids learn visually yeah that's what's troubling me is we have so many ways that children learn and become concerned when we say they can only learn this way no the that's the that's what we had done in the past and that's not we will see the sign to reading we know works for more kids and any other does pop FOR but we're not banning any other but we want to be sure the science reading is in place right and just for the record at one point we were eighty one percent reading literacy before the signs reading and I guess we have to be more deliberate would you agree and the fact that we must teach our children and teach them constantly yes thank you. Any other questions for senator Clark. Sing nine anyone who wishes to speak for against the bill for the bill senator mark Johnson. Thank you Mr president I appreciate senator Clark Arkansas heart on this we have kind of a I called the strange bedfellows group Senator Elliott center Chesterfield Senator Clark Senator English and a lot of us that really care about The reading issue and It's a one Senator Irvin I apologize the chair of education and I probably missed a couple of others out there And RT Allen Baltz mention one of the great advocates our state I have a daughter that was diagnosed with dyslexia not as a young person but as a sophomore in college. And she struggled with this she just worked harder and had people say well you're just lazy you don't really want to spend the time and all this and through my life I've seen how. This issue has involved. A and how we've learned so many things and one things we've learned is how the brain works and we have some brilliant scientists out there one that comes to mind Dr Tim Conway in Florida and he is worked with many states including The son of one of our state representatives is also involved in this issue of this is not. April this is something can be dealt with if the the young person and and not already problems are exactly the same. but by going through the process that Senate Clark's bill helps create we're just going to reach so many more kids and and more kids will be able to read you know K. three you're you're learning your rate fourth grade above your reading to learn as I've probably said this well more than once those kids that don't get it by the third grade a high proportion of those are the people is to seeing in productive life end up in department corrections and other things because they give up on the positive side of life so this is a great bill it it moves in the right direction and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Anyone else would like to speak for against the bill senator Chesterfield you're recognized to speak for the bill. For the. Thank you Mr chair ladies and gentlemen of the Senate Senator Joyce Elliott about the science of reading to this chamber years ago what is the date Colo rectal screening and all of this and I want to thank her for being the trailblazer that she is I am not opposed to the science of reading by any means but I am opposed to taking away other mechanisms to learn how to read and that's why my question was so important I want to clarify it we don't need to take away any opportunity for children because children learn in different ways if the science of reading is used and this child can use the three Q. method to supplement the ability to read and I don't want to throw it out I wanted my position clear on that we need the science of reading but we also need to recognize that all children will not learn using the science of reading and we should not throw away anything else that was my contention and I appreciate a good vote thank. Anyone else wish to speak for against the bill. C. nine senator July close we've got. Thank you chair. The I appreciate the point to center Chesterfield made of and to sum that up. What do we send kids to school if not to learn to read and whatever we need to do Wetherby the science of reading for the knee before queues with that be something three cues whether be something that we're not doing yet. We need to do what we need to to to teach history I appreciate all the volunteers audio one ball being the principal one but there are so many passion around the state that a fault of the to make sure that kids can read I was going to mention of both congressman Westerman when he was Majority Leader in the House it is so frustrating almost all of you know this feeling to know that you have and be ahead of the legislature on an issue of he brought this issue and did not get it out of house committee and it's amazing how far we've come Senator Elliott was the leader here and also on dyslexia when I when I didn't know if she knew what she was talking about or not and I appreciate a upon hearing it centers this bill is exactly right and I am thankful that when I was approached to and learned that I was a big part of that the center Chesterfield for course of it as a teacher Senator Irvin Senator English and I should also mention of both congressman Westerman and congressman Health can't tell you about the other two but I worked very hard subject very close to their to them and their wives of Martha Health insure Westerman both work very hard on the subject and I appreciate the mall of I glad that we continue to make practices that we continue to make progress we've got a long ways to go I appreciate a good vote. Senator Clark is close for his bill is there any objection rowing the boat. Say no objection and secretary please roll the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Any sandwich changeable Senator Irvin as I. Anybody else. Saying that I'm secretary please cast the vote though thirty forty eight zero names the bill has passed please transmit to the House Senator Garner would like to be recognized for motion yes Sir to please I wanna make a motion to port Senate bill eighty six on a public health for the purpose of moving to interim study as the athletic trainer bill talked to Senator Bledsoe about it we're taking that moving in our study so going to study in the interim there's. You've heard the motion to pull Senate bill eighty six and then put it into interim study transaction to the motion. All in