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Senate Convenes

January 26, 2021 ·1:00 PM ·Senate Chamber ·54:52
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Bills discussed (47)
Bill Title Sponsor Status
SB125 Act 79 · 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Okay. Senator Sturge is next at bat. Senate Bill 125 by Senator Sturge to”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION. J. Sturch Notification that SB125 is now Act 79
SB84 Act 77 · 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “to the House. Going back to Senator Davis, Senate Bill 84.”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE NOTICE AND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF LISTS OF ABANDONED PROPERTY. B. Davis Notification that SB84 is now Act 77
SB126 Act 80 · 2 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Senate Bill 126 by Senator Sturge. to amend provisions of the Arkansas Code…”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY AND ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF … J. Sturch Notification that SB126 is now Act 80
SB128 Act 70 · 2 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Transmit to the House. Senator English. Senate Bill 128, by Senator English,”
 TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DELEGATE … J. English Notification that SB128 is now Act 70
SB21 Act 74 · 2 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “SB21 D. Wallace TO EXCLUDE MILL SCALE AND SLAG FROM THE DEFINITI…”
 TO EXCLUDE MILL SCALE AND SLAG FROM THE DEFINITION OF “SOLID WASTE” IN THE ARKANSAS … D. Wallace Notification that SB21 is now Act 74
SB74 Act 67 · 2 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Senate Bill 74 by Senator Hill to amend the Telecommunications Regulatory…”
 TO AMEND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Hill Notification that SB74 is now Act 67
HB1070 Act 10 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1070 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - C…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT APPROPRIATION FOR … Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1070 is now Act 10
HB1073 Act 11 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1073 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS WHEAT PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS WHEAT PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1073 is now Act 11
HB1074 Act 12 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1074 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATI…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1074 is now Act 12
HB1075 Act 13 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1075 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS CORN AND GRAIN SORGHUM PROMOTION BO…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS CORN AND GRAIN SORGHUM PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 … Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1075 is now Act 13
HB1079 Act 14 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1079 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - MARTIN LUTHER KING…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR … Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1079 is now Act 14
HB1095 Act 15 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1095 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - HEALTH SERVICES PERMI…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - HEALTH SERVICES PERMIT AGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE … Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1095 is now Act 15
HB1126 Act 16 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1126 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE - ANIMAL RE…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE - ANIMAL RESCUE SHELTERS APPROPRIATION … Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1126 is now Act 16
HB1133 Act 17 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1133 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION COMMISSION APPRO…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that HB1133 is now Act 17
SB130 Act 81 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB130 J. Sturch TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLAR…”
 TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 1. J. Sturch Notification that SB130 is now Act 81
SB131 Act 82 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB131 J. Sturch TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNI…”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP … J. Sturch Notification that SB131 is now Act 82
SB133 Act 24 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB133 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - LEGISLATIVE LIAISON…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - LEGISLATIVE LIAISONS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2020-2021 … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB133 is now Act 24
SB145 Act 71 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB145 Gilmore TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTAN…”
 TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL … Gilmore Notification that SB145 is now Act 71
SB154 Act 83 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB154 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSE…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSESSMENT COLLECTION MATTERS OF CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS … K. Hammer Notification that SB154 is now Act 168
SB162 Act 20 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB162 B. Sample TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIO…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC … B. Sample Notification that SB162 is now Act 20
SB174 Act 290 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…local. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Bill 174 by Senator Teague.”
 CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND AMENDING THE … Teague Notification that SB174 is now Act 290
SB200 Act 161 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “recommend do pass Senate Bill 200 by Joint Budget, an act for the Arkansas State University T…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THREE RIVERS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB200 is now Act 161
SB201 Act 101 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…n for 2021-2022, fiscal year Senate Bill 200. Joint Budget. Senate Bill 201 by Joint Budget, an act for the South Arkansas Community Co…”
 AN ACT FOR THE SOUTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB201 is now Act 101
SB202 Act 102 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Joint Budget. Senate Bill 202 by Joint Budget, an act for the University of Arkansas Pine…”
 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB202 is now Act 102
SB23 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Will your Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 23 by Senator Blake Johnson compare the engrossed copy with th…”
 TO ESTABLISH THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION SELF-REGULATION ACT OF 2021. B. Johnson Sine Die adjournment
SB36 Act 37 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…t. We are committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION APPROPRIATION … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB36 is now Act 37
SB42 Act 98 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 42 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee…”
 AN ACT FOR THE JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB42 is now Act 98
SB44 Act 36 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 44 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee…”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB44 is now Act 36
SB46 Act 35 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 46 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar.”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - ARKANSAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB46 is now Act 35
SB47 Act 34 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 47 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING - WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB47 is now Act 34
SB48 Act 33 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 48 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BOARD APPROPRIATION … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB48 is now Act 33
SB52 Act 32 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 52 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS TOBACCO SETTLEMENT COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB52 is now Act 32
SB53 Act 31 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 53 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB53 is now Act 31
SB60 Act 320 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…merce. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred to Senate Bill 60”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING MANDATED VISION SCREENINGS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. Irvin Notification that SB60 is now Act 320
SB62 Act 489 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ducation. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 62 by Senator Irving, compared the engrossed copy with the ori…”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO READ ACT. Irvin Notification that SB62 is now Act 489
SB63 Act 321 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ducation. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 63 by Senator Irving, compared the engrossed copy with the ori…”
 TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ATTENDANCE OF THE COMMISSIONER AND THE … Irvin Notification that SB63 is now Act 321
SB65 Act 639 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ducation. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 65 by Senator Ballinger, compared the engrossed copy with the…”
 TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW REGARDING STATE EMISSION PLANS FOR FOSSIL-FUEL-FIRED ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS. B. Ballinger Notification that SB65 is now Act 639
SB78 Act 135 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 78 by Senator Hill, compared the engrossed copy with the origi…”
 TO ESTABLISH ARKANSAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING OF UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES ACT OF 2021; … Hill Notification that SB78 is now Act 135
SB79 Act 30 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred Senate Bill 79 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - PAROLE BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB79 is now Act 30
SB90 Act 38 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…nd do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 90 by joint budget, recommend do pass.”
 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB90 is now Act 38
SB91 Act 29 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 91 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB91 is now Act 29
SB92 Act 28 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…nd do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 92 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ARKANSAS SENTENCING COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB92 is now Act 28
SB93 Act 27 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…nd do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 93 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on…”
 AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - OPERATIONS AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM APPROPRIATION FOR … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB93 is now Act 27
SB96 Act 26 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…nd do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 96 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calder. Committee on Jo…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB96 is now Act 26
SB98 Act 25 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…d do pass. Calder. Committee on Joint Budget to雲ition不是 по簿 senate bill 98 i joint budget recommend you pass Calder come up non-judgme…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR COORDINATOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB98 is now Act 25
SCR3 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…We, your committee on enrolled bills, whom was referred to Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 by Senator Eades. Compare the enrolled copies with the orig…”
 TO ADOPT THE JOINT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE … L. Eads Reviewed and approved by the Governor
SR2 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…priation for 2021-2022 fiscal year. Joint Budget. One more. Senate Resolution 2 by Senator Hamer, to approve and confirm the appointment of…”
 TO APPROVE AND CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. RICHARD ABERNATHY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS … K. Hammer Sine Die adjournment

