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Bills discussed (7)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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HB1052
· 5 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HB1052 Dotson TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGULATORY DIVISION…”
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TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGULATORY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND … | Dotson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1229
Act 447
· 3 mentions in agenda, transcript
Matched: “…ARE PROTECTED DURING AN EMERGENCY; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1229 Bentley TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF…”
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TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS SELLS TAX-DELINQUENT LAND; AND … | Bentley | Notification that HB1229 is now Act 447 |
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HB1053
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…OF PUBLIC SAFETY. LAID ON THE TABLE Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1053 Dotson TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE…”
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TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO APPOINT THE DIRECTOR … | Dotson | Died in House at Sine Die Adjournment |
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HB1121
Act 88
· 2 mentions in agenda, transcript
Matched: “…T OF A REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REGULATORY DIVISION. HB1121 Dotson AN ACT TO CREATE CONSISTENT LANGUAGE FOR ALL STATE E…”
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AN ACT TO CREATE CONSISTENT LANGUAGE FOR ALL STATE ENTITIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION STATE DEPARTMENTS, … | Dotson | Notification that HB1121 is now Act 88 |
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HB1211
Act 94
· 2 mentions in agenda, transcript
Matched: “…w Rep. Michelle Gray REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1211 Bentley TO REQUIRE THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROTECT…”
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TO REQUIRE THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROTECTED DURING AN EMERGENCY; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | Bentley | Notification that HB1211 is now Act 94 |
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HB1214
Act 372
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1214 Wardlaw TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 197…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING FUNDING. | Wardlaw | Notification that HB1214 is now Act 372 |
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HB1262
Act 93
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 1/26/21 @ 1:40 PM) Added HB1262 House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs…”
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TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. | Watson | Notification that HB1262 is now Act 93 |
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Speaker 1
0:00
here. I didn't see you walk in, I'm sorry. Committee, I want to
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
0:10
start off by doing things just a little bit different than what we're used to. As far as questioning goes, if you're questioning somebody, once you're recognized for a question, to question someone at the end of the table, I would like for you to continue your line of questioning until you get to the answer that that you were looking for whether you like the answer or not um as long as you are headed towards
you know a single path um just go for it if if you have a separate question on something else you know i'll probably stop you and recognize somebody else for their question first put you to the back of the line uh but as long as you have something you're looking for go go ahead and continue your questioning. That will probably change back when Tosh comes back in a couple weeks. But as for right now, that's how I would like to do things. If there's any public out there watching anywhere,
anybody who wants to speak for or against the bill, please get signed up. I believe you can sign up online now as well so take care of that and representative bentley are you ready to run your bill you're recognized to present your bill
Speaker 1
1:41
just housekeeping matter the the online sign up closes two hours before the meeting
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
1:46
i didn't realize that but there is still a sign up sheet here so if
Speaker 1
1:51
there's any public out there watching or in the bullpen waiting room that wants to sign up, please come sign in.
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
2:02
Chairman, colleagues, thank you for allowing me to present this bill for you this morning. We're going to start with House Bill 1211, an act to require that religious organizations are protected during an emergency and declare an emergency and for other purposes. So this morning,
want to talk about our First Amendment rights and how they have been violated during this pandemic and what we can do with this bill to ensure that doesn't happen in the future in our state. Has everybody got the bill pulled up? Give you all a minute to get it pulled up. Everybody good? Okay. Religion is an essential act that ensures churches and other religious organizations receive equal treatment during a public crisis, allowing them to remain open on the same terms other services that
are deemed essential. It further protects religious organizations
from government discrimination based on the organization's religious identity and conduct. Religious organizations provide essential services to
our society and religious services are an integral part of the exercise of religion for hundreds and millions actually millions of Arkansans here and religious organizations provide charitable services to millions of Americans in need. Basic needs of Americans both spiritual and physical cannot be met without these services. Our founders recognized the importance of religion and protected it in the First Amendment rights in the United States Constitution.
Over the past year, states have imposed restrictions on religious services that are more burdensome than they are imposed on
secular organizations. This unequal treatment of religious organizations not only harmed American society by failing to recognize the essential services provided by religious organizations, but also violates the United States Constitution by prohibiting the free exercise of religion. thankfully you know in our state we've not seen the restrictions that we've seen across the nation but i know that pastors in florida have been arrested and put in jail just for holding
services churches in california have been fined hundreds and thousands hundreds of thousands of dollars and shut down based on the restrictions that have been placed in that state religion is essential act
not only ensures that states this this act not only ensures that states will not encroach on free exercise of religion, but also ensure that states treats religion organizations at least equal to secular organizations whose services are deemed essential. I
know that most of you have churches in your district that do a lot more than just hold services on Sunday morning.
