House Convenes

I'm by the member staff press and guests in the galleries to stand to be led in prayer by doctor Lewis Shepherd pastor greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Arkadelphia and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to be led by representative Lane Jean. Would you please connect with me as we go to our lord and savior and prayer. Abide with me fast falls the eventide the dark and deepens lord with me abide. One other helpers fail and comforts flee. Help of the helpless overbite with me. Our gracious and kind heavenly father we come to your throne of grace and mercy. Acknowledging that we can do nothing without you. We are helpless unless you are by with us. In the hurried pace of our days we thank you for the refreshing respite to provide for your children in green pastures. In the chaotic moments that consumers thank you for the piece that you give to us. I am in the midst of human frailty thank you for the strap and energy and power that gives us the ability to continue to do the work that you've called each of us to do. In this unusual year that we have experience we thank you lord for the strength and stability. But you've given as you formed a hedge of protection around us individually and collectively. Today we on we come before your alt of mercy and ask for your protection your guidance and direction for the men and women who comprise this assembly. We pray that we are constantly reminded that we are our brother's keeper. Please focus our attention on your words that we are responsible for the least of these with our actions our attitudes and our resources. We pray for strength to address the opportunities and challenges that each day provides. Please bless our federal state and local governments. As a lead us to the pandemic. Give them your grace wisdom and understanding of the issues that all Americans are facing today. We thank you for all that you've done for us and we are mindful of what you're doing right now and we want to praise you in advance for all the great things that you've prepared force forgive us for our sins forgive us when we've let you down. Instructed us to do those things that you have will for our lives Jesus name we pray amen. Members please indicate your presence by pushing yellow present button prepared machine Mr Clark. Cast about Mr Clark. With ninety nine members present the chair sees a quorum are there any request for leave represents love for what purpose leave you're recognized the need for a representative Nicks it's leave granted for representative Nicks. So noted. Represent Fredrick Love moves we dispense with the reading of the previous day's Journal without objections so ordered are the Reports from select committees read the reports Mister Clark Mister Speaker we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill ten eighty three house bill eleven eighty two beg leave to report we've had the same under consideration here with trying the same the recognition do pass as amended number one respectfully submitted Lane Jean chair Mister Speaker we are committee on joint budget to whom was referred house bill ten eighty six beg leave to report we have the same consideration here with trying the same the recognition do pass as amended number two respectfully submitted Lane Jean chair. Are there Reports from standing committees read reports Mister Clark Mister Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill sixteen fifty seven house bill sixteen seventy four beg leave to report that we have the same under consideration here with trying to sing the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker we are committee on public transportation to whom was referred house bill eleven fifteen beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with trying the same with the recognition do pass and concurrence Senate Amendment everyone respectfully submitted Mike Holcomb chair Mister Speaker we are committee on education to whom was referred house bill fifteen fourteen house of fifteen forty one beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with turn the thing with the recognition do pass respectfully submitted Brian Evans vice chair Mister Speaker will your committee on education to whom was referred house bill fourteen fifty one to House Bill fifteen ninety four beg leave to report we had the same under consideration here with trying to sing the recognition do pass as amended number two respectfully submitted Bruce Cozart chair Mister Speaker we are committee on education to whom was referred Senate bill three eighty two beg leave to report that we've had the same under consideration here with the terms saying the recognition that do pass respectfully submitted Bruce Cozart chair. Is there any unfinished business are there any executive communications. Read the letter from the government Clark. Page ten twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house you Mr Speaker this is to inform you that on March tenth twenty twenty one I've reviewed and approved the following measures from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly. House bill ten sixty one ACT three eleven house bill ten thirty six ACT three twelve house bill twelve fifty five ACT three thirteen house bill thirteen twenty eight ACT three fourteen house bill thirteen fifty one as I three fifteen house bill thirteen fifty eight is that three sixteen house bill thirteen fifty nine ACT three seventeen house bill fourteen oh six ACT three eighteen sincerely Asa Hutchinson March tenth twenty twenty one to the Speaker of the house number Speaker this is to inform you that on March tenth twenty twenty one I've reviewed and approved as to the form the following measure from the regular session of the ninety third General Assembly house concurrent resolution ten eleven sincerely Asa Hutchinson. Represent Lanny Fite moves we place Senate bill three eighty six back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read Amendment number one Mr Clark Amendment over one to Senate bill three eighty six the fight you're recognized explain Amendment number one. Thank you Mr Speaker all this does is at Fred Love is a co sponsor appreciate good vote. Represent fight is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Anyone