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Speaker 7 7:00
Order, Madam Secretary,
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Speaker 9 7:26
please call the roll. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe,
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Speaker 11 7:32
Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eades, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendren, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubberfield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Everyone please stand,
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Speaker 7 8:09
including those in the gallery. Senator Chesterfield will lead us in a word of prayer.
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Senator Linda Chesterfield Unverified 8:20
Let us pray. dear heavenly father we thank you for touching us with a finger of love and allowing us to see one more sunny day we ask that as we go about your business that you would order our steps in your word teach us to love each other to be civil to each other to be humble in all that we do and to remember those whom we serve more than ourselves and we'll be careful to give you the praise. Amen. Amen. I pledge
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Speaker 7 8:50
allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the
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Speaker 18 8:56
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice as well. Any
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Speaker 7 9:03
announcements? Any announcements to start off? Any items that will be read across the desk?
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Chair Unverified 9:14
Yes, sir. We, your committee on enrolled bills, whom was referred to Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 by Senator Eades. Compare the enrolled copies with the original and find the same correctly enrolled and delivered to the governor at 9 a.m. Follow. Follow. Will your Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 23 by Senator Blake Johnson compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed? Insurance Commerce. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred to Senate Bill 60 by Senator Irving compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Education. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 62 by Senator Irving, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Education. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 63 by Senator Irving, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Education. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 65 by Senator Ballinger, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Public Health. Committee on Engrossed Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill 78 by Senator Hill, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. State agencies. Committee on Engrossed Bills, whom was first sent by 142 by Senator Ingram, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Education. Committee on Engrossed Bills, whom was first sent by 156 by Senator Dismaine, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Joint budget. Committee on Engrossed Bills, whom was first sent by 158 by Senator Dismaine, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. engrossed. Joint budget. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was first sent by 173 by Senator Rice compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Judiciary. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was first sent by 160 by Senator Hester compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Education. Will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was reported sent by 169 by Senator Garner compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. City, county, local. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Bill 174 by Senator Teague. Compare the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed.
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Speaker 33 11:25
Retirement. We are committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 42 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 44 by joint budget, recommended due pass. Calendar. Committee on joint budget to whom was referred to Senate Bill 46 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 47 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 48 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 52 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred to Senate Bill 53 by Joint Budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 was referred Senate Bill 79 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 90 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 91 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 92 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 93 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Joint Budget 2 moves for Senate Bill 96 by joint budget, recommend do pass. Calder. Committee on Joint Budget to雲ition不是 по簿 senate bill 98 i joint budget recommend you pass Calder come up non-judgmental tumors per cynical 135 by joint budget recommend you pass Calder Committee on joint budget to雲ition不是 for civil 144 by joint budget recommend you pass Calder when your joint budget to雲ition不是 per mooiолнit странно one fifty seven by joint budget
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Chair Unverified 13:08
recommend do pass Senate Bill 200 by Joint Budget, an act for the Arkansas State University Three Rivers Appropriation for 2021-2022, fiscal year Senate Bill 200. Joint Budget. Senate Bill 201 by Joint Budget, an act for the South Arkansas Community College Appropriation for 2021-2022, fiscal year Senate Bill 201. Joint Budget. Senate Bill 202 by Joint Budget, an act for the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Appropriation for 2021-2022 fiscal year. Joint Budget. One more. Senate Resolution 2 by Senator Hamer, to approve and confirm the appointment of Dr. Richard Abernathy to the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Rural Endowment Fund, Incorporated. Senate Resolution 2. Calendar.
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Speaker 49 14:00
Anything else at the desk? I'm going to move right into the
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Chair Unverified 14:21
business agenda. Senator Wallace. Senate Bill 21 by Senator Wallace. To exclude mill scale and slag from the definition of solid waste in the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act and the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act, and to add a definition for mill, scale, and slag. Senator Walsh.
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Speaker 53 14:41
Thank you, Governor. This is slag. I've showed it to most of you. I may have missed a few. It's a natural product. It looks a lot like lava, and it is a byproduct from our steel mills when we produce steel. It's basically the impurity and what's left over after we produce quality steel. Now, in Mississippi County, we use this on our gravel roads, well, our real roads, as a replacement for gravel because it's so much cheaper for us. We can do this for about $3 a ton. The problem we have and the reason we're running this bill is we all agree in Arkansas and ADEQ supports us on this, that slag is considered a byproduct. But in two northern states, environmental groups have convinced them that it should be considered a waste product. If that happened in Arkansas, Mississippi County wouldn't have any roads, first of all, but it would also cost us $50 million a year for our steel mill business to take that over to our county landfill. ADQ agrees that it's a byproduct, and what we're just trying to do with this bill is to codify what we're already doing. And with that, I'm closer.