favor say aye. Motion carries thank you senator garner when I take up Senate bill three eighty nine Senate bill three eighty nine. Senate bill three eighty nine by Senator Ballenger require public school to provide to parents or legal guardians prior written notification of and an opportunity to inspect materials related to sex education sexual orientation and gender identity Senator Ballinger you're recognized for that thank you Mr president all right this bill it just requires a school system to establish a program to actually provide parental notification if they are teaching sex education gender identity sexual orientation anything dealing with that subject and if it's outside of the the the standards set by the state so that it is essentially be if you're if you're teaching something about sexual education that applies to healthy say sex practices in your in a in a health class that actually is part of the standards than one apply but if it's something outside of the health class these would apply or you're teaching something on gender identity or sexual orientation you just have to notify the parents allow the parents to to inspect water materials your teaching on and and allow them to have the children opt out and then not hold them accountable as far as you know of a great score give them something alternative to work on I'd happy to answer any questions that's but that's pretty much it pretty straight for any questions for Senator Ballinger. Say no questions anyone who wishes to speak for or against the bill. St nine centers close for his bill and oppose preacher to vote centers close any objection to rolling the vote on this bill. Say no objection I'm center please roll the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. You senator wishes change their vote Senator Irvin is hi Senator Elliot is present. Senator Chesterfield is nonvoting or price president Senator Chesterfield Senator Tucker is president Senator Leding is press. Any other Senator wishes to change their vote. Senator who. Senator Ingram no. President Senator Ingram president. Any other Senator wishes to change their vote. C. nine AM secretary please cast a ballot the voter twenty ninety days zero nays and find present the bill has passed please transmits the House. But not take up Senate bill three ninety four. Senate bill three ninety four by Senator Irvin to amend various provisions of the twenty fifteen safety school act and to establish the Arkansas center for school safety of the criminal justices to mass ridge board center and you're recognized Centerville. Thank you members M. years ago after sandy hook Occurred I recall having a conversation with my friend who was a third grade teacher who. You know obviously we the whole world wish was just shaken to its core when that horrible incident occurred at sandy hook and my friend who was a third grade teacher said instead of my student asking me what's on the menu for lunch. Or when is recess the question was midshipmen where do we go and where do we hide if somebody comes and start shooting at us this is a question from our third grade students. And so that started my relationship with Dr Cheryl may with the criminal justice institute who I worked with to create and write the school safety act back in twenty eleven to twenty thirteen. So from that it has gone through several revisions and a lot of people have worked on this but at the end of the day what the piece of legislation has at in front of you is to creates at an update to this legislation that is based on the recommendations from the Arkansas school safety commission and that school safety commission was created by the governor after parkland Florida in twenty eighteen so the purpose of that commission was to advise the governor and to the department of education I'm on school safety across Arkansas so I'm at the request of the governor the criminal justice institute Arkansas center for school safety which was created as a result of my initial legislation they were directed to develop and to administer an extensive school safety assessment survey and I will like to say that over ninety seven percent of the schools responded to that survey which is tremendous that we had a ninety seven percent and put on the school surveys about school safety so what this legislation does is take those recommendations from that survey and puts it into a bill to ensure that schools are collaborating with local first responders in conducting audits in lockdown drills the completion of a comprehensive school safety audits using best practices every three years ensuring that schools share floor plans with appropriate local first responders recognizing the Arkansas center for school safety as a state school safety clearinghouse for training and resources that will assist public and private schools and implementing effective school safety strategies and assist public schools in meeting the requirements of the proposed legislation and also is providing youth mental health training for school counselors school resource officers and licensed public school personnel and implementing effective school re. Source officer programs and schools to not only protect mitigate respond to but also to help prevent violence in schools so this is a comprehensive overview of the legislation I'm happy to answer any questions I'm very passionate about this it's something that I've been I've loved working on and since that since that first day that I met doctor may and and so I I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Irvin. Saying no questions is there anyone who wish to speak for or against the bill. Senator Elliot like to speak for the bill. On the net senator Elliots recognized speak on the. Thank you and members I am not against this bill I think it is something that is very needed I just have a particular concern that I just want to be on the record and for more people in the education community to think about this bill by a compromise between the sponsor and the administrators association others it gives the S. R. owes eighteen months to get trained. I'm sorry. I'm sorry this is not the right bill okay our I will come back then I'm