like speak for the amendment. President fight is close for the amendment the question before the House is the. Adoption of a member number one to Senate bill three eighty six all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendments adopted. Representive Lanny Fite moves I'm sorry represent Love moved that we place Senate bill three eighty six back on second reading for the purpose of amendment without objection read amendment over to Mr Clark amendment to the Senate bill three eighty six cents love you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker this is the amendment that senator Clark one to add to the bill as you know committee or the for the committee that did you heard I told you that I would amend the bill on the floor to make sure that eighty two was taken care of they're taking care of and I appreciate a good vote on the amendment. Represents love explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. Would anyone like to speak for the amendment. Represents love is closed for the amendment the question before the House is the adoption remember to to Senate bill three eighty six all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The amendment is adopted. Members with this today the guest of representive Tosh we have Craighead county judge Marvin day and justice of the peace Kevin Williams. Additionally we have with this is the guest of representative Crawford Boyd in Richardson is Jennifer Burchett she's the author of a book about Fort Smith it's called your Fort Smith and her children river Meghan and shallow and she's here to meet with representatives and speak about the book. Mr Clear Creek House reveled resolution ten fifteen House resolution ten fifteen by representative Shepherd to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the discovery of will in south Arkansas. Speaker Shepherd you're recognized explained resolution. Thank you Mr chair and F. five with tears permission I'd like to invite my fellow legislators from south Arkansas. down to the well. You're recognized thank you Mr chair members you'll recall that owner opening day when I was speaking with you I mentioned that the day before was the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of oil in South Arkansas specifically in elder radio and I filed a resolution ten fifteen sponsored by myself and and represent Barker and Should have probably include more than just the two of us but in my haste I just need to get it filed but I I appreciate the my fellow members from south Arkansas joining me here and I'm not going to go through the resolution but just to hit the high points for all of us from South Arkansas that will business has touched our lives in many ways whether we're directly or indirectly involved in the oil business and a hundred years ago. Mr Samuel by seeing a group of investors struck oil on the west side of building radio and if you hear the stories from. The people that lived during that time despite the fact that the oil well was I think about a mile and a half outside of town it drenched laundry that was hanging on clothes lines in downtown L. diretor and the the since that day nothing has really ever been the same you can see that Eldoret went from a town of about four thousand to a town of about fifteen thousand over night and summer league I don't recall the numbers but Smackover experienced a similar type of growth elder rada in south Arkansas was changed forever went from kind of a sleepy little town to a town now that the host has headquartered multiple international national corporations and still is home today to Murphy USA of course which is a large retail of oil and gasoline company that if you look at the resolution just to give you some context a few years after the discovery of oil in nineteen twenty one in nineteen twenty five there were seventy seven million barrels of oil that were produced in nineteen twenty five and the equivalent in in monetary value today would be four billion six hundred million dollars so the discovery of this field was extremely large. Obviously a hundred years ago the technology was not what it is today there were a lot of things that if there could have been a way to control the pressure and other things that probably would have helped the production of oil into the future but even still today the oil business the willing gas business in South Arkansas significant and it's a significant part of our economy and then of course a number of notable individuals have come through south Arkansas during that time and I know each of us have a number of of individuals from our communities but if you that I would highlight our colonel T. H. Martin he was the individual that you recall I read the inscription from the Bible that he gave to the house of representatives he was the founder of line will company and you familiar with Barton Coliseum and many other things across our state across our part part of the country allude back to that and then of course Charles Murphy in the Murphy family who were certainly instrumental in the development of of south Arkansas and that family remains very involved in south Arkansas in Arkansas even to this day and so I felt that it would be remiss not to recognize the significant impact of the oil and gas industry on south Arkansas and on our state and with that I would certainly appreciate a good vote. Speaker Shepherd as explained resolution would anyone like to speak against the resolution. For the resolution. Speaker Shepherd is close for the resolution. Before the House is the passage of house resolution ten fifteen all in favor say aye. Opposed nay resolution is passed. The morning hours and it. Representative Bentley recommends that we can current Senate amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty one Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment one to House Bill twelve fifty one. Representative Bentley recognized to explain the amendment. Colleagues the very state senator Ron Caldwell found the spelling error in the bill and this simply corrects the spelling here thank you. President Bentley is explained the Amendment. Would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Bentley is close for the amendment the question before the House is concurrence with Amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty one. Mr Clark. Prepare the machine. Is everyone voted. Ninety three a is zero nays and zero present. With concurred in Amendment number one to House Bill twelve fifty one. Representive Hillman recommends that we concur and Senate Amendment number one the house bill twelve ten Mr Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment or one to House Bill twelve ten. Representative Hillman you're recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you Mr Speaker it's a rare occurrence when you can get eight members of the Senate ag committee in nineteen members of the twenty member house ag committee to co sponsor a bill and that's what we came up with after similac analyst weeks of negotiation everything we got one that almost everyone can agree to which is really unusual and I would appreciate your vote for this bill to get it done. Representive Hillman is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representative Hillman is closed for the amendment question before the House is concurrence with Amendment number one to House Bill twelve ten Mr Clark the machine. Everyone voted. Mr Clark casts up the ballot. With eighty nine yeas five nays and zero president we've concurred in. Amendment mum number one house bill twelve ten. Representative Cavenaugh recommend that we concurrent Amendment number one the house bill ten twenty seven Mr Kirk Clark please read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment of one house bill ten twenty seven. Representative Cavenaugh you're recognized explain the amendment. Thank you Mr chair this amendments just sample the Senate would like to add the definition of a bitter and I would appreciate a good vote. Representative Cavenaugh is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment representative Cavenaugh is closed for the amendment question before the House is concurrence with Amendment number one the house bill ten twenty seven Mr Clark the machine. Everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety three a zero nays and zero president we've concurred in Amendment number one house bill ten twenty seven. Representative Lowery recommends that we concurrent Senate Amendment number one the house bill twelve forty two. Mr Clark read Senate Amendment number one Senate Amendment one to house bill twelve forty two. Representative Lowery recognized explain the amendment thank you Mr Speaker this is a a sponsor change as you know what we have a new Senate insurance and commerce cheer Senator Pitsch and he just amended for him to be the lead sponsor and then Senator Hendren backing him up pretty simple amendment appreciate your support. Representative Lowery is explain the amendment would anyone like to speak against the amendment. For the amendment. Representable Lowery is close for the moment the question before the House is concur concurrence and Senate Amendment number one house bill twelve forty two Mr Clark where the machine. As everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mister Clerk. Ninety one yeah zero nays and they are present we've been concurred and Senate Amendment number one the house bill twelve forty two. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen thirty three house bill sixteen thirty three by representative under with the back the blue at. Representive Underwood you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members recently and we have seen an unprecedented resignations of police officers across the country as many as have advocated to define the police so in an effort to combat that movement this is a simple bill that shows our brave men and women who serve and protect our communities that we appreciate their service and it turns out there's no law that requires the city to provide law enforcement services so this bill simply requires a city of the first class to establish a police department and provide law enforcement services and to provide the police department proper means an equipment to provide those services or they can enter into an agreement with an existing law enforcement agency to provide those services and I will notes that's the municipally work with me on this bill and they are supportive of this bill Have any questions. Thing I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative under what is explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Underwood is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty three per the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. I guess it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety eight zero nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill fourteen forty two. House Bill fourteen forty two by representative Bentley to amend the law concerning the taking materials timbers and other resources on state on property. Represent Bentley recognized explained the bill. Collins is for senate bill brought to me by the land commissioner's office to allow for online applications for sand gravel logs these permits and business transactions between these folks and the land commissioner's office will be done online a something they actually that will help them to be when we ask for legislative audit to be done to allow them to make it to be done easier that's pretty much it I'll take any questions if anybody has any. With that a good vote thank you. Represent Bentley's explained bill anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Bentley is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen forty two pairs machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety four yeas or nays and here present the bill is passed. Members are going to go back and pick up by house bill thirteen sixty four Mr Clark please read House bills thirteen sixty four. House bill thirteen sixty four by representative Pilkington to amend the Arkansas underground facilities damage prevention act and to create the Arkansas underground facilities damage prevention enforcement board. Representive Underwood you're recognized explained the bill. Your Speaker calling I'm helping her Senate buildings now this bill this bill simply changes who enforces the current able one call before you dig Law currently the enforcement is being done by the AG's