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Speaker 55 16:06
Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against? Anyone wish to speak for?
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Speaker 57 16:10
Senator's closed. Any objection
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Speaker 60 16:18
on rolling the vote?
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Speaker 9 16:24
Please roll the vote. Senator Flowers, just making sure you're there,
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Speaker 11 16:30
please roll the vote. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismaine, Eades, Elliot, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rayford, Rice, Sample, Stubblefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot. 35
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Speaker 55 16:58
yeas, zero nays. The bill is passed. Transmit to the House. We're going
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Speaker 46 17:06
to pass over SB30, which is Senator English. We're going to move on to Senator Hill, SB74, and this does have an emergency clause attached, which means it needs
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Speaker 62 17:17
24 votes for the emergency clause.
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Chair Unverified 17:20
Senate Bill 74 by Senator Hill to amend the Telecommunications Regulatory Reform Act of 2013 and declare an
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified 17:29
emergency. Senator Hill. Thank you, Governor. This bill, in a nutshell, just kind of expands what we've done in the past legislative sessions. We're expanding our broadband capabilities in the state of Arkansas. It's going to reduce regulatory restrictions that we have. The main thing that it does, it allows cities, counties, municipalities to partner with a company that produces broadband and services it. It allows the cities and the counties the option to do a bond or other indebtedness to expand the partnership with the company that's going to be operating it. What we need to ask ourselves about this bill is the five W's that it covers. Who, what, when, where, and why. Who does it cover? It covers all citizens of the state of Arkansas. It covers education or expansion in the medical facilities and retail shops. It affects every aspect that we do today. What does it do? It reduces restrictions and increases competition. When do we need it? We need it now because Arkansas is ranked number 48 in the country in broadband. Why do we need this? Broadband is a new electricity of the 21st century. We need to provide this to our students for the future
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Speaker 55 18:46
of the state of Arkansas. Thank you, sir. Any questions for the senator? Anyone wish to
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Speaker 60 18:51
speak against? Anyone wish to speak for? Senator is closed. Any objection on the vote?
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Speaker 46 18:57
Please roll the vote. Please
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Speaker 9 19:07
roll the vote. The time for objecting is passed. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe,
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Speaker 11 19:14
Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eads, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast
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Speaker 49 19:38
up the ballot. 35 yeas and zero
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Speaker 46 19:43
nays. The bill is passed. The emergency clause is adopted. Transmit it down to the House. Senator B. Davis is not
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Speaker 72 19:55
in the room. So anyone carrying that for her? Okay. Senator Sturge is next at bat. Senate Bill 125 by Senator Sturge to
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Speaker 40 20:10
amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning higher education. Senator Sturge. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, several of these bills,
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Senator James Sturch Unverified 20:19
and I apologize in advance for taking too much calendar time, but several of these bills are going to be cleanup bills from the Division of Higher Ed. The first one, Senate Bill 125, if you'll look on that first page, this hasn't been changed since 1991, so several of these references no longer exist, if you'll look through it. SmartCore is not used anymore. We've moved on to ACT, Aspire, and so forth. And so what we're trying to do then is try to get rid of some reporting requirements that are in code elsewhere. So it's not getting rid of reporting or anything like that. It's just trying to clean up to where we know where it's coming from and we know what time. And so it's not two different sections of code. I appreciate a good vote. Any
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Speaker 71 20:58
questions for the senator? Anyone wish to speak against? Anyone wish to speak for? Senator is closed.
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Speaker 55 21:05
Senator is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. And Senator Flowers,
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Speaker 9 21:20
I just remind you, please have your video on during voting. Thank you. Thank you. Ballinger,
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Speaker 11 21:28
Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eades, Elliot, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, T. Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot.
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Speaker 46 21:55
35 yeas, 0 nays. The bill is passed. Transmitted to the House. Senator Sturge, you are up again.
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Chair Unverified 22:07
Senate Bill 126 by Senator Sturge. to amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning the applicability and additional eligibility requirements of the Arkansas Academic
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Speaker 31 22:16
Challenge Scholarship Program, Part 2. Sarah Sturck. Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, again, this is
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Senator James Sturch Unverified 22:22
clarifying some language. There was some ambiguity about stacking when a student qualifies for both the Governor's Distinguished Scholarship as well as the Academic Challenge Scholarship, so this would clarify we're not changing the amounts, we're not changing any of the awards or anything like that. we're just clarifying that when you qualified for both, the maximum that you could get is what would be under Governor's Distinguished. So if you'll recall, the way that works is if you make a 32 or higher, it's a $10,000 a year max. If you make a 32 or lower from your county, then it's a partial amount. So this would allow students then to get the full $10,000 amount if they qualified for both. So that's what this bill does in the first part. The second part then, as I said before, it takes away some reporting requirements that are in elsewhere. So if you look at the bottom in section for that code section of 219, all that demographic data is recorded in 216. So it's already being reported and housed at ADHE. I appreciate a good vote.
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Speaker 71 23:17
Any questions for Senator
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Speaker 55 23:20
Starch? Anyone wish to oppose? Anyone wish to speak in favor? Is the senator closed?