sorry I'll come back I'll come back thank you. Thanks. Anyone who is else which speak for against the bill. Senior center would you like to close for them yes Is Senator Elliot there is a second bill coming that she will speak on the bill that yes I. Thank you please vote for the bill. Those for a bill any objection rolling the vote saying no objection madam secretary please roll the lease record me and an I. Ballenger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace any senator who wishes to change their vote. Saying that ma'am second place cast about the voter thirty forty eight zero nine the bill has passed please transmit the House. I will not take up Senate bill four oh two senate four oh two by Senator Dismang to establish the Arkansas cultural institutions trust fund account status thank you recognized being missed resident members this creates a trust fund minister by the division of Arkansas heritage to support major capital improvement projects at Arkansas cultural institutions. Members we've got a lot of gyms around the state that just need to be buffed up polished a little bit in this bill is going to allow that to occur you can get that hot Department heritage the ability to prioritize and seek out those projects making sure that there is an economic impact of the can be realized and also see how much work is going to have to be done it really can just allows them to create a process I think is going to really help our communities and our tourism and and again we've already passed the preparation on this and I appreciate a good vote on the enabling legislation thank. Any questions for Senator Dismang. 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When I take a Senate bill four oh seven Senate bill four seven by Senator Irvin to require school district board of directors and local law enforcement agency to adopt a memorandum of understanding governing school resource officers and to require school resource officers complete a specialized training. Senator you're recognized thank you senator thank you members this is the second of which is kind of a companion to the other bill that Iran and what this does is it requires that there be a memorandum of understanding with the school with their local law enforcement which is very very important because you might have a school within a county jurisdiction or within a city jurisdiction and right now some do have memorandums of understanding some do not I think they all should because it's very very important to have clear dialogue clear communication about chain of command and you can see that language in this bill as to what those memorandums of understanding would require also and you have some situations where the school resource officer might be working for both the school and for the local law enforcement agencies so those roles and responsibilities of the school resource officers as well as the clarification of as of financial responsibilities need to be very clear between the two parties so and if you look in the bill also this allows for the department of education to promulgate rules and regulations and working with the Arkansas center for school safety on the memorandums of understanding so they're going to put together you know kind of a a a model I guess not memorandum of understanding that that we would like to see at put in place for our school resource officers I think it's really important for school resource officers to have appropriate training and that's the second part of this bill so as yes there is a we have in the bill eighteen months I think we preferred twelve months I think there are others that preferred two years and so eighteen as where they landed on that language and so but again that is training after they have been gone through the training. For a law to be a law enforcement agent themselves but we would say you know we would absolutely strongly advocate that training for school resource officer is very different because you're on a campus with kids And so includes a variety of things but one of the things that we want to make sure that it includes is youth mental first youth mental health first aid on so you can see that part of the bill there's also a requirement for a refresher course to to be Hill held after five years of initial training and then second the last part two is that a school a public school district superintendent or school principal he does have a school resource officer on their campus needs to also complete a one hour training because that employee is very different than the other employees on their campuses and how they interact and so I think it's very important for the people that are in charge of that school campus to else understand that new dynamic of having a school resource officer making sure that all works together so I'm happy to answer any questions this was a bill that was developed like I said in coordination with all the stakeholders to get us to a piece of legislation that was agreed to. Any questions Senator Irvin senator garner you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr president houses affect training command whenever there's a crisis situation school so how does it terminate if it's a school resource officer has jurisdiction whether to local police department is addresses some other part of the bill I was confused because I had a memorandum how that works it doesn't this bill does not determine the chain of command but what it says is y'all need to determine that and have a memorandum of understanding as to what that chain of command looks like and how you're going to effectively respond to an incident on that campus so it really says to the school district and to the local law enforcement agency with a house that jurisdiction and not like I said it could be a county sheriff's office or it could be the police offices cities jurisdiction or it could be a combination of both what we're saying is you need to have that dialogue on that conversation and you all need to have a memorandum of understanding so that's very very clear how that and unfolds in a response. Senate foreign recognize the follow up so if. The school district. Does the local PD and