I have churches that help with a clinic, a free clinic in our area to help with health care. They have food pantries. They're helping with drug rehab, helping folks with celibate recovery and different things. So our churches do much more than just hold services on Sunday morning. And they're an essential part, as well as helping with mental health. The Gallup poll that was done in 2020 showed that those folks during this pandemic that went to church fared much better than those that did not. They were much not near as I'll read the poll so I don't just question. But notably, those who attended religious services did not experience a negative shift that others did during this pandemic regarding mental health.
I know that for myself personally, no matter what I've gone through, tough times, my church family has been as important, if not more important than my family. It is to surround folks and help with mental health and many things that they do. So I know that we've had some great rulings from the Supreme Court, but really what this act does is codified what the Supreme Court ruled on a couple
of cases from New York and California. So this act remedies to disfavor treatment of religious organizations by establishing religious services
as essential operations during a public emergency.
And I also want to state briefly before I get into that, that not only do these churches provide mental health, help with drug rehab, help with us spiritually, socially, and help with us, it also provides nationwide over $1.2 trillion annually to our economy. So we can see
that religious organizations are very essential to our society. This act remedies the disfavored treatment of these organizations. In early 2020, states began to take measures to slow the spread of COVID, but these measures were not always uniformly applied.
Many states deemed certain businesses and services more essential than others. These states specifically disfavored religious organizations by imposing restrictions on them that were stricter than those imposed on comparable secular businesses. As a result, many religious organizations were forced to close their doors, face penalties, or pursue costly and timely-consuming litigation to mitigate their rights to exercise. religion in America. The first sign of relief for religious organizations
came in November 2020 in a case rising from New York. The U.S. Supreme Court granted religious organizations relief from restrictions that treated religious organizations worse than secular ones. This was the Roman Catholic Diocese versus the state of
New York. In that ruling, Neil Gorsuch wrote, and I read what he had to write in there. It is hard to believe that admitting more than 10 people to a 1,000-seat church or a 400-seat synagogue would create a more serious health risk than the many activities that the state allows. In his
concurrence, Justice Gorsuch also noted that New York's favorable treatment of religious organizations are discriminatory. The only explanation for treating religious places differently seems to be a judgment that what happens there just isn't as essential as what happens in secular places.
This is the kind of discrimination the First Amendment forbids. Despite these positive developments,
lower courts have still upheld restrictions that treat religious organizations worse than secular ones. For instance, a California federal court distinguished Supreme Court in ninth cases to
uphold COVID-19 restrictions that limited worship services to outdoor services, even when the state exempted the same restrictions for various sectors as defined critical infrastructure. For each case that has been brought, it cannot be known how many other religious organizations have been closed without the resources to seek help through litigation. This act that I'm bringing forth today makes clear that religious organizations cannot depend solely on a court's free exercise jurisprudence to uphold their right to freely exercise religion.
And states should adopt the Religion is Essential Act to ensure that religious freedom is protected during emergencies. Without this act, states could continue to craft restrictions that stifle the three exercises of religion. And with that, I
pretty much explained why we bring this forth today. This does not, I will stay clear, this does not allow a church to do
whatever it wants to. It doesn't exempt it from other rights. Let me bring that up real quick before I close.
This bill does not, it strengthens the frictions class, but does not give broad protection for religious organizations to act in a way it does not provide it does not give them a free pass of disregard all the state's rules and regulations doesn't allow them to do whatever they want to do just that they have a right to be open um and to protect our first amendment rights with exercise of religion so i will close with that and take questions from my colleagues any questions
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
9:15
from committee members seeing none looks like we have one signed up to speak for the bill ken yang would like to speak
for the bill please identify yourself
Speaker 15
9:34
for the record i'm ken yang with the arkansas family council i'm the director of governmental affairs I'll just be brief since there are no questions. Family Council supports this bill. This bill has been passed in other states. Alliance Defending Freedom has also helped us with this bill. And just to add on to what Representative Bentley has said,
religious services provide charitable services to millions of Americans and also millions of Arkansans. And a lot of times you don't hear about this, but they contribute over $1.2 trillion annually to the nation's economy and society. And so, as Justice Gorsuch said in the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York v. Cuomo, the First Amendment protects not just the right to be a religious person holding beliefs inwardly and secretly,
it also protects the right to act on those beliefs outwardly and publicly. And so we see this constantly under attack in other states, and we just want to make sure that it's not the case here in Arkansas in the
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
10:43
future. Are there any questions by committee members for
Mr. Yang? I have a question. Do you believe that the First Amendment also protects religious organizations from being told how many people that they can have in their facilities?