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Senator's closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote.
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Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eades, Elliot, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendren, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rayford, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast
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Speaker 49 24:02
up the ballot, 35 yays, zero nays. The bill is passed, transmit
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Speaker 46 24:09
to the House. Going back to Senator Davis, Senate Bill 84.
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Speaker 40 24:17
Senate Bill 84 by Senator Davis. To amend the law concerning the notice
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and publication requirements of list of abandoned property. Senator Davis is recognized. Thank you.
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Senator Breanne Davis Unverified 24:34
Members, this is just a clean-up bill for the Auditor State's office. There's duplicative language in there, so it strikes that language. It doesn't change anything. It just simply gets rid of the duplicative language. I'll take any questions at this time.
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Speaker 55 24:47
Any questions? Anyone wish to oppose? Anyone wish to speak in
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Speaker 62 24:55
favor? Is the senator closed? Yes. The senator
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Speaker 9 25:01
has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing none,
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Speaker 11 25:06
please roll the vote. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eades, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stebafield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the
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Speaker 49 25:34
ballot. 35 yeas, zero nays. The bill is passed.
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Speaker 46 25:40
Transmit to the House. Senator English. Senate Bill 128, by Senator English,
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Speaker 40 25:46
to amend the powers and duties of the
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Speaker 31 25:50
Division of Emergency Management and to delegate the administration of the Arkansas Continuity of Operations Program.
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Senator Jane English Unverified 25:57
Senator English. Thank you. This bill transfers the responsibility for administering the Arkansas Continuity of Operations Program from the Division of Information Systems
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Speaker 55 26:11
to the Division of Emergency Management. Any questions
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Speaker 57 26:15
for Senator English? Anyone wish to oppose? Or speak in favor. Is the
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Speaker 9 26:24
senator closed? Is there any objection to ruling the vote? Seeing none, please roll the
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vote. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismang, Eades, Elliot, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendren, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Raypert, Rice, Sample, Stubblefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast
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Speaker 49 26:55
up the ballot. 35 yays, 0 nays. The bill is passed. Transmit to the
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Speaker 62 27:02
House. Senator Sturge again for two bills. Senate Bill 130,
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Speaker 31 27:08
Best Interest, Sturge, to repeal the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program Part 1.
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Speaker 94 27:14
Senator Starch. Thank you, Mr. President. Before anybody gets mad,
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Senator James Sturch Unverified 27:22
let me explain this in its entirety. The Academic Challenge Scholarship existed before the lottery ever funded it. My class of 2009 was the last one to qualify for that scholarship. So 12 years later, I'm proud to say anybody who qualified under that has now graduated from college or quit trying. And so we need then to repeal the old language because now we have the lottery-funded scholarship. It has its own section of law and everything else. So this is not getting rid of the entire academic challenge. This is the original program that was still on the books. We're just
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Speaker 57 27:55
trying to clean up the books. Appreciate a good vote. Senator
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Speaker 95 28:02
Johnson apparently has a question. Senator
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Speaker 96 28:06
Johnson. Senator Sir, you say 2009. I thought
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Speaker 60 28:09
that's what you said. Thank you, Mr. President. Any other questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for?
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Speaker 78 28:14
Senators closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote.
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Speaker 11 28:43
Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up
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Speaker 49 28:53
the ballot 35 yeas, 0 nays. The bill is passed. Transmit to the House. Senator Sturge. Senate Bill 131
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Chair Unverified 29:03
by Senator Sturge. To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning eligibility for the Arkansas Concurrent
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Speaker 31 29:10
Challenge Scholarship Program. Senator Starch.
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Senator James Sturch Unverified 29:13
Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, if you'll recall, two years ago, this was my bill that created the concurrent credit challenge scholarship. We had originally put in the bill that in order to maintain eligibility, you would have to get a C or better. Higher ed has asked us to come back and revise that. With academic challenge regularly, in your sophomore, junior, or senior year of college, you have to maintain a 2.5 GPA. They don't go by a strict letter grade. They go by an overall GPA. We're just asking that to be changed from a C letter grade to a 2.5 GPA in the language. I appreciate a good vote. Any questions?
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Speaker 55 29:44
Anyone wish to speak against or
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Speaker 59 29:48
for? The senator has
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Speaker 8 29:52
closed. Any objection or allowing the
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vote? Please roll
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the vote. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismain, Eades, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubberfield, Sturge, Sullivan, T. Tucker,
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Speaker 49 30:23
Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot. 35 yays, zero nays. The bill
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Speaker 46 30:32
is passed. Transmit to the House. Senator
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Chair Unverified 30:34