enter into a discussion and they can't resolve the issues of chain command the other things. Well the school with the school not be able to actually deploy a school resource officer because I didn't sign a memorandum that's my question is so if I'm working with PDSA no no we want jurisdiction by the law and we can't reach understanding and I don't signed a memorandum of the school board can I still have a resource officers that preclude me from doing that case there is that conflict. I think the objective of this is that it's it is it says shall enter a memorandum of understanding with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction so it's it's clear that a school district board of directors that accepts as a school resource officer shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement. Any other questions Senator Davis you're recognized for a question. Thank you. And Kerry is causing a school districts have their own police departments now and in the way that bill as written was for it it was designed to be just like higher ed how they can have their own police departments on campus so do they not like jurisdiction was already written into that law and so I'm just curious like how that impacts and school police department says they already have jurisdiction laid out and and if this is needed here do we think that it's needed with higher and. On campus you know because they they have the same law. Campuses and schools right I mean so what what again this addresses it doesn't it doesn't change if a school wants to do that what we're saying is there needs to be coordination. Because it's not just going to be the schools police department that's going to respond I mean if you have a shooting on campus it's not just going to be the school resource officer or the campus police department that's only going to be the responding law enforcement agents it's going to also be your your police or sheriff's office or whoever is within that jurisdiction that they are residing in and so what this bill does is that we're saying we need to have clear communication y'all need to communicate clearly so everybody knows what's the plan. So that we can all make sure we know what the plan is we know how this is going to be executed and that's going to print that's that's going to save lives and so that's that's really what the bill does it does that doesn't affect anybody's ability to you know to have a police department that's what they choose to do what we're saying aye you need to have some coordination with your local law enforcement as well. Any other questions. Any other questions. Senate anyone who wishes to speak for or against the bill. This is the one that senator Elliots. You wish to speak on the bill. Senator Elliot you're recognized. Thank you first of all I want to thank all of y'all for thanking me for making you feel so good by making a fool of myself so my service to you but I do want to speak on this bill in a serious way regarding the training It is a good thing when we have SROs in our schools and they know our kids and they know the culture of our kids and they know how to deal with kids but the cultural aspect is the thing that I'm most concerned about as I said yesterday in the committee itself. It is awfully tiring to the US for beyond the black person in the room. And always having to make this speech and I will say to you it is very tiring and how I wish more of us would even learn this are just speak up about it. Because it's not even fair for us to keep presenting things and talking about issues and have Senators Chesterfield or me or in this case I'm talking about myself because I'm just so tired of doing this but here is the problem that I want you to think about and that I wanted to be on record about for all the people who are making these decisions the sponsor and the administrators association did work together to change it from two years to be trained two full years to eighteen months that's a compromise. But I I think it is still way too long so my request and what I wanted everybody to think about doing especially so we don't end up continuing to see unless you've been support somewhere under a rock you've seen what's happened to black boys and girls in our schools with SROs and that is by no means every SRO but it is by every means too many boys and girls who have suffered at the hands of an SRO that I can't swear this is the reason but I know it's a big part of what goes on you don't know the culture of the kids you don't know how to be responsive to a child maybe with a disability or you don't know that when a child says something that is your responsibility to find a way to react because you're the adult and you should be trying. So might ask of people who are going to make sure your SROs are trained if you don't do anything else in the first month make sure they are trained with cultural competence because you can do that online there's no excuse for putting an adult and our schools who does not know about the culture of the kids he or she has work are working with so that's my S. the thing I want to say publicly. Be sure we have adults who know how to work with their kids I'm please don't take this lightly if you do get online and go look at somebody throwing a girl flat on the floor and stomping on her and that kind of thing. I don't want to look at it if you don't know what I'm talking about otherwise I do think we need this bill it is a good bill but it is lacking in that regard regardless of that attempt to compromise thank you. Senate has spoken on the bill anyone else who we speak for against the bill. Anyone else to speak for against the bills the nines Senator Davis got to give me more than that on the bill. Not only speak on it because I have questions but we're out of the question period so. My concern is that it does go beyond just M. jurisdiction it talks about and like in there in a year it has to include the process of selection for school resource officer the process for evaluation and and other things like there is a reason that we gave schools the ability to have school police departments and because they were arguing with cities over or over. When