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
11:02
You want me to answer that? Okay. I believe our First Amendment definitely does that. And I also know that, you know, our pastors care about their flock, and they're going to do the things that they think is what's best for the folks that go to their church. So I believe it does give them the right to have as many people in their church as they believe is safe and take care of the folks in their church. I just think we should, you know, I'm a firm believer in individual responsibility and people taking care of each other and doing what they feel is best for them. Yeah, absolutely.
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
11:33
I believe that, too, but just reading through
this bill, and it allows for limitations on that as well, so that concerns me somewhat. Representative Love, you have a question?
You recognize. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now, Representative Bentley, I'm just looking through it as you went through this bill. Now, are you saying if the state sets guidelines, how will this bill impact the guidelines that the state sets?
So if the Arkansas Department of Health actually had guidelines on how many people can gather, how does this bill impact that? It just says that those rules should be applied
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
12:19
fairly. So we can't say that, you know, everybody can go to Walmart and everything's fine in Walmart. We can have, you know, 500 people in a casino. It's fine. We're going to put different restrictions on a church. It just says it needs to be fairly and equally to the church as it does to any other essential. We're saying church is essential. It's essential for me to be able to meet with those folks in my church. And so we cannot just do a different set of rules for churches than we do for other things that are essential.
Okay. If that makes sense to you, Representative Love. Thank
Speaker 13
12:48
you. I don't see any other questions. Representative Wardlaw, you have a
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
12:57
motion? We have a motion due pass. We have a motion due pass on the table. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? No. Congratulations, Representative Bentley. Your
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
13:10
bill is passed. Thank you, Chairman. Thank you, Committee. I appreciate your
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
13:12
time this morning. You are now, Representative Bentley, you want to run your other bill, House Bill 1229?
That would be great. I would appreciate it if we could do
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
13:24
that. You're recognized to present House Bill 1229. All right. We'll give folks a chance to pull up Act
1229. This is for the Land Commissioner's Office, and we'll give a – some of you may know all about how sales are done, but I did not. So for the thoughts that maybe not everybody in here understands how these sales are done, I'll do a brief overview on that. So if we have delinquent taxes at some point, that property is put up for sale,
and these properties are certified to the Secretary of State Land Office. And I was going to say that I asked when I was reviewing this with the Secretary of State's Office, Secretary of Land's Office, not Secretary of State, our Commissioner of Land's Office, I said, what are other states doing? And we are actually the only state in the nation that puts this through the Commissioner of Land's Office. So just a little note for those. I'm not saying anything else to go compare what other states are doing because they don't have it in the Commissioner of Land's Office. So just for you guys to know that. So if we have some property that needs to go up for a public sale, okay, it's usually done in the county where the land is resided.
That's the first round, so it goes through there. It's scheduled for what we call a public sale occurring in the county where the property is located. The second spot, if the property does not sell at the public auction, it remains with the Secretary of State lands and is placed into a catalog called post-auction parcels. A catalog is published on the Secretary of Standards' website. Individuals may place an offer on these parcels, and this is all done online. The minimum offer must be all taxes, fees, penalties, and interest due on the property at this time the offer is made.
If at a point two years after the public sale date is reached, the property does not sell as a post-auction parcel, the parcel then becomes available as a negotiated sale parcel. The Secretary of State Lands will then entertain offers to purchase the parcel at some reasonable negotiated amount. Okay, so we have three different types of sales. And, Chairman, I just realized that we have an amendment that we might need to pass first. Can I back up and pass that amendment first? Do you all mind if we do that?