Gilmore. Senate Bill 145 by Senator Gilmore to amend the Arkansas Emergency Management Assistance Compact to comply with changes to the national standard. Senator Gilmore. Members,
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 30:45
this bill, the title basically describes exactly what this does. This changes language to make us compliant with the National Emergency Compact so that we can be reimbursed. And when we send personnel to other states to help, It also helps address liability and other things. So I'd appreciate a good vote. I'm happy to take any questions.
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Speaker 54 31:05
Any questions for Senator Gilmore? Senator Desvane has a question. Thank you,
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 31:09
Governor. I was just curious. So what is the federal amount that's in question here? What are we looking for? I can't hear. I'm sorry. What amount in federal dollars are you looking for? I mean, what
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 31:20
is the amount in question? It's not any set in amount with this bill, obviously. It's just making it compliant so that we can accept if need be.
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Speaker 109 31:29
But we don't know what the dollar amount
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Speaker 111 31:34
is going to be? No. Okay. Senator Hill. Then Senator Rayford, sorry. Senator Gilmore, what is the real
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 31:42
purpose of this bill? It is to clean up language, Senator, but to make
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Speaker 113 31:47
us compliant with federal compact. What are you really trying to clean up? I can't hear you. What are you trying to clean
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 31:57
up? Say that one more time. What are you trying to clean up? If you'll go to page 3, you can read that, lines 4 through 7, 14 through 16, lines 20 through 22. Would you read that to me? Senator, you have the bill in front of you.
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Senator Jason Rapert Unverified 32:13
I'll let you read that. Any other questions? Senator Raypert. Thank you. Senator. Yes, sir. You may not know, but I think just about every single senator in this chamber refused to run this bill. How is it that you decided to take up and run this bill? Because I
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Speaker 121 32:31
knew you were opposed to it, Senator. Senator Hester, Senator Hester, you still have a question? Senator Hester does have a question. Yes, I
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Speaker 123 32:40
do. Is this a legitimate question, Senator? It is a legitimate question. we're looking
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Speaker 124 32:46
to comply with the national standard will you tell me what the national standard is I'm sorry
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Speaker 125 32:52
Senator what was that I'm having a hard time here we're
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Speaker 124 32:58
working to comply with the national standard can you tell me what the national standard is what this
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Speaker 126 33:09
bill is I'm about to close but go ahead Senator
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Speaker 127 33:11
Senator Garner, and then Senator Caldwell. Senator Gilmore, on
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Speaker 128 33:15
the page where it mentions that you give basically unprecedented power to the governor during these Christchristal times, and this national compact is supposed to be entering with the executive branch growing in power every single day, why would you as a legislator, somebody just elected by the people of southeast Arkansas, decide to turn around and give your constitutional created duty to the governor? Can you explain that? Why on a national standard
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Speaker 130 33:41
you would change that vital and needed part of our republic?
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Speaker 111 33:47
I have no rebuttal to that, Senator. Senator Caldwell. I have a problem with someone that's under 30 years old saying, I can't hear you. I'm sorry, what was that, Senator? They don't look like me. What'd you
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Speaker 134 34:05
say? Exactly. Senator Flippoff. Senator Gilmore, on a scale of 1 to 10, what do you think the odds are of your bill passing today? I think it's
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 34:12
pretty good. It may fail the first time, but you might. Anybody else?
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Speaker 55 34:19
Anyways, Senator Clark has a question. Senator, can you hear
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Senator Alan Clark Unverified 34:31
me? Barely. you know it's common for us to give a new senator a hard time on their
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 34:38
first bill. Absolutely. That's why I picked something as easy
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Senator Alan Clark Unverified 34:44
as this. You would also, I hope, be aware that with your experience in this chamber, that for you we'll have something
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Speaker 112 34:51
far more special, I understand. Far more special than this. Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you for that warning, Senator. Any other
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Speaker 55 34:57
questions? Anyone wish to speak against? Anyone wish to speak for? Is the center closed? Not yet, Governor. Please close. Members, I just want to say it's
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 35:06
an honor to stand before you to represent the people of Arkansas. I appreciate the questions and the harassment, but I look forward to working with each of you, and it is an honor to run my first bill today, and I appreciate all of you, so I appreciate a good vote as well. Thank you, sir. I am closed.
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Speaker 55 35:25
I assume there's an objection to rolling the vote. Madam Secretary, there are probably 34 objections
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Speaker 8 35:36
to rolling the vote. Please call the roll.
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Speaker 9 35:41
Ballinger? No. Beckham? No. Bledsoe? Bledsoe? Caldwell? No. Chesterfield? No. Clark? No. Davis? No. Dismang? No. Eads? No. Elliott? No. English? No. Flippo, flowers,
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flowers, present, perfect, Garner,
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Speaker 153 36:24
present, Gilmore, Gilmore, Hammer,
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Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill,
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Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson? No. Letting? Yes. Letting? Aye. Pitch?
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No. Rayford? No. Rice? Rice?
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No. Sample? No. Stubbafil? No. Sturge? Aye. Sullivan? No. Teague? Tacker
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Speaker 49 37:12
Wallace Anyone wish to change their vote? No Maybe
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Speaker 121 37:26
easier just to make them all aye and then Blake Jobson center pitch
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Speaker 59 37:32
aye Blake Jobson aye Senator Beckham, aye. Anyone not going to go aye?
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Speaker 7 37:45