the police officers could be on campus so originally they were sort of borrowed right like the school would take a city police officer or county officer that would be and title the school resource officer in the school would help pay for it but then that city that city police department or the county could take that police officer off campus at any time and so then you are left without officers on campus even though they were school resource officer said there was a very specific reason for giving schools the ability to have their own police departments and also it allow them to hire maybe retired officers and so that we could have better training experience officers on campus dealing with kids and so I'm I'm just concerned that that the MO you is not just about jurisdiction but it's about and the process for selection of officers in evaluation which is something that we try to get away from originally when we ran that school police department bill the first time so those are just my concerns on it and I those questions came up after the time for questions so I just wanted to address those. Sentence is spoken on the bill anyone else wish to speak for against the bill. C. nine center would you like to close the. Thank you and I would just address you know folks the state you can be feel please feel free to reach out to doctor shall may and she worked very closely with all stakeholders involved in this and you did have some instances where you had and the financial responsibilities were not clearly delineated and you did have school resource officers to caught themselves in a situation where the school said well we're not gonna pay for that amount of time in the local law enforcement agency what we're not gonna pay for that amount of time and at school resource officer themselves was kind of caught in a in a catch twenty two so I do believe that this was a fully vetted piece of legislation with all of those regards I have been mentioned and I would just appreciate a good vote thank you. Centerman has closed for her bill any objection growing vote. Objection all right ma'am secretary please call the roll. Ballinger Ballinger. Beckham. Beckham. Bledsoe. Bledsoe. Caldwell. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. DISMANG. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. Flippo. Flippo. Flowers. Garner. Gilmore. Gilmore. Hammer. Hendren. Hester. Hester. Hickey. Hello. Ingram. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Leding. Page. Right. Right. Rice. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sturch. Sullivan. Taig our Tucker. Wallace. Senator is wishing to change their vote Senator Clark Is aye Senator bacon is present. Senator Flippo is by Senator Rice is by Senator Leding is hi Senator Ballinger is president Senator Bledsoe is by Senator Ingram is aye Senator Elliot is hi. Any center wishes to change their vote. Or. Caldwell is it time. Any of this. Say nine madam secretary please cast about. But the voter twenty ninety days one day for president the Bill pass past please transmit to the House. When I take up Senate bill four sixty nine senate for sixty nine by Senator Garner. To establish a process to review presidential executive orders to allow the Attorney General to review presidential executive orders and to address implementation of a presidential executive order under review center guarding recognized thank you for the under the bottom ministration we seen an unprecedented use of the executive order. In less than twenty four hours after taking office Biden issued fifteen executive orders more than the last four presidents did during the first two weeks as of today. Bein has issued more executive orders than any other president in recent history during that same time if you look at these issues that he's addressed it's a wide range of controversial issues such as promoting government intervention engineer identity Lessing border security and stopping the building of the wall allowing government funded abortion for non profits and much more. Senate seeking legislation legislative approval track in the sense that the complex issues Biden has a side to rule with the pen. To be fair bond isn't the only executive branch you've done this last twenty thirty years it's become a more more problem where the executive branch's uses negative orders Sir to surplus are to supplement and go around the legislative authority. This is become a problem for the states so that the state of Arkansas needs to set up a process to address to protect our citizens and make concrete actions if needed. This bill would do three things. Referred to allow the General Assembly to review executive orders and the impact of the exact words will have on Arkansas. This will be done by a Cialis session in joint budget when we're in session. Thank. Referred that committee issue to a standing committee depend on what the subject matter of the executive order is the selections or go to state agencies if it's health go to public health. Senate committee will make a request to this Attorney General to review the order and give an opinion on it. You can see the topics of that request in the bill on page three on the bottom of page three in the top of page four. The Senate committee shall make a recommendation to ALC or Joint Budget about the executive order on give state resurfacing personnel's or being used to execute idea other action to protect the state interest. After that I will see in joint budget shall call a meeting to discuss that report indeterminate if any other actions shall be done in order to address the executive order but that I'll take any questions. You're recognized I was wondering of. The issue stated this is been prevalent for many years of really starting with the bush administration I think that President Bush in eight years had of two hundred and ninety one executive orders that that he had with his that I think that president Obama in eight years had two hundred and seventy six I'm wondering. President had two hundred and twenty total executive orders in four years he almost had as many in four years as president Obama President Bush did why we didn't consider doing this a