office but they're an agreement not to to allow this board to do this currently Arkansas forty eight and hits per thousand with such high amounts of underground pop one hits it's becoming a public safety issue so the goal is to significantly lower the risk and provide a better enforcement tool to the already existing law this bill takes no general funding and is made of a knowledgeable diverse stakeholders I cannot use any of the penalties that it may issue for the use of operation of the boards of the board and it does not require any fines to be given it's just an option come importantly if we do not provide this effective for enforcement tool we're in danger of being deemed inadequate by the federal safety pipeline office in that case we would lose federal grant monies and the federal government would could could provide this regulation on or put the state regulation Arkansas as well so most importantly there's no opposition to this bill I'm happy to try to answer questions. Saying that I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representive Underwood explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive Underwood is close to the bill the question before the House this passage of house bill thirteen sixty four prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety five Yeas zero nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen thirty six. As bill sixteen thirty six by representative Vaught to amend the law concerning feral hogs. Representative but you're recognized explained a bill. Thank you Mr Speaker we all know feral hogs are a nuisance you had me tell you this session after session this bill is going to help there was a task force that was put together and they have studied this for a while now and this is the legislation that come from that and this is going to help us get rid of more feral hogs so with that I'd appreciate a good vote. Representive also explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative bodies close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty six where the machine Mr Clerk. Does everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mister Clerk. Ninety four U. A. zero Naseer present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen fifty eight. House bill sixteen fifty eight by representative willing to amend the laws concerning boards commissions and committees within the department of agriculture. Representive **** you're recognized explained a bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is a a clean up bill for the department of agriculture we have three commissions that are no longer in service have not been functions and functioning since two thousand and fifteen we also have one Commission that during the transformation was accidentally sent over to the Department of act and another commission that should have been put on it so the Red River commission in the Red River compact commission will switch places to where they are supposed to be. Happy to answer any questions if not I would appreciate a good vote thank you. Representative wings has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representive wing is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen fifty eight prepare the machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mister Clerk. Ninety six J. zero nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen fifty six House Bill sixteen fifty six by representative Christians and to clarify the native brandy Law. Representative Christiansen you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling this is not an alcohol bill this is a clean up bill that clarifies the language in an already existing statute that has been on the books since the nineteen fifties what we seek to do now is correct the act so that it becomes not in conflict with itself good flows smoothly together therefore removing the words solely from one sentence and including it to read on agricultural and horticultural products produced solely within the state of Arkansas that brings the provisions of this chapter working together and not in conflict I'll answer any questions. And seeing none all eyes for good vote. Representative Christiansen as he has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Representative Christiansen is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen fifty six prepared machine Mr Clerk. Has everyone voted. Casts up the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety one yeas to nays and zero present the bill is passed. Mr Clark read house bill sixteen sixty two House Bill sixteen sixty two by representative Maddox to amend the formula rate review act and to click an emergency. Representive Maddox you're recognized explained bill. Thank you Mr Speaker colleagues. This is a very simple bill. This bill merely amends the code to make certain the law that we passed is consistent with what we did back in two thousand fifteen. These modifications do not change the consumer protections under the previous act and most importantly the four percent rate cap is maintained this bill will not hurt consumers it will not hurt small businesses it will help some of our large businesses this bill was thoroughly vetted in insurance and commerce and it passed unanimously after numerous questions and and really good dialogue I did want to point out that Ted Thomas from the PSC did come and testify on behalf of the bill what basically happened is PSE are large manufacturers large businesses basically came to terms and made an agreement and that's what this is there is no opposition the governor supportive state chamber of commerce is supportive and. Saying the questions I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Maddox's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Wardlaw you're recognized to speak for the bill. You guys ever put your foot in your mouth before. I have of. This bill when I saw it and I read the bill I was really concerned about the rate payers and residential customers and so I called in last night to the Republican caucus and spoke to those guys and I spoke to Maddox this morning and and I spoke to some people in industry and not just read you guys a little bit of what I came up with but over the last four years this four percent cap