Okay. Senator Ballinger's no. And Senator Riper is aye. Okay. Okay.
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Speaker 57 37:56
Everyone's aye except for Ballinger.
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Speaker 7 38:02
Senator Davis is no. Senator Sample's no
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Speaker 127 38:10
Senator Flippo's no Senator Caldwell's no
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Speaker 72 38:18
Senator Johnson's no Senator Hill's no Senator Ingram's no Flowers present Senator
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Speaker 166 38:41
Hammers, no Senator Irvin is present or not voting Is anyone not happy with this?
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Speaker 7 38:55
Senator Rayford's no Senator Teague is no Senator Gardner is yes
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Speaker 144 39:21
English is no Flowers, yes Flowers, yes Cast up the ballot.
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Speaker 62 39:30
20 days, 14 days. The bill passes. Transmit to the House. Senator Hammer.
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Speaker 156 39:43
Senate Bill 154 by Senator
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Speaker 40 39:48
Hammer. to amend the law concerning the creation
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and assessment collection matters of certain fire departments and improvement asterisks. Senator Hemmer.
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 40:01
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill does two or three simple things. Number one, it establishes the county clerk as the one that will determine that the signatures on the petition are actually original signatures. It removes the option of being able to simply submit a letter to the quorum court in order to convert a fire district, it keeps in place that you have to have what was currently in law 10% or more of the total qualified electors. And also, per the clerk's request, it removed the word certified and inserted the word return. This is a bill that is supported by the county clerks and also by the county judges, and I'll be glad to answer any questions. Senator Desvane, recognize. Thank you. I'm sorry. Sorry,
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 40:46
I went to catch you earlier, and then we got sidetracked there for a second. The only thing I saw that it changed that I had a little question on was the public hearing. It moved it until after certification. So there is no public hearing about the drawing of the lines prior to them actually being drawn. Did I read that wrong, or is that pretty well how it's written?
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 41:06
If I heard your question right, let me tell you what the bill does. So if a fire department wants to convert, they have to go out and get, which was the already current existing 10%. They submit that petition to the quorum court, and within 60 days, the quorum court shall call for a public hearing so that the public can have input on the decision, and then the quorum court awards it after that. Okay. I think I read
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Speaker 181 41:33
it differently, but I'm sure that's the place that I was scanning on my phone.
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Senator Gary Stubblefield Unverified 41:40
Senator Stubblefield. Thank you, Governor. Senator Hammer, who authenticated these signatures before this bill?
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 41:50
If I heard your question right, it used to be that the fire board could just submit a letter to the quorum court. But what this is doing is removing that option and restoring it to what it was originally, which was they have to get 10 percent of the electorate from within that fire district petition to get 10 percent of those, then submit it to the county, to the quorum
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Senator Gary Stubblefield Unverified 42:16
court to be considered. So the clerk
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Speaker 177 42:20
would be the one that authenticated the
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Speaker 55 42:25
signatures? The clerk authenticate, verifies the signatures. OK. All right. Any other questions? Anyone wish
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Speaker 9 42:38
to speak against? Anyone wish to speak for? Is that it closed? Closed. Thanks for a good vote. Any
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Speaker 11 42:46
objection to rolling it in the vote? Please roll it. Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Davis, Dismain, Eades, Elliot, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Brapert, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot.
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Speaker 55 43:14
35 yays, 0 nays. The bill
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Speaker 46 43:18
is passed. Transmit to the House. The last bill on the business agenda before we go to the budget calendar is Senator Samples. Senate Bill 162
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Speaker 40 43:32
by Senator Sample, to amend the law concerning the termination period
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Speaker 33 43:37
required for retirement under the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System and declare
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Speaker 57 43:43
an emergency. As an emergency clause, the emergency clause requires 24
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Senator Bill Sample Unverified 43:48
votes. Senator Sample. Yes. Members, this bill is to take care of a problem that we currently have with the Senate and House legislative audit of the Bureau. We have positions that we need to fill that are temporary positions. And right now, we need people that have specialized education or have worked in this field for a while. And so all this does is say, if you've got a member that is retired but hasn't retired over 180 days to let them come back to work on a temporary basis. It does not cost anyone anything. They don't get any more benefits. There is an actuarial study here to attest to that. While they're here, they have to pay into the system, but they don't get any more benefits from that system, and it's for temporary session workers only. I mean, be it a special session, a physical session, or whatever, it's for session
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Speaker 191 45:02
workers only, and it's temporary. I'll take questions. Any
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Speaker 57 45:10
questions? If not, I'd appreciate a good
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Speaker 8 45:21
vote. We need
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Speaker 9 45:23
these people to go to work for us, because we've got open
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Speaker 11 45:31
positions. Anyone who wants to speak against or for, Senator, has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Roll the vote. Roll it. Please roll the vote. Madam Secretary. Teague, Tucker, Wallace. Anyone wish to change their
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Speaker 49 45:54
vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot, 35 yays, zero nays. Bill
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Speaker 46 45:59
is passed. Emergency clause is adopted. Transmit to the House. Senator Dismayne, on the budget calendar, all of these bills have emergency clauses. Okay. Thank you. Members, we're going to vote
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 46:13