couple years ago obviously we know that the government doesn't function in Washington like it does in Little Rock but it appears we're trying to import something from Washington the calls government not to work in Little Rock so I just wonder why we didn't do this under president trop when he was so much more prevalent with executive orders them this president. It's a great question because one if you look at the pace of the body ministration he's actually on pace to outdo the executive orders done by president trump secondarily while these issues were very important like I said I think this is an issue that's been going on for many years and it finally came to a head for many citizens who have been reaching out to me to address the sensitive issues now course president trump did pass and controversial executive orders we can all list them but we see a trend now with that the coming more the norm and with the dysfunction of the legislative branch I think this is becoming more prevalent problem as we move for especially with the slim margins were seen and the legislative branch so these issues so far have addressed of merit of a different issues and more importantly I think they're more impactful and more harmful to the state of Arkansas and in the short time we don't make real substantial change to try to address those I think it's something we're going to read and not Senator in your mind you know if if you have problems president trump you could have brought the same kind of order I'm so happy that your goals for this one before though well let me say his executive orders with the least of the problems I had with president trump thank you Mr governor. Thank you Mr president I got a couple questions about how this is going to work on page two where you talked about the. Process there. It says during the interim of the Legislative Council may schedule a meeting so who decides that they're going to schedule a meeting with a similar process that we do now for anytime L. C. wants to meet where the head of a L. C. gets with the members of the side of this is a perfect topic do they will discuss. So. I I mean we don't have anything like this so it's not similar so is does the chair just decide I think something's a constitutional call a meeting on this topic what is a majority of the members or house I'll corrected and I do think they'll see currently five discretion the chair is able to meet in the interim so you're saying it's the discretion of the chair it the discretion the chair talking to the body as as been doing. Okay My next question is any and you said they referred to standing committee standing committee can have the AG testify and then if the if a LC or Joint Budget say it's unconstitutional and the governor agrees then they can block any state resources or personnel being used correct right to use any kind of action they deem necessary that could be one of the remedies to it but it actually is brought is our power could be to be decided Dressel executive orders if we find an unconstitutional and if we decide to act is needed because we had here just across the road in nineteen fifty seven a clear difference between the state and the federal government on the issue is integration of schools as you know. And in nineteen fifty seven. The governor ordered the National Guard to prevent African American students from going to school correct yes Sir that's historically December and when I was an executive order that president Eisenhower used. To federalize the National Guard. Ensure those kids could go to school correct. Yes so under this if ALC had agreed with the governor's office what would have happened I don't think that governor Hutchison is going to restricting African Americans from going to school in two thousand twenty one you were discuss the merits history of Arkansas when the bad decisions we made as a body an executive order we can do that I think we clearly understand that the situation you're describing now would not happen two thousand twenty one what we are seeing is our schools being forced to do transgender identity we're facing in our border security being ripped apart we're seeing a border security fault also as methamphetamine and other drugs are being funneled in Arkansas these are real issues that are dressing in two thousand twenty one not seven years in the past I'm just trying to understand. Mechanically how this rule would impact when there is an impasse between what the state police as it did in nineteen fifty seven on that issue an inmate you're right I don't think we're going to have an issue with school integration in two thousand twenty one but we may have an issue on environmental regulation on mass mandates so in that situation knowing one that we have experience in nineteen fifty seven where the governor and likely the legislature would have said the National Guard is going to do one thing and the president says another how will that play out under this rule one in nineteen fifty seven the governor did take real action in order to prevent that integrates for happening calling out the National Guard under his executive power during that time in the federal branch nationalize the of military force to moving to protect so that situation already happened in Arkansas history what this does give the General Assembly more formalized process to address executive orders and what we're seeing besides if we're going to comply with them and what actions we can take a state in order to counter them. Thank you. The Senator Hammer. And then center center if you have questions well okay. Thank you Mr president I think I've seen were Attorney General's another state's attorney are kind of going the direction that this bill is looking at going in I'm just wondering is it really necessary for us to create a law that would allow the Attorney General to review the presidential executive orders or is he turning general on able to do that under their powers now we discuss that and that's why you look into it we may request the Attorney General because the constitutional separation of power I don't think we could force him or her in order to give that review of it correct so we would