Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development - Senate

See appointees from the governor's office and the sector's of sensitive it's not correct so just to give you an idea of of the correction only give that to you. And another's a possible time change for a meetings the center he'll understand serving Transportation Committee. And they have a meeting at the same time we will still meet same days I think we will meet at nine thirty and transportation made eleven but anyway pay attention to the calendar and see what bill our bills force on that but because of the conflict of the two meetings the there will be a time change for one of the committees and so you can look at the website and on Thursday and see what what we're going to. Anyone have a question about the meeting time or anything else. Senator she would you like to go for. Okay. Sure shall have Senate bill two twenty six if you would please enter your cell for the record and you're recognized thank you so much Mister chairman is amended Pondexter Chesterfield I represent Senate district thirty. You're recognized thank you so much Senate bill two twenty six simply brings medical marijuana under the review of Legislative Council. It is a two hundred million dollar industry and it does not have other than the committee legislative oversight and so this bill would allow the medical marijuana over the creation of the medical marijuana oversight committee and it would be established by rule the medical marijuana oversight committee and what it would do is just review issues that surround medical marijuana I could go ahead and tell you all of those if you like the bill has been out here for some time I have visited with members of the medical marijuana industry I have not received any pushback from them and so I don't believe in just talking and talking Mr chair if their questions I'd be delighted to answer any members anyone ever question center church will. No and it's a good bill section shall appreciate you bringing it it's only entry I know about that regulated by the state does not have oversight committee in the routine of going through the A. L. C. in offseason and and just like lottery or any of the others it would have oversight right thank you Mr you may like X.. Peter motion of the way let me stop is anyone here speak for against the bill. Okay I have a motion Is there a second second all in favor say aye All opposed congratulations thank you Mr thank members of the committee I appreciate you okay is anyone here to run a bill for refund of all. Senate leading. We do have to build ten ninety nine first. If you would in addition for the record and you're recognized thank you Mr chair Senator Greg leading district four number this committee happy to be here this morning carrying this bill for Representative DN Vaught chair of the committee on the house side possible to ninety nine the couple things. I did a little bit cleanup language one it also gives the veterinary medical examining board the authority to promulgate rules regarding telehealth and telemedicine services for veterinarians. With the most substantive thing it does is that it gives the board the authority to grant a restricted license to a veterinarian who has graduated but not yet passed the national board to the I can to you know a lawyer who's graduated from law school but not yet passed the bar being given a limited opportunity to practice during that period. Questions from the committee. On the limited license including user of the limited time frame on it I mean. It's a year apartment record within the you can only get the restricted license up to three times and in that period but lapse and you would have to have completed our past the national example for you okay thank you any questions. Is there anyone here to speak for the bill or speak against the bill. If the host pleasures Committee sent leading up I'm showing you wanna put moved moved to that effect so I. Second all in favor say aye All opposed congratulations will go the next bill to committee house bill in forty two also by represented Vaught represent Cavenaugh and myself this one's very short as you can see all it would do is recognize artificial insemination of livestock and animals as a regular animal husbandry practice and I can already see from the smiles at the table when they get a few questions on this one. Centerville. Surveying we explain to us how this is done. Well. Good management is absolutely key to the process you're obviously going to have to have a pretty good and reliable provider of the same in a way to keep it properly stored you're gonna have to keep it at about minus three hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit from what I recall that the temperature you can stored almost indefinitely technique is obviously important but no matter how good you are the technique timing is pretty important because of a very narrow window here cal's only gonna be fertile about ten to eighteen hours after standing he begins because the storm is going to need to spend some time inside the cal before table to fertilize the egg you're really looking for a window that ten to fourteen hours after standing heat or estrus. Again that's when you want to Complete the process but again it takes a lot of observation to kind of learn the rhythm of the callous as to something that only happens about every eighteen to twenty four days requires a lot of observation experts recommend that you. Here heard about two half hour intervals each day to try and get a feel for when the cows are in standing he unfortunately the greatest percentage callous normally experiences period and hours that we would generally be asleep you're not always going to be able to observe it but there are signs you can look for to see if this period has begun some of them some of the key signs if a cow is going to let other animals counter pretty good signage is in heat obviously that's something you're not always going to be able to see but there are signs you can look for to see if that's something that's happened maybe in the dark hours of the night like my top to tail or some farmers will use chalk or other similar substances. to place on top of the table to see if it's been disturbed the following day it's just ways you can look to see if the cat was been standing here for. If you want me to go into the. In that you know. Very very good answer. I appreciate the instrumental more detail than what I was expecting. We can we can go. On the flip side a few return phone calls you wouldn't have that question. Any other questions from committee. Sir Beckham. Yes Is Senator leading on the Page two. The two lines on page two is there is there any. Place this recognize the something different and can you explain what that is. Recognized as something is recognized as routine animal husbandry practice. There may be there may be Other states have passed laws that would place greater restrictions on this particular activity here in Arkansas we believe this is something we need to do and I think the reason of a lot of people are probably wondering like what's leading doing on this bill but several years ago there was a former state Representative from our engine house at the pleasure of serving with them but my first term on house act you just let the legislature he came back to try and get some of the bills that he tried to do was legislator passed this was one of them I didn't know the Representative I was working on this until my friend Bradley Phillips pointed out that this was something that in house it always wanted to do. Senate forty passed away a couple years ago because I knew this issue was important and it was something I wanted to sign on and help Representative ought to. You have a question. I will make a statement that I have a constituent in in in Cross County did to be in the genetic and this is what they do and the to be honest with you do it nationwide and worldwide it's amazing what they do that they do sheep bills even do care move you've ever seen that the TV program the incredible Dr pol they do for for seven doctor poles constituents so it's it's amazing what the takes place now through the internet and through air travel and what to be done but the thing it although they're located in a rule Arkansas the they're it technique in there were issued worldwide so to build appreciate to serve you. The Bill pass second all in favor say aye. The Bill pass thank you Committee okay we're not going here House Bill twelve ten today so are there any questions. So are failed I ask on this last bill was anyone want to speak for against I will back up an accident you that opportunity if not we're Jr.