these in batch with the exception of Senate Bill 133, and we'll bring it up at the
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Speaker 192 46:19
very end for another vote today.
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Speaker 150 46:24
Any questions? Any objection? Senate Bill 133. Everyone but that one. We're going to pull that
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Speaker 55 46:33
one off. Any objections to the batch? None. Hey, I'd love for you
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Chair Unverified 46:47
to read them. House Bill 1070, by Joint Budget, an act for the Office of the Governor. Oh, I'm sorry, wrong one. House Bill 1070, an act for the Department of Finance and Administration, Child Support Enforcement Appropriation for the 2021-22 fiscal year. House Bill 1073, an act for the Arkansas Wheat and Promotion Board Appropriation for the 2021-22 fiscal year. House Bill 1074, an act for the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Appropriation for 2021-2022 fiscal year. House Bill 1075, an act for the Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board Appropriation for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. House Bill 1095, an act for the Department of Health Health Services Permit Agency Appropriation for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year. House Bill 1126, an act for the Office of the Treasurer of State Animal Rescue Shelters Appropriation for 2021-2022 Fiscal Year. And House Bill 1133, an act for the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Commission Appropriation for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year. Any objection to rolling the vote
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Speaker 78 48:02
on the batch? Please roll the vote.
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Speaker 9 48:20
Ballinger, Beckham, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, Clark, Dismayne,
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Speaker 11 48:26
Davis, Eades, Elliott, English, Flippo, Flowers, Garner, Gilmore, Hammer, Hendron, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Ingram, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, Letting, Pitch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Stubbefield, Sturge, Sullivan, Teague, Tucker, Wallace.
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Speaker 49 48:55
Anyone wish to change their vote? Seeing none, cast up the ballot. 35 yays,
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Speaker 7 49:01
zero nays. The batch passes. The emergency clauses are adopted. Return to the House. Senator Diswing. We don't have to on appropriation. So
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 49:12
members want to bring that back up. Senate Bill 133, an act for office of governor, legislative liaisons, appropriation for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal year. If we have any taken in question, there are no increases in the bill for the prior year.
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Speaker 54 49:27
Any questions for Senator Dismayne? Senator Garner wishes to
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Senator Trent Garner Unverified 49:38
speak against. Thank you, Mr. President. I noticed that between the interim between yesterday's session and today, I wasn't liaisoned by the legislator liaisons about this bill. I'm sure some in this audience were. I still stand by my original contention that this is something we need to hold for an indefinite amount of period of time until there's fundamental reforms to how that communication happens. And as such, I still would ask to vote this appropriation down.
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Speaker 71 50:07
Thank you. Anyone wish to speak in favor? Senator, closed. Senator, closed.
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Speaker 62 50:13
Please call the roll. Madam Secretary. Ballinger,
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Speaker 9 50:37
no, Beckham, no, Bledsoe, Bledsoe, Caldwell, Chesterfield, yes, Clark, yes, Clark, Davis, Davis, Dismang, Eads, Elliott, English, English, Flippo, Flowers, Darner,
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Speaker 153 51:15
Gilmore, Gilmore, Hammer Hendren Hester
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Hickey Hill Ingram Irvin Blake Johnson
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Mark Johnson Mark Johnson Letting Pitch Riper Rice Rice. Rice. Sample. No. Stubbafil. No. Sturge. Aye. Sullivan.
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No. Teague. Aye. Tucker. Aye. Wallace. Aye.
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Speaker 71 52:05
Anyone wish to vote who did not vote or change their vote? Senator Gilmore is aye. Anybody
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Speaker 57 52:15
else over here? Senator Johnson is no Senator English is aye Anybody
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else Cast up the ballot 23 yays, 8 nays The bill fails
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 52:34
Thank you Make a motion that we put Senate Bill 133 back on the calendar for
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tomorrow Any objection? All those in favor, say
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Speaker 188 52:46
aye. Aye. Aye's have it. Be put on
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the counter for tomorrow. Any announcements? Senator Hammer. Any other announcements after Senator Hammer? Senator Hendren.
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Chair Unverified 53:07
Senator Hammer, Senator Hendren. Anybody else? Senator Hammer is recognized. Thank
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 53:13
you, Mr. President. Remind you that joint retirement bills must be filed by this Friday, the 29th. Joint retirement bills must be filed by this Friday, January 29th. And also the prayer caucus will meet at 7 a.m. in the morning in the old Supreme Court room. Prayer caucus meets at 7 a.m. in the old Supreme
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Court room. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Hendren. Then Senator Raper, then Senator Sample.
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Insurance and Commerce is canceled for today.
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Chair Unverified 53:44
Senator Raper is recognized. Members, several of you
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Senator Jason Rapert Unverified 53:48
have reached out in many different ways. I know Senator Irvin was at the back of the blue caucus. That Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is coming up very, very quickly, and we want to make sure that those of you that want to be part of that and backing positive pro-law enforcement legislation are part of that. So reach out to me with your name, please, so we can get you engaged. Thank you. Senator Sample.
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Senator Bill Sample Unverified 54:14
Revenue and tax will meet in the morning at 930, Old Supreme Court Chamber.
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Speaker 7 54:20
Any other announcements? Are there any items to be read across the desk, Madam
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Secretary? Senate Bill 203 by Senator Rayford to establish the Arkansas Insurance Business Transfer Act, Senate Bill 203. Insurance, commerce. Anything else? Senate's adjourned subject to
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the clearing of the desk until 1,300 hours tomorrow. That's 1 o'clock.
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Agenda