ask does as a request to them and they will make the determination based on the existing powers they have now is more about the legislative branch setting up a mechanism to ask for that constitutional review even without that review say if they decide not to we're allowed to take the action to have the meeting had to review of that executive order we regardless of if it's found constitutional unconstitutional by the Attorney General this just create a mechanism we can formally asked them to do that and then based on their own power they can do that review or not and get information to us I imagine most of them will comply depending on what it is but still allows him that discretion due to separation of powers thank you. Any other questions wish to speak against the bill anyone wish to speak for the bill. S. center closed closed. Senator Ingram get jacked up to one vote you. Please call the roll. Ballinger. Back. Let. Let. Caldwell. Chesterfield. Clark. Clark. Davis. Davis. DISMANG. DISMANG. Eads. Eight. Elliott. Elliott. English. English. But. Flippo. Flowers Garner yeah. Gilmore. Hammer. Yeah. Hendren. Hester. Hickey. Hickey. Hello. hello. Ingram. Irvine. Blake Johnson. Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. Leding. Pitsch Rapert. Rice. Sample. Stubblefield. Sturch. Sullivan. Teague. T.. Tucker. Wallace. You wish to vote or change their vote Senator Clark is by. Senator Bledsoe design. Senator Hickey is by. Senator Davis is are you buddy Senator Blake Johnson is aye your body over here senator beaches are. What else. Yes. The ballot. We should chase six days two not voting one leave the bill passes. Transmit the House senator garner said bill for ninety by Senator Garner to amend the law concerning code of ethics for public officers and employees Intermin low concerning holding office if convicted of a public trust ground service is present this came up a few years ago when I think about the General Assembly and some of the laws we changed how we can hold office in I found that even though we're a few years ago we change the constitution to address county officials and city officials and how they can not hold dollars not hold or hold office decided to expand a little bit more clear definition so if you look we're allowing County elected officials a municipality officials to follow the same standard of a public trust crime as we do constitutional offices base if you committed these crimes should be in a public office in use that office for potentially bad purposes but that'll take any questions and questions Senator Mark Johnson for the. Thank you Mr president Senator Garner. Good bill I'm just curious would it applies to now that county officials have four year terms for example if say Clarke sure person my resigns then there. The quorum court or in some cases the governor actually makes appointments to address please. Would those people be subject as interim some people say mineral action or an apartment the subject to this act. Yes Sir I believe on page two line three if they hold that office and they have that title there are not allowed to if they are convicted of this public trust crime that includes like bribery Rico cases that's kind of a it's a broad definition but is your only understood when using a public position to. In Richardson so that would apply whether they were elected by the quorum court or like if there is I can't hold the office if they had this conviction thank you thank you Mr president. Wish to speak against or for Senators club closed in general in the vote the robot. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe. Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace Iran which change their vote server you wish to Germans II. Cast about thirty forty eight zero Nays one leave the bill is passed transmit to the House surveying. Senate bill five O. two by Senator Irvin to amend the taps the students for which a public school district shall not impose out of school suspensions and expulsions center. You members of the Senate this includes foster care children and that definition is included that if they reside in a group home a group facility or single family foster home on a twenty four hour am and day basis that those children and those students would not be subjected to out of school suspensions or expulsions unless the school district can you said if the student's behavior poses a physical risk to himself or herself or others or causes a serious disruption that cannot be addressed through other means so it's also children and students that are both in foster care or has an end of a lot individualized education program in accordance with the individuals with disabilities Education Act and I know that senator flowers is not here today that senator flowers actually and I did some work as it results to students that do have these individual I'm disability individual plans with the individuals with disabilities Education Act and she's I don't want to speak on her behalf but I just know I sponsor bills with her and in dealing with that so she has a heart for those students that do have these individualized education programs and so I appreciated that work that I was able to do with her on that on this previously but again this piece of legislation is just focused on those two groups of students I'll be happy to answer any questions. I wish to speak against or for Senators closed yes thank you please call me as I. Any objection role in the vote. Please. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace your wish change of a. Cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero nine age of the bill is passed transmit to the House Senator sample there's emergency calls on this bill. Five twenty five by Senator sample to reverse changes made under ACT eight nineteen of twenty nineteen in return ministration and collection of the franchise tax and secretary of state and it's clear an emergency Senator sample thank you Mr president members to recall a couple years ago Senator Hendren had the of the tax To look at all of our taxes and everything Committee Senate at eight nineteen came out of this it was a good idea and everything but it was just impossible to implement and so if you haven't had a call from your account. you're lucky it but this this simply moves it back to the way it was previously with the Secretary of State AnnaLynne the Francesca acts and That's all it does and I will answer questions. Thank you for centers closed. Lease role in this is objection I don't see one Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore Hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace. Change their vote Senator Irvin is by just up the ballot thirty forty eight zero Nays the bill is passed merge the calls. Is adopted trans a minute to the house you have some of the discounts. The latter you missed one line submitting this letter as a matter of complying with the Senate code of ethics and to comply with full disclosure pursuant to Senate rule twenty four point six banks three ABC the following disclosure is provided. House Bill twelve twenty nine of twenty twenty one I work for Rockwell of LLC a company that has historically by Arkansas Tax delinquent property from the commissioner of lands the bill alters the purchasing methods for tax delinquent property please found this letter in the official Senate journal of the regular session I third General Assembly sincerely Senator Jonathan Dismang follows senator shell bill. Twelve twenty nine The representative Bentley and Senator Stubblefield to amend the procedure by which the commissioner of state lands sales tax delinquent lands and Claire an emergency. Thank you Mr president this bill simply standardizes the three ways which a land commission sales tax delinquent property with the last one giving him the option to either sell it online after it's not been sold for a couple years it also puts in place a codifies a prohibition against anyone outside the US from purchasing US law of property. Sorry law this is codified. Anyone would speak against four centers closed the objections of the vote. Roll place Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace you wish to change their vote. Centerman which is I have. I guess the the out thirty three eight zero days one present one leave the bill passes first close down to return to the House about. Thirteen thirty two batter. Representative Borden Senator Ballinger to amend election law to amend publication requirements to amend school election law and to amend election notice requirements. Sorry about. Thank you president is the bill that I tried to kill yesterday with the help of Senator Teague so it so it to answer the questions I mean basically what the bill does is it helps to bring us in compliance to with the the changes we've done with school elections requiring them to be in the primary and general but then we also change our primary day to move it up the other thing it does is that standardized across the board the notice requirement and so the eight day notice is actually eight days prior to early voting now so before it was twenty days prior to the election well this actually pushes there's actually more time with the notice you've now the notice is required to be before the early vote and it actually doesn't limit the time in early voting so those two questions yesterday happy to answer any questions. Okay I don't have any questions give us any questions anyone wish to speak against big for centers close you judge or on the vote please roll the. Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker. It was of a. Service. As I. Just about thirty forty eight zero days one leave the bill is passed return to the House Gilmore. House bill thirteen eighty nine The representative Bragg center Gilmore to create the Arkansas choristers for the future of scholarship program active twenty twenty one to go. Governor members I'm excited about what this bill means for the forestry industry the goal this bills to encourage students to pursue a group degree in forestry to create a mechanism to increase and sustain the supply forces in Arkansas this creates a scholarship program is funded by the state forestry fund which is proceeds from timber sales and other other moneys so I appreciate a good vote I'll take any questions or any any questions anyone would speak against and wish to speak for service closed. Any objection ruling of a. Please will Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote. Service I. Cast of about thirty four yeas zero days one leave the bill is passed return to the House recognized state representative David Wright who's seeing how it's done up in the gallery. Well. You much love you much love center this. Fourteen thirty three by representative Cozart Senator Irvin to amend various provisions of the Arkansas code concerning enhance transportation funding announcmenet and declaring emergency. Service this bill has emergency clause. Senator thank you members this is the companion bill to the Senate bill that we've already passed through this M. body on the enhanced transportation funding announcmenet. A question does anyone wish to speak again speak for centers closing in. I'm sorry I'm and I center is closest for any objection or the vote will vote Ballinger Beckham Bledsoe Caldwell Chesterfield Clark Davis Dismang Eads Elliott English Flippo flowers Garner Gilmore hammer Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson Leding Pitsch Rapert Rice sample Stubblefield Sturch Sullivan Teague Tucker Wallace anyone wish to change their vote cast a ballot thirty forty eight zero days one leave the bill is passed review calls the doctor returned to the house. Any announcmenet Senator Sturch Mr president like to be recognized for motion please. Server recognize. Collins I like to move that we recall Senate bill seventy two back from the houses my bill but I want to throw it out not a law that makes sense I appreciate a good vote. Per se I aye ayes have it motion is carried Senator sample. Senate Senate Revenue and Tax to meet at nine thirty in the Supreme Court chamber in the morning you heard it here first senate patch. Okay Senate thank you for Mr president Insurance and Commerce we got a full agenda so we're gonna start right off as soon as we get adjourned so any other announcements. Senate is adjourned for one