has been applied three times in actual resident customers were only increase to percent in those three times so we're not going to see a big increase out of this bill like I once saw this bill is going to keep us from not and with that I'd I'd appreciate a good vote thank you guys. Representative Wardlaw spoke for the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. For the bill. Represent Maddox is close for the bill. Asked me for the houses the passage of house bill sixteen sixty two the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Yes it the ballot Mr Clark. Ninety four yeas or nays zero presents the bills passed. And the emergency clause. Mr Clear Creek house bill fifteen seventy one House Bill fifteen seventy one by representative Charlene Fite concerning attorney ad litem programs into amend the law concerning guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem. Represented by a recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker and had lied M. as an attorney appointed to represent the best interest of the child in a court case usually these are visitation custody or adoption cases this bill gives the judge the authority to order how and line items are paid currently they're all paid through the administrative officer of the court however the AOC has a limited pot of money with which to pay the Adlai items and it usually runs out fairly early therefore the Adlai items are waiting a considerable amount of time to get paid. This bill would allow the judge to decide who pays and at what rate many judges already do this but this would codify this procedure this languages permissive not compulsory. This preserves our state resources for the people who truly need them. Right now. I'm saying before we have the state pay legal bills the judge should have the discretion to have those who are financially able to pay do so and keep those funds are those who are really need them there is no known opposition I worked closely with the administrative offices of the court in drafting this language the judicial council approves and there's no opposition from the Bar Association and with that I'll take questions. C. nine I appreciate a good vote. Represent Fite has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive Fite is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fifteen seventy one prepared machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight three nays and zero present the bill is passed. Represent Murdock for what purpose. What a personal privilege. You're recognized this. Thank you Speaker and colleagues I appreciate your indulgence of for this very important moment Iraq's representative to all that if you would join me in the way of. Today we want to take that opportunity colleagues if you will join me in honoring a fallen soldier a police officer from East Arkansas a sergeant Travis Wallace who's B. failed in a as in the line of duty as he was doing his work to protect the people he was killed in the line of action first let me recognized. Our our special guest this year in the gallery. We have what's his mother. Travis Wallace junior his ten year old son. You lose Wallace is Michael. This April make night his girlfriend. Mr Sullivan graders from the Secretary. Of corrections. ATC director Mr dexter Payne. Hello NO West Helena police chief James Patrick Smith. And deputy warden of East Arkansas Community Brinkley's Brinkley's Antoine well And of the mayor of Helena West Helena god this is so Mr Kevin Smith. Thank you colleagues there would be a concurrent resolution that will be coming from the Senate in Senator Keith Ingram sponsor that and he is a part of this effort and we will a process that if the proper time and X. for your official support thank you so much for your indulgence publish. Mr Clark please read house bill fourteen sixteen. House Bill fourteen sixteen by representive Underwood to encourage home based entrepreneurship enter into remove unnecessary barriers to work working from home. President under what you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker calling an today home based businesses play a significant role in our economy how many you probably know that major enterprises such as the Amazon apple Microsoft all started as home base thanks businesses and that's just to name a few often though local regulations can over regulate these businesses with arbitrary and burdensome or ordinances that hampers entrepreneurship and holds back the local economy so this bill I work with municipally to help craft the language of this bill to make sure that we don't remove local governments ability to regulate these businesses but instead all this bill does is sets up reasonable guard rails for that city to follow in the home occupation permitting process. And I'll just leave you with one final thought the next the jobs could be working in his garage right now the next big idea and so let's give him a chance to build the next great enterprise right here in Arkansas happy take any questions. Thing and I appreciate a good vote thank you. Representive Underwood is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President under what is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill fourteen sixteen per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight four Nays and one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen thirty eight. Aspel sixteen thirty eight by representative Fortner to amend the law regarding professional development recognition payments for County assessor's an employees and to declare an emergency arson Fortner you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I bring this bill today on behalf of the assessment coordination division and your county assessor's. This is a bill that is amended got law that already exist there is training available for your county assessor's and their employees to make themselves better and what they do and if they take that extra training. They want to reward them with a bonus of each year there's two positions right now two steps that are rewarded with a financial bonus each year et seq ACT wants to reward all six seven. And there is no money involved on the county level the money all comes from a CD and it is already funded. I'll take any questions if there are any. I appreciate a good vote. Representa Fortner is explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Absen Fortner is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty eight prepared machines to Clark. Voting on the bill in the emergency clause. Everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Five of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read house bill sixteen thirty nine possible sixteen thirty nine by representative Fortner to authorize employees and independent contractors of a county assessor's office to enter upon inspect property to determine property values represent Fortner you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker I'm on a roll. This is more bills and I have presented in five years. This would also comes from the county assessor's and what it's one it's striving to make clear. That County assessor's. Their employees and. Hired a. Consultants assessors professionals that work for them to assess our property have access to your land and property just as if it was the assessor the law reads now that the assessor can come in as a praise your property and we all know that this sensor himself or herself can't assess all the property this is making it clear that their employees on their behalf and their contract labor on their behalf can have accessed your property is not granting anymore rights it's just making it clear that they have the authority to come and one thing that I have had them add to this is that they will plainly have to display identification badges and have markings on their vehicle showing that they are authorized to be there I'll take any questions. C. nine I appreciate a good vote represent Fortner is explain the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Fortner is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of house bill sixteen thirty nine the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty eighty six nays and three present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one eighteen. Senate bill one eighteen by representative will integrate the Arkansas Public Service internship program into established extra help positions for the Arkansas Public Service internship program. Represent Wooten you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. I pledge to you today to try to keep from using my coaching voice. This this bill one eighteen is from the transformation church services as a result of my being co chair and senator Wallace the other co chair of the Legislative Council personnel committee this is this bill to committee has a tremendous outrage to the young people of Arkansas those graduates who undergraduates and master's degrees and others to have an opportunity to come in and to learn about state government hello parades in hardly a week goes by that I don't get in the mail a text or a phone call asking if we have such a parole rule in state government. the the Department of transformation will be the agency the census program of the program shall utilize graduate students undergraduate students to perform duties for the cabinet level departments of the state government and through which the students can obtain practical experience in state government and it thank you all of you will admit that having the opportunity to have experience the job we we we even do this in the high schools and have for years the that they are able to go on a job share and have an opportunity to be involved in their community businesses and to learn about the operation of this the curriculum and activities to enter those graduate students and undergraduate students particularly in the pro role to to the responsibilities of the operation of all to expose them to the operation of all cabinet levels I have a question about the funding and I thank you all know about the the ballot positions in state government the the agencies who will be permitted or who will consists of paid in this program will have to have and certify that they have the fuzzy within their current operations to be able to do this and it will create two hundred extra help positions they will be extra help positions and and as the Senate but they have to certify that they have the funding but in addition the the like to add and give a pre commercial here within the next week I hope to have a. We will have a bill this dealing with the positions in state government has that have been over that have that or over two years old and we've already have we've already saved enough money with the sixty six positions that have already been surrendered by agencies to cover any of the calls but this they have to serve within of their own budget the program addresses the agencies that will involve a elected constitutional the generals Emory of the Supreme Court US department of transportation of military the technicians and the entire thing Support personnel federally funded the personnel they are sold mansion guard and other military personnel so this is this is a good bill the game and fish commission will also be involved in it but this is a this is a good bill and gives us a great opportunity for two things one to reach out to the young people and secondly to tell them or we may find we may find the tremendous or good quality state employee as a result of that I'll be happy to answer any questions represent spring or for what purpose. You're recognized. What thank you Mr Speaker of representative wouldn't have you determined based upon your initial investigation. Of this program. What are you asking about the fiscal impact of I couldn't understand no Sir I was talking about those those departments that you've already identified with those positions that are possible that will be able to release funding for this program I would just like to know attended food amount that you've determined to be available well the a number that may participate. No the amount of the funding of the well of the positions two years okay older that the hand of the the compensation act that we have now in the but they'll have to serve other will be paid any more than one extra help is but he now and what is that amount I'm sorry Mrs okay the answer the. The. Thank you thank you Ladyman for what purpose question you're recognized thank you Mr Speaker a representative will not Well these positions be available for the General Assembly the House for needs that might be available. The way is the way the law. In those agencies name logo. the General Assembly including employees at the bureau of legislative research and the Legislative all day. And I understand the funding would come from the agencies that are using the term yes that correct. Thank you represent Beatty for purpose you're recognized. Would you have to go through transformation if you're going ploidy interns in in state government. Does it have to go through that department. One more time a. If you're going to have an intern would you have to go to the transformation yeah. Yes they'll manage the program but you have to go to them an order to get the position okay it was currently I am I do believe there other departments and and and and and even constitution also have unpaid interns so these are going to be paid positions now if you have an entire. Choice in each of those constitutional officers money. A good vote on the bill thank you. Represent wouldn't has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill represent Wooten is closed for the bill the question before the House is a pass to Senate bill one eighteen prepare the machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Voting on the bill the Emergency Clause cast about Mr Clark. Over sixty eight yeas fourteen days and six present the bill emergency clause are passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one nineteen Senate bill one nineteen by representative too many uniformity and it's a leaf Policy Act Intamin the catastrophic leave program represent what you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you colleagues this this bill here is fairly simple you can basically be southern some of the most saying agents of the the following governmental entities. or permitted to establish a catastrophic leave but. Four the General Assembly the bureau of legislative research Arkansas legislative audit department a transformation Arkansas state game and fish is regime court the court of appeals the administrative office of the courts and constitutional officers it just will make it where they can establish a catastrophic leave to be able to help those employees who because of an illness of a family member of their or their own situation if they would be able to draw upon this pool for their own for the for the benefit for the benefit of our state employees but it is voluntary they now have to establish any questions. Thank you. President wouldn't explain the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent Wooten is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one nineteen prepared machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is 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 thirty eight. Senate bill three thirty eight by representative gray to amend the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of nineteen seventy seven and to provide a grace period for certain circumstances that a permitted business location. Purpose of great you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker what this bill does it says that a purchase a person purchasing an existing permitted retail location may with the permission of the seller and the Division of tobacco control continue to operate under the license of the seller for up to thirty days while they're applying for a permit themselves which is kind of a business interruption policy. Be glad to take any questions. Seeing none at appreciate a good vote. Represent gray has explained 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 a passage of Senate bill three thirty eight 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 three. Senate bill three eighty three by representative great to amend campaign contribution amounts to amend the law concerning campaign practices and to require the Arkansas ethics commission to promulgate rules. Represent great you're recognized explained the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this is what happens when you have a seat mate from the house that goes to the Senate is you end up running all their bills on the house side when they leave you and snow Senator Tucker what this does is it strikes the maximum campaign contribution limit amount in the past we've been going in every couple years and changing it and the ethics commission uses a formula to set that maximum contribution amount so instead of us going in and changing it every two years what we're doing is essentially saying that the maximum contribution levels established by the ethics commission into Graeme Sloan is paypie testified and he's actually this was his recommendation when we went to change it so be glad to take any questions. C. nine appreciate a good vote thank you represent grades explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive gray is close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill three eighty three prepared machine Mr Clark. As everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety eight three nays and to present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill three four. Senate bill three eighty four by representative gray to amend Arkansas law concerning campaign contributions to amend campaign practices into amend portions of the law resulting from initiator Act one of nineteen nineteen initiated act one of nineteen ninety six. Senate great you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker so what this bill does is says if the aggregate amount so that you can raise in a campaign. I is the maximum amount only one time per election cycle so if you are running for state representative in your race twenty eight hundred dollars and then you decide to run for state Senate in that same campaign cycle you can't raise another twenty eight hundred dollars from the same donor and it's per election cycle so you have your primary cycle and then also your general election cycle and this does not go into effect until January first of twenty twenty three so it will not capture the next election cycle it's for the future. Be glad to take any questions. Saying no not appreciate a good vote thank you. Represent gray has explained the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Represent gray is close for the bill the question before the House is a passage of Senate bill three eighty four prepared machines Clark. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. By a vote of eighty five Yeas three nays and to present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill one sixty eight. Senate bill one sixty eight by representative Gonzales to modify the exemptions of certain entities from insurance regulation. President Gonzales you're recognized explain the bill they were Speaker college this is a good small government bill that we passed out here two years ago the when a little better by excluding other healthcare providers from insurance regulations allowing them to participate to. Is a good vote. Purpose of Gonzalez's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representive Gonzales is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one sixty eight machinist Clark. As everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of a sixty eight zero name one present the bill is passed Mr Clark please read Senate bill two thirty nine Senate bill two thirty nine to represent Maddox to clarify the minimum levels for in the employee benefits stop loss insurance. Animatics you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker. Calling this is a really good prohibition this bill it's real simple all this bill does is remove some of the restrictions on employers for winning the self insured through stop loss coverage Arkansas does currently allow these products but they're not competitive because we have very onerous restrictions on stop loss insurance this bill brings Arkansas on the compliance of the what the surrounding states in many other states allow it would just give Arkansas businesses another option if they're looking to self insure in get out of a group I think it's a really good bill the insurance department is vetted it has no objection to it there's no no no opposition and I would be glad to take any questions on this bill. Saying that I presented above. President Maddox is explain the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. Represent Maddox is close for the bill the question before the House is a pastor Senate bill two thirty nine per machine Mr Clerk. Is everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark by a vote of ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is passed. Clark please read Senate bill one twenty seven Senate bill one twenty seven by representative Perry to amend provisions of the Arkansas code to allow libraries to accept debit card and credit card payments represent here you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker members this is a pretty simple bill allowing the library to accept a debit or credit card for payment late fees whatever you need to do I didn't realize libraries could accept them but with this bill a library will be able to take a debit or credit card. No cost to the library the fee will be ex or by the the the patron. Appreciate a good vote okay and by the way Mississippi state beat Kentucky thank. Representative Perry's explain the bill would anyone like to speak against the bill. We would like to speak for the bill. If the Perrys close for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one twenty seven per machine Mr Clerk. Everyone voted. As everyone voted. Asked about Mr Clark. By a vote of ninety four Yeas one million zero president bills passed. Or please read Senate bill one seventy nine Senate bill one seventy nine representative Cavenaugh to require maintenance of fire protection district information for the efficient operation of the nine one one emergency service system percent Cavenaugh you're recognized explain the bill. Thank you Mr Speaker this bill simply designates that the Arkansas GIS office is the one responsible for maintaining and developing the maps for the fire districts the fire district's boundaries are still set by local all the counties and the cities but this will be the area that does the actual mapping and turns them over to the quorum court and with that I'd take any questions sand none I appreciate a good vote. Percent Kavanagh's explain the bill would anyone like speak against the bill. Would anyone like to speak for the bill. President Cavenaugh is closed for the bill the question before the House is the passage of Senate bill one seventy nine per machine Mr Clerk. As everyone voted. Is everyone voted. Cast about Mr Clark. Five or ninety five Yeas zero nine zero present the bill is past president makes for what purpose. A motion place. Recognized after the announces reading of the bills transferring the bill's place in the calendars on the desk members amending their own bills their own amendments members withdrawing their own bills finalizing resolutions reading communications and any remaining committee report I move that we adjourn until one o'clock on Monday afternoon. That's proper motion it's not debatable all in favor say aye. Any opposed. The motion passes. Any announcements. Represent Fortner for purpose announcmenet recognized revenue tax will meet in ten minutes room one fifty one percent Smith for what purpose house Judiciary meets. Ten minutes upon adjournment and big mac eight percent lady with what purpose announcmenet you're recognized a public health welfare and labor will meet in ten minutes and maxi represent Lowery for purpose announcmenet recognized sorry to do this to you but the insurance and commerce is going to start meeting on Mondays we will meet Monday at nine thirty AM in conference room C.. Percent worn for purpose Smith you're recognized. The public retirement will meet at eight thirty Monday morning in big mac a. Any other announcements. Embers out remind you again we don't have a bill filing deadline but obviously at some point you're going to run out of time so I'd encourage you if you have bills file you need to go and get them filed if you have bills that need to running committees get with your committee chairs and hopefully we can move some of the stuff I had any other announcements. If not the best remain open as needed for the reading of the bill's upon completion The Addams named in the adjourn resolution house to be adjourned