Call to Order

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Prayer

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Pledge of Allegiance

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Announcements

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SB21 D. Wallace TO EXCLUDE MILL SCALE AND SLAG FROM THE DEFINITION OF “SOLID WASTE” IN THE ARKANSAS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT AND THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING FUND ACT; AND TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "MILL SCALE AND SLAG".

14:21
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SB74 Hill TO AMEND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

17:23
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SB84 B. Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE NOTICE AND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF LISTS OF ABANDONED PROPERTY.

24:19
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SB125 J. Sturch TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION.

20:13
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SB126 J. Sturch TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY AND ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 2.

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SB128 J. English TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DELEGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PROGRAM.

25:52
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SB130 J. Sturch TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 1.

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SB131 J. Sturch TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

29:03
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SB145 Gilmore TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD.

30:36
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SB154 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND ASSESSMENT COLLECTION MATTERS OF CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

39:49
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SB162 B. Sample TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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Bills and their Emergency Clauses to be considered which have been introduced by Joint Budget Committee

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SB133 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - LEGISLATIVE LIAISONS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2020-2021 FISCAL YEAR.

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HB1070 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

46:49
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HB1073 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS WHEAT PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

47:05
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HB1074 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

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HB1075 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS CORN AND GRAIN SORGHUM PROMOTION BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

47:24
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HB1079 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

HB1095 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - HEALTH SERVICES PERMIT AGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

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HB1126 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE - ANIMAL RESCUE SHELTERS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

47:45
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HB1133 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

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Announcements

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Adjourn

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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified
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Senator Jane English Unverified
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified
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