It's just a word correction on that. But there's an amendment there that we might need to pass so I can pass this as amended first. Representative Loebbett, let's hear your
Speaker 33
15:41
motion. Motion to amend. Okay. Okay. um yeah let's you see the
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
15:49
amendment there yeah we don't have an amendment um it was on
Speaker 35
15:55
member zone yesterday okay well it's it's already it's already engrossed into the building okay sorry
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
15:59
sorry sorry i just didn't want to get out of here not have it and have to
come back so i appreciate your time okay it was on member zones and gross thank you representative love i appreciate appreciate your help on that. Okay. So, um, currently what will become the tax to limit properties is conducted on site in the county where the land is located. As a result, often the attendance is limited and the secretary of state, uh, the land secretary, excuse me, the commissioner of state lands incurred significant costs for travel and conducting the auction. Okay. So what we want to do here, and I'll back up, uh, colleagues and say for the past year and a half,
We've not been able to have any of these auctions that we normally have in the county because of COVID. We've not been able to have any of these auctions. So we have our counties not been able to get the funds that they usually get when these lands are sold. We have a huge backup in the Commissioner of State Lands Office. And I'll look at the amount right now we have from the land that could have been sold in 2020. There's 12,500 lots open. And in 2021, we're already at 15,776. So we can see we're getting a huge backup because we've not been able to conduct these auctions in person in our counties because of the COVID restrictions.
So right now, I told you there's three types of auctions that take place, and we're already doing two of those online. This bill would just give them the opportunity to offer as well the initial sale that usually takes place in the county on a website that's being built by the Commissioner of State Lands. So what we're asking today is to allow that initial sale that usually happens on the courthouse steps or at the property to be done online as well to give them that option so that our counties can get the money that right now is being held up with these parcels not being able to be sold because of COVID.
So it's pretty much it in a nutshell. We're asking to allow that first sale. We already do the other two online, but can we do the first one online as well to add that option so we can get some of these parcels sold? And that's pretty much it. In a nutshell, I'll take questions from colleagues as we have
them on this bit. And I'd like to, if that's okay, bring up Kelly Boyd from the
Speaker 31
18:08
Lane Commissioner's Office so he can answer questions with me.
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
18:11
Okay. Yeah, Mr. Boyd, just please recognize yourself for the record.
And we have questions. So Representative Payton,
is your question for Representative Bentley, or do you want to let him present first? Okay, do you want to let him present first, or do you want your question? I'll let him present
Representative Nelda Speaks
Unverified
18:33
first. Okay. Mr. Boyd, you have a presentation. Mr. Chairman, committee. I'm Kelly Boyd, Chief Deputy Commissioner of State Lands, and I don't really have a statement. I'll just take questions if I can help Ms. Bentley answer.
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
18:46
Okay. Representative Payton, you're recognized for
Representative John Payton
Unverified
18:52
a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So on the mail, I mean, I understand on the online, as a matter of fact, I talked to Commissioner Land about this, online they can use a credit card or something to make the deposit, put up the earnest money. But when we include the mail, how are you going to do that? Because people that are there in person or online,
if they're a successful bidder, don't they have to pay a percentage that day?
Representative Nelda Speaks
Unverified
19:27
That day they have to pay. So how are you going to handle that by mail-in bid? We do it now. They submit a check to us. In a post-auction sale, if, say, the total amount owed is $450, they actually submit a $450 check with their petition, and then if they're the successful bidder, we take that money. Several people today may issue or may bid on that, but we take the first one only.
Whoever gets it first, they just get the parcel as long as they pay us. This way, we think we can open up those auctions as well, those parcels as well, to an auction and possibly get
Speaker 35
20:04
more money for them as well. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Chair
Unverified
20:11
Representative Speaks, you recognize your question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Maybe I'm just not getting it. But what I was trying to figure out, how are you bidding with this?
I mean, it looks to me like you could get more, and I understand what the problem is, but you'd get more with the auction just in
Representative Nelda Speaks
Unverified
20:33
person. The biggest problem we run into is a limited number of people that attend an auction often. Of the 12,000 parcels that were not auctioned off in 2020, If it goes the same way it did in 2019, we'll only auction off a very small portion of those,
and then they go to the post-auction sale. We're hoping by this that we have far more people do online bidding than are actually in person at the sale. We've, we've, some of our smaller counties have very limited numbers of parcels to begin with. They may only have four or five people show up to do bidding. An online parcel, anybody in the United States wants to log on to our website, and there are many people that do, will log on to our website, we believe, and bid on these parcels. We think it will be exponentially larger, the number of people that can bid.
Speaker 1
21:27
Thank you very much. Yes, ma'am. Any other questions from committee members? Seeing none, we
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
21:37
don't have anyone signed up to speak for or against this bill. What's the wish of the committee? Representative Love, you're recognized. Motion de-pass. I have a motion to do pass. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Congratulations, Representative
Bentley. You've passed your second bill. Thank you all very much.
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
21:57
I appreciate your time and appreciate
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
22:02
a good vote. The next bill we have on the agenda is Representative Dotson, House Bill 1052. Representative Dotson, I think I may have messed up and
put two of your bills on this agenda. Do you want to run both of them, or would you like to move
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
22:19
on this? I actually withdrew House Bill 1052 this morning, so it's not even an active bill any
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
22:26
longer. Okay, so we will pass House Bill 1052.
You're recognized to present House Bill 1121.
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
22:34
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the
committee, this bill, every year the personnel subcommittee of ALC, reviews all of the equal employment hiring manual language in all of state agencies and state government, and it's a book that's pretty thick with a lot of inconsistencies all across the
entire handbooks across all of state agencies. So just looking at it, it's like we need something that makes it consistent all across state government of what needs to go in there, give some directions to agencies and that sort of thing. So if you look on page two of the bill, it's really the heart of the bill. It's fairly simple. It just says that all the handbooks and manuals will have consistent language in them all across state government. And it
puts a sample in there, which is the state of Arkansas does not discriminate in access to employment opportunities or unemployment or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or generic information, which is already what is in law. So that's the bill in a nutshell, and we're not happy to answer any questions. Representative Love, you're recognized for a
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
24:00
question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just in my ignorance, I've never seen genetic information on it. So is that something, because I've just never seen it. I can't remember if that's part of the
Representative Jim Dotson
Unverified
24:16
federal Civil Rights Act or if it's the state Civil Rights Act,
but this is what's required under law. So you just have those items included that are currently required. Okay. All right. Thank you.
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
24:34
Seeing no, Representative Pate. Let's hear your motion. Okay. We'll have a motion on the table. Do pass.
Any discussion on the motion? All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Congratulations. Representative Dotson, you passed your bill. Thank you. Next on the
agenda, we have Representative Watson, House Bill 1262. You're recognized to present your bill.
Representative Danny Watson
Unverified
25:16
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, committee members. To amend the duties of the secretary of the Department of Public Safety is the subtitle of House Bill 1262. Section 1, 4 at the bottom, underlined, be classified and designated as a law enforcement officer by meeting the minimum standards for appointment as a law enforcement officer, established by the Arkansas Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Trainings.
As you all know, transformation occurred. Uh, Ms. Jamie Cook, who is in attendance here right now, uh, title before this was, uh, I hope I meant it right, uh, director of Alita, Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy, whereas she was and continues to be a certified, uh, law enforcement officer. With a transformation, uh, the title is now bestowed upon her as secretary of DPS, which is Department of Public Safety. I'm not going to say this is a cleanup bill. That is not what I'm going to say.
That just clarifies it. to make sure everybody knows that she is a fully certified law enforcement officer. That's it. If any questions, hopefully I can
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
26:34
answer. Representative Payton, you're recognized for
Representative John Payton
Unverified
26:36
a question. Just to clarify. Yes. As we go forward through the years and other secretaries are appointed, Could they be non-qualified to be a police officer and still obtain that privilege through being appointed to this position?
Or is it required that this position be somebody that's qualified? Somebody that's qualified. Okay. Absolutely. So we don't have to worry about somebody not qualified to be a law enforcement
Speaker 46
27:07
officer in this position? That is correct.
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
27:12
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Any other questions from committee members? Seeing none, we don't have anyone to sign up to speak for or against this bill. Anybody in the audience? Okay. Representative Watson, are you closed?
I'm closed, yes. For your bill? Representative Gene, let's hear your motion. Do pass. Have a motion do pass. Any discussion on the motion? All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Congratulations, Representative Watson. You have passed your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, committee. committee that's the end of our agenda today i'll remind y'all if you have bills that are on the referred list and you want them ran excuse me in the next committee please get with me and let's get those on the active agenda if you know of other members that that you speak to that have
bills that have referred to this committee please remind them that they need to get with me to get those bills on the agenda to get ran. So thank you, and we are adjourned.
Agenda
REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1052 Dotson TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGULATORY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REGULATORY DIVISION.
LAID ON THE TABLE Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1053 Dotson TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO APPOINT THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSESSMENT COORDINATION DIVISION AND TO STATE THAT THE APPOINTEE MEETS THE LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION.
HB1214 Wardlaw TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING FUNDING.
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Speakers
Speaker 1
Representative Fredrick J. Love
Unverified
Representative Mary Bentley
Unverified
Speaker 15
Speaker 13
Speaker 33
Speaker 35
Speaker 31
Representative Nelda Speaks
Unverified
Representative John Payton
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Chair
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Representative Jim Dotson
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Representative Danny